What Hiukawa didn't know was that after his poor editor received the picture of Yu Niangniang that afternoon, he went straight into the Yuanyue Society's work library—
When Chuli sent him a text message to complain, he was wearing moonlight and silver frost on his feet, and he had just come out of the Yuanyue Society's work library and was about to go home: This is because Ergou is afraid that Ergou will be hungry at home and rush to the house to tear down the tiles and tear down the sofa.
Otherwise, she felt that she could spend the night in the work library.
Going home at night, feeding Ergouzi, Chuli ate something by himself, washed up and changed into a nightgown, put on a mask and lay on the sofa with Erlang legs in an indecent position, occupying half of the sofa with Big Dog: Big Dog eats With a full head resting on the armrest of the sofa and watching TV drowsily, Chu Li stepped on the natural heating pad, clapped his phone and started a new round of war—
Chu Li sent the finished product picture received this morning to the WeChat work group.
After sending out the drawing, Chu Li fully explained that "the artist did not show the drafting process, at first he only showed a single sketch, and then ignored the editor's opinion, in order to avoid revisions and forced to submit the finished draft directly" Happening.
Teacher Xia was really furious.
You can think about how beautiful it is for a fifty-five-year-old cultural person, who is not so familiar with modern communication equipment, to slowly type on his mobile phone and finish the first ceremony and the cocoon empress—
[Old Xia: If she doesn't show it to you, why don't you stop watching it? What does editing do?]
[Lao Xia: This painter's behavior is shameful!]
[Lao Xia: I am used to being flattered by those petty publishing houses, and my temper is blown out of it, which ruins my professional ethics! Yuanyue Club is such a big club, we are not used to her!]
[Lao Xia: You can consider not to use this picture, just use words.]
[Lao Xia: Anyway, I don't think the painter is that popular.]
It took Mr. Xia fifteen minutes to type the Five Elements speech, but the whole group was as quiet as a chicken during the process. People didn’t dare to put a fart and waited for him to swear word by word... During the period, Axiang also knocked on the first ceremony privately with emotion —
[Flying Elephant: I'm so glad no one reminded Mr. Xia that wechat still has a voice function.]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: I have already been bombarded once during the day, who is so cheap that I want to be picked up again before going to bed at night, you think you can study your homework and follow the three meals... Even Lao Miao doesn't would be so cheap.]
[Flying elephant: ... Look! The teacher said that Empress Yu is actually not that popular.]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: It’s just a matter of trying to be less red-faced hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!]
Chu Li and A Xiang, the two little ponies under Yao's subordinates, were trembling and having fun in bitterness. The rest of Yu Yao was just confronting Teacher Xia in the crowd.
First of all, when the current book market environment determines that young people are the main consumer group, books with exquisite character covers are often more attractive to them. They pick up the book out of curiosity and flip through it without knowing who the author is. ...;
Secondly, the calligraphy inscription itself can attract some readers who eat this set, regardless of the size of the inscription itself, it will not affect the consumption impulse of these people;
In the end, Yuanyue Society wants to bring the routine concept of selling traditional and serious literature into new fields, and it may try to find a new way—but the old way was created by the predecessors with RMB and failure experience. You know, the concept of selling "Luohe Divine Book" is completely different from selling "Dream of Red Mansions"...
Yu Yao advocated using character paintings for the cover. After all, the pictures are all back from appointments, and the relevant marketing planning has also begun to enter the warm-up stage, and the effect is good, which means that readers still eat this set (*implying that Mr. Xia made a fuss to make Lao Miao publicize Weibo), change it now, it’s a waste of time—
Teacher Xia fell into a long silence after reading Yu Yao's words.
Yu Yao waited for a while and didn't get a response. He was also extremely worried, and went back to his own small group in the "Moonlight" magazine department to type out—
[Yu Yao: It's over, why is there no response? Teacher Xia won't be mad at me, will he?]
[The sailors invited by the monkey: ... ]
[Flying elephant:...]
[Meow meow:…]
[Jiu Jiu Jiu Jiu:...]
In panic, Chu Li, as the editor-in-chief, could not continue to persuade Yu Yao to let her face all this alone. After accusing Empress Yu, she was silent for most of the night, and now she finally jumped out and said something human—
[Shuijun invited by the monkey: Don’t worry, Mr. Xia, I will definitely solve this matter—the big deal is to be prepared with both hands. The best plan is definitely to use the cocoon map according to the original plan and continue to follow the original plan... What do you want? Don't waste calligraphy inscriptions if the title is big, no problem, although the book cover itself does not leave much space, but we can make up for it with a vertical girdle, directly print a huge title on the girdle, and then cover it in place of the title It’s OK—that’s a girdle, and we have the final say on the size, that is to say, the size of the girdle can be as big as the characters!]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: I read it in the works library this afternoon. When Yuanyue Club made "Traveler Back in Time", the base map was too big and the title was too small. This book was adopted in this way at the time. Vertical waist seal, the effect is very good.]
