this book include all the heroes and villlians which are losts a while ago and  we try to bring them back for you 
#IM

This is a story about The Merchant In The Alley as he meets and 'help' people solved their problems for a prices. The Merchant In the Alley runs on one motto for every action there is a reaction!

"Even though we developed our own capabilities, we have never stopped buying character IPs. We have a huge place in the GOG creative area to showcase the character IPs we bought and to allow players to collect them," Bao Xu continued. 
"GOG world server is currently lacking in this area!"
"That's right, we are indeed lacking in that!" Min Jingchao said in realization.
"The character IPs we have bought until now are characters with a little influence locally, but none at all when it comes to overseas. These character IPs are foreign to them.
"Comparing the current GOG hero storage to IOI, they might have the advantage locally, but the reverse is true overseas. Players overseas might be more tolerant towards the heroes of IOI.
"That is a very crucial point that we have to address!"
Ye Zhizhou gave it some thought. "Then, what if we are to create an online GOG creative site?"
Min Jingchao shook his head. "No, GOG creative sites can only make good things on the precondition that there are enough players and that a large number of them participate.
"However, GOG does not have many overseas players now. We'll definitely not be able to gather good works if we are to make a creative site now. This money would either not be able to be spent or it would be spent meaninglessly.
"You should buy some international successful IPs!
"This way, it would have the same publicity effect as big-shot celebrities or even better because the target audience would be clearer. We can code these successful IPs into the game; it is much better than to get a celebrity to endorse it!"
Ye Zhizhou became excited. "Understood! As expected, this should be the answer that Boss Pei wants!"
Everyone discussed again and became even more convinced that 'buy IPs' was the best answer to Boss Pei's puzzle. It should also be something that Boss Pei had considered.
This 'buy IPs'' direction was the original principle from when GOG developed. It was now pushed into the world server and required an IP widely accepted by overseas players.
"Everyone, don't be too happy so fast. We have not fully deciphered Boss Pei's problem," Li Yada reminded everyone.
"We've decided to buy IPs, but how do we buy? Which one to buy?
"20 million US dollars will definitely not be enough if we were to buy those famous heroes since most overseas companies are eyeing them as well. The copyrights of those dramatized ones would be sky-high.
"Buying expensive big IPs will probably not be in line with Boss Pei's original intentions since Boss Pei never buys expensive big IPs locally.
"It's different from domestic markets. We have to get an IP that is influential enough for the publicity to have the effect."
Everyone entered a state of argument.
Finally, Li Yada suggested, "Therefore, we have two ways now. The first way is to buy two internationally successful IP; the second is to buy a large number of not so well known IPs that international players can identify with.
"Since we are unsure, we can send both answers to Boss Pei and let him decide."
Ye Zhizhou nodded and stood up. "Understood, thank you, everyone! I'll go back to do a simple investigation before we let Boss Pei make the final decision!"
… 
… 
August 10th, Wednesday…
Pei Qian received Ye Zhizhou's phone call not long after he woke up.
"Boss Pei, we have come up with GOG's international server publicity proposal! We want to buy some international character IPs to put them into the game!
"However, we now have a problem. Should we buy one or two famous international character IPs, or should we buy a few more character IPs that are not so well-known but will match international players' wants?"
Pei Qian thought about it for a while before replying. "The latter."
Such international character IPs would be too painful. Pei Qian was afraid that IOI would not be able to rival them. Such a worry might be strange, but it was not at all unreasonable.
The GOG game itself was already much better than IOI: a client-side game with reasonable fees and a whole load of character heroes. The game machine was easier to get used to and to spread.
Moreover, GOG was now being promoted overseas. There were two main points: its inability to adapt and the chances of its name spreading.
Unable to adapt was mainly from the fear of the hero's image not fitting overseas players' tastes and being unable to be localized.
Buying IPs could indeed solve this problem. However, if it was to purchase international famous IPs, Pei Qian was afraid that it would be too high-handed and kill IOI instantly. Then, he would not be able to spend money overseas as happily.
It was better to buy the smallest IPs and toy with IOI slowly. Using a blunt knife to slice the meat away little by little, it was much better for the fight.
Ye Zhizhou agreed, "Alright, we'll choose some more value for money and not so well-known character IPs. We'll report to you again after some time."
… 
Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan and Wang Xiaobin excitedly after he hung up the phone. "Boss Pei decided! As expected, that is the right answer! We are unbeatable in deciphering Boss Pei's intentions when both of our gaming departments join forces!"
The Lin Family looked at the materials in her hands. "Don't celebrate prematurely. There is still a lot of work to be done. The United States has so many superhero characters; how are we to choose? Which one of these is suitable for Europe?"
Everyone could feel headaches approaching looking at the long list of heroes' names in English.
The appearance of superheroes could be traced back to the early 1930s. The list had grown astronomical throughout the decades of development.
Everyone had difficult choices to make:
The heroes that everyone knew were very expensive. Boss Pei decided not to buy them.
No one knew the cheaper heroes so how were they to decide if the international players would like them or not?
Who knew that these not so well-known heroes were not so well-known because they were developed at an inopportune time or because they were failures that no one liked?
It would be okay if it was the former, but if it was the latter, then it would be a waste of money by GOG to purchase such trash.
"Let's not think about the two biggest comic companies. They should be bought by all the big corporations for hundreds of millions of US dollars. We will not be able to obtain any advantage," Ye Zhizhou said.
"Moreover, their conditions will be very strict. What we can buy will probably just be for the game copyrights. Buying some lesser-known character IPs may work, but there would also be restrictions, and their prices might not be acceptable to use. Their price-quality ratios would be worse."
"Let's not consider them then; let's continue on." Lin Wan said.
"We… seem to be able to buy the third-largest comic company in the United States. There was news two days ago that they are going bankrupt," Ye Zhizhou said after he continued reading for a while.
Lin Wan instinctively felt something wrong and asked, "The third-largest comic company is going bust? What is their market share?"
Ye Zhizhou: "Less than 5%."
Lin Wan: "…"
Wang Xiaobin was taken aback as well and complained. "If the third-largest comic company does not even have 5% market share, then does that mean the United States only has three comic companies?
"Of course not, but that is what was indicated in the materials," Ye Zhizhou replied in a jolly manner.
"I can only say that it is the current status of the industry. The first two comic companies are humongous and have about 40% market share each. The third to the tenth companies share 10% of the market while the rest is shared by even smaller companies.
"These two companies have too many superhero IPs; the market is only so big. They release comics and movies. They are of totally different leagues from the other companies."
Lin Wan nodded. "Um, typical 80/20 market share. The big companies own 80% of the market share.
"No wonder, 'third-largest comic company in the United States' may sound scary, but in fact, they only hold less than 5% market share. Moreover, they have to fight with the two big giants before them. They must find it very difficult to fight. It's no wonder they are going bankrupt."
Ye Zhizhou took the laptop and quickly read the relevant information. "Yes, traditional comic styles are no longer popular. These huge comic companies earn money from movies. The comics are like huge inspirational storage where they could obtain materials at any time for a steady flow of movies.
"However, it would just be even more difficult for those that had a small market share but not able to afford to make movies.
"This Hurricane Comic Company has a few good points. They don't only use superheroes as materials. They are more diversified. A more diversified image is better for GOG as it would mean they have more choices.
"They have a few IPs that seem to be able to fulfill westerners' taste… for example, Purgatory Duke, Mutants, and Robocop.
"There was one thing very important: they had an international IP image… 20 years ago!
"The Multifaceted Man was made into a movie in 1993. They were nominated for many Oscar categories, but they did not win it. They invested 27 million US dollars and obtained a global box office of 340 million US dollars. It was top 4 in grossing for that year. The main actor's remuneration increased twenty-fold after he finished filming this movie.
"However, Hurricane Comic Company was not the investor so they did not obtain much benefit. That was its last glory. Their popularity was on a decline after that.
"It's just that… the good part is the character IP of the Multifaceted Man is still rather popular. Many westerners should find him familiar. More than half of Hurricane Comic Company's value is on this IP.
"It might feel like we are picking up from the trash, but I have to say that this trash feels rather worthwhile."


