I Became a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 182

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On the other hand, in a beautiful European-style apartment, a girl who had slept soundly for a while woke up with a flushed face.

A slight wind blows this quiet room. The girl's room doesn't look like a girl. There are a pile of sketches, stationery, posters, and printers, just like a cartoonist's studio, but like this The decoration made her feel at ease when she just woke up.

She opened her eyes. At this moment, it seemed that someone had come to see her and put a towel on her forehead. It seemed that her mother had come back to take care of her.

However, after lying on the bed for too long, Ying Lili felt more relaxed, she got up, and her tired eyes saw not far away, the drawing board that had not been touched for about three or four hours.

I like painting, as if painting is a part of my body, as if there is no fever-reducing medicine, she picked up the drawing board and hurriedly captured the ideas in her dreams.

The corners of Ying Lili's mouth raised slightly, she stretched out her hand, picked up the drawing board, and in a quiet room, began to draw what she thought was the latest volume of the new Heng Ning Ning scene. The character girl in the novel is desolate and elegant, like a white begonia facing the cold wind, surrounded by loneliness and oriental beauty...

"Hee hee, you're done."

After drawing for about ten minutes, Ying Lili finished the sketch and said with a bright smile.

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After Li Yan took Shiina Mashiro's manga-style illustration, he watched it quietly and carefully for a full minute.

One minute seemed very long to a certain girl. She seemed to have met an extremely harsh teacher. The more she focused on reviewing her paintings, the more tense she felt.

"Sorry, it's exactly the same as what I thought, Miss Shiina, you are a world-class genius, but there are things that world-class geniuses are not good at. The style and positioning of oil paintings and manga are too different. Your paintings don't suit me. The requirements of a novel...not even the standard of an illustrator, so I will not accept you as an illustrator for my work for the time being."

Li Yan put down the album for a while, looked at Mashiro Shiina with a look of surprise on his face, unceremoniously denied her painting, and said.

Chapter 119 The Master of Light Novels and Sakurasou

Spring, the season of rain and fog.

Under the gray sky, the streets of Tokyo are sparsely populated at the moment, and the ticking shower curtain hits the stone slabs of the street, everything seems so peaceful.

Li Yan stated his judgment without reservation, and looked at this world-class painter girl with a slightly surprised expression in his eyes calmly.

"...May I ask why?"

Shiina Mashiro gradually calmed down, although she was a little surprised, she was not surprised, looked at Li Yan curiously, and asked.

In the end, Li Yan made a choice that could not be turned back under the balance between the interests of the company and his own truth.

"Ms. Shiina may have just practiced manga. This is not your mistake. All works of art need time to accumulate and hone, and the same is true for the work of an illustrator."

Li Yan returned the album to Shiina Mashiro, and began to explain his judgment.

"It seems that many people think that the work of illustration is as simple as a storyboard of comics, but I have met several illustrators, including my current partner, who have said that comics and illustrations have different positions. Not only In terms of aesthetics, what is more needed is to be able to design emotional illustrations for that novel, to be able to feel the mood of the characters, the mood of the author, and the mood of the readers, and to accommodate the moods of the three together in that one. It’s a black and white illustration, so the emotional aspect is very important when drawing.”

While Li Yan was explaining her analysis, Zhenbai started to hold her painting and follow her information.

"Although Japanese illustrations and Western European oil paintings are both paintings, there are still differences in artistic conception. Ms. Shiina, the characters you draw are re-drawn based on my partner's character design, but the character color is a bit monotonous. I haven't seen you. The story is integrated into her every move, that is to say, she has a very beautiful painting, but the topic is off topic. The characteristics of the characters and the expression of the story are not reflected in this picture. The characters’ emotions vibrate and explode violently. Those are almost illustrations. soul."

Li Yanji carefully analyzed the connotation of her works, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I'm done, but I admit that I am a scumbag, if there is any offense, please forgive me."

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Shiina Mashiro listened quietly to the audience's comments, was silent for a moment, shook his head slightly, and asked calmly: "I will remember your words, so, do I have a chance to be your illustrator?"

Li Yan was surprised by Shiina Mashiro's reaction. He has to say that he has already prepared to answer any other questions raised by the other party or even start a dialogue of a disputed nature. Solid skills, although it does not meet the illustration requirements, but most people will praise it after reading it. All talented people are arrogant and unruly, and Li Yan himself has had the experience of quarreling with readers several times, but Shiina Mashiro, a world-class talented painter, is as clear and calm as still water.

"Of course there is no problem. If your illustration skills can surpass my partner's, my partner and I will agree with you as the new illustrator. After all, I also know that she has her own pride in painting. At that time, I will judge your painting again, Miss Shiina."

Li Yan replied that he could only represent Ying Lili with his own judgment, and let go of his promise. He is not qualified to use personal friendship to deny the other party's efforts and pursuit of artistic interests.

