Chapter 39: Opponents
This night, Jian Xiaomei didn't go home, let alone sleep, but asked the assistant to bring up all the magazines downstairs, and then pick out the cartoons drawn by the author who had never seen them one by one.
"No! The painting is not solid. Ye Hexu sat cross-legged on the floor, flipped through a magazine casually, and threw the magazine behind him.
"Where's this one?" Jian Xiaomei threw the next one she had picked to Ye Hexu, and after the other party looked at it twice, she threw it away again.
"Jian Xiaomei, when you recommend comics, can you take a look at the storyboard? At least at the same level, right? Ye Hexu complained.
"I'm really sorry for the 'garbage' that made you look at it twice." Jian Xiaomei gritted her teeth and said.
"Well, it's good to correct it next time." Ye Hexu nodded, and took the magazine handed by Jian Xiaomei again.
Change your sister's ......
Jian Xiaomei couldn't wait to throw the book on Ye Hexu's face.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?" Jian Xiaomei, who was angry, was puzzled.
"'Crumbling' suddenly got interesting." Ye Hexu touched his chin and looked at the comics spread on the floor.
"Huh? Are you interested in competing with him? Jian Xiaomei was overjoyed and hurriedly asked.
"Nope." Ye Hexu shook his head, "Compared with before, the quality has not improved much, but the development of the plot in the future makes me feel interesting." ”
"How funny?" Jian Xiaomei asked.
"Collapse...... Or not collapse. The first 10 chapters are mainly funny, but this one has a new character - the heroine of this world. By the way, have you read the script of "Crumbling" written by Su Han? ”
"Nope. What's wrong? Jian Xiaomei was puzzled.
"Hmm...... It's nothing. This heroine is a new character, and I don't know what impact it will have on the rest of the story. Ye Hexu raised his head and thought for a while, "After all, I am not the original author. ”
Jian Xiaomei nodded, if what Ye Hexu said was true, then "Crumbling" should have signs of deviating from the outline.
In the process of creation, the author often has some whimsical ideas. If the author writes or draws these ideas into the work, it will be inconsistent with the previous outline, and further, it may be extended into a completely different outline.
It's normal for creators to deviate from the outline, but it's important to control the direction of the story, otherwise, the story is likely to not come back and go into the unknown, and then the story will fall apart.
"This is Manga Fly, and it's also the magazine we need to watch out for the most, you see, if there are any newcomers to pay attention to."
Because he is an old opponent, Jian Xiaomei is quite familiar with the cartoonists of "Manga Fly", and there are definitely no powerful newcomers in the comics that are being serialized, but it is difficult to say about the short story.
It's the same three major magazines, "Manga Fly" is just slightly weaker than "Comic Future", of course, the strength is not to say, and the newcomers who can serialize on it are not bad.
"Hmm......" Ye Hexu hunched over, quickly flipped through the latest issue of "Manga Fly", and after reading two or three short stories, he closed the magazine.
"How?" Jian Xiaomei asked.
"There should be good newcomers, but not in this issue." Ye Hexu said.
"How do you know?" Jian Xiaomei was puzzled.
"The short stories in this issue are good, but the overall quality is a little worse...... Manga Fly may have to use these people as a stepping stone to bring out a new talent. Compendium, the last few issues of "Manga Fly" are going to be sent to me, and I want to see who this person is. Ye Hexu said to Jian Xiaomei.
"No problem." Jian Xiaomei immediately became vigilant, "That...... How about you take a look at the new serialization of this magazine? I think it's pretty good. ”
"What magazine?" Ye Hexu asked.
"Weekly New World."
"I haven't heard of it." Ye Hexu thought about it and was not impressed.
"Local magazines sell hundreds of thousands of copies, right?" Jian Xiaomei explained.
"...... like this" Ye Hexu took the magazine and turned to the page that Jian Xiaomei had folded, "Y's"? Shen Zheng? It should be a newcomer...... But ......"
"But what?" Jian Xiaomei asked.
Ye Hexu didn't speak again, read the third sentence of "Y's" without saying a word, then got up from the ground, returned to his seat with "New World", spread the magazine on the sketch, and after flipping it from front to back again, he turned his head to Jian Xiaomei and said, "I want the first few issues of "New World"!" ”
"Do you think that comic will do?" Jian Xiaomei was surprised.
"I have to read the first two words before I can make a judgment. Hurry up and find it, shall we? Ye Hexu's cheeks were rosy.
"It's the second half of the night, where can I find it?" Jian Xiao's eyebrows pinched her waist, her eyebrows erected, "Besides, there are probably no previous magazines on the market." ”
"New World" is a weekly magazine, and the magazines that are not sold out have to be recycled by the magazine, and it is difficult to buy the previous magazines unless some stores deliberately leave them.
Ye Hexu opened his mouth, his expression darkened, "It's the same...... If the magazine doesn't sell, that's the magazine's business. Just looking at this sentence, "Y's" is absolutely fine. ”
Sitting on the sofa, the drowsy assistant suddenly woke up a lot and quickly sat up straight.
"Teacher Ye, compendium...... I have something I want to say. ”
"Huh?"
Ye Hexu and Jian Xiaomei looked at the middle-aged assistant in unison.
"That...... Actually, I bought the first two copies of New World. When the assistant said this, his cheeks were rarely slightly red.
"What nonsense? Hurry up and take it out! Jian Xiaomei couldn't wait to kick her assistant's ass.
Without saying a word, the assistant slipped into the bedroom and pulled out two magazines from under the futon.
"Two teachers, you must be careful-" As soon as the assistant returned to the living room, he was taken away by Jian Xiaomei.
"I'll give you a set of "Y's" single books when I go back." Jian Xiaomei said impatiently.
Ye Hexu also jumped down from the swivel chair and took over "New World" from Jian Xiaomei's hand.
"Oh, the first sentence uses a headpiece color page, which is really bold." Ye Hexu opened the magazine and saw Iori's photo, he was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled again.
"This manga should be the signature of New World, right?" Jian Xiaomei frowned, his expression was serious, his eyes were fixed on the magazine in his hand, and he finished reading the second sentence in a short time, "What do you think of this comic?" ”
"Very good comics...... It's just a little weird. Ye Hexu rubbed his chin, as if he was thinking, but his eyes were extremely bright, and rosy appeared on his cheeks.
"What's so strange?"
"Storyboards are different. The storyboard of the first episode is noticeably more natural. The storyboard in the third episode is a little worse, and it doesn't feel very smooth. If he can always maintain the name of the first word, there will be no suspense for next year's rookie award. ”
"Huh? The quality of this manga is high, but wouldn't it be an exaggeration for you to say that? Jian Xiaomei questioned.
"Not an exaggeration." A rare smile appeared on Ye Hexu's face, and he read the third word again, "The third word is a little worse, even so, only a very few newcomers can reach this level." However, it is also possible that the preparation time for the first episode is relatively long, and the time for the third episode is shorter, which is caused by this situation. ”
Ye Hexu took the second word again, looked at it carefully, and became more and more excited in his eyes.
"I've decided to participate in next year's 'Newcomer Award'!" Ye Hexu closed the three magazines and grinned.
"Really?" When Jian Xiaomei heard Ye Hexu's painting, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, "You finally agreed." Tomorrow...... No, this morning, I told the editor-in-chief to move Crime to the weekly Comic Future. ”
"No—" Ye shook his finger, "I'm going to use a new comic." "Y's" taught me a lot, so I wanted to use my manga to compete for the 'Newcomer Award' with "Y's". Next year won't be so boring after all. ”