"He must be surprised now..."

At the same time, Alice attended a meeting at Yokohama's animation company. The representatives of the animation company were speaking, but she secretly got away. (Alice knew that it was almost time for Meng Huo to arrive at that apartment. Suddenly, she saw an extra residence. Meng Huo would be very surprised. Thinking of this... Alice couldn't help but smile at the corner of her mouth.

This trip to Tokyo was actually premeditated. The animation company that I wanted to cooperate with the firm for a long time is called "Matsumen". A small company that has been established less than half a year ago and has just started its animation business - simply put, it is just a trivial company, it is the same whether it comes or not.

Alice just wanted to get closer to Meng Huo with this reason. She realized that if she was not proactive, she would have no hope. In the future, she would have to strengthen her contact with Meng Huo, especially outside the comic island. Even in the usual way of getting along, Alice knew that it was easier to develop bonds in strange places.

But she couldn't tell Meng Huo directly, 'I want to go to Tokyo with you', as she would definitely be rejected.

So she chose this Matsumen Company as a springboard to come to Jidong first. Her original idea was to go through the motions in Yokohama, and then go back to Tokyo to buy an apartment, find a reason to meet friends or visit Phoenix Company for a few days, and find a way to live in with Meng Huo.

This matter is not difficult to do. Alice had investigated the apartment before. The apartment was big enough for her. Meng Huo and his bodyguard lived in three people. Although it was a big problem to have a bodyguard, the bodyguard was also very convenient. If it weren't for him, Meng Huo might not agree to avoid suspicion.

But there was a bodyguard present. The room in the apartment was enough. Meng Huo had no reason to refuse Alice. She successfully stayed under the same roof as Meng Huo. Alice had more opportunities. She was not in a hurry. This was just her first step. She would untie Meng Huo's wariness step by step, bring him closer, and then...

"Miss Alice? Miss Alice!" A voice suddenly interrupted Alice's thoughts. Alice looked up and found that the people in the Songmen animation looked at her expectantly: "What are your opinions?"

The content of the conversation just now appeared in Alice's mind, because Matsumen Animation was still a new company that had not launched a formal work. Alice came over and refused their invitation to Tokyo, and then bought the apartment. But just as she was about to wait for Meng Huo to arrive on the spot, Matsumen Animation suddenly sent someone to find her and provided a manuscript for a new animation.

The quality of this manuscript surprised Alice. She spent several years in the comics industry and her vision was honed. The new animation prepared by Songmen is called "Land of Ice and Fire", which tells the story of a completely invisible world, a war between the country of extreme cold and the country of flame. The subject matter does not look very good, but the manuscript is very outstanding.

The excellent positioning here is the positioning of storyline. In fact, there are many comics that describe the world of fiction, but they are not very well written. In Alice's eyes, this "Land of Ice and Fire" can be regarded as a masterpiece. When she saw the manuscript, she felt like she had picked up a treasure at the first glance. Although the story and various settings of "Land of Ice and Fire" were not completely perfect, they were already of the same level as Li Xin and Qin Ya.

If a comic is launched, it will be popular and animations will not be bad.

So Alice is back, she wants to see what Songmen Animation is going to do, so that the meeting was created. Songmen Animation showed their ideas in the conference room and also broadcast an animation. The company was actually established after receiving the manuscript of "The Country of Ice and Fire". The members are very optimistic about the potential of this animation and want to become famous in one fell swoop.

However, they underestimated the difficulty of animation production and encountered trouble in the process of producing "Land of Ice and Fire": they wanted to invite excellent voice actors to dub, but they did not have enough funds. For this reason, they placed their hopes on Phoenix Company, trying to solve the voice actor problem cheaply.

"Our company is taking a small and exquisite development route. "The Country of Ice and Fire" is our first animation work, and every movie will be a fine work in the future." The president of Matsumen Animation said confidently: "The original author of "The Country of Ice and Fire" has signed an exclusive agreement with us and will provide a work every year in the future. If Miss Alice works with us, you will definitely not regret it!"

Alice was a little moved. "The Country of Ice and Fire" is indeed very potential. It is a win-win thing for Phoenix voice actors to dub it. If the quality of Songmen animation works is comparable to that of "The Country of Ice and Fire", it doesn't matter if it is almost done, and this cooperation will be very cost-effective.

"If it were other investors and Zhongxia Company would definitely agree..."

