Chapter 237 - Sold Out Again (2/2)
“Meng host, after the incident was exposed, why didn’t you clear your name when all the netizens were criticizing you?”
“Meng host, did you know Park Jae Hye from before?”
“Meng host, can you tell us exactly what happened?”
“Meng host, what happened after you hit Park Jae Hye?”
“Meng host, I heard you were with Bai Zhi and Su Qing Cen at the time of the incident, is this real?”
“Meng host, can we schedule a solo interview with you?”
“Meng host, can I ask…”
The live comments from his netizens mostly consisted of cheering, while the passers-by and the media continued their questioning.
Meng Fan had seen them of course, but there were too many for him to read each one. And he didn’t plan on answering their questions, either. Regardless if they were journalists, passersby, or netizens.
“Before I begin my stream, let me plug in an ad.”
He pulled out the second volume of “Guide To Campus RoMANce” and put it towards the camera. “The second volume of ‘Guide To Campus RoMANce’ has undergone individual publication, and the first volume has been reprinted as well. It’s already been uploaded onto the DD bookstore platform, and the link is below… You can also search for ‘Guide To Campus RoMANce’ or Meng Fan in the query.”
Putting the book down, Meng Fan continued, “‘Guide To Campus RoMANce’ has officially been completed, and the third volume will be released soon. Oh, and the second volume of ‘There’s A Spirit Underground’ will also be out soon…”
After squabbling off more commercials, Meng Fan finally concluded, “I know several people are waiting for me to talk about the incident where I hit someone, but there’s really not much to say. All the details have been disclosed online, and are also in the video that’s been uploaded.”
He adjusted his camera so both publications were in the frame, then took out his drawing paper. “I’m going to draw manga now, so I won’t be answering any questions. You know who you are, you can leave now.”
Just as he was about to begin, Meng Fan saw several live comments saying that the solo publications of “Guide to Campus RoMANce” had been sold out.
“Sold out?”
Meng Fan opened DD and took a look. It was real. He then checked the sales experience from [Professional Manga Artist] had increased to 68,000. Out of this, both volumes of “Guide to Campus RoMANce” consisted of 10,000 units, while “There’s A Spirit Underground” consisted of 48,000 units. This was in addition to the 1000 units of physical surplus in bookstores.
He gave Qin Jiao a call.
“Yeah, it’s sold out.” She said, “Are you streaming? It seems like they sold out at 8:00 pm tonight, the publishing house already called but I didn’t have time to tell you yet.”
“What? God. I’m still sitting here promoting it!”
“DD bookstore platform had been advocating it as ‘masculine iron hero draws intricate love story’, so it sold out instantly. You don’t say, your title is quite valuable. I’ve already informed the publishing house to print additional copies, 5000 per volume. I’ve also added 8000 more copies to the third volume.”
Meng Fan absorbed the information and explained this to his stream. He started a lottery to give away the signed copies of volume I and II and began his manga.
As he drew, Meng Fan maintained his old procedure of humming to songs and chatting with his netizens. But this time, his voice would occasionally change between funny and famous tones.
Several people who tuned into his stream because of the incident had chosen to stay. They truly believed that Meng Fan’s stream was quite entertaining, as his drawing speed and the quality of his art were top notch. But most importantly, he was very interesting. Nobody knew what kind of voice would appear from Meng Fan’s mouth next.
As for the reporters from the media, they had left immediately after hearing Meng Fan wasn’t going to discuss the incident.
He logged off the stream at 23:00. About ten minutes after he began his stream, the amount of online viewers had exceeded 1 million. After seeing Meng Fan refuse to explain anything, the number dropped until about 400,000 or so. He had managed to keep a lot of passersby.
Including the stream from tonight, Meng Fan’s total stream viewers had reached 88 million. He was only 11 million away from the goal of 100 million.
After logging off, he continued to draw. The next day, he woke up for his jog, drew for another hour, then headed to the Chocolate Factory.
At 8:30 am sharp, he officially began recording the voice clip for Luo Hao, the male lead character from the animation “Nine Days”.
Meng Fan and Charlie and the vocal assistant had negotiated the voice quality of the male lead to focus on the theme of “morning sunshine”. The sound would conform to the original manga’s intent, and would primarily give people a sense of comfort. Of course, under special circumstances, he still had to be affectionate, overbearing, and fierce… These were all talents required of the voice actor, though.
Shaping a character vocally not only meant giving the character life, but he also had to make him memorable. This way, people would immediately think of this character when they hear his voice.
Lou Lan, who finally got his rest, very quickly understood what Meng Fan meant yesterday by “I hope you are really aware”.