Early the next morning, around 8: 00, Boss Jia appeared at the entrance of the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, where the Comicmarket was held.
It was still 1994. Fusang's comic and manga culture was not as crazy as it was in the future. There were millions of people participating in the Comicmarket.
However, Boss Jia looked around and saw more than 100,000 people lining up.
The Comicmarket opened before 9: 30 in the morning. It was the time for all the clubs, manga artists, and artists to enter the exhibition. After 9: 30 in the morning, it was the time for the visitors to enter.
As the chairman of the Daqian Group, Boss Jia could have had some special access. However, because of his yearning for the Comicmarket in his previous life, Boss Jia decided to be an ordinary person and enter the exhibition with everyone else.
Boss Jia regretted his decision very quickly. It was August, the hottest time of the year. Boss Jia could not withstand such high temperatures. Moreover, the smell of sweat from the people lining up around them made Boss Jia and Kazuki Takahashi very helpless.
"Boss, why don't I find a few manga artists I know and ask them to give you a work pass? Then you can enter the exhibition as a staff member!" said Kazuki Takahashi.
"Why didn't you say so earlier …" Boss Jia rolled his eyes. This Kazuki Takahashi did not seem like a good subordinate. He did not know how to think for his boss.
Just as Kazuki Takahashi was about to contact someone, a weak voice asked in their ear, "Excuse me, are you here to work?"
"Work?" Boss Jia was stunned. He turned around and saw that the person who spoke was a weak young man.
"It's like this. Because the exhibition club's tasks are quite heavy, we need a lot of help. I originally asked two friends to help me, but they have something to do and can't come!" said the young man.
"We don't work …" Kazuki Takahashi said decisively.
"If you're working, I can give you employee badges. That way, you can directly enter the exhibition through the exhibitor's channel. There's no need to queue up. In addition, I should only be selling for the morning. After the afternoon, you will be free to move around. I don't care about you! In addition, each of you will receive a salary of 5,000 yen. "When the young man spoke, he was a little shy and his ears were red.
"Okay, then we can work!" Boss Jia said decisively. He hadn't worked for a long time. Moreover, he earned 5,000 yen in half a day. This salary was quite good.
Moreover, Boss Jia had never experienced selling things in the Comicmarket before. It was simply too interesting. Moreover, he didn't need to bask in the sun outside. Of course, Boss Jia agreed immediately.
Soon, the weak-looking young man gave Boss Jia and his companion a work pass each. The three of them used their work passes and successfully entered the venue through the exhibitor's entrance. Boss Jia's job was to help the weak-looking young man move the goods he was selling from the goods passage to the vicinity of the booth.
At this time, although the customers hadn't entered the venue yet, the entire venue was already in full swing. A large number of exhibitors were carefully decorating their booths.
"Where's our booth?" Boss Jia asked curiously after he came in.
"There!" The weak-looking young man pointed to an empty space not far away. Kazuki Takahashi glanced and then his mouth couldn't help but open wide. "Your booth is so big!"
Indeed, the weak-looking young man's booth was a little too big. It was about 15 meters long. Compared to the other booths around, the weak-looking young man's booth was equivalent to ten people spreading out their booths.
After all, the exhibitors who would sell things in the Comicmarket, other than those large companies and large anime societies, were basically small individual sellers.
These individual sellers could only produce so much. Each of them could only sell a few books, cassettes, or photo albums. That was the limit.
Therefore, most of the individual sellers' booths were only the size of two school desks. It was about 1.5 meters long.
If the weak-looking young man had a lot of goods, it would be fine. The problem was that all of his goods were now in the arms of Boss Jia and Kazuki Takahashi. Together, they were only two boxes. The total weight was probably less than 20 kilograms.
For such a small amount of goods, one school desk was enough. Why would they need a 15-meter factory booth?
"I don't know. When I came to apply for the exhibition, they said that an individual exhibitor could book a booth this big at most!" The weak-looking young man said, "Anyway, it wasn't much, so I booked it!"
