Chapter 5: Weird

Ito Ayumi talked a lot and even took out the contract for Lin Qingshan to look at.

Lin Qingshan just flipped through it casually, in fact, he didn't care much about it in his heart.

He just wanted to draw comics in this world, to earn some money to support his life and the next "homecoming".

Besides, he was originally from nature and, in his previous life, he wasn't a cartoonist, but just an ACG fan.

So Lin Qingshan really didn't know how much better this treatment was compared to the treatment given to novice cartoonists in his previous life.

Especially since the place where he published series was Manga World, the world's leading manga industry, equivalent to JUMP in his previous life, the treatment was certainly much better.

"What do you think of ...-sensei?" Ito Ayumi finally said.

"OK, just sign here ... here ... here right?" Lin Qingshan's spirits rose and he said.

"It's ... also necessary for you to put your fingerprints to your name, as well as a copy of your ID card ... but I can make a copy for you later." Ito Ayumi was very well prepared and said.

"No problem." Lin Qingshan said with a big smile.

Then they quickly completed the signature.

Lin Qingshan didn't even ask any questions, which inevitably made Ito Ayumi a little apprehensive.

"Qingshan-sensei ... don't you have any questions?"

Ito Ayumi bit her lip and asked.

"No, I just want to ask: when will the salary be paid?"

Lin Qingshan rubbed his hands together and asked shyly.

"What this industry stipulates is that every time a manuscript is received, the professor will be paid a fee based on the confirmed manuscript and, if it is determined that the professor's manuscript is good, the professor will be paid as previously agreed before the magazine is printed."

Ito Ayumi said seriously.

"And Sensei, the first three stories of your work have basically been confirmed to start serialization next month, so it should be by the 10th of next month that we give Sensei a pay rate."

"I see."

Lin Qingshan came to a conclusion.

But you can't be paid until next month, and today is only the 12th day of this month.

It's a bit hard to bear.

Lin Qingshan emptied his mouth.

Seeing this, Ito Ayumi said a little nervously, "Sorry, teacher, that's a company rule."

"It's okay, I'm very understanding! Long live understanding!"

Lin Qingshan waved her hand in a gesture of generosity and said.

"Say, Ito-san, did you come to Magic City on your own?"

He asked curiously again, "Why did you come to Mordor? Aren't you treated well in Japan?"

Ito Ayumi froze for a moment, not expecting Lin Qingshan to suddenly turn the subject back to her.

"No, I was also working as an informal worker in my hometown before, and I put my resume in Manga World because I had the attitude to try, and I didn't expect to pass, so that's why I came here."

Ito Ayumi said a little awkwardly.

"I see, where is Ito-san's hometown? It can't be Tokyo, right?"

Lin Qingshan asked curiously again.

Tokyo, that was an accident-prone area in anime.... His head was full of random thoughts.

"No... my old house is in Kyushu."

Ito Ayumi asked curiously, "Has Qingshan-sensei ever been to Japan?"

She sensed that Lin Qingshan seemed to be familiar with her hometown of Japan.   

"I wanted to go, but unfortunately, after all, it's the birthplace of ACG culture, isn't it?"

Lin Qingshan said with some regret.

In his previous life, he had intended to travel to Tokyo when he became an adult. If he could, he would probably go to Akihabara in Tokyo for a walk and then come back.

But there were big things happening in the world during that period of his earlier life that didn't allow him to go abroad.

Suddenly, Ito Ayumi realized that this was why Lin Qingshan knew something about Japan.

That world, although the world line had changed, didn't change the fact that Japan was the cradle of modern ACG culture.

However, later on, under the development of the Republic's more developed economy, more standardized industrial chain and more industrialized GCA culture companies, the development of its GCA culture completely overtook Japan as its birthplace.

The upper echelons of the economy decided that the economic base determined the superstructure, and this was the same everywhere.

"If the teacher really wants to go, when it's time for me to go on vacation, I can take him on a trip!"

Ito Ayumi, however, went so far as to say.

People were full of enthusiasm when they talked about their home region.

When Lin Qingshan heard this, he immediately revealed a smile: "All right, traveling to Japan before coming home isn't bad either!"

"Right, where is the teacher's home address and the teacher's private phone number, when the time comes, it will also be convenient for me to contact the teacher or come to my house to collect manuscripts."

Ito Ayumi suddenly remembered this and said so immediately.

She only had the landline number she had used to contact Lin Qingshan last time, and it seemed that the number to call was not the landline of Lin Qingshan's house, but the landline of Lin Qingshan's neighbor.

"This ah ..."

The home address was nothing, it was just the phone number Lin Qingshan had problems with.

Where did he have a private phone number?

"I don't have a private phone number, you'd better call this landline for me, as for the home address ..."

Lin Qingshan directly took a napkin from the restaurant, then picked up the pen he had just signed with and wrote in detail.

"That's it, just meet me there when the time comes."

Lin Qingshan smiled broadly as he finished writing and slipped the pen into Ito Ayumi's hand.

However, he thought to himself that Ito Ayumi should rarely look for him at home.

After all, the manuscript he had handed in so far was six complete stories and the biannual magazine published one story every half a month, which meant three full months of manuscripts.

If Lin Qingshan handed in his manuscript later, he planned to send it directly to Manga World.

This would also save the editor from having to go to his house.

Ito Ayumi, on the other hand, glanced quickly at the home address on the tissue paper, then folded it carefully and placed it solemnly in the pocket of his small suit.

"That'll look like it's getting late."

Lin Qingshan pretended to look at the non-existent wristwatch in his hand and said, "You need dinner too, right, so I'll say goodbye first."

Ito Ayumi was paralyzed for a moment: "Are you leaving so soon, Qingshan-sensei?"

Lin Qingshan hesitated and laughed a few times: "After eating the meal and signing the contract, what else could I do if I didn't leave?"

"Go away! Miss Ito, enjoy your lunch break."

He then waved his hand and walked straight out of the restaurant.

When Ito Ayumi saw this, she sighed a little.

"Qingshan-sensei ... really is a weirdo."

(End of chapter)