Chapter 986 Ant House, The Emperor Blade Tan (22)

PS: I paid back the chapter I owe this month.

Zhang Tan approached Xiaobai and Xier, and saw them eating ants, squatting on the ground, looking focused, and not aware of his proximity. He originally wanted to call them back, but when he heard them discussing heatedly, his words were naive and cute, innocent, and he couldn't help but stop and listen.

"Wow! There are ants!" Xier said in surprise, carefully observing the ants' movements. They crawled on the edge of the flowerbed, lined up in a long line, along the bowl along the side of the flowerbed.

"There are so many ants here." Xiaobai picked up a small wooden stick and gently lifted the flowers. He saw more ants around a rotten fruit. "I know, these must be worker ants. They are small and get up so fast, and are busy moving the fruits and buns home."

"Move home!" Xier said, "How do you know, Xiaobai?"

"This is my strength." Xiaobai boasted, and then added, "That's what the picture book says."

"That's what the picture book says." Xier echoed and suggested, "Xiaobai, I have a good idea. Let's build a home for Ants together."

So they used small wooden sticks to clean up the place where the ants gathered, picked up rotten leaves and small stones, hoping that there would be many ants here to live.

In order to attract more ants, they put the buns in their hands in the "Ant House".

"No." Xiaobai thought for a while and pointed to the edge of the flower bed, "This is too steep, and the ants will fall when they come down!"

"What a fool?" Xier said that it was Sichuan flavor.

"We want to add a staircase here!" Xiaobai put the wooden stick in his hand on the edge of the flower bed, and found another leaf and placed it on the low end of the wooden stick, so that the ants could follow the wooden stick when they came down from the edge of the flower bed.

"We have a staircase." Xier said happily, suddenly, "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, what if an ant falls off the staircase? It's too dangerous."

Xiaobai quickly thought of a new solution, "Let's find another wooden stick and put it on, so that the stairs will be very wide and the ants will not fall. Look!"

After a while, ants really crawled over the stick with buns crumbs and gathered to a place with fruits.

"The ant did not fall!" Xier said happily, "Xiaobai, the ant did not fall!"

"Okay, let's find some leaves and hide this ant house so that it will not be dangerous if other small animals find it."

They surrounded the Ant House with leaves, and finally built a "door" with wooden sticks.

The Ant House was built and it was hidden very well. The two of them were finally relieved, but they were having another matter and decided to find some fruits for the ants. They seemed to like eating fruits very much.

"Xi'er, go find Li Huadang and ask for fruits, I'll protect this place." Xiaobai quickly got the job. Xi'er got up and ran to find Lao Li to ask for fruits. Suddenly, she turned around and saw Zhang Tan, and was stunned. Hiahia smiled, "Godfather! Look, we found the Ant House."

Zhang Tan took them to find fruit.

In the studio, Xu Qizhe waited for a while and saw that Zhang Tan had not appeared. He came to the balcony and saw him squatting by the flower bed on the side of the road with Xiaobai and Xier, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Xin Xiaoguang walked over and said, Zhang Tan was building an ant home for Xiaobai and Xier, and he would have to wait a while before he could come.

Xu Qizhe was speechless, and then he seemed to understand again. In history, artists have maintained strong innocence and curiosity until they were old. Perhaps Boss Zhang belonged to this category, otherwise he would not have opened such a late-night academy.

Zhang Tan kept helping Xiaobai and Xier take care of Ant Home before returning. Xiaobai and Xier were also with him. The two little ones were taken away by Yang Xiaoxue, eating snacks and reading picture books, and staring at Xin Xiaoguang at work.

There were only Zhang Tan and Xu Qizhe in the conference room. The two were talking about the topic of the new project, mainly because Zhang Tan was listening to Xu Qizhe's ideas.

He had a lot of ideas, but he was immature. If Zhang Tan hadn't asked him to say it, he would be embarrassed to pour it out.

Zhang Tan listened patiently and interrupted from time to time to discuss. He realized that Xu Qizhe was shaken by his style, which may be influenced by the achievements of "The Insect Master".

"Where is your persistence?" Zhang Tan asked suddenly.

"What?" Xu Qizhe was stunned by the question, and seemed to have no idea.

Zhang Tan asked again: "What about your persistence? Is your style not a hard-core violent aesthetic? Why do you think about changing your own style? The style of "The Insect Master" is the style of "The Insect Master", not yours, why do you change yourself and follow others?"

