Chapter 890: Scene 890 The strongest team
After a few words of greeting, Li Xiaole explained his intentions, threw the manuscript of "Attack on Titan" on Hideki Yamashita's table and said, "President Yamashita, this is the new comic I decided to serialize......"
Hideki Yamashita glanced at it a few times, and frowned slightly, but immediately smiled again and said: "Okay, it can be serialized next week, but it may be a bit difficult for a painter to double the layout, I think Director Li, you are so busy, do you need more assistant support?" "He has to do enough drama, he has already read this comic, and he can't do it at all, so it's better to sell more Li Xiaole and give him more favors, so that he will cooperate with Shueisha in the future.
"Hmm." Li Xiaole also turned his head and asked Isayama Chuangdao: "You can't catch up with the progress of painting alone, right?" Isayama hurriedly nodded and said tremblingly: "Yes~~ It's a little difficult to double the layout......"
"Okay, then, Mr. Yamashita, we also need a team of manga artists to draw as assistants." Li Xiaole put forward his own requirements.
"Of course, you can choose whatever you want, as long as we are Shueisha's manga artist group who doesn't have a serialization job, you can choose." Hideki Yamashita opened the door very generously and took them out to pick them up personally.
Li Xiaole didn't shirk either, he followed as a matter of course, and then took a turn in Shueisha, and listened to Hideki Yamashita's introduction: "Most serialized manga artists work from home, but when there is no serialization, many painters will discuss the plot with the editor in our company during the interval, and constantly try different stories until they pass the review of the editorial department......"
You must know that Shueisha has 100,000 cartoonists, but there are only a dozen comics serialized on "Shonen Jump" at the same time, and the fierce and cruel competition is naturally self-evident.
It can be seen that the manga group to which great manga artists like the once famous Masami Mada and Yoichi Takahashi belong to is still working hard here, hoping to publish their new works on "Shonen Jump" again, which is not about money, but the pursuit of manga artists, as long as the once brilliant manga artists, no one wants to stay at the bottom.
Most of these comic groups that can have a monthly salary are outdated cartoonists of "Shonen Jump", it can be said that Li Xiaole has a very large choice, but he already has a goal in mind, he has read the original comics of Isayama's "Attack on Titan", although the style is very impactful, the painter can be described as miserable, he needs a group of comic groups with exquisite drawings to join.
What he wanted to find most was of course Tsukasa Hojo, the author of "City Hunter...... But after asking, I learned that this beautifully painted writer is still serializing the new work "Angel Heart", and it is no longer in Shueisha, which is no chance, so there is only a second option left.
"President Yamashita I've already picked it, and I'm going to invite Katsura Masakazu's manga team to work with us." Li Xiaole turned his head and said.
"Gui Zhenghe, teacher?" Hideki Yamashita was stunned when he heard this, and was a little embarrassed: "But Gui Zhenghe and the teacher have not cooperated with anyone......" Although Gui Zhenghe is already a popular cartoonist, he is also one of the veterans of Shueisha, and it seems a little too much to let him give a hand to a young man like Li Xiaole.
"How did I hear that last year, Katsura Masakazu also collaborated on a short story for Akira Toriyama called "Koe Guu!! What about it? Li Xiaole lowered his voice and said, "Could it be that he has serialized works now?" ”
"Not really...... Okay then......" Hideki Yamashita couldn't figure it out, so he could only sigh, thinking that Li Xiaole's serialization must not be long anyway, maybe readers will be fresh in the first week, but after two weeks, it's the level of viewing, "Attack on Titan", a comic with a gloomy atmosphere, how can anyone like to read it, and when the time comes, it will definitely be cut off in its original form.
So Hideki Yamashita called Katsura Masaka and his two assistants to the meeting, and as soon as he saw Katsura Masakazu come in, Isayama's jaw was about to fall to the ground, and so on...... Isn't this the person in front of him the great cartoonist Gui Zhenghe who painted "Movie Girl"...... He's going to be his assistant? He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Li Xiaole in surprise, and he suddenly realized that this Chinese director was far more powerful than he imagined......
"Hello, I'm Li Xiaole, first time meeting." After Li Xiaole and Gui Zhenghe briefly exchanged pleasantries, they began to explain the reason why they came here today:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am here today because we, the Black Pearl Company, have reached an agreement with Shueisha that I will be the script writer to launch a new manga work."
As soon as he said this, several assistants of Gui Zhenghe complained unhappily:
"Launching a new work? Wait, do you want us to paint your script? Li Sang, isn't this too child's play~" "Li Sang, we are Gui Zhenghe's assistants, our style may not be suitable for your works~~" "I think this matter should be carefully considered. ”
Seeing the opposition, Li Xiaole didn't speak, just looked at Gui Zhenghe with a serious face and said coldly: "Everyone, I remind you that now the company is not asking for your opinions, but the work given to us by the president, if you don't agree, you can launch Shueisha immediately." ”
Several comic assistants heard this, and immediately lowered their heads and remained silent, but they looked at Li Xiaole angrily in their hearts, it was this layman who came to stir up the situation, originally they were shot 7 works in a row in recent years, and they were depressed and irritable, now good, a Chinese dares to climb on their heads, too arrogant~!