"You're rich! Even if you sell everything in these two boxes, I'm afraid you won't be able to earn the price of this booth! " A few years ago, Kazuki Takahashi, who also sold things in the Comicmarket and experienced those hard years, couldn't help but sigh.
"It's okay. If I sell all of these things, it shouldn't be a problem to earn back ten times the cost of the booth!" The weak-looking young man said.
"Then what's in your box?" Kazuki Takahashi asked curiously.
"Put it on the table and you'll know!" The weak-looking young man said.
"Okay!" Kazuki Takahashi quickly opened the seal of the box and found that it was filled with printed comics.
When Kazuki Takahashi saw the name of the comic, he was stunned. He then handed the comic to Boss Jia.
"Boss, look at this comic!" Kazuki Takahashi whispered. Boss Jia took a look and was stunned. Wasn't this the "Sword Maiden" that he had been searching for yesterday?
He then looked at the name of the comic's author. It was Imperial Sword Gu Fan, the same name as the manga artist who submitted the comic.
"Boss, you're Imperial Sword Gu Fan?" Boss Jia asked in surprise.
"Of course, I drew all of these. Of course, it's under my name!" The weak-looking young man nodded. He thought for a moment and then said, "I almost forgot. I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Gu Fan. I'm currently working hard to become a manga artist!"
"Gu Fan, this name doesn't sound like a Fusangpeople's name!" Boss Jia smiled and said in Chinese.
"Yes, just like you. I'm from Hua Xia!" Gu Fan nodded and admitted.
"You knew that I was from Hua Xia long ago!" Boss Jia was a little surprised. After all, Fusangpeople and Hua Xia looked similar.
"The sword essence in your body is different from others. It's not a sword essence that Fusangpeople can have!" Gu Fan said, "It's because you're from Hua Xia that I asked for your help. After all, it feels more intimate!"
"What's a sword essence?" Boss Jia was stunned.
"Ahem … It's actually a setting in my comic. Everyone has a sword essence in their body. Through the sword essence, they can become a sword wielder and have their own sword lady!" Gu Fan quickly explained.
"But there's no such thing as a sword essence in real life …" Boss Jia asked.
"Well …" Gu Fan was stunned for a moment, as if he did not know how to answer this question. Fortunately, Kazuki Takahashi who was next to him said, "It's normal. When I was young, I often felt that my eyes could see unusual forces hidden in the air. It was especially obvious when I was in my second year of middle school!"
Kazuki Takahashi's ridicule made Gu Fan's ears turn red. Sigh, it seemed like he was another chuunibyou. However, this was normal. People who weren't chuunibyou wouldn't have joined the animation industry.
"Alright, let's cut the crap. We're about to open the door. Let's hurry up and set up the merchandise!" Boss Jia hit a fork in the road. Then, he began to put the Sword Lady comics in the box on the table.
However, Gu Fan had prepared too few comics. The table was too big. Soon, the box of comics was placed on the table. It was not enough to cover the entire table.
Boss Jia quickly opened another box. He thought that it would also contain the Sword Lady comics. However, Boss Jia did not expect that it would contain a small booklet with the classic style of Hua Xia.
There was a name written on the booklet: Nine Swords of Black Heaven.
Boss Jia remembered that according to the plot of the comic, Nine Swords of Black Heaven seemed to be the supreme swordsmanship used by the main character of the Sword Lady.
Good heavens, this was a related product of the Sword Lady!
[PS: When you read this, you probably thought that the novel was going to develop into a fantasy story. How should I put it? Gu Fan's origin is indeed a little fantasy. However, this has nothing to do with the main plot.
This is because Gu Fan is a character in another book by the author, the Sword Lady. Readers who have been following the author all this time will know that the worldview of each of the author's novels is actually connected to a larger worldview.
Therefore, Gu Fan's appearance here is just to pave the way for the larger worldview. It is to provide a connection between the future of The Richest Instant Noodles and the other novels by the author.
Hmm, it's more like a USB port.
"The Richest Instant Noodle Tycoon" is still a relaxing business novel. In the future, there won't be any fantasy battles, superpower battles, ascension to immortality, or chaotic battles against mysterious fantasy dark organizations. You can read it without worry.]
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