Chapter 507 The Road Ahead

"Thank you, but I don't believe in the Holy Bishop."

Lin Qingshan shook his head and said, "Although I am also a little superstitious, I don't think the Holy Lord exists... Moreover, didn't your ancestors kill the Holy Son? In other words, you only believe in the Holy Lord. I still believe in the Trinity just like everyone else.”

If we trace its origins, the Holy Bishop’s object of faith—the omniscient and omnipotent Holy Lord—does indeed come from the earliest Squid Sect.

Squid initially created an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-creating god, the Holy Lord. At the same time, he claimed that he was the best nation beloved by God, and that other nations and races were inferior compared to them.

It can be said that the Squid Cult, the original prototype of the Holy Bishop, was a religion full of nationalism and racial knighthood.

The Holy Son made a decision that went against his ancestors and concentrated the Holy Lord's love no longer on one race or one region, but on all people.

All who believe in Him.

This decision that goes against the ancestors is naturally not allowed by the Squid Cult.

This is actually understandable. It's like someone spreading the Republic's Taoist beliefs to the whole world. At the same time, he claims that as long as you are sincere in ethics, Haotian God, the Three Pure Ones and the Four Imperial Guards will bless you.

Regardless of race or region, even white and black people can receive its blessings and blessings...

If you say this, it is indeed something that even the Republic would find ridiculous.

The Key Son also did something that was even more subversive of Squid Faith, and that was to eliminate the traditional bad habits and taboos of Squid Religion.

As a conservative and closed early sect, the Squid Cult has a series of very strict taboos and bad habits, such as circumcision and food taboos.

Food taboos are even worse than those of other religions. For example, there are strict regulations on food. Pork is also not allowed to be eaten. In addition, it is also forbidden to eat horse meat, blood, molluscs, and Crustaceans.

But the Holy Son thought it was too troublesome, so he simply declared that these religious taboos and customs were gone.

All you need to do is believe in the Holy Lord, recite scriptures, and go to Mass.

The most critical point is that the Squid Cult also requires believers to pay tithes, which is a form of taxation in which believers must donate one-tenth of their income to the church.

The Son of God has also been deposed, so cutting off people's money is like killing one's parents.

This made the Squid Cult want to kill the Holy Son.

But when it comes to paying taxes, the Squid Cult is not the only one who is so greedy, because the holy bishops in the Middle Ages demanded that their congregations pay taxes even more harshly...

In short, everyone knows that the one who killed the Holy Son was the squid noble, and the one who betrayed the Holy Son was the thirteenth disciple of the Holy Son who was also a squid.

Therefore, squids should not believe in the Trinity of Son, Holy Spirit and Father.

But as we all know, squids are extremely camouflaged creatures, and they often have their own camouflage colors.

Over the past few hundred years, they have not only pretended to be pitiful, but also claimed that like the vast majority of believers in the Holy Bishop, they also believe in the Son.

It's just that they don't recognize that their ancestors killed the Holy Son.

He even argued that the Romans were the ones who killed the Son, so what does it have to do with them?

It is a pity that Rome in the West has fallen long ago, and those who claim to be the inheritors of Rome dare not speak at all.

At this time, the squid can still pretend to be innocent.

But in Lin Qingshan's previous life, it was... no more pretending! I have a showdown!

Not only was he thinking about the precious cassock, but he also blatantly forced Ami to introduce an awareness bill.

What? If you dare to say you don’t like squid, just do it!

you! guilty! Let me in!

What? Are you just thinking about it? Don’t even think about it!

you! guilty! Let me in!

You think Ami is Squid’s biological father, but in fact, Squid is Ami’s biological father.

Also called conjugate parent-child relationship.

But they've been so well disguised that it's hard to tell whether Squid privately believes in the Son.

"Of course I believe."

Benya Rothschild remained calm and said with a smile, "The Son is with the Father, and we squids are all His faithful believers."

However, Lin Qingshan still saw the change in his eyes in those few microseconds.

Psychologically speaking, it is impossible for people to lie without flaws.

Although Benya Rothschild was well disguised and had almost no obvious changes in expression, the changes in his eyes and muscle twitching at that moment could not be concealed.

