After Shen Xin's arm was roughly recovered, he also began to officially draw the name and the original, but because he had a stomach to support, there was a strict limit on the working hours.

This point was personally "checked" by Xi Muhan.

At present, Shen Xin's condition is not serious, and he can still be "rescued", but if he doesn't pay attention, he may accompany him for the rest of his life.

Even if Shen Xin doesn't care, Xi Muhan must take it seriously.

After the three assistants got the line drawing drawn by Shen Xin, they also began to draw the original draft.

The follow-up plot of "Steel Forge", almost every sentence is more than 40 pages, and it will take them time to get used to.

It turns out that it is not impossible for three people to complete 40 pages in a week, but the time is really too tight, but after Zhang Ziyue joined, the workload of the three of them was reduced a lot, and the painting speed was significantly accelerated.

But compared with real paper, there is still a big difference between the pen screen and the real paper, in the intuitive feeling, that is, the feeling of the pen falling on the paper, and the feeling of the pressure pen falling on the display screen is different, the strength of the line is not easy to control, in addition, due to the different principles of the two, it is difficult to produce strokes when drawing with a pressure sensitive pen.

For Zhang Ziyue, who paints with a dipping pen all year round, he does need a certain amount of time to adapt, that is, after Zhang Ziyue fully adapts, the efficiency of the studio can be improved again in the future.

Liu Ruoxing is better than Zhang Ziyue. She is very familiar with pen displays, and when painting, she is much smoother than Zhang Ziyue.

It's just that this still can't hide the shortcomings of her weak basic skills.

Now that time is not tight, Shen Xin did not let Liu Ruoxing join the drawing of the original manuscript, but let him practice alone.

Liu Ruoxing is only 20 years old now, and his plasticity is still very strong, once he develops a bad painting habit, it will be too late to change it.

There is a good saying, called "sharpening the knife and not cutting wood", first lay the foundation and then talk about it.

Liu Ruoxing also understood what Shen Xin meant, and he painted with a dipping pen every day, and his work intensity was no weaker than others.

She had only one thought now, she had to stay.

Wang Wenhong pushed open the door of the office, and the cool breeze of the air conditioner blew, which made him feel a lot more energetic. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, held two books under his armpits, passed by the busy Gao Hang and others, and ascended to the second floor.

Shen Xin knew that Wang Wenhong was coming up, but his eyes did not leave the display screen, and he still drew the line drawing, until Wang Wenhong walked to him, he looked up and asked, "How is it?" Is there a catch? ”

Wang Wenhong pulled a chair and put the book on the table.

"Actually, you should be able to guess that it's just to poach people." Wang Wenhong took out a piece of paper and wiped the sweat from his face.

Shen Xin pouted, "What did the people over there say?" ”

"They all know you still have a contract with Comic Future, what can they say?" Wang Wenhong shrugged his shoulders, "However, they are very interested in the next cooperation." Mr. Shen, you don't really want to sign a contract with these magazines, do you? ”

A few days ago, Qian Sheng of Duoman.com asked Wang Wenhong for a cup of coffee, and within two days, the editor-in-chief of "Manga Fly" also sent him an invitation letter and invited him to have a meal.

"It depends on the conditions."

"If you agree to the two conditions we said, are you really going to sign it?"

"Sign, why not?" Shen Xin put down the pen and leaned on the back of the chair, "But you should also understand that I can't draw too much at the same time, at most a monthly magazine and a weekly, otherwise, I can't bear it." ”

"Yes." Wang Wenhong took a deep breath.

In fact, he also feels this way, instead of creating too many low-quality comics, it is better to create one or two comic works.

Shen Xin is in the current position, the word "stability" is the most important, and the reason why he can stand at the top of domestic comics depends on the quality of his works.

Why can Shen Xin make a condition to Comic Future now? In the final analysis, because of the precipitation of the two works of "Steel Forge" and "Chess Soul", he has confidence.

Therefore, the results of more comics in the next week, not to mention comparable to "Steel Refining", at least in terms of word-of-mouth and sales, must be one grade ahead of other domestic cartoonists, otherwise, the expectations of other magazines for Shen Xin will inevitably decline, and at that time, Shen Xin will not have the capital to talk about the conditions again.

The operation of the entire studio relies on the word "Shen Zheng", once it is approached or even surpassed, Shen Xin will become difficult because of the matter of negotiating conditions with other magazines.

Slow work and meticulous work, at most a month, a week, no more.

This is Wang Wenhong's bottom line.

"Zhou Geng stays in his hands?"

"Hmm." Shen Xin nodded, "The negotiation between me and Comic Future is not over yet. ”

For Shen Xin, the best platform is "Comic Future".

In the future, webtoons may become popular, but paper comics will not disappear, but may become a sign of the quality of comics - only if the comics reach a certain level will they have a chance to be published.

Just like the earth's network, all works that can be published by regular publishing houses are all high-quality works.

Therefore, Comic Future is definitely the first choice.

In addition, Shen Xin has a small idea in his heart, compared with "Comic Future", Duoman.com is only slightly at a disadvantage, next year's "Golden Brush Award" is the voting competition stage, and the momentum is gradually rising, and it is estimated that "Comic Future" will also be affected.

If he jumps to Duoman.com, Ye Hexu's brain will follow, and domestic comics are likely to have a dominant situation.

The two big platforms compete and give more discounts in order to win over creators, so that cartoonists can survive better. In case the balance is broken, one platform will have the right to speak, and it will be the cartoonists who will suffer.

He wanted a certain amount of creative freedom, but he couldn't let that lead to other cartoonists' dinner tables.

"If that's the case, I'll understand......" Wang Wenhong rubbed his chin, "I'll talk to them seriously." ”

Shen Xin nodded, his eyes were on the table, and he saw that the two books that Wang Wenhong had just put on the table turned out to be foreign language textbooks, one in Japanese and one in English.

"Brother Wang, why did you start learning foreign languages too?" Shen Xin said with a smile.

"Look at what you say." Wang Wenhong glared at Shen Xin angrily, "Didn't you have time before?" Of course, I'm busy now, but the environment is different, and the problems we face are different. ”

"Yo, that makes sense. However, if you study Japanese, I can understand why you have picked up English again? ”

"You don't know that, do you? "Steel Forge" has now gained a lot of popularity in the United States, and Europe is currently the third and fourth in the present, so I don't know if there will be 'business' in the future. Wang Wenhong said with a smile.

Already popular in the West?

Shen Xin was also stunned for a moment.

According to his understanding, "Steel Forge" not only has a very high evaluation in the West, but also has a high degree of attention, and the praise is among the top three all year round.

Considering that the animation has only been released for about 1/3, and the word-of-mouth is still brewing, it should not be the upper limit of "Steel" at present.

"Steel Forge" has not been released as a single book in the United States and Europe, nor has it been released as an animation, and the reason why it is well-known to Westerners is definitely inseparable from the D version.

Will "Steel Refining" unexpectedly open up overseas markets because of this?

Shen Xin leaned back in his chair and fell into a long thought.

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