Chapter 144 - Is 1 Million Enough? (1/2)

Creating hand-drawn posters for a movie would be a great experience. Especially if the movie had some big-name creators. For a regular art student to receive such a job, they would happily do it without pay.

Meng Fan didn’t wait for Qin Jiao to respond and quickly said, “Hang on. Do they pay a lot? I have a lot of work right now. If the money is not good, I’m not going to do it.”

“When did you care if they paid a lot or not?” Qin Jiao immediately began to gossip. “Are you in a relationship and don’t have enough to spend? And you don’t want to trouble your mom and your sister? Is it Wu Tong? Are you really short on money? Why don’t I give you some first?”

Meng Fan’s head throbbed when he saw this message. He couldn’t tell her he was earning money, so he could distribute it back out. “Why can’t I be at peace with money? Who doesn’t want more money?”

Meng Fan had indeed started to collect money for the [Wealth Distribution Cherub] and [A Million Merits] tasks. Aside from ensuring his manga updates remain consistent, Meng Fan thought about taking some new illustration jobs. After all, he had no trouble drawing twenty or thirty a day. And with his credibility in the novel illustrations circle, he had no problem finding more jobs and would even be able to raise his rates.

It was just that novel illustrations could only pay so much. Meng Fan more or less felt his drawing skill was being taken for granted by charging a few hundred per drawing.

But then again, this seemed to be the only way to make money quickly.

Hence, he was quite happy to take the task of illustration posters for a movie promo. However, he had to make sure how much they would pay.

“Fine, don’t tell me. Either way, it’s probably just you and Wu Tong.” Qin Jiao retorted. “The pay is not bad; they will pay you 50,000 for the first ten manuscripts. If you think about it, this is the pay for a top-notch illustrator. Of course, you have to draw more than that just in case.”

Meng Fan heard this. It really was a lot. “Alright, send it over.”

Qin Jiao hung up the phone and sent the contents to Meng Fan. He didn’t look at it before calling Qin Jiao again. “Is it easy for you to find this kind of work? I mean this kind of illustrations for movies and TV series. The kind that pays above 1000 or so.” He paused for a moment. “I really am short on money recently. As long as the pay is good, I’m willing to take it. I promise it’ll be good quality!”

“You really need money?” Qin Jiao sounded surprised but did not press further. She smiled and then replied, “This kind of thing, you really shouldn’t be asking me. I only have some friends who come to me occasionally looking for artists. If you really want to find this kind of work, you should ask your sister!”

“You’re already so gossipy. My sister would be impossible, okay! Alright, I’m gonna look at the contents. Oh right, when do you want me to sign the NDA?”

“Tomorrow morning… nine or ten. I’ll be in my office, so I’ll tell them to send it over.”

“Alright.”

Meng Fan hung up and looked at the contents Qin Jiao had sent over. As he glossed over it, he decided to call Meng Cai Wei. For this kind of work, he really had to go to her.

“I’m sleeping. If it’s not important, then call me tomorrow.”

Meng Cai Wei muttered a few words after picking up and hung up the receiver immediately.

Meng Fan was speechless as well but did not continue to call. He decided to send her a Wechat message instead. “Can you ask around for me about any movie posters that need illustrators? My drawing skills are top in the country; you can confirm that with Qin Jiao. If you want samples, I can send them as well. So if you could, it would be great to find ones that are willing to pay a lot. There’s no limit.”

Meng Fan was hesitant to say that he was one of the best in the world.

Shortly after he sent the message, Meng Cai Wei responded with a voice message as well. She sounded extraordinarily energized, not like a person who had just woken up. “You need money? Not enough to spend? Are you in love? Is it with that Wu Tong? You secured her? That fast? You don’t want mom to know so you didn’t ask her?”