"I'll have to discuss this with the editor-in-chief."

Editor Zhou still can't make the decision, in fact, he basically has nothing to call the shots except for being responsible for communicating with Ding Yun, and Ding Yun can understand this.

and said that next time, she will directly ask the editor-in-chief to contact her.

Maybe it can be a little faster.

After hanging up the phone, Ding Yun didn't wait for the magazine to agree, so he used his spare time to start drawing cover illustrations for himself.

At the same time, there is also a collection of various raw materials, paper, printing process, dark bronzing treatment related information, thinking about which material process to choose for printing.

Although these are unfamiliar to Ding Yun, in the bookstore within the cultural communication system, there are many books, and there are also many books that are delicate like works of art, and these books are enough to serve as a reference for Ding Yun.

Ding Yun even because of this.

A small hidden application of the system was developed.

That is, when she chooses a book and wants to manifest it, that is, when it is manifested as a paper book, her spiritual power will be directly pulled into a virtual space called the book design room, at this time, you can choose the default book appearance of the system, or you can choose to design it yourself, after discovering this application, Ding Yun directly regarded the space as his own design room.

She doesn't actually buy books every time, let alone show new books, she just chooses realistic books, and then tries them for free, and then chooses to give up them when she finds time.

One hour a day is enough for Ding Yun to simulate some of his designs in the book design room to see what the specific effect is, whether it looks good or not.

With the passage of time, in just one week, Ding Yun got all five of his covers and illustrations, and at the same time the design of the paperback book was also made.

For simple books, Ding Yun chose a minimalist style, pay attention, minimalist style and simplicity are not the same thing, minimalism is less and fine, and simplicity is less.

For example, if the cover of the same book is all black, and the title of the book, the author, the publisher, and the pricing are printed on it, and there is nothing else, it is called simple.

And what is minimalism?

Minimalism is that the paper of the cover is specially selected or customized, the black is carefully reconciled, and a little faintly visible dark lines must be added, the font is carefully selected, and even specially designed for the book, it is normal to add some fine carved patterns hidden in the font, including the size of the word, which part to choose to put on the cover and side, are also carefully designed by book designers.

At first glance, it will only feel simple and refreshing.

If you look closely, you are full of sincerity.

These are two completely different concepts from the kind of simplicity that looks very simple and pirated at first glance.

Just when Ding Yun was about to continue designing the hardcover edition, the magazine called again after a week, this time from Editor-in-Chief Zhang himself:

"Little Miss Li, I'm the editor-in-chief.

What you said before, Xiao Zhou has already mentioned it to me, it's not that I don't trust you, the main thing is that these are professional things, and you shouldn't have done this before, so it may be ...... for many situations."

Ding Yun didn't let her finish her words at all, so he said:

"Seeing is believing, hearing is false, you are not seeing with your eyes, you have not heard with your ears, and you have denied me just by your own imagination, do you think it is appropriate?

I've already drawn the cover and illustrations, and I've even got the simple design ready.

I'll send it to you later.

When you're done, we'll talk! ”

Ding Yun doesn't have to be them, she still has thousands of tons of gold in her soul space, it's really not a big deal to sell some gold to run her own publishing house, and she can also publish it.

So she didn't bother to pretend to be low-pitched or something.

If something is done directly, we are not afraid of him.

Editor-in-chief Zhang on the other side, although he thinks that this little girl has a bad temper, but it is normal for children to feel that they are capable and do not want to be looked down upon.

So in the end, he didn't get angry, but opened his mailbox quite helplessly, intending to see what masterpiece the other party could have, a student who didn't understand anything, wrote well, maybe talented.

But is publishing design something that a layman can do?

Then he was stunned.

Because in the email sent to him by Ding Yun, the dozens of exquisite illustrations in front of him alone were enough to amaze him, and even he vaguely felt that the exquisiteness of this illustration was even better than the highest-level illustrator used by their magazine, the one who paid more than 3,000 yuan a piece.

The level of delicacy and detail are even higher.

When he saw this, he didn't dare to underestimate Ding Yun anymore, so he looked at the following content very carefully, and it was precisely because he looked carefully that he could better detect Ding Yun's intentions and the beauty of the design.

Finally, he looked at the finished product simulation in the email sent to him by Ding Yun, and fell into contemplation for a while, and then he found the staff in charge of publishing design, pointed to the simulation in the computer and asked:

"Let's take a look at this design, why does it seem to be very simple, black on a white background and white on a black background, but it is more pleasing to the eye than normal books, and there is an inexplicable feeling of being quite delicate and tall?"

"Editor-in-chief, you wait, I'll take a look......"

Of course, it is impossible for a professional to just look at the final book mockup, so he specially flipped through all kinds of detailed data of the book, and even the specific paper materials.

Then, this said:

"Editor-in-chief, where did you dig up the book designer, this is simply treating books as a house in decoration and crafts in design!

I seriously suspect that this book designer may have been a top-notch interior designer in the past, and the minimalist style is simply taken to the extreme, which looks simple, but is actually more difficult to design than the extravagant ones.

Because this takes into account the golden ratio, data segmentation, but also the optimal comfort of the human eye, which includes, but is not limited to, optical ratio and chromaticity.

However, this design is generally custom-made, and it is only suitable for the title of the book, if it is changed to another title, other authors, etc., because the text is different.

The overall balance will be disrupted.

It may not be ugly, but it's not perfect.

In addition, this design also fully takes into account the raw materials, so the raw materials must not be changed at all, including the raw materials of the paper and cover, and even the proportion of pigments used for printing, and even the depth of the ink concentration, all of which must be in accordance with the design.

This is the only way to achieve the perfect