"I think we should fight for it, otherwise, we will regret it."

After Shang Haozhi and Wang Wenhong left, the editor-in-chief and team leaders of "Young Leap" sat around the conference table and continued to work on "Steel Refining".

Xiao Gu was extremely confident in "Steel Forge" and Shen Xin, and after the meeting began, he gave his own evaluation.

Yasuda remained silent, his hands clasping his fingers.

Murakatsu looked at Kotani's eyes, slightly vigilant, for fear of being led crooked by him.

After seeing the name of the first episode of "Steel", Kotani had great expectations for "Steel", and now that he has witnessed the setting, he has even more praise for "Steel".

If Kotani had the right to sign the contract, Murakami had no doubt that Kotani would immediately pick up the pen and write his name on the contract.

"Why?"

Murakami doesn't make decisions based on the words of one or two people.

In addition to wanting to know everyone's attitude towards this comic, he also needs to know the reason.

"Does that need to be said?" Murakami coughed, "I know that many people will have an idea, if you can find a replacement in China, why borrow someone else's?" Obviously, the cost will be higher. But I don't think that there is a replacement for a comic of the genre "Steelcore"? ”

"Needless to say, Mr. Shen's drawing skills are obvious to all, even if it is "Young Leap", how many cartoonists can compare to Mr. Shen? You can say it. When "Slam Dunk" first came out, I thought Mr. Yuchuan was no worse than Mr. Shen, but do you still think so?

"Don't talk about the plot, don't talk about the name and setting, just look at the painting skills, Mr. Shen's painting style in the first episode of "Chess Soul", how much is the difference between the last sentence, don't you need to say more, right? Although the name we look at is a draft, everyone has always seen the character design, how does it compare with "Chess Soul"? I feel more mature.

"The setting of "Steel Forge" is also good, like alchemy and the door of truth, I won't talk about it, and the settings like mechanical armor, artificial people, and human pillars are also very innovative. In particular, these canons don't exist in isolation, they are very related to each other. In addition, the name of "Steelcore" is also good. In particular, the storyboards of the character fights are smooth. If I were an ordinary reader, I wouldn't have been able to tell that Mr. Shen was drawing cartoons with realistic themes before. ”

Xiao Gu said a lot in one breath, Yasuda Zhi felt that his words were a bit exaggerated, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Xiao Gu was not wrong, "Steel Refining" does have these characteristics.

"Team leader Xiaogu, I know you like Mr. Shen's works very much, but you can't just mention the advantages and not the disadvantages."

The middle-aged man with short broken hair and a Chinese face objected.

Kotani's brow furrowed, glancing at the person who spoke.

This person is the same as him, the team leader of "Shonen Leap", Yasushi Nomura.

Murakami crossed his fingers and looked at Nomura expectantly, "What's the shortcoming, say it?" Let's discuss it together. ”

Nomura nodded, "This is a hot-blooded adventure manga, it should always be right, right?" ”

The people in the room nodded their heads.

"Team Leader Kotani just said something, that's right. Judging from the previous few words, Mr. Shen really doesn't look like a novice to adventure comics, and those fighting storyboards are better than many cartoonists, but they are only limited to storyboards. You may still have doubts about my words, please recall the setting of "Steelcore". For an adventure comic, "Steelcore" is missing a very crucial link, it does not have a complete power system! ”

Power system!?

The word immediately came to the minds of others.

Yasuda nodded repeatedly, "That's right." I'll just say that it seems that something is missing, and "Steel" lacks a complete power system. ”

Part of the role of the power system is to classify different roles according to their strength.

"Just like a ninja, there are lower forbearance, middle forbearance, and upper forbearance, without considering the 'leapfrogging', the middle ninja is more powerful than the lower ninja, and the upper ninja is more powerful than the middle ninja.

"In order to ensure that the strength of each character is not disordered during the progress of the story, the cartoonist has to divide the strength of the characters. The level of the final boss must be max, and the protagonist will also have different degrees of level improvement as the story unfolds, which is also everyone's default routine.

"Steelforge doesn't have that...... Just like Scar, the character says that he killed alchemists from many countries, so I want to ask why can't alchemists from other countries kill him? What is his level of strength in the entire comics? Which is stronger or weaker than the protagonist and him? I, if I'm a reader, how do I judge their strength? More crucially, if there is no complete power system, how can the reader objectively feel the progress of the protagonist? Is such a comic still a royal comic? ”

In the face of Nomura's aggressive questioning, Kotani was speechless.

He has always been fascinated by the setting of "Steel", but he has just forgotten about the power system.

In the later stage of the royal comics, if there is a collapse, the most likely thing to collapse is the power system.

If the protagonist upgrades too slowly, the rhythm will be dragged down, and the plot will not burn; The upgrade is too fast, and in the middle of the game, the protagonist is invincible, and there is no way to progress in the later plots.

Generally speaking, when the protagonist is upgraded, it should be linked to the plot, which is also what the editor cares about.

"Steel" does not have such a division.

Shen Xin may have forgotten, but the possibility of this is very small.

Complex settings can be made, and the division of power cannot be impossible.

It's really not good, and there are the simplest divisions, like what B, A, S, SS.

Or, the same national alchemist, can also be divided into bronze, silver, gold, and so on according to different strengths.

However, in the setting and background, this part is not touched on at all.

This shows that all national alchemists are of the same rank, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior.

"I'm afraid...... Mr. Shen never thought about grading, right? It is true that the higher the strength, the stronger the ability, but an excellent person cannot only have strength, but also needs to ......" The middle-aged man with messy hair suddenly spoke, pointing to his temple, "Intelligence. ”

Murakami glanced at the deputy editor-in-chief, Ayumi Nishida, and also snapped his fingers, "So, how to reflect the progress of the protagonist?" ”

"Isn't there still a 'door'?" Nishida asked rhetorically.

"Huh?"

Others forgot about the "door".

"Teacher Shen wrote very clearly, open the 'door', you can see the truth. According to the 'equivalent exchange', if you want to lose a part of your body, you will also get a part of what is in the door. What the hell is this stuff? I think that's probably the key. To be honest, I think everyone reads this comic too simply - since it involves life, the content will not be easy.

As for how to reflect the progress of the protagonist...... In fact, in the name of the first episode, Edward also said that alchemists are scientists, and the level of a scientist's achievements is not divided by force, but by wisdom. If the progress of the story is similar to what I thought, I think there is value in this manga as a simultaneous serialization. ”

Ayumi Nishida was the first to express his opinion.