Chapter 926: Li Qin's Day
The annual carnival was successfully opened. Although Suhua Transportation Bureau implemented more stringent traffic controls around Manhua Island than yesterday, Manhua Island was still crowded everywhere, with a crowding level beyond imagination.n∈n∈,
After breakfast, Li Qin waited on the way.
"Sister Qin!"
Not long after, she heard the sound and looked back. Hua Meng, Tomato and Xi Wenlin came from behind. Each of them dressed up specifically. Hua Meng also changed her hairstyle. If it weren't for being too familiar with her, Li Qin wouldn't be able to recognize her at once.
"Why are you two coming?" Li Qin looked at Tomato and Xi Wenlin strangely. She wanted to spend the first day of this carnival with Hua Meng. There was no Tomato and Xi Wenlin around in the plan.
"There is no signing today." Pomodoro said: "We are a little worried about so many people on the street, so let's take a look."
Li Qin couldn't help but look at Hua Meng, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across Hua Meng's face. It was obvious that the person who Tomato was worried was her. Li Qin naturally brought a bodyguard around her, and her safety generally would not be a problem.
"Where are mah and the others? At the signing party?"
Li Qin asked curiously again, and then saw the unanimous nod of Tomatoes. The cartoonist's signing ceremony is a carnival every year, and lasts for several days. The signing ceremony of Mah and Wang Yanmeng is arranged today, but Huameng and their distribution are in the next two days.
"I just went to the scene to take a look. This year's signing meeting is terrifying." Xi Wenlin said with some lingering fear: "The readers' team has been lined up for hundreds of meters at the door. Let me see... It will definitely not end until six or seven o'clock in the evening today. I will sign it!"
Signing for a sale may be a rare opportunity for newcomers. However, many veteran cartoonists are afraid of signing for sale. Especially the signing for a carnival. The number of tourists is too large. Last year, several cartoonists stopped a week of comic updates after the carnival because signing for a hand is injured.
Constantly signing autographs, signing them all day long, which seems easy, but this is really a very troublesome physical work. Xi Wenlin also felt a little scared of this activity, but Li Qin didn't feel anything. It doesn't matter how lively the signing will be. She is not interested in this aspect.
It should be said that the signing will be more lively, but it will be better. Li Qin was looking forward to it, so there will be fewer people in other places.
However, her expectations soon faded. Every corner of Manga Island seemed to be filled with people, and the streets were hard to move forward. She had been walking on a street for half an hour and had not yet reached halfway through, and the summer sun was even more hot.
"It's too hot, Sister Qin, please take a break!"
Hua Meng couldn't stand the temperature of the sun. There was a tree next to her. Hua Meng hurriedly asked Li Qin to stop and rest. In fact, they could only stop under the shade of the trees to hide from the sun. The seats with parasols on the street had long been occupied by others.
“I’ll buy some drinks.”
Tomato took the initiative to buy cold drinks at the stall next to him. When checking out, he noticed that a game store opposite was very lively. Many people stayed outside: "What are you doing there?"
"Hmm? Over there, that's a game trial." The waiter at the stall was a part-time female college student. She put the cold drinks into a bag and handed them to Tomato, and said, "It seems that it is Teacher He Xi's new game work. The game shop on the street can be tried in the morning. If you are interested, turn left at the intersection in front of you for a hundred meters, and there is a game press conference there, which is said to be hosted by Teacher He Xi himself."
She smiled: "But it's probably very crowded there,"
Tomato opened her eyes wide in surprise: "New game!? What kind of game is it?"
"I only know it's a text adventure game, but I don't know the specific situation..." The female college student shook her head and said, "I only learned about this after hearing the guests' conversation. They seemed to be talking about the girls' school story."
"Girls' School?"
Tomato was stunned. What kind of game is this? But no matter what, Tomato felt a strong interest in the text adventure game. Teacher He Xi hadn't made such a game for more than a year. His game quality has always been very high. This game must not be missed!!
"Let's go buy the game later." Tomato returned to the resting place with excitement. After talking about this, he couldn't wait to suggest: "Do we want to try the game? If it's fun, buy it."
