"Steel Refining" suddenly became No. 2 from the 4th place on the popularity list, which exceeded many people's expectations, and at the same time made many people feel helpless. But there are also people who know the reason, such as Qian Sheng, the editor-in-chief of Duoman.com.

He glanced at the popularity ranking on the screen, read the comments of netizens on another page, snorted coldly, and picked up the "Shonen Leap" in his hand again.

As a former editor-in-chief of a second-rate magazine in District 11, he is well versed in the rules of comics in District 11.

In magazines, there is a pattern to the position of a comic.

A reader usually reads a few pages before buying a magazine, but the time to make a decision is very short, and the decision is often made as soon as the brain is hot. If you can successfully catch the reader's attention in a very short period of time, the magazine has a great probability of being sold. The more popular and wonderful the manga, the higher the position.

At the same time, "Steelcore", as an imported manga, is naturally at a disadvantage when competing with other comics, that is, under the same conditions, "Shonen Leap" will give up a better position to the competitors of "Steel".

But in this issue, "Steel Forge" was placed in the second position for the first time, proving the quality of "Steel Forged".

Actually, the same is true for webcomics.

Tong Yu said in an interview that the biggest advantage of the website compared with the magazine is that it can store an unlimited number of works. But he (deliberately) said that if these comics don't have a chance to appear in the recommendation position, then these comics are equivalent to rushing to the library - it is really too difficult to be lifted up by wild readers.

Even if it is a recommended position, there are advantages and disadvantages. The recommendation position above is better than the recommendation position below, and the recommendation position with a large picture is better than the text. The recommendation position on the first page is better than that of the secondary page.

These are just as important as the sorting in comic magazines.

Therefore, the position of "Steel Chain" in the second comic is not a decision made by the editorial department, but a judgment based on the content of this sentence. Furthermore, if the editorial department has already seen the follow-up plot, it means that the next few words are very exciting.

The competition for "Shonen Leap" is so fierce, and "Steelcore" can be ranked in this position, proving that it is the best comic in China.

As for the popularity list in Huaxia, it's okay to bluff laymen, insiders know what's going on, the so-called popularity value on this is based on the statistics of comic searches or discussions on the Internet, and the relationship between quality and quality.

In addition, "Shonen Leap" is unprecedented in the front color page, mentioning the animation of "Steel", although it is the size of a tofu block, but Orochi took over, and Shoji Uno served as the supervisor, and its quality is definitely not said.

"Shonen Leap" rarely promotes the animation of Chinese cartoonists in magazines, and the last one it promoted was "Chess Soul".

This shows one thing, "Youth Leap" agrees with Shen Zheng, and the market in District 11 also agrees with Shen Zheng.

Compare it to...... Other domestic comics, far from the same.

"Sky Wolf" seems to be very famous in China, but if it really goes out, "Young Leap" may not really be able to look at it.

"Editor-in-chief, this is the list of comics uploaded in January given by Mr. Tong." An editor handed over a fax.

Qian Sheng took it and took a look, it turned out to be handwritten, a total of 51 copies, one of which was crossed out.

“《Y’s》？” Qian Sheng remembered that this comic, although it was not published in District 11, had a high popularity in the forum. Since it is an unfinished manga, it is also very controversial among manga artists.

Many fandom authors also gave their own endings, but compared to the original book, it still has a little less charm.

Qian Sheng remembered that the author of this cartoon was also Shen Zheng.

Ditch Y's? Is it really a good thing?

Qian Sheng scratched his head, he felt that this was not a good choice.

……

The "Sinner's Flesh" in "Steel" tells the story of Roy's subordinates and androids in close combat. At the end of the episode, Lisa confronts the android Gratoni, while Vane is defeated by the Ran. Fang stopped.

The war is about to break out, but the story comes to an abrupt end.

The topic of this remark fermented on the Internet, and some people called Shen Xin a "broken dog".

"'Dog King', you're going too far!"

"My pants are off, show me this? It's so cold, I'm going to bring it up again! ”

There are also people discussing the next plot development.

"Lisa, I guess, might die."

"Don't! I like Lisa. ”

"I liked it too, but I met Gratoni...... The big fat man eats everything, and Lisa is clearly at a disadvantage. At the same time, compared to Lisa, he is immortal. ”

"Hughes was killed by androids......"

"And, Ran. Fang and Enwei, who is more powerful in the duel between the two of them? ”

"I don't know! I really want to read the next episode, Mr. Shen, hurry up and come to the next episode! ”

These discussions and comments, as well as the search for the latest discussions, have kept the popularity of "Steel Forged" on the rise, and the editorial department of "Comic Future" has also discovered that many bookstores have sold out the 48th issue of the magazine.

This means that 4 million copies are sold in a low amount.

Of course, they couldn't go and print the magazine, so they could only increase the number of the next issue of Comic Future.

But at the same time, the performance of the last one or two words of "Steel Forged" also made them full of expectations for "Steel Forged" and the magazine.

"Immediately find Mr. Shen and ask him to draw a color page. The cover of the next issue of the magazine will be dominated by "Steel Forge"! ”

"But...... The cover has already been designed! Zeng Yue reminded.

"Changed!" Shang Haozhi glared at Zeng Yue, "Now, the most important thing for the magazine is to make a profit and increase the sales of the magazine!" By the way, isn't the first MV of "Chess Soul: Beidou Cup" already promoted on the Internet? In the next issue, add a page of advertising to promote "Chess Soul", and then link "Chess Soul" and "Steel Chain" together! Go to the Advertising Department. ”

"Oh!" Zeng Yue immediately picked up the phone.

Shang Haozhi crossed his fingers, frowned slightly, and was a little nervous in his heart at the moment, whether "Comic Future" can take off depends on this time.

The arrangement of the color page below is...... Xiao Wang, you can confirm with Mr. Shen again, see which issue of the headpiece color page is needed before the year, and I will remove that issue! and Xu Jie...... The color page of "The King of Rock and Roll" is also prepared, and the time is the second issue of the new year. Also, Xiao Jane, is Mr. Ye's coloring page ready? Hurry up and hand it in, and give him the color page of the first issue of next year! ”

Temporarily removing the headline color pages that have been arranged will hurt the cartoonist very much, but Shang Haozhi has no choice, at this time the sales of the magazine are more important, as for the other cartoonists, they can only go back and compensate.

"Well, it's almost ready, but the new episode is 40 pages, so it's a little troublesome." Jian Xiaomei explained.

Shang Haozhi bowed his head, and his palms were stained with sweat.

By next year, the return of "Hunting Abyss" will be a shot in the arm for "Comic Future", and in addition, no one knows what impact it will have on other comic magazines if it charges for multi-comics.

But a few years ago, if "Comic Future" wanted not to be pulled away, the biggest support was "Steel".

In the midst of the mixed feelings of countless people, the 49th issue of "Comic Future" was released.