As long as you are willing to draw, we will give you money.

On the homepage advertisement, the title is clearly written, so that Kishimoto can't believe it?

No, as long as you can draw, you will give money, isn't it too simple?

As we all know, it is not a simple matter for comic book authors to get paid for their contributions. In addition to learning art from a young age, he also had to draw countless and countless sketches. And these sketches, basically, no one wants. Even if you have accumulated a certain amount of strength and think that you can draw a good manga work, if there is no publishing house to publish your work, these drawings will not have a penny.

However, in the Penguin Comics original platform, he actually put forward the slogan of giving money as long as you draw.

It can't be a lie, right?

5,000 yen is not much, but if you save money on food and pick it up, you won't starve to death.

Kishimoto, who currently has no source of income, is very attractive to him.

With suspicion and anticipation, he clicked on the advertisement for the Penguin original comic platform.

That's right, it's true.

The advertisement is not fake, it is really that as long as you draw, you will be given money.

Of course, there is a condition in this, which needs to be signed with the website after that.

Although this condition also made Kishimoto frown, he understood that this contract was similar to the signing of the publishing house.

This makes Kishimoto, who has been rejected in recent years and has been failing, some can't believe that he can get through guò.

However, Kishimoto really has no other way.

In order to make a living, in order to get a monthly manuscript fee of 5,000 yen, Kishimoto added the MSN number of the editor of the site.

"Hello, excuse me, is the full attendance on your website real?"

"Of course."

"No, what I want to ask is, what are your signing criteria?"

"There are no specific signing criteria, if you have a good foundation, or if the comics are interesting, we will sign a contract."

"What's the difference with the publishing house's signing criteria?"

"In general, we don't have the same criteria for signing contracts with publishers. The signing standards on our platform are more relaxed, as long as there are highlights, new ideas, and we think there is a certain commercial value, we will send you a signing letter. You can first register the comic author on our website, send a few words about the comic work first, and after we review, if the contract criteria are met, we will notify you. ”

Despite receiving an answer from the website editor, Kishimoto still didn't have much confidence.

What should I do if this website rejects me?

With doubts, Kishimoto weakly sent a few words of manga he had drawn before to the editor's mailbox. These comics are all works that have been returned by the publishing house, that is, failed works. However, ten minutes later, the editor of the Penguin Original comic platform replied, "Your drawing skills are very good, you have a strong foundation, although the story is average, but for your drawing skills, we think your comics can sign a contract with us." Of course, the premise is that the comics you send to our email are created by you. ”

"Yes, I created it."

At this moment, Kishimoto was a little excited, and his fingers were tapping on the keyboard with some trembling.

"That's great, we propose you to recreate a work, and we believe that with your comic skills, we believe that sooner or later you will draw an excellent work."

"Really?"

Kishimoto was almost full of blood for a moment.

Over the years, he has suffered too many failures and too many blows.

Many people advised him, you give up comics, comics may not be for you.

However, in the Penguin Comics original platform, the editor encouraged him immensely.

"Okay, I'll start working on the latest comics right now."

Even if it is for this affirmation, I must persevere.

Not to mention, there is also a living allowance of 5,000 yen per month.

"Okay, I wish you success. Oh, by the way, this is the MSN group announced by our Penguin Original platform, which is full of comic book authors, in which you can discuss and exchange specific comic creations with each other. ”

"Great."

After chatting with the editor, Kishimoto quickly joined the MSN group.

At this time, there were already a lot of comic book authors in the group, and some Kishimoto still knew them.

At this moment, the whole group is discussing very hotly.

Everyone is discussing, what kind of comics will be popular?

Quite a few comic book writers are scrambling to express their opinions from time to time.

Some comic book writers say that the foundation of a comic book for it to be popular is to have a deep art foundation.

Manga is not the same as a novel, a novel only needs words, but a manga not only needs words, he also has to draw the scene. If you don't have a deep art foundation, no matter how you paint, I'm afraid it will be very average.

However, there were also those who immediately objected. They said that although art skills are the foundation of drawing comics, they don't have to be too deep, as long as they reach a certain level. Japanese manga master Naruto Toriyama, his art skills are very average, but he also drew the super popular Dragon Ball. He thinks that for a comic to be popular, it must have very good storyboard skills.

