Devil’s Advent

Chapter 2: End and start

   On the bench, a man wearing an old leather jacket closed the cartoon in his hand and placed it on his side.

   The cover of the comic shows two women who are talking on the phone, one in formal wear and the other with a slightly dusty atmosphere. The corners of the cover are covered with **** snowflakes, showing a kind of depression similar to a funeral.

   The man in the jacket took out a cigarette, bit it in his mouth, lit it, and after spitting out the cigarette ring, he pursed his lips again, his eyes were a little reminiscence.

   A Lamborghini drove this way, and when it was about to pass the bench, it stepped on the brakes and stopped steadily.

   A man in a burgundy suit got out of the car. After the man got out of the car, he glanced at the jacket man. He should have known each other, but no one was in a hurry to say hello.

   The man in the suit took the electronic cigarette out of his pocket, and while he stuffed the cigarette bomb into the heating rod, he looked around casually around him. In the end, he landed on the comic book on the bench.

   "Is the boss's new work?" the man in suit asked.

   "Yeah." The jacket man nodded, his hair was so oily that he couldn't shake his bangs even in the cold winter wind.

"how does it taste?"

"Faded."

   Hearing the words, the man in suit narrowed his eyes, reached out his hand and took the initiative to pick up the comic and began to read it.

   The painterly, composition, and design are all impeccable, and they are the top level.

  Especially the last painting is a big picture with the left and right sides together. It can be said that both in the plot and in the change of the style of painting, it has formed a huge contrast.

   The initial scars literary narrative style and the urban neon style of painting finally formed a double reversal. A good story is also a good comic.

   But the man in suit nodded and agreed:

   "It's really too light."

They know the works of the boss. He likes to pursue the ultimate sense of tearing. Whether it is in the plot or in the rendering of the picture, it can give people great pressure, and even the breathing changes when people watch it. Have to be careful.

   And this comic, compared to the previous work of the boss, is like a chef who is used to hard dishes suddenly frying a plate of broccoli, with only a little salt sprinkled on the condiment.

   "You guys came really early."

   Across the road, a man and a woman are walking together.

   They are a pair of siblings. The younger brother is wearing a black down jacket, a hat and a scarf. When he walks, he shrinks his neck and feet, and is a little trembling. Obviously, he is very uncomfortable with the outdoor cold.

Sister    is a white down jacket, sky blue jeans, not a melon seed face, a bit rounded, but her face is also very delicate, giving a very pure feeling.

   "Si Yao, Si Yu, you are here."

   The man in the suit greeted happily, especially when facing girls and children, he was more enthusiastic.

   "Deng Ge, wipe your saliva quickly."

   Every younger brother has a natural hostility towards any man who tries to be his brother-in-law, and Qin Siyu is no exception.

   But every reserve brother-in-law often has a great tolerance towards his brother-in-law;

   Of course, once you pass the reserve service, you start to beware of your brother-in-law to prevent your wife from becoming a helper demon.

   "Siyu, why did you come out? It's cold today. Be careful not to catch a cold."

   Hush cold and ask warm, sincere attitude.

   Qin Siyu walked to the bench, did not pay attention to Deng Ge any more, but looked at the jacket man with a smile on his face:

   "Brother Qiang, are you still single?"

The man in the jacket was named Xu Qiang. He was the oldest in this circle. At that time, everyone was generally at the age of college students or just graduated. But Xu Qiang is already an uncle, but he has always been single. Therefore, he has always been everyone in this area. The goal of ridicule.

   Xu Qiang shook his head, reached out and grabbed the greasy enough reflective hair, and responded: "It's still early."

   Qin Siyao took over the comics from Deng Singer,

   Deng Ge introduced a little graciously on the side:

   "This is the new work of the boss. It looks like it was painted a few months ago."

   Qin Siyao began to read this cartoon. The cartoon is very thin and the story is not long. If you don't taste the painting, you can read it quickly.

   After turning to the last page, Qin Siyao put down the comic and pursed her lips.

   "What's wrong, what's wrong with the boss' comics?"

   Qin Siyu took the cartoon from his sister, and after turning it over for a while, he was a little surprised:

   "How could the boss paint this kind of work?"

   Xu Qiang sitting on the bench guessed:

   "Maybe, the boss is short of money."

