YM778.TV Chapter 125 - Professional Manga Artist
Chapter 125: Professional Manga Artist
Meng Fan had spoken with Xing Ta Ge of his publishing plans. After telling Xing Ta Ge that everything was settled and he was awaiting the print, Xing Ta Ge was amazed. How could this guy f*cking publish like a charity, printing whenever and whatever he wanted so fast?
After seeing Meng Fan nod, he took out his phone to transfer money before he sheepishly laughed. “I have to pay my car loans soon, and I’ll only have about 2000 ish dollars left. I’ll give you 2000 first, and I’ll pay the rest later.”
He was the scriptwriter of this manga, plus he provided the story, and he was also the one to propose the manga. Of course, he had to pay for a portion of this souvenir publication.
“This is enough.”
Meng Fan hadn’t planned on making Xing Ta Ge pay for any of it. After all, he only went through so much to publish it because of the rewards he would receive. In fact, it didn’t need to be published at all.
He thought about it and didn’t refuse. “I printed a thousand copies. You can take 100 of them to gift people or put on your bookshelf. The other 900 will be mine. I am planning to give them out to my netizens on stream.”
“Is it really enough? Don’t trick me.”
“Really.”
“Alright then!”
With this, the task of publishing was finally complete. He just had to wait for the books to print. He hoped for everything to go smoothly.
After changing into his sportswear, Meng fan headed for the track field. It was 6:00 pm and nobody was there.
Since the sports meet ended, there was no need for a last-minute practice. And the several pairs of couples who usually frequent the track had gone off to dinner. The track felt particularly empty. Looking across, there were less than ten people.
Meng Fan did his 10 kilometers and headed back to his dorm. Since he had just dealt with the publishing matter, he decided to stay at home after eating the dinner that Chen Da Qiang brought for him. While lying on his bed, he began to read manga and play video games. This corrupted feeling felt almost too good.
During the last few days, Meng Fan didn’t return to the dormitory since his roommates knew he had been working on the manuscript outside of school. They also knew of his house close to the campus.
Although they knew Meng Fan’s family background was well off, they were still quite surprised. After all, the prices of the housing near the academy were surprising indeed.
When Meng Fan returned that night, all three people in the dorm had been cooperative in being home. The four of them minded their own affairs while chatting occasionally, forming a harmonious atmosphere.
“When did you start playing Pesticide (Mobile Legends)?”
Meng Fan came out of the washroom to see Zhang Zhou Wei engrossed in his game.
“You haven’t been back these days, so you don’t know.” Chen Da Qiang laughed as he explained, “Wang Ya Nan has been pressing Zhang Zhou Wei lately to study for the postgraduate exam, but the pressure was too big, so he suggested to Wang Ya Nan to allow him a game that could combine play and work. So Wang Ya Nan agreed to his request and allowed him to play Pesticide because she also played occasionally.”
Xing Ta Ge added, “The two of them have poison. It’s normal to couple up and play games together, but do you know what kind of f*cking name they gave themselves?”
Meng Fan was curious, so he carefully looked toward Zhang Zhou Wei. Zhang Zhou Wei was playing the character, Angela, probably because it was his most played character. His in-game name was… Angela poos!
Meng Fan almost scrunched his nose in disgust. “You are really a spectacle.”
Curious, he asked, “What’s Wang Ya Nan’s IGN?”
Zhang Zhou Wei moved his finger, controlling his character Angela near the character Arthur. Meng Fan could see very clearly the IGN above Arthur’s head—Arthur Delivers TP!
Then, the game screen on Zhang Zhou Wei’s mobile phone suddenly retreated from the dungeon to his home base. GG!
His home was almost gone while they were still farming beasts in the dungeons!
“The two of you must be entertained and relaxed, but your teammates must be vomiting blood! I didn’t think Wang Ya Nan would agree to this game.” Meng Fan was really speechless.
Zhang Zhou Wei chuckled toward Chen Da Qiang and Xing Ta Ge. “You two have the nerve to mock others? Your names aren’t much better!”
He then turned to Meng Fan. “Do you know what their names are? One of them is called Xiao Hou Dun Squatting; the other is called Cao Cao on Lookout.”
“Squatting in the outhouse?”
Meng Fan scrunched his nose again. “What do you guys have against washrooms?”
Xing Ta Ge smiled slyly. “Originally we planned to call ourselves Big Ba and Small Ba, but Da Qiang didn’t want to. He was scared we’ll get banned.”
Meng Fan paused for a moment, thinking of the specialty in the names. They all began with a character’s name from the game. Combined with Xing Ta Ge’s perverted mind, he quickly recalled the character from the game. That would surely get them banned!
“Come come come, let’s play one; the four of us plus Ya Nan.”
Meng Fan was dragged into the game with them. He had downloaded the game previously and played about a dozen times. He was even ranked bronze II!
To cooperate with them, he used the free name change card to change his IGN to match theirs. The name Jiang Zi Ya toothache was taken, and Sun Shang Xiang Sausage was also taken as well. Pei Qin Hu Kou was also taken… But Ming Shi Ying Cancer… Hehehe. That name was successful.
“This is very fitting!”
“How does that song go again!”
The three of them were laughing uncontrollably.
“Let’s start the game; are we playing or not?”
Meng Fan entered the game in a sullen mood. They had just started when the sound appeared 5 seconds before the enemy minions spawned. Meng Fan saw the opposing team’s “Short Legs” message.
“Just by looking at their names, I can tell it’s a pair of couples on the other side and one single dog!”
During this game, Meng Fan savagely killed the short legs 11 times.
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At five o’clock the next day, Meng Fan suddenly paused as he was preparing to head outside for his run. Then, his face turned into an ecstatic smile, frightening Zhang Zhou Wei, who was just about to leave for his date. While clutching his chest, Zhang Zhou Wei said to Meng Fan, “Fatty, you have someone who likes you now, and I have a master. Do you have to be so straightforward and covet my beauty?”
“Get lost, hahaha!”
Meng Fan continued to laugh as he left without changing. He didn’t bother explaining to Zhang Zhou Wei and left the room with his art tube.
Just now, an alert sounded off in his head. The [Manga Artist] task was finally complete. He earned +100 points, +3 drawing skills, +3 set design, +3 screenwriting.”
This also meant that the publishing house had printed his novels, and the process had been correct and aligned to the system’s judgment.
The publishing house was efficient indeed. Meng Fan felt it was well worth the price.
Of course, he knew that it wouldn’t be finished overnight if it weren’t for Qin Jiao.
In addition, after completing the [Manga Artist] task, another alert triggered, signaling an upgrade of the task!
“Ding! You’ve triggered the achievement task [Professional Manga Artist].”
“The task requires serialization of one manga or three manga projects with ten individual volumes and reach a total sales of 100,000 units.”
“Upon completion, you will receive the title [Professional Manga Artist] (Drawing skills +5, Set design +5, screenwriting +5) ”
Meng Fan prepared to take his art tube home and feel the changes in these new attributes. Only before he even reached the entrance, a call from Qin Jiao came.
“The publisher called and said you can pick up the books today. Where are you now?”