"Well, thank you." Mashiro Shiina nodded slightly and said thanks.

In this way, generally everything is clear. Li Yan always feels that it is too much to tie up this painter with the company's interests, and let the company use her fame to achieve more profits. It cannot interfere, but I still hope that every creator can have more freedom.

Li Yan had something in his heart that he really wanted to ask Shiina Mashiro. In the end, after the conversation seemed to have reached a conclusion, he still asked after a lot of thought: "Although it's a bit presumptuous, I also want to ask you about my novel. My point of view is that although my book has indeed been liked by many readers and sold well, it is not the most popular novel in terms of sales performance, evaluation, or sales after animation. Why do you think so, Miss Shiina? Keen on illustrating my new book?"

For a while, Li Yan seemed unable to understand the girl's thoughts of Shiina Mashiro. After all, he saw Shiina Mashiro's oil paintings. Although he didn't understand the artistic conception of oil paintings, after seeing none of them, he felt a kind of The indescribable beauty, if the artistic attainments of these paintings have really reached the point where they can be appreciated by the British Prime Minister and the Queen, he is somewhat unclear which part of his novels a painter with such aesthetic thinking will take a fancy to.

Shiina Mashiro was silent for a while, but with a puzzled face, he said, "I've read your book, it's very interesting."

"Is it just fun?" Li Yan was slightly taken aback and asked.

"Well, that's enough." Shiina Mashiro nodded and said, "The only light novel I like is the book you wrote by Uesugi-san, it's telling stories, and the characters in it are all real The existence is ordinary, with contradictions, troubles, weaknesses, and positions... I like this kind of story very much, full of emotions, just like seeing a ray of sunshine in the deep ocean."

The last sentence was a bit esoteric, so Li Yan didn't understand it, but it seemed that when it came to Li Yan's book, this was also the longest sentence that Zhenbai said.

However, Li Yan still understands that Shiina Mashiro seems to have a persistent pursuit of the concept of "interesting". After all, art is not a cultural category that most people can understand, but interesting is A concept that most people can understand.

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Those mirror-like eyes of a young girl seem to hide a heart isolated from the world, quietly thinking about the gap between her paintings... and the author who created her favorite books.

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In the end, Sanwa Bunko successfully signed for the girl who returned from England. Although there are still some shortcomings in the expression of manga, with time, she should be able to quickly grasp some key points of Japanese manga. Because the condition is that I hope to cooperate with Uesugi Yan, the responsible editor of Shiina Mashiro is still in charge of Kagurazaka Iris.

After the opening ceremony and the reception work of Sanwa Bunko, Kagurazaka Iris immediately held another welcome party to welcome this new member of the small team and drive her seven-seater Honda commercial vehicle Picking people up in batches to go to the tavern may be the enthusiasm of Kagurazaka Iris. It seems that the writers who used to fight on their own seem to get acquainted with each other because of this, and each has a certain sense of teamwork. Instead of writing novels by myself.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the wine house became lively.

In the afternoon, in the season of drizzle, the rumbling trams passing by flashed with lights, which made the somewhat gray sky flash several times.

"Everyone, everyone is welcome to attend this welcome party in your busy schedule. I remember that this is the first time our team has held such a welcome party. In the future, every person who joins will be able to hold it. Anyway, the company will reimburse the cost. Let’s all get together.”

Kagurazaka Iris smiled, still in the side room of the tavern, clapped his hands and interrupted the conversation of the writers, announcing his plan to everyone who was seated.

"Miss Kagurazaka, is it really okay to spend public funds like this?" Kusanagi Longhui asked.

"As for the library, I probably also hope that Ms. Kagurazaka will gather the contracted writers well. There should be no problem." Izumi Masamune said with a smile.

"That's true, but why didn't you see Miss Kashiwagi here?"

Kusanagi Longhui looked around and asked.

Li Yan replied: "She has a fever, so she can't come, please invite her to the party next time."

Kagurazaka Iris covered his forehead, and said with disappointment: "That's true, I'm really distressed. I originally hoped to introduce Kashiwagi and Ms. Shiina. The meeting of two blond mixed-race painters must be very interesting. It's a pity. Kashiwagi has had a fever since yesterday, let her rest well, there are still many opportunities."

In this way, everyone looked at the newly joined illustrator with a little curiosity, a beautiful blonde girl named Mashiro Shiina. I heard that she came back from England, and she wanted to be the illustrator of Li Yan's new work. Shi, is a talented girl who is very famous in the British painter circle. The value of the oil painting is so high that she can buy Li Yan and his two works in one go.

That one with long golden hair and exquisite facial features perfectly integrated the beauty of the East and the West into her body, so demure, just like the beauty of white, pure and beautiful.

"Hello, my name is Shiina Mashiro, please give me your advice."

Shiina Mashiro bowed slightly according to the polite way taught by Kagurazaka Iris, and said.