   If there is no shortage of money, according to the character of the boss, he would not be able to draw such light-taste comics.

   "The boss is the same. I'm short of money, why don't you find me." Deng Ge said next to him.

   Qin Siyu gave Deng Ge angrily, and said:

   "I know that you have made several popular anime movies in the last two years and made a lot of money, but what's the point of your show here?"

   "What kind of show? If the boss is short of money, will I not give it? If it weren't for the boss to help me, I would have gone back to my hometown and squatted."

   "Even if the boss is short of money, he won't ask for it from us." Xu Qiang said with emotion.

   Immediately, Deng Ge and Qin Siyu also quieted down. Yes, the boss is the boss after all. No matter how difficult the life is, he will not reach out to himself and others.

   At this moment, a locomotive drove over and stopped beside everyone. The driver of the locomotive was a woman, and her tight-fitting locomotive suits her perfect figure to the fullest.

   The woman lifted her helmet and goggles, glanced at everyone present, and said plainly:

   "It's all coming early."

   "Aqiu..."

   "Sister Qiu..."

   Deng Ge and others were very surprised, because they never thought that the one in front of them would be here today.

   "Well, the boss sent me a message."

   Aqiu took off the helmet, hung it on the handle, got out of the car, took out the phone, and said:

   "Unit 701, Building A, door lock code 110120."

   The gathering place is facing the gate of Fuhua Community.

   followed the prompts on the phone and quickly found the house.

   "Is the boss planning a party?"

   Deng Ge said while preparing to enter the lock code.

It has been three years since    studio was disbanded. After the dissolution, everyone basically never got together again.

Deng Ge entered an animation company, relying on his own strength and creativity, and soon became the management of the company. He personally supervised the two animation films into well-known hits in the past two years, both in terms of income and status. The status is not the same.

   Qin Siyu's health is not good. After the studio was disbanded, he basically stayed at home and did not go out to work. As for Qin Siyao, he worked as a designer in a clothing company.

   Xu Qiang works in a game company, 996, enjoying the good fortune.

   As for Aqiu, after leaving the studio, he went to the mountain area to be a volunteer for two years, and only returned at the beginning of the year.

   "Perhaps...perhaps." Qin Siyu said uncertainly, "I haven't seen the boss for a long time, I really miss him."

   The head’s name is Zheng Fan, and he is younger than Xu Qiang, but because it is the studio he took the lead in setting up, he is the well-deserved boss in the studio.

   In the five years of operating the studio, he has devoted the most effort. Even if the studio was disbanded in the end, everyone left for various reasons, and he still kept the studio alone.

   Every once in a while, the boss will send an electronic version of comics to their mailbox, even if these comics are basically impossible to publish and distribute.

   Deng Ge entered the password, the door was unlocked, and the door was pushed open.

Behind the door is the living room, but the walls of the living room are covered by dark wallpaper, giving people a strong sense of depression.

   In addition, the curtains are closed tightly, so even in the daytime, the room is still dark.

   "This is the boss's house, right?"

   Deng Ge reached out to touch the switch on the wall at the door and turned on the light.

The    lamp is not very bright. It is divided into three lamps on the top, all of which can only emit a faint smoky yellow light, but it is enough to fill the room.

   "The one hanging on the wall is..."

   Qin Siyu squeezed past Deng Ge, walked to the wall, and there was a painting hanging on it.

The    painting is nearly two meters long and one meter wide, like a photo, covered by a photo frame.

   In the painting, there is a dwarf.

The face of the dwarf is a bit deformed, and both legs and feet are disproportionately thick. On the back of the dwarf, there is an iron sword that is extremely inconsistent with his short stature. Naturally, the iron sword cannot be upright. Now, because the height of the dwarf is not as long as the iron sword, the iron sword is hung on his back sideways, which looks very funny.

   "This is Xue San."

   When he saw this painting, Qin Siyu's hands began to tremble, because the characters in this painting came from his creativity. This is the protagonist in one of his full-length comics.

Qin Siyu is not tall, this has always been his inferiority complex, so his protagonist is a dwarf, an evil dwarf, this dwarf has a habit, likes to take people who mock his height as his prey, and he treats these The prey is "reorganized", sawing off if it is too high, and lengthening if it is too short.

