Chapter 185: He went to the extreme east
Zhongxia's move was quick, and Ding Yanghua said that he would let the cartoonist come over and it would be at noon.
Yanjing is not far from Ninghai. It only takes an hour to take the high-speed rail. Yang Liang picked up Li Xin at the train station. This is a cartoonist who just turned 20 years old. He is dressed in ordinary clothes and looks elegant, and his eyes emit a light of confidence.
"Minister, why did you come here in person?"
Li Xin was surprised to see Yang Liang appear at the wicket gate.
"You get in the car first, let's talk as we go." Yang Liang took the young cartoonist into the car. After instructing the driver to drive, he turned around and explained: "Let's go for lunch first, and then visit Duke Anthony."
"Duke Anthony?" Li Xin thrust his body, a little excited, and asked excitedly: "Will he really give me the sequel to "Detective Sherlock" to draw?"
The sequel to "Detective Sherlock" is something that every cartoonist yearns for. If anyone can draw it, his reputation will be gained in an instant. With the reputation of Duke Anthony alone, he can be on the Chinese news.
This sequel has never appeared, and it is different from the original work of "Detective Sherlock". After years of copyright adaptation, the novelty of readers has long disappeared, and even if it turns into a comic, it will not cause a big sensation.
No one knows what is written on it, how old the protagonist is, whether he has changed the protagonist, these are all secrets. Once the sequel is published, it will inevitably cause generations of readers to rush to buy.
"I can't tell you this. No one knows what Duke Anthony thinks. I'll give you some advice during dinner." Yang Liang explained to Li Xin why he came to greet him. He was worried that Li Xin would not perform well in front of Anthony and would lose his chance. So he gave him some tutoring in advance.
The content of the tutoring is a taboo of conversation, Anthony's hobbies, some polite words, etc. Yang Liang has never had contact with Anthony. However, Ding Yanghua told him that the duke was easy to get along with, so there was not much to pay attention to.
After lunch, he took Li Xin to visit Anthony's hotel.
"Welcome..." Annie opened the door for them. During the surveillance of the white bodyguard, Yang Liang and Anthony greeted each other, shook hands, and then introduced Li Xin: "This is the best cartoonist in our company. He has not made his debut, but his painting skills are no inferior to He Xi."
Yang Liang directly used the "best" to promote Li Xin.
"Oh?" Anthony's eyes lit up and he looked at Li Xin with interest: "Your painting skills are comparable to He Xi?"
"If it's just a painting skill..." Li Xin straightened his chest: "I won't lose to Teacher He Xi."
He looked confident, and Anthony asked Anne to take out the pen and paper and let Li Xin perform live: "Draw this room and show me."
Li Xin nodded. He spent a short while observing the room, and then wrote it like a flying pen. He drew the whole room in just over a dozen seconds - the completion was very high.
Anthony reached out to touch the paper and found that the paper was slightly hot. You can imagine how fast Li Xin was.
The paintings on the paper are also excellent. The whole room was drawn in the style of a comic book, without a single detail being left behind. Even the people in the room were drawn, each of which was lifelike, and Anthony could even see the expressions on his face.
"Wonderful!"
He couldn't help but praise him. This painting was indeed wonderful. Li Xin could remember and quickly describe the things in the room after observing with his naked eyes. His strength was shocking.
Moreover, the works he drew were very beautiful, and they were definitely not inferior to He Xi's point - if He Xi had not used those very stunning pictures.
Anthony was amazed: "You China is really full of talents..."
He was really surprised. He didn't expect that there would be a cartoonist who could compete with He Xi, and he was just a cartoonist in a company. There are several similar comic companies in China that are distributed in other areas, and perhaps there are more young talents who have not appeared.
"You've been too awarded." Yang Liang was naturally happy to see Anthony praise him. He explained: "Li Xin started learning painting since he was a child. He has a good foundation in painting. He transferred to comics five years ago and has reached this level now."
