For the vast majority of grassroots cartoonists, the opportunity to serialize long stories is hard to come by, and without certain strength and characteristics, there will be no publishing house looking for you to serialize large novels.

In most cases, manga artists choose to create short comics and submit them to different publishers according to the characteristics of the comics. The production of short comics is fast, the review is fast, the money is fast, and if it becomes popular, the future is also great.

"At present, the largest manga magazines and publishers in the industry, as far as I know, are Agawa, Sunday, JUMP, and Dengeki, and the circulation of each issue of these four giants is tens of millions. Submitting to these Big Four, once adopted, means a generous manuscript fee. ”

"At the same time, the adoption of manuscripts by these four giants is the best affirmation of our cartoonists' ability, and it is very helpful to enhance the reputation of our little shrimp."

"Our goal should be these four comic giants!"

Zhou Mi's eyes hesitated at this time, and he raised his hand hesitantly: "But...... Boss. ”

Li Ze smiled slightly: "I know what you want to say, but being a man should always be a little dreamy." ”

"Do you think that without dreams, you will become a salted fish?"

"Wrong!"

"There are no dreams! You're not even as good as salted fish! ”

Hearing Li Ze's words, Zhou Yu, who was originally crooked and a little unenergetic, suddenly brightened his eyes, sat up in an orderly manner, and listened carefully to Li Ze's speech.

"But ......"

Li Ze changed his words, "As a small shrimp in the industry, we still have a bit of B number in our hearts, the four giants, that will be for the future." In order to be able to eat beef instead of drinking the northwest wind next month, we need to hand our manuscripts to small publishers with lower requirements. ”

Li Ze explained his thoughts: not only did he not look for the Big Four and some other big publishing houses for the time being, but even directly ignored some medium-sized publishing houses, and accurately located various small comic publishing houses with fine divisions.

"Accurately find your own positioning, and strive to pass the manuscript quickly. Don't look at small publishing houses are not famous, but muffled can make a fortune, sometimes, the economic benefits of small publishing houses are no worse than large companies! ”

Everyone agrees with what Li Ze said.

He once dreamed of going to the end of the world with a sword, but later found that he not only had no sword, but also no horse.

Although there used to be ambitions to conquer Foot River, Sunday, JUMP, and Dengeshock, after a series of failures, reality has taught the Shrimp siblings to be human.

The current Xiami brothers and sisters just want to be good at any publishing house, as long as the manuscript is paid for the manuscript.

Therefore, when Li Ze proposed to give up large and medium-sized publishing houses and specialize in small magazines, everyone even took the initiative to burst into applause.

The subtext is probably this: Fortunately, the boss has a bit of a B number in his heart.

If you decide to attack a small manga magazine with short comics, you need to determine the subject matter of the comics.

Li Ze said: "I know that the comic industry is more inspiring, usually it is the cartoonists who decide what they want to draw according to their own situation and interests. ”

"But now, since we're already a professional comic studio, we're going to talk about it in a commercial way."

Li Ze casually flipped through a few drafts of the Xiami brothers and sisters in his hand, these were basically scraps that had been rejected by various publishing houses before, and their attributes were naturally miserable.

"Domineering School Grass Falls in Love with Me": Drawing Skills 11, Character 2, Plot 8, Personality 5.

"President, don't chase me! ": Drawing Skills 13, Character 9, Plot 2, Personality 7.

"The Battle of Iwaliu Island: The Wind is Surging! ": Drawing skills 15, character 17, plot 3, personality 9.

After flipping through it casually and looking at the miserable attributes, Li Ze said against his will: "The painting is still very good." ”

"But today, unfortunately, we are here to find the problem and solve it. So, I had to make some comments, both from the boss and from an average manga reader. ”

Li Ze pushed the glasses frame that didn't exist on the bridge of his nose, and his tone increased by three points.

"Ahem!"

Everyone knew that the main topic was coming, and they all posed as good students who listened carefully to the class.

"Brother shrimp, do you know why, your good comic manuscript will be rejected by so many large, medium and small publishing houses?"

Brother Shrimp glanced at Li Ze helplessly, and said in a decadent and hoarse voice: "Even the top editors are just repeating the same things every day, following the same routine as yesterday, and being in the cage of work. Editors are blind, blindly running, thinking that they have mastered the guidelines of the industry, but between the blossoms and falls, they let the really good works slip away at hand. ”

Li Ze understood what Brother Shrimp meant, and he didn't write the manuscript, but he relied on the editors who reviewed the manuscript to be blind!

Brother Prawn has no B number.

Well, it's okay, it's the recklessness and self-confidence of the artists, and it's good to have this confidence.

But Li Ze still told the truth and pointed out Brother Shrimp's shortcomings.

"Brother Prawn, after reading your comic manuscript, I think you are really very talented. It's not just about drawing, it's about the words and ideas in your comics. ”

Li Ze first blew Brother Shrimp so as not to blow the confidence of the employees too much.

Then Li Ze commented: "For example, in the final battle between Kojiro Sasaki and Miyamoto Musashi, the opening is a super long shot that suffocates the reader. ”

"At the same time, a large number of monologues that reflect the hearts of both sides of the duel appear like a tide, and the psychology of both sides of the decisive battle is described very wonderfully."

"But there's a problem, these monologues are just too subtle and profound. For people like me, who have a lot of life experience, I like the inner monologues of these swordsmen. The truth in these lines reminds me of "The Legend of Sword Wind", "Monster", "Twentieth Century Boy", "Nana" and "Big Sword". ”

"But we are commercial comics, and the target group is mostly teenagers, and those small comic magazines are pursuing simplicity and straightforwardness, which directly arouses the emotions of readers."

"Frankly...... Brother Prawn, your comics are too literary and in-depth, not suitable for elementary school students. And this kind of in-depth comics, the probability of success is relatively much lower, in order to cater to the market, sometimes we have to simplify the profound truth. ”

"After all, simplifying esoteric truths is also an ability, hehe!"

Li Ze bragged with his conscience and put forward his own opinions.

After Li Ze's words were finished, Brother Shrimp was stunned, frantically flipped through several of his comic manuscripts, and read them to himself.

"Overflowing longing, ...... over and over again"

"The deep seabed shimmers with the light of the sword......"

"I eagerly await the indulgence of a decisive battle, even if great defeat is to follow, and I will not hesitate to do so."

"Although I have wished for someone to kill me countless times in my life, I have never wanted to kill someone. Because in the face of terrible opponents, I only think about how to make them happy. ”

"I am ...... Kojiro Sasaki. In this life, I finally walked through in style. ”

While Brother Shrimp was still talking to himself over there, Li Ze said to Zhou Mi, who was also deep in thought: "Xiaomi, then do you know what your problem is?" ”

Zhou Mi thought for a moment, and then replied hesitantly: "Could it be that I am also too deep, so it is obscure?" ”