   This hobby was born out of Western myths, but it also interprets a common humanity.

   "Xue Sanjiao?"

   Deng Ge walked behind Qin Siyu and let out a joke.

The dwarf’s name is Xue San, but he has a nickname called Xue Sanjiao, which was nicknamed by the comic readers at the time. Because the dwarf’s feet are short, but the proportion of the praise job is normal, and Qin Siyu is a very good person. People who pay attention to details, so every time Xue San in the comic squats down, he can clearly see three feet.

   "This is the painting by the boss, right." Xu Qiang came over and said.

   "It should be, it's a pity, the sales volume of Siyu's work was too bad at the time. After all, the protagonist, it is difficult for readers to feel the sense of substitution." Deng Ge was sighing.

   When the studio was still there, the boss once asked everyone to create a character according to their own ideas, and then everyone helped to make the comic.

   "Dwarf Xue San" is Qin Siyu's cartoon, but the market response is the worst. After all, few people can substitute themselves for an ugly dwarf role.

   "Years have passed, is it interesting to mention this?" Qin Siyu was a little dissatisfied with Deng Ge's tone of voice.

In fact, a person’s temper and personality will indeed change due to the level of the society he is in, especially now Deng Ge is undoubtedly a successful person, even if he did not intentionally, but when he sees his former "down and down" friends again , Some things will still come out naturally.

   "No, no, no, this is called market control. At the beginning, our studio dispersed too much energy and failed to focus on the ace works, which led to..."

   "Enough." Qin Siyao said.

   Deng Ge shut up immediately.

   Qin Siyu turned a deaf ear to Deng Ge's words, just staring silently at the portrait of the dwarf on the wall in front of him.

   Deng Ge curled his lips, turned around, looked to the other side, and immediately said with some surprise:

   "Siyao, come and see, this is your Feng Si Niang."

   This is also a portrait of a character.

In the portrait of   , a graceful woman is leaning against the door, with a pink face and spring, and a dress very similar to a kimono, showing just a part of her skin, which is enough to make most men feel happy.

   Qin Siyao walked to the portrait and looked at the Feng Si Niang in the painting, feeling a little lost.

Feng Siniang is her comic work. This is a non-human and non-ghost character. Because she has not explained the background of Feng Siniang in the comics, the original readers just guessed that Feng Siniang might have encountered feelings. Betrayal or what happened to the family.

   Because Feng Si Niang in the comic story is a woman who does things very unruly. She runs a brothel. In different series, she runs her own brothel in a different city or in a different era.

  Feng Si Niang likes luxury and torture. She pursues an alternative rule of life.

At the beginning, the sales volume of this comic was not bad, because in the comics, there are many fragrant pictures, delicate, round and full of imagination and visual impact, which is not inferior to those foreign masters of this art. Many readers are aimed at this. The kind of picture comes.

But you must know that Qin Siyao joined the studio when she was just in college. At that time, she had never been in a relationship, and even Deng Ge could be sure that she was still there at that time, but the pictures in her pen were like that. Old driver.

   Deng Ge once thought that the reason why he failed to catch Qin Siyao at the beginning was not because he was too bad, but because any living man would not be able to compete with Qin Siyao's second element.

   "This is my Fan Li."

   Xu Qiang stopped in front of a painting. Excitedly, he reached out and grabbed his greasy hair, which brought a lot of dandruff away.

   In the painting in front of him, there is a woodcutter carrying firewood. The woodcutter is very strong and looks very honest.

  He is a woodcutter, a woodcutter who kills people without blinking his eyes. He kills people with the same frequency as he chops wood. He does not simply take pleasure in killing people, but habitually kill people mechanically.

   The sales volume of this comic is the same as Qin Siyu’s Xue San at the beginning. It belongs to the bottom role in the studio, and it is considered to be a hit.

  The reason is very simple. Contemporary comics is an industry chain with a very detailed division of labor. There are still too few all-rounders who are proficient in painters, scripts, and plot design characters.

   For example, Qin Siyu and Xu Qiang, their advantage lies more in actual operation.

   Xu Qiang’s comic with the protagonist of the firewood butcher is also the same as him. It seems a bit too simple and simple, and the readers can't move it at all.

   "There is no reason why the boss painted for you but didn't paint for me, hey, I found it, Ming!"

