"Brother, I'm cooking, or are you and Brother Wang and Sister Yan chatting for a while?" Xi Muhan tied his apron, held a spatula, and said to Shen Xin, who had just come down from upstairs.

"Hmm. You get busy first. Shen Xin responded.

He has already said what he should say to Wang Wenhong, but Wang Wenhong has not left his post yet, so he can't tell it all, and now he can only leave Wang Wenhong and then do a big job.

There are still a lot of opportunities in the Internet era.

"By the way, what are you doing with the magazine now?"

"Still busy for comic book heaven." Yan Fei sighed, "That website is really too arrogant, and it says a lot of excessive things......"

Is it a tweet from Manga Heaven? It should be good to refute. Shen Xin recalled.

Those four tweets, at first glance, seem reasonable, but in fact, Comic Heaven used the technique of stealing beams and changing pillars.

Whether it's a library or a bookstore, the so-called "free" has limitations.

First of all, whether it is a bookstore or a library, their "free reading" has a time limit.

It's okay for a person to spend half an hour or an hour in a bookstore and read comics for free. But if he stays in the bookstore 10 hours a day, for a few days, the store manager must have an opinion.

Books borrowed from the library have a return date, and there is no such thing as a book borrowed for a lifetime – unless the book is dropped with a library card.

This is a world away from the free comics touted by manga heaven.

Secondly, there are other aspects as well. Generally speaking, it is not possible for a reader to take a book out of a bookstore without buying it, which is a "location constraint". Although there is no restriction on the location of the library, there is a limit to the number of books that each person can borrow, and there is no way to continue borrowing books beyond the limit.

The most crucial point is also the most overlooked. Whether it is a bookstore or a library, their "free reading" is a "one-to-one" relationship, that is, a book corresponds to a reader. But manga heaven is "one-to-many", which allows a comic, at the same time, to be read by countless people.

Bookstores offer one-on-one reading for promotions and to discover potential customers; The library provides one-on-one reading, which on the one hand makes it easier for citizens to learn knowledge, and on the other hand, the library buys a book and pays the publisher a fee related to the book, just like a person buys a book and lends it to a friend. But this is not the case with Comic Paradise, which does not provide corresponding honorarium to publishers or platforms.

What's more, Manga Paradise itself is a D-version website and should not be advertised.

It is said that free comics can allow readers to better understand the author and promote the work, but the concern of 99% of cartoonists is not to let more people know about their works, but to survive first.

In addition, it is basically impossible for the platform to offer the possibility of free reading because of the cost.

Whether it is a 100 yuan sketch per page, or a 7 or 800 yuan sketch per page, the magazine has to pay the cartoonist, which is a large expense; Buying a book number, printing, shipping, advertising, this is also the cost; As for the remuneration of editors and the remuneration of other employees, these expenses are also not small.

But comic heaven doesn't have to think about this, as long as you hang a few ads, in addition to paying for the server, there is a surplus.

So, the cost is not the same, comic heaven can certainly do free comics, but magazines can't.

As for some sites that offer free videos, there are a lot of them losing money unless they are porters.

Shen Xin knows these truths, but some people are easily emotional.

"You're not going to refute?" Yan Fei asked.

Shen Xin shook his head, "I don't plan to." ”

"A lot of people are waiting for you?" Yan Fei took a breath and couldn't understand Shen Xin's approach.

"Refutating this kind of thing, ordinary cartoonists can do it, as long as it is justified, they can convince the other party. In my opinion, it didn't work well. And my arm is still hurting? Shen Xin smiled bitterly.

Before he crossed over, he was an online author, and his typing skills were still there, but at that time, he was typing with both hands, and now he only uses his right hand, which is an indescribable awkwardness.

Yan Fei held her forehead with her hand, she took it for granted that she forgot that Shen Xin had an injury on her arm.

"There are as many people as there are people who like a work, and there are as many people as there are people who hate a work. If I open my mouth casually, it will attract a lot of people who hate "Steelcore", and at that time, I can't do it even if I want to. I don't need this heat, so I might as well take advantage of the break to conceive the next manga. ”

It's important to oppose version D, and if he needs to speak up, he will do it. However, writing these rebuttals, to be honest, anyone writes about the same.

If there is something that has to be done by him, of course he is obligated to do it, and this is not the case at the moment.

His attitude is more important than writing a rebuttal, as long as he takes a stand at the right time.

In the fight against the D edition, the author's power is actually very limited, and what he really needs to rely on is the law and the union of various magazines.

"Do you have an idea for the next comic?" After becoming Shen Xin's editor, Yan Fei naturally cared about his comics.

"It's not decided yet...... You say, how do you think about drawing a work that focuses on manga artists? Shen Xin thought about it and said casually.

The recent experience has touched him a lot, and he subconsciously thought of "Dream Eater".

"In your experience?" Yan Fei was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shook her head, "No, it's too cold." ”

Is Dream Eater cold?

Well...... Let's put it cold, on average, there are a million copies in a single volume. Let's say it's not cold, quality and sales are not proportional.

At the time of painting "Dream Eater", Ken Obata and Oba Thrush were already very famous, and even so, they could only maintain a good sales of "Dream Eater".

Is Dream Eater good?

Shen Xin can pat his chest and say that it is a rare boutique.

In his understanding, "Dream Eater" is also a royal comic, hard work, friendship, victory, there should be no lack of elements, but like "Chess Soul", "Dream Eater" is still too niche with a comic, and before it was serialized, some readers were automatically removed.

Therefore, Yan Fei's worries are not unreasonable.

Shen Xin bowed slightly, and temporarily put down "Dream Eater".

"By the way, what is the magazine going to do with the D-version incident? It's been so long, the magazine should have made a move, right? ”

Shen Xin once again pulled the topic back to version D.

"How can it be so simple?" Wang Wenhong sighed, "Before, I seem to have said that the server of Comic Paradise is overseas, and it is difficult for the magazine to have a good way. ”

"What then?" Shen Xin asked rhetorically.

"We are ready to unite with the 'Cartoonists Association', various platforms will fund, and the 'Cartoonists Association' will be invited, and at the same time, the major platforms will cooperate with relevant national institutions to block the app of the comic forum and block its news on the search engine."

"It should be solved soon, right?"

"How can it be so fast?" Wang Wenhong shook his head, "There are a lot of troubles, and it will take a week or two at the earliest." ”