Dream Eater World.

University of Tokyo.

"Thank you very much, Sister Mio, I didn't expect you to help me so much!" Cang Shuhong bowed to a girl who was a little younger than her.

"Don't be so polite, Teacher Cangshuhong, I'm a fan of yours. BBS has a large amount of open source code on the Internet, as long as you buy a domain name and rent a relatively cheap server, it is enough to maintain the stable operation of small and medium-sized BBS. Ashikaga Mio smiled and said, "The daily management of the website is also very simple, and if you encounter technical problems, you can contact me by phone." ”

Ashikaga Mio is a student at the University of Tokyo, and she knows Cangshuhong because, at a fan autograph session, the school girl confessed that she was a fan.

In addition, they are all alumni, and they gradually began to get acquainted.

Cang Shuhong accepted Li Yuntao's opinion and decided to publish the original manuscript of the novel on the Internet for free, so as to make the IP of the work popular. There are many restrictions on blog publishing, which is not conducive to long-term development.

Considering Cangshuhong's already popular cartoonist, his income is enough to maintain a personal BBS website. After that, she began to consult the students she was familiar with about finding relevant IT technicians and how to save money and make the website conveniently.

As a result, Ashikaga Mio patted her chest and promised that she could do it for free by herself.

Of course, in fact, it is true, Ashikaga Mio found mature and free open source code on the Internet, and after a little optimization and modification, a new website page was generated. After that, I bought a domain name, rented a server, contacted a server host, and signed a cheap package of 100,000 yen per year, so that the website could be operated for the time being.

After the hamster home BBS website was tested and launched, it was able to be accessed.

Cang Shuhong also issued an announcement on the Internet for the first time with the webmaster ID of her personal website:

"Hello everyone, I'm Cangshuhong, a cartoonist. Hamster House is a personal BBS that I established to publish originals in the non-serialized manga genre. For example, novels, essays, illustrations, etc., of course, if you want to share fanfiction about my work, you can also submit it. Note that it is limited to the fandom of Cangshu Hong's work......"

Subsequently, Cang Shuhong hesitated, but still sent the news of the website to his friends in the comics industry.

Soon, a series of familiar IDs began to be active on Cangshuhong's personal website.

"Teacher Cangshuhong's website, support and support!" - Yacheng Mu Mengye

"Teacher Cangshuhong, we are still waiting for your new serialized comics!" - New wife Eiji

"Cut, I'm not supporting you, I'm just idle and bored, seeing that everyone is there, register an ID, and show your face. —Shinta Fukuda

Subsequently, Cang Shuhong replied to the posts of friends: "Thank you for cheering, I will often fill water and chat on this website." In addition, if you are interested, you can take a look at the novel I collaborated with my friend Li Yuntao, "My AI Girlfriend Xiao Wai". ”

"Friend? Chinese? You mean, he is the original, you are the translator, just like me and the highest?" - Takagi Akito

"Pretty much. Before, it was originally going to be adapted into a comic for submission, but the editorial department believed that the original novel lacked popularity, and the comic was not very eye-catching from the beginning, so it was not approved for the time being. I discussed with Li Yuntao that if the novel is released on the Internet for free and serialized, if it can attract a large number of fans, perhaps, it can make the comic qualified for serialization. "—Cangshu Red

Cang Shuhong released the first 20,000 words of "My AI Girlfriend Xiao Wai" on a special serial post on BBS.

A few minutes later.

The new wife, Eiji, took the lead in posting and said: "Teacher Cangshuhong, this novel is very powerful! It is not inferior to the comics of Mr. Ajo Mu Mengye!"

"No, it should be said that if I am only at the level of novel writing, I, Takagi Akito, am far inferior!" - Takagi Akito

"Autumn people, we are a group, and we should honestly admit that the plot of our comic is not as good as this novel. "—Sincerity is the highest

"Teacher Cang Shuhong, I will give you a promotion novel. —New wife Eiji

Although it is impossible to advertise the hamster house website on the comics serialized by "Shonen JUMC", at the press conference of the manga and animation adaptation of the new wife Eiji, the little angel new wife Eiji did not hesitate to consume his fan popularity as a free advertisement for the hamster house.

And the new wife Eiji is now in full swing, and the serialized manga long-term reader survey is the first, and even if the ranking occasionally drops, it is still in the top three. If this kind of popularity continues for a long time, it may be able to reach the level of "One Piece" and "Naruto".

Of course, the new wife Eiji is also more capricious, and previously, when he accepted the invitation of the editorial department of "Shonen JUMC" and went to Tokyo to become a professional serial cartoonist, the request was that if he was the first in 10 consecutive issues, he was qualified to name a serial comic.

In other words, people with dark psychology may cut comics with stronger potential than themselves in order to consolidate their position. However, the new wife Eiji chose to cut in half the popular manga "CROW" that she had been the first in popularity for a long time, and was expected to be as popular as "One Piece". Because, he felt tired of drawing and wanted to draw other comics.

For other popular comic book writers, it is impossible for the editorial department to agree to the end of the work, and I hope that the comic artist can draw the work for twenty Chinese New Year's Eve and forty years, until the comic family is no longer there, and the comic will be forced to end.

Quite a few popular comics, in this case, have been dragged for decades.

Because, those comics that have been serialized for a long time contain too much commercial interest. Even if the popularity drops slightly, it is more guaranteed than the popularity and sales of the current new work.

Therefore, many professional cartoonists often fall into the trap of wanting to finish their works, but the editorial department does not allow this kind of work that can feed the entire industry chain to end easily.

There are also some cartoonists, the level of their works is actually not bad, but it is just a low ebb, and the reader's survey ranking has begun to be at the bottom, and it may not be impossible to return to a higher ranking in the future. But it was brutally cut in half, so that many comics that originally had the potential to work later were not qualified to continue serialization.

At the same time, comics that can be serialized for a long time and cheaply are often slow-burning works, and through serialization, the world view is gradually opened. However, unless it is a famous artist, this kind of comic that is not popular at the beginning will be favored. Other comic book authors with average grades will not be eligible for new serialization as long as the first sentence at the beginning does not arouse enough interest from readers.

Although Cang Shuhong had more than a year of serialization qualifications before, this serialization qualification was not enough to give the editorial department confidence in her to create a comic with a slow beginning. In addition, this is a comic adapted from a novel, so if the novel is popular, it's easy to say. The problem is that now "My AI Girlfriend Xiao Wai" has not been published at all in the dream eater world, so there is no topic and popularity, so naturally it is impossible to convince the editorial department to agree to the serialization of such a work.

If you are an ordinary manga artist, you may have given up on the manga that did not pass the new serialization qualification, and instead reimagined a manga theme that can pass the new serialization.

However, at the suggestion of Li Yuntao, Cang Shuhong tried this rare detour in the industry, published the original work on the Internet, and hyped up the popularity of the IP. After that, let's go back to the new serialization qualification of "Shonen JUMC" magazine!

Funny manga can be serialized!

But this is only theoretical, in fact, due to the large number of manuscripts, only a part of the interesting works can get a new serialization.

So, it's not enough to be funny!

But with one condition—the original book has a large number of fans and topicality, then it will not only be interesting, but it will also bring new incremental readers to the magazine! From a commercial point of view, it will also be easier to pass the new serialization!

You know, "Shonen JUMC" magazine is also very commercial, if a work has its own fans, and adapting it into a comic can attract IP fan groups to buy the magazine, then, the new serial qualification must be easier to pass!