Chapter 368 The protagonists both died, this is absolutely unbearable!
Li Tai is a super member of Penguin Comics. He loved watching cartoons since he was a child and once aspired to be a cartoonist when he grew up. Unfortunately, dreams could not beat reality. When he grew up, Li Tai became a salesman. Since he could not be a cartoonist, he would just be a cartoonist's supporter.
In fact, this is also the portrayal of life for many people. Everyone dreams of becoming a great professional, but reality always slaps us in the face. We jump back and forth between dreams and reality. Sometimes we want to resign without hesitation and leave, and sometimes we have to be a grandson and lower our head and bend down obediently.
In the end, we cannot become the person we want to be, so we can only watch from afar, watching those who live the way they want, giving them a thumbs up, and also giving a thumbs up to our own dreams.
Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why Tik Tok became so popular. I can’t be such a cool and beautiful person, but it doesn’t stop me from liking, commenting and rewarding you like a big boss.
This is the case with Li Tai. Since he can't be a cartoonist, he'll just have to see what kind of works those poor kids can create.
In addition to following the works of great artists, Li Tai also pays attention to the works of new cartoonists. When he comes across a new artist he likes, he nurtures the works of the new artist like watering a seedling, and actively helps to forward and share them.
Seeing a new cartoonist succeed and create works that are popular with the public, Li Tai is as happy as if he had realized his dream.
So Li Tai was particularly unhappy with Lin Fan's behavior.
As a celebrity, why don't you develop yourself in the entertainment industry? Why do you come to the comics industry? Do you know how many resources you have occupied? Do you know that the publicity and promotion you can get easily is a recommendation that many comics dare not even dream of?
Do you know how many newcomers have worked themselves to death to finish the setting of a work? Do you know how many rounds of rejection and revisions a newcomer has to go through before it can finally be put online? Do you know how many newcomers have high hopes for their work but may not get a few traffic in a month? You know nothing! But you have occupied everything! Ahem, so exciting.
Li Tai coughed dryly to hide the embarrassment that rose from the depths of his heart after the attack of his second-year syndrome was over.
Being a middle school student is one thing, but Li Tai is not so sick as to go to Lin Fan’s Weibo account to curse him. However, it is still okay for him to post a few curses in the comment section of Penguin Comics. After all, we are only targeting the "comics" issue, not individuals.
Li Tai never gets tired of it.
Especially today is the day when Lin Fan’s new work "Butterfly Lovers" is officially launched. Even Penguin Comics has launched a "Subscription Reward" activity for Lin Fan. Those who subscribe to Lin Fan’s two works at one time will have a chance to obtain one month of VIP qualification on the platform.
A super VIP like Li Tai certainly wouldn't care about such prizes, but other things are still worth Li Tai getting a little excited about.
News across all platforms.
[Meng Meng Rabbit gave 10 million points to "Liang Zhu" and became the gold leader of this work! 】
10 million points! That’s 100,000 yuan! It’s definitely a scam!
As Li Tai clicked into the message to grab the treasure chest, he was madly complaining in his heart: This Lin Fan is really shameless. It's fine that he came to steal the cartoonist's job, but he also learned from others to find a shill to boost the data ! This comic has just been online for less than a minute, and the gold leader has come out. What else can he be but a shill? Could it be that you finished the whole comic in one minute? Or is this comic so short and weak that it can't last a minute? The key is that this is not an isolated case. After a gold leader, a steady stream of news about the entire site was refreshed, and dozens of silver leaders with millions of points - that is, 10,000 yuan in rewards - followed one after another, and the entire platform was shaken.
But no matter what, the traffic brought by Lin Fan is real, and the large rewards are visible on the entire platform. Many people are attracted by this news and want to see what kind of work "Butterfly Lovers" is that can attract such a steady stream of rewards.
Even Li Tai, who considered himself a "Lin hater", was eager to take a look at the content of "Butterfly Lovers". He would definitely criticize it, but in order to criticize it to the point, Li Tai decided to first take a look at what this work is like.
Well, the logic is self-consistent.
So, Li Tai opened the comic book "Butterfly Lovers" with a clear conscience. It was definitely not because he was curious! Absolutely not!
Let's take a look at the style of painting first. It's actually pretty good! It has an ancient style, but it doesn't look old-fashioned. The character modeling is also very careful. The key is that the angle of the storyboard is really comfortable! What's more rare is that this is not a black and white comic, but full color!
Many cartoonists' works usually only have one or two chapters that are colored in order to attract a large number of comic fans to come and watch. Later on, most of the main content is in black and white. After all, coloring is a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task.
However, "Liang Zhu" is actually in full color! Even though he is a "Lin hater", Li Tai has to admit that Lin Fan is still very sincere, but it is also possible that there is a whole team behind Lin Fan to help him deal with these things. Li Tai, who habitually finds points to criticize Lin Fan, nodded with satisfaction and continued to watch.
Once you take a look at it, you’re kind of sucked in and can’t get out.
