No matter how slow Shen Xing was, after seeing Mu Suxing's reaction, he realized that he had made a big misunderstanding.
The two looked at each other, and the scene was very awkward for a while.
After an indescribable silence, Shen Xing finally spoke. To be honest, he felt that he was really innocent: "It's not that I think too much, the original script really was written like that! I just drew the feeling in the script as realistically as possible..."
As he spoke, his voice inevitably became smaller and smaller.
Muxiuxing: "..."
As if realizing something, Mu Suxing picked up the sample issue of "Huaying Comics" on the table and roughly flipped through the two latest issues of "Sherlock Holmes".
The issue he turned to was the part where Watson decided to share the rent of 221b Baker Street with Holmes. In the living room on the first floor, the landlady, Mrs. Hudson, was introducing the house to Watson enthusiastically.
"Mr. Watson, what do you think?" Mrs. Hudson said with a smile. Her eyes moved around the two of them, as if she remembered something. She said casually, "If you need two bedrooms, there is another one upstairs."
Watson's expression was a little subtle for a moment, and he emphasized: "Of course we need two."
Mrs. Hudson obviously didn't care about Watson's "clarification". She smiled and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, there are all kinds of people here. The couple next door to Mrs. Turner's are even married."
When Holmes was attracted by the case and hurried away -
"Look, he ran out again." Mrs. Hudson shook her head, looking somewhat helpless: "My husband is the same." She looked at Watson and added: "But I can see that you are much calmer."
Very good, it looks more like the official match.
Or the kind where the supporting characters around him are all trying hard to assist.
I don’t know if it was Mu Suxing’s illusion, or maybe it was because he had already learned about Shen Xing’s position and feelings from Shen Xing before watching the show. So when Mu Suxing watched “Sherlock Holmes” now, he felt that there was an atmosphere between Holmes and Watson that was completely absent when they were with other people, and a kind of ambiguity that was so subtle that it was difficult to express in words.
—You are really good at it, aren’t you
Mu Xuxing didn't say this out loud, but the expression on his face showed that this was what he thought.
Shen Xing knew he was in the wrong and was speechless.
Of course he could tell what Mu Xiuxing wanted to say—because that was what he thought when he was drawing the comic—
Blue Star passed the same-sex marriage law decades ago. Heterosexuality and homosexuality are not treated specially by readers in entertainment works. In their eyes, there is no difference between the two, and the authors think the same way.
Because of this, after Shen Xing carefully studied Shen Xia's script, he naturally treated the subtle interaction between Holmes and Watson as a love drama.
With this preconceived idea, when Shen Xing was drawing the plot, even if he didn't have that idea originally, he subconsciously shifted towards the direction of CP when he started writing. Over time... _(:3j∠)_
"What do we do now?"
Muxiuxing reminded him: "This is your comic, not mine."
"Oh, right," Muxuxing asked, as if remembering something, "You didn't tell the readers that Holmes and Watson are an official couple, right?"
Shen Xing: "That's not the case..."
"That's all," Mu Suxing said calmly, "This is your comic. How you adapt it is up to you. Whether you make the best of a bad situation or stick to the original is up to you. As an evil capitalist, I only look at the results."
Shen Xing nodded with a bitter face: "I understand."
What Mu Suxing didn't know was that it was precisely because of today's experience and what he said that Shen Xing's subsequent comic works, even those with his own original scripts, unconsciously took on a certain strange aura that was not as good as the official pairing but better than the official pairing.
So much so that many years later, when "Huaying Comics" made its annual summary and selected outstanding comic book authors of various comic works, Shen Xing, who had transformed into a big name in hot-blooded youth comics at that time, inexplicably defeated a large number of true and pure love works, and was resolutely pushed by readers to the position of "outstanding representative of pure love comics authors."
Of course, this is all a story for later.
After making sure that there were no problems on Shenxia's side, Mu Suxing went back to the Huaying Animation Department.
The educational and entertaining art animation series is still at the stage of slowly drawing the original paintings, but Muxuxing is not in a hurry about it - nor can he be in a hurry. It is said that slow work produces fine work. With the masters' nitpicking attitude towards their works, he estimated that it would probably take a year to finish Red Cliff Fu alone.
As for Cells at Work!, apart from ensuring the general style and direction, Mu Xiuxing has basically handed it over to Dai Yuyan. After three years of training, Dai Yuyan has become more and more adept at directing. Everything is going smoothly now, and if nothing unexpected happens, serialization will begin next month.
After finishing the recent pile of matters that needed his urgent attention, Mu Suxing once again locked himself in the office and devoted himself to painting.
A week later.
"New work review?" After receiving the comic script and setting manuscript sent by Muxuxing again, Qiu Fengmao was a little confused: "Why are you suddenly so hardworking again?"