Alice thought to herself that the reason why Songmen Animation asked Phoenix to cooperate was not only because of the voice actors. More importantly, Phoenix has an unparalleled influence in the extreme east and has a good relationship with Tokyo TV. These factors make Songmen the first choice for Phoenix.

But Alice believes that if she refuses, the company will immediately look for other substitutes.

"I can promise you first, but can I meet the author of "The Kingdom of Ice and Fire"?"

She made a decision and could agree to the cooperation, but she was also very interested in the original author of "The Land of Ice and Fire". The original author's pseudonym was very strange and the style of painting was also very strange. Alice had never seen it in comic magazines - she had an impression of the powerful cartoonists in China, but this person did not exist.

This author is most likely a talented cartoonist who has not been discovered!

"..." The other people in the conference room looked at each other a few times, and they were a little hesitant: "Miss Alice, we authors don't like to meet people..."

"But since you agree, we will fight for you. Please wait."

After someone said something, he left the conference room and called. Alice was even more surprised to see it.

"You guys respect that author?"

She actually needs to report, why does she feel that the relationship between Matsumon Animation and the original author of "The Country of Ice and Fire" is not like that of a company and a cartoonist?

"He is our major shareholder." The president of Songmen Animation explained a little embarrassingly, which made Alice even more shocked. However, because she agreed to cooperate, the mysterious author still agreed to meet Alice, and the location was chosen at his home.

In the evening, Alice and several subordinates took a bus to the author's house under the guidance of others. At this moment, the sky was completely dark, and lights were on both sides of the streets in Yokohama, but the scenery of the street seemed very strange. Alice closed her eyes in the car for a while, and unknowingly arrived at the destination.

This is a luxurious villa with a very East-East architectural style. A few maids have already stood waiting by the open door.

“…”

Alice fell silent after getting off the car, her mind was a little confused.

Although Yokohama is not a first-tier city in China, it is also a good city in the extreme east. This villa occupies a larger area than her family and is worth tens of millions of Chinese coins. And there are maids to serve. The owners here are all wealthy people no matter how they look at it!

"The author of "The Land of Ice and Fire" lives here?" she asked with some doubt.

"That's right." The president of Songmen Animation nodded and said a little embarrassedly: "We call him Mr. Songmen. He was originally a rich man from a European country. He seemed to have encountered some trouble. He changed his name and last year and moved here to settle down. He is the owner of this villa and the original author of "The Land of Ice and Fire."

"European..." Alice was even more surprised. What Europeans would change their names to come to Tokyo to buy this villa in order to take refuge? And if you have money to buy this villa, how could you not even have the money to hire a voice actor? No matter how you think about it, Alice's total investment in watching Songmen animation is only a few million Chinese coins at most. How could it be rare to destroy the owner of this villa?

“There is not enough money?”

This suspicion flashed through Alice's mind. Could it be that the rich man came here to buy a villa too much and had no money to invest?

"Mr. Matsumen is more conservative..." The president of Matsumen Animation seemed to see Alice's doubts and explained: "His works are very good, but he himself has no confidence. In fact, he only gave the first draft of "The Country of Ice and Fire", and he didn't pay much attention to it after starting the company."

"This animation took more than half a year for our company members to enrich it bit by bit, and then the results you can see Miss Alice. But Mr. Matsumen said that this was originally a waste manuscript. He promised that as long as we use this animation to achieve the benefits, he would hand us more manuscripts and inject more funds."

"Actually, I also read two manuscripts in his hand." The president of Matsumen Animation whispered: "They are all very excellent manuscripts, and they have not been published. It's incredible... Mr. Matsumen is in his fifties this year. He said he has been in contact with comics for less than four years and is undoubtedly a genius."

Whether it is Chinese or world comics, their history is not long. Cartoonists tend to be younger. The first generation of cartoonists were between the ages of thirty and forty. There were almost no cartoonists over the age of fifty, and Songmen was less than four years old. At such an age, he could still draw "The Land of Ice and Fire". This Songmen was indeed a genius.

Alice had met the youngest cartoonist, and that was fourteen-year-old He Xi. His name of genius is now known to the world: "Can I see the oldest cartoonist now?"

She suddenly felt interested and was curious about this Songmen - a cartoonist in her fifties. If he could work in Phoenix Company, it would be a good story! However, after walking into the villa and seeing this Songmen, Alice's face suddenly became very cold.

She knows him...
Chapter completed!