Ordinary people may not be able to capture this momentary change in expression. They need to use professional equipment to capture micro-expression changes.

But Lin Qingshan had the [Speed ​​Star (Diamond)] ability given by the system, and his reaction ability was comparable to that of Superman, so he immediately saw the change in Benya Rothschild's eyes.

He understood immediately, and then he said with a smile, "Actually, Mr. Benya, you don't need to be so nervous. I told you, I am not a believer of the Holy Bishop."

Benya Rothschild's expression changed. Isn't what Lin Qingshan meant equivalent to saying, "I'm not a believer of the Holy Bishop, so you don't have to pretend in front of me."

"How could that be? Mr. Qingshan, your works have so many religious connotations."

His eyes became a little gloomy, but he still had that false smile on his face as he said.

This vividly demonstrates what it means to be smiling but not smiling.

"It's just a reference to the setting. In fact, I also created works of Taoist belief such as "Tao Wei Xian"."

Lin Qingshan said with a smile.

"Haha, but since Mr. Aoyama can create "Chainsaw Man" and "EVA"..."

Benya Rothschild continued to maintain a hypocritical smile and said, "That's why I can create more works with Holy Lord elements. For example, I actually look forward to Mr. Aoyama's follow-up work "Chainsaw Man". Characters like the Holy Lord or our squid-born Hayakawa Akira appear..."

"Or for the next comic, the teacher can consider drawing a squid as the protagonist. We squids are the smartest and bravest people in the world, so they are very suitable to be the protagonist of the comic written by the teacher."

This is also one of the purposes of their investment in the comic industry over the years, which is to whitewash and promote their positive image like Hollywood movies.

After all, molds do all kinds of evil, and the "good people" who act as troublemakers all over the world can be whitewashed and promoted as peace messengers fighting "for world peace, love and justice."

So why can't they promote themselves as the smartest and bravest nation in the world?

Moreover, they are the nation that the Holy Lord loves most. Otherwise, why would there be so many Nobel Prize winners among them? Even Einstein is a squid.

The reason why they are interested in Lin Qingshan is that Lin Qingshan, the uncrowned king of the contemporary comics industry, has already been confirmed.

There is also the fact that the protagonists of Lin Qingshan’s comics, unlike other republican cartoonists, all tend to be republicans.

Even in "The Hidden Lord", the protagonist was originally the soul of the Republic people.

In Lin Qingshan's works, the protagonists' backgrounds are not only from the Republic of China, but also from foreigners, Europeans and Americans.

For example, David Martinez, the protagonist of "Edgewalker", Agni, the protagonist of "Fist of Fire", "Ze!" The protagonist Tazmi of "The Crimson Eye"... is obviously a protagonist from Europe and the United States.

So Benya Rothschild did not lie. He is indeed a fan of Lin Qingshan's comics.

Because the protagonists in Lin Qingshan's works are not necessarily from the Republic, this makes him somewhat easy to assume.

It is a pity that there has never been a squid among the characters in Lin Qingshan's works.

Even if it's not the protagonist, it's a supporting role like Hayakawa Akira. That's why he made such a request - Lin Qingshan needs to serialize three comics in the future according to the requirements of the comic industry after signing a new contract.

In fact, he felt that his request was not too much, as long as Lin Qingshan's subsequent three comics slightly changed the names of the protagonists to names of squid origins, and indicated that these protagonists were clearly born as squids.

However, at this moment, Gu Qianli took a deep breath and handed the contract in his hand to the legal team at Station C behind him.

She just put the contract back on the table, pushed it back, and nodded to Lin Qingshan.

"I'm afraid this is hard to accept."

Lin Qingshan nodded immediately, then turned to Benya Rothschild and said, "Because I don't plan to sign this contract."

"What? Why don't you sign?"

Benya Rothschild frowned and said, "Teacher Qingshan, with all due respect, this is the best contract plan we have given you. It can be said that the contract benefits we give you are unprecedented and are not available to other cartoonists. treatment."

Indeed, although squid are greedy, they do not act purely greedy.

Their business methods are very smart. In fact, in addition to the restrictions in the contract, the other benefits provided will increase Lin Qingshan's income by at least hundreds of millions every year.

