Game of the World Tree - Chapter 555

555. Chapter 553 Cartoonist and Assistant

March is the season when everything comes back to life and flowers bloom.

After a short Spring Festival holiday, the imperial capital of the Celestial Empire also ushered in a surging tide of returning to work, and once again fell into extreme prosperity and noise.

Cao Lingxuan is one of them.

As a migrant worker in Beijing three years after graduating from college, she embarked on the journey of pursuing her dreams again after a short vacation in her hometown.

There is no way. Her major is fine arts. As a girl who loves painting and comics and hopes to become a cartoonist one day, there is no way for her to show her skills in her hometown, where even the virtual network has not been fully covered.

Only a big city like the imperial capital can allow her to find a job suitable for her.

Walking on the busy streets, thinking about future development, Cao Lingxuan sighed slightly.

She really has mixed feelings about the rapid development of the virtual network in recent years.

On the one hand, with the development of the virtual network, many freelancers in the entertainment industry have more free space to work, and the cartoonist industry has also greatly improved its work efficiency due to the further optimization of various drawing software, far less than the early 21st century where they need to sit for a whole day for paintings.

On the other hand, the rapid expansion of virtual entertainment is also squeezing the living space of traditional entertainment, such as comics and novels. If you are not a true master, it is difficult to earn enough income by comics alone.

In order to attract readers from the dazzling variety of entertainment activities, even for those top cartoonists in the industry, they have to rack their brains to create better works.

The hands are freed, but the workload of the brain is greater.

Many times, the time for conception far exceeds the time for creation.

It is no wonder that teachers in the industry complain that in this era, although it is becoming more and more convenient, the pressure is increasing.

Collecting materials, conceiving, creating…

Time seems to be abundant, but in fact… It feels less and less.

Shaking her head, Cao Lingxuan walked into a somewhat old-fashioned apartment.

Going straight to the 307th floor of the apartment, the girl knocked on the door politely, but there was no movement inside.

Cao Lingxuan frowned, leaned on the door and listened, and heard noisy music coming from the room.

Well… it’s noisy, but in fact it’s just louder. To be honest, it’s pretty nice.

It’s not the popular electronic music on the Internet, but a unique style of pure music, with a little bit of classical flavor, and it seems to have an indescribable exotic style, which is easy to make people sink into it.

Cao Lingxuan has heard similar music before. It was a niche music that gradually began to spread in a small range last year and became more and more popular over time. It was called “elf style”.

Cao Lingxuan didn’t know which genius created the “elf style” music, but influenced by someone, she also saved one or two songs in her mobile phone. Whenever it was late at night, she would put on headphones and fall asleep with the music.

Don’t say it, the effect of falling asleep is quite good.

Just don’t look at the comment area.

Because this music seems to have a different kind of empathy, it always attracts a group of “depressed” patients to sell their misery in various ways below…

So, the girl always blocks the comment area.

After tidying up her image, Cao Lingxuan skillfully took out a key from under the flower bed next to her and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, a strong smell of alcohol and sourness hit her in the face, making her frown.

The room was very dim, the curtains were not drawn, and there were bags of garbage piled up at the door.

It can be said that… it was a mess.

Cao Lingxuan’s face was dark.

“Ah, it’s always like this…”

She sighed helplessly, entered the room, opened the curtains, turned off the music, and then kicked a humanoid object that was sleeping soundly with a stealth cabin, and shouted:

“Black Cat Teacher! Don’t sleep! Get up!”

Frightened by the girl’s shouting, the humanoid object on the ground almost jumped up, and a slightly vicissitudes of life male voice sounded at the same time:

“Is it time to submit the manuscript? Almost! Almost! It’s almost done! Give me another day, just one day!”

This is a man who looks to be in his thirties. Although he looks good, he has a scruffy beard, is unkempt, and has a pair of deep dark circles under his eyes…

His eyes are still a little confused.

Until… he met Cao Lingxuan’s eyes.

Uncle: …

Cao Lingxuan: …

“Ahem, it’s Xiao Cao… I thought it was an editor.”

The man coughed twice and said awkwardly.

Cao Lingxuan: …

Black Cat, male, real name Mao Mo, 33 years old, single.

