Translator: Dj22031
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Soon, someone replied: “I went to check it out. The four-frame painting is the kind of children’s picture book story for children. The story is quite simple, but the painting is really good. It feels like I can publish it.”
From here on, the comments began to focus on Mr. Q. Seeing that the situation was not right, Luoyan fans stepped down from refuting, which in turn made the post more popular. Not long after, the post was posted by a marketing account lurking in the forum: Little Transparent plagiarized Big Pink? Complete reversal! It’s obvious that Big Pink copied Little Transparent! At the bottom are pictures of Luoyan. In addition to the copy of Yan Qingchi and the copy of Luoyan, there are also several other paintings by Yan Qingchi.
Among the nearly one million fans of Luoyan, there were not many active fans, and she was quickly attacked by netizens. Other fans in the painting circle who couldn’t stand her also posted on Weibo and complained, saying, isn’t Luoyan a habitual copyist? What painting style is popular to imitate? Whoever is popular, she will learn from him. Someone found out that she had plagiarized Little Transparent before, but she relied on her fans to confuse right and wrong and forced Little Transparent to close the book. Unexpectedly, the same trick didn’t work this time.
Yan Qingchi watched To Mr. Q’s Weibo fans skyrocketing, and the comments and reposts were also increasing. Many netizens who saw this incident on Weibo and forums thought his painting was pretty good and cheered him on.
Soon, Yan Qingchi saw that the entry “Plagiarism by Mr. Luoyan” was on the hot search. Yan Qingchi almost didn’t need to guess to know that Guan Mei must have bought it for him. After all, he was very familiar with this method of linking forums to Weibo and then linking to hot searches.
To Mr. Q became famous just like that, but unlike most painters who only had fans among students and office workers. To Mr. Q’s fan structure had one more type in addition to these two – young parents who were keen on surfing the Internet.
These parents really only paid attention to him because of his paintings, and to print out his paintings and show them to their children. After all, there were really too few children’s stories, except for those enduring fairy tales, that were not bloody or violent, promoted a correct outlook on life and values, and were interesting at the same time.
If there was a market, there would naturally be profits. If there was profit, publishers would naturally come to you for cooperation. However, the copyright of these paintings had long been signed over to Jiang Moche and Jiang’s cultural company, and he was ready to wait for To Mr. Q to become popular to then print it. The time to publish was now.
In addition to those parents who printed his paintings, there was another type of parents who paid attention to him. This type of parents were relatively wealthy, so after seeing his paintings, they wanted to ask him to draw a story for their children. For this, they were willing to pay a high price.
However, Yan Qingchi refused. He was not short of money. He painted these paintings just for Qi Qi to see, so he didn’t want to paint them for others.
Most people would give up once he refused them two or three times. Except for a mother who had been sending private messages to him on Weibo for the past two days. Her Weibo handle was It’s Tangyuan, not Yuanxiao. Yan Qingchi felt that this mother was really a bit too stubborn!
It’s Tangyuan, not Yuanxiao: My child really likes your paintings. His birthday is coming soon. I hope to give him a picture book that you specially created with him as the protagonist as a gift. The price is negotiable. I hope you can agree.
To Mr. Q: This is not a matter of money. I have also told you that these paintings of mine are all for one person. Even my Weibo name means the same, so I will not give them to anyone other than him.
It’s Tangyuan, not Yuanxiao: From your story, it’s not difficult to see that you are a gentle person. You must also have children, right? So, you should be able to understand us mothers’ feelings. I hope you can think about it again, okay?
To Mr. Q: Sorry, I can’t agree.
After Yan Qingchi replied this sentence, he was afraid that she would continue to persist, so he simply quit Weibo and went to do other things.
However, he never expected that he would receive a call from Guan Mei two days later. Guan Mei was very serious on the other end of the phone. Yan Qingchi even felt that she was a little excited. Her tone was very gentle, but she could not say anything. “Yan Qingchi, let me tell you, I don’t care why you and Jiang Mochen have decided to suspend your activities this year, but this time, this opportunity, you must seize it, unless you are mentally depressed now and your legs are broken. Or if you are paralyzed on the bed and cannot move. Otherwise, when you meet Director Fu this time, you must try your best to win the male lead in her next film. Even if you are not the male lead, you can also be the male supporting actor. You must cooperate with her anyway, do you understand?”
Of course Yan Qingchi didn’t understand, “Why should I go to see Director Fu? Which Director Fu? Fu Minzhi.”
“Yes, I made an appointment for you to meet her tomorrow. You must behave well then.”
“Wait a minute, Yan Qingchi thought he was a little confused, “Why do I have to see Director Fu? And tomorrow? Does Jiang Mochen know?”
“Of course he doesn’t know, I haven’t told him yet. But whether he agrees or not, if you really want to plan your career and want to have better development, you must go to this meeting.”
Yan Qingchi felt a little headache, “So can you tell me first, why should I go to see her tomorrow?”
Guan Mei then remembered that he had not explained the cause and effect to Yan Qingchi, so he explained the matter in a few words.
