In the reception room, Wu Di was drinking the black tea that Wang Junqiang invited him to drink, and this kind of situation where the editor invited the author to drink a cup means that the editor is still very optimistic about the author.

After Wang Junqiang and Wu Di finished greetings, they directly started to get to the point: "Wu Di, I'm sorry, your work submitted this time can't be published in our magazine. ”

"yes, I see. But since you made an appointment with me, you shouldn't just tell me such a result, right? Wu Di said with a light smile, and didn't seem to feel frustrated at all.

Wang Junqiang secretly praised Wu Di in his heart that he was really not an ordinary high school student, his mind was far more mature than his peers, no wonder he would draw that kind of slightly ironic cartoon.

"Actually, the main reason why you can't submit your works is that your painting skills are completely not up to par, forgive me for taking the liberty of drawing comics, how long have you been drawing comics?" Wang Junqiang asked.

"This is the first time I've ever started to paint, and I haven't painted at all before, so I used to scribble on the wall with chalk when I was a child...... "Wu Di said casually.

Wang Junqiang was slightly stunned, if this is the case, it means that the high school student in front of him is still very talented in painting, this painter is certainly not enough to see compared with senior cartoonists, but if he paints like this for the first time, it can only be said that he is really talented!

Wang Junqiang's gaze at Wu Di became hot, and he found that he had really encountered a piece of jade, just carve it carefully, and the other party will become a top cartoonist in the future, and he will not read novels on his mobile phone. What an impossible thing is a mobile reading network!

"Then why did you want to draw comics and submit them, did you like comics since you were a child and dreamed of becoming a manga artist?"

Probably because of the mindset, Wang Junqiang feels that this kind of high school student comic book author draws comics with a pious heart for comics, and he likes this kind of author the most. Young, energetic, enterprising, and promising......

Wu Dixin said that if there was no blind command from a certain eldest lady, where would he want to engage in comics, is he good at lying down, because he is unhappy, he gave his comic author pen name a strange name of "I eat comics", maybe most people think that he likes comics too much. So much so that he wanted to eat comics, but in fact, he wanted to let a certain lady eat the idea of letting him draw comics!

"Well, I just happened to see my table mate reading comics at school, I borrowed it and looked at it, and I thought I could draw it, so I drew and submitted, and I can't talk about whether I like it or not, and whether I dream or not." Wu Di still said in a light tone.

Wang Junqiang pulled the corners of his mouth, but he felt more and more that this kid had great potential. Even pretending to be so fresh and refined invisibly, you know, you can draw casually, but it is better than those dream chasers who can't get my appointment after painting for a long time!

"In fact, there are two kinds of cartoonists in this world, one is the genius type, their whimsical ideas can open up one genre after another, no matter how they draw, they can be liked and sought after by readers; The other is calculating, although they are not as innovative as geniuses. But he can always keenly identify the tastes of readers and cater to them. Be successful. I think you belong to the former, but your work limits the creative story in your head. Wang Junqiang said sincerely.

Wu Di shook his head and said, "Actually, I think I should be calculating, because in order to impress your editors with this story I submitted, the plot behind me was deliberately made so unexpected." In fact, this makes this story not suitable for "The King of Paintings. Weekly Shonen style. I think I'm better at creating orthodox king-style juvenile comics, but there are already too many top manga artists to create royal comics, and newcomers can't stand out lightly, so I'm just going off the rails. ”

Wang Junqiang's eyes widened in astonishment, but he didn't expect Wu Di to say such a thing. It turns out that he made an appointment with him, but it was also in his calculations? Why are high school students so scary now?

It took him a moment to calm the shock in his heart, and then he said, "Okay, you're a calculating genius, right?" Anyway, you are really talented, both in painting and in conceiving the storyline, but it takes time to hone the improvement of the painting skills, but this is a temporary waste of your talent for conceiving the plot, so I suggest that you become the original author first and cooperate with the artist. ”

"You know what? There are many popular comics that are created by the original writers who conceive the storyline and character settings and the painters who write and paint, such as the pair of golden pairs in our Huaxia, who share a pen name 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' to create a very elaborate suspense detective stream comic called "Detective" and "Horror", as well as Japan's Ken Ohata, who often cooperates with many excellent original authors, such as "Death Book" with Obata Thrush, and "Chess Soul" with Yumi Horita, These are all very popular works. ”

"Of course, I know you'd prefer to paint your own work with your own brush, but ......"

Before Wang Junqiang finished speaking, Wu Di said with bright eyes: "I'll be the original author, and I can cooperate with any painter!" Just don't let me draw it myself! By the way, I can barely be considered a writer, and I have published a few works in newspapers and magazines, so I prefer to only be responsible for constructing the plot of the story rather than drawing. ”

Wang Junqiang was obviously shocked by Wu Di's unexpected words again, and then carefully asked Wu Di what works he had published, and when An Shuying, who temporarily served as Wu Di's personal assistant, proudly took out all Wu Di's works, he felt that this Wu Di was really "calculating" and knew how to use Yiqiē's own advantages.

Seeing Wu Di's published articles, including some O'Henry-type short stories with "unexpected endings", he knew that Wu Di's creative ability was really strong, and he would become one of the best original comic book authors, so that countless artists were happy to work with him......

"Well, I've already acknowledged your ability to be original. But if you want to think about it in our "Painting King. Weekly Youth" debuts, you still need to have a qualification, and the 'Maple Leaf Newcomer Award' in October is undoubtedly a good choice. Of course, if you have any ideas, you can directly submit them with a sketch, and we will choose a suitable and powerful artist for you to write at that time. Wang Junqiang said with satisfaction.

Wu Di also nodded with a smile, it's really good not to draw comics in person, he thanked Wang Junqiang for his appreciation, and then told him which artist he was working with, please ask Wang Junqiang, which made Wang Junqiang a little surprised. (To be continued......) R1292