The comic market in District 11 is not as large as that of Huaxia, but the industrial chain is perfect, and the quality and quantity of comic-related peripherals are also higher than those of Huaxia, which can be seen from the production of games, animations and figures.

What's more, the major magazines won't let their signature cartoonists go.

Of course, ComicFuture has always considered itself to be the first magazine in China, so it didn't focus on foreign comics - of course, it is good to have high-quality foreign comics, and it doesn't matter if there are none.

With this kind of attitude, there is definitely no way to attract foreign authors who like it.

Shen Xin found a bedroom for Wang Wenhong on the first floor and asked him to put his luggage first.

"You're going to live here for the next few months...... By the way, you'll stay here to help me during the day? ”

"No, I'm only in charge of the night." Wang Wenhong explained.

"I don't think you're here to help me."

"Huh?"

"You look like you're here to stop." Shen Xin teased.

Wang Wenhong opened his mouth, but he couldn't refute it - he went to the magazine office during the day and came over at night, isn't it just rubbing?

"Actually, I also know that if you work alone, the efficiency may be higher, but the editor-in-chief is also forced to have no choice, the sales of the magazine have been declining, and when the "Killer Diary" is over, it is estimated that it will decline significantly." Wang Wenhong followed Shen Xin out of the bedroom, and at the same time, told him about the situation of the magazine.

"Shall I try to hurry?" Shen Xin scratched his head, sat in front of the workbench, picked up the pen, touched the pen screen with the tip of the pen, and remembered one more thing, "Brother Wang, I have one thing, can you help me tell Mr. Shang?" ”

"Look, isn't my role reflected now." Wang Wenhong bared his teeth and smiled.

"I'll give you a call, won't it be the same?" Shen Xin said angrily.

"......" Wang Wenhong's smile instantly cooled down, and it seemed to be the case.

"Ahem...... That, Mr. Shen, what's the matter with you? ”

Wang Wenhong coughed dryly, his expression was serious, and he wanted to hide his embarrassment.

Shen Xin didn't dwell on this matter, "It's the first time I've drawn this type of comic, so I can't control many places, and sometimes, the length of each sentence may be slightly longer." I'll give you more than 30 pages of the original manuscript at a time, and I'm afraid you won't be able to make a difference, so can you talk to the editor-in-chief first and help me ask his opinion. ”

This is Shen Xin's decision after thinking about it repeatedly.

"Steel Refinement" was published in "Monthly Shonen Gangan", so the length of each episode is not consistent. The few words are more than 30 pages, and the most are 60 or 70 pages.

At first, he was going to imitate the Steel, averaging between forty and fifty pages per sentence. For this purpose, he bought a computer and a pen tablet.

In the last two days, he has given up on this practice. It's not that it can't be done, it's that it's not friendly to other cartoonists.

Now the entire manga industry is in a kind of balance, and the single story is basically about 20 pages. It is already very difficult for ordinary cartoonists to update more than 20 pages a week, and some cartoonists even have to stay up all night in order to serialize comics because they have no assistants.

Shen Xin serialized 40 pages a week, if "Steel Forge" is a big hit, there will definitely be people vying to follow suit, to a certain extent, to increase the labor of other cartoonists, and those cartoonists who are already struggling to create may even be eliminated.

Drawing comics is not writing.

If the web writer is very fast, he can update 10,000 words a day. But the creation of comics is from the drawing of name, to the drawing, blacking, and pasting of dots...... It may take a lot of people to work together.

If the number of pages provided by a cartoonist to a magazine increases in a single week, it can lead to a chain reaction, and no one can predict what will happen in the end.

What's more, his physical condition can't be at its peak all the time. "Steel" draws 40 pages a week, so what about the next comic? Also 40 pages?

After more than ten years, he is likely to jump into the pit he dug - after all, when he is old, his physical strength will be limited.

Not everyone can throw a sketch to a magazine for publication like Yoshihiro Tomiyasu did.

After thinking about it, Shen Xin still decided to take apart the more than 40 pages of the original book and draw it.

The cartoonist is already working hard, and there is no need for him to use the update volume to embarrass other cartoonists.

However, a 40-page comic can be split into two words, but if it is more than 30 pages, if it is taken apart, it will be really too little.

Wang Wenhong thought for a while, then agreed, "Well, I will tell the editor-in-chief." ”

Shen Xin said that this matter only needs to be paid a little attention when arranging short comics, and the operation is not too difficult.

What's more, "ComicFuture" is now very short of good manuscripts, and if Shen Xin updates more than 30 pages a week, Shang Haozhi should be very happy.

For several days in a row, Shen Xin was busy setting and outline, while Wang Wenhong was sorting out the information and helping Shen Xin check the content he needed.

At the same time, the pen tablet that was mail-ordered from Area 11 was finally sent to Shen Xin's studio.

After a few hours of debugging, Shen Xin felt that the problem was not too big to operate, so he called Gao Hang and asked him to come over the next day.

The next day, Gao Hang came to the studio early and was speechless when he saw the computer and tablet on the workbench.

"Teacher, this is ......"

Gao Hang held the pen, so he didn't know how to express the excitement in his heart.

The feeling of heaviness in your hand is completely different from that of a dipping pen.

"E-office, increase efficiency. If you don't like ......"

"Nope! Like! ”

Joke!

Gao Hang is not a fool, this set, even if it is less than 100,000, it is about the same, which studio can spend this money? Moreover, after getting acquainted with it, the work efficiency is indeed much faster than the traditional painting mode.

"There are books on the shelves about ComicStudio. Wait a while, I'll give you the scrap. Hurry up and practice these months, don't rush around when the time comes. ”

"Hmm." Gao Hang nodded heavily.

For him, this is also a new attempt and learning, and he must seize the time to master it.

Ma Ning and Li Jie...... Do you have a connection with them? ”

Due to the use of a pen tablet, the number of assistants is not as large as before.

Three assistants is best, and two is not impossible.

"Ma Ning seems to have gone to "Manzhou Weekly", and it is said that it has been confirmed to be serialized. As for Li Jie, the latest short story has also passed the review of "ComicFuture" and will be published soon. Gao Hang said seriously.

Shen Xin was a little frustrated, if he didn't have a suitable assistant, it would be really hard to work.

"It seems that I'm going to ask Brother Wang for help again."

"That...... Teacher, would you like to try out the graduates of the manga school? Gao Hang reminded, "They should have someone who wants to be a professional assistant." ”

Comic school?

Shen Xin rubbed his chin and pondered whether Gao Hang's proposal was feasible.