In manga forums like this, generally speaking, there are very few people who mention Xiao Xiaomi and Iwate.

Before, Li Ze had only seen someone mention Tomie once on the forum, and there were few replies.

But this time, as soon as he entered the forum, Li Ze saw a lot of posts about "Slam Dunk".

"The small publishing house also has a masterpiece, and the masterpiece of "Slam Dunk" at Iwate Bookstore has been confirmed."

"Strong Amway, a sports comic, "Slam Dunk"!"

"Brother Shrimp is worth paying attention to, first Tomie, and now "Slam Dunk", I feel like a powerful super rookie!"

"Beautiful! "Slam Dunk" is good-looking! Looking forward to the next issue! ”

After reading a few posts, they are generally praised and expected.

The post about "Slam Dunk", although it can't be said that the screen is crowded with the forum, but at least it is a relatively hot topic.

On the other hand, "Little Slam Dunk", which was released at the same time, although the circulation of the first issue of "Foot River Man" reached an astonishing 2 million copies. But there is indeed very little discussion of "Little Slam Dunk" on the forum, and the word-of-mouth is quite average.

Some netizens commented: "Compared with "Slam Dunk" in the same period, "Little Slam Dunk" was directly exposed! Not a notch of existence! ”

"Between "Little Slam Dunk" and "Slam Dunk", there is a difference of a hundred "Basketball Water"!"

Refreshed the forum and found that in just a few moments, there were a few more posts about "Slam Dunk".

"Why can't you buy 'Iwate Shoten'?"

"Iwate is a small magazine, and if it is sold out, it will not be able to buy it normally."

"Is there an old brother can you scan it and upload it? I really want to see it! ”

"Lao Tie, it's not easy for newcomers to small publishing houses to be cartoonists, support genuine editions!"

After shopping around the forum, Li Ze became in a very good mood.

"Well, it looks like my little shrimp is going to turn into a skin shrimp." Li Ze muttered to himself.

When he went out for a walk, Li Ze wanted to buy a magazine from Iwate Bookstore as a commemoration of the start of serialization of "Slam Dunk".

At a nearby newsstand, Li Ze looked at the dazzling array of magazines and newspapers, but he didn't see the magazines of Iwate Bookstore at a glance, so Li Ze asked the boss: "Boss, let's have a football weekly!" ”

"Oh no!" Li Ze subconsciously said the magazine he bought most often when he was a student, and immediately changed his words: "Boss, come to Iwate Bookstore." ”

"Asking Iwate again?" The boss shook his head regretfully and said, "We only bought two Iwate Bookstores per issue before, but recently many people asked "Iwate Bookstore" and said that it was Tomie or something, so I ordered 5 copies of this issue in one go. ”

"It still sold out."

"This issue is gone, I will enter 15 books in the next issue, and there will definitely be one in the next issue."

There was no magazine to buy Iwate, and Li Ze wandered around for a while, a little hungry.

remembered that he was tired of eating fried food every day, so Li Ze walked into the noble Colonel Ken and ordered a quick food to eat.

While eating, Li Ze heard the middle school student on the opposite side shouting: "The latest issue of "Iwate Bookstore"! 50 yuan, no two prices! ”

Iwate Bookstore? 50 pieces?

This voice immediately attracted Li Ze's attention, and when he looked over, he saw that a middle school student was holding a Iwate bookstore in his hand.

Reselling second-hand magazines? But the strange thing is that second-hand magazines can be sold at a low price, isn't it?

Why does this little brother sell a magazine with an original price of 20 for 50?

Sure enough, the high asking price of the middle school student aroused the dissatisfaction of his classmates, and protested: "Ergou, you are too dark!" A 20-year-old magazine that you want to sell for 50? ”

The middle school student known as Ergou was unmoved, and said confidently: "50 yuan, don't negotiate, if you want it, don't pull it down, some people buy it." ”

"Alas, alas, I buy, I buy! Why is this stupid Iwate-like circulation so low? This time, I was cheated by your dog's second dealer! Depend on! ”

happily received 50 oceans, Ergou packed the money, and said with a smile: "Hehe, this is called a market economy, and I will make a little money." Slam Dunk is really good-looking, and it will definitely be popular in the future, and Iwate will definitely increase its circulation at that time, and it should be available casually by then. ”

So Li Ze understood, it turned out that it was the credit of the slam dunk master again!

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it!

The slam dunk master can actually give birth to scalpers and two dealers!

……

From the first issue of "Slam Dunk" serialized in Iwate Bookstore, Iwate Bookstore realized that the potential of Slam Dunk was far beyond their imagination.

So Tianniu completely gave up other projects and became an editor in charge of small shrimp.

Tianniu, who was promoted, had a reminder to Li Zena, and Li Ze also had the idea of speeding up the serialization.

Li Ze set a small goal: although theoretically 20 pages a week is enough, but after all, Slam Dunk is a project that two people work together, so 40 pages a week is Li Ze's ideal minimum goal.

The minimum goal is 40 pages, so the highest goal?

The more, the merrier, of course!

Although the attributes of his employees are not particularly strong, after successfully drawing the first episode of "Slam Dunk", Li Ze now has absolute confidence in the shrimp brothers and sisters!

Shrimp can be drawn with works that are popular and well received.

This has been confirmed.

Since there is no problem at the level, Li Ze is most worried about inspiration.

You know, the more drawings you draw and the faster you can draw them, the faster and more your inspiration will be consumed.

As a creative profession, once a cartoonist has no inspiration, it is simply difficult to move an inch.

Li Ze still remembers the last time he ran out of inspiration, the whole little shrimp was full of desperate atmosphere.

So this time, Li Ze has been paying attention to the inspiration of the Xiami brothers and sisters.

It is gratifying that in recent days, although the Xiami brothers and sisters have consumed a lot of inspiration, they have also been regaining their inspiration. Although, in general, inspiration is falling, the rate of decline is completely manageable.

It was not until the fifth day after the release of the new issue of Iwate Shoten, two days before the release of the new issue.

At this time, Brother Shrimp's inspiration is only 12, and Mi Mei's inspiration is only 9 o'clock, and she has reached the cordon.

Fortunately, 50 pages of the new issue of the comic have been completed, which is considered to be a complete task.

Seeing that the employee inspiration index was about to run out, Li Ze asked with concern: "How are you feeling lately?" Do you encounter any difficulties at work? Have you run out of inspiration? ”

And Zhou Mi smiled lightly and said livelyly: "I just opened a new comic, this is our first long-form serialized work!" The mood is called an excitement, and the market response of the first word is also good, it is simply full of motivation! ”

"No difficulty, not tired at all! We are now full of motivation! ”