Relatively speaking, Yang Liang still thinks He Xi is powerful, but he is a person who has not studied professionally. Moreover, his painting skills are the basis of cartoonists, and it cannot represent the true strength of cartoonists. Whether Li Xin can compare with He Xi depends on his comic content.
Anthony admired Li Xin very much, but in the subsequent conversation, he did not say anything about the sequel to "Detective Sherlock". Just when Yang Liang couldn't help but want to bring it up, Anthony suddenly asked: "Have you found Hexu?"
He was more interested in this matter. Yang Liang was stunned and shook his head: "I didn't receive the message. Please wait, I'll call to ask."
Yang Liang went out to call to inquire, but the secretary gave an unexpected answer: He Xi is not in Ninghai!
Half an hour later, the secretary came to the hotel, and there was a blonde woman with him, so it was naturally Alice.
"Which country are you from?"
Anthony asked curiously when he saw Alice's first glance.
"I am a native Chinese."
Alice stood in front of the duke and lowered her head to answer, feeling extremely nervous. The development of the situation surprised her. After Saber's identity was reported, the social response was very small, and Alice thought that this matter had passed like this.
Who would have thought that before he could sit at work in the morning, the original author of "Detective Sherlock" suddenly appeared. Not only did he meet the prerequisites for making enemies with Meng Huo, he was also the Duke of England. He was very sensitive. When Saber met him, he couldn't explain it clearly.
"Chinese?" Anthony looked at Alice unexpectedly, but soon, he frowned and asked, "He Xi has left Ninghai?"
He Xi left Ninghai now, and this time was too coincidental, and it had to be doubted.
"That's right, Teacher He Xi and his mother left Ninghai at 8 o'clock this morning." Alice answered carefully. She felt very lucky. Meng Huo decided to take a leave yesterday and leave, and Anthony appeared today.
If Zhongxia Company had notified Phoenix Company a few hours in advance, Meng Huo might not have left. But now... Alice hopes that the further he goes, the better.
"Have you confirmed it?" Yang Liang looked at the secretary, but he still didn't believe it.
"There is no mistake. I confirmed it at noon." The secretary nodded, looking a little embarrassed: "Teacher He Xi was on a flight at 8 o'clock this morning and flew to Jidong."
"What did he do in Jidong?"
Anthony looked surprised.
"Teacher He Xi went to collect the field," Alice explained: "He said he wanted to go to Jidong to enjoy the cherry blossoms. Now this time is the cherry blossom season in Jidong."
Every year from mid-March to mid-April, this is the cherry blossom season in the extreme east, and the whole world knows this.
Anthony knew the beauty of cherry blossoms, and Alice could accept Alice's explanation. When I was reading He Xi's comics two days ago, the cherry blossoms in "Five Centimeters in Seconds" gave Anthony a very big impression. He believed that He Xi was a person who liked cherry blossoms. Only such a person could paint cherry blossoms so well.
"What a coincidence..." Anthony was a little regretful, and he passed by He Xi: "When will he come back?"
This question made Alice's heart beat faster. In fact, Meng Huo was going to take a walk in the east and would come back in three days. But Anthony appeared in Ninghai, and Alice certainly didn't want him to come back so early.
"Two weeks later..."
So she answered like this.
"Two weeks?" Anthony frowned. The time was not long but not short. He looked at Li Xin, thinking that he had to be prepared too. If he wanted to publish a comic, then two weeks would be just enough to prepare.
"When He Xi comes back, you ask him to come and see me."
Finally, Anthony made a decision, and he did not ask Meng Huo to come back immediately.
After leaving the hotel, Alice breathed a sigh of relief. Without thinking too much, she turned around and rushed to Ninghai No. 1 Middle School and called out Chen Jie who was in class.
"Meng Huo has gone to Jidong now. There is trouble in Ninghai. I am worried that he will come back on his own initiative! Has your work been completed? What, no?... Then you finish them all night tonight, I will prepare the air ticket for you, and you go to Jidong to stabilize Meng Huo!"
If Meng Huo returns to Ninghai within two weeks and he meets Anthony, then "fate/staynight" is likely to be forced to have a miscarriage.
Chapter completed!