Chapter Three Hundred and Forty-One: "Scorching Shana"
Meng Huo found that choosing to ask Chen Jie to help was a pretty correct decision.
In the following days, she shared most of Meng Huo's life and family affairs. Her turn-by-cooking cooking was disrupted by her. She went out to participate in training every day, but she rushed home for lunch and evening dinner to prepare in advance - that is, Meng Huo didn't have to work.
He doesn't need to cook, he doesn't need to clean every day. He doesn't even go out of the door every day except for morning jogging, but just sits in the study to draw comics.
Therefore, the comics are going well.
On the night of the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, Meng Huo put down his pen and worked for five consecutive days, which made him stretch his waist a little tired.
“It’s done.”
He was happy to see the comics in his hand. The comics were not completely completed, and there were still some post-revisions left, but they could be done quickly with a computer. He carefully placed the comics on the scanner and set the automatic scanning and entry. After Meng Huo walked out of the study and planned to go to the living room to have a glass of water.
However, there were already guests in the living room, and Chen Jie sat on the sofa with a book and watched - she trained during the day and studied at night.
"Why don't you go back to your room to see?"
Meng Huo asked while drinking water, and poured Chen Jie a glass of water.
"It's so boring." Chen Jie took the water and took a sip, and said, "It's quite spacious, and when I hear the sound of you painting in the study, I feel it's similar to being in a library, and reading is more entertaining."
Reading books requires feelings, and Meng Huo agrees with this view very much.
"You will have to go to class in two days, right?"
"Well, the school starts on the tenth day of the first year of high school. I will go back to the ninth day of the first year of high school..." Chen Jie nodded with a melancholy expression.
"My mother is back the day after tomorrow." Meng Huo smiled and said, "Thank you for your help these days. I've really helped you a lot."
He sincerely expressed his gratitude, but Chen Jie shook and said no, "I didn't do anything. There are several restaurants around. In fact, it's the same for you to order takeaway."
"I don't want to call," Meng Huo said. He was tired of ordering takeaway when he was in Tokyo: "And you make much better than takeaway."
Chen Jie was slightly stunned. She turned to look at Meng Huo, but saw Meng Huo standing up.
"I want to go back and continue working, Chen Jie. I will end this comic tomorrow. Can I help me read the original manuscript tonight?"
He asked, and Chen Jie nodded with a smile: "No problem."
After getting this answer, Meng Huo returned to the study room, while Chen Jie sighed and continued reading.
On the seventh day of the lunar month, after the daytime training, Chen Jie was taken into the study by Meng Huo, and then got a thick manuscript. The paper was a little hot, obviously it was just printed.
"Shana with the Eyes?"
While reciting the name of the comic, Chen Jie frowned slightly. What a strange name - was it a girl comic?
She opened the original manuscript and read it. Meng Huo sat aside and carefully observed the changes in Shen Jie's expression. "Shana with the Burning Eyes", this is the new comic chosen by Meng Huo. One of the reasons for choosing it is that it can be divided into several intermittent releases. Another factor is that the overall length of this comic is not long. It does not require a long time to be serialized.
Chen Jie looked at the comics and the colors on her face did not change much. But as long as she observed carefully, Meng Huo could still see some of her psychological state from her subtle changes. At first, she was confused, surprised, then nervous, worried, and then gradually became interested. Judging from Chen Jie's expression, Meng Huo felt that "Shanna with the Burning Eyes" was not bad.
Twenty minutes later, Chen Jie put down the manuscript.
"What do you think?"
Meng Huo asked intriguedly.
"Very good!" Chen Jie nodded and smiled: "The characters are beautiful and the battle is gorgeous... But at the beginning I was really shocked, and the protagonist died at the beginning. I also thought about how to write it later. I didn't expect that the effect of Zero Time's Miko would be so special. Overall, it is not worse than your previous works, and the battle scenes are more exciting and the settings are interesting. This is the first time I have seen a comic with this kind of setting..."
