Chapter 147 The Mastermind
Su Xia usually pays attention to his image in front of other people, but for some reason, he doesn't mind exposing his true self in front of Bei Zhai. For some reason, from the moment he saw Bei Zhai, he was convinced that he was a partner he could trust.
In the morning when the sun was high in the sky and the cicadas were chirping non-stop, Su Xia sat on the bed in Bei Zhai's secret base, holding a camera and admiring the welfare photos of L20 taken by Bei Zhai, including L20 in sailor suit, L20 in maid outfit, L20 in bellyband and so on.
L20 is definitely a well-deserved beauty, and her figure is also top-notch. She doesn't need any PS to be more beautiful than those female Bodhisattvas on the Internet. Even so, Su Xia just casually swiped through the photos and simply looked at them once. Compared to looking at L20's various photos, it is indeed more interesting to bully L20.
After reading it, Su Xia returned the camera to Bei Zhai. She didn't even bother to ask Bei Zhai for the photos. She just asked casually, "Why did you take so many photos of the L20?"
"For reference." Bei Zhai said as he secretly glanced at Su Xia, looking him up and down.
"Don't look at me." Su Xia said, "I won't be your model and take such shameful photos. And then promise not to spread them outside, but then pick them up and show them to others." Although she is a vested interest, the tragic example of L20 is right in front of her.
"Stingy." Bei Zhai said.
"I'm stingy?" Su Xia looked around, took a book from the bed, and turned to the page where the male protagonist appeared. The styles of real people and two-dimensional characters are completely different, but you can still tell the difference from some details, who is who, "Can I ask who this person is?"
"I don't know." Bei Zhai said that even if the evidence was right in front of her, she could still deny it.
Su Xia could accept that he was painted as the male protagonist in the film. What if she didn't accept it? She was one of her favorite wives.
He could just laugh it off, or even comment on what was wrong with the drawing. The problem is that as the male protagonist, he is the one who was humiliated and tied up, and the one who was blocked in the room by many ship girls and forced to have sex. This is a bit worrying.
Su Xia really couldn't help but say: "Bei Zhai, you can really do it."
"I don't want to either." Bei Zhai complained, "You don't give me money, so I can only find a way to make money myself."
“Why should I give you money?”
"You are the admiral, and I am the wedding ship."
"...Doesn't the office give you some pocket money every month?"
"That was given by the office. You didn't give it to me."
"What the office gives me is mine." Su Xia said, "Besides, we are talking about gender equality. Why should men give money to women? I haven't asked you for money yet."
"Shameless man." Bei Zhai muttered.
"Why do you need to spend so much money? That much money is not enough." Su Xia said, "I remember that you get a lot of pocket money every month, and there are bonuses for attacking."
"My sister took all the bonus from the mission and only gave me a little bit to use, saying that she wanted to save it for me to avoid wasting money." Bei Zhai said, "I only have that little pocket money every month, which is not enough for me to buy games, game consoles, new computers, new graphics cards, action figures and peripherals..."
"I don't believe it." Su Xia said, "There are only so many games, and 3A games only cost a few hundred yuan. Just buy the game console. Don't tell me that you buy a new computer and a new graphics card every month. And the action figures and peripherals are quite expensive... I remember that there are not many action figures in your room, which means you don't buy them often."
"It's okay to buy action figures and peripherals." Bei Zhai said, "It's krypton gold, mobile game krypton gold."
So that's how it is. Su Xia understood it completely. He said, "I didn't expect you to be a krypton gold sow."
Bei Zhai turned his head away and said nothing.
"Don't think that I won't ask you about your drawing book just because you're like that." Su Xia said, "If you don't have money, you can go work."
"It's impossible to work." Bei Zhai said.
"It's impossible for me to work in my life. I don't know how to do business. Only by painting can I make a living like this?" Su Xia asked.
"No." Bei Zhai said, "Drawing books is also my hobby and interest. Even if I can't make a penny, I will stick to drawing books."
At this point, Su Xia felt something was wrong. After searching for a long time, she found two books. One was "Public Admiral", in which he was the protagonist, and there were many ship girls. The other was "Agent Hood's Secret Infiltration", in which Hood was the protagonist, and there were also Bismarck and Prinz Eugen.
