Now, if you don't count the high school and college chapters, the serialization of "Light Girl" is halfway completed, and because I didn't go to school during this time, the time is very relaxed every day in addition to learning choreography, and while deepening the knowledge of manga techniques and other knowledge, the speed of serial updates has also increased.

Zhang Yao is very willing to try ink painting, but he doesn't know anything about ink painting now, and although he wants to move, he doesn't know what to do.

After the symposium, the editorial department held a banquet at a nearby hotel, and nearly 20 manga artists were present, including Zhang Yao and Hoshino Asuka, and in addition to those who signed contracts with "The King of Picture Books", several were freelance manga artists.

Some cartoonists also brought assistants, plus people from the editorial department, and dozens of people attended the banquet, which was quite lively. Among so many people, the most conspicuous are Zhang Yao and Hoshino Asuka, the most successful, but also the youngest. Of course, there is Ai Xiaoqi, but she is not a cartoonist.

These cartoonists are not the same as the expected sloppy and unkempt image, but they are also clearly distinguishable from the editors in suits and leather shoes in the editorial department, and they can be distinguished at a glance.

At the banquet, it was just a casual chat, like-minded people would get together and communicate with each other, Zhang Yao also got to know everyone, but praising him, or just saying that his star status was not substantial.

This kind of exchange feels similar to the cocktail party.,The difference is that almost all the people at the cocktail party are spirits.,And cartoonists are a bit homely.,It's not so smooth in communication.,And it's a little bit of a recognition.,The people who communicate are people who have known each other for a long time.。

These cartoonists are already about 30 years old, and they have been in the industry for more than ten years, and it is not once or twice to participate in this kind of annual meeting, and Zhang Yao is just a newcomer who participates for the first time.

The atmosphere was very relaxed and free, and the editor did not deliberately guide it, and after walking around, it was time to start filling his stomach, Zhang Yao returned to the table with his name brand, and sitting with him were Hoshino Asuka, Ai Xiaoqi, Yang Tian, He Lili, the editors-in-charge.

Two bottles of red wine were opened on each table, and the editor-in-chief stood up and said a few words of congratulations before officially starting, Ai Xiaoqi, who had always gobbled up food, also slowed down at this time, because at this time, eating is still secondary, and the main thing is all kinds of exchanges and chats.

Just joking and chatting, Zhang Yao also enjoyed this atmosphere, and when the tables began to toast each other, a cartoonist on the side came over and said, "Zhang Yao, I talked to the editor just now, and I also think that we should try in the direction you told Miss Hoshino before, but there are still many things I don't understand, if you don't mind, I want to communicate with you." ”

This cartoonist is also in his early thirties, his real name and pen name are called Le Xiaotian, and he is also a relatively successful cartoonist in China.

"Brother Le's words are serious, isn't the purpose of the editorial department holding the annual meeting to communicate with each other."

Zhang Yao smiled, moved the stool away a little, and continued: "Besides, Brother Le is a senior, I still have a lot of things I want to ask you for, and I hope Brother Le will give me advice." ”

Zhang Yao's posture also made Le Xiaotian feel a lot better, although Zhang Yao's achievements are dazzling, but he is older than Zhang Yao, and he has been engaged in comics for a longer time, if he humbly asks Zhang Yao to pretend to be, he will definitely feel uncomfortable, Zhang Yao is not such a person, and he thinks it is worth communicating.

"That's right, my current work has been serialized for five years, and it's time to finish."

Feeling Zhang Yao's friendliness, Le Xiaotian also said bluntly: "My current works are also relatively successful in China, I was complacent at the beginning, but now the situation is getting worse, and the survey feedback is not as good as before, and I feel more and more difficult to paint myself." ”

The lifespan of comic works can be unimaginably long.,If a work is popular, it's not uncommon to serialize for decades.,There are a lot of cases like this in the eleventh district.,Serialized for five years is even more everywhere.,This time is actually nothing at all.。

On the contrary, if it is not popular, it is still normal to be cut in half in two or three words, and it is very normal to be serialized in China for five years, except for the two brands of Hong Kong and Taiwan, few domestic works can do this.

"Hello Mr. Le, I also like your work."

Ai Xiaoqi will not be timid wherever she goes, and then said: "But to say something unpleasant, I also think that it is difficult to laugh when I look at Mr. Le's works now, as if I am aesthetically fatigued." This is just my personal opinion, there is something disrespectful, I hope you don't mind, Mr. Le. ”

"No, you're telling the truth."

