Started as a comics editor

Chapter 3 A Mess
in the afternoon.

Wenxin Hall.

"Big Comic" Editorial Department.

Li Xue stood at the door, looking around the messy workbench. After seeing the familiar figure, she couldn't help but smile gently. Then she walked to a workbench in her high heels, pulled over a chair and sat down.

Then, she looked at Tang Yao, who was hunched over and knocking her head on the table, exuding depression from head to toe, and smiled sweetly, "What's wrong?"

"..."

Tang Yao bent over the table, resting her forehead on it, and directly picked up the manuscript she had just taken from the fax machine. "Hey, Mr. Ou, you are determined to kill the protagonist."

then.

She put down the manuscript and picked up another thin A4 paper with the word "Sorry" written on it in large letters: "This, Mr. Shao, I've canceled the meeting again."

At last.

She put down the A4 paper and muttered, "Also, there's something even more important... Teacher Tang, who promised to submit a piece for the comic award, has also canceled it."

"..."

Li Xue's expression froze when she heard this, and she felt a little suffocated... She felt a little suffocated just by listening to it, let alone experiencing it personally.

So she looked at Tang Yao lying on the table, feeling a little distressed: "It's really hard work."

"Woo..."

Tang Yao stretched her arms forward like a cat, lay on the table and clenched her fists tightly. She whimpered and felt like she had lost all hope in life.

"Or, come to our department."

Li Xue reached out and gently patted Tang Yao's thin back. While comforting her, she looked around the empty editorial office and said, "It's too difficult for a girl like you to survive in a male-dominated youth comics editorial office.

To put it nicely, your editor-in-chief has strong administrative skills, but to put it bluntly, he is excellent at taking advantage of troubled waters. This puts a lot of pressure on the editors under him. In this case, others will not take special care of you just because of your beauty. After all, you are not the kind of person who has "depending on men" written on your face.

You have to know that those slutty bitches in our editorial department don’t dare to come to the youth comics editing team.

You see, those authors are troublesome and difficult to deal with.”

"..."

Tang Yao slowly raised her head, turned around, and looked at the mature woman sitting next to her... She was indeed very mature. If Tang Yao's outfit could be described as perfunctory, then the woman sitting next to her at this moment was a typical urban beauty.

A thin and soft white shirt outlines her exquisite curves, while the lower body is a well-made, body-hugging suit. The hem of the shirt is tucked into the waist of the skirt, and the waist is straight. A pair of slender and graceful long legs are wrapped in soft black stockings, slightly close together and leaning, showing the soft curves of women to the fullest.

Her dressing style is completely different from Tang Yao's.

But it looks good just the same.

"Ms. Li, I don't understand girls' comics. I can't even handle it here, so how can I possibly go to your place?"

Tang Yao looked at the mature woman beside her helplessly. There was a faint red mark on her fair and smooth forehead because of lying down. "Otherwise, I would really like to go."

"How could I not understand?"

Li Xue looked up and down at Tang Yao, who stood with her waist straight and her proud curves clearly visible. She reached out to help rub the red mark on her forehead and said with a smile, "You look very smart, like the protagonist of a shojo comic."

"..."

Tang Yao stared at her.

Li Xue blinked and smiled gently: "Why, you don't like being praised?"

"If possible, I still hope you can praise me for being handsome or something like that."

Tang Yao looked away and looked at her reflection on the screen in front of her, her expression a little subtle.

"Don't even think about it. You'll never be associated with this word in your life."

Li Xue shook her head without hesitation, then raised her slender fingers and shook them gently: "But I can consider words like cute and beautiful. Oh... and natural, can you perform that again?"

Talking and talking.

She seemed to have recalled something amusing. Unable to resist a laugh, she leaned forward, leaning her curvaceous chest against the desk, pretending to press it against the keyboard. A look of surprise played on her face as she said, "Hey, Miss Li, why is the spacebar on my keyboard moving on its own?"

"..."

Tang Yao turned her head abruptly and stared at her shyly: "This is not going to work, is it?"

“Because it’s really funny.”

Li Xue saw Tang Yao's expression and smiled even more happily. She turned around again and said, "This is the first time I've seen someone act out a comic book scene in real life."

"I'm not familiar with that... Never mind."

Tang Yao was too lazy to explain... After all, it didn't make sense at all. Getting familiar with a new identity was not an easy task.

She made a lot of jokes in the first week after she arrived. Although most of them happened at home, there were one or two at the company. And coincidentally... Li Xue was there at the time.

This was actually the fate that brought the two of them together.

"So, you really don't want to consider it?"

After laughing.

Li Xue looked at Tang Yao, who seemed to have lost all hope in life, and did not continue to provoke her. Because after spending nearly a week together, she understood that this junior in front of her was good in every way, but for some reason, she was particularly concerned about her body and reacted strongly to related jokes.

This is what has gotten better recently.

