Chapter 384: Short Story and Popularity

"The little book for issue 29 is out."

"Ah, sure enough, "The Legend of the Dragon King" is ranked first."

""Steel Refining" fell in third place, and from the current point of view, "Carbon Ore City" is indeed not as exciting as the first two words."

When Jian Xiaomei saw the little book, she regretted it somewhat.

It was the perfect opportunity for Hunting Abyss to return to the top, and it was wasted like this.

It's all to blame Ye Hexu, that bastard, for making such a hasty decision, so that there is no time to adjust later.

Wang Wenhong was mentally prepared.

After the end, there must be a period of calming.

In fact, so far, the original draft of episode 6 has come out.

If you move "Carbon Mine City" or "Battle in the Car" to the front, it's actually okay, but the plot of these two episodes is still a little less attractive than Episode 1 and Episode 2.

From the current point of view, "Steel" may lie dormant for a while.

"The quality of this issue is not as good as the previous issue, which can be seen from the sales of the magazine." Jia Hui sighed.

Although the specific data has not yet been counted, judging from the news asked by the sales department from major bookstores, it should not be as good as the past two issues.

"There's no way around it, the short comic that replaced "Hunting the Abyss" really doesn't work."

"It was the third most voted short story." Xu Jie tapped on the table and said in a low tone.

"But the third place is not as good as the lack of "Hunting Abyss"." Hook reminded.

Xu Jie frowned, a little helpless.

He was very optimistic about the short comic, but he couldn't stop the readers from not showing much interest in it.

Then again, how can a short comic match the popularity of a long comic.

There is no need to think about these things at all, perhaps, even Shen Xin may not be able to do it.

Wang Wenhong scratched his head, the ranking of short comics, from his point of view, is really not necessarily the case.

At this moment, Shang Haozhi paced into the room, coughed lightly, and his eyes swept over the people in the editorial department.

"Meeting!"

Yan Fei glanced at Li Junwen and coughed lightly.

Li Junwen took a few paper bags, bowed slightly, and followed Hu Ke and Jia Hui into the office.

……

Lu Ning came to Shen Xin's studio to make the atmosphere in the studio a little more lively.

Gao Hang and Lu Ning had worked together, so the two were more familiar, but they only said a few words, and then turned around and shouted to Xi Muhan on the second floor.

The little woman looked around, everything was so fresh.

"This is Mr. Shen's studio?" The woman's eyes were shining with starlight.

"Hmm." Lu Ning nodded.

"That's where Chess Soul was drawn?"

"yes." Lu Ning said casually.

It's a big difference here compared to when she left.

Not only did there be two assistants who didn't know each other at all, but even the equipment was changed.

She also wanted to change, but so many in a row...... She really can't really afford that much money.

Xi Muhan went down to the second floor, took Lu Ning and the little woman, and came to the sofa in the corner of the first floor to talk.

Shen Xin was condescending, staring at the three women, his gaze stayed for half a minute, and then moved to the pen screen in front of him again.

Starting today, Xi Muhan is also going to negotiate a contract, with "Girls' Century" and "The Lightest Talk".

In the evening, the three of them stood up from their seats, and Xi Muhan just opened the door, but saw Wang Wenhong outside the door about to knock on the door.

"Brother Wang, are you here?"

Wang Wenhong's sudden appearance startled Xi Muhan.

"Hmm."

Wang Wenhong nodded and looked behind Xi Muhan, but noticed that it was Lu Ning and a woman he didn't know, and he was slightly surprised.

Lu Ning and Wang Wenhong simply said hello, and then left Shen Xin's studio with the little woman.

"'Girls' Century'?" Wang Wenhong waited until the two of them went down the stairs before asking in a low voice.

"Well, discuss the adaptation of "National Journey". Xi Muhan let Wang Wenhong into the room.

There's nothing to hide about it.

Shen Xin has collaborated with "Comic Future", but she has not.

""National Journey"? "Cloud Country"? That's a good one, but unfortunately, it's not very suitable for "Comic Future". Wang Wenhong sighed.

Xi Muhan's brows furrowed, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

It's not so much uncomfortable as frustrating.

"It's not a good fit for Manga Fly, either." Xi Muhan went up the stairs a little angrily.

"Yes...... Hey, how did you come up with Manga Fly? Wang Wenhong was puzzled.

"Manga Fly didn't want the National Journey." Shen Xin explained.

"It's not that I didn't ask for it, it's that I didn't negotiate." Xi Muhan stomped his feet, hurriedly retorted, and suddenly saw the smile on Shen Xin's face, he knew that he was joking, a flush appeared on his face, and he immediately turned his head and went downstairs, "Ignore you." ”

Wang Wenhong raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had heard something terrible.

"Manga Fly isn't going to be a minor comic, is it?" Wang Wenhong asked.

"Probably so." Shen Xin nodded.

This matter has little to do with him, and it has little to do with Xi Muhan.

Besides, although "Manga Fly" and "Comic Future" are competitive, as long as Shang Haozhi wants to inquire, these news can still be heard.

Wang Wenhong bowed his head and didn't take this matter to heart.

Other magazines have lightly modified comics, but the sales can only be compared to medium-grade comics at most, and "Manga Fly" is ready to be lightly modified, and it happens to be able to see the potential of lightly modified comics.

"By the way, is there anything wrong with you coming here?" Shen Xin said curiously.

"Didn't you say that "Game" is over, tell you?" Wang Wenhong asked rhetorically.

"Passed?"

"There were no objections and all the editors gave it a high rating. The first episode is prepared for serialization in the 35th issue of the magazine. ”

"Issue 35? Wait a minute...... Issue 35, "Steel Forge" should be a serial of "The Alchemist's Troubles (Part II)", right? ”

Because the publication has to be suspended once in the middle and take a short break, the 35th issue happens to be the episode of Tucker, the "alchemist of life", who synthesized his daughter Nina and the dog Alexander, and it is also the most depressing episode of the entire "Steel".

Wang Wenhong nodded.

"Yes, the first place looks like it's going to be for "Game"." Shen Xin scratched his head.

"That can't be helped. However, this is also the first episode serialized by Tamagawa-sensei on "Comic Future", and he should be asked to take a first place. ”

"Yes."

"By the way, Mr. Shen, have you read the latest issue of "Comic Future"?"

"Looked."

"Have you read a few short stories too?"

Shen Xin nodded, "If you have anything to say, just say it?" ”

"From a cartoonist's point of view, which one do you think is the best?" Wang Wenhong asked.

"Which one?" Shen Xin rubbed his chin and recalled a few short comics, "It should be "Mountain God", right?" ”

"Phewβ€”I thought I was the only one who thought this one was good?"

Wang Wenhong breathed a long sigh of relief.

"What's wrong?"

"Ahem, that's right, this one was originally serialized in "Shonen Future", but it was later transferred to "Comic Future" to fill the gap in "Hunting Abyss". Some editors said that this comic has lowered the popularity of short comics. Wang Wenhong said dissatisfied.

Shen Xin nodded, "What this editor said is right. ”

Huh?

Wang Wenhong looked at Shen Xin in surprise, and Shen Xin's words seemed to be different from just now.