He held up "Public Admiral" and asked, "Is this a book drawn for making money?" He then held up "Agent Hood's Secret Infiltration" and asked, "Is this a book drawn for hobbies and interests?"
"The Admiral is so smart."
Bei Zhai was not afraid of threats at all. She knew very well that the admiral would not report her to Bismarck, otherwise he would not be a partner she trusted. He would be like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
Su Xia took a deep breath, calmed down, put down the book "Agent Hood's Secret Infiltration", opened another one, and asked, "Can I assume that these are your readers?"
"I don't know." Bei Zhai said, "People who pay more can reserve a character, but I don't know if it's the real person. Anyway, everyone likes to watch Bumblebee spanking the admiral, Kirov hunting the admiral, the ghost Awa draining the admiral, the deep-sea ship girl NTR, etc."
Su Xia wanted to say something but stopped herself. She was too tired to complain. She sighed deeply and continued reading the book.
Bei Zhai was quite curious about his performance and asked, "Admiral, can you even read your own book?"
"Uh..." Su Xia said, "Is there anything wrong?"
"To be honest, I'm not very satisfied with the one you have in your hand." Bei Zhai said as he opened the drawer of his computer desk and took out a book from it, his eyes sparkling. "This is my masterpiece and also the most popular one. It is said that the shipment volume exceeds 400 copies."
Su Xia took the book from Bei Zhai and said, "What the hell, the shipment volume is 400 copies, almost everyone in the garrison has one, how is this possible?"
"You are stupid." Bei Zhai said, "Who buys only one copy at a time? Everyone buys several copies. Let's do the math. One copy is for daily reading, one copy is for collection, and one copy is for preaching. That's three copies. If you consider the loss, you can buy a few more. Some people hoard rare goods and buy more than ten copies at a time."
Su Xia felt that he seemed a little naive. There were so many things.
Su Xia did not look through the book that Bei Zhai handed over. She just looked at the exquisite cover, touched the paper, and asked, "This quality... How much does this book cost?"
"It depends on what version you want." Bei Zhai said, "Regular edition, hardcover edition, collector's edition, deluxe edition or supreme edition. The supreme edition is limited to ten copies, and the price is dozens or even a hundred times that of the regular edition."
“What’s the difference between so many versions?”
"Is it coded or not? How clear it is? How good the paper is? What are the special features? Is there an electronic version for free?"
"Ah..." Su Xia was completely stunned. It was just selling a book, but it was possible to do it this way. "Bei Zhai, you know how to do it. You have a business mind."
"No." Bei Zhai said, "I am only responsible for painting. I don't care about other things. It's so troublesome. These versions are all made by me."
"Oh..." Su Xia glanced at Bei Zhai. This girl was the type who was afraid of trouble. She was also a little curious. "Speaking of which, this kind of thing is not allowed to be sold casually, how do you sell it?"
"We have a special trading group..." Bei Zhai paused and said, "No problem. It is said that everything has been arranged, and the protection fee has been paid. It's just selling some books. The government will not investigate unless the people report it."
Su Xia was silent for a moment, then narrowed her eyes and said, "You were only responsible for drawing. If it wasn't you who made the book, then who made the book and sold it everywhere?"
"I don't know." Bei Zhai said, "I used to sell notebooks myself, but it was just a small business. I was often discovered, and my sister snatched the notebooks and burned them. My sister also hit me on the head."
"At the beginning of this year, a mysterious person suddenly contacted me and asked me to help her draw a book." Bei Zhai said, "She gave me too much, so I agreed to help her. Not long after, these books appeared, and I bought them."
"She gave me the story of the book, and it was said that someone was specially commissioned to write it. As for who to draw, I told you before that whoever pays more can reserve a role." Bei Zhai said, "Anyway, I was only responsible for drawing, and I don't know anything else. I just heard it from others."
Su Xia looked down at the notebook and could no longer laugh. It was not fun at all. He suddenly realized that the water in this garrison was very deep. What he knew was just the tip of the iceberg.
If filling this port area with everyone's laughter is the main plot, then is this a major branch plot, or a hidden plot?