The first gift caused a thousand waves, especially Yu Yao, who had been scolded all night, reacted the fastest—
[Yu Yao: Hey, this is fine! Really, Chuli, you actually thought of the girdle, the girdle is indeed a usable piece!]
First ceremony: "..."
If I don't think of a solution, do I have the courage to take the initiative to report the situation to Teacher Xia tonight! ! !
[The sailor invited by the monkey: In addition, we can also prepare a plan B. In addition to the vertical girdle, if it is not possible, we can also use pure characters. The modern printing technology is so advanced. Said that even with pure words can also make a very good effect.]
[Flying elephant:...]
[Flying elephant: Yes.]
A Xiang was finally blown to the surface by an Aite forced by Chu Li after loading the corpse for a whole night. Afterwards, she was very speechless and asked Chu Li what was the reason for this inhuman behavior—
Chu Li smiled and said that everyone is like a grasshopper on a rope, what can you do, besides, it was up to you to make a "'PLAN B". Well
Ah Xiang thought for a while, and it seemed that she really said it herself, so she had to let it go...
Fortunately, at this time, Chu Li's "vertical girdle seal" proposal and "It's okay, we still have PLAN B" completely calmed Teacher Xia's raging anger, and people realized that Chu Li really came prepared tonight!
Yu Yao was very satisfied with this.
That night, after a short meeting, Chu Li forced herself to work overtime. She communicated with Empress Yu on Q, and seriously repeated what she had said when drawing the first draft of the character—
The teacher's picture is very good, but what we said at the beginning is to spread the page and your entire picture is on the right side, whichever way you want us to praise;
The teacher's picture is very good, but we said at the beginning that the title of the published manuscript should be on the right or in the middle, and your entire picture occupies the right and middle. How should we put the title of our book;
The teacher's picture is very good, but please show me the process of sketching, composition, and line drawing. Don't just start with 10% progress and suddenly jump to 100%. To overthrow and start over...
To this, Empress Cocoon's answer is—
[Brococoon: Hey, really, I haven’t drawn the publisher’s manuscript for a long time because of too little money, and I forgot, but I didn’t think that it would be impossible to put it on the right side of the page, hahahahaha!]
[Broken cocoon: I also drew right-handed compositions before, and the previous publishing editors didn't say it was impossible... Why do you think it's impossible? QAQ]
[Broken Cocoon: I draw when inspiration comes to painting. I am used to drawing things in one go. It is normal to turn off Q when drawing, so it is normal that there is no way to report the news from time to time, right? … Let me understand, each painter has different personal habits!]
First ceremony: "..."
A few words of "forgot", "I haven't thought about it", "other editors can do it, why can't you" sent me away
You still act cute to me, I'll go to you mad! What the editor wants is your manuscript, not to see how cute you are, my friend? ! ! !
To borrow the words of the actor teacher, why does the pot of the painter always have to
Chu Li is under tremendous pressure at the moment, and has to start preparing for the "PLAN B" that Mr. Xia promised an hour ago. I really don't have time to waste time arguing with this painter here... So I told Niang Niang to hurry up and prepare for the second one. Hurry up and submit the manuscript, because the composition of the first cover is already on the right, so please continue to the right on the second cover. It is impossible for a set of two books to have one title on the left and one title on the right. How silly is the picture
Empress Cocoon vaguely agreed.
Finally, Chu Li emphasized—
[Saijun invited by the monkey: Teacher, we signed the contract, and the manuscript will be delivered before the first ten days of August. Forget it, let’s say we didn’t communicate well, but we delayed the progress of the work because your picture master didn’t meet the requirements, and you have to pay double the deposit.]
Empress Yu was silent for a while, and finally answered her with "yes" and disappeared.
