After officially starting work after the new year, the editorial department of "Comic Future" has been busy.

The fifth issue of the magazine, released a few years ago, sold 4.206 million copies, and before that, Comic Future had not reached this sales for a year.

In the 7th issue of the following, the magazine soared to 4.42 million copies, and the 6th issue sandwiched in the middle only had 4.092 million copies.

The fact that "Comic Future" can maintain more than 4 million copies is certainly indispensable to a number of high-quality comics, but the influence of "DN" on "Comic Future" is also clearly demonstrated through the sales of these three issues.

After the small book came down, it was nearly 100 votes higher than the second place "Demon Road", and it also crushed the other comics in the magazine.

Yu Chen's face finally showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, and he had the confidence to talk to the sales department.

Although "DN" was only serialized to chapter 33, he instructed Yan Fei early and asked her to prepare to calibrate the dialogue from chapter 26 to chapter 34, and not to delay the printing of the 4th volume of the single book.

Jian Xiaomei's heart was a little sour, and after getting off work, she immediately took a taxi to Ye Hexu's studio.

As soon as she pushed open the door of the studio, Jian Xiaomei saw drawings all over the floor.

Needless to say, it must be drying the ink on the drawing.

In late winter and early spring, the sun is not too strong, and it is nothing to face the window directly, but I am afraid that when the temperature is high, let the sun shine on the paper, if the quality of the ink is not good, it may fade.

Jian Xiaomei glanced at the sketch and found that the ink on it had dried, so she neatly packed up the sketch in order.

Recently, the plot of "Demon Dao" is also very good, and in her experience, the quality of "Demon Dao" is much higher than the early stage of "Hunting Abyss".

In fact, if it weren't for "Demon Dao" chasing behind, the ranking of small books would have been impossible to look at directly.

《DN》……

Thinking of "DN", Jian Xiaomei's heart will be sour.

It's not that she has any opinion on "DN", on the contrary, the recent reversal of "DN" has completely "conquered" her, and she has unknowingly become a loyal reader of "DN".

So, it's not so much extreme as envy.

Compared with "DN", "Demon Dao" has certain deficiencies in both the structure of the story and the arrangement of the plot.

Jian Xiaomei knew this, but she still hoped that "Demon Dao" would not be thrown off too much.

And......

Maybe "Demon Dao" is not without a chance to surpass "DN", just like before.

Ye Hexu should think the same way, right?

Otherwise, Ms. Ye would not have taken out a stack of drawn names when she came to the studio for the first time after the year.

"The second in this issue." Jian Xiaomei explained.

"I know. The quality of the sentence "DN" is very high, and the foreshadowing has been foreshadowed for so long, and there is a twist in this sentence. As a reader, I also seem to have a good time. Ye Hexu bared his teeth and smiled, "To be honest, it's hard to have a comic that can surpass "DN" now. ”

"So sure?"

"Of course." Ye Hexu put down his pen, leaned back, leaned back in his chair, and swept his eyes to Jian Xiaomei, "If this comic can attract an author like me, it will be even more difficult for ordinary readers to resist its charm." ”

Although this is the second comic drawn by Mr. Shen in a row, the story structure is already very complete, and the reversal in it is even more eye-catching. The name alone is already surprising, and more importantly, it is Mr. Shen's painting skills. ”

"Painting?" Jian Xiaomei was stunned.

For a comic, drawing skills are often placed later, so Jian Xiaomei didn't expect that Ye Hexu would mention painting skills.

"That's right." Ye Hexu lay on the table, in a stack of waste paper, quickly rummaged, and finally found a sketch, opened "Comic Future" at the same time, and turned to one of the pages, "This is a page of sketches drawn by me after reading this sentence of "DN", compare it, do you find any problems?" ”

Ye Hexu imitates the last page of the 33rd chapter, and since one of the points has to be seen through three points, the difficulty of drawing is not small.

However, for a top cartoonist like Ye Hexu, it is not difficult to draw such a composition. It's just that......

"Looks weird." Jian Xiaomei stared at Ye Hexu's sketch, and suddenly, it dawned on her, "I know, it should be because I'm used to Mr. Shen's "DN". ”

When a reader is accustomed to the style of a cartoonist, it is difficult for the reader to accept the style of another cartoonist in a short period of time.

"What do you think?" Ye Hexu looked helpless, "What I'm going to say is not this, it's painting skills, understand?" ”

After Ye Hexu emphasized again, Jian Xiaomei once again set her eyes on the picture.

If you insist on the difference between the two pictures......

Because it is an imitation, the composition is the same, and the storyboard is the same. And then there'......

"Lines? No, it should be said, from the lines, to the treatment of light and shadow, to the control of proportions, uh...... There is also a gap in the expression of expression, especially the look of sulfur. ”

At first, Jian Xiaomei just thought that the reason why she felt uncomfortable was because she was familiar with Shen Xin's painting style, but now it seems that it is not so simple, it should be that after getting used to Shen Xin's painting style, she suddenly saw the incongruity in the details of the moon and sulfur painted by Ye Hexu.

Just looking at Ye Hexu's manuscript, there is no big problem, but after comparison, the gap comes out.

"That's right." Ye Hexu sighed, "Although it's very unhappy, but I don't have much to do, Mr. Shen's painting skills are basically "Comic Future"...... No, among domestic cartoonists, the best. If you don't get used to this kind of drawing, you will not be able to bear the energy, and, if I guessed correctly, the length of a single page of "DN" should be much longer than that of "Y's". ”

"Drawing skills are not the most important thing for general comics, but when they reach a very high level, they can't ignore it."

"What then?" Jian Xiaomei was a little nervous, afraid that Ye Hexu would succumb, "You shouldn't be afraid, right?" ”

"How is that possible? In fact, even "DN" has weaknesses. When Ye Hexu said this, he also had spirit.

Jian Xiaomei looked puzzled.

"The next plot will definitely slow down, and it won't be too high in a short period of time. Tide. Ye Hexu stretched his muscles.

"Are you sure?" Jian Xiaomei said in surprise.

"Sure. Now that L has caught the sea sand, if I'm not mistaken, the next big high. The tide is either L dead, or sea sand...... No, there is a high probability that L will die. Once, if L dies in a short time, then this reversal is meaningless. So, in the next part of the plot, there may be small ups and downs, but the really exciting place should be related to L's fate, and before that, I still have a chance. Ye Xu smiled with a smile.

"Huh......" Jian Xiaomei's face softened, "You don't scare me unhappy, do you?" ”

"No, I didn't scare you. Even if the plot calms down, Mr. Shen's painting skills will not change, and the pressure is ...... It's still huge. Ye Hexu let out a long sigh, and the smile on his face disappeared.