“Did ng Fan really reward himself? Maybe it’s an impersonator?”
“Impersonator, my ass! Take a look for yourself, it is the author’s account!”
“Rewarding himself with a hundred million! That bastard has no sha!”
“And for a manga without a contract!”
“Co on, it doesn’t even have content!”
“I despise such shaless acts, even those online web writers don’t behave like that! Even if the money had been converted by a sockpuppet, how much boldness and confidence would it take!”
“Hahahahaha, I guess such a shaful thing could have been done only by ng Fatty!”
“Why is it that ng Fan is always doing only positive stuff, and yet I still think this kind of behavior is exactly his style?”
“Because ng Fatty is trouble!”
“I don’t care how much the reward is, I just want to know when the content will be uploaded.”
“I can’t wait for ng Fatty’s original work!”
“Can’t wait 1!”
Dozens of fan groups were all discussing this matter, and it was indeed because rewarding yourself with 100 million Penguin Coins was a shaless and extrely peculiar thing to do. In addition, the fans’ expectations for “Legend of the Mountains and Seas” were very high, too.
ng Fan already ntioned his manga to fans a few tis before. He also showed so character design and drawings of scenes during his live streams, and all the paintings were as breathtaking as they were refined. Of course, it was seen as teasing them now and then, but this ti it was too much.
“Damn, guys! Quick, look at that!”
In one of the groups, a fan shared a screenshot. The screenshot was showing a list of fans of “Legend of the Mountains and Seas.” The comic’s page shows only the top ten places on such a list. Except for the dazzling 100,000,000 fan points “Donated by ng Fan” at the top of the list, the following nine places were vacant. All of the fans got the “Leader” title.
“What the, soone rewarded again!”
“There are more than nine. Look.”
Soone has posted a complete fan list, on which there were already more than a hundred people. The first thirty places got awarded with the “Leader” title, and about 100,000 Penguin Coins in rewards have been transferred.
“What the hell are these?”
“Look at the discussions of the nouveau riche!”
A few more screenshots have been sent to that fan group. These were all screenshots of a chatroom for people considered “new money”. At the beginning, they were also discussing ng Fatty’s shalessness and expressing their excitent about his manga, but later the atmosphere changed, as one of the magnates said he was going to take the opportunity. After a while, he shared a screenshot of himself being awarded the “Leader” title.
As soon as this screenshot ca out, other magnates in the group could not stay calm. Comnting LOL and LMAO, this group has contributed at least a dozen “Leader” titles and a number of other rewards.
In the screenshot, one could see a few ssages stating that apart from just losing their heads and spending money for the hell of it, so people also felt that they actually owed ng Fan a reward. The reason for that was the fact that ng Fan’s two previous manga series — of which one was a known short story, already finished, and the other one was an adaptation of a novel — got few rewards and little appreciation.
To put it simply, for die-hard IronFans — both manga fans and live stream fans — it was as if they rewarded “There’s a Spirit Underground.”
What are the IronFans? It was a nickna for Iron Tower’s fans.
Because his fanbase from live streaming and fanbase from the comic sharing website greatly overlap each other, there were many wealthy guys among ng Fan’s enthusiasts. Of course, the most important point was that the energy of live streams attracted people with temperant similar to ng Fan’s. All of them could be considered as quite nonchalant, doing what they want to do and finding joy in being proactive.
Shortly after successfully announcing “Legend of the Seas and Mountains,” ng Fan lost his position as top of the fan list, since now there were more than thirty “Leaders”. At two in the afternoon, the amount of rewards started peaking. As of 3:30 p.m., more than a hundred people got the “Fan Leader” title!
So many rewards!
There was no difference between fan clubs and parties whatsoever. Screenshots of discussions posted on online forums, gossip in manga artists’ chatrooms, and threads published on Weibo were sent to the fans’ group chats. These were exactly like “drinks” at the party. Don’t get too bubbly!
ng Fan shalessly rewarded himself with 100 million Penguin Coins. And a hundred of the crazy IronFans already made enough donations to get the “Fan Leader” titles. The topic was discussed not only on various forums and in online chatrooms. ng Fan’s popularity was quickly rising on Weibo, too!
#ngFansLegendOfTheMountainsAndSeas was trending!
This ti, fans certainly were being more lively and rry. That bastard sohow set in motion sothing extraordinary. This sense of participation and personal user experience was crucial!
A lot of people on Weibo got to know about this hot topic by clicking on the hashtag. After reading about the matter, they either had no words for the behavior of that son of a… or were amazed by this madman’s actions and were spamming with likes. In short, it was getting more and more intense.
The editors and other employees of Penguin Animation Network were dumbfounded.
This kind of duckery was even possible?!
Of course, ng Fan did not expect that rewarding himself with millions of coins would have such an effect, and he didn’t yet know about this whole situation.
He had imagined the beginning of his manga, but actually drawing it seed much more difficult. Starting really was the hardest part!
The first dialogue should take up more space than was usually used. ng Fan drew all 38 panels.
With his current Drawing skills and Hand Speed, and considering that it’s going to be a black-and-white manga, not a colored one — so illustrations, as well as covers, title pages, and more will still be colored — normally it would take him five hours max to complete all of the 38 panels. But this ti, ng Fan drew it from noon to ten at night!
After another hour of revision, ng Fan was satisfied.
Although this speed was enough to shock people in the industry, it was really slow for ng Fan!
After finishing this drawing, ng Fan stood up and exercised for a bit. This activity made him hungry because he hasn’t eaten since eleven in the morning. He ordered a al, then checked his phone and saw several missed calls and so ssages, two of which were important.
One was from Wu Tong, saying that Wu Ji has arrived in Japan. ng Fan missed Wu Ji’s call, so he’ll need to call him back.
The other one was from the fourth big sister, ng Caihe. As a matter of fact, ng Caihe found him a tour guide. Because the incident at the Singapore Airport caused a three-hour delay in his flight, the guide wasn’t able to welco ng Fan. And because his cellphone was automatically rejecting strangers’ calls, she couldn’t contact him.
ng Fan replied to Wu Tong, saying that he was fine; he had been staying in the hotel to make manga, and he did not go anywhere. Then he called Wu Ji, asking if he had ti to et.
Regarding the guide, ng Fan thought about it and told ng Caihe to cancel the appointnt. The purpose of this trip has changed; now he didn’t plan on sightseeing and having fun, so he didn’t need a guide. As for translating and stuff like that, there were online apps for interpreting and he understood a bit of Japanese. He can manage.
Ding dong.
The waiter pushed in the food trolley, with way more food than at noon.
After eating, he continued to draw. He was to visit Shueisha tomorrow afternoon. He better produce five parts to show them.
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