I really just want to lose money! T_T
Best boss ever, prodigy of the business world, genius creator, visionary of the century.
These are the descriptions used for Pei Qian, President of Tengda Corporation.
Ever since his rebirth, Pei Qian finds himself in possession of a system that rewards him if he manages to lose money.
Instantly, a brilliant idea comes to mind — making crappy games!
"If the game flops, all my investment cost will be lost!"
"How difficult can it be to lose money?"
Indeed... how difficult can it be?
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　"Understood..."
　　Liu Jian, who works as the painting supervisor of the small animation studio set up by Chu Yu and Huang Ming, finally came out after Chu Yu took out the coloring drawings he drew and heard Chu Yu's explanations. I have an intuitive impression of what quality and style Chu Yu wants to achieve in his two works: Five Centimeters Per Second and The Voice of Stars.
　　At this time, most of the people in the studio came to surround the two of them. They were professionals in the industry. After they probably understood Chu Yu's requirements, they didn't think Chu Yu's requirements were too excessive.
　　It's just...
　　Liu Jian frowned and looked at Chu Yu.
　　"It's just to make the animation pictures more beautiful. This is not difficult. The main reason is to find excellent, experienced and reliable painters and post-production personnel. Huang Ming and we know many such people in the industry, but the problem is... ...."
　　"What's the problem?" Chu Yu asked.
　　Second Five in the parallel world can be successful. In addition to the excellent plot, the biggest highlight is the exquisite picture. The reason why the voice of the stars is not clearly stated in Xin Haicheng's work is also because the picture is too scumbag.
　　As for animation, the plot is as important as the screen. If Chu Yu really wants to make these two works popular in Long Kingdom, he must control the screen.
　　"The problem is."
　　"You have to add money..." Liu Jian looked at Chu Yu.
　　"Animation stuff, if quality is the pursuit, then manpower is never the first priority. Budget is..."
　　"If both works want to meet the boss's requirements as a whole, even if we It is possible to find the excellent painters to pay less in terms of compensation, but according to Huang Ming's predetermined allocation of funds, I think that the investment in painting is still not enough..." Liu Jian speaks very directly, and it doesn't matter. Huang Ming was standing beside him.
　　"That's it!" Chu Yu frowned.
　　Chu Yu thought for a while, and then ran to another room with Huang Ming to discuss the matter.
　　"Brother Huang, how do you deal with this matter?" Chu Yu asked directly.
　　"This kind of thing is inevitable in animation production." Huang Ming sighed.
　　"Anyway, the quality of the work and the budget are two things that are directly proportional. I understand your previous requirements for this work. Indeed, in terms of the market of the magic city, I want to add up to these two works. An hour and a half of the animation maintains that quality, which is really difficult to achieve with our budget..."
　　"It's not a problem to just make half of the pictures meet the requirements. Only some important pictures can be invested at that time. Go in for fine production, and sacrifice some unimportant pictures to save some budget." Huang Ming looked at Chu Yu and said.
　　Chu Yu nodded when he heard the words. Animation production is basically the same. Xin Haicheng in the parallel world spent millions to produce five centimeters per second, which does not mean that Chu Yu can also spend the same money to produce it.
　　Apart from other things, I don't know how much money has been saved on the project just because of my team's ability to manage the team and my ability to do multiple jobs.
　　Although the animation production team formed by Huang Ming seems to be good now, it is obviously not as good as the Xin Haicheng team in the parallel world. Since in this case, Chu Yu still wants to require the image quality to achieve the same level of effect. There is no other way except to increase the budget. 　　It's just that since Chu Yu did it, he was definitely not ready to do it casually. 　　"Then how much additional budget do I need to achieve the effect I require?" Chu Yu asked. 　　"At least one million!" Huang Ming thought for a while. 　　"If you really do that, the final investment may reach five million." 　　Huang Ming said slowly. 　　This is because the compensation he asked for these old friends was not very high, and Huang Ming found a lot of paintings through his relationship, and the later outsourcing company leadership was familiar with him and the asking price was low, otherwise If you go for another person, people will definitely ask for prices. 　　"Let's do it then!" Chu Yu looked at Huang Ming.

