Chapter 497: Retreat to the next best

Now the most active anime lovers in the Celestial Empire are not too old, and they have not experienced the era of "Picture Book King" at all, and more people have never heard of it. And the name is really frustrating enough, there is no need to think about it at all.

"The Picture Book King is really meaningful, and I also remembered that the cartoonists who are still passable in the Celestial Empire have all come out of the Picture Book King, and they have all signed contracts with other magazines. Before thinking about the name, it's better to think about what will happen to the content after the magazine is launched. ”

Ye Qingqing finally succeeded in getting the problem around again, and the people who were determined to start a magazine were a little bit withdrawn, with her and Zi Cai Xinnai, sales are not a problem, the problem is that "Machine Qì Cat" and "Warlock's Sky" are not enough to make a magazine, and it is not enough to make a pocket book.

In the eyes of most anime lovers, these first-line cartoonists in China are simply not enough to watch. Of course, it is not realistic for the magazine to be compared to Japan when it is launched, and if there are those manga artists who can join, at least they can have good content, and their manga works still have a certain audience.

Don't think about how good it is at the beginning, it's already good to be able to make it, but these cartoonists have appointments, and the magazines they signed have very good sales in China, and the possibility of digging into the wall is very low, and Zhang Qiuxi doesn't like to do it.

It is not easy to find wild cartoonists, and the only magazines that have reference value in the cartoonist industry are now. In addition to the older generation who came out of "The King of Picture Books", there are also new generations serialized in those magazines, and most of them are assistants of the older generation, and they are not yet mature.

There are freelance cartoonists, but they are too rare, and this is mainly a matter of heritage. As I said before, any junior high school student in Japan can draw comics, and here in the Celestial Empire, any junior high school student can write a novel, and comics are higher in terms of skill difficulty.

Novels can be written when you think of them, but they are nothing more than whether they are wonderful or not, and comics may not be able to be drawn when you think of them, and whether the ideas are wonderful or not is a matter of later. Therefore, "Soloist" received countless submissions when it was first founded, but it was not necessarily the case when the comic magazine was launched.

"Generally speaking, the first thing to start a magazine is to receive the manuscript, and when the content is sufficient, it will be officially released, and we can give it a try."

"Speaking of which, if we hadn't made up some jokes at the beginning, we wouldn't have had enough content when the soloist group was launched." Thinking of the past, Zhang Qiuxi sighed a few times, the jokes she copied were the characteristics of the magazine at first, but now she has given up, except for some chicken soup for the soul.

Even the popular "Runaway Comics" has stopped serialization, only the official website still hangs the works of zuò makers and netizens, and now there are fewer and fewer high-quality products, and the circulation is getting lower and lower, and it is outdated. If you come up with a new game like brain-dead dialogue, maybe you can save it, but Zhang Qiu regrets that he has no interest in it.

Although "Solo Singer" was founded single-handedly, I didn't feel any experience at all. Hongdou said this, but it reminded her of the original time and space of the online novel, if there is a new original website to be established, it will be received a long time in advance, and at the same time it will be promoted.

"It's no problem to get it, but I'm afraid that it won't be enough for a magazine for a few months, even if we have zero requirements for manuscripts, it's not easy, let alone can't do it." Shangguan Jin is not optimistic at all.

Originally, in time and space, in addition to online novels and webcomics, there are special original comic websites, and it should be said that there are still many people who like comics and can draw comics. But whether it's a web novel or a webtoon, there is zero threshold, as long as you can draw, you can serialize, but comics can't.

Just as not every web writer can publish their work, most of those webtoons don't reach the level of serialization in magazines. Zhang Qiuxi frowned and thought about it, and said, "Why don't we learn from other comic magazines and cultivate ourselves, for example, we can find two assistants for Qingqing and Xinnai Sauce Purple." ”

"I don't want it." Ye Qingqing firmly refused, the reason is very simple, she doesn't want to spoil the current atmosphere of the magazine at all, if she really finds an assistant, then the magazine will really only be an office space. Because of this, the magazine did not recruit people because of its work in the first place, but chose to outsource.

"Well, this plan is rejected." Zhang Qiuxi waved his hand and said: "That's it, no matter whether you can receive the manuscript that meets the quality standards or not, in short, you can watch it." If we can, we'll start a comic magazine, and if not, we'll serialize it in a solo group. ”

"I couldn't define what kind of magazine the soloist group was from the beginning, and I thought it could be a little more professional in the future, but I didn't expect it to continue to be weird." Shangguan Jin rubbed her head, one of the most recognized descriptions of their magazines was wonderful.

"It's just a little thicker, and we don't have much content compared to other magazines, so there's no problem." Hongdou expressed his support and said: "And our magazine has been so cheap from the beginning, the pages are getting thicker and thicker, and the price is also rising rapidly, so you can also raise the price appropriately at this time." ”

"It is the conscience to increase the quantity without increasing the price."

"How much is conscience worth a pound? If we continue to increase the amount, we will have to post money, and the printing house will not tell us that the amount will not be increased. "The abacus of the red bean crackled loudly, and now it is so realistic that it is to death.

"It has always been the conscience of the industry, but you." Yang Jie couldn't look down and complained.

Zhang Qiuxi said: "With the current capacity of our magazine, if a single work is placed in a bookstore, it will be sold for twenty or thirty yuan, and it is a small problem to increase the price, and readers can understand and accept it." How long it will go up will be said later, and now it's better to write a call for papers. ”

Hongdou yawned and said, "Is it necessary to remind us of this kind of thing, hurry up and write it." ”

Zhang Qiuxi thought about it for a moment, clenched his right hand into a fist and slapped the palm of his left hand, and said, "Do you want to become a dream maker admired by everyone?" Do you want to marry Bai Fumei and embark on the pinnacle of life? Don't hesitate to pick up a pen and draw your countless stories and send them to us, and we will help you achieve these dreams that have always been considered unrealistic by others, is that okay? ”

"Forget it, I'll do it." Hongdou felt that it was a mistake to give this task to Zhang Qiuxi, although the writing could not be compared, but he was at least more reliable, and this did not require any writing at all. R1152