After Shen Xin placed the purchased furniture and instruments, the next step was to install the glass door.

The 12th floor of the whole building is where Xi Muhan and Shen Xin live, the 11th floor is the studio, the 10th floor is the library, and the 7th, 8th, and 9th floors are the residences of the assistants, Wang Wenhong and Yan Fei.

The elevator can only go to the ninth floor, and the ninth floor goes up, which is sealed by a glass door, and you need to swipe a card to enter and exit.

The reason for this design is also to ensure a quiet working environment, after all, the 7th to 9th floors belong to the assistant's residence, which is easy to generate noise.

Similarly, Ji Yinxuan's studio is also equipped with soundproof glass doors for the purpose of quiet.

In addition, the studio was also redesigned, divided into three parts with soundproof glass, one is the work area of Shen Xin and Xi Muhan, the other is the work area of Wang Wenhong and Yan Fei, and finally the work area of the assistants.

During the renovation process, the assistants had to go to another room on the same floor to practice their drawing skills.

As for Shen Xin, in his own residence, a separate study room was vacated for painting.

The illustrations for "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" had to be drawn, but he also had to prepare comics related to "basketball".

When it comes to basketball comics, Shen Xin's first thought is Haruka Tamagawa's "Slam Dunk", at that time, that comic sold nearly one million copies in District 11, which was a veritable best-selling comic.

On Earth, there are famous basketball cartoons, and there are several.

The most famous is the famous cartoonist in the 11th district, Yuhiko Inoue's "SLAM DUNK" (Slam Dunk), this work has only 31 volumes, and the total sales of a single book exceed 100 million, with an average volume of 3.9 million copies, second only to the 4.2 million copies of "Pirates", ranking second in the average volume list of 11 districts.

In addition, one of the more famous is Tadashi Fujimaki's "Kuroko's Basketball", which should be around 1 million copies, and one of the characteristics of this manga is that athletes have special abilities, whether it is Kuroko's "Misdirection", or Ryota Kwase's "flawless imitation", or Seijuro Akaji's "Eye of the Emperor" and "Center of Gravity Destruction", which are all special skills of athletes. This unique style has also attracted a large number of readers.

In a sense, the styles of "Kuroko's Basketball" and "The Prince of Tennis" are somewhat similar.

In addition to these two basketball manga, there is another manga that is not well known, which is "Basketball Boy" by Hiroki Yagami, which is also good.

Of the three manga, SLAM DUNK has the highest achievement and the most difficulty.

If you draw "Kuroko's Basketball", Shen Xin doesn't need to deliberately practice his drawing skills, just use his previous drawing skills, but "SLAM DUNK" is not good, Inoue Yuhiko is more realistic than Ken Kohata's style, and "SLAM DUNK" is more difficult in terms of storyboarding, character building, and action drawing, so that even if Shen Xin has a comic capsule, he still feels pressure to change his style in a short period of time.

When traveling, Shen Xin also thought about this question repeatedly, but in the end he chose the more difficult "SLAM DUNK".

Since he has a comic capsule, he must make full use of it, otherwise, it will be a tyrannical thing.

Moreover, he also felt a sense of crisis.

This sense of crisis does not come from a cartoonist, but from himself. The number of comics he draws in the future is limited, at best, he may draw two or three more, and at most, only three or five.

That being the case, definitely choose the best sports manga.

After being confirmed, Shen Xin began to prepare in all aspects, and when traveling, in addition to drawing the color pages and illustrations of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny", he also picked up sketches and sketches to prepare for drawing comics in the future.

It is not difficult for those who are interested to find that when Yuhiko Inoue draws "SLAM DUNK", his painting skills have been improving, just like Ken Obata drew "Chess Soul". In the first few episodes, the character's clothes will even feel ill-fitting, and in the back, many actions can be called classics.

In contrast, Yuhiko Inoue's other basketball manga, the style at the beginning of "real", is more inclined to the later stages of "SLAM DUNK".

But how easy is it to get to that level in one step?

Even Shen Xin felt a lot of pressure, and he didn't know if half a year of preparation time was enough.

Considering the different times, Huaxia and District 11 are also different, and the backgrounds of students' school uniforms and comics need to be redrawn, which requires Shen Xin to go to various schools to take pictures, in addition, to take some photos of the streets and scenery - in "SLAM DUNK", the background that readers talk about is not only the basketball stadium, but also the classic streets and the sea.

It seems that he has returned to Hongchuan, and many things have to be dealt with, just take taking pictures, only Shen Xin knows what scenes are needed, and there is more than one school where "SLAM DUNK" appears, and he may also have to find different schools.

In addition, he also had to pay attention to the school uniforms of various schools.

It's all based on imagination, Shen Xin can draw it, but it can't be too outrageous - in the world of China, each school also has different school uniforms, which is also good news.

confirmed that he would go out to shoot, and he would definitely be inseparable from Wang Wenhong, who let Shen Xin not know how to drive.

"I knew I couldn't run away." Wang Wenhong raised his head and took a deep breath.

"Don't be frustrated, I'm here to draw better comics." Shen Xin patted Wang Wenhong on the shoulder and chuckled, "Don't forget, the success of "Chess Soul" is inseparable from the photos of those dojos. ”

"I'm just saying it casually. As long as I can draw good comics, let alone go to a few schools, even if I run all over China, I have no problem. Wang Wenhong patted his chest, full of confidence.

"Sister Yan, in the past two days, I'll trouble you to accompany Xiaohan first." Shen Xin smiled at Yan Fei and said, "Didn't disturb your date, right?" ”

"Who's going to date her?" Yan Fei didn't think twice and immediately refuted.

Wang Wenhong's brows also furrowed, a little unhappy, seeing Yan Fei glaring at him fiercely, Wang Wenhong replied unceremoniously.

Xi Muhan's attention fell on another matter.

"Brother, are you going out?"

"yes?"

"Where are you going?" Xi Muhan asked again.

"Where else can I go? Yunhai No. 1 Middle School, alma mater. Shen Xin stretched his muscles, "I want to draw schools with basketball halls, but many schools only have open-air basketball courts. I remember, there was a basketball hall in the first place. ”

"But wasn't No. 1 Middle School used in Y's?"

"How many buildings did Y's use? Besides, after all this time, maybe No. 1 Middle School has been renovated? ”

"However, there is such a school in Hongchuan, right?"

"The schools in Hongchuan are definitely indispensable. Also, haven't you been watching the news lately? This year's high school basketball league will be held in the sea of clouds, and I want to step on the playing field. ”

Xi Muhan blinked and shook her head, she really didn't care about these things.