Chapter 18 The Final Mission

Original painting orders.

Hundreds?

Can earn more than 40,000 yuan?

Seeing these messages, Wei Ming was in a dilemma and didn't know how to reply.

If it was in the past, he would definitely be very happy to receive such a large order. He could complete it within a month and the quality could be guaranteed.

More than 40,000 yuan in compensation is equivalent to half a year's income, which is a very attractive number.

But now, he can't get interested at all.

Moreover, since he planned to use Xiao Hei to start a business, Wei Ming has not painted a single original painting for more than half a month. He has turned down all the orders and sent a signal of "retirement and change careers" to several old customers, which makes them quite regretful.

It's just that Wei Ming has not notified Tao Su, an old friend who has cooperated for more than two years. Perhaps he doesn't want to disappoint her and doesn't want to lose a bond to maintain friendship.

But...

There is no banquet that will never end. Some things must be faced.

"Tao Tao, I'm sorry, I've left the original artist industry and am doing something else."

"You should find another high-level original artist for this order. I'm afraid I don't have the time and energy to help you complete it."

"Sorry."

Wei Ming had to be honest.

After a while.

The chat window scrolled with multiple messages:

"???"

"You don't want to be an original artist anymore?"

"Why didn't you tell me earlier about such an important thing so that I could be mentally prepared?"

"Ming, what happened to you? You were doing well as an original artist, why did you suddenly change your career? It caught me off guard."

"Ming, you occupy a very important position in my creative plan. You are the original artist I trust the most. Apart from you, no one else's work can satisfy me and my readers. We are a golden pair. You also said that you will help me draw the original paintings for my future books."

"But it's only been a short time, and you've changed your career and quit?"

"Ming, you——"

Tao Su's words were full of surprise, disappointment and anger.

After all, her plan was completely disrupted by this partner who she always thought was "stable" and "reliable".

What if the comic quality of "Did My Husband Admit the Wrongness Today" is not up to standard, she doesn't know how to explain it to the readers?

It will even have a certain impact on her future career development. Her ideal is to become a well-known god-level online writer with an annual income of more than 10 million, rather than staying at the level of a small god for a long time and having a weak sense of existence.

"Tao Tao, I made this decision more than half a month ago because there is a better opportunity in front of me."

"If I choose a new career, my income will be many times that of an original artist, and the future prospects are very good."

"I cherish our cooperation and friendship, but the feeling of one pay and one return is different from one pay and one hundred returns. Normal people will make rational choices."

"So, I hope you can understand. In addition, I also know a few original artists who are not worse than me. I can introduce them to you. With such a big order and a lot of money, they can definitely produce high-quality works and will not affect the comics of your new book."

Wei Ming persuaded earnestly.

Hope to convince Tao Su and let her accept it calmly.

"Of course I know there are many excellent original artists, but your talent is irreplaceable to me."

Tao Su said: "There is something very special in your paintings. It touched me and my readers. If this thing is missing, it's like missing a soul. Without this soul, no matter how beautiful the painting is, it will lose the most important attraction."

"So my novel cannot be without you, the original artist. If you quit, I will be very troubled."

Wei Ming opened his mouth wide.

Is there really a so-called soul in my paintings?

Why didn't I see it?

It's just ordinary painting, but it has become an irreplaceable talent?

It can be said that after Tao Su said this, Wei Ming's self-evaluation of himself as "ordinary" and "average ability" was slightly shaken.

Maybe he really has the potential to become an artist.

However, even though Tao Su gave him such a high evaluation, Wei Ming still had to say: "Tao Tao, I am very grateful that you think so highly of me, but I really won't draw the original paintings. My new job has already started, and I can't squeeze out time to do this. You should hire other original artists."

"It's okay to hire other original artists, but you have to cooperate with me to the end and help me finish the book I have on hand, right? The first dozen original paintings were all drawn by you. Readers are already accustomed to your style. It will be difficult to make adjustments later and destroy readers' expectations."

"Ming, I don't ask you to help all the time, but this book, you have to have a beginning and an end, right?"

"Anyway, at least do me a favor on this book."

As if there was some kind of obsession, Tao Su hoped that Wei Ming would definitely help with the book "Did My Husband Admit the Wrongness Today?"

This...

Seeing Tao Su's attitude.

Wei Ming thought silently for a long time.

Finally, he had to say: "It's okay to ask me to help, but I don't have much free time on weekdays. I can only draw half a picture at most every day. It's impossible to finish hundreds of pictures in a month."

"So I can only complete a small part of it and help you draw some key characters. You can ask other original artists to complete the remaining non-main characters, because they are secondary and I believe readers will not care too much."

"This is the compromise I can come up with, and it is also the best I can do."

"Tao Tao, I wonder if you can accept my plan?"

Wei Ming felt that this list must be the last one in his career as an original artist.

This is the only case, and there will be no exceptions.

From now on, he will completely retire from the original artist circle and will not draw any works again.

"Then... OK."

After a while, Tao Su replied and agreed to Wei Ming's compromise.

After all, it seems that Wei Ming can't make more concessions. This is the best result she can get.

So in order to make her novel "My Husband Admitted His Mistake Today" a comic smoothly, Tao Su immediately selected the 33 most important characters from the more than 100 characters she set, and asked Wei Ming to strive to complete 33 character original paintings within a month.

Obviously, Wei Ming couldn't finish such a large task. He could only finish 15 pictures at most.

Tao Su said that he could draw as many as he could, as long as Wei Ming did his best. If he couldn't finish it by then, he would ask other original artists for help.

Wei Ming shook his head helplessly.

He had to cancel his plan to go to bed before 10 o'clock and took out the digital tablet that had been in the corner of the closet for a long time. Starting from tonight, he had to complete at least half of the original painting task.

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