Xu Qizhe seemed to be hit hard, and was speechless, not knowing what to say. He carefully thought about Zhang Tan's words, as if Zhang Tan was right! He unknowingly wavered at his persistence, was he because he valued his achievements too much? Or was he jealous of Liu Xiang?

"You are right. I unknowingly waver in my persistence. Thank you for your alertness." Xu Qizhe said.

Zhang Tan continued: "In the comics industry, violent aesthetics, you say second, no one dares to say first! We should continue to dig deeper. As for the results, they may be very good, or average, but who knows, no matter what kind of results you achieve, you are always walking a path that no one has walked. I support you very much, and the studio will fully support you."

After hearing this, Xu Qizhe was moved and nodded firmly and said yes.

Then the two continued to talk about new ideas about comics. Zhang Tan guided him and talked about his own ideas. Xu Qizhe was greatly inspired. Two days later, he wrote a script and handed it to Zhang Tan.

After watching it, Zhang Tan thought of an anime I watched in his previous life, called "The Unknown Blade of the Alien People". The story is almost the same, but there are differences in the idea.

"The Unknown Blade of the Alien" is a big anime movie with a great reputation and was once awarded the Academy Awards for Best Anime.

The story of Xu Qizhe is set in the Tang Dynasty. When all nations came to dynasty, all kinds of people gathered in China and gave birth to a brilliant and colorful culture. A monk from the Tang Dynasty traveled to Japan to preach the scriptures and brought an orphan from Japan to the Tang Empire. The orphan carries an amazing secret. After being separated from the monk, he was lonely and helpless and took his beloved dog to the Da'anguo Temple in Chang'an. On the way, he met the mysterious swordsman "Wu Ming", who is actually a Japanese ronin. The orphan was chased and Wu Ming saved his life in a critical moment. From then on, the two walked together. Although the eccentric ronin and the closed-minded boy kept bumping and bumping, they gradually became good friends.

The underground organization of the government sent a chase team, led by the leader Bai Luan, to capture the orphan and start preparing for some kind of ceremony. The life-and-death showdown between Bai Luan and Wuming kicked off...

After reading this story, Zhang Tan suggested: "The character Bai Luan is relatively unnamed, a bit single. Can we set it like this? For example, Bai Luan is actually a top expert, but she usually hides her strength in order to hide in an underground organization and supervise whether there is rebellion in the organization. The real purpose is to obtain immortal medicine for the emperor!"

"The orphan has a strange life experience. He can get the immortal medicine with his blood. At the last moment, Bai Luan faced the temptation of the immortal medicine. He was shaken and wanted to take it for himself! He betrayed the emperor and obeyed his orders!"

Xu Qizhe nodded and said yes.

But Zhang Tan is not finished yet, and continued: "You set the background of this story in the Tang Dynasty, but it does not fully show the diverse culture of the Tang Dynasty. My suggestion is to add another role. This character is called Luo Lang, who is blonde and blue-eyed. He has followed Persian parents to the Tang Empire since he was a child. He was originally a member of the chasing team and has a very high martial arts skills. He acted on the surface but did not really care about the purpose of the squad. For him, finding an opponent that can match him is the meaning of life. His encounter with Wuming is a fateful duel."

Xu Qizhe asked: "A showdown between three people?"

Zhang sighed: "Yes! The three people did not wave their blades for any lord. Bai Luan was for himself, Luo Lang was for himself, Wuming was for the orphan, or to atone for himself."

"The Unknown Blade Tan of the Foreigners", in which "No Emperor" means this. The Unknown refers to the identities of several protagonists. They all belong to foreigners, and their fateful wandering makes them gather together.

Zhang Tan said again: "We don't follow the trend of this comic, focus on action movies, and give full play to your violent aesthetics. You don't have to think about what your grades will be like. This is not what you think, but what I should think. Just draw the style we want with all your heart. What do you think?"

Xu Qizhe felt very moved by the fact that a scholar died for his confidant, and nodded firmly and said, "Okay!"

Zhang Tan said again: "Do you know a well-known martial arts movement guide?"

Xu Qizhe was stunned for a moment and said he didn't know him, "Why are you looking for this?"

Zhang sighed: "Of course, it's for you to train. You can't make up martial arts movements. If you don't know each other, I'll find someone for you. After the story is written, you can learn it with this martial arts coach for ten days and half a month first. If necessary, it's okay to ask him to join the production team."

Xu Qizhe: "…"

Are you serious? He has been in the industry for many years and has only heard of martial arts coaches who will hire a film and television work. He has never heard of comics and also asked a martial arts coach.
Chapter completed!