Two cups of boiling water were placed on the coffee table, and Wei Mao looked at Lu Yiming who was sitting opposite with a straight face.

"Teacher, do you think the quality of ...... "Full House" has deteriorated?" Wei Mao's heart was full of doubts, "I also read the ranking given by "Girls' Century", and it is no different from before, basically the top three rankings. ”

"Sometimes, rankings don't speak for themselves...... I know you're skeptical of my words, but, as an editor, I think Full House has become less rigorous in recent months, after the last interview, to be exact, and the decline in quality has been more obvious, and there's a lot to be said about the store manager's background and the reasons for running away from home, but you've ignored it. It was supposed to be an opportunity to establish the whole character of the store manager, but it's a pity.

"Love comics pay attention to character design, and if the person is set up, readers will buy it. Aren't love comics popular 'stock speculation' now? A sharp rise in a stock, or a sharp fall in a certain stock, will cause debate among readers. Why is there a situation of 'stock trading'? Isn't it because of the image of the character that it attracts readers? ”

"You say, how should I set up a persona?" Wei Mao asked rhetorically.

"Huh?"

Lu Yiping initially thought that Wei Mao was joking with himself, but after taking a closer look at Wei Mao's expression, he found that Wei Mao was serious, and then he remembered that even if Wei Mao is very popular now, he is only a cartoonist who has only been creating comics alone for two or three years, and he doesn't even have a complete work.

Wei Mao really has a long way to go if he wants to become a truly popular cartoonist.

"For example, I remember you've watched Y's, right?"

Wei Mao nodded.

"Actually, many people ignore this comic, not only because it is the first comic drawn by Mr. Shen, but also because it won the 'Newcomer Award' of the 'Comics Festival', but because it was serialized in two time periods, its popularity has been seriously affected."

"The best feature of the comic book festival didn't have much traction, and "SLAM DUNK" didn't even participate, let alone the newcomer award." Wei Mao sneered.

"It's not popular right now! I remember that it was Ye Hexu and his "Hunting Abyss" that hit the newcomer award with Mr. Shen back then, and then "Crime and Punishment" jointly created by Su Han and Han Ye. Needless to say, what level are these two comics? "Y's" was serialized in second-tier magazines like "New World", and as a result, it beat "Hunting the Abyss" and "Punishment", what do you think about this book? ”

Wei Mao pursed his lips, thought about it for a while, and then said stubbornly: "This comic also has shortcomings, it basically talks about the male protagonists Yi Gui and Yi Weaving, and I don't talk much about it at all. Not only did Iori's parents not show up, but even Iori's home didn't come out...... Single perspective. And...... That's what I was when I was ...... When the book reads. ”

"Yes, these are the things that make Y's most criticized, but these are also the characteristics of Y's. In terms of scale, "Y's" is indeed relatively large, which must be admitted, but it is also true that people of different ages look at this manga and see different things. Also, the perspective of "Y's" is single, most of the shots are locked on Yi Gui, and there are very few shots with Iori as the main perspective. So, in every sense of the word, this manga is not so friendly to female readers. But because it is based on the male protagonist as the first perspective, doesn't it just meet the male reader's longing for love?

"Back to the character...... The first half of the book is mainly about the indecisiveness of Yi Gui's character, and Iori has opinions on many things, but is avoiding his feelings with Yi Gui. All this broke out at the final ending. In order to protect Iori, Yigui fights the villain and finally collapses on the snow. Yi Gui's performance in this scene has nothing to do with 'indecisiveness', right? ”

Wei Mao nodded, "Indeed, if it is an indecisive person, it should also hesitate. ”

"So, has this person collapsed?" Lu Yiping asked.

Wei Mao scratched his head, he had only watched "Y's" once, and suddenly asked him to comment that he had forgotten many details.

"I'm telling you, it didn't collapse. In front, many boys, surrounded the outside of the classroom, waiting for Iori to take promotional photos, Yi Gui took a broom and beat these people away, similarly, someone wanted to secretly take pictures of Iori changing clothes, but Iori found out. At the critical moment, Yi Gui rushed forward alone. Yi Gui is indecisive in character, but it doesn't mean that he has no blood and no bottom line.

In the same way, at the end of "Y's", Yi Gui suffered a head injury and fell unconscious, and his classmates went to Iori and told her that the reason why Yi Gui was reluctant to wake up was because Iori in reality had left him, but in dreams, and only in dreams, he could be with Iori. What does this mean? Yi Gui is escaping from reality, which is in line with the characteristics of 'indecision'.

"People are complex, and sometimes there is a contradiction between what you do and what you think in your heart. To embody both of these works, this is the character design. If you simply tell readers what they should do, such a comic will be a hit at most and will not become a classic. Just imagine, if it weren't for Yi Gui's many times before and desperately worked for Yi Ori, wouldn't Yi Gui's last desperate effort seem too abrupt? People will collapse at the moment of establishment.

"Whether it is "Y's", "Chess Soul", "Steel Forge" or "DN", in terms of character design, it has its uniqueness. The same is true of the popular "SLAM DUNK", not only the protagonist team has character charm, but also the people of other teams have their own characteristics. The total sales of Huaxia and District 11 have exceeded 100 million copies, which is not only the fastest comic to exceed 100 million copies, but also the comic with the fewest published volumes. ”

"But I haven't seen ......it yet," Wei Mao said embarrassedly.

He is also a cartoonist, and when he saw that the whole network was discussing "SLAM DUNK", he also had a trace of jealousy in his heart - so many people blow this comic, I don't want to read it.

BESIDES, HE'S A SHOUJO MANGA AUTHOR, AND SLAM DUNK IS A STANDARD SHONEN MANGA, SO HE DOESN'T NEED TO READ IT.

"That's really a pity, after all, the average volume can reach 5 million volumes, and the average domestic volume is nearly 3 million volumes, so it is impossible not to have advantages." Lu Yiping sighed.

Wei Mao laughed awkwardly, even if Lu Yiping said this, he still didn't plan to change his attitude.

"By the way, Mr. Lu, I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter?"

"Judging by your 35 years of experience as the editor-in-charge, how much money the author can generally get for a manga like "Full House", which sells well." Wei Mao rubbed his hands and said stubbornly.

"Look at royalties. If it is a 10% royalty, looking at the royalty income alone, it should be more than 2 million, about 3 million. Coupled with peripheral copyrights such as animation, it is estimated that it will be more exaggerated, perhaps more than royalties. Lu Yiping roughly said his judgment.

Wei Mao's mouth opened slightly, he was already quite struggling to get 20,000 yuan, but he didn't expect this comic to bring such a big profit.