Muxuxing blinked innocently: "No?"
"It's possible..."
Without looking through the information in his hand, Qiu Fengmao could imagine that this new work would most likely be another hit. However, for some reason, perhaps because Mu Xuxing's previous behavior of running away and Gugugu had left him with a psychological trauma, now seeing Mu Xuxing working so hard again, after a brief moment of joy, what surged into his heart was an indescribable uneasiness.
Qiu Fengmao was silent for a while.
He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his face was no longer emotionless as usual when he urged for manuscripts. Even his voice, which was always cold in order to maintain seriousness, became unusually gentle at this moment: "Boss, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but people should rest when they need to. Otherwise, since this chapter of Sherlock Holmes is about to be finished, we will give you a one-month leave in advance so that you can have a good rest and relax. What do you think?"
Shen Xing, who was pressed by the editor-in-chief yesterday and was too angry to say a word, said:
Not only is his attitude gentle, but he also not only doesn't rush for submissions, but he also proactively offers to approve leave notes. Could it be that the editor-in-chief is not someone else pretending to be someone else
Mu Suxing coughed lightly and said, "I have nothing to do now, and now that Huaying Comics is entirely supported by Holmes, it's not a good idea. I have to think of a way to find a new masterpiece, right?"
Qiu Fengmao was skeptical.
He looked at his boss calmly, and after finding that there was nothing strange, he finally put aside his worries. Everyone knew that except for the unexpected failure, his boss was a well-known workaholic. It didn't seem incomprehensible that he worked so hard to create another popular comic for the development of "Huaying Comics".
As for the inexplicable uneasiness in my heart...
Maybe he was overthinking it.
Thinking of this, Qiu Fengmao stopped thinking about it. He picked up the printed materials and took a look at the name of the comic.
"The winner is justice".
As a comic, this style of name is quite rare - it is also difficult for readers to guess the plot of the story through the name, but since it is the choice of Mu Xiuxing, I think it can't be bad.
Stuffing the documents into his arms, the two chatted as they walked towards the meeting room.
"You wrote this comic yourself?"
Muxuxing hesitated for a while.
It has to be said that the reason why Mu Suxing chose "The Winner is Justice" is, on the one hand, because it happens to be in line with the comic style that "Huaying Comics" has always created, and on the other hand, it is due to Mu Suxing's own preference.
If possible, he would certainly like to draw it himself, but considering that he will only be busier in the second half of the year...
"No," Mu Suxing thought for a moment and shook his head. "I will only be responsible for the drawing of the first few issues. I will hand it over to others when the rest is basically stable. By the way, I can take this opportunity to see if there are any new comic book authors worth exploring in Huaying."
As the two were talking, the originally empty conference room was gradually filled up by editors who had received the notice and rushed over.
This is the consistent review process of Huaying Comics for heavyweight works.
When Qiu Fengmao sat down in his seat, both rows of the long table were already filled with all the senior editors of Huaying Comics.
Different from the previous cautious and solemn review - if it was someone else's comic, the editors might still fulfill their duties as editors and review and evaluate it seriously. As for the works brought by Muxuxing...
For editors who are used to reading all kinds of routine comics, reading the comics brought by their bosses, rather than reviewing the works as an editor, means returning to their essence as comic lovers and simply enjoying the fun brought by comics as a reader.
Therefore, when Qiu Fengmao raised his head, he was immediately met with more than a dozen pairs of bright and expectant eyes.
Qiu Fengmao could more or less guess what these people were thinking. In fact, even though he prided himself on being "experienced" in comics, every work Mu Suxing brought would always give him a refreshing feeling. Seeing that everyone was undisguisedly impatient, Qiu Fengmao did not delay and said straightforwardly, "Okay, no more nonsense, I've sent you the information, let's get started."
The editors present were obviously waiting for this sentence - as soon as Qiu Fengmao finished speaking, the sound of pages turning could be heard in the conference room. Qiu Fengmao himself stopped talking and turned his attention to the comic in front of him.
One minute, two minutes...
Before he knew it, an hour had passed quietly. The first person to finish reading was Qiu Fengmao. He put down the material he had just finished reading, supported his chin with his hand, and his unfocused eyes fell on the wall not far away, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
“Bang!”
Accompanied by the clear sound of a hand slapping on the table, the silence that lasted for more than half an hour was instantly broken, and everyone's eyes subconsciously fell on the person who made the sound -
Being stared at by so many people at the same time, the editor felt a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I was too excited just now and couldn't control myself. Really, this comic is so interesting! The characters are novel and unconventional, the plot is unexpected and meaningful, and the style fits our magazine perfectly. I bet that with this comic, the sales of Huaying Comics may even increase!"