Not only has the royalties for the drawings almost doubled, but the copyright share has also increased.

Although you no longer have the right to own or decide copyright, you get more money!

However, the imagination is wonderful, but will the squid make you suffer?

Lin Qingshan may get more income, but Squid definitely earns a lot.

For example, after Lin Qingshan lost the right to decide copyright, he could no longer decide the copyright partner and the destination of the copyright.

That is to say, the squid can take it and take it away. He can sell it to whomever he wants, but he doesn't care about the final quality of the copyrighted derivative works.

In the end, it is very likely that the IP of Lin Qingshan's work will be ruined, and it will become a work IP whose reputation has been ruined because of many derivative works that are just bad money.

So squid is never willing to suffer losses.

Whatever they paid, they would earn it back hundreds or thousands of times, even if they didn't hesitate to let other people and other people's things rot and stink.

Five hundred thousand marks of bread is a typical example.

"Creation is free, and actually I don't care as much about money as you do."

Lin Qingshan said, "And there is a poem that we translated. I wonder if you have heard it..."

"What?"

"That's..."

Lin Qingshan said slowly, "Life is precious, and love is even more valuable. If it's for freedom, you can throw away both."

"I hope Aoyama-sensei can think about it in detail."

Benya Rothschild finally couldn't help it anymore, his face turned completely cold, and he even said with a slightly threatening tone, "After all, your comic "The Strange Fairy" is still being serialized in the comic industry."

In his opinion, "The Weird Immortal" is still being serialized in the comics industry. If Lin Qingshan doesn't give in... even if he can't cut "The Weird Immortal" in half.

But it can also reduce its network push channels.

Now is an era where the Internet is king. Without online push channels, the subsequent performance of "The Strange Fairy" will definitely be greatly reduced.

When the time comes...then it can be cut in half.

However, Lin Qingshan doesn't care anymore, he wants to use this to force him to submit...

All I can say is that it is not a threat.

Moreover, Benya Rothschild and Lin Qingshan did not expect that in the two months after "The Strange Fairy", the comic industry would completely withdraw its online channels for push promotion.

However, the performance of "The Strange Fairy" has not regressed, because in addition to the comic industry, other major forums and platforms in the Republic have spontaneously promoted "The Strange Fairy", and this kind of publicity has even become inertial.

This is tap water promotion without any capital participation.

On the contrary, this behavior in the comics industry soon attracted the attention of the higher authorities.

After being severely ordered, the comic industry was forced to continue to promote and promote "The Strange Fairy".

After all, the higher-ups planned

"Well, I've thought about it carefully."

Lin Qingshan said, "Mr. Benya Rothschild can go back."

When Benya Rothschild saw this, he snorted coldly, stood up, and then left Lin Qingshan's villa.

Ayumi Ito, who was behind, breathed a sigh of relief. She was even a little happy for Lin Qingshan now.

To be honest, even if she didn't know the full details of the new contract, just hearing the terms and restrictions felt outrageous.

After seeing him break up with Benya Rothschild and refuse to sign a new contract, she was actually quite happy.

And after thinking for a while, Ayumi Ito chose not to leave with Benya Rothschild, but came to Lin Qingshan.

She still chose to support Lin Qingshan. As Lin Qingshan's editor, she believed that Lin Qingshan would liquidate her after rejecting Benya Rothschild.

Benya Rothschild did not notice Ito Ayumi. After all, even if Ito Ayumi was Lin Qingshan's editor, in fact... she only played a small role.

It's just that Ayumi Ito was right. Even if he didn't notice Ayumi Ito now, he would definitely suppress Ayumi Ito afterwards to scare the monkeys.

"It seems... that we can no longer cooperate with the comic industry in the future."

Lin Qingshan said with some regret at this time.

To be honest, as the comics serial platform that he has cooperated with for so long, he still has feelings for it.

But at this point, the squid has eroded the comic world again, and he can no longer care about his old relationship.

Mankai is dead, infected by parasites and died.

"Then it's time to find another way."

Lin Qingshan looked at Gu Qianli and Ayumi Ito beside him, and suddenly smiled and said, "How about... let's set up a new comics culture department?"