   Deng Ge pointed to the scroll and painted a slightly thin man with fangs looming at the corners of the man’s mouth, and the whole person appeared sickly pale.

  His name is Ming. He is a vampire, a character designed by Deng Ge.

It can be said that Deng Ge’s current success showed signs as early as when he was still in the studio. His vampire-themed comic was ranked second in the studio’s sales at the time, second only to the leader. "Magic Pill".

  The vampire with the oriental face, coupled with the cold and wanton personality, combined with the high-tempo **** stimulating story, the market response is very good.

   The role that the audience can like, coupled with the story that can detonate the audience's blood, is the key to grasping the market. It is precisely because of the firm belief in this principle that Deng Ge can become a big success in his career in the past few years.

   In the comics, Ah Ming's character is also that kind of absolute madness, no matter what opponent he faces, he just lifts the table and does it.

   At the same time, Ah Ming is lonely. He doesn't think he is a vampire, and he is indeed not a human being. He has no friends. After every madness, what is left is the coldness that can make people feel distressed.

   Therefore, this role has many female fans.

   Aqiu silently passed by behind everyone,

   She seemed a little afraid, but she was a little expectant.

   But it's time to come, it's coming.

   She saw a picture of a man with a slightly blue complexion. The man squatted on the ground. Beside him, there was a mess of corpses.

   His name is Liang Cheng, he is a zombie.

   He is bloodthirsty, he is cruel and unfeeling.

  He has lived from ancient times to modern times, and time has brought him a feeling of becoming more and more alienated from the world.

   And his name is the same as his author.

   Liang Cheng...

   Qin Siyao has now turned her attention away from Feng Siniang. After seeing A Qiu and the painting in front of him, she couldn't help being silent.

   studio, there were seven people.

   are, the boss, himself and his younger brother Siyu, Deng Ge, Xu Qiang, Aqiu, and Liang Cheng.

   Liang Cheng and A Qiu were a couple. They were already together when they entered the studio, but Liang Cheng died in a car accident more than three years ago.

The dissolution of    studio can be said to have originated from the death of Liang Cheng, but it is not the main reason.

   The death of Liang Cheng made Ah Qiu feel discouraged about many things, but the absence of two people from a seven-person studio is not that it cannot continue to operate.

  The main reason is that the studio has always been focusing on the horrible and **** comic style, which is relatively niche, and coupled with policy restrictions and strict crackdowns, the studio’s survival has begun to become increasingly difficult.

   After the studio's most popular and best-selling "Magic Pill" series and "Vampire Aming" series were blocked, the studio suddenly fell into a dilemma of confusion.

At that time, Deng Ge strongly suggested that the studio should cater to the market and paint some subjects that are more positive and at least not **** and scary, so that the living environment will be better and a larger audience can also bring higher income. .

   But the boss at the time directly rejected this suggestion.

   The boss said that everyone gathered together because they liked horrible and **** themes, and he didn't want to tarnish everyone's original intentions.

   Because of this, the operation of the studio was completely paralyzed.

   First, Deng Ge quit, entered an animation company, and set sail for his own business.

   Next comes the Qin family’s elder and younger brothers. The Qin family’s family conditions are average, and both parents are workers. Qin Siyu’s health is not good, and the annual medical expenses are a problem, so Qin Siyao had to choose to quit and re-opted in business.

  The last one left was Xu Qiang. After everyone else had left, he quietly packed up his belongings, gave the boss a bowl of noodles, and went to a game company.

   Back then, because of similar interests and hobbies, they gathered together. After five years of ups and downs, they finally couldn't match the reality of the law of no banquet.

   Next to the zombie Liang Cheng, very close, there is a painting. This is the protagonist of A Qiu's manga, but it is not a female character, but a male with hollow eyes.

  His name is Bei. He is a blind man. He is good at playing the piano. When he kills, he likes to put his hands in front of him, playing the piano melody in the air while letting his prey be tortured to death.

   The author of this comic is Aqiu himself. The style is very realistic, but the plot is very weak. In many series, North often kills people at the beginning. It seems that the entire comic is killing people for the sake of killing.

   This makes the readers who liked the horror theme a bit unbearable, after all, everyone still needs some plot adjustments.

