I Am a Master of Light Novels in Japan

"Hey, Uesugi, what are you doing, why don't you go in when the door is open?" Kagurazaka Ayame promptly stopped Li Yan's subconscious movements and asked in a low voice.

"Eh, wait a minute, what do you mean?"

Li Yan was startled and looked at Kagurazaka Acorus, and finally got a response from their expressions. That's right. The legendary painter who can buy a painting all over his body is actually in front of him. That half-breed girl of European blood.

Sure enough, the world that was mixed in with novels was completely different from the world before him. A group of teenage high school students and junior high school students are best-selling writers of light novels, so forget it. A group of beautiful girls of British and Japanese mixed-races (Hagimura Suzu’s mother is Italian), so that’s it, but even such an exaggerated painter is also an unreasonable beautiful girl, which made Li Yan annoyed to think, Japan Are all of your high school students monsters?

Li Yan closed the door properly and took a deep breath. In the bright conference room, one person on one side, in the cold wind blowing, clothes hunting and hunting, looking at each other.

"Well, are you Mr. Uesugi?" The unknown girl thought for a while, and asked flatly.

"...Uh, yes, I am Uesugi Yan, the author of "Super Academy War", I am glad to meet you."

For a time, perhaps because of the level difference, Li Yan was calm, but when she spoke, she was still a little nervous. After all, the girl at this moment is a real person, and she has such an unparalleled talent and talent.

【Beep! 】

Suddenly, Li Yan's editing system was also unintentionally activated. The young girl in front of him was like a guess, and was also a character originally from an unreal work.

"Hello, my name is Shiina Mashiro... I have read your book and I love it."

This young girl named Shiina Mashiro said, she walked over, came to Li Yan one meter away, looked at Li Yan quietly, and asked, "Why does the husband wear a mask and a hat?"

"...Well, because I don't wear it, readers know what my face looks like. It's absolutely dangerous to walk on the street next time...No, it's windy outside, I'm a little allergic to pollen."

Li Yan didn't realize anything at first, so he naturally explained directly, but suddenly felt that the purpose of saying so was a little weird, so he immediately changed his words and found some excuses to stop him.

He uncovered the mask, took off his hat, looked at Shiina really white, and continued: "I forgot to take it off. I will wear it when I go out."

"..."

Shiina Shiba didn’t know whether the front was true or the back was true, but the author who wrote the book so interestingly, she was praised in the exhibition for good paintings, so she has always been respected, so, It should be right afterwards.

"That, Mr. Uesugi, can I be your illustrator?"

Suddenly, this blond girl from England habitually covered her chest with her hand and made a request gesture. Those bright and plain eyes looked at Li Yan, with some emotional fluctuations of expectation, and asked Tao.

"amount?"

Li Yan was startled slightly, and then fell silent. In the end, Li Yan looked at Shiina's really white expression, as if her expression was very serious. She was not just talking casually, but her firm attitude has long been proven. After all, she deliberately came from the other side of the earth. Flying here alone, just to see him.

"This is my resume. Please take a look. I have been learning drawing since I was a child. I recently started studying Japanese manga. I have always hoped that one day I can draw interesting stories... and I also hope to design illustrations for interesting stories."

Shiina said, and took out a neat Japanese-English bilingual resume from his briefcase. Almost even the style has an indescribable English style. Li Yan was somewhat cautious as holding an artwork, holding it in both hands. He took the other party's resume and looked at it seriously.

However, Li Yan looked at what was the booth number of the Paris Art Exhibition in XX, the booth number of the Florence Art Exhibition in XX, and the exhibition number of the Queen’s Birthday Celebration Exhibition in London... This made Li Yan Her complexion was getting worse and worse, maybe the patterns on the resumes in his hand were also designed by her herself, and the value is also very valuable.

However, suddenly, Li Yan also noticed something wrong. When flipping through the album about true white at the back, it seemed that all the art works were not Japanese illustrations, but European oil paintings of various styles. You can see that it is a very deep and exquisite oil painting.

Although comics and oil paintings are both types of painting, the relationship and nature of the two are totally different.

"Miss Shiina, I'm sorry... Your works are all Western European oil paintings, aren't they? Why suddenly you became interested in illustration work?" Li Yan asked suspiciously as he watched his resume carefully.

Shiina nodded and said, "Because I think Japanese manga will be more interesting."

After that, Li Yan invited Shiina Shirai to sit down and have a good talk. In the quiet conference room, Shiina Shiro seemed to have no concealment about his original intention of learning Japanese manga. She was born in a British art family. She learned painting with her grandfather since she was a child. I don’t know why, she began to exhibit her works at national art exhibitions in various countries, but all the turning points were at one time. By chance, it started to change.

——【What book are you reading, don't you like my paintings? 】

——【I read a Japanese comic book, sister. 】

"So, I came to Japan, hoping to learn how to draw manga." Shiina Shiba said his intentions blankly, looking at Li Yan.

It is not clear why, Li Yan has a very complicated mood in his heart.