　　"Our originally planned publicity expenses will also be invested in the animation production!"
　　"What about the publicity?" Huang Ming frowned.
　　For a work, publicity can be said to be very important. Good publicity can turn a rubbish work into a hot work. On the contrary, it is common for a good work to be unpopular because of poor publicity.
　　Although it is estimated that the cost of publicity for these two works will be less than one million, it is better than nothing. It is really naked, and it is likely to be on the street.
　　"It's only the end of July, and there are still five months to go before the scheduled broadcast date in December. Didn't I recently serialize the comic with Initial D? Calculated based on its remuneration, the half-year manuscript fee is deducted from tax. There are also about one million, so let's make up with this money when that time comes!" Chu Yu said.
　　"Moreover, my Natsume Friends Account has been serialized for nearly nine months. According to the length of the book, it is estimated that the booklet or the animation adaptation will be fast, and there may be unexpected income at that time. If it is not good for my hometown, Los Angeles, there will be another set. Although the house is a bit old, hundreds of thousands of dollars can be mortgaged. If the money is still short, I will mortgage it first. I can save it for a few months and then redeem it. You can pay interest to the bank at most. Counting our previous expenses of 3.6 million yuan, it is only a budget within 5 million yuan. I think it is still possible to squeeze and squeeze..."
　　Huang Ming who just listened to Chu Yu to settle the accounts. He had a weird look, and finally couldn't help it after hearing Chu Yu's sigh.
　　"You sigh a woolen thread. I haven't had 5 million assets in the magic city for so many years. What if you fill up your million-dollar fund gap in a few months?"
　　Huang Ming vomited and thought about it. , One more sentence.
　　"At that time, the money is not enough. We will increase the additional budget in various proportions. Anyway, the agreed share ratio will not change."
　　"That's fine!" Chu Yu said that there is no problem.
　　"It's just that, Brother Chu, what you do is equivalent to investing all your assets in your body now. Are you not afraid?" Huang Ming looked at Chu Yu.
　　"What are you afraid of?" Chu Yu asked back.
　　"Aren't you afraid that you will lose all your money by then?"
　　"I'm afraid that these two works won't be popular. As for the loss of money, I don't think it matters. If you don't have money, you can make more money. This work is not popular.. ...." Chu Yu's words stopped in due course.
　　"What will happen?" Huang Ming looked at Chu Yu strangely.
　　So where do I go to earn rewards?
　　It's just that Chu Yu definitely couldn't explain to Huang Ming, otherwise Chu Yu wouldn't invest all his money in animation production.
　　Even a slight improvement in quality may be the key to whether these two works will earn him system rewards.
　　...It's
　　just that, while Chu Yu was busy with his various things, this week, the major comic companies of the Magic City have almost released more than a dozen comics about racing. , Faced with this situation, the whole Xuangui became nervous.
　　Xuangui had long anticipated such a situation. After all, before the initial D, there were no decent racing comics in the entire Longguo comics market, so the level of excavation for this subject matter is not high.
　　But over the past month or so, the popularity of the initial D is obvious to all. From the popularity of the first and second chapters to the perception of the huge potential of this theme by the comic companies, the comics have created new racing comics, submitted articles, and arranged serialization in various comic companies. And printing is basically this time flow.
　　It's just that a dozen works of the same heart were published at once, which is indeed a bit unexpected...Although none of the other seven of the Magic City has rashly made the same choice, UU Reading www.uukanshu. com, but if the racing comics of these small and medium-sized comic companies have also achieved good results, it is obvious that the other six of the seven major cities will naturally not let this theme go.
　　And some of the comic posters directly use the words beyond the initial D, and the plot is also similar to the mountain roadside plot. At a time, many comic fans with the initial D are also attracted.
　　At least judging from the results of the first phase of these works, the response has been pretty good.
　　Because of this, Li Xi has been a little upset these days.
　　Chu Yu saw her frowning when she came to fetch the manuscript, and from the fact that Lin Fan and He Sheng had been discussing and worrying about the same things these days, she could also guess what Li Xi was upset about.
　　So he took the initiative to bring up this topic.
　　"Li Xi, you don't have to worry about the influence of the works that follow the trend on the initial D."
　　"How can you not worry about it!" Li Xi sighed.
　　"I understand that with the strength of the comics of those small and medium-sized comic companies, the quality of their works will never reach the height of the initial D, but I am worried that by then the other big comic companies in Magic will see the potential of this theme. Come in and disrupt the situation together. If that is the case, even if the plot of the initial D is wonderful, I am afraid it will be attracted a lot of popularity."

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　Chu Yu, a senior two-dimensional fan, a dead house in the eyes of others, and a cheating comic book author in the eyes of readers!
On that day, he obtained the system that carries many excellent comic works on the parallel world earth... and
began his life as a comic artist who considered himself a legend, but was actually a silly comic artist!
Reader A, "Teacher, please, please finish drawing the full-time hunter first and then open a new hole? It's been three years, and three years later, three years have been opened for ten years. You want me Will my son burn me the full-time hunter's final chapter?"
Reader B, "Old thief Chuyu, you know what a fart cl. If you don't resurrect Furukawa, I will send you the blade tomorrow!"
Reader C, "Hehe, Xiangbei is down !" It's over in the top eight in the country? Chu Yu Lao Kengbi, do you want to pass by saying "the dream of youth is imperfect"? I swear, I will die for your works in the future, outside of death, from my house If I jump down, I won’t look at it again!"