He pointed to the game store opposite: "Although there are many game stores, there are very fast queues."
"I don't buy games." Li Qin was not interested in games. She came out to buy things that the old lady liked, but the old lady definitely didn't know how to play games.
Hua Meng basically doesn’t play games normally. She smiled and said, “If you are interested, go and have a look. I will accompany Sister Qin to continue buying things.”
She paused and added: "There are so many things to buy at the Carnival, "Lannad", "Wine of Eternal Life", "The Girl of Light", "The Rebellious Lelouch"... Just the perimeters and DVDs of these animations are enough for us to spend a day."
Hua Meng thought about it carefully and found that she had to buy a lot of things, even more than Li Qin, and she really didn't have the energy to go to other places.
"I think it's difficult to buy all the things." Xi Wenlin said at this time: "Most stores have to queue up, and it's troublesome to choose. Why don't we take action separately!"
He noticed that although there were many tourists on Manga Island, the order was not as bad as expected. There were college students and staff from Phoenix Company who maintained order at any distance on the street, and there were even some police officers standing guard. He and Tomato did not need to keep guarding Huameng.
Xi Wenlin explained to Tomatoes. He thought it was best to act separately. Carnival is the annual shopping carnival and the best opportunity to collect He Xi's works in the past year.
However, last year, He Xi's number of works exceeded the quantity records of the previous year. The precious collections of different works are scattered in many stores. It is difficult for one person to buy all things in a day, so it is easier to divide them into two teams.
Li Qin and Hua Meng bought some of them and handed over the rest to Xi Wenlin and Tomatoes, so that they could be completed in one day.
"I think this is OK."
Li Qin nodded in agreement.
Tomato hesitated for a moment, considering that he had more time to watch games and other things after separation, so he would better agree.
The group discussed for a while and finally decided that Li Qin and Hua Meng would buy "Lannad", "Qingyin Girl" and souvenirs other than animation. Tomato and others were responsible for more popular works such as "Wine of Immortality", "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", and "Rebellious Lelouch".
The two men's work is obviously heavier. They are responsible for popular works. In fact, "Lannad" is also quite popular, and he is a little worried to hand it over to the two women. However, Hua Meng heard that the "angel" also participated in the carnival and wanted to go to the event site of "Lannad".
Tomato agreed: "Then let's go and have a look at the game first."
After a few minutes of rest, he took Xi Wenlin happily to the game store, and Xi Wenlin was also very interested in the new game.
"Why do men like to play games so much?" Seeing them leaving, Hua Meng sighed: "Although Teacher He Xi's games are fun, I'm not used to facing the computer for a long time. It's better to look forward to his game animation."
Li Qin nodded. After "Lannad" was successfully animated, Meng Huo's future game adaptation into animation has already had a standard process. Like Hua Meng, she doesn't want to play games, but she is still looking forward to animation.
The two of them had enough rest and left the shade of the tree.
"But Sister Qin..." Hua Meng said without any doubt on the way: "Isn't it easy for you to buy something? Just tell Teacher He Xi, what can't be bought? Why do you have to run out by yourself and work so hard."
Li Qin smiled and said, "The feeling of buying it yourself is different after all, and the meaning is different."
Although Meng Huo did say that she didn't have to do this. But Li Qin felt that it was not bought by herself, and it seemed meaningless to hand it over to the old lady. This is her personal psychology. And she felt that it was rare to have a chance to encounter such a scene in a year, so it would be better to join in the fun.
"If I were Sister Qin, I would ask Teacher He Xi to buy things for me and use it to go to the concert and amusement park today..." Hua Meng said with a pity. In just one day, she thought it would be better for Li Qinhua to watch the performance and amusement park.
These places are the most lively, especially the voice actor performances during the carnival. Xia Chuanzhen and Shen Jie and others will appear, which are even more luxurious than the usual celebrity concerts. Hua Meng really wants to go and see them, but unfortunately the venues are surrounded, and tickets are hard to come by.
