Started as a comics editor

Chapter 75 Lack of people
"Fortunately."

Tang Yao shook her head gently: "I can't say I'm that tired... I just have a lot of things to do. You can tell by looking at my condition."

She turned to face Li Xue and chuckled, "It's been a tough few days, but I've been doing pretty well. Kang Ming... even the studio's lead programmer complained that everyone has dark circles under their eyes, and I'm the only one who looks exactly like I did when I was working at the Literature Museum."

"..."

Li Xue looked at Tang Yao's flawless and impeccable fair face.

indeed.

No signs of fatigue.

She is still bright and beautiful, looks harmless, gentle and pure. Although she is not wearing any makeup, her face is clean.

"That's good."

Li Xue noticed that Tang Yao showed no signs of fatigue, so she reluctantly put her mind at ease and finally turned her attention to the game. She glanced at the exquisite animated character on the screen again, then leaned forward, grabbed the mouse, and cut out the character Tang Yao had just been drawing. She asked, "Is this... Saber? Why did it become like this?"

"Oh, this is Saber who has been corrupted by the Holy Grail curse, commonly known as Black Dai."

Tang Yao glanced at the screen and explained, "According to the setting, when she is in this state, she will not hesitate to use her powerful magic, and will show King Arthur's cold and ruthless side."

“…Cold-blooded and ruthless?”

Li Xue was silent for a moment after hearing this, then pointed at the screen: "Is this called cold-blooded and ruthless? Then I think it's okay for you to be so cold-blooded and ruthless in front of me?"

On the screen, there is indeed a portrait of the blackened Saber... The overall picture is based on the Black Saber in FGO, but it is the fourth stage Black Saber.

In FGO, the character portraits will change as the level increases.

Although Tang Yao has redrawn most of the servants' portraits based on the aesthetics of this parallel world, this setting is still retained for the time being, and we plan to see the effect first.

As for the character illustration of the blackened Saber who has been upgraded to the highest level... how should I put it, she doesn't have the aura of King Arthur at all. She is wearing a black halter dress that reveals her snow-white shoulders. She sits on the ground in a very girlish manner. She is also wearing over-the-knee socks and high heels. The snow-white skin between the hem of her skirt and her over-the-knee socks is very conspicuous because of the background of the dress. It is a textbook interpretation of what "absolute domain" means.

If this is called cruel and ruthless, then Li Xue really wants to show Tang Yao how to be cruel as well.

"..."

Hearing this, Tang Yao puffed out her chest proudly and said confidently, "This is how the second dimension works!"

"...Then you also want to go to the second dimension?"

Li Xue looked at King Arthur on the screen, then turned and looked at Tang Yao.

Tang Yao wore a high ponytail today, a white T-shirt and navy blue jeans, but the simple clothes could not completely hide her tall and round figure, but instead highlighted her advantages.

Li Xue thought she would look better in it.

"I don't want it...and there are normal stages."

Tang Yao immediately refused and changed the subject, showing Li Xue the portraits of the blackened Saber in the first three stages.

The one in front is very normal, wearing battle armor, very handsome.

Li Xue also temporarily put aside the idea of ​​letting Tang Yao show her 'cold and ruthless side' in front of her. She looked at the computer screen again and asked curiously, "Do you have to draw four portraits for one character?"

"Hmm... I want to try it out on a demo first to see how it works."

Tang Yao nodded and explained, "It's very likely that this setting will be retained. Think about it... the players of our game were all comic readers in the beginning, right? That means they all like the two-dimensional world, right? And the Saber in "Fate Zero" is very serious. Do you think players will level up just for this illustration..."

“…I really can.”

Li Xue was stunned for a moment, then she felt a little amused and asked, "But how do you know so much?"

"Hehe, because I'm also an old 2D person."

Tang Yao said happily: "There's more. You'll know when the game comes out. The charm of 2D games... Forget it, let me tell you."

Tang Yao spoke, but finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

She really wanted to share it with Li Xue.