The story of "Liang Zhu" is very simple. A rich lady named Zhu Yingtai disguises herself as a man and goes to study in a college. The wife of the dean of the college arranges her to live in the library. The student Liang Shanbo comes from a poor family and is responsible for many chores to subsidize his tuition. He goes to the library to study at night and meets Zhu Yingtai. The two of them spend their days together and gradually fall in love.
This content is light-hearted, joyful, humorous and funny. Li Tai couldn't help but smile when he saw the interaction between the boy and the girl.
As for comics, who doesn’t want to read something cheerful? Working is tiring enough, who can stand reading those bad novels and comics? Just like a certain urban celebrity novel, which was almost criticized by everyone, because it always gave the protagonist mandatory skills and mandatory business. Many people gave up the book after reading a few dozen chapters, and no one cared whether the rest would be exciting.
Therefore, when Li Tai reads comics, he also likes to look for light-hearted ones. So far, the story line of Lin Fan's comic is very much to his liking, though it's a bit sweet.
Well, it must be because they spread too much dog food.
This Lin Fan is the same. He participated in "The Voice of China" and used seven songs to show off his affection. He also showed off his affection at an award ceremony. He is still like this when drawing comics. I really want to scold him: "Show off your affection and die quickly!"
After calming down, Li Tai continued reading comics.
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The sweet daily life in the academy soon came to an end, and the plot took a sharp turn for the worse.
Liang Shanbo was leaving the academy to take part in the imperial examination, and Zhu Yingtai was taken back by the Zhu family to prepare for marriage. The two secretly decided to spend their lives together, and Zhu Yingtai asked Liang Shanbo to come to her house to propose marriage.
Liang Shanbo became a county magistrate and went to the Zhu family to propose marriage, but was rejected by Mrs. Zhu because he was not from a noble family. Zhu Yingtai met Liang Shanbo and they decided to elope. On the night of the elopement, Liang Shanbo was severely injured by the Zhu family and Yingtai was imprisoned at home.
"Bah!" Li Tai was furious. "From ancient times to the present, the mother-in-law has been the most common person in breaking up couples. In the past, they required a good match, but now they demand a house, a dowry, and three golds! Doesn't she think about the fact that she also went through that time? Can't she understand the sincerity of young people in their pursuit of love?"
This was what happened to Li Tai at the beginning. He finally found a partner, but when he went to meet his girlfriend's parents for the first time, he was treated with all kinds of difficulties and looked down upon. To be honest, for the sake of his girlfriend, he really compromised in all kinds of ways and listened to all kinds of unpleasant words, but in the end, the two of them still parted ways.
So, when seeing this plot, Li Tai felt like he was the poor scholar Liang Shanbo.
No, I am not even as good as Liang Shanbo.
Liang Shanbo at least became a county magistrate, and was the head of a county.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
What about me? I am just an ordinary person.
The more Li Tai watched, the more uncomfortable he felt. He felt like he had become Liang Shanbo, full of resentment but with nowhere to vent it.
But the following plot made Li Tai speechless.
Mrs. Zhu asked Liang Shanbo to write a letter to Zhu Yingtai to sever their relationship, but Liang Shanbo refused and died of vomiting blood. He was buried on the path that Zhu Yingtai's sedan chair had to pass.
During this period, Mrs. Zhu recalled her past. She was also a "Zhu Yingtai" back then, but her daughter Zhu Yingtai chose love, while Mrs. Zhu succumbed to reality.
Seeing this, Li Tai suddenly felt inexplicably sad.
Is there right or wrong in the adult world?
Is the mother-in-law really wrong?
If my girlfriend had insisted on following me, perhaps I would not have let her suffer. However, I would not necessarily have been able to let her live a good life. After all, I am now just barely able to support myself.
At this point, without even turning to the back, Li Tai could feel that the story was about to end.
After receiving the blank suicide note stained with blood, Zhu Yingtai cried until her face turned pale, put on heavy makeup and agreed to get married. Suddenly, a strong wind blew on the road, and the wedding procession was blown to Liang Shanbo's tomb. After Zhu Yingtai paid tribute to Liang Shanbo, she fell into the cemetery and disappeared.
The last scene is in the twilight. The master of the academy finds the paper that Zhu Yingtai originally drew, tears out the two butterflies, and the paper butterflies in his hand begin to dance.
The story ended like this, but Li Tai felt as if a huge stone was choking his heart, heavy and sour, with a resentment surging in his chest that he couldn't feel relieved until he got it out.
Perhaps, this story is about my own bloody love? Perhaps, this story is about the love I long for?
But no matter what it is, Li Tai feels that such works deserve his own voice.
So, Li Tai left his comments in the comment section of "Butterfly Lovers".
[Ants Moving Tarzan: Damn it! Lin Fan, you bastard, prepare to die! Can’t you draw a comic where the protagonist survives to the end?
What's wrong with you that you have to sacrifice the protagonist to the heaven? In "A Chinese Ghost Story", only Xiao Qian was sacrificed to the heaven, I tolerated it! In "Liang Zhu", both protagonists were sacrificed to the heaven, this is absolutely intolerable! 】
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