The succinct word "good" can also be seen that Chu Li's final tough tone made her feel uncomfortable, so after that day, no matter how Chu Li knocked on her to ask her progress during the period, the cocoon lady was silent again and again, but this time Chuli is not in a hurry anymore, so he is ready to advance "PLAN B" with peace of mind—
The big deal is to wait an extra week, and the cocoon lady is late and breaches the contract, so everyone breaks up
Saying goodbye to Empress Yu, Chu Li took out her mobile phone and hummed a song to send a text message to her landlord—
[Saijun invited by the monkey: Teacher, if Miss Yu refuses to cooperate again, we may use plain text to design the cover. Is there any problem with you?]
[Hiukawa: If I can't sneer at you at this time and ridicule "Why should I know now", then, no.]
[The sailors invited by the monkey: ... ]
[Hikawa: What are you doing?]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: talking to you.]
There was silence over there, and after a while, the man replied—
[Hi Chuan: I asked Ergou, who cares what you are doing.]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: ... ... ... Why are you like this, the second dog is full, lying on the sofa watching "Animal World" and using it as a floor mat for me!]
[Hikawa: Are you on the sofa too?]
[Hikawa: Both of you are on the sofa?]
[Hikawa: The sofa will be crushed by you.]
Chu Li looked at the screen of the mobile phone, paused with trembling legs, turned over and sat up guiltily. Touching his own cheek, he sighed with luck: Fortunately, a certain actor can't see him.
[The sailor invited by the monkey: Speak well, fairies have no weight!]
…
three days later.
Hiukawa is still in S province and has not returned yet.
What Chu Li didn't expect was that the person who appeared in front of her earlier than Zhou Chuan was actually Empress Yu.
At that time, Chu Li was working on the proofreading of A Gui’s article, and when she was knocked on the initiative and received a huge file, she didn’t realize that she was a little dizzy. When your tone is not so serious and you don’t mention the word “breach of contract” to her, she will procrastinate again and again until you seriously discuss this issue with her, then she can act at the speed of a normal person; Second, when seeing such a large document, before accepting and opening it, Chu Li was already mentally prepared: this is probably another completed manuscript.
Opened it with the software and looked at it, Chu Li was not surprised at all that his guess was completely correct, the draft delivered by Empress Yu was indeed the finished draft—
This painter is really quite confident.
She just thinks that I won't show you the draft, but as long as you clarify the requirements and I put my mind at ease, then the draft I submit must be qualified.
As for this arrogance, in fact, Chuli can also understand it. If you have strength, it is as difficult as getting Hiukawa to revise the manuscript like digging his ancestral grave. A person with strength just does not allow others to question himself or criticize him too much—Chu At the beginning, Li's sentence "You will lose money if the manuscript does not meet the requirements" probably made her very angry. Chu Li wondered if she had turned her head to tell Hiukawa whether your editor in charge was sick...
Forget it, work progress is the most important thing.
Suppressing his anger, Chu Liqu tapped the table with his fingers: "Finally the manuscript has been delivered, and I don't want to make an appointment with her for the second time in my life. Ah Xiang will read the manuscript."
Here, Chu Li slandered Empress Cocoon while inviting Ah Xiang to read the manuscript, and the two heads leaned together in front of the computer, muttering for a while—
There is basically nothing wrong with the picture that Yu Yu handed over, except that the male protagonist is standing on the peak, his back is facing the light, the wind blows his battle robe, and there are thousands of troops under his feet; the second male protagonist is standing behind him, transforming into a beast body, shadows cover the earth...
The picture is still good, it is still composed on the right side, and this time humanely left a white space in the same position as Feng Yi to put the title of the book... Chu Li discussed with A Xiang about the perspective, color and so on of this picture If there is a problem, I put Ah Xiang back and continue to work, and open Q to discuss with Yu Niangniang—
[Saijun invited by the monkey: Although I didn’t show me the draft this time, but fortunately, it’s basically OK. It’s the backlight of this character, and the overall skin tone is darker. Maybe it needs to be brightened.]
[Broken Cocoon:?]
[Pococoon: No, dear, aren't you really looking for faults?]
[Broken cocoon: This light is shot from behind. The character's face is shrouded in shadow, of course it is dark. If it is bright like a highlight, it means that the basic knowledge of light and shadow is wrong. If you take the picture out and see it, you will not laugh at me. ?]
[Broken cocoon: Can Fudo Art stop mentioning such absurd opinions?]
When seeing Cocoon saying that he was deliberately finding fault, Chu Li felt for a moment that the dissatisfaction with her that she had suppressed forcibly for not showing him the draft suddenly surged up—
Find fault with your uncle? ! ! !
In order to wipe your ass, I work overtime every day, why don't you tell me to find fault with you? ? ?
In order to keep you using this broken picture, how many times have we suffered? Why didn't you tell you to find fault? ? ! !
