Chapter 16
"My male protagonist is designed in my image."
This is the hot topic on the Lizhan and DaYanZai today. The popularity has soared so fast that it even overwhelmed the hot search about a certain 108th-tier celebrity who bought a pair of pants that were bitten by a dog and revealed her red pants.
The reason is simple: the people in the photos posted are just so damn good-looking!
He was a young man with black hair and black eyes, just like thousands of other Chinese people.
What’s unusual is that he is so handsome.
The young man was about twenty-three or twenty-four years old, with black hair and black eyes, and a cold pale skin that seemed to be glowing against the slightly dim background.
He has a stern temperament, deep and sharp features, tightly pursed thin lips and a lazy and indifferent look in his eyes, which can easily attract people's attention.
Perhaps it was because he quit his part-time job at the convenience store and was no longer so tired, or perhaps it was because he was gradually coming out of the shadow of cyberbullying, Jiang Zhulang was no longer as decadent and gloomy as before, and the shockingly large dark circles under his eyes disappeared, and he looked radiant.
In the face of malicious questioning, releasing photos is the best response.
Now it seems that the effect of this move is very obvious.
It is not true that he is so handsome as to shock the world. Although he has been discovered by scouts several times and they wanted to bring Jiang Zhulang into the entertainment industry, he still thinks that he cannot compare with those entertainment industry gods recognized by fans.
If a celebrity or internet celebrity released their selfie, it wouldn’t cause such a stir—people always take it for granted that they are good-looking.
However, he is a cartoonist who is a little better than before.
——To put it simply, it’s just a painting.
In the stereotype of netizens, the looks of this group of people can only be described in two words: "acceptable".
With such an identity, coupled with such good looks, and the dramatic "I copied myself", under the influence of these three factors, the post, which was originally circulated only in the comic cat forum, went viral.
From forums to Instagram to Big Eyes, and even the Penguin Space version of Weibo, which is the favorite of the 2D fans, they are all reposting this long screenshot crazily:
Title: [Response to questions about character design]
【No need to say more, just look at the pictures. 】
[My male protagonist is designed according to my image. ]
【Picture】
Different people have different surprise points.
Some were shocked by his looks:
[Who knows? In my mind, cartoonists are those unkempt people with greasy hair, thick glasses, pockmarks and acne marks all over their faces. And you told me that I was such a handsome guy???]
[Ahhhh, this little brother is so handsome, isn't he considering debuting?! ]
[It’s much more beautiful than the “divine face” of the mollusk!! ]
[Ranma-kun… you are so hot and handsome!! Not only do you draw well, you also look good, you are so hot! 】
[First glance, a boy. Second glance, the rest of my life. Third glance, I am already born. (Cat holding a rose jpg) (Kitten delivering a ring jpg)]
[I'm telling you, if someone can draw beauties like Lanno and Cross, how ugly can he be? ! ]
Some also questioned the authenticity of the photo:
[It's so funny, who doesn't know how to photoshop? With the filter on, even the ugliest person can become pretty, not to mention that AI is so advanced now, can't we just use comic characters to turn them into real people? If you are really that good-looking, why do you need to draw? Wouldn't it be better to just enter the entertainment industry to make money or become an internet celebrity? ]
【After the appraisal, it’s fake at first glance】
[Brother, you are a photo retoucher, but you are not cheap, your annual salary is one million? ]
No matter what, at least no one is saying anymore that Jiang Zhulang's Lan Nuo is the villain who plagiarized Lotus.
——After all, the nitpickers also have eyes!!
Apart from having black hair and black eyes, being male and being paper-thin, what else do these two characters have in common?
Compared to the "plagiarism" drama that anyone with a discerning eye can see, netizens are more willing to discuss whether the appearance of one of the protagonists, Mr. Random, is really that good-looking.
Before long, a bunch of uncle parties such as "my classmate", "my friend", "my colleague", "my neighbor" and so on appeared.
Netizen A: "I am dying of laughter. Isn't this my college classmate (covering face with soybeans). He is the most popular guy in our college. He is even better looking in person than in this selfie."
Someone commented tartly: "Haha, at first glance, you can tell that he is nothing but a good-looking, empty-headed fool, and a schoolboy. I wonder what kind of crappy school he attends."
Netizen A directly attached a screenshot of the China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center website, which showed a well-known 985 university in a certain province, which was a slap in the face.
It was impossible to attack him based on his academic qualifications, and soon someone took out screenshots to attack his work.
Netizen B: "This is my former colleague. He is really handsome in person. Since he came, the store's sales have increased."
"It's so funny. A 985 graduate works in a convenience store. The principal would be so angry that he would vomit blood."
"… This is fake. How can a graduate from this school not find a job? As for working part-time at a convenience store?"
"Dropping out of school? Or failing a course and delaying graduation without receiving a diploma? Otherwise, I really can't imagine that anyone from this school would go to a convenience store. Isn't it just the top 50 who can get in?"