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"Stop crying! Be strong!" A tomboy turned her head around with red eyes.
It was wonderful to express their feelings together to Senior Qin before he left. She did not mind if they got sneered at.
They just wanted to comfort their maiden hearts.
They didn’t wish to be accepted. This was just a result of their love. They started crying loudly, astonishing the rest of the graduates.
Huang Jiajia was also astonished. She watched the girls, who had runny noses and tears on their faces.
.
 The fan club is out of my control. They are all confessing their love for my prince! Impossible! Qin Guan is mine! He might have a girlfriend, but I’m the first runner-up! I just used them to bother him on campus!
Suddenly, Mou turned around. "Senior Qin, may I hug you?"
What? Mou Xiaoliu! You’re betraying me! You cunning bear!
"Okay," Qin Guan answered in confusion. Mou hugged him right away.
Ouch! I forgot about her strength! "Be… careful… My… back… hurts!"
Qin Guan tried his best to speak.
"Senior Qin, I’m sure about my feelings. I love you, but I will move on and live a happy life. Cheer up! I wish you a happy future!"
Mou looked up with a splendid smile. She looked like a newborn baby. She let Qin Guan go and took a few steps back, waving at him.
Cheers! We will always be with you!
"Mou Xiaoliu..."
Huang Jiajia looked at Qin Guan with watery eyes. Suddenly, she paused.
Qin Guan spread his arms out towards her. "I’m leaving. Do you want a hug?"
He was still the tutor saving her from trouble.
He was still the fighter protecting her.
He was still the good-tempered man spoiling her.
He was still the older brother smiling at her mistakes.
"Thank you!" Huang Jiajia smiled, looking as gorgeous as a rose. "Goodbye!"
She left, leaving Qin Guan's embrace empty. She was a proud girl. The knot in her stomach was finally untied.
"I wish you a happy future," Qin Guan murmured with gratitude. Suddenly, he felt several shameless hands on his body.
"Senior Qin, may I have the second button on your shirt?" [1]
Hey, you read too many Japanese comic books! Let me go!
Laughter was heard all over campus. Qin Guan wished safe sailing to all the students rubbing their hands in anticipation of his departure!
The train took Mu Lejiang and Ayimina away. They returned to their hometown of Mu, where the Northwestern branch of the Bank of China was located. Mu would do his bit to help his hometown, in accordance with the national plan designed to develop the Great Northwest.
It was rare to see a student engage in finance there. Mu would have a bright future.
All his roommates saw him off at the station. He was the first to leave college.
The day before, they had had a celebratory feast at the small restaurant next to the campus. The dishes there seemed especially delicious, as it was their first time visiting the restaurant.
The prices were also reasonable. The prices of meat dishes had increased from eight yuan to ten yuan during the past four years. If they had three traditional cold dishes, they could drink overnight.
The restaurant was crowded during graduation season. There were familiar faces everywhere.
"Hi, Lao Xu! It's you! Sit with us! Waiter, one more pair of chopsticks!"
Graduates talked on and on. They talked about the first time they had met at their dormitories, about the girls they had pursued together, about the farce caused by a bowl of instant noodles...
 Brother sleeping on the upper bunk, take care of yourself in the future. I will see you off before I leave. Please keep my face in your memory.
...
Men do not shed tears easily. When the train left the platform though, Qin Guan was surprised by Liu Xiaoyang’s calmness.
He remained terribly calm during Mu’s departure, even though Mu had always treated him like a younger brother.
"Ah! Brother Mu!"
The staff of the railway station were scared by Liu’s sudden cry. The train had left for a long time by then. What was the young man chasing after?
Liu kept running with tears and snot on his face, as if he had just understood what Mu’s departure really meant.
This time, they wouldn’t meet after vacation. There would be distance between them forever. The crazy boy ran back fast. "He is gone! Really gone! We are not six roommates anymore!"


Qin Guan was reborn and sent back to his final semester in High School 18 years ago. Getting a second chance at life, he works hard to turn things around and eventually become a Prince Charming. What will his life be like the second time around? What will he have to go through? How will he succeed in turning from a loser into a Prince Charming? Read this story carefully and find out!