He is a well-known cartoonist in the current comics industry in China. He debuted by creating comics with fantasy themes of different worlds. Although the themes are old-fashioned, he always has wild ideas and can often create exciting and exciting stories, so he also has a group of very fanatical die-hard fans.

Cao Lingxuan is his assistant. While helping him as an assistant, she also learns some comic skills from him.

However, speaking of an assistant, the girl feels more like a nanny.

Looking around the terrible room, she sighed:

“Black Cat Teacher, you should find a girlfriend.”

“Ahem… girlfriends are not as fun as virtual games. It’s good to be alone. How comfortable.”

Mao Mo laughed dryly twice.

Cao Lingxuan: …

“Hurry up and wash up! From your tone just now, I’m afraid that the manuscript is not finished yet? You promised the editor before the New Year that you would submit the manuscript before March. Three months are almost halfway over. It’s almost the deadline for the website, right?”

“Ahem… Isn’t it that the game I like has suddenly been publicly tested in the past two days! Hey, it’s also very important to get materials! Besides, I’m a little too busy to draw alone without you.”

“These are all excuses. You are so playful at your age.”

The girl rolled her eyes and then began to help the other person clean up.

The virtual world is a virtual world after all. In Cao Lingxuan’s view, those who are addicted to the virtual world are just losers who are satisfied with their self-control and escape from reality.

However, as a big man in the comics industry, he always has “privileges”, and Cao Lingxuan can’t say much.

After hearing what the girl said, Mao Mo scratched his head and walked to the bathroom in his big slippers.

Half an hour later,

Mao Mo, who had washed up again, sat at the dining table, eating takeaway food with relish, while the whole room was swept clean by the girl and restored to tidiness.

However, seeing the new stealth cabin in the room, Cao Lingxuan raised her eyebrows:

“Teacher Black Cat, didn’t you buy a stealth cabin the year before last? Why did you buy another one?”

Hearing the girl’s question, Mao Mo was shocked. He wiped the oil on his mouth with a tissue and then said enthusiastically:

“Hey, Xiao Cao! I haven’t told you yet! This stealth cabin is for you. From now on, our office will be completely moved to the game… ahem, no, it’s on the virtual network, and you can also play… um… no, you can also get materials!”

Cao Lingxuan: …

“You just wanted to say playing games, right!? You must want to say playing games?! If you spend the time you spend playing games on creation, your works won’t always be so difficult to produce!”

“But getting materials is also true. You know, it’s not good to be complacent in this business.”

Mao Mo scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Cao Lingxuan: …

Listening to the other party’s sophistry, she had a black line on her face.

However, in a sense, she also understood it.

For creators, the selection of materials is still very important.

Inspiration often comes from life, and also from the collision of ideas with other works. The other party can be a game, a novel, a movie, etc.

But… this famous cartoonist teacher seems to spend a little too much time playing games.

Cao Lingxuan still remembers that when he met him two years ago, he spent almost two-thirds of his time playing virtual games.

Since last year, he has restrained himself a lot. It seems that Black Cat Teacher has lost interest in most virtual online games overnight, and most of his time has been spent watching game videos.

He also kept talking about some masterpieces, other online games are rubbish, and when can he get a place…

As a result… Is he itching to play again?

“So… what happened?”

Cao Lingxuan asked while pouring water for him.

Hearing the assistant’s question, Mao Mo was refreshed.

He said excitedly:

“Hey, Xiao Cao, let me tell you! I got a place in “Elf Kingdom”!”

“Elf Kingdom”…

Hearing this unfamiliar but familiar name, Cao Lingxuan’s eyes were slightly blank.

But soon, the valve of memory suddenly opened.

“The game that made headlines last year? An online game that had tens of millions of applicants but only recruited tens of thousands of people?”

she asked.

She wasn’t very interested in virtual online games, and the only thing she knew was this piece of news from last year.

Um…

that’s right.

It seems that the game video that Black Cat Teacher is addicted to is also this one.

Even the plot he created a while ago has an elf girl named Evelya who believes in the goddess of life, has silver hair and purple eyes…

I don’t know if it was influenced by it.

Cao Lingxuan vaguely remembered that she thought the other party was watching a movie on the video website at first, but when she found out that it was a game screen, she was still surprised. She didn’t expect that games nowadays are so realistic.

“Haha, you still remember it!”

Mao Mo slapped his thigh.

