Xu Jing's cake was made the next afternoon.

The cake is one meter wide and fifteen meters long, and it took twelve chefs twenty hours to make it all night, with a total price of more than 100,000 yuan.

Meng Shu originally thought that the cake was about the same height as a person, but he didn't expect Xu Jing to prepare such a terrifying Big Mac, which was delivered by truck and placed at the door of the company, and he couldn't even enter the gate.

In desperation, Meng Shu called all the employees of the company out and held an open-air cake banquet, and after the worst, the whole company couldn't finish it, and let the onlookers join in.

"Never say that next time......"

At the end of the cake banquet, everyone seemed very excited, only Meng Shu was weak.

The cake matter soon appeared on the Ninghai Daily, and the content of the report was that the Phoenix Company celebrated collectively, and no one knew that it was a reward given by Xu Jing to Meng Huo, otherwise there would be media hype that Meng Huo would show off his wealth.

This week's "Weekly Boy" and "Weekly Girl" boom continued unabated, because of the influence of CCTV news, the sales of both magazines on the first day broke through the record high, and the local sales of Ninghai surpassed that of "Zhongxia Daily".

Of course, when it comes to national sales, although Phoenix Company has made great improvements, there is still a horizontal gap that cannot be crossed compared with Zhongxia.

Despite this, Meng Shu still felt that Phoenix was in good shape, and the thriving scene made him feel at ease, and the week's work was also very smooth.

However, after the smooth operation, when he got up on Friday, Meng received a phone call that gave him a headache.

"I'll go to your house in the afternoon."

Shen Jie said on the phone that the troublesome girl was going on vacation.

Meng Xu really didn't want to see Shen Jie, it was difficult for him to deal with this girl. But it's hard to deal with, but you still have to deal with it. He had to find a way to limit her movements. And this method was one when I saw Alice during the day.

"Alice, how about you stay at my house on vacation?" Meng took the initiative to ask.

Alice was stunned for a moment: "For what?" ”

"Nothing." Meng Shu made an excuse: "I just want you to accompany my mother." ”

"Sister Qin? Won't Shen Jie's holiday pass? Alice looked apologetic: "I don't have time this week, there is something ...... at home"

"At home?" A flash of surprise flashed in Meng Shu's eyes, and then said: "I'm sorry, when I didn't say it, you should spend time with your family on vacation." ”

He remembered that Alice was busy all day and night now. Her work was sometimes beyond the scope of an editor, and Meng used her as a secretary-like person.

This situation is not good, Meng Yu thought that he had better find an assistant who can work shifts, Alice is Xu Jing's daughter and a married person, it is not good to always let her help like this, what if there is a family dispute.

But is there anyone else who can help him besides Alice?

Meng Shu was a little distressed, and the assistant at work had no clue, but he had a way to deal with Shen Jie, and he called the cartoonist assistant that day. Then before getting off work, I asked the driver to go to Ninghai No. 1 Middle School.

In the afternoon, Shen Jie took a bus to Jiayuan Community. She walked into Meng Huo's house in a hurry, but as soon as she entered, she was completely dumbfounded.

"Shen Jie, why did you come......

The two roommates sat in the living room and greeted her, while Meng Shu was leisurely drinking tea on the side. Shen Jie was stunned for a long time before he puffed out his face angrily, Meng Huo's trick was powerful enough, he invited two roommates, and Shen Jie was not too close to him.

But she didn't give up, and quickly thought of other moves.

"Meng Huo, I remember that you didn't work tonight, accompany me to the movies, there is still a lot of money in the membership card."

After dinner, Shen Jie invited Meng to get it. Meng Shu looked at the time and smiled back: "You go with your roommate, I have a job tonight." ”

Less than half an hour after he finished speaking, the three of them, Tomato and Teacher Huameng, came over.

"What a pity, teacher, let's draw."

"I brought a late-night snack, so I can eat it when I'm tired from work......"

Seeing the cartoonists walk in, Shen Jie glanced at Meng Shu resentfully, but she could tell the importance clearly, Meng Shu had to work, so she would definitely not bother him.

"Let's go to the movies!"

She took her two roommates away, and Meng Shu sent them away, thinking that Shen Jie was still a little tender in the end, but he was still a good player.

Meng Huo doesn't have to work at all, next week's comics have already been completed, and this time the three assistants are called to prepare for next week's comic serialization, but you can do it or not.

He and his assistants easily drew at home.

"I said, Mr. Tomato, when will your wedding with Mr. Huameng take place?"

Slowly drawing the picture, Meng Shu suddenly asked.

“… Ahem, ahem......"

The two parties were flushed, Teacher Hua Meng lowered his head and couldn't make a sound, and Teacher Tomato asked with an embarrassed face, "How could the teacher know about this matter?" ”

Meng Shu smiled: "It's spread in the company. ”

"That'...... No wonder, they say everything......" Tomato touched his head and said with a wry smile: "We haven't made a specific decision yet, I wanted to tell the teacher if we decided." ”

"But it's coming soon." Diao Wenlin, who was writing, said with a smile: "Mr. Tomato said a few days ago that he would look at the house!" ”

"This ...... This ......"