The so-called storyboard is similar to the storyboard of a movie script, because comics and movie scripts are separated one by one, and on each grid, some scenes and line explanations will be drawn. A good storyboard can set off a messy story with a storyboard to achieve an effect that ordinary narration can't achieve.

There are also some manga authors who believe that the most important thing in manga is the plot.

They put forward their own opinions, whether it is Dragon Ball, or Saint Seiya, or Astro Boy, some super popular manga. They all have one thing in common, and that is that they have excellent storylines. And a lot of readers who read comics, they may not appreciate your beauty or your storyboard, they appreciate the whole story.

However, this man's view was also met with opposition from everyone.

They also took out a crayon salary as an example, thinking that such a popular comic around the world, his plot is very ordinary.

However, he was no less popular.

For a while, no one in the crowd was convinced.

Kishimoto Kishi also wanted to express his own opinions, but, after thinking about it, his views were actually similar to what everyone said, and he didn't have much new ideas. Moreover, an art like comics, precisely because he has different answers, and even any theory can be popular and successful, has created one genius after another. Similarly, it is precisely because of this uncertainty that countless geniuses have been buried.

If anyone can say a comic theory that is popular all over the world, then he is a master of comics.

But Kishimoto, who has visited Naru Toriyama, knows that even a master of manga does not necessarily have such an iron law.

Just when Kishimoto decided to think about the latest manga work by himself, a friend named Zhang Ning in the group said.

Guys, may I make a few comments?

"Let's talk, let's talk, anyway, everyone in this group draws comics, and everyone's opinions can be discussed."

Someone in the group quickly responded.

"Ok, I'll analyze the comics from the perspective of a businessman, maybe I will give you a special idea."

It was Zhang Ning who spoke.

He doesn't know how to draw comics, but, perhaps out of the way, he has a different perspective than anyone else.

Soon, Zhang Ning said.

For businessmen, comics are works of art, but we can also treat them as commodities.

Since it is a commodity, then, it has its various attributes.

His type, price, profit, market, audience......

When deciding to produce or sell this product, we will make a positioning for this product.

For example, we will think about whether this comic is suitable for small pot friends, or for young people, or for the elderly.

In other words, is this cartoon for Xiaobai to read, or for Lao Bai to enjoy. At the same time, we also have to combine our own situation, what type of comics we can draw, and what comics we are best at. If someone who is good at drawing fights and you want him to draw a soccer ball, or a player who draws a soccer ball and you want him to draw an ability, it doesn't necessarily end there, but the concept of success is too small and too small.

Of course, this is the positioning of the product. In the same way, we should also conduct a survey of the market.

Which comics sell well, which types of comics are highly profitable, and which comics have a wide audience.

For that, I would like to tell you a story.

There is a well-known writer in the United States named Angela, but when he was not famous, his works were never noticed. To this end, he spent several months conducting a major investigation of the market. The results of the survey are that almost every type of work in the market has been rewritten, and even if you write well, you may not be able to become famous in one fell swoop. However, he also discovered. For every type of work, he will inevitably produce 3 super popular authors in the market. However, in the horror genre, there are only two superhuman authors. So, Angela started writing horror novels based on market research. As a result, he became the third super-popular author of the horror genre.

Zhang Ning's words deeply shocked Kishimoto.

He has been drawing comics before, and he has been practicing painting since he was a child, and he has never considered what market is not market, and positioning is not positioned. However, Zhang Ning's theory suddenly opened the door to another painting for him. Yes, although comics are art, art cannot be measured by commerce, and art does not have a successful theoretical model. However, there is still a certain direction for the success of art.

Kishimoto turned off the MSN group, and then, left the house.

He plans to follow what Zhang Ning said when creating his latest work, and investigate the entire market.

Half a month later, Kishimoto conducted a thorough survey of the Japanese manga market.

Although Kishimoto is not a professional analyst, he already has the answer in mind.

He found that although all types of manga in Japan were almost drawn, there were very few manga about ninjas in Japan.

However, ninjas are a part of Japanese culture, and there are many stories about ninjas in Japan.

A decision that made Kishimoto rule on the ninja piece.

A week later, he prepared the basic outline of the story and began the first episode of his latest work.

This story, starting from the ninja village, the main character in the story is called Naruto, and his name is Naruto.