I Became a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 181

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

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

Li Yan looked at Kagurazaka Iris in surprise, and got a reply from their expressions. That's right, the legendary painter who was said to be able to buy his whole body with one painting turned out to be the one in front of him. That mixed-race girl of European blood.

Sure enough, the world mixed in by the novel is indeed somewhat different from his previous world. A group of teenage high school students, middle school students are best-selling light novel authors, and that's fine. A group of beautiful girls of mixed race from England and Japan (Hagimura Suzu’s mother is Italian), so that’s fine, but even such an exaggerated painter is also a beautiful girl who can’t be described, which makes Li Yan think distressedly, Japan Are all high school students monsters?

Li Yan closed the door well, took a deep breath, and in the bright meeting room, one person on one side, in the cold wind blowing, the clothes fluttered, and they looked at each other.

"Well, could it be that you are Mr. Uesugi?" The unknown girl thought for a while and asked with a flat face.

"...Ah, yes, I am Yan Uesugi, the author of "Super Power Academy War", nice to meet you."

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

【Beep! 】

Suddenly, Li Yan's editing system was activated unintentionally. The girl in front of him seemed to be a guess, and she was also a character originally in an illusory work.

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

The girl named Shiina Mashiro said, she walked over, came to a meter away from Li Yan, looked at Li Yan quietly, and asked, "Why is Mr. wearing a mask and hat?"

"...This one, because I don't wear it, readers will know what my face looks like. It will definitely be dangerous to walk on the street next time... No, no, it's windy outside, and I'm a bit allergic to pollen."

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

He took off the mask, took off the hat, looked at Shiina Mashiro, and continued: "I forgot to take it off. I will put it on when I go out."

"..."

Shiina Mashiro's face is not clear whether the front is real or the back is real, but the author who wrote the book so interestingly, she was praised for her good drawing in the art exhibition, so she has always been respected, so, It should be right behind.

"Well, Uesugi-san, can I be your illustrator?"

Suddenly, this blond girl from England habitually covered her chest with her hands and made a gesture of request. Those bright and plain eyes looked at Li Yan, and with some expectant mood swings, she asked road.

"Forehead?"

Li Yan was slightly taken aback, then fell silent. In the end, Li Yan looked at Shiina Mashiro's expression, it seemed that her expression was very serious, and 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 at it. I have been learning drawing since I was a child, and I have recently started studying Japanese manga. I have always hoped to be able to draw interesting stories one day... I also hope to design illustrations for interesting stories."

Shiina Mashiro said, and took out a neat and clean Japanese-English bilingual version of his resume from his briefcase. Even the style has an indescribable English style. Li Yan was a little cautious like holding a work of art. Then he took the other party's resume and read it carefully.

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

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

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

"Miss Shiina, I'm sorry... Your works are all Western European oil paintings, aren't they? Why are you suddenly interested in illustration work?" Li Yan looked at the resume carefully and asked suspiciously.

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

Afterwards, Li Yan invited Shiina Mashiro to sit down and have a good talk. In the quiet meeting room, Shiina Mashiro didn't seem to hide his original intention of learning Japanese manga. She was born in a British art family, and she learned painting from her grandfather since she was a child. For some reason, she began to send her works to national art exhibitions in various countries, but all the turning points happened once. Chances start to change.

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

——[I read Japanese comic books, sister. 】

"So, I came to Japan, hoping to learn how to draw manga." Shiina Mashiro said her intention expressionlessly, looking at Li Yan.

Not knowing why, Li Yan had a very complicated feeling in his heart.

Japan's two-dimensional cultural value is naturally understandable. The easy-to-understand and exquisite style of painting, rich and interesting story carriers, have also deeply influenced the new generation of a world in modern times, and have a very high market value. However, in any case, the positioning and artistry of the two are different. In the final analysis, comics are the carrier of stories, while oil paintings are the carrier of ideological conception. Comics are always new products. Whether they can be circulated for hundreds of years will affect human aesthetics. Not only that, but oil painting has already done this.

It's a pity for this genius to give up continuing to study oil painting and start drawing manga.

But when Li Yan was about to continue asking Shiina Mashiro about his intentions, he suddenly heard a cooing sound.

Shiina Mashiro's expression did not change, she was sitting gracefully and calmly opposite Li Yan, but it was obvious that her stomach was already rumbling with hunger, without any sign of shyness, which made Li Yan deeply understand that she is a natural Extreme genius.

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

"Well, I'm hungry."

Shiina Mashiro 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, and I haven't eaten either. I'll ask the editors to order a takeaway. What do you want to eat?"

Li Yan took out the phone and asked.

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

Li Yan was stunned for a moment. He originally thought that such a young lady from such a family would like steak, caviar, or pasta, and the worst thing was pizza, but she actually liked McDonald's.

After notifying Kagurazaka Iris outside, within five minutes, before the topic continued, the panting Kagurazaka Iris delivered two packages of McDonald's meals.

"Miss Shiina, please have dinner."

After Li Yan saw the attitude of Kagurazaka Iris, he carefully gave Shiina Mashiro sitting on the seat a Coke and a hamburger with a straw inserted, and said politely like a deacon.

Shiina Mashiro nodded, and started to eat after taking it. It seemed that he hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch in order to rush over here.

Discussions about the work of illustrators were 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 job of the next new book. After all, all light novel illustration contracts are limited to the scope of one work. However, no matter from any point of view, Ying Lili is his best illustrator. The great success of "Super Academy War" is also inseparable from her, a partner who has been quietly designing illustrations for his works. . The tacit understanding and affection between him and Ying Lili cannot be easily replaced by a world-class art master simply changing careers.

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

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

There is some pattering rain and fog outside the window. At this moment, Japan in spring is like the foggy capital of England, with a white mist rolling in.

However, Li Yan listened to the sound of Shiina Mashiro sucking a Coke, and finally he gradually returned to the original starting point, as if everything was thought too far. He looked at Shiina Mashiro, all the starting point was not just the illustration itself, it involved the interests of the company, and the interests of friends were originally an insult to the careers of both Sawamura Eriri and Shiina Mashiro.

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

In the somewhat dim conference room, Shiina Mashiro was a little surprised. It seemed that her oil paintings could not conquer the legendary Uesugi Yan. Rita had said that anyone who saw her paintings would be tempted, but the other party started Asking her for a manga work directly, she didn't seem to have any preparations, Shiina Mashiro said in silence, "So, can I draw one now?"

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

Li Yan suggested.

Shiina Mashiro took out the picture book and pencil from his briefcase, and began to draw in the meeting room where waves of water mist were pouring in from the window. The pencil and white paper made a rubbing sound under friction, and the toner continued to scatter On the table, a ray of light shone on her body, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye, leaving behind a pair of so focused eyes, the girl was painting with all her strength, as if immersed in her own world, there was an indescribable spirit of a master painter Artistic conception, maybe she doesn't know it herself, at this moment, she has to be said to be a beautiful world famous painting...

Li Yan was somewhat attracted by her concentration in painting, but in the figure of Shiina Mashiro, there seemed to be an additional layer of girlish characters named Ying Lili. Beside her, she was wearing her green overalls, waving her hands intently. Pencils are like creating on white paper, almost in terms of injecting enthusiasm, the two girls are almost evenly matched... But, he is just a light novel writer, although he didn't think about it before, now he suddenly thinks Is he really qualified to deny the works created by such a hard-working painter...

After painting for about 30 minutes, Shiina Mashiro finally handed her painting to him. The white coat was stained with a layer of black ink by toner in the painting. Her eyes were so sharp, she said: "My Painting, done."