Meh

  • Jun 13, 2018
  • Joined Nov 15, 2017
  • Leo you shoulda came man

    • Miya Hahaha her face is blocked out by the little ghost

      • Helloo everyone! Meh here, tlc for Release That Witch, also involved in the subtitles for The King's Avatar Anime !

        Unlike CKTalon and Starve who are far more respected bigshots, i wasn't invited as a translator to go back but rather a month ago participated in the forum contest and snagged a trip back as a simple reader. I only had two weeks to pack my bags and luckily didn't need any visa to go to China since I was born there (though I've lived in the US my whole life).

        I actually had an great time on the trip, the webnovel office is super cute and the Product team that I hung out with was super cool. I met the infamous Yuren (the main point of contact for QI translators and one of China Literature's senior product managers), who is so loyal to his wife that he only ever takes photos with men, and the beautiful Sunny, who's shy and whose photos i'll be omitting per her request ;)

        With that said, our journey begins!

        I took off from near New York City where I live, it was almost a 15 hour flight! Immediately after sitting down, I somehow managed to break the in-flight entertainment system.

        After an uneventful flight I went straight to the China Literature office to put a face to our mysterious online overlords




        Their office is so cute!! Asides from the plants, they also have plushies and posters everywhere. I Also hung out with the famous GGP, here's a photo of him being his cute self

        My absolute favorite photo on this trip: a giant kumamon plushie that they have facing the corner:

        After visiting the office I was priveleged to have dinner with the ladies and gentleman intern of the Editing team:



        My hotel for the night before we left for Changsha, a nice place in the French Concession:

        After a quick nap (jet lag!) I woke up early to go with Yuren on a 6 hour (!!!) train ride to Changsha. I almost cried at all the delicious foods that were everywhere ready to be eaten, everyone in China takes them for granted but even the KFC tastes so much better than the US. TT__TT

        After a long train ride, we finally arrived at the hotel where our star translators CKTalon and Starve were doing their filming, i snagged a quick selfie with each of them, they're so cute!


        After chilling with them we went back to our rooms before going out to eat, I stayed in a hotel across the river with the Product team and GGP:

        The rooms were huuuuge! I was on the 40th floor and there was a bathtub with a full window and it was amaaazing :D

        The gang then went into downtown Changsha to eat some snacks and meet up with GGP as well as two team members from the korean investment division ;)


        We went down this street that was fuuuull of mouthwatering local street food:

        Our first stop was at a place that sold barbecued skewers, followed by a spicy crawfish spot. They had stinky tofu, crawfish, frog, and even snake! I LOVE spicy food but i'm pretty weak when eating it. I had to drink a LOOOT of soy milk to stay alive, but it was so delicious!







        Our bellies full, we went back to the hotel where everyone crashed after playing some cards :)

        The next day, our product manager-cum-tour guide was kind enough to take me and GGP around, we visited the museum (which I'm sure you've seen already in CK/Starves blogs) and an old chinese philosophical institute where several famous scholars had once resided.










        Our cultivation predecessors:

        After this, I stood around for a while back at the hotel while CK and Starve filmed with their authors, and finally we all went to the main event. Honestly it's been hyped a lot already so I'll just throw a couple photos down, you can check out CK's post for more :).




        After the event we went out to eat again, this time GGP and I both suffered severely from the spiciness of Changsha's food and chugged several bottles of Wang Lao Ji ;D

        Finally, we left Changsha the next morning and I had to say goodbye to all my new friends :(
        Sunny was kind enough to take me around downtown shanghai to the same restaurant that CK later also went to, and the next morning I had lunch with a few more folks from the Product team before I left.



        Sunny's so cute!



        All in all it was a wonderful trip! Thank you so much for having me, I hope I can visit again someday :)
        Bonus pic of my chubster little self heheh

        Until next time!

        • Estriole no problem thanks for your feedback!
          the exact cost and formula for things might change in the future, its just the release model itself that we want readers to get accustomed to

          • derangedlol what are you talking about, bao works for ww and has every financial incentive for QI to fail as hard as possible lol. you realize i'm the translator for RTW right. i get paid for spirit stone money.

            this is way better than patreon. lets take bao's, which is at a similar release rate to my own book. to stay 10 chapters ahead it costs you $40 per month on emperor's domination. patreon is the biggest scam ever. $40 per MONTH dude. RTW costs you less than 8 cents a day for less than 3 dollars a month. he just translates at the exact same pace just like we do except he charges you almost 10 times as much per chapter lol. you're getting scammed and you dont even know it

            • Bull maybe they'll come out with one one day, but for now that'd be too overpowered haha. look on most people's patreons, its like $10 per month for being like 2 chapters ahead, no increase in release rate, for a single book

              • XxurraxX still better than patreon, where you pay way more money for way fewer chapters and if you ever stop you also fall behind. but thanks for understanding :)

                • LordFourth they'll keep it but stop releasing extra chapters (it'll just be literally donations to the TL )

                  Daoling i mean lets be honest, patreon is way worse than this. costs soooo much more money for way fewer chapters.

                  • Cilliez just only follow RTW ;) daily free spirit stones is enough ;)

                    • KoolAid do you value your time so little that youd rather waste a minute and a half watching ads than paying like 5 cents? lol

                      • Kyry replied to this.
                      • derangedlol i've always said. patreon is a gigantic scam that milks readers for craptons of money and gives them very few extra chapters. this is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better for readers.

                        • Dragonheck i only sort of understood your rant because it has no punctuation, anyway hi i'm the TL for RTW, if you spend money on this site you support me and last i checked i wasn't some machine, i TL this story because i like it :)

                          • eros depends on the novel. free chapters will come out at the same/reduced rate but yeah basically you can pay to unlock higher release rate

                            • Estriole chapter cost...is based on...chapter length...you pay to...unlock chapters...ahead of time...for example...if one day later....you paid for whole book...noone's going to refund you....every time a free chapter is released....

                              • Thank you everyone for your support! We will be working extra hard to maintain quality and speed as we move forward! <3

                                P.S. look out for my own travel blog coming soon~

                                • KingBiBiK i cant believe you're spending so much time on this when you couldve just worked harder to begin with and gotten a few more votes lol

                                  • KingBiBiK hey buddy! Sorry for stealing your thunder. Honestly translating isnt my full time job and I was busy with my family over the new year/christmas which is why I didnt lobby until the last minute. To be honest I was 100% expecting you and alew to make a last push and wasnt sure of my chances.

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