Tomato was a little speechless, and Teacher Hua Meng interjected: "Okay, don't talk about it, it's a pity that the teacher is still young......"

She glared at Tomato, who shuddered.

"yes, let's not talk about that!" Teacher Tomato flashed in his mind and remembered another thing: "What a pity, teacher, I brought a manuscript today for you to see." ”

He took out an original manuscript from his bag and carefully handed it to Meng Shu.

Meng Xu took the manuscript and looked at it, he is now in charge of the review of "Weekly Boy" and "Weekly Girl", all new comics must be reviewed by the editorial department and handed over to him, and only his nod can be serialized.

Tomato's behavior crossed the editorial process, but Meng Shu didn't take it seriously, he was interested in the quality of the manuscript.

It's a very good manuscript, it's about a thief, and it's a perfect thief. Since the appearance of Kidd the strange thief in "Detective Conan", the character of the strange thief has appeared in some comics of Phoenix Corporation one after another, and even the mid-summer comics have shown their faces.

However, there is still no juvenile comic that purely features a strange thief as the protagonist, and this one given to Meng by Mr. Tomato is exactly such a comic.

The name of the comic is "The King of Strange Thieves", the male protagonist was born in a family of strange thieves, specializing in stealing illegal treasures for money to help others, that is, the story of robbing the rich and helping the poor, the content is old-fashioned, but the technique is excellent.

This strange thief's stealing method is similar to magic, mysterious and elegant, and like Kidd the strange thief, it already meets Meng Huo's requirements for "Weekly Boy".

"The painting skills are very good, although the story is ordinary, but it is decent, steady and not exaggerated, not bad."

After reading the original manuscript, Meng Shu flipped through the setting set again, and exclaimed: "The style of this comic is very cautious, and it can be seen that it is hard work, I really didn't expect that Mach would have such a careful day." ”

His words made Tomato stand up in surprise: "What a pity, teacher, you can see it!" ”

This manuscript is the work of Mach, and it took half a year to think about it, and Tomato was surprised to see it at the time. He brought it to Meng Shu in order to start with the work and slowly put forward the changes of the mach.

"I've seen his comics before, and I've been impressed by his drawing skills, and he's better than you, so how could I not see it." Meng Shu put down the original manuscript and smiled at the tomato, the first book he studied in his debut was the "Sherlock" comics, with his memory, it was not difficult to recognize Mach's drawing skills.

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?"

Meng Shu asked curiously: "I remember that you were very hostile to mach before, and you changed your mind for what to do, and ...... Isn't Mach in the Midsummer Company? How could he submit to me? ”

Tomato didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly told Meng Shu about Mach's change and resignation.

After listening to the story, Meng Shu pondered for a moment and said, "Phoenix Company welcomes any cartoonist. ”

"You tell him that as long as he doesn't do the same thing again, I'm not guilty. This cartoon passed with me, but I have to submit it to the editorial office for someone else to review. ”

Meng Huo's statement is almost equivalent to that he forgave Mach.

After work,

On the way, Mr. Tomato informed Mach of Meng Huo's reply on his mobile phone, and Mach cried in a low voice, and then thanked him repeatedly.

"Xie Lu, thank you, Mr. Tomato, and ...... Xie Lu, thank you, what a pity teacher! ”

After ending the call, Tomato, who was standing next to Hua Meng, breathed a sigh of relief, and he looked back at the small courtyard that was still lit.

"Literati always like to despise each other, but the teacher is an exception." Tomato shook his head and sighed: "His open-mindedness makes me ashamed of myself......"

"It's a pity that although the teacher is young, it is very reassuring to stay by his side." Hua Meng smiled: "The atmosphere around him seems to calm the hearts of all cartoonists, and there will be less struggle, just work hard for the sake of drawing." ”

"You're right, I found the passion of my youth by the side of Teacher Ho Xi." Tomato clenched his fists: "I want to continue to be a cartoonist and create the future with Mr. He Xi!" He's definitely going to have a lot of people around him, and it's definitely a great feeling to be working together. ”

"You're so nice......"

Xi Wenlin on the side listened to it and was a little envious: "You can all paint, but I can't, so I envy you ......."

When he saw this group of struggling people, he seemed to have a fire burning in his heart, and it would be nice if he could paint.

"What are you talking about?" However, Mr. Tomato smiled, and he put his arm around Xi Wenlin's shoulder: "You are also by our side, you are also a cartoonist!" ”

"That's right, Wenlin, you are like the autumn man in "Dream Eater", writing stories and scripts for the sake of comics...... "Teacher Hua Meng smiled: "You are also a cartoonist......"

"As long as the teacher is still here, we will always be together."

Unknowingly, Meng became their point of contact, and all three believed that they would always be together.

But on this night, a plane flashed and flew to Ninghai from the far west.

It brings with it unknown variables. (To be continued......)