Everything's a cycle, you know?
The first weeks that after they basically fired me from the hotel, I started to look for a new job. Again. I sent my resume to whatever job opportunity I could find. Again. I felt extremely stressed and anxious every time a company showed me they were interested in me, but I still manage somehow to get job interviews. Again.
But, when I had a job interview scheduled, I started to think for excuses that would make me believe having that job was a bad idea. Things like: "they'd pay you too little," "your workplace would be really far away, and I don't like this neighborhood. I don't want to leave my car here, unprotected, all day long," "your workplace would be one of the most depressing ones I've ever seen," "you don't really know or care about this place," "really? Sales? You, the most introverted person you know, think you'd be good at sales?"
And so on.
Also, I feel sometimes, during the job interviews, I was too honest, and sometimes too dishonest.
And sometimes I just simply forgot about the interview. Well, one time I remembered it… 5 minutes before. And when that happened I wasn't shocked or sad or had a mini heart attack, I was just like "well, it seems I'm not getting that job. Anyway…"
So, yeah…
But then, after I saw some starting publisher was looking for comics and manga artists, I decided to distract myself from my constant failures learning a new useless ability. Again. So I bought some how-to-draw-manga books, some mechanical pencils, a sketchbook and a couple specialized pens for the inking and started to watch some how-to-draw tutorials. 
As the time passed by I began to understand how precise drawing is—a line half a millimeter to the left or right, or a slightly sharper curve could make the different of a really neat drawing or a piece of garbage—and how complex is the world we live in: reality could broke down in infinite shapes that are combined in infinite ways—and it's really important to understand them well to get the light and shadows right—how incredibly complex is the human body, and how incredibly well artist understand it; how artist must understand extremely well what they're drawing, and how you need to practice anything you're drawing—not only any object but parts of the human body, like hands (they're so free and active and important there's an infinite amount of ways to draw them, and an infinite amount of ways to get them wrong, but I like to draw them, though,) legs (they're a little complex because the shape of both the thighs and the calves are a little asymmetrical and change depending on the perspective, and the knees are slightly tilted and pointing outwards,) body proportions (it's just hell to get everything right,) hair (there are an infinite amount of hair types and styles, and you need to make hair strands a little bit varied to make them look natural but I always end up making them exactly the same or extremely similar, so they end up looking weird,) eyes (there are a lot of shapes and sizes, so I always end up drawing the same ones, and I'm really avoiding drawing pupils because they end up looking like serial killers,) eyelashes (believe it or not, I have some problems when it comes to make them look right and not like ugly thorns coming out of someone's eyes,) arms (because they're not just cylinders, they change slightly in size and shape especially in the elbow area,) feet (I have problems to draw them in some specific angles and viewpoints;) and different other things relating to a character, like expressions (there are so many of them, and a lot are so similar it's really easy to draw the wrong one, and at the moment you're about to draw them, you realize you only have a vague idea of how they are, so you start making those expressions while looking at the mirror, or the front screen of your phone,) body language (same thing as the previous one,) and clothing (there are so many different types and styles, and I have a really hard time drawing folds that look natural and express how tight or loose the clothing is.)   
Also I began to understand inking is extremely precise and, for most of the time, a pain in the ass—even if you're the most careful you can be, the chances you'd draw a wrong line and screw everything up are really high, especially with hands. 
It doesn't matter how much time you spend making your drawings as best as you can, they'll immediately look like shit.
Also, I don't know why but, once you inked your whole drawings, you then realize the arms are too long, or the hair was placed too high, or the eyes aren't that aligned, or the eyebrows are too thick, or the nose is a little too big, or the torso was too thin, or too thick, or the legs were too long, or etcetera.
And also also, since I wanna draw comics, I have to choose the size and shape of each panel (and this is more important than you think because it can help your storytelling and the rhythm of it,) the scene, the viewpoint, the character's poses, the backgrounds and etcetera.
What I'm trying to say here is that there's A LOT of variables when it comes to drawing, and I have to master ALL of them.
Anyway, for the next month or so I spent most of my day reading—mostly manga and comic theory books by Will Eisner and Scott McCloud—writing, learning how to draw manga style, watching anime and taking screenshots of characters I wanted to draw—maybe because of their expression, their hairstyle, the light and shadow on their faces, their hands, the folds in their clothing, their body pose, and so on.
Nothing else happened, but at least I haven't felt that happy since ages—I never really thought I could survive as a comic/manga artist, to be honest, but it was nice to forget about everything else and draw.
But I still needed a job, especially when that starting publisher struggled to sell all the comics they started printing.
So I started to look for a job. Again.
Then, one day, I was buying some groceries and, in my way to the checkout, I stumbled with their Funko Pops on sale. Now, I'm not a really big fan of those figures, but I had more than a couple of them at home, so I decided to check them out.
There I found some Yu Yu Hakusho figures—Botan, Kurama, and Hiei. Now, this last one caught my eye because of that "Special Edition" sticker.
Just out of curiosity, I took my phone and checked how much it was selling online—they're normally cheaper there.
But there wasn't anyone selling them in my country—except for some really sketchy post of buy-it-now-and-we'll-order-it-from-China-and-in-a-month-or-two-you'll-receive-the-totally-legit-not-fake-funko-you-ordered.
For me it seemed like a really good business opportunity.
So I bought it and sold it online in two days.
I tripled its price.
But I could totally sell it at a higher price.
And considering taxes and commissions, I didn't get that much, but I still got a good deal, though.
So I had a bad business idea.
How about I started checking everywhere for opportunities like this. Or how about I started buying Funko Pops that were common now, but will definitely increase they value in a year or so—like that Spike Spiegel Funko I decided not to buy a couple years ago, and now it's worth like ten times its original value or something.
Think about it: a business specialized not in selling the same Funko Pops everyone's selling, but the rare ones, the discontinued ones; the kinda place collectors would get the figures they can't find anymore.
It could be a good business opportunity—even though the fact it could be doesn't mean it will be. 
Anyway, I was excited with the idea, so I started dedicating all my mornings to look for rare and cheap Funko Pops—and all my afternoons to read, write and learn how to draw. 
The first day I visited some convenience stores. Some of them had a few ones, but they weren't that interesting—all of them were sold even cheaper everywhere online.
I also visited a geek store near there. They had A LOT of Funkos. Walls and walls of them, so I spent a lot of time looking for the ones I didn't see everywhere/knew they were basically worthless, taking pictures of the interesting ones, looking for them online, asking the clerk about their prices, and getting disappointed because they were expensive. 
Except for one: a Guillermo del Toro Funko Pop!
I didn't know that existed, so I checked online, and they were some on sale, but at a really high price.
When I asked the clerk for the price on that one, he told me it was on clearance.
So I obviously bought it.
I sold it the same day—even though I was almost certain no one would want it.
Then I start buying more and more of those Funkos. At first I just bought the ones that were cheaper than other places and may increase their price in the future—like a SSJ Goku glow in the dark, a Darth Maul, a Jackie Chun Limited Edition.
I then realized I spent a considerable amount of money—but nothing to worry too much about; I just used a big part of my emergency savings, and not my life saving (which I'm not gonna touch for this.)
So I decided to start thinking a little bit more about my investments. I checked online for all the offers available for the franchises that seemed promising to me—you know, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Disney, Evangelion, Naruto, Star Wars, and so on. And when I say all, I mean all—we're talking the bottom of the barrel here.
I found a cheap Cowbow Bebop collection—everything except Spike and Ed with Ein—at a really cheap price—but when I bought it the seller backed down because he solved his financial problem that made him offer that part of his personal collection, and I was happy but sad about it.
I also found a cheap Evangelion collection—Summer Convention Asuka, regular Asuka, Shinji, Rei and a bloody Eva Unit 1. The limited Asuka had a little bump on the bottom, but considering the price it was worth it.
Except I already had a bloody Eva Unit 1.
At first I was like: "It's Evangelion, it's a safe investment. And those are exclusives. They're gonna increase their price in no time."
And then I was like: "Maybe, but I don't need two of them. Besides, the Eva I have right now has a free change or refund warranty from the site—the country's equivalent to eBay." 
So I bought that guy's collection.
Then I waited its arrival—all the figures were in really good conditions, even the Convention Asuka, whose bump wasn't that big of a deal—checked both Evas and returned the one in the least great condition—which was the one I had in the first place. 
The company that sold me the first one asked me why I wanted the refund, and I said I didn't need it anymore or something like that. Then they just texted me: "well, we'll losing money for the return shipment, but it's fine."
That same day, I received a couple Funkos I bought online from different sellers—a Rock Lee and an Itachi. The last one even came with a protector box—you know, the plastic and transparent ones that are supposed to keep your Funko in pristine conditions. 
But underneath the protector box I could see the Funko's box was kinda broken.
Irony, I know.
When I tried to return it, I realize this one didn't have the free change & refund warranty, so I had talk to the seller and convince him to change my product for free. 
And the seller was none other than the one of the passive-aggressive text.
So, I sent them the most apologetic message I could write.
They just told me to return the Funko and gave me a refund.
And that was that.
Then I came to the conclusion I still wasn't investing and managing my improvised store smartly enough, so I made an Excel file with all the items I considered interesting from all the stores and sites I visited: it had their price; the lowest price I could sell it in different sites—the eBay equivalent, Amazon (I'm currently working to be a seller there, but it's not that easy,) Facebook Marketplace, and maybe eBay (I still have to check out everything about that site, though, but it seems really worth it)—considering taxes, shipping and the site's commission; the suggested price to sell it in each site with a moderate profit margin; the profit margin I would be earning depending on the price I decided to sell it; the lowest prices from the competitors from each site; the profit margin I would be making if I sold it at those prices.
Also the file had my inventory and all the data about profit, competitor's prices, suggested price, etcetera.
It also has a simple calculator with all that data so I could check really quickly if an offer was worth my interest or not.
I know, I know, that's what Excel's for, and most people could do something way better in a blink of an eye.
But this is something I made with no job experience in that regard. 
I haven't used Excel since college.
And I think I did pretty well, so I'm proud of myself.
Anyway, when I finish preparing this improvised business maybe I'd need to get a job to get some money to invest—and to recover my previous investment, and to save a little... if I can.

