Chapter 134: Lose Fat, Not Weight

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

When Meng Fan slipped out of the basketball court, he headed straight for the track field.

It was already late October, so the sun wasn’t as poisonous. Although it wasn’t completely dark, there were no problems with running.

He ran ten-kilometers, ensuring his daily rate of 20 kilometers and headed back to the dormitory to shower.

Recently, especially since he started arcade shooting, Meng Fan found that his fat reduction speed was faster than before. This also proved Wu Tong’s point that sports should be diversified and not limited to just running.

When he prodded his stomach with his fingers, he could occasionally feel the muscle trapped under the fat. Now, it felt easier to reach. He could poke it anytime and feel it, and the muscles inside were quite hard too.

He couldn’t speak for his whole body, but the belly that had been the most severely stricken area was already seeing results. Before it had been shaped like a ball, but now he could squeeze it with two fingers. Of course, the thickness was still there.

So far, Meng Fan had ran over 600 kilometers, so his physical condition far exceeded what it was before. He was also more flexible than before, less clumsy, so much that his mind couldn’t keep up with his body.

As for his weight, to tell the truth, Meng Fan felt hopeless. After all, he hasn’t been subtle in the eating department. He had a hunch that his movements were just fat loss instead of weight loss.

At least, Meng Fan felt his weight was still hovering above 200.

He was definitely still a fatty, but now he’s become a flexible fatty.

He really wanted to reduce the fat on his body to an average amount, but he knew that it would take time. He estimated he had to complete 1000 kilometers at least.

Based on his body fat percentage, Meng Fan had been at about >40% before receiving the system. Now he should be below 30%, maybe 28% or 29%, which was quite a lot.

However, he was still a long shot from the average male range of 12-18%.

It is said that for every 5% of body fat dropped, there would be a significant change in body size. Meng Fan had doubled that number, so the changes to his body were indeed visible.

“How long do you need to shower for? Hurry, the food’s gonna get cold.”

Chen Da Qiang had two tutoring classes that afternoon. After class ended, he brought some pork hock rice from a nearby Chaozhou restaurant. He took four portions in total, one for each person in the dorm. In addition, he also brought some rice noodle wraps and smashed oysters. These two dishes were a job for Meng Fan.

He ate until he was about 70% full and paced back and forth in the dorm to digest as he discussed with Chen Da Qiang about the assistant job.

“Mr. Sleepy is a new rich tycoon.”

In the first sentence, Meng Fan established the rate of pay. Chen Da Qiang’s family background was not bad, but since he began college he’d been paying for his living costs himself. He was a person who was more demanding of himself.

The salary could be paid by Meng Fan, but considering it carefully, he felt better if it was paid directly by Mr. Sleepy.

“The text is provided by Mr. Sleepy, so we have some design freedom. As long as it doesn’t affect the main plot, we can decide for ourselves. As for the main story, there is also room for discussion. Mostly it will focus on our manga adaptation content. As for the storyline, you will have to help me write since I don’t think I can handle it alone…”

“…My rate of production won’t be slow, so you’ll mostly be responsible for outlining, shading, coloring, scanning etc… After drawing for a while, you can decide the amount of work you want to do. I really hope that you can also help with some post-production, such as special effects, rendering, speed lines, etc…”

“That’s about it for now. The details we can decide once I produce the draft.”

Meng Fan thought for a moment and added, “If there’s too much work and you have to rush your draft, you can come to my house. That way you won’t have to worry about lights off here.”

“Is that okay?” Chen Da Qiang asked.

“Of course it’s okay! Meng boss’s house is luxe beyond your imagination!” Xing Ta Ge suddenly blurted out.

“Really?”

This provoked Zhang Zhou Wei’s interest as well. Pulling on Meng Fan, he said, “I think I would like to interview for this position as well.”

Meng Fan could only chuckle.

Once the assistant business was settled, Meng Fan went back to drafting for his manuscript. That night’s stream content would be creating illustrations for “There’s A Spirit Underground”.

“There’s A Spirit Underground” was no less popular than the novel by Xiao Ti that Qin Jiao had referred him to, so it was not good for them to see unreleased information. However, now that he had some copyright to “There’s A Spirit Underground”, and Mr. Sleepy didn’t oppose, it would be a good opportunity to promote the book before serialization.

Mr. Sleepy had decided on the Penguin Animation Network as his serialization platform and had been one of the conditions for him when he asked for the copyrights back.

“There’s A Spirit Underground” was very popular. It was a unique novel among its genre. Naturally, they did not hope that the manga adaptation can be made available elsewhere. Everything else aside, the author’s fans accounted for a lot of the reader base.

Naturally, it should be published on the same platform that hosted the novel.

And when Meng Fan took over the adaptation for it, he had done so partly for the novel’s popularity, which involved the issue of book sales.

Meng Fan knew that with his current fame he could not sell all the printed copies of his own book. At least when he gains popularity from the manga adaptation, it would be easier to sell his own book.

The mission [Professional Manga Artist] required a volume sale of 100,000 copies in addition to ten publications.

Even if it averaged to 10,000 sales per volume, it was still a high number.

Mostly, only well-known artists could reach tens of thousands worth of sales. It was already really good for a regular artist to sell 10,000 copies of their manga.

He streamed until 11:00 pm and worked on his manuscripts before heading to bed at 3:00 am.

The next day, he woke up at 6:00 am and headed for the school.

As time went by, the days are getting shorter, and the sun rises later and later every day. Hence, Meng Fan delayed his morning run by half an hour.

Once he arrived, he had just begun to warm up when Wu Tong arrived.

To be honest, Meng Fan was a bit nervous. It wasn’t entirely because of her new identity, but because he had confessed to her.

“Are you planning to join the basketball tournament?”

Wu Tong walked over and chatted to Meng Fan just like before. It seems like she really didn’t let Liang Qing’s existence affect her relationship with Meng Fan.

“I didn’t know you could play basketball too, is your accuracy as good on the court as it is in the arcade?”

After their banter, the two began their run together.

Meng Fan had no problem running his current 10 kilometers at five and a half minutes, so Wu Tong did not need to slow down for him.

He has no classes in the morning, so he headed back home after his run. He continued to draw, half of his time spent on illustrations while the other half was spent on adapting “There’s A Spirit Underground”.

When his afternoon classes ended, when Qu Jing Jing and the three other girls were already waiting for him outside the classroom.

“Iron senior, it’s time for practice.”

“Everything else is negotiable, but I want to know, is senior Ah Ning dressed like a woman today?”

“Of course not!”

During afternoon practice, the other team members collaborated with his training in addition to the four cute girls helping him pass.

Time was rushed as the tournament was the next day.

The academy basketball tournament was divided into two rounds. The first round was a round-robin for all 2 basketball teams from the schools of 10 faculties. Only one team will enter the second round from each.

The animation department was part of the media faculty in addition to three others, so their first match began in the afternoon of day one.

During the first match, the photography department had crushed the film and television marketing department with an astounding 51:19. After all, they were the people who lifted heavy machinery!

The second match was between the animation department and the web development and gaming department. Based on previous years, these two departments were equivalent in strength.

This year, however, the situation has changed. The web development and gaming department had two strong basketball players in their freshman year. One of them was even on the varsity team.

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