Chapter 415 (2/2)
Stop joking around. Such a thing most certainly did not happen!
A successful throwing of the pan!
All sorts of joy!
Su Li’s identity as an illustrator stood out a lot more radiantly compared to her identity as a mangaka…
Perhaps Su Li was still bad at creating original works. However, regarding drawing, her natural talent, combined with her diligence made her art and drawing style increasingly outstanding.
Although people always say that Su Li seemed a little too cold-heartedly commercialized, that she had no resolve and integrity, and that she always compromised with the demands of readers, especially the tycoon, her diligence was unquestionable. On average, she spent at least seven or eight hours a day on drawing. She treated it as an actual job, and she took it very seriously.
In recent times, many creators that claim to be professional writers or professional mangakas procrastinated all the time. Only at the last moment would they get started with their work. This was a state of procrastination disorder. What’s more, in the name of going off-course in search for inspiration, some of them would randomly announce the suspension of publication as they wished. Their readers were nothing in their eyes…
However, Su Li was different; she was now Lady Zhao’s best friend. There was always the possibility of Zhao Youyue calling her out for dinner, shopping, watching a movie, and so on, especially when Zhao Youyue had her holidays. Thus, she could not afford procrastinating. The result of her procrastination would only end up in her having to catch up on updates during the weekends. She might even have to reject Zhao Youyue’s invitation. How big of a loss would this be!
Su Li had to admit it. She was now inseparable from Lady Zhao. If she had to go back in time where she hid at home all day when she had nothing better to do, she would feel empty and desolate!
After Su Li learned that Zhao Youyue had set up a small publishing house, without thinking twice, she decisively gave Zhao Youyue the copyright of the manga booklet of her new manga, allowing Zhao Youyue’s publishing house to publish it.
The friendship she had with Zhao Youyue had prevailed over the power of money. After all, Zhao Youyue’s small publishing house was not the strongest, in terms of publishing capacity. The advertising capability of the publishing house was also questionable. This might affect the sales of Su Li’s new manga, but Su Li still went ahead with it!
Behind all of this, probably lay the meaning of “to initially be attracted to one’s Appearance, but to fall for one’s talents after”[1] Some might say that Su Li had definitely earned enough money. However, there ever enough? She only took the initiative to do so because her actions could amount to what that could possibly be timely assistance. She could aid with the development of Zhao Youyue’s small publishing house!
With her participation, Zhao Youyue’s publishing house already had two heavyweight players, Shi Jingnian and Su Li. Many creators in the industry have started to take notice of this publishing house, called “Dimension Culture Company.” What was so good about this publishing house that it managed to attract well-known creators such as Shi Jingnian and Su Li?
Some major publishers became highly curious about this publishing house, which had appeared out of nowhere. Things shouldn’t be so simple…
Of course, all this was due to the face of a certain Lady Zhao!
As expected, Su Li’s new manga “Himegoto” did quite well. She already had a lot of fans, to begin with. Her character artwork sold pretty well —- —- and she was goddess mangaka and mysterious illustrator!
Who would not be curious about her new work?
Translation note :
[1] Lit. “Attracted by one’s appearance at first, but fall for one’s talents after” (始于颜值,陷于才华) is an actual Chinese proverb. The author here changed the words of the proverb to fit into the story’s context, specifically referring to the friendship between Su Li and Zhao Youyue. Thus it becomes “attracted by one’s wealth at first, but fall for friendship after.” (始于金钱,陷于友情)