Chapter 275
In early November, there was a comic exhibition that had been announced for a long time at the Zhuoyue Square in Zixi City. Xiang Yutong and his deskmate Yan Momo had already agreed to attend it on Saturday.
She got up very early that day and started harassing her deskmate and best friend before 6 o'clock.
"Momo? Momo, are you awake?"
The friend on the other end replied: "I'm almost downstairs at your house."
Xiang Yutong: “……?”
Momo is actually more active than her?
After I introduced "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" to Momo, who was not very interested in comics, that day, Momo stayed up all night to catch up on the updates of the comics, and she and I became die-hard fans of Buyehou. The relationship between the two people who were already close became even better after they had a common topic of interest.
Yan Momo, who joined the series later, seemed to like "Speak of Mountains and Seas" more than she did. She even used her pocket money that she had saved for a long time to order a mechanical butterfly. When the butterfly flapped its wings, it dragged a star-like tail.
Xiang Yutong was also familiar with this butterfly. In "Speaks of Mountains and Seas", Buyehou had used it many times, but none of them were ice blue. After she tactfully reminded Yan Momo that this color was beautiful but could not be restored, Yan Momo said mysteriously, "There may be many butterflies in comics, but I just like this color that is not there."
The butterfly formed by light floating from her shoulders that night was her favorite and unique one.
Xiang Yutong is not a picky person. Anyway, Momo is not doing cosplay and is just collecting it for herself, so she can order whatever color she wants.
When she had almost finished washing up, Yan Momo knocked on her door. Xiang Yutong opened the door and saw Yan Momo standing outside with a bag on her back. Hanging on the bag was a palm-sized acrylic pendant, which was a hand-painted miniature tea tree.
"Look!" After she opened the door, Yan Momo showed her excitedly, "This is the prototype pendant of the Nevernight Marquis that I drew! You have one too!"
Xiang Yutong, who was unexpectedly stuffed with an acrylic pendant, looked at the exquisite pendant in his palm and couldn't help but sigh in his heart - interest is indeed the best teacher. Who would have known that Momo, who painted for three days and fished for two days, would change her usual behavior and actively produce after getting into comics, and become a well-known big shot in the circle?
"Thank you, Momo!" She happily accepted this little surprise and brought Yan Momo into the house. "Come in and wait for me for a while. I'll be done soon!"
Xiang Yutong originally planned to substitute Jiang Jiang from the police station, but she compared the aura of Jiang Jiang in the comic, and looked at her own face and height in the mirror, and finally gave up this fantastic idea. She substitute a character from another comic book that she liked very much.
The reason why "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" was not released, besides the lack of suitable characters for her to cosplay, is that "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" is not officially authorized.
Yes, while other famous comics are releasing peripheral products in full swing, "Speaking of Mountains and Seas" has not opened up official authorization!
Seeing other comics releasing acrylic stands today, bajis tomorrow, postcards the day after tomorrow, Polaroids the day after tomorrow, laser tickets the day after tomorrow, and everything from Ryu Ma book stands to C-suites, fans of "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" are so jealous that their eyes are almost red!
Other people’s families have everything, but they have nothing. They have money but nowhere to spend it!
Everyone has called on Tianyan to open up official authorization countless times while following the updates, but Tianyan seemed to be offline and refused to respond.
Xiang Yutong couldn't understand why someone would refuse to spend money even if given one!
What's even more bizarre is that if the official authorization is not given, there will always be people who produce fan-made prints, but there is no such thing for "Shan Hai Zhi Yu". All the groups that want to make a profit from fan-made prints either fail inexplicably or run into problems inexplicably, and only a small number of self-printed works to give to friends or to keep for themselves are fine.
As the fame of "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" grew, more and more people knew about this bizarre incident. They jokingly said that Tian Yan was the way of heaven, so no one was allowed to make a profit from the comics he drew. This statement once became one of the classic gags in "Shan Hai Zhi Yu".
Because there is no official authorization and no large-scale self-printing, the derivative creations of "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" have grown in all kinds under such harsh conditions. Everyone's works are out of print, including C clothes that everyone has customized for them.
Xiang Yutong has joined many fan groups of "Shan Hai Zhi Yu". Many fans have expressed their intention to attend the comic exhibition at Zhuoyue Square in Zixi City. Many people have also said that characters will be released on server C. Xiang Yutong has been looking forward to it for a long time.
She quickly put on her makeup and quickly grabbed the bag she had packed last night: "Momo, let's go downstairs and take a taxi to the train station!"
After sitting on the train for more than an hour and then transferring to the subway, both of them were extremely excited. When they reached the subway exit, Yan Momo rummaged through her bag and asked, "Yutong, did you bring any food?"
They both went out too early and didn't have breakfast.
Xiang Yutong, who was carrying a bag full of useless things, said: "...No."
"Then I'll check what good food there is nearby." Yan Momo took out her phone and started to check the ratings. "The comic exhibition doesn't start until nine o'clock. We can still line up after dinner."
Yan Momo was seriously checking the food guide list, while Xiang Yutong was looking around boredly. When she saw a few people walking into the entrance of Yueyue Square, her eyes suddenly widened, and only one thought popped into her mind -
Oh my god! Such a realistic cosplayer!
The comic was updated a few days ago to the point where Yingying and his friends accepted the A-level mission [Bridge Mystery], and prepared to wait for the vicious ghost under the bridge in the middle of the night. Although the clothes of these five cosplayers who appeared in the Tuyue Square are different from the latest update, the details are almost 100% restored!
It is very difficult to cosplay in "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" because the clothes of the main characters are too casual. Except for Eric's C suit, it is easy to buy almost the same ones for others in the mall. After cosplaying, there is no pressure to wear them as regular clothes, and the cost-effectiveness is extremely high.