Le Xiaotian raised his wine glass and took a sip, and said: "Many readers have also said that they are becoming less and less funny, and I myself feel a little poor in the arrangement of jokes, and I need to spend a lot of time on the Internet every day to collect the stalks in the Internet jokes and then arrange them, and if I only rely on my own thoughts, I can't even hand in the manuscript many times." ”

Le Xiaotian draws very few campus themes in China, but unlike the works that depict friendship and love in the 11th district, it is a simple humor genre, and the whole comic is based on funny, and there are no other elements.

There are very few people in China who draw campus comics, which is also due to the environment, if the love element, domestic junior and senior high school students have always been focused on learning, and falling in love or something is a flood in the eyes of parents and teachers to avoid it, and these situations in this time and space are a little better, but it's just that the teacher turns a blind eye and controls it more loosely, which doesn't mean that it can be taken for granted and made a fuss.

But the truth is, this kind of thing is very common, and these students love this kind of story. Things that everyone is doing but can't discuss openly are actually not many in the Celestial Empire.

And this situation has only slowly changed in recent years, so the cartoonists themselves and the magazine are not afraid to cross the minefield, if it is like "Slam Dunk", such a thing as drawing the protagonist falling out of love fifty times in three years in high school, the cartoonist will definitely be drowned in saliva, "Light Voice Girl" is so harmonious Zhang Yao was not less criticized at the beginning.

"Brother Le, I've been watching your work of Fighting Campus, and I like it too."

Zhang Yao said: "But simple funny comics are always too local, if the jokes are insufficient, then readers will feel bored, those comedy stars and actors such as sketch cross talk, there is no need to act in a few works every year, there will be no baggage, not to mention the cartoonists who have to be updated every month." ”

"The two comic brands in Hong Kong and Taiwan used to be just simple four-panel funny comics, and now they have begun to draw large lengths, which is probably because of this, but Brother Le, this work of yours, I don't think it is feasible to develop a large feature."

"There are also a lot of funny types of campus comics in District 11, but funny is only one of the elements, it just plays a role in embellishment to make the story more interesting, I think Brother Le, if you want to maintain and continue to create the theme of the backfight campus, you have to add other elements."

After Zhang Yao finished speaking, Le Xiaotian nodded, and said: "I have also considered this problem before, but many things have been finalized, if you add love elements, first of all, because the relationship between the painting style cannot achieve the effect of Japanese comics, and if you add surreal stories like those whimsical stories, it will become too inconsistent." ”

Zhang Yao was silent, this problem does exist, if "The Light Girl" is drawn and suddenly becomes a story like "Sailor Moon", readers will scold their father.

"To be honest, I am still reluctant to give up after painting for such a long time, and I am also worried that the next work will fail, so I have been hesitating."

If a work can be profitable, it will always want to squeeze out the value of the work, and there is such a practice everywhere, the difference is that most of the people who do this in China are the authors themselves, and in the 11th district, the editors are leading the way.

So readers will find that many comics are getting more and more water.,Originally, "Dragon Ball" was dragged out in this way in time and space.,There are not many manga artists who can withstand the pressure of editors.,It's hard to finish at your own pace when the work is everyone.,Inoue Yuhiko is one.。

This kind of situation of dragging the plot, Zhang Yao doesn't know whether to be happy or worried from the reader's point of view, like "Slam Dunk", Inoue Yuhiko is finished under the pressure of the editor, and after reading it, he feels that he is still unfinished, and I hope that the author can keep drawing, and really drag down those works, and I will feel that there is no previous excitement in the dog's tail mink.

Le Xiaotian continued: "No matter what a work is, it will end one day, and I still think that the results of the anti-fight campus cannot be forever, and I don't want to live on this work for the rest of my life, because I don't want to draw new works because I am afraid of failure." ”

"So I've discussed with the editor-in-charge about starting a new work before, and they're very supportive, but I'm still unsure about what topic to talk about, and I know that at the symposium just now, I listened to your speech with Miss Hoshino to have some understanding."

Hoshino Asuka probably hasn't watched Le Xiaotian's "Toy Campus", and if she doesn't understand, she can't interject, and she has been listening to it without answering, Zhang Yao smiled and said: "What I said just now is actually not rigorous, and it can't even stand scrutiny, it's my honor to inspire Brother Le." ”

"Zhang Yao, you are humble."

Le Xiaotian smiled and said: "You are young, your thinking is more active than mine, and you have more whimsical ideas than me, so let you come up with ideas, how to draw this idea of mine to be accepted by readers." ”

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Today, a friend from my hometown came to me, I need to entertain it, first change a chapter, the second chapter can only depend on the situation, try to rush back, forgive me!