[The sailors invited by the monkey: ... the characters have their backs to the light source, and their faces are very dark. In terms of the momentum of the picture, it is true that the backs to the light source are dark, and the eyes with light in their eyes are the most powerful, but not on the cover—by an American editor The suggestion is that because of the problem of the cover paper during printing, you will not know whether this part will be too dark due to too much ink absorption on the paper before you actually go to the machine, and the face of the character is too dark and easy to turn blue, like a dead person.]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: Fans saw the original picture and said that you have wrong light and shadow, we can explain it a wave, and you will be happy when you get the book and say that you look like a dead person?]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: And if the face is already dark, once it gets too dark, it will be very troublesome to change the file...]
[The sailors invited by the monkey: The printing factory has to shut down and wait for you to change it. This will disrupt the printing arrangement of the printing factory. This time, our "Luohe Divine Book" is looking for a large-scale printing for one of the best business books in the country just to be on the safe side. factory. They wouldn't agree to such a mess.]
[Broken Cocoon: What is excessive ink absorption? ! ! !]
First ceremony: "..."
Silently took a screenshot and posted the crazy words that could send several people into a mental hospital to the work group. After getting a series of "..." and "..." led by Ah Xiang, Chu Li sighed, Rubbing the head that was almost out of breath—
[The sailor invited by the monkey: Do you think your words are reasonable?]
[Shuijun invited by the monkey: The truth has been explained very clearly, it is not to find fault, so please take the picture back to the teacher and change it.]
[Broken Cocoon: No.]
[Broken Cocoon: After changing the light and shadow of this picture, it is wrong. What do my fans think when they see it?]
[Shui Jun invited by Monkey: It was clearly written in the manuscript contract at the beginning, "use pictures that meet the publication standards", and now your pictures themselves can no longer be used as double-page spreads. The way to cooperate with your mistakes; but we can't cooperate with the color problem of the cover itself, and Tiandadi Printing Factory has the highest level of craftsmanship.]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: Please change the picture.]
[Broken cocoon: It's impossible to change, don't pressure me with the contract, is it interesting?]
[Brococoon: From the very beginning, you have a lot of opinions, and you find faults for no reason, you want to compose the picture on the left side, you say that my picture can't be double-paged, and you want to change the light, shadow and skin color—why are there so many things? I've never worked with anything like this before.]
[The sailors invited by the monkey: 66666666, I didn't emphasize to you the various rules of publishing manuscripts? If you don’t listen, of course you have to revise the draft—and I will take care of the rest for you. What’s wrong with changing the skin color? If the problem with the composition is not that there is not enough time, I will ask you to redraw the whole painting!]
[Broken Cocoon:?]
[Broken Cocoon: Redraw if you ask me to redraw? I painted these two pictures and stayed up all night?]
[Broken Cocoon: Did I provoke you? It is estimated that you will go to the big day Chuan to complain, aren't you just a thigh hugger, what are you proud of? !]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: Hey, teacher, what you said is interesting, what's wrong with me hugging my thigh? Editors live by hugging their thighs. Have you misunderstood something? Don’t hug the author’s thighs to edit and submit articles?]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: I hug my thighs perfectly!]
[Saijun invited by Monkey: Don’t change the manuscript, okay, we don’t want this manuscript anymore, please refund the deposit and pay the compensation, and then what should everyone do—]
[Saijun invited by the monkey: You can change this picture and give it to someone else to use. Whoever doesn’t pick you is willing to give it to you. At most, I won’t expose that you are using what we don’t want for secondary waste utilization. Kindness Do not?]
[Broken Cocoon:? ? ? ? I’ve been painting for so long and you just don’t want it?]
[The sailor invited by the monkey: Yes, are you angry?]
You're pissed off.
Anyway, I'm already mad at you.
The crackling typing can no longer be described by typing. For example, Yu Yao, who was sitting closest to Chuli, even raised his head curiously to see who was smashing the keyboard... and the bang and bang sound of the keyboard at this time was obviously not enough. To relieve her anger, she was still angry after saying the first ceremony, and she slapped the table with a "bang" after typing the last full stop—
Everyone in the editorial department was taken aback, and the old Miao who was next to him even jumped up from his chair, with a look of shock on his face: "What happened, what happened?!"
Chu Li withdrew his hand that was numb from the shock, and said expressionlessly: "I have returned the draft of Cocoon, let her go."
Everyone was stupefied, immersed in the little editor's anger, and no one was able to understand what was going on all of a sudden.