Because the clothing and hairstyle are not much different from those of ordinary people, those who want to cosplay can only restore the facial expressions, movements and details. Cosplayers who don't want to challenge high difficulty mostly cosplay the school uniform version of the protagonist group - at least people can know that they are cosplaying instead of just wearing ordinary clothes to come to the comic convention.
Normally, people would collect stamps after entering the comic convention, and fewer people collect stamps outside the convention. But Xiang Yutong felt an indescribable excitement when she saw them talking without any OOC at all. These five teachers are so dedicated that they have already started to maintain their personalities before even entering the venue!
The venue for this comic exhibition is very large, and "Speaking of Mountains and Seas" is a popular comic. Xiang Yutong is worried that it will be difficult to find people after entering, and she is also worried that the five teachers who were restored in this way will be collected by people crazily after entering, and it will be difficult for her to grab a stamp collecting spot.
After hesitating for a long time and seeing the two teachers who cosplayed Yingying and Eric leave the team, Xiang Yutong mustered up the courage to rush forward and come face to face with the teacher who cosplayed Yingying.
Looking closely at this teacher, Xiang Yutong felt like a woodchuck screaming inside—it really looked like that!!!
Aside from the detailed expressions and movements, even her appearance looks like she came out of a comic book!
For a moment, a particularly absurd thought even flashed through her mind—was Tian Yan really not painted based on this teacher’s face?
The thought of over-reproduction filled her mind, and she mustered up her courage and said, "Teacher, your cosplay of Yingying is so realistic. Can I, can I have a stamp collection with you?"
The teacher who was being questioned was quite confused. He said "Ah" blankly: "I, I didn't cosplay? Did you make a mistake?"
Xiang Yutong: “……?”
She looked at the teacher in front of her, who was looking like a clown, and then looked at Eric, who was also restored by God, standing next to the teacher. Suddenly, she realized, "I understand!"
I forgot which "Shan Hai Zhi Yu" comic fan group she joined, but some comic fans in the group said that they would come to the comic exhibition in Zhuoyue Square to do immersive role-playing, and would spend the whole day acting like non-Africans - so she did meet comic fans who were into immersive role-playing!
To some extent, the comic exhibition is a large-scale event. Xiang Yutong, who has figured it out, is very cooperative. She smiled with an "I understand" attitude and said, "Teachers, you are really dedicated!"
She took out the exquisite food that she had been preparing for a month from her bag and gave one to each of them.
The acrylic pendant given to the teacher who cried was named [Scared to the point of color fading.JPG]. The picture was a photo of Gu Hongying wearing shark-mouth slippers and pajamas in a deserted mountain with a confused expression on his face when he first took the entrance test.
The teacher who gave Eric an acrylic pendant named [Stubborn for a Lifetime.JPG] showed a fork with a gold embossed pattern crawling on the ground. There was a dialogue box above the fork with a Q version of Eric's angry face in it.
Perhaps because the two teachers did not reject her information, she was confident enough. She asked again politely: "Teachers, is it inconvenient to collect stamps outside the venue?"
"Wait..." The teacher who cosplayed Yingying seemed to be trying to reorganize his worldview, "Have our ugly emoji photos already been leaked to the outer world?"
It's so outrageous that it was even made into free gifts at comic conventions?!
Looking at the incredible expressions on the faces of the two teachers holding the acrylic pendants, Xiang Yutong sighed inwardly—there was no OOC in such a situation, and she could not think of any other words except professionalism and awesome!
So these two teachers are playing the main characters in the comics and accidentally enter the comic convention?
What an interesting activity!
Xiang Yutong, who had figured out the current situation, tried hard to suppress the curled corners of his mouth and said, "Yes!"
She saw that the words "the sky is falling" were almost written on the two teachers' faces.
"The three teachers over there———" Xiang Yutong really wanted to collect stamps with the non-Emirati group he had been pursuing for more than a year, "Can I also send a copy of the free materials I prepared to the three teachers over there?"
Maybe because they had been talking for quite a while, the teachers who played the other three characters all came over here. Xiang Yutong widened his eyes in shock—Hao Zhizhi, Yin Li, and Yu Tu were also perfectly recreated!
It is already very difficult for God to restore one person, and it is amazing that these five God-restored teachers can get together. This is a low-probability event like Mars hitting the Earth!
Xiang Yutong felt so excited that she went crazy. She rushed forward and gave each teacher an acrylic pendant with an emoticon package: "Teachers, if it is inconvenient to collect stamps outside the venue, I can wait for you inside the venue. Which hall are you going to?"
After the three teachers who were given nothing to show for it looked at their respective acrylic pendants with emoticons, their expressions all looked strange.
Xiang Yutong met the gaze of Yan Momo, who was staring at her in amazement from afar. She realized belatedly that her current behavior was indeed too socially phobic—it frightened the society.
Embarrassment gradually filled Xiang Yutong's heart. She took a deep breath, took something out of her bag and stuffed it into Yu Tu's hand, then ran away!
Looking at her back as if being chased by a ghost, Yu Tu lowered his head. In his palm was a simulated tea bud hairpin. He didn't know what material it was made of, but it could sway left and right when poked.
Yu·In his left hand, he holds an acrylic pendant with his own expression [Carrying the burden forward.JPG], and in his right hand, he holds a simulated tea tree bud hair ornament·Tu: "..."
Gu Hongying walked over with a look of doubt about life, took the hairpin from Yu Tu's hand and put it on his head. He took a step back, looked at the "sprouting" Yu Tu, and said in a dreamy tone:
"It's quite similar."