So she opened the document and introduced it directly to Li Xue.

How to seamlessly connect comics?

How can we attract readers who play games because of comics as soon as possible?

Noble Phantasm system, level system.

What is the core purpose of the card drawing mechanism?

The principle of minimum guarantee.

Just say whatever you want.

As the project progressed and got on track this week, many of Tang Yao's ideas gradually became clearer and she could express them with exceptional fluency.

Li Xue was deeply shocked. Especially when Tang Yao explained that the core purpose of the card-drawing mechanism was to obscure product pricing and gave examples, she was even more stunned.

It was as if I met Tang Yao for the first time.

Li Xue looked at Tang Yao and said incredulously, "This... is all what you thought?"

"That's it."

Tang Yao smiled softly: "How is it? Does it sound reliable after listening to it?"

Li Xue was silent for a moment. "...If my cousin wasn't so arrogant and had a deeper conversation with you, she might change her mind."

"Will not."

Tang Yao was stunned for a moment, then shook her head. "She and I have different opinions on mobile games, and she doesn't seem to think highly of me as a person. I'm afraid she'll find my words unreliable even if I say them to great effect."

"Too……"

Li Xue thought of her cousin's arrogant attitude and did not continue the topic. Instead, she asked, "Are you in trouble now? How can I help?"

She roughly heard that Tang Yao's studio has begun to steadily advance the project... Three lines of progress are being carried out simultaneously, and all of them have produced results.

She was no longer able to offer any advice or help in this regard.

"No."

Tang Yao hesitated for a moment and shook her head: "The only problem may be the lack of people... I don't have enough talent in art by myself."

"This……"

Li Xue frowned, feeling a little embarrassed: "I don't think I can help you, I'll try my best to keep an eye on it for you."

Tang Yao: "No, most people in the comics industry probably want to draw comics, and there are probably very few people who want to be illustrators... Besides, game art and comics are quite different. What I urgently need now is 3D personnel, so I'd better recruit externally."

"So... then I really can't help."

As Li Xue spoke, she looked at Tang Yao's computer screen, and saw the four stages of blackened Saber on it, feeling a little worried.

Although she knew that Tang Yao drew very quickly, there was the example of the human head balloon after all.

But such a huge workload...

and many more.

Portrait?

Li Xue suddenly had an idea, her eyes brightening. "Tang Yao... could you ask a cartoonist to draw this card illustration? Most popular cartoonists have outstanding drawing skills, are quite popular, and are famous. If we could invite them to draw the illustration, it would not only lighten your burden, but also help attract traffic through their fame, right?"

"Hmm? Miss Li, did you understand so quickly? You've already jumped to this step."

Tang Yao was a little surprised. "That's certainly possible, but... I've only been an editor for a short time, so I don't know many famous cartoonists. Plus, my requirements are pretty high, and I might have to make constant revisions. Those successful cartoonists wouldn't agree, would they?"

"You can try... I can also help you contact them."

Li Xue didn't back down after hearing this, but instead became more determined: "There will always be someone willing to do it, but most of the cartoonists I'm responsible for are female-oriented, so I'm better at drawing male characters. As for female characters... you can actually try asking Ou Congquan and Rumi."

"who????"

……

at the same time.

Just when Tang Yao and Li Xue were discussing whether to find a cartoonist to draw the character illustrations.

Chu Yuxin once again stepped into the company she had been away from for a long time, and as soon as she entered the door... she saw the people in the operations team sighing.

She was slightly startled, then shook her head and didn't disturb them.

It's normal that no one feels good when the company becomes such a mess.

She just sighed and walked towards her workstation.

This time, she came mainly to copy the personal data stored on her computer. After copying, she left without saying goodbye...

"Um?????"

Chu Yuxin's thoughts came to an abrupt halt as she walked to her original workstation.

Then she discovered that her computer and its display were gone.

the most important is!

The computers from other departments were all there, except for the computers in her department... they were all emptied.

"Where's my computer? Where's my huge computer?"

(End of this chapter)