Daddy Academy

Chapter 640 I Have a Story and You Have a Pen (12)

Zhang Tan had a beautiful dream, but whenever the dream was about to come true, he would be kicked awake. He opened his eyes and saw that the room was dark and quiet, and the night light in the corner was shining faintly. There was a soft breathing sound, it was Xiao Bai.

This melon boy kicked him again in his sleep just now!
Zhang Tan quickly moved away from her, never daring to approach her again, let alone trying to hold her in his arms.

Nothing happened until early morning, Zhang Tan was still asleep when he suddenly heard singing:
"Malanhua~~~~Malanhua~~~~~We are not afraid of wind and rain, let's hurry up and bloom flowers..."

He thought it was Xiaobai singing in his dream, but he felt something was wrong. When he woke up, the singing was still ringing in his ears. There was no one on the half of the bed in front of him, only a little monkey doll lying under the quilt, looking at him. relatively.

He turned sideways, looking at the window, a brilliant morning light fell on the floor, and a child in pink pajamas was facing away from him, singing loudly while looking at the rising sun outside the window.

Hearing the movement behind him, the child looked back and said with a smile: "You are awake, Boss Zhang, why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Zhang Tan thought to himself, how can I continue to sleep when you sing so loudly?I'm not a heartless pig.

"I'm full of sleep, why did you wake up so early?"

"I'm a good baby~~ I never sleep in, I'm not Liuliu."

Xiaobai announced proudly, but Zhang Tan knew she was bragging. Yesterday, Teacher Jiang said that she was too sleepy to wake up, and was lying in bed and rolling around like a baby.

Xiao Bai fully opened the curtains, pulling the curtains was like a tug-of-war, Zhang Tan was really worried that she would pull the curtains down.

"I'm going to school~~~"

Little Guawazi opened the curtains and ran out, rushing to the living room. He is very motivated to go to school.

Zhang Tan followed suit, took care of Xiaobai brushing his teeth and washing his face, and went to find Teacher Jiang. Teacher Jiang got up earlier and had already made breakfast.

During breakfast, Mrs. Jiang told Zhang Tan that she would send Xiaobai to kindergarten today.

Zhang Tan thought for a while, but he had no objection. Teacher Jiang couldn't be idle, so he had to find something to do.

Zhang Tan was worried, so he drew a map and told her how to walk.

"I know everything." Xiaobai was already very familiar with the way to school.

"Teacher Jiang, bring your phone and contact me in time if you have anything to do." Zhang Tan urged, watching them get out of the little red horse and go to the kindergarten leisurely.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Tan turned around and asked Xin Xiaoguang who had been waiting nearby.

Xin Xiaoguang came to work very early today. It seemed that he had something to do with Zhang Tan, but when he saw Zhang Tan sending Teacher Jiang and Xiao Bai to the kindergarten, he stood beside him without disturbing him. Instead, Xiao Bai stared at him several times. Last night He bullied Liuliu and Dudu very badly, and the two children went to Xiaobai to seek justice because of their grievances.

"There is an incident report. I heard news in the circle yesterday that the original Lingshan Studio is unable to make ends meet and cannot continue. This studio is very capable. I was thinking, can we recruit these people? In particular, there is a man named Xu Qizhe, who is very famous in the industry, recruiting the little red horse, our strength can reach another level."

"If you are so capable, why do you have to go bankrupt?" Zhang Tan asked, his understanding of the comic circle was far inferior to that of Xin Xiaoguang.

"I talked about this with Shiying yesterday. Our point of view is that there are two main reasons. One is that although this group of people are strong in comics, they don't know how to run it. It has not been easy for so many years; the second reason is that their comics are relatively unpopular, with a cold and strange style of painting, although they have a high reputation, the market is not big."

Zhang Tan understands that he is equivalent to a director of a literary film like Chen Bin.

"Okay, you can do it."