So maybe I'll have to start the job-looking cycle once again.

Becoming a hikikomori has nothing to do with rejecting society or having trouble adapting. It’s about emptiness.

The two of us decided to visit the collectibles shop the next school day. As soon as school was over, we headed out of the building and proceeded to cross the street.
"Be careful, Summer. Always look left and right before crossing the street." said Wisteria
"Wow, Wisteria. You're just like a mom, but a friend." I said
"Haha, very funny." said Wisteria
We crossed as soon as the pedestrian signal turned green. There was a building with many coffee shops and clothing stores, a sort of mini mall.
"Joyce said the shop was on the second floor." said Wisteria
Then she guided me to the escalator, looking back every five seconds to make sure I was alright.
"It's here! It's here." I said
"Yes, I see it. RK Collectibles shop." said Wisteria
"No, I meant the Princess Shop." I said
Wisteria said, "Summer, that's for children."
"Umm no! We are children. Also, isn't the card game also meant for children?" I said
"Yeah, whatever." said Wisteria
I exhaled loudly. 
"Can we visit the Princess Shop afterwards?" I said
"Yes sure." said Wisteria
We walked to the collectibles shop at the edge of row of shops. The walls of the shop were painted blue and there were so many shelves displaying figurines of many kinds. They were arranged according to anime series and comic series. There was a wall displaying keychains and wallets. 
A shop assistant approached us. 
"Hello, do you have trading card games?" asked Wisteria
Meanwhile, I was looking at the various comic books. 
"Yes, we have Pearl Idols, Indigo Fortress, Neo Fairytale..." said the shop assistant
"Yes, yes. That one. Neo Fairytale." said Wisteria
I came closer to them.
"Right this way." He said
There was a whole shelf dedicated to Neo Fairytale. There was a cardboard display with various characters. There was a Prince and what appeared to be his female guardian, armed with sword and shield.
"How much are the starter packs?" said Wisteria
"Prices range from 250 to 500 Goldstones per starter pack." he said
"Damn that's kind of expensive. And what about boosters and boxes?" said Wisteria
"Boosters range from 150 to 200 and boxes are 400 plus." he said