Japan’s two-dimensional cultural value is naturally understandable. The easy-to-understand and exquisite style of painting and the rich and interesting story carrier have also deeply influenced a new generation of the world in modern times, and it has a fairly high market value. However, in any case, the positioning and artistry of the two are different. After all, comics are the carriers of stories, while oil paintings are the carriers of ideological and artistic conception. Cartoons are always new products. Can they affect human aesthetics for hundreds of years? There is more than that, but oil painting has already achieved this.

It is a pity to let this genius give up studying oil painting and start drawing comics.

However, when Li Yan was about to ask Shiina Masashiro's intentions, he suddenly heard the sound of cooing.

Shiina's expression remained unchanged, and she sat opposite Li Yan gracefully and calmly, but it was obvious that her stomach was so hungry that she made a noise, and there was no sense of shyness. Li Yan deeply understood that she was a natural person. Extreme genius.

"Miss Shiina, are you hungry?" Li Yan hesitated for a while and asked cautiously.

"Well, I'm hungry."

Shiina nodded, and said honestly.

"It's already noon at this time. Maybe the people in the company don't know that you haven't eaten it, and I haven't eaten it. I will ask the editor to order a takeaway. What do you want to eat?"

Li Yan took out the phone and asked.

"McDonald's." Shiina thought for a while and said.

Li Yan was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that such a family eldest would like steak, caviar, or pasta, and the worst is pizza and the like, but turned out to like McDonald's.

After notifying the Kagurazaka Iris outside, it was only five minutes, and the topic did not continue. The panting Kagurazaka Iris delivered two packs of McDonald's set meal.

"Miss Shiina, please have a meal."

After seeing Kagurazaka Ayame's attitude, Li Yan carefully gave Shiina Mabai sitting in his seat Coke and hamburgers with straws, and said politely like a deacon.

Shiina Nodded in greeting, and after taking it, he started to eat. It seemed that he hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch in order to come here.

The discussion about the work of the illustrator was temporarily interrupted. Li Yan also took the opportunity to think carefully about his choice during lunch. In the final analysis, it is understandable and reasonable for the other party to apply for the illustration work of the next new book. After all, all light novel illustration contracts are only limited to one work. However, from any angle, Ying Lili is his best illustrator. The great success of "Super Academy War" is also inseparable from her partner who has been silently designing illustrations for his works. . The tacit understanding and emotion between him and Ying Lili can't be replaced by a world-class artist.

However, if he disagrees with Shiina's application, then the result can be imagined. This will be a huge loss for Sanwa Bunko, and he will also be upset to all of Sanwa Bunko's colleagues, so this is the choice It is so arduous that it is almost impossible to analyze this cooperation problem simply from the perspective of his own work.

"Oops, a troublesome multiple-choice question." Li Yan looked at the window not far away with melancholy eyes, thinking about it anxiously.

Outside the window, there were patters of rain and fog. At this moment, Japan in spring, like the British fog, rolled over with a white mist.

However, when Li Yan listened to Shiina's soothing Coke, he finally gradually returned to the original starting point. It seemed that everything was too far in mind. He looked at Shiina Mashiro. All the starting point was not the illustration itself. The company's interests were involved. The interests of friends were originally an insult to both the occupations of Eri Sawamura and Mashiro Shiina.

"Well, Ms. Shiina, have you drew a manga before? Can you lend me your paintings for review." Li Yan broke the silence and asked.

In the darkened conference room, Shiina Shiro was slightly surprised. It seemed that her oil paintings could not conquer the legendary Uesugi. Rita Mingming said that anyone who saw her paintings would be tempted, and the other party started I asked her for the manga directly, but didn't seem to have any preparations, Shiina was silent, and said, "Then, can I draw one now?"

"In this case, you can draw a conceptual picture of your favorite character in my book. I want to compare your words with the paintings of my current partner."

Li Yan suggested.

Shiina Masaki took out the picture book and pencil from her briefcase, and began to paint in the meeting room where mists of water gradually poured in from the windows. The pencil and white paper rubbed and rubbed, and the toner continued to scatter. On the table, a ray of light shone on her body, but it was fleeting, leaving such a pair of focused eyes. The girl tried her best to paint, as if she was immersed in her own world, there was an indescribable mastery of painting. Artistic conception, perhaps she doesn't know it herself, at this moment, she has to say that she is also a beautiful world-famous painting...

Li Yan was somewhat attracted by the concentration of her painting, but in Shiina's white figure, there seemed to be a layer of girl character named Yinglili next to her, wearing her green overalls, waving her intently. Pencil writing on white paper is average. In terms of injecting enthusiasm, the two girls are almost equal... But he is just a writer of light novels. Although he hadn't thought about it before, he suddenly thought about it. Is he really qualified to deny the works created by such a hardworking artist...

After painting for about thirty minutes, Shiina Masashi finally handed him her painting. The white coat was dyed with black ink in the painting. Her eyes were so sharp, she said, "My Draw, it's done."