So she wisely chose to get down to business.

Tang Yao shook her head slightly: "Ms. Li... I really don't understand shojo comics. I can't even handle male-oriented ones, let alone female-oriented ones."

Li Xue looked at her expression, clearly unconvinced. "Impossible! Even if you haven't read shojo comics in your life, you must have come across them growing up, right? Even if you haven't, you have your background. For you, comics oriented towards women are definitely easier to understand than those oriented towards men..."

"I'm a special case."

"special case……"

Li Xue was a little distressed: "I don't understand." "Then just treat me as a freak. Besides, I don't plan to stay here long. I will definitely quit."

Tang Yao didn't continue to explain, but simply declined from a different angle: "I appreciate your concern, but in my opinion, traditional print media is about to decline."

Li Xue frowned slightly: "That's impossible. Rumor has it that YOUNG comic has reached a new high this quarter."

"YOUNG comic".

The world's leading comic magazine.

Similar to JUMP, which was owned by Shueisha in Tang Yao’s previous life.

"The mobile internet is about to take off."

Tang Yao looked at the manuscript on the table, still scented with ink. "Although this world... although I don't know what the world will be like in the future, traditional print media will definitely be impacted. They won't be completely wiped out, but I don't think their development will be very good. Especially for Wenxinguan, which is neither here nor there. I personally think the next few years will be difficult."

"Then you plan to..."

“I plan to work in the internet.”

Tang Yao's pretty face showed an expectant expression: "If the momentum is good and I choose the right direction, I'm sure I can make a lot of money, like in games..."

"It seems you are really short of money."

Although Li Xue didn't quite believe it, she couldn't bear to disappoint Tang Yao when she saw her expectant expression on her face. "Your sister is still studying, right?"

"Well, let's just say that the reason I haven't resigned yet is because I want to ensure I have no worries."

Tang Yao smiled bitterly: "Otherwise I would have left long ago."

Li Xue was silent for a moment after hearing this, then said softly: "Actually, if you really need money urgently..."

"No, I'm not short of money to the point where I need to borrow. I have enough to live on. I just need money for adventures, like that year-end bonus..."

Tang Yao knew what she wanted to say, so she shook her head gently and smiled at the kind sister in front of her: "But it's not easy to ask you to borrow it. After all, we have only known each other for a week. It would be too abrupt."

When Li Xue heard this, she didn't force it. She just looked at the girl in front of her with a charming smile and said jokingly, "I feel quite relieved. Although it's just intuition, I think there is no need to worry about lending you money."

Tang Yao's eyes lit up: "Really? Then you should borrow it. You don't have to pay it back."

Li Xue couldn't help laughing and reached out to pinch Tang Yao's face: "Okay, then you must not let me find you."

"..."

Tang Yao immediately became intimidated, shyly dodged her hand, and glared at her lightly.

Not an opponent at all.

Li Xue smiled happily, but she quickly put away the smile on her face. She looked at the manuscript on Tang Yao's desk and said seriously, "If you just quit for money, it's too risky. Don't make a decision in a hurry... Anyway, if it really doesn't work out, just come to me. I will do my best to help you with the money.

The main question now is... what to do about this?"

She pointed at something on Tang Yao's desk and warned, "Even though your editor-in-chief is taking advantage of the situation, if his personal interests are involved, he will become a demon."

"..."

Tang Yao followed her gaze and after a moment of silence, she made up her mind: "I'll find a way to get it done."

"Everything else is fine. Whether it's Teacher Ou or Teacher Shao, they're both easy to deal with. But the comic award..."

Li Xue looked at Tang Yao with some concern: "The person you are in charge of is quite famous, right? How are you going to talk to your editor-in-chief?"

"..."

Tang Yao was silent and looked at the pen on the table: "Let me try."

"That……"

Li Xue subconsciously thought that Tang Yao meant to try harder, and was about to continue speaking.

But suddenly.

Her phone on the table vibrated.

Li Xue picked it up and took a look at it. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "Sorry, Tang Yao, I have to leave... Let's talk later."

"Well, you go ahead and do your work."

Tang Yao turned her head away: "Don't worry about me."

"Don't force yourself. If you really can't figure it out, just contact me. Our editorial department welcomes you anyway."

Li Xue stood up and patted Tang Yao's shoulder gently: "If you need any help, feel free to come to me."

"grateful."

Tang Yao thanked her, then watched the beautiful older sister leave in high heels, and sighed to herself - what a good person.

At least Tang Yao had never met a friend in her previous life who could achieve this level of success after only knowing him for a week.

However...it's unrealistic to rely on others for the problems she's facing now.

There's no way she could really be in charge of girls' comics.

Because she really doesn't understand...

"..."

Think of this.

Tang Yao shook her head slightly, then turned her chair to face the table again, sighed deeply, and looked back at the ceiling.

What a mess.

So, what to do next...

(End of this chapter)