To talk about this, they had to start from the last time Bo Yan came to their house, when Qi Qi showed Bo Yan the paintings Yan Qingchi drew for him. Bo Yan liked it very much, so he copied a few short stories. Fu Minzhi took Bo Yan to live with her for a few days. Bo Yan showed her the short story he copied. Seeing that Bo Yan liked it, Fu Minzhi asked her assistant to find out who painted it. It so happened that the news about To Mr. Q plagiarizing Luoyan broke out at that time. It took almost no effort for the assistant to reach the bottom of To Mr. Q’s Weibo, discover these paintings, and report the results to Fu Minzhi.
Fu Minzhi was a senior director, so she was embarrassed to use her main account directly, so she asked her assistant to make a small account, and went to chat with Mr. Q privately, hoping that Mr. Q would draw a story specifically for Bo Yan as a birthday gift for him. Then Yan Qingchi refused indifferently, Fu Minzhi persisted, and Yan Qingchi had no choice but to simply log off.
Seeing that she could not contact him, and seeing that Bo Yan’s birthday was approaching, Fu Minzhi asked her assistant to continue to investigate and find out the true identity of To Mr. Q.
After this investigation, He Fei was found who had registered this Weibo. The assistant called He Fei and explained the matter and said that he could have business cooperation with To Mr. Q. Their studio was about film a movie, and To Mr. Q could be responsible for the character painting for online promotion of the movie. He believed it would also be a good thing for To Mr. Q.
He Fei asked her, “What kind of studio is yours? If it’s just a small online movie, then it won’t really help us, right?”
Fu Minzhi’s assistant rolled his eyes angrily on the spot, but after seeking Fu Minzhi’s consent, he directly reported the name of his studio.
He Fei was so frightened by this report that he almost couldn’t hold the phone in his hand. He even spoke softly. Hearing Fu Minzhi’s name, he didn’t dare to make his own decision. He quickly said please wait a moment while he went to ask his boss. Then he hung up the phone and began to tell Guan Mei about this terrible thing.
Guan Mei was also startled when she heard Fu Minzhi’s name. On the one hand, she lamented Yan Qingchi’s good luck. He was the chosen one. He could attract Fu Minzhi’s attention with just one painting. On the one hand, she sighed. And on the one hand, before she had time to be happy, she thought of what Jiang Mochen had said about suspending activities for a year.
Guan Mei felt that she was very tempted to cause trouble. After all, who didn’t want to bring out a best actor? Fu Minzhi’s last film produced a best actress, and the previous film produced a best supporting actor. Who knew, this time a movie could produce a best actor! Besides, even if there was no best actor, she had won awards for three films in a row. It could be said that she had figured out the key to winning awards. This one would definitely continue to win awards if nothing happened. If Yan Qingchi could participate in an award-winning film, even if he was not the male lead, the resources behind him would only get better and better.
So Guan Mei called Fu Minzhi back without saying a word, told the truth about the matter, and made an appointment for Yan Qingchi to meet her at noon tomorrow.
Fu Minzhi was completely shocked on the other end of the phone. No matter what she thought, she didn’t expect that the world was really so small. She had just met Yan Qingchi not long ago, and she didn’t expect that he would turn out to be To Mr. Q. Fu Minzhi couldn’t explain what it felt like, so she had to agree first and talk about the rest tomorrow.
She hung up the phone and thought about it carefully, “To Mr. Q, isn’t that Yan Qingchi’s child called Qi Qi?” She smiled and thought that Yan Qingchi was quite interesting, and he actually named himself such a name To Mr. Q——To Qi Qi. She sighed. Regardless of whether Yan Qingchi was a so-called good actor or not, at least he was a very good father.
Yan Qingchi figured out the whole story and felt that it was too much of a coincidence. On the other end of the phone, Guan Mei was still nagging him, “Yan Qingchi, listen to me. Fu Minzhi’s play has been prepared for three months. The film will be launched in the second half of this year, and the industry is very optimistic about it. Everyone knows that she is still rushing to win an award this time. If you miss this time, you don’t know when you will meet such a director who is dedicated to winning awards next time, and if you rejected her and Fu Minzhi doesn’t like you, will any director in her circle want to use you in the future? Of course, popularity can replace a lot of resources, and Nancheng can also give you a lot of resources, but for the directors who have carefully prepared for a really good movie that has its own reputation, they won’t be willing to compromise on popularity. You have to think clearly and not act out of emotion.”
“Okay, I understand.” Yan Qingchi said: “Let’s do this, you can leave tomorrow. Send me the time and place of the meeting, and I’ll go see her.”
“That’s right. Don’t worry, if anything happens, Mr. Jiang will take care of it for you.”
“It’s okay, nothing will happen. You don’t have to worry.”
After saying that, he hung up the phone, he thought about his meeting with Fu Minzhi tomorrow, and also thought about what Guan Mei said about starting the shooting in the second half of the year. Yan Qingchi felt it was a pity. If he hadn’t been pregnant, then this opportunity would be really good and he would have worked hard for it. However, he had a child in his belly and Fu Minzhi was planning to start filming in the second half of the year. This was really a pity.
However, he didn’t insist on these things. He was still young and had just entered the circle. There would be many opportunities. If he missed one of them, he could just wait for the next one.
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