"Okay, Li Sang, we will definitely cooperate with your work, what comics do you plan to serialize?" Gui Zhenghe is a typical doer, no matter how much he doesn't understand the requirements of his superiors, he also abides by 100%, and anyway, he heard the president say that he will be cut in half if he doesn't get good grades...... Let's just adjust your mood.
"See for yourselves." Li Xiaole's face was calm and asked Isayama to hand the storyboard of "Attack on Titan" to everyone.
Gui Zhenghe and his assistant looked at the storyboard, and at first they nodded again and again, thinking that this story was very innovative, the end of humanity caused by the invasion of giants...... It's just an old-fashioned savior's bloody story......
But when I looked at the back, I found that the members of the training corps who had been trained so hard had died one after another in the first battle and were torn to pieces by the giants, and they couldn't close their mouths in surprise......
"How can the plot develop like this......" Gui Zhenghe frowned again and again and muttered: "This reader will not be able to stand it...... "You must know that in the shonen comics, the partner characters who appear next to the protagonist are all different types of juvenile representatives, and readers with different personalities will be brought into it through different characters, once the character they brought in dies, readers will be disappointed, and there will be no motivation to watch it at all......
While this comic kills important characters, it also kills the reader's interest... It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous...... Will this be accepted by readers?
Li Xiaole knew that they didn't understand, because they were still immersed in the thinking of following the reader's train of thought in the old era, and they didn't know that in the current rapidly changing era, the reader's psychology had found a huge change, and they had been able to withstand enough impact, and the cruel shock brought by this kind of life and death parting was far greater than the hot-blooded comics that played hundreds of words but not a single important character died.
"Okay, let's be quiet, and I'll give you a brief introduction to the division of labor." Li Xiaole pulled Isayama Chuang, pointed to his face and said: "Let me introduce to you, this is Isayama Sensei, and he is also the real author of this comic, he will be responsible for the serialization of this comic, please be sure to cooperate with all his work requirements." ”
"I am the lead author...... But I'm ......" Isayama looked at Gui Zhenghe, who was a round older than him, and the little assistants who were glaring at him, and he was very unconfident, but he felt Li Xiaole squeezing his shoulders tightly, so he could only nod in pain......
"Mr. Isayama's painting style is very unique and charming, but it is not exquisite, I need Gui Zheng and the teacher to help him improve the draft......" Li Xiaole said, while taking out a stack of character design drafts: "This is the character design made by Mr. Isayama, and the world background, you make a complete picture for me according to the above requirements, and you can start the official drawing after passing." ”
Looking down at these exquisite character settings carefully, even Gui Zhenghe frowned, sighed in his heart, his eyes were full of disappointment, this is a typical layman commanding an insider, some characters who will die soon, what are you doing with such a detailed character design...... Isn't that a waste of time?
But Gui Zhenghe was impressed by Isayama in his heart...... To be able to come up with so many details, this rookie painter is really not simple......
In fact, after reading these characters, the most surprised Isayama Chuang, this thing is from Li Xiaole's handwriting...... You must know that he has been thinking about this giant theme for 4 years, but it has always been very vague, Li Xiaole's things seem to have completely reproduced the illusory and hazy world, and completely jumped on the page, especially the ingeniously designed jet suspension equipment...... This thing is simply amazing~~ The fight is so feeling~~ It completely takes the action scenes of this comic up a few notches~~!!
Li Sang...... How long have you been designing these things? Isayama asked, with his mouth wide open.
"Three days, after I saw your comic draft." Li Xiaole replied casually, in fact, he just copied all the animation content he had seen, to be honest, the original manga was too rough, if it weren't for the improvement of the top animation supervisors in the animated version, this comic could really only be regarded as a third-rate work, otherwise Shueisha would not have missed it......
"Three days ......" Isayama took a breath of relief, 41 character settings, 12 historical events in the world view, the composition of the four major corps, the origin of the three city walls, and the classification of giants' abilities......
How many details took only three days to create? What's more important is that these elements are not only rich, but more importantly, the logic is tight and flawless, and many Isayama has not been able to understand the problems for several years, such as the structure of the three city walls, Li Xiaole is at his fingertips...... The abilities of the characters and the power of the giants are skillfully balanced, so that the plot can be smoothly and rationally developed......
Isayama looked at Li Xiaole's calm face, and a strange thought arose in his heart...... Let's not talk about whether this comic can be successful, but if the person in front of me can concentrate on the field of comics, maybe there is no cartoonist in the world who can compare with it...... The combined talents of Inoue Yuhiko, Akira Toriyama, and Eiichiro Oda are probably not as good as this Chinese......
Li Xiaole watched everything go according to his established plan, and couldn't help but feel a little excited, everything is ready, and now it can really start, the best animated movie in the world is about to start.