$ Chapter 742 The Real Girl (17/100)
Tiandu, in a quiet restaurant.
Gong Xueyi was wearing a beige coat, with a slightly complicated expression.
Manager Zhao Jie softly consoled: "Yixue, it's been almost two years, you don't need to continue to be in a stalemate with him, when he comes later, remember to lower your posture, he is no longer the same as he was two years ago, the difference in status is no longer the same as before."
"I know, Aunt Zhao."
Gong Xueyi responded in a low voice, her expression becoming more complicated.
Zhao Jie was worried that Gong Xueyi was dissatisfied, so she explained:
"Shuimu Culture has developed very fast in the past two years and has now become one of the top 20 companies in the publishing industry. This is the prototype of a cultural empire. Not to mention you, even the Contemporary Mantan that signed a contract with you must give enough face in front of Luoyang. To date, Luoyang's comics department and Contemporary Mantan have had many comics publishing cooperations. You are a cartoonist of Contemporary Mantan and an employee. Shuimu Culture is a high-quality partner for Contemporary Mantan, and even an object that needs to be flattered..."
Gong Xueyi bit her lip and didn't want to say anything.
She knew that what Zhao Jie said was true. As one of the four major forums in China, Contemporary Mantan has always relied on the serialization of the comic magazine "Contemporary Mantan" to occupy a place in the Longguo publishing market. In terms of status, it was surpassed by Shuimu Culture a year ago.
In the past year, Shuimu Culture has developed at a high speed.
Under such circumstances, the comics department under Shuimu Culture was naturally driven to develop, and it also had a lot of business dealings with Contemporary Comics. The two companies established a very friendly relationship. Many works of cartoonists in Contemporary Comics were published by the comics department of Shuimu Culture. It can be said that many publishing businesses of Contemporary Comics have been quite dependent on Shuimu Culture.
In this way, Gong Xueyi's position is awkward.
She is one of the representative cartoonists of Contemporary Comics and is very popular.
But she had a conflict with the big boss behind Shuimu Culture, which made Contemporary Comics inevitably nervous. They even sent people to knock Gong Xueyi several times, asking her to remember to apologize to Luoyang, otherwise the company would be in a difficult position in the middle, after all, Luoyang's status and position are extraordinary.
If it was in the past, Gong Xueyi would certainly dare to ignore it.
But it's not possible now. The current Contemporary Comics has a good relationship with Shuimu Culture.
It is possible that the contemporary comics world will make things difficult for me in order to please Shuimu Culture. Although Gong Xueyi has a willful side, she dare not confront capital head-on. She knows very well that she is no match for such power. Otherwise, she would not be in a hurry to bow to Luoyang.
As for writing "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"...
This is indeed because Gong Xueyi likes "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" very much.
So when she saw that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was looking for a comic writer, Gong Xueyi and her agent discussed and took the initiative to take the test. This is a good opportunity. I can take this opportunity to apologize to Luoyang, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone and making myself less humiliated.
Yes, in Gong Xueyi's opinion, Luoyang will definitely humiliate me.
I implied Luoyang in my work, vilified him, and made such a big fuss that even the quarrels between the fans on both sides triggered an unprecedented online riot. How could a person with a domineering personality like Luoyang miss such an opportunity to trample on and humiliate himself?
Gong Xueyi had already made up her mind.
No matter how bad Luoyang's words were, she had to hold them in.
Otherwise, when the relationship between Luoyang's comics department and the contemporary comics world became more harmonious and the interests became more closely tied, then Luoyang, the big boss of Shuimu Culture, could take whatever he wanted from a small cartoonist in the contemporary comics world.
As she was thinking about it, Luoyang had already appeared in the restaurant.
Luoyang did not come alone. There were many people following him. Among these people, all the men were dressed in suits and had an extraordinary appearance, and all the women were dressed in elegant OL clothes with extraordinary taste. Judging from their identities, these people should be the senior executives of Shuimu Culture.