"Oh wow, I don't know what all of this fancy terminology is." I said

"Summer, do you expect me to believe you don't know what a box is?" said Wisteria
"Of course I know what a box is." I said
"It's exactly what it sounds like." said the shopkeeper
"Oh, okay." I said, smiling
After about twenty minutes of careful reasoning, Wisteria got a starter pack and a cheap booster in her basket. 
"Summer, you want anything?" said Wisteria
"I want to buy some cards too." I said
"Okay." said Wisteria
"Ooh, Arc of the Bards. I do like poems and such. But look, there's Jewel Chasers, sounds weird and cool at the same time." I said
"I suggest you get Bards." said Wisteria
"Wow, you did your research. Okay." I said
We paid for our cards and walked out of the shop. Then we entered the Princess Shop. It turned out to be a shop with contemporary dresses and accessories for teens. I figured Wisteria thought it was for children because she was too tall to fit into any of the clothes. 
"Damn, I was expecting to see something else." I said
"Like what?" said Wisteria
"Like fashion dolls." I said
"Oh. Well, there are a few cheap looking tiaras there." said Wisteria
"Cheap looking indeed. What a disappointment." I said
"Let's go home and show each other the cards we got via text." Said Wisteria
"Sure." I said
I took the MRT home. 
"You're home early." said my dad
"Yeah. I was out with my new friend, Wisteria." I said
"Wisteria, what a pretty name." said my mom

Without saying anything else, I rushed to my room to unbox the cards. 
Lone Warrior of Song
Type: Fighter
It was a woman with a flute. 
Attack 1: 190
Attack 2: 180
Def: 200
Text: Flip a coin, if heads she can change the arrangement of your opponent's cards by playing her flute (attack 2). Get rid of this card after implementing attack 1, into the discard pile. 
Poet of the West (golden)
Type: Fighter
The picture was of a bald man with a piece of parchment and a feather pen. 
Attack 1: 200
Attack 2: 190
Def: 350
The text was: He can alter the statistics to zero once per turn of the opponent's card if the card name rhymes with his poem.
"So gently the wind blows
As the blossom grows and the night falls into delight"
Game of Words
Type: Power Up
It was a maze.
Text: Attach this card with your fighter card to increase one of the attack stats to +50. If this card's defense is destroyed, player gets -50 further damage.
I got two copies of Guitar Girl (bronze). 
The photo was of a black girl with a blue electric guitar.
Type: Fighter
Attack 1: 160
Attack 2: 200
Def: 250
Text: When the player uses attack 2, this card's defense decreases by 10 points. 
There were some more cards in the box, but I was tired from school, so I fell asleep before having lunch. I woke up and found that the cards had arranged themselves in a circle around me. One of them was glowing and so, I picked it up.
Princess of Silence (platinum)
Attack 1: 300
Attack 2: 200
Def: 300
Flavor Text: This Princess feeds off the emptiness in people's hearts and replaces it with nightmares.
Text: Must be brought to field by using three mana instead of one. Can attack more than once.
"It's just a card." I told myself
I took photos of the cards and sent them to Wisteria. 
Then I arranged the cards in a deck and put them back in the box. I had my lunch late. I could barely eat. 
I fell asleep again, and had trouble waking up as I had a dream. A blonde woman did nothing but stare for hours.
"Something wrong?" I was about to say, but no sound came out of my mouth

Summer is obsessed with fairytales and wishes to become a princess. Wisteria likes mathematics and wants to become a math teacher in the future. Summer is always daydreaming, and Wisteria is practical. It's hard to believe that the two of them would become friends in tenth grade. They stumble across a card game that makes use of fantasy and strategy.

