Short comics are generally used by magazines or cartoonists to test the waters, judging from the preferences of readers, whether the long stories associated with them will be favored by the market.

But if the cartoonist already has some achievements, the short story is not particularly necessary.

Shen Xin didn't create the short story because he was afraid that "SLAM DUNK" would not be popular in the market - as one of the most successful sports comics, "SLAM DUNK" is almost a benchmark, and sales are unlikely to be bad.

"SLAM DUNK" starts with a funny, and the fierce confrontation of basketball is not drawn in the first two chapters, so Shen Xin decided to create an original short story to reflect the characteristics of "SLAM DUNK".

To put it bluntly, Shen Xin is making bait, and as for the fish, it is those platforms.

If he goes down the hook, there must be a fish coming up, otherwise, there will be no point in doing so.

Is it Comic Future, Weekly Top, Shonen Leap, or some other magazine......

Shen Xin was curious.

Because it is a fish for "fishing", Shen Xin prepared two short comics, each of which has enough "material", almost about 60 pages.

Choose one of the two, determine a name, and then draw the original manuscript, it takes about half a month, plus Wang Wenhong and Yan Fei's wedding date is approaching, Shen Xin decided to draw the selected short comics in three weeks after determining the name.

When Yan Fei came in, she glanced at the work of the assistants a few times, and noticed that Gao Hang was constantly arranging the line, so her brows raised slightly.

Without a ruler and only a pen, you can make a straight line, and a skilled assistant can do it, Gao Hang not only plays straight, but also fast, which is relatively rare.

Yan Fei glanced at Liu Ruoxing again, her workbench consisted of two, one of which was placed with a pen screen and a computer, and Liu Ruoxing sat on the other table - the table was full of all kinds of watercolors and markers, and she was holding a marker, coloring another drawing, needless to say, for a period of time in the future, she was still mainly responsible for the drawing of color pages.

Liu Ruoxing uses sai and paints faster, but now time is not tight, she is practicing basic skills, not for the task, aiming to improve herself.

Since he is mainly responsible for coloring, Liu Ruoxing must be proficient in hand-drawing and computers, otherwise he will be sorry for the salary of the top front-line assistants in China.

This 120-square-meter studio is divided into three areas, the assistant's area accounts for about one-half, her and Wang Wenhong's office space accounts for the remaining one-third, and Shen Xin and Xi Muhan occupy the last two-thirds.

In order to keep it quiet, each area is separated by soundproof glass.

Yan Fei pushed open the glass door and greeted Xi Muhan, who was typing on the keyboard in the corner, and then moved his gaze to Shen Xin's workbench.

"How's Teacher Lu Ning?" Shen Xin asked casually.

"The name of the first episode has come out, and after we discussed it, we determined what needed to be modified, and it is estimated that it will be discussed in depth again. It's easy to say about adapting a manga from light, but it's also difficult to create, especially in storyboards. Yan Fei sighed.

"No, I see other cartoonists drawing lightly modified comics, it seems very simple." Xi Muhan said casually.

"Teacher Lu Ning can also deal with it 'simply'...... She'll get through your "National Journey" too, right? Shen Xin said what he thought.

Xi Muhan nodded.

"So, according to the light drawing name, it is not difficult for Teacher Lu Ning. But standing at different heights, the requirements for yourself are definitely different. Especially if it's not "Comic Future", the competition will not be very fierce, and Mr. Lu will definitely want to get the first ...... No, I want to 'dominate' the light reading. Yan Fei replied.

"Of course, "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" is a manga that is sought after by many people." Xi Muhan said with a smile.

Some time ago, "The Gate of Destiny Stone" was directly labeled as a "masterpiece" on the Internet, which is enough to prove the excellence of "Gate of Destiny Stone".

"I'm afraid the situation is not so rosy." Shen Xin waved his hand, "Teacher Lu is a black and white manga, right?" ”

"Hmm." Yan Fei nodded.

"Now, I don't know if black and white is on the Internet, whether it suffers." Shen Xin rubbed his chin, but his eyes looked at Yan Fei, "You also know that the rhythm in front of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" is slow, and the readers are very realistic, and the results of "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny" will not be too good at the beginning. Therefore, Sister Yan, you must encourage Teacher Lu, and don't let her doubt herself. She wants "The Gate of Destiny Stone" to get the first place in light reading, I'm afraid, it's not so easy. ”

Shen Xin knows what the quality of "Gate of Destiny Stone" is, but he is not sure what the strength of the opponent is, and it is estimated that it will not be easy to make "Gate of Destiny Stone" get the first place.

What's more, it has also been released, and readers also know the plot reversal later, and that kind of amazing feeling is difficult to appear again.

"I know." Yan Fei took a deep breath and wrote down Shen Xin's words.

"Okay, these two are the names of the short comics, you can take a look at them first." Shen Xin handed the bound two names to Yan Fei.

Yan Fei instantly smiled.

She jumped out of "Comic Future", partly because she was freer, and partly because she could see Shen Xin's name at the first time.

Just like now, apart from Shen Xin, she should be the first person to see this name, maybe even earlier than Xi Muhan.

Yan Fei put one of them on the table and moved her gaze to the name in her hand.

On the cover of this name, a teenager in a jersey jumped high, raised his right arm and was making a layup, surrounded by his opponents, and in the empty space on the other side, there were four big words written -

"Basketball Junior?"

"Don't worry about the name, it's just a short story."

Also.

Yan Fei nodded, the word "Shen Zheng" is more important than the name of the comic.

At the beginning of the comic, there is a basketball final, one side is down by 7 points, there are five minutes left, and the remaining 20 pages are about these five minutes.

The protagonist is the scoring guard of the varsity team, the signature star, but the whole game is limited and only 8 points are scored.

As a star defender, this score is certainly not good, and all the hopes of the whole team are pinned on him, and he has to hit and stop again and again.

And in the process of a breakaway, the defender hits him in the head, and the protagonist falls to the ground, dazed, and falls into the memory, how he started playing basketball, how he met his teammates who played basketball.

The medical staff came on the court, the coach called a timeout, and the pictures flashed in the protagonist's mind, allowing him to find the feeling of playing basketball at the beginning.

Next, it is the story of the protagonist team, under the leadership of the protagonist, who successfully turned the tables.

Yan Fei's eyes have never taken off the name since the first page, especially when she saw the middle, she suddenly became nervous, and she slowly breathed a sigh of relief until the end of the game.

"How?" Shen Xin asked.

"Wonderful as always." Yan Fei gave Shen Xin a thumbs up.