Gong Xueyi's face suddenly turned pale.
Luoyang not only wanted to humiliate her, but also wanted to humiliate her in front of so many people?
Her fists clenched slightly. If Luoyang came alone today, or with three or two people, then even if Luoyang humiliated her during the meal, she would probably be able to tolerate it. But if she did it in front of so many people, where would she put her face?
After all, she is also a famous beautiful cartoonist in Longguo!
Being humiliated in front of three or two people is completely different from being humiliated in front of more than ten people!
The more Gong Xueyi thought about it, the more painful it became. After a while, her eyes were filled with tears, and she looked like she was about to cry. At this moment, Luoyang happened to approach with a group of senior executives of the company. Seeing this scene, he was stunned and asked: "Gong Xueyi, why are you crying?"
Zhao Jie was also panicked and didn't understand why Gong Xueyi was crying.
Or, is it really so embarrassing for her to apologize to Luoyang?
Gong Xueyi remained silent, wiping her tears and preparing to run away. Fortunately, Zhao Jie grabbed Gong Xueyi. Before Gong Xueyi could speak, Zhao Jie took the initiative and said to Luoyang: "Teacher Luo, Yixue is here today. I want to apologize to you. We had some unnecessary misunderstandings before. Let's take this opportunity to clear up the misunderstandings. Moreover, Yixue really wants to write "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". She likes this work very much, so she wants to adapt it. into comics and published in contemporary comics circles."
Did Gong Xueyi apologize to herself?
Luoyang was stunned for a moment. He thought Gong Xueyi was paying attention to him.
Seeing that Luoyang remained silent, Gong Xueyi became more and more sure of her suspicions. Sure enough, this guy had no intention of letting her go easily. She raised her head, wiped her tears, and said coldly: "I'm sorry, Luoyang, this is the third time... …This is already the third time.”
"What third time?"
Luoyang felt baffled.
Behind Luoyang, a group of Shuimu Culture executives were subtly looking between Gong Xueyi and Luoyang. Speaking of which, does Mr. Qin know that the boss is so good at playing?
"The first time, you asked everyone in the school to force me to apologize to you. The second time, you used the pressure of public opinion to force the contemporary comic circle to force me to apologize to you. The third time, you brought so many people here to humiliate me. I apologize to you, but who can I show to you by pretending that I don’t know anything?”
Gong Xueyi stared at Luoyang, tears still flowing.
"Do you know how difficult it is for me? I'm obviously prepared to be fucked by someone, but you tell me that you want to take turns?"
Everyone in Shuimu Culture listened to Gong Xueyi's remarks in stunned silence, while Luoyang was dumbfounded now, "The first time was when you suspected that I had a shady story, the second time was when you slandered me in the comics, and the third time too. You made it up on your own and I want to humiliate you. Besides, they are all from my company and it’s just a normal dinner together.”
Gong Xueyi's crying gradually stopped, and she felt vaguely that something was wrong. She asked in a guilty voice:
"So...you're not here to humiliate me?"
"What's the point of humiliating you? Miss Gong Xueyi, you really think too much here."
Luoyang waved his hand and said angrily.
Gong Xueyi froze on the spot, her face turned red instantly!
So, as a popular cartoonist, I have imagined many plots of being oppressed by powerful forces?
Therefore, the most embarrassing thing is not that I was humiliated by Luoyang, but that I made up a lot of scenes of being humiliated and trampled in my mind, and then directly analyzed myself and climaxed without waiting for the other party to speak?
Ah, ah, this is going to be embarrassing! !
I thought I was bowing to the evil forces, but in the end I was flying side by side with the evil forces...
Zhao Jie on the side couldn't help but raise her forehead.
At the beginning, Gong Xueyi was obsessed with fighting against Luoyang, and would not look back until she hit the wall, because she was just a two-dimensional abandoned house girl with cerebral palsy who was so addicted to comic plots that she couldn't extricate herself...