Xin Xiaoguang knew that Boss Zhang was not familiar with Xu Qizhe, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

"You wait."

Xin Xiaoguang ran to the studio, quickly took out a comic, and handed it to Zhang Tan: "Boss, if you have time to read this comic, it was made by Xu Qizhe and the others."

Zhang Tan took it in his hand, looked at the cover, it was called "Life and Death", and he didn't feel at ease.

"Okay, I'll take some time to take a look. You can handle the recruitment. I'm going to Guangdong Province today, so let's not talk about it."

Today, Zhang Tan is going to Guangdong Province to deal with the crew's affairs over there, and he can be regarded as going over there regularly to take care of things intensively.

When I had nothing to do on the plane, I thought of this comic in my bag, and picked it up to read.

As Xin Xiaoguang said, the studio's painting style is cold and cruel, and this "Smash Fight" is not like a traditional comic at all, it is a bit anti-routine.

There is nothing in the plot that attracts Zhang Tan, but the painting style and this kind of personality make him interested. Watching it, he thought of a comic that he had read before...

After staying in Guangdong Province for a day, Zhang Tan returned to Pujiang and called Xin Xiaoguang to ask how the recruitment was going. He learned that it hadn't been done yet. There were many people who wanted to recruit each other, and they were just one of them.

"According to internal information, Xu Qizhe has decided to join the Iron Train Studio, and the chances of winning are not great." Xin Xiaoguang said that he is working hard to win this person, but the conditions he can offer can also be given by other studios. Not obvious.

"Can you ask him out, I want to chat with him." Zhang Tan asked.

"you want?"

"I read the comic you gave, and it's really good. I have a story that fits his style of painting very well."

"I don't have his phone number, but it's okay, I can ask. Wait, I'll make an appointment."

In the afternoon, Xin Xiaoguang replied that the appointment was over, but it was only an hour, right now.

Xin Xiaoguang's guess was right, Xu Qizhe had already decided to invest in another studio, if it wasn't for Zhang Tan's reputation, the other party would never meet again.

Zhang Tan and Xin Xiaoguang came to a teahouse on West Chang'an Avenue, and after waiting for a while, Xu Qizhe appeared.This is a thin and tall young man, about 27 or [-] years old, dressed in forest style, giving a decadent impression, but he is very handsome and has an alternative charm.

The other party looked at Zhang Tan curiously. After all, he had a good reputation. He had always heard that he was the boss behind the Little Red Horse Studio, but it was just a rumor, and now it has been confirmed.

The two sides exchanged a few words and got to the point.

Xu Qizhe said: "Xiaoguang contacted me, the conditions are very good, but I'm sorry, we have decided to join other studios, and we will have the opportunity to cooperate again in the future."

Zhang Tan poured tea for him, and said casually, "I've seen your "Smash Bros. Life and Death". The style of painting is very attractive, but the story is not that good. This may be the main reason why this comic is not a hit."

Xu Qizhe nodded silently. They had summed up the reasons for the failure, one of which was that the story was not attractive enough. They were more like a group of technicians and artists than storytellers.

Zhang Tan further said: "I am a screenwriter. You should know that what I am best at is telling stories. If we cooperate, we will be even more powerful. I watched "Smash Fight" on the plane the day before yesterday, and I was inspired. Let me tell you the rudiment of another story."

Xu Qizhe said with interest: "You say."

While Xin Xiaoguang was responsible for pouring tea for the two, he pricked up his ears to listen to Zhang Tan's story.Zhang Tan's story is the main driving force for Little Red Horse Studio to start quickly, otherwise the result would be like Xu Qizhe and the others.

Practice has proved that technology alone is not enough, and the essence of comics is stories in the final analysis.

Zhang Tan said: "My story is called "Sword Hero Life and Death Fight"..."

PS: I won't go into details about "Swordsman Life and Death Fight". Those who are interested can go and read it. There are manga and anime. In short, it is an extremely violent aesthetics.

(End of this chapter)