Chapter 898: Pricing
The name of Shen Xin's new short story is called "The Heart of Basketball", which has a total of 65 pages.
After a year and a half, the six assistants cooperate again, and they still need a certain tacit understanding with each other, and in addition, the addition of newcomer Chule also makes everyone have to re-adapt to each other, so this short story is particularly timely.
Of course, the first collaboration was also very good, and in a little more than two weeks, the assistants finished 65 pages of drawing.
But Shen Xin did not release it directly, "The Gate of Destiny Stone" is about to be serialized, if he releases it in advance, it will inevitably take away the popularity of "Gate of Destiny Stone", which he does not want to see.
After drawing the black-and-white sketch, he told his assistants that he would have to draw another full-color page.
The national contest of "SLAM DUNK" is available in full color.
In that edition, the expressiveness of the color page is very good, the place that should be left blank, the place where the background color of the picture should be painted, the background color is painted, it is very particular, not as rough as "The Demon King's Tutor".
He proposed that "Heart of Basketball" also had a full-color comic, but the assistants didn't react for a while.
In their impression, only webtoons have color pages, does Shen Xin want to serialize them on the Internet?
If so, what did the previous edition of the black and white pages mean?
All the assistants, including Gao Hang, did not quite understand.
Shen Xin didn't explain, but sent a color page he drew to everyone's screens, and the assistants realized that the color page Shen Xin wanted was very different from the color comics serialized on the domestic Internet, and the quality was obviously more than one grade higher.
"You guys, I've been off for a year and a half, don't tell me I can't do this bit of work. Do you want me to reassess your abilities? After Shen Xin saw the first reaction of the six assistants, he couldn't help but light the "fire".
"Who says it can't be done!? Teacher Shen, no problem at all! Gao Hang was the first to retort.
He has followed Shen Xin for the longest time and is most familiar with Shen Xin, but the more this happens, the more he can't bear to be underestimated by Shen Xin.
"That's right, isn't it a coloring page? Who hasn't painted? Hang Jian retorted.
"Hmm...... That is, the level of the header color page, it is not difficult. Zhang Ziyue also muttered.
"It'll be done in minutes, boss, you'll see." Liu Ruoxing repeatedly rolled up his sleeves and wanted to do a big job.
This group of people was like a chicken blood, and after sitting down, they picked up the pencil for the first time.
Shen Xin returned to his workbench, picked up the marker, and was about to color, when he suddenly remembered another thing, and said to Wang Wenhong, who was checking the original manuscript: "Brother Wang, the color page this time is very important, you have to check every page." ”
"The quality of the gravure color page of Comic Future?" Wang Wenhong raised his head and rubbed his neck twice.
Shen Xin thought for a moment, "It's stricter than the frontispiece of "Young Leap". ”
"It's going to be 'dead.'" Wang Wenhong said with a smile.
"If you don't come up with comics that are recognized by those platforms in District 11, how can you catch them?" Shen Xin glanced at the pad in Wang Wenhong's hand, "Black and white comics are the same, they must be strict, just like submitting to "Youth Leap". Anything that is not up to standard, all of them will be sent back. ”
Wang Wenhong took a breath and nodded.
It seems that Shen Xin has made up his mind and wants to go out.
Come to think of it, now he really needs a bigger platform, and it won't be interesting to get the first place in "Comic Future".
"Brother Xin, Mr. Shen, the first episode of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" has been drawn, you really don't watch it?"
Xi Muhan just stood up and was about to close the notebook, when he saw the penguin in the lower right corner of the screen jump twice, and after clicking on it, he saw the message sent by Yan Fei, so he asked casually.
"I don't look at it. Sister Yan is here, she will check it, besides, I can't read Lu Ning's comics all the time, otherwise, she won't be able to grow. ”
Xi Muhan nodded and left Shen Xin's words to Yan Fei.
"You want to go back?" Shen Xin saw Xi Muhan close the notebook and prepare to leave, so he asked.
"No, I'm going to find Sister Xuan. The text of the first edition has been corrected, and the next step is to listen to her suggestions and make further changes. If that's okay, I'm going to work on the text of Déjà vu in the Load Field. Xi Muhan narrowed his eyes, looking forward to "The Sense of Sight in the Load Field".
In this world, there are only a handful of people who have seen this, and "Déjà vu in the Load Field" inherits the plot of "The Gate of the Destiny Stone", which is also very exciting.
According to such a plot and creating a game text, Xi Muhan feels excited when he thinks about it.
Shen Xin nodded, and after watching Xi Muhan leave, he lowered his head again and colored the manuscript.
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"What did Teacher Shen say?" Lu Ning looked at Yan Fei nervously.
"He said, it's your caricature, it's up to you to decide." Yan Fei looked at Lu Ning.
"My comic ......" Lu Ning stared at the big screen, a little nervous.
"That's right. You have to have your own judgment, as a cartoonist, you have to have confidence in the work, its future depends on you! ”
Lu Ning took a deep breath, looked at the sketch on the screen, gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll send it." ”
"Well, give the original manuscript to the editors who read it lightly, and they will probably have to publicize it." Lu Ning reminded.
Generally speaking, cartoonists have their own author backstage, but those are aimed at ordinary cartoonists, like Lu Ning, who have drawn blockbuster works, and at the same time, "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" is a highly anticipated comic, which must be handed over to the platform in advance.
Depending on the situation, they will give some recommendations to Gate of the Stone of Destiny.
"I know."
Lu Ning compressed the sketch into a compressed package, sent it to Zeng Yue's mailbox, and left him a message.
Zeng Yue, who was resting in the smoking room, suddenly felt his mobile phone vibrate, and when he took it out, he saw that it was an email, and was about to open the mailbox, when he saw a message from Lu Ning.
After a quick glance at the information, Zeng Yue extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette, hurriedly got up, and prepared to return to the editorial office.
When he passed by the elevator, the elevator door opened, and Kong Xian also hurriedly walked out.
"What's so urgent?" Zeng Yue said curiously.
Kong Xian picked up the two single books in her hand: "Don't you want a sample book of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny"?" Just came out. ”
"Exactly." Zeng Yue chuckled, "Teacher Lu Ning also handed over the manuscript of the first episode of "The Gate of Destiny Stone", do you want to have a linkage?" ”
"That's a good idea." Kong Xian handed the two single books to Zeng Yue, "If you want to linkage...... I guess it will attract some readers, right? Well, there should also be readers who like comics and choose to buy a single book. ”
Zeng Yue glanced at the hardcover version in his hand, which was a little surprised.
"Don't decorate it like that, okay?"
"The Gate of the Stone of Destiny is already very popular, and on the popularity list, it almost exploded in the "Age of the Gods", and the other light has never reached this height, and secondly, Snow deliberately drew 10 color pages, two posters, and 20 black and white pages for this comic, which is very weighty. In the end, after I personally revised it, the two volumes have a total of 470,000 words, which is a large amount of money. With that in mind, the price certainly won't be low. Kong Xian is full of confidence.
Zeng Yue blinked, and hurriedly looked at the price behind the light, 50 yuan per book.
"That's a bit high." Zeng Yue couldn't help but sigh.
The price of ordinary light is only about 30 yuan.
"Because it's worth it." Kong Xian chuckled.