   However, it seems that because of the uniqueness of the female perspective, the character of North has also attracted many die-hard fans. Therefore, its sales are still above the dwarf Xue San and Ali.

   The character of the protagonist in "The Blind Man North" is probably related to A Qiu's family background. Her father died in the hands of a criminal at the beginning.

   There are three paintings hanging on the walls on both sides of the living room.

   On the wall opposite the door, there is a separate picture.

   After reading the protagonist of their manga, everyone gathered in front of this picture in a tacit understanding. In the picture is a baby, full of temperament and fierce flames.

   This is a cartoon by the boss, called "Magic Maru", with a baby as a character.

Whether it is in the plot or on the screen, it is almost impeccable. It can be said that with the pure horror and twisted essence, it attracted a large number of audiences at the beginning. Even Deng Ge's "Vampire Ming" has been popular in terms of popularity. "Magic Pill" was pressed below.

   "Magic pills, as stubborn as the boss." Deng Ge sighed a little.

   He thinks he is excellent, but at the same time, he also thinks that the boss is a better person than himself.

   It's a pity that the boss is very stubborn. Just like the character in his pen, he obviously changes a little bit, and he can develop better if he adapts a little bit, but the boss keeps stubbornly stubborn.

  I said complaining, there is really no, after all, everyone can say that they have deviated from the original intention, but only the boss has always adhered to the original intention.

   There is more in everyone's mind, let's admire the boss.

   "Where is the boss?" Qin Siyu asked.

   These seven paintings in the living room were painted by the leader, no doubt, but what about the leader who invited everyone to meet again in three years?

   Xu Qiang pushed open the door of one bedroom and found that the light was on inside.

   There are no sheets on the bed in the bedroom, and there are neatly stacked series of everyone’s works. Some are published, and some cannot be published but printed by themselves, which can be regarded as illegal publications.

Above this is the accumulation of memories during the five years of the studio's existence, such as "A Ming the Vampire", "Wood Chopper", "Snow San of the Gnomish" and so on. After the studio is disbanded, everyone will be in the mailbox at intervals I received the electronic manuscript from the boss, but the boss is still silently continuing to draw the following story for everyone.

   Under the bed, there is also a thick stack of comics.

   Everyone walked over, picked up the following comics, and found that they were basically works in a similar style to the comics with the theme of two women calling on the phone.

   The boss has always insisted on the original intention of the studio, but the boss should be short of money, so he painted a lot of works that can be realized to make money.

   After seeing these works, Deng Ge's brows frowned more severely. He was a bit dissatisfied. Originally, he thought the boss had always adhered to the principle and did not forget his original intention, even if he could not make any money, he would not be famous.

   But since the boss is already making money from painting these works, it proves that the boss has already wanted to open up. If so, why doesn't the boss come to him?

   Is it because of embarrassment?

   Deng Ge felt that if the boss thought this way, it would really tarnish the friendship between everyone over the past five years.

   At that moment, Deng Ge's cell phone rang, and a video was sent from the WeChat account labeled "Boer".

   "Is it news from the boss?" Qin Siyu asked.

   Deng Ge nodded and raised the phone at the same time.

   The rest of the people stood behind Deng Ge. Everyone really cares about how the boss is now, and they are also very curious about what the boss is doing to gather everyone here.

   In the video screen, there was only a chair at the beginning, and the lens was a little shaken. It should be the head adjusting the camera angle of the phone.

   soon,

   A back figure appeared from the camera, walking towards the chair.

   This person is wearing a dark red sweater, walking very slowly, and seems to be struggling to walk.

   When the person in the video walks to the chair, turns around, and faces the camera,

   Deng Ge and the faces of everyone behind Deng Ge showed a look of astonishment.

   "It's been a long time...everyone."

   The person in the video is indeed the boss, this can't be faked.

But what everyone can't believe is that the head sitting on the chair at this time, his face has been so thin that he is sunken, and the arms that show the cuffs are only skinny, and they are still twitching very clearly. .

   "How did the boss become like this!" Deng Ge exclaimed.

   Three years ago, when everyone broke up, the boss seemed to be a little sub-healthy just because of the long-term desk work, which is nothing to modern people.

   But the appearance of the boss at this time is already a skeletonized sense of sight.

   Is this, sick?