Netizen C: "Well, is it possible that he works at a convenience store because he wants to be a cartoonist? During the job consultation, he said he wanted to be a full-time cartoonist."
After a deep investigation by a bunch of red-eye patients, netizens discovered that this young painter, who is good at painting, good-looking, well-educated, and has a good personality, has no Internet record at all.
In that case...
There is absolutely no reason to scold or criticize him!
Not to mention, his works are really, the more you watch them, the more you like them!!
I don't understand either. I was just curious before going to bed, so I opened Manga Cat to search for works. How come when I looked up, it was already dawn?
It has to be said that humans are visual animals. With good looks, a little bit of coincidence and a bit of luck, one can easily become an Internet celebrity.
Just like that, Jiang Zhulang became famous, his comics also became famous, and even the two videos of the up-loader Mao Mao Tou became popular and received tens of millions of views.
In response to this, Cathead said: Thank you, Mr. Random Code!
Since he did not have a Weibo account, countless netizens had no choice but to flock to the Manhuamao forum and post a series of eye-irritating "ahhh" in his comment section and the forum discussion section.
Even on the main forum of Manga Cat, there are seven days out of ten devoted to discussions about him and his works.
As for the other three, they are all condemnations of the other protagonist of the incident, the author Lianhua.
Title: [818 The Lotus Who Likes to Fraudulently Claim Credit]
[Lotus, once a top-ranked manga artist on the external website "Kankan Manhua", has no representative works since she announced her entry into MangaCat. Every day, she is either inciting fans to accuse the younger author of plagiarism or marketing the difficulty of her own drawing.]
[The poster has a really good mouth, and he really deserves the title of a top marketing star, hahahaha]
[He probably didn't expect that he would hit a wall with his fraudulent behavior.]
[The comedy effect is full (funny jpg), saying that someone else plagiarized, but the protagonist and the author can be seen as parent-child relationship when they are pulled out]
[Uh, don’t you know that when she was on the external site, Lianhua herself was a plagiarist. She copied the characters, the clothes, and even the patterns and photoshopped them into her own paintings. How dare she accuse others of plagiarism? ? ]
[Maybe you think it’s been a long time and no one remembers it. Without further ado, here are the pictures [picture] [picture] [picture]…]
【? ? Oh my god, I just thought he liked marketing fraud, but I didn’t expect he actually plagiarized? This is the thief crying thief】
[Le, I wonder if he had expected what would happen today. I'm afraid he must be regretting it now that he's hiding behind the network cable.]
…
Looking at the countless messages and discussions on forums and various social platforms, Jiang Zhulang really didn't expect that public opinion would turn around so quickly.
Not only was the plagiarism storm settled, but the other party's artist's background was also exposed.
Although his past is almost exposed...
From elementary school to college to part-time jobs, if it weren't for this incident, he really wouldn't have known that he had so many photos saved in other people's mobile phone albums.
The number of collections, likes and rewards for Jiang Zhulang's works are all growing rapidly. There are even people who look like agents leaving messages in the comment section, hoping to sign him into the company.
Fortunately, I closed the private message, otherwise...
Jiang Zhulang breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the result of his self-affirmation was beyond his expectations, at least his work gained a large number of readers and became slightly popular.
Clearing the unread messages with one click, Jiang Zhulang opened the chat box with the editor, which said that he had the opportunity to be recommended on the homepage of the Manhua Cat Main Station for one week.
Jiang Zhulang was a little dazed. It was a great opportunity that he had always dreamed of, and it was realized so easily.
Through the long-unused and turned-off mobile phone screen, he saw his slightly surprised face, and a thought suddenly emerged in his mind:
Is this considered another way of making a living by relying on your looks?
After the baptism of cyberbullying, Jiang Zhulang is no longer the simple Jiang Zhulang of the past. He is well aware of the influence of online public opinion on his works.
Now that he is in a good position, why not take advantage of this opportunity and turn those netizens who click in out of curiosity into stable readers?
Thinking of this, he responded to the editor and his curious classmates one by one, then turned off his phone, buried his head in his desk, and wrote furiously.
He wants to update it as soon as possible and draw his experience of entering the comic world.
As for why he didn't leave the comic world and design the plot himself like he used to, but instead became a plot carrier?
It's not like he hasn't tried before, but he found that whenever he tried to use the worldview of the Nidos continent and add new plots that he had no experience with, the things he drew would always disappear inexplicably.
Yes, disappear.
After saving, shut down the computer, and then turn it on again, the entire folder will mysteriously disappear.
The first time he thought he forgot to save it, the second time he thought his computer was infected with a virus, the third time...
No one in their right mind would consider this a coincidence!
Jiang Zhulang had also tried it, saving and publishing it directly after finishing the drawing, but he found that he could not log into the Comic Cat backstage no matter what.
Jiang Zhulang: ...I'm tired. I won't fight anymore.
Besides, he would fall asleep every time he finished drawing comics. So why would he bother making up the plot in reality? Wouldn't it be better to direct the plot himself in his dreams?