Time has entered March, and in the blink of an eye it has come to the end of the month.

Because the weather began to warm up, everyone's clothes no longer looked bloated, but mainly shirts and T-shirts, and even some young and healthy guys changed into short sleeves early.

Liang Yu is no exception, now she has some consciousness as a woman, if this season is still thick, walking on the street will definitely be very eye-catching, of course, in a negative sense, anyway, being a girl is really unexpectedly hard.

Today is another day off, a day when Liang Yu and the editor make an appointment to meet and discuss the work.

Because the school has already started, the number of times Liang Yu can go to Chen Nan's studio is less, and on the other hand, for a meeting like this, which is not particularly important, the editor Guo Pinyuan will discuss it separately from Liang Yu and Chen Nan.

"This week's ranking of "Chess Soul" is eleventh." As soon as they met, after ordering drinks from each other, Guo Pinyuan said straight to the point.

"The popularity ranking has dropped." Liang Yu took the ranking list handed over by the editor.

On that, in contrast to the decline in performance, Luo Shaocong's "Pandora's Game" and Gu Chengfeng's two works are far ahead.

"Luo Shaocong's grades are good." Liang Yu said.

"It's good, no, it should be said that it's a great shock, although at first I felt that his works were rarely old and atmospheric, but works like that require a rather delicate layout, which is difficult for novices to do, but Luo Shaocong handled it quite well," After saying this, Guo Pinyuan glanced at Liang Yu and said: "Speaking of Luo Shaocong and his "Pandora's Game", I think he shared a considerable part of the votes for "Chess Soul". ”

"Huh?" Liang Yu didn't expect the editor to say that.

"At first glance, "Chess Soul" follows the style of youth narrative, while "Pandora's Game" is a battle comic, but the problem is that the suspense-creating techniques in it, and the battles that are not only superficial, will also attract a considerable number of older readers, this part of the readers belong to the common supporters of "Chess Soul" and "Pandora's Game", plus the works they originally supported on Fantasy, so part of the votes flowed from here to the latter." Guo Pinyuan pointed to the bold title page on the comics and said that Fantasy usually arranges the order of comics according to the ranking of the previous week, which also means that the more popular the comics, the higher the ranking.

"In the end, it's just that we have one bad move."

"Well, that's not what I meant......" Guo Pinyuan explained hurriedly with fine beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.

"No, it's not that I feel that I've lost confidence, I'm just a little unwilling," Liang Yu smiled faintly, but there was a hint of melancholy in this smile: "But if you think about it carefully, I've been busy all the time lately, thinking that it would be good to complete the fixed storyboard task, and Luo Shaocong's words, he must be unswervingly moving towards the goal." ”

Thinking of the boy who had always had a crush on him, Liang Yu felt more and more in his heart that it would be like this, although she and Luo Shaocong did not have much intersection, but as far as she knew, Luo Shaocong must be like this.

Guo Pinyuan looked at Liang Yu steadily, shook his head, and took a sip of coffee: "That's not necessarily, in my opinion, the level of the original chess soul has not declined, if that's really the case, I won't say a word." ”

"What is the reason for that?"

"When it comes to the reasons for the decline in popularity, there are actually many reasons, and it may even be broader than the reasons why manga became popular. In my opinion, the reason for the chess soul is that the readers of the chess soul have almost reached a burnout period. Guo Pinyuan thought for a while, and then expressed it in as simple a sentence as possible, "For example, when you keep doing one thing repeatedly, it is fine at first, but after a certain amount of time has passed, you will have emotional reactions such as 'Ah, I don't want to do it anymore' or 'I'm so tired'." ”

"That's boring, isn't it?" Liang Yu nodded after thinking about it.

"Yes, the comics give people the same feeling, it's not that it's not interesting, it's not that it doesn't like it, it's just that the plot that is going on at the moment is too lengthy or undesirable, so readers' votes go elsewhere, and there are also cases like this."

After Guo Pinyuan said this, he didn't continue, leaving Liang Yu time for a long time to introspect.

"What Editor Guo means is that the recent plot can't be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it's not interesting, right?"

"If I had to say it, that's what it meant, after all, the rankings of the reader survey don't lie." Guo Pinyuan scratched his scalp: "But...... How to say?,The story of Go didn't have a comparable work before Fantasy magazine.,So I can't give you too much advice in this regard.,As far as I think.,Actually, I think it's good to stick to your heart like this.,Serialize it well.。 ”

"But I want to move up the rankings a little further, and I think Chen Nan also hopes so."

"Hmm," Guo Pinyuan held his chin, looked at the ranking of this newspaper and thought about it and said: "Then think of more ideas that make readers feel interested, it is your style to portray meticulously in all aspects, but to be honest, for a relatively fast-paced teenager magazine like Fantasy, there is too much content narrated by those supporting characters, just like the plot that is being developed now." ”

As he spoke, Guo Pinyuan spread out the magazine in his hand and turned to the number of pages serialized by the chess soul.

"Now the story is going on Ah Guang lost to Xiao Liang in the middle school student Go, I know you are paving the way for Ah Guang's growth later, but, here is an arrangement that makes Xiao Liang unable to forgive Ah Guang for a one-sided defeat, to be honest, it will make the readers who were originally looking forward to this game have a strong gap. If you make an analogy, it is the tension that accumulates little by little, and the feeling of suddenly falling to the bottom, for a reader, he got this issue of the magazine in his hand, and his reply was sent for this issue, so naturally he doesn't care if you foreshadow or not, so compared to other people's rising plots, natural popularity is going to fall. ”

"Is that so?"

"If you want this popularity ranking to look good, it is essential to cater to the preferences of readers, try to draw content that readers are interested in, and reduce depressed scenes or excesses," Guo Pinyuan stopped when he said this, lowered his head and took a sip of coffee: "If I say this, you will feel confused, right?" ”

"Ah, no, I always feel that I have benefited a lot, but where should I improve it?" Liang Yu continued to ask.

"Is it concrete...... It depends on what the reader likes," Guo Pinyuan suddenly slapped his thigh: "By the way, there are also letters sent to you by fans." ”

"Huh?"

"In addition to the reader questionnaire, there are also some letters sent to the serial authors that are also received by the editorial department, but I haven't given them to you because I am afraid that you will be affected, but I think now is the best time."

Guo Pinyuan's face finally showed a smile that thought of a good idea.