At a certain ruin, Ge Jun had finally escaped with great difficulty. Although he had sustained dire injuries, he had survived! He had survived despite his opponent being a heavily injured D-class genetic warrior! Although that D-class genetic warrior was heavily injured, that guy insisted on oppressing him. At his final moments, he tossed out the newly purchased mutated thundersnake gene!
"Bang!"
Even now he could not forget that dazzling radiance.
His life was saved.
As a genetic warrior that always walked the thin line between life and death, he was very clear on the importance of a strong trump card. It was something equivalent to an extra life!
Furthermore, his gains this time…
After getting some simple treatment for his injuries at the hospital, Ge Jun went to The Strongest Gene once again. However, outside of his expectations, the shop was closed.
Have the things inside been sold out?
Ge Jun was feeling somewhat disappointed. He knew that something good like this would definitely be discovered by others sooner or later. However, when he looked at the shop in detail, he was stunned.
It was banned?
Bureau of Virtual Commodity Prices?
Ge Jun was stupefied. It was banned due to marking up the prices?
"Old Yun, what happened?"
Ge Jun contacted a friend he had made recently, Yun Zhongtian.
The circumstances in which he knew Yun Zhongtian was somewhat interesting. At that time, they had come across each other at the countryside and started fighting each other. Finally, due to them being evenly matched, they both took out their trump cards. However, when they saw the thundersnake gene that had an obviously different radiance in their opponent’s hand, they stopped.
"The Strongest Gene?" they asked probingly, immediately understanding.
The both of them had spent one million yuan to buy this mutated thundersnake gene with astonishing might. With this, neither of them dared to act. They were both clear on the might of this item. If they really tossed it out, they would die together. Hence, they both raised the mutated thundersnake gene in their hands as a sign of respect.
As they understood what each other meant, with tacit understanding, they put away the gene in their hands. Just like that, they started exploring the ruins together. Since they met by fate and knew each other’s trump card, they were comfortable working together.
"I saw it." Yun Zhongtian sighed. "Damn it. After buying the mutated thundersnake gene, I was only happy for two days before this shop was banned by the Bureau of Virtual Commodity Prices. Those bastards had the nerve to do it."
"Those idiots at the bureau don’t know the value of the genes. However, don’t the both of us know about it? That mutated thundersnake gene…" Ge Jun said softly.
"Not only the mutated thundersnake gene." Yun Zhongtian sneered. "A few of my friends told me that the mutated gold ant gene was quite good as well. Unfortunately, we are already at E-class and can’t use it. Let me tell you. This producer is definitely not an ordinary producer. Now is the perfect opportunity for us to extend our friendship to him. Even if he doesn’t need it, it would do us good to let him become familiar with our faces."
Ge Jun’s eyes shined. "You mean…"
"Didn't you record your previous usage of that gene?" Yun Zhongtian grinned. "Get someone to edit it and upload the video online."
"Alright."
Ge Jun was excited.
**
At the same time, in the Wang family, Wang Chun’s face was brimming with a smile. Just a short while ago, those seniors of his family had started using him as a bad example for their lessons once again. He immediately rebuked them and made known the fact that he had broken through. As he looked at the dumbstruck expression on those seniors that were always exceedingly proud, he felt immensely comfortable.
This feels too good!
As far as he was concerned, his only obstacle was breaking through the limit. As long as he broke through his limit, his combat power would be exponentially increased! Within the same class, he was undefeated! To be honest, if not for him choosing a peculiar gene and treading a peculiar path, could those bastards have been so unbridled before him?
"Hum—"
His wristband vibrated.
Wang Chun turned his screen on.
"Brother."
A youngster with a bitter expression on his face appeared.
"What’s the matter? There’s still no mutated gold ant gene at The Strongest Gene?" Wang Chun asked curiously.
The youngster sobbed. "The Strongest Gene has been banned!"
"What?" Wang Chun’s heart was shaken.
After his breakthrough, he had recommended the gene to his close friends. One of them had managed to break through and enter E-class. With that, everyone in their circle of friends was excited. Unfortunately, Chen Feng only put out some mutated thundersnake gene for sale after that, leaving them waiting.
None of them expected the shop to be banned!
Wang Chun was feeling doubtful. "Who did it?"
"Bureau of Virtual Commodity Prices."
The youth was gloomy.
"Bureau of Virtual Commodity Prices…"
Wang Chun pondered for a bit, "I got it. If you really need the mutated gold ant gene, you can entrust him to produce it for you. It doesn’t matter if it’s more expensive. It’s not like you lack money anyway."
"Oh, true."
The youth was excited. "I will go and entrust it immediately."
Gene entrustment! It was something only a high-level gene producer would receive! With that, they were able to charge a high price to custom-make a requested gene. Due to the high price, it was something commonly neglected.
However—
That mutated gold ant gene was definitely something qualified to be entrusted.
After ending the call, Wang Chun sank into contemplation.
"Master."
A gentle sound drifted to him from behind.
A loving expression appeared on Wang Chun’s face. As he turned around, he saw an exceptionally beautiful young lady looking at him with a smile on her face. That young lady’s appearance was akin to a person out of a comic book, possessing unprecedented beauty and allure.
"What are you thinking about?" the young lady asked gently.
Wang Chun smiled. "Thinking about Chen Feng."
"Chen Feng? The young lady’s eyes shined. "My benefactor?"
Wang Chun laughed. "Now that you are putting it that way, indeed he is."
Chen Feng…
No matter what, at his darkest moment, Chen Feng had helped him in taking this difficult step forward. As such, this little help that was within his capabilities, he would definitely give to Chen Feng.
**
The internet was currently filled with discussion. Now, Chen Feng was truly someone hated by everyone, detested by everyone, like a rat running across the street. At this moment, a video was being quietly uploaded onto the learning forum. The title of the video was: Strongest F-class Gene.
"It’s that Chen Feng again?"
A lot of people started watching the video curiously. However, when they started the video, they found something totally different. In the video was a warrior that had activated a certain gene reagent during his moment of crises. What followed was a terrifying white radiance descending from the sky. Although nobody could get a clear look at it, they could still feel the terrifying might of that reagent. A heavily injured D-class warrior was killed by that attack. The wreckage left by the reagent confirmed its might.
"Damn, too fierce!"
"This power…"
"What reagent is this? I don’t know. I can’t get a clear look."
"Too scary!"
Everyone exclaimed in admiration. "This is what a strongest gene truly is!"
No words could be as convincing as an actual video.
The demonstration of a strongest gene reagent had caused a sensation among the public. Different from what happened to Chen Feng, this video had gained a large amount of praise.
"Take a clear look. This is a true strongest gene."
"Yeah."
"That Strongest Gene shop should really learn from this guy."
"Look at this, he has the guts to put an extremely expensive price with only a trashy thundersnake gene and a trashy gold ant gene on his hands. Totally contrary to this guy, who actually possessed a genuine strongest gene yet remains obscure and unknown."
Everyone started berating Chen Feng again.
Everyone was too busy berating Chen Feng to the point that none noticed that the lightning that appeared when the unknown gene in the video was activated had actually assumed an appearance that was either a snake or a dragon.
At the same time, another thread rose in popularity: The appearance of a legendary gene! This is a true F-class strongest gene. What could that gene of yours be considered as?!
The aggressive title had quickly attracted a lot of attention.
What was interesting was that, since Chen Feng became the founder of clickbait titles, the titles of the threads in the learning forum started increasing in length, dazzling the eyes of the visitors.
"What legendary gene?"
"So boastful?"
Everyone entered the thread curiously.
Within the thread was another video. Although the video was partly censored, one could still clearly see that it was an F-class warrior with only 100 attribute points. That guy proceeded to consume a bottle of gene reagent.
"Bang!"
His aura changed.
He had directly broken through his limit!
After scanning his attributes, his new attributes were released: His attribute had astonishingly reached 101 points!


Chen Feng, of modern earth, had suffered bad luck since birth. After finding the legendary “lucky artifact,” his bad luck peaked and he became the only person killed in an earthquake. By a twist of fate, he found himself transmigrated into a different and magical world! A world much larger than earth. A world only partially explored due to the dangers within. A world where human civilization centered around genes. In this world, human beings possessed all sorts of abilities due to genetic fusion. Some went on to create world-changing technologies with their mysterious genetic abilities, while others went on to become undefeated genetic warriors with their combat genetic abilities. How will Chen Feng fare in this new world?

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