It would be great if Li Qin had this idea. Maybe Hua Meng could ask Meng Huo to help her prepare the tickets.
"Is there still a chance in the future..." Li Qin said with a smile, then she suddenly stopped and turned her gaze to a shop next to her, staring at a clerk outside the store in a daze: "This kid isn't..."
"What's wrong?" Hua Meng looked over strangely.
Li Qin did not answer, but walked over slowly and asked the clerk: "Are you Liu Yi?... Do you still know the aunt?"
The person who was setting up a stall outside the door to help sell popular products was Liu Yi. He looked up at Li Qin, stayed for a while, then suddenly realized, and his expression became nervous: "Ah, aunt... why are you here?"
"I'll buy things." Li Qin smiled.
Liu Yi became even more nervous: "Do you need anything? I'll buy it for you!"
"Hey, Liu Yi, what are you doing!" A scream came from the store, and a middle-aged man walked out and glared at Liu Yi: "Don't chat, hurry up and work."
But when the store manager saw Li Qin, he was suddenly stunned and muttered in his heart, why did this person look familiar? Qin Ya brought Li Qin here before, but in fact, many shops in Manga Island have an impression of Li Qin.
"Shop Manager." Liu Yi immediately leaned over and said a few words in his ear.
"What, what is she, what..." The store manager was startled and immediately covered his mouth. You can't call out the name of "Teacher He Xi" on this occasion, otherwise it would definitely cause trouble for Li Qin.
The store manager's attitude changed drastically, and he greeted him enthusiastically, reached out to let the people around him go aside and said, "Madam, come in and see whatever you want."
Li Qin was stunned for a moment, but Hua Meng pulled her in with joy. Of course, she would not miss such a good opportunity. She soon finished watching the entire store with the company of the store manager. Unfortunately, she only bought a few figure kids from "Qingyin Girl".
"I'm sorry, there are only these here that are not available in other stores..." Seeing Li Qin present, the store manager did not hide it and explained: "During the carnival, we supply limited types, and everyone sells them separately, so tourists can also be scattered."
Phoenix Company does not provide them with all types of supplies, but this is also to prevent one from dominating the market. If there is a store that can provide all the good things, tourists will have to run over, and the store can also form a separate influence.
However, this is an act of offending all the surrounding businesses. Manga Island has a tacit understanding. Once the carnival arrives, the competition between the stores will be reduced and resources will be shared with each other. In this way, everyone will not suffer any losses. Even if the carnival is shared, each company can make a lot of money.
In recent years, the commercial revenue of Manga Island has been increasing. The daily revenue of ordinary stores will not be lower than that of Suhua City's commercial district. Carnival is an annual carnival. In just a few days, these stores can earn more than two months of income.
The merchants here have a good business, and they will naturally have a considerable respect for Phoenix Company. As He Xi's mother, Li Qin was also warmly welcomed. Even when checking out, the store manager refused to charge the money.
"How could we have without Teacher He Xi? Madam, you still..."
"He is him, I am me, I will accept it if I ask you to accept it!"
However, Li Qin still made the store manager take the money down. The store manager felt a headache. However, seeing Li Qin and Hua Meng were about to leave, his head suddenly moved again and he quickly said to Liu Yi outside: "Liu Yi, stop working, accompany your wife to another store to check..."
He asked Liu Yi to take Li Qin to other places to buy things. Li Qin and Hua Meng both stopped and looked at Liu Yi. It was indeed much more convenient to have a familiar person leading the way.
Liu Yi hesitated for a moment: "This...is my job..."
"It's okay, I'll do it!" The manager walked over with a smile and said to him: "Just take your wife and come back when you finish your work."
Liu Yi nodded, and after returning to the store to change his clothes, he walked to Li Qin and the others: "Auntie, what do you want to buy? I'll lead you the way."
Li Qin and Hua Meng told him what they wanted to buy. Liu Yi naturally knew where to buy it. He had lived in the university town for several years and was so familiar with comic island that he could not be familiar with it. And just a few days ago, the students who came to Carnival to help quietly produced the "Carnival Guide".
Chapter completed!