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Chapter 5 - Strange Man

Ayumi Ito spoke a lot and took out the contract for Lin Qingshan to read.

  Lin Qingshan just flipped through it casually, and he didn't really care.

  He just wanted to make some money in this world by drawing comics to support his life and "return home" later.

  Moreover, he was originally a self-taught monk. In his previous life, he was not a cartoonist, but an ACG enthusiast.

  So Lin Qingshan really didn't know how much better this treatment was than the treatment of new cartoonists in the previous world.

  The main reason was that the place where he serialized was the comic world, the leader of the comic industry in this world, which was equivalent to Shonen Jump in his previous life. Of course, the treatment was much better.

  "... Teacher, what do you think?" Ayumi Ito said at last.

  "Okay, just sign here... here... here, right?" Lin Qingshan said with a cheer.

  "Yes... you also need to put your fingerprint on your name, and a copy of your ID card... but I can make a copy for you later." Ayumi Ito was quite well prepared and said.

  "No problem." Lin Qingshan said carelessly.

  Then they quickly completed the signing.

  Lin Qingshan didn't even ask any questions, which inevitably made Ito Ayumi a little nervous.

  "Teacher Qingshan... don't you have any questions?"

  Ito Ayumi bit her lip and asked.

  "No, I just want to ask, when will the salary be paid?"

  Lin Qingshan rubbed his hands and asked embarrassedly.

  "The industry stipulates that every time a manuscript is received, the teacher will be paid according to the confirmed manuscript. If it is confirmed that the teacher's manuscript is fine, the teacher will be paid according to the previous agreement before the magazine is printed."

  Ito Ayumi said seriously.

  "And the first three chapters of your work have basically been confirmed to start serialization next month, so it should be before the 10th of next month that we will pay the teacher a sum of money."

  "I see."

  Lin Qingshan suddenly realized.

  But I can only get my salary next month, and today is only the 12th of this month.

  It's a bit hard.

  Lin Qingshan pouted.

  Seeing this, Ayumi Ito said nervously, "Sorry, teacher, this is the company's rule."

  "It's okay, I understand! Long live understanding!"

  Lin Qingshan waved his hand and said with a pretentious expression.

  "By the way, Ito-san, you came to Shanghai alone?"

  He asked curiously again, "Why did you come to Shanghai? Is the treatment in Japan not good?"

  Ito Ayumi was stunned for a moment, and she didn't expect Lin Qingshan to suddenly turn the topic to her.

  "No, I also worked part-time in my hometown before. I submitted my resume in the comics industry with the attitude of trying it out. I didn't expect it to be accepted, so I came here."

  Ito Ayumi said awkwardly.

  "I see, where is Ito-san's hometown? It can't be Tokyo, right?"

  Lin Qingshan asked curiously again.

  Tokyo, that is an accident-prone area in anime... He was full of random thoughts.

  "No... My hometown is in Kyushu."

  Ito Ayumi asked curiously, "Has Mr. Aoyama been to Japan?"

  She felt that Lin Qingshan seemed to be very familiar with her hometown, Japan.     "I want to go, but it's a pity. After all, it's the birthplace of ACG culture, isn't it?"

  Lin Qingshan said with some regret.

  In his previous life, he had planned to travel to Tokyo after he became an adult. If possible, he would probably go to Akihabara in Tokyo and come back.

  But during that period of time in his previous life, something big happened in the world, and he was not allowed to go abroad.

  Ito Ayumi suddenly realized that it was because of this that Lin Qingshan knew something about Japan.

  Although the world line of this world has changed, Japan is the birthplace of modern ACG culture.

  However, later, with the development of ACG cultural companies in the Republic with a more developed economy, a more standardized industrial chain, and more industrialization, its ACG culture has completely surpassed Japan, the birthplace. The

  upper economy determines the economic base and the superstructure, and this is the same everywhere.

  "If the teacher really wants to go, when the time comes, I can take the teacher on a trip!"

  Ito Ayumi said with interest.

  People are full of excitement when talking about their hometowns.

  When Lin Qingshan heard this, he smiled immediately, "That's fine. It's not bad to travel to Japan before going back to my hometown!"

  "By the way, where is the teacher's home address, and the teacher's private phone number, so that I can contact the teacher or collect the manuscript at home."

  Ito Ayumi suddenly remembered this and said immediately.

  She only had the landline number she used to contact Lin Qingshan last time, and it seemed that the number was not the landline at Lin Qingshan's home, but the landline of Lin Qingshan's neighbor.

  "This..."

  The home address was nothing, but the phone number was a problem for Lin Qingshan.

  He didn't have a private phone number.

  "I don't have a private phone number, you should call the landline to give me. As for the home address..."

  Lin Qingshan directly took a tissue from the restaurant, then picked up the pen he had just signed and wrote it out in detail.

  "This, just go there to find me when the time comes."

  After Lin Qingshan finished writing, he stuffed it into Ito Ayumi's palm.

  But he thought that Ito Ayumi should rarely go to his house to find him.

  After all, the manuscript he submitted so far is a full six chapters. A bimonthly magazine serializes one chapter every two weeks, which means a full three months of manuscripts.

  When Lin Qingshan submits the manuscript later, he plans to mail it directly to the comic world company. This

  will also save the editor from having to come to the door again.

  Ito Ayumi simply glanced at the home address on the tissue, then folded it neatly and placed it solemnly in the pocket of her blazer.

  "It looks like it's getting late now."

  Lin Qingshan pretended to look at the non-existent watch on his hand and said, "You need to eat too, so I'll take my leave first."

  Ito Ayumi was stunned for a moment, "Teacher Aoyama, you're leaving so soon?"

  Lin Qingshan chuckled a few times, "I've had a free meal and signed a contract. What else can I do if I don't leave?"

  "Let's go! Miss Ito, enjoy your lunch time."

  Then he waved his hand and left the restaurant directly.

  Seeing this, Ito Ayumi sighed.

  "Teacher Aoyama... is really a weirdo."