   The purest relationship is the most memorable. No matter how high or low we are now, and how mixed it is, no one can erase the friendship that we shared in that five-year period.

   "Deng Ge, do you still blame me?"

   Zheng Fan (the boss)'s voice is already very hoarse. When speaking, it is as difficult as if he is pushing two rusty gears against each other.

"I am sorry……"

   Zheng Fan's voice is very weak.

   Deng Ge gritted his teeth.

   "Deng Ge, forgive me for not listening to your suggestion, otherwise, you may not leave the team, and the studio should still be there."

   "We are doing well now," Deng Ge said to himself.

   "I don't want to change. Some things and some tastes. Now that I like them, I just want to like them all the time. I don't want to change, and I don't want to change.

  Because, I didn't have a long time to live.

   So, Deng Ge, so, everyone, please forgive me, please forgive my selfishness. "

   Zheng Fan seemed to be going to stand up and bow to apologize to everyone, but when he stood up, he seemed to be unable to do so, and sat back. In the end, he could only sit in a chair and bow his head.

"Five years ago, I was diagnosed with a rare terminal illness. Globally, there may only be more than a hundred people suffering from this disease. There is no medical solution. So, at that time, I knew... I can't live long."

   At this point, Zheng Fan laughed self-deprecatingly, and in turn caused his own cough. It seemed that every time he coughed, he felt like he was going to lose his breath.

   "Sorry, in order to make money, I drew some comics that are not in my style. Actually, I feel pretty good.

   I like those comics, but they are not my favorite style and type.

   But when I found that my physical condition was deteriorating and I had a foreboding that I would eventually be paralyzed in the hospital bed and linger, I decided to go to Holland to receive euthanasia.

   These cartoons were drawn by me to collect money for euthanasia in the Netherlands.

   When you saw this video, I should have been in the Netherlands, haha.

   Siyu, you have to pay attention to protect your body, your physical fitness is really too weak, huh...Of course, I am not qualified to say that you are in poor health.

   Siyao, don't look so high, it's time to find a partner, um, Deng Ge don't choose him. "

   "..." Deng Ge.

   "Brother Qiang, the last bowl of noodles I made on the day you left, I have never forgotten the taste."

"Deng Ge, I have watched all your movies. They are done very well. The pictures are very good. It's really good. It's a pity. We probably won't have the chance to change the original works, and it's impossible to get on the screen. Up."

"Aqiu, you should learn to let go about Liang Cheng's affairs. By the way, Aqiu, in the drawer of the desk, there is a suicide note left by me. The inheritance certificate has also been notarized. I don't have much money left. With this house left, I know that you have been doing charity since Liang Cheng left. You sold this house for me, so let’s do charity with the money you sell.

   I have drawn the devil for so many years. When it comes to my head, I have to leave something behind. Therefore, I have never chosen to sell my only house to raise money to go to Holland. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

   "My body really doesn't work anymore. To be honest, I don't want to spend the last part of my life lying in a hospital bed. Therefore, today is the day I chose to say goodbye.

   I am really happy, I am glad to see you all again.

   I am very happy to have everyone with you in those five years. I am very happy to create so many wonderful stories and characters with you. I will miss you.

   I wish you success in your career and good health. "

  …………

   In a ward, Zheng Fan is sitting by the bed, his eyes slowly sweeping over the seven comic works placed around the bed.

   "Magic Pill", "Wood Chopper", "Vampire A Ming", "Blind Man North", "Feng Si Niang", "Dwarf Xue San", "Zombie Blood"

   When a person's life is about to come to an end, the thing that he most likes to do is to look back.

   is like an old man at dusk, lying on the chair, squinting while basking in the sun.

"let's start."

   Zheng Fan said to a doctor and two nurses standing in front of him.

   immediately,

   He also lay down on the bed, that one, the sickbed surrounded by comics.

   "Mr. Zheng, are you sure you don't need a priest to be present?" Out of professionalism, the doctor David asked again and added: "He can let your soul rest in heaven."

   Zheng Fan shook his head calmly and said, "David, I believe in the devil, and I will not go to heaven."

   David shrugged, nodded, and motioned for his assistant to come forward and start.

   Zheng Fan slowly closed his eyes.

   felt a cold needle pierced in at the position of his arm.

  Hu,

   is it over...

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