Meng Huo breathed a sigh of relief and put down the stone hanging in his heart - in fact, he was a little nervous when preparing this comic because he had never read the comic "Shanna with the Burning Eyes".
He has only read the animation and novels of "Shana with the Eyes", and the difference between these two versions is very big. Meng Huo originally considered adapting from the animation version into a comic like the adaptation of "Five Centimeters in Seconds". However, the animation of "Shana with the Eyes" has been criticized, especially the third part of the finale, which is regarded as a failure.
Of course Meng Huo doesn't think so. The animation version of "Shana with the Eyes" is actually good, but it went too far toward campus love in the early stage and did not explain the core content and settings of the story clearly. The ending suddenly reached the main line, which led many people to be puzzled by the subsequent plot, or they didn't understand what was going on at all.
Therefore, Meng Huo could not adapt animations, so he combined the advantages and disadvantages of animation and novels to describe comic stories from scratch. He added content that novels are indispensable to the comics, which can allow readers to gradually understand the world view of the comics, and when the protagonist becomes the villain boss in the future, no one will find it strange.
This is a very big challenge... Of course, "The Burning Eyes Shana" that Meng Huo showed Chen Jie has no ending, but the amount of information set has increased a lot. He was worried that Chen Jie would not be able to accept it, but Chen Jie's expression reassured him.
What he was happier was his growth. Chen Jie said that "Shanna with the Eyes" is no worse than previous comic works. Whether it is true or not, it at least proves that Meng Huo has gradually found his own path. He has been drawing comics in recent years, and the techniques that cartoonists should master have been perfectly integrated into his hands.
Meng Huo's painting skills were originally quite outstanding, but what he lacked was his experience and skills. However, for several years of popular comic series, practice made perfect, and his experience and skills were mastered thoroughly. How to draw, how to determine the storyboard, what kind of outlets should be used, and how to choose the background, Meng Huo was very clear about these things.
Now he has embarked on the path of a real great comic artist. His future development will no longer have to restrict the subject matter to comics in his previous life. Any story, whether it is a novel, animation, game or movie, as long as the story appears in his head, he can describe it in comic form.
But these things are too far away and need to be explored in the future...
Relaxed this evening, Meng Huo thanked Chen Jie: "I want to thank you for your help during this period. Do you want anything before going to school?"
He wanted to give Chen Jie a gift, and Chen Jie was a little happy, but she refused.
"The gift is not needed. If you really want to thank me..." she paused and said, "How about accompanying me to see a movie?"
He spent the entire winter vacation studying and training, and Chen Jie wanted to relax before going to school. Meng Huo did not refuse. He had time when the comics were ready. However, he didn't expect that Chen Jie pulled him out that night and came to the theater where the two of them watched movies before.
"How is this "Too Empress"? The New Year comedy, which just came out during the Chinese New Year..." Chen Jie looked at the cinema's pictorial to make suggestions to Meng Huo. In fact, there was no need for her to suggest. Meng Huo looked at the screening list. When the two came, the next movie was "Too Empress". He had no objection to Chen Jie's choice, that is, he had watched "Lost in Thailand" in his previous life, and he felt a little strange when he watched "Too Empress" again in this life.
So Chen Jie took the old membership card to buy tickets. The ticket seller was surprised, and then smiled and told her that the card was no longer needed, so she changed her to a new one.
"I didn't expect that you would still have that card in so many years."
After buying the tickets, Meng Huo, who was waiting for the movie to be broadcast, was a little moved. He still remembered the scene when the two of them came to this cinema for the first time. The membership card was issued at that time.
"I used to feel that there was always hope to come here again..." Chen Jie smiled slightly. She played with the new membership card and whispered: "But this may be the last time, and it won't be used to change the new card. After graduating from high school, I may never be able to come here to watch movies again."
She is different from Meng Huo. Chen Jie has no home in Ninghai, and her home is in Qingcheng. After graduating from high school, she is not in Ninghai, which is a city in Ninghai, so it will be difficult for her to come back here in the future.
“…”
Chapter completed!