“It’s this game! Two hundred thousand places are open this time, and I finally got the qualification! After I finish my meal, let’s go play together… Well, let’s go get some materials together!”

Cao Lingxuan:…

“Congratulations, if I remember correctly, the number of people who signed up for this game seems to be exaggerated… But, I didn’t sign up, and… the deadline is coming soon, don’t you really want to hurry up and finish the manuscript?!”

After hearing the girl’s words, Mao Mo smiled, and then said mysteriously:

“Manuscript? No rush… It will be online today. You’ll know when you enter the game later! In addition, don’t worry about the quota, I bought it for you a long time ago!”

“Buy?”

Cao Lingxuan was stunned.

“Yes, of the 200,000 open spots, 10,000 are reserved and can be purchased directly. I was lucky and bought both of our spots.”

“You don’t know, it’s so popular! I squeezed for several nights and refreshed again and again before I finally succeeded in refreshing. Many people wanted to buy but failed to refresh! I don’t know why the game is so good, but why the official website system is so bad…”

Mao Mo complained.

He looked very proud and complacent, not like a 30-year-old uncle, but like a child who got a favorite toy.

Cao Lingxuan: …

She felt that she knew why the other party looked so depressed.

Could it be that he had been browsing the website all night for several days! ?

There is no hope.

However, she didn’t dare to ask the price of this spot…

Tickets for a popular singer’s concert would be sold at a sky-high price. Even if Cao Lingxuan had never paid attention to this virtual game, she had heard of the other party’s name. Tens of millions of applicants only took tens of thousands of people. I guess the price of this reserved spot would be even more exaggerated, right?

Now… she felt it was a bit difficult to refuse.

Forget it, just accompany him to collect materials, after all, he is both a teacher and a boss?

Cao Lingxuan sighed in her heart.

“Okay, Mr. Black Cat, I can play with you for a while, but you have to promise that it is just to collect materials, not to indulge! And… the most important thing is to remember to finish the manuscript! You have to finish the manuscript after playing for a while! Otherwise, I will call the editor to ask for help!”

said the girl.

Mao Mo’s expression changed slightly:

“Don’t… don’t call the editor! It’s a while, it’s a while, collect materials, and the details… we will talk about it after entering the game!”

After hearing the other party’s promise, Cao Lingxuan nodded with satisfaction.

When Mao Mo finished his meal, under the other party’s urging, the girl lay down in the stealth cabin uncomfortably.

The game had already been downloaded by the other party. According to Mao Mo’s instructions, Cao Lingxuan called softly:

“Start the game – “Elf Kingdom”.”

As soon as the voice fell, a pleasant female voice sounded beside her ear:

[Ding——]

[Game connection successful…]

[Loading in the game…]

[Loading successfully. 】

Accompanied by the system’s light sound, familiar music slowly sounded.

Hearing the beautiful and melodious melody, Cao Lingxuan was slightly stunned.

“Emerald Forest?!”

Emerald Forest, the number one song on the download list of a certain Yiyun elf-style music, is also a song in the girl’s mobile phone favorites, and a frequent guest when falling asleep.

Its melodious and light melody makes people feel like running in a beautiful forest, and it seems to wander in a dreamy fairyland…

Cao Lingxuan never expected that she would hear this familiar song the moment she logged into the game!

And thinking of the name of this game…

In an instant, a light flashed in the girl’s mind.

“Elf Kingdom, elves, elf-style music…”

“This… can’t it be? What I have been listening to, is it game music? The source of elf-style music is actually “Elf Kingdom”? A game actually created a new music genre?! Is this a game company or a music company?”

At this moment, Cao Lingxuan felt very surprised.

No, it was more than just a surprise. As a versatile person who also studied music, she really knew how difficult it was to create a brand new music genre that would be loved by the public!

Until now, she couldn’t figure out what instrument was used to play the elf music, and could only guess that it was electronic synthesis…

and to be frank, she always felt that the elf music could definitely go down in the history of music!

The next second, her vision lit up and she entered the character creation interface.

“Huh? Face-pinching system?”

Why does this chapter have a strong sense of déjà vu when writing it… No, next time I write about a similar plot, I will change the angle and write it in a different way! Otherwise it will be too routine. _(:з」∠)_

(End of this chapter)