Among the six assistants, five are old assistants who follow Shen Xin, but they have not participated in the drawing of comics for more than a year, but are practicing basic skills.

Zule was a newcomer and had very limited time as an assistant.

Therefore, for everyone, this short comic is more like a way to hone in on the tacit understanding between each other, and by the way, find the feeling when the previous comic was serialized.

The biggest difference is that the original manuscript submitted by Shen Xin this time is far from the style of a year ago.

Both types of painting styles tend to be realistic, but "Chess Soul" and "DN" are more gorgeous, while this basketball comic is more realistic.

Perhaps out of the guarantee of the quality of the line drawing, Shen Xin did not use a pen screen in the drawing of this sentence, but used a dipping pen, and after the line draft came out, it was handed over to Yan Fei and asked her to scan it into the computer, and the assistants carried out follow-up creation, or as a background, or an effect line, or a dot paper.

The hard work that everyone has put in over the past year or so is also reflected, not only the speed of painting is faster than before, but the lines and backgrounds are also more refined than before.

Both the creation speed and the actual effect are much better than before.

If it weren't for Yan Fei and Wang Wenhong's marriage, they might only take two weeks to get all the original manuscripts out.

Although Yan Fei had to prepare for the wedding, the errands were handed over to Wang Wenhong, who was responsible for Shen Xin's drafts, communicated with Gao Hang and others, and corrected the flaws.

In addition, compared with Shen Xin's short stories, Yan Fei focused more on the creation of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny".

Lu Ning's strength is not as good as Shen Xin, not to mention the gap in painting, just in terms of storyboard understanding, Lu Ning will have to catch up for several years - not that Lu Ning is not good enough, in fact, it is not easy for other domestic cartoonists to reach her level, but Shen Xin is indeed too demonic, at least one position ahead of other cartoonists.

After determining the name of the first episode, what Lu Ning had to do was to draw the original manuscript of the first episode.

Since Lu Ning did not hire an assistant, from outlining to blacking, background, dots, corrections...... All the work and details have to be completed by Lu Ning alone.

Lu Ning is not a newcomer, but it is the first time to complete such a large amount of work alone.

Fortunately, "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" is serialized on Light Reading, and the update time is not fixed.

Although she promised to update two words a month, it was okay to listen to this kind of words, it was a big deal, and as for when it would be repaid, it would be difficult to say.

The first episode is 40 pages, and the subsequent episode is about 20 pages, so it does take some time to complete the first episode and save the manuscript.

Just when Yan Fei and Lu Ning were preparing the comics of "The Gate of Destiny Stone", the wedding was also being brought in day by day, and there were only two or three days left in the blink of an eye, and "The Demon King's Tutor" also began to be serialized and uploaded the first words.

In terms of update frequency, "Demon King Tutor" is basically the same as "Gate of Destiny Stone", which is two changes in January.

Snow also has to pick up illustrations from other companies, so it's impossible to focus all of your energy on "Demon King's Tutor". It's not too fast, but it's not slow, after all, there are still monthly changes and lifetime series.

But this comic also surprised Yan Fei and Lu Ning - "The Demon King's Tutor" is a full-color page, without a single black and white page.

The original version of "The Demon King's Tutor" has made a certain name in the 11th district, and during this period of time, a wave of publicity has been carried out on "The Demon King's Tutor", which has attracted the attention of a large number of readers, and at the same time, Snow is the painter, and the content is a full-color page, which is also an attractive gimmick.

However, for comic book lovers, these aren't just gimmicks, there's something that makes them tickle.

"The Demon King's Tutor" has a certain popularity in District 11, and some readers think that if it is on a better platform and if the painting work of the stone group is better, "The Demon King's Tutor" even has a chance to gain a firm foothold in District 11.

Now, Snow is the painter and is reading the serialization, in a sense, it has met the requirements of these readers, and the appearance of the full-color page is more like an easter egg, which makes all readers who are looking forward to "The Demon King's Tutor" cheer up.

For a while, the popularity of "Demon King's Tutor" rose rapidly, and it only took one word to determine the status of "the treasure of the town station".

"Snow's art is really good, completely crushing other cartoonists."

"I can't imagine that Xue Da would agree to paint for "The Demon King's Tutor". The original work of the stone group boss, the painting of Xue Da, well, it feels so wonderful. ”

"I expect that the combination of Shi Qun and Snow can be compared with Shen Zheng, Xueda's painting skills are not weaker than Shen Zheng, and Shi Qun's story is also extremely good. It's just that when he was studying in District 11, he was not famous, which is completely different from Shen Zheng, you must know that even "Chess Soul", it was because of the introduction and publication of "Youth Leap" that the market was opened in District 11, and the difficulty was not the same as "Demon King Tutor". ”

"Upstairs, step on one and lift the other, okay?"

"Am I not telling the truth?"

"Upstairs, you've only been reading the comics for a short time, haven't you?"

"What's wrong? Aren't newcomers eligible to read comics? ”

"Of course you are qualified, but what you say above is wrong. You don't want to think about it, there are so many Chinese comics, why did "Shonen Leap" introduce "Chess Soul" instead of other comics? It wasn't because the D version of "Chess Soul" attracted a lot of buzz from readers that "Shonen Leap" noticed this manga. "The Demon King's Tutor" was serialized on the comic forum in District 11, and "Chess Soul" originally did not have a market in District 11 at all, but relied on the reader's spontaneous translation and upload to the forum in District 11. If "The Demon King's Tutor" was really so good, it would have been discovered by "Young Leap" or other magazines a long time ago, where would you wait until now? ”

"Huh? And this history? ”

"Fake! It can't be that way! ”

"Even if it's true, so what? The comics still have to be read in color, and the black and white comics don't feel like they're dead. Shen Zheng's style will be eliminated sooner or later. ”

"The sales of the single books of "Steel Wheel" and "DN" are here, the average volume of "Steel Refining" is 2.8 million copies, and the volume of "DN" is 2.4 million copies, can "Demon King's Tutor" catch up?"

"Now it's a webcomic...... Who still looks at the sales volume of a single book......"

……

After the release of "The Demon King's Tutor", it was at the center of public opinion.

Some people compare it with "Steel Forge" and "DN", and compare it with the comics of "Demon Dao" and "Demon Creation World", and some people also pull out the "Gate of Destiny Stone" that has not yet been serialized, and some people even posted that if "Gate of Destiny Stone" is a black and white comic, they will no longer watch this lightly modified comic.

In this case, the popularity of "Demon King Tutor" continued to rise, and soon jumped to the first place on the light reading popularity list and click list.

"The Gate of Destiny Stone" has not yet been serialized, and it was compared with "The Demon King's Tutor" on the Internet, which immediately made Lu Ning feel pressured, especially, someone used a message similar to "threat" to express his love for Caiman, which made Lu Ning in a dilemma.

She is afraid that this part of the readers will give up this comic because "The Gate of the Destiny Stone" is a black and white comic, but if the color pages are serialized, she will not be busy alone, and it is estimated that she will have to find an assistant who specializes in coloring.

Now, she has drawn a few black and white pages, and if she changes to color comics temporarily, it will be too late.

The hesitation and entanglement in Lu Ning's heart was seen by Yan Fei, and after asking, she showed a wry smile: "You, this kind of thing is not a matter in the stomach, ask Teacher Shen and see his opinion." ”

"Am I not afraid of bothering him?"

"In case of poor grades, wouldn't it be too late for you to find Teacher Shen again?"

Lu Ning thought for a moment and agreed with Yan Fei's words.

It's just just now, and there's still room for adjustment, and when it's officially serialized, it's really too late for her to dwell on this.

After thinking clearly, Lu Ning followed Yan Fei to Shen Xin's studio.

Six assistants were busy working on the manuscript.

She glanced at it and noticed that the screen was black and white, so she relaxed a little, followed Yan Fei, and entered Shen Xin's studio.

Shen Xin seemed to have expected Lu Ning to come over and asked her to sit on the sofa first.

After putting away the pen, Shen Xin handed the original manuscript on the drawing board to Yan Fei, asked her to dry the ink, and scanned the original.

Waiting for Yan Fei to leave, Shen Xin asked Lu Ning again: "What's the matter?" ”

"Some people on the Internet say that if they don't have color pages, they won't read the comics of "Gate of Destiny Stone", and I am hesitant now."

Shen Xin rubbed his forehead, this is the matter again.

"Didn't I say about the color page and the black and white page?"

"I know, I also think that black and white pages are more suitable for me, and my energy doesn't allow me to draw color pages, but the full-color serialization of "Demon King's Tutor" has accumulated a high reputation on the Internet. So, I don't have any confidence in my heart. ”

Lu Ning clasped her fingers, and her voice became smaller and smaller.

There are also some words that Lu Ning didn't say, for example, some people say that the characters in the black and white comics are like dead, which is probably associated with some games, after the character dies, the screen will become black and white.

Whatever the reason, people who don't like black and white comics are real.

"If a reader says that if "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" is not a black and white comic, he will not watch it, what will you choose?" Shen Xin asked rhetorically.

"Huh? There shouldn't be such a requirement, right? ”

"Since there are only readers who like color comics, it is not surprising that there are readers who only like black and white comics. I'll just ask you, how do you choose? Shen Xin asked again.

"I ...... I ......"

Lu Ning hesitated for more than ten seconds, but still didn't speak.

"I remember I used to say, don't have the idea of 'satisfying everybody,' you can't do it, and I can't do it. Also, a long-form serialization is like running a marathon, and don't think about leaving your opponent behind from the beginning of the serialization, people who have this kind of thinking tend to be impatient in their hearts. Therefore, you have to know where the power of a story is, only in this way can you know in your heart and not doubt yourself because of the ups and downs of your grades.

"Also, there's one thing I forgot to mention before. I would like to take this opportunity to say a brief. "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" has an extremely exquisite plot, and there are many echoes before and after, and this kind of work, whether it is, or comics, their selling point is often the layout of the whole article, and the same is true of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny". However, the situation you are facing now is that the "Gate of the Stone of Destiny" has come out, and those wonderful layouts are also known to readers, even if there are new readers, they will be 'spoiled' by old readers and know the follow-up plot. In this case, what are you going to use to attract readers? ”

“……”

Lu Ning's mouth opened slightly, and she shook her head again.

She drew a lightly adapted comic of "National Journey", but at that time, she did not have high requirements for grades, and the quality of "National Journey" was not as good as "The Gate of Destiny Stone", so she drew it in a daze, and she didn't have to think about it so much at all.

"Let the climax of the plot resonate with the reader's heart, and let the picture that the reader expects to be reflected in the comics - they choose to read the comics just to see such pictures. The battle between color pages and black and white pages is far less important than these. The performance of the graphics and the quality of the storyboard will determine the score of this book. Shen Xin said seriously.

Lu Ning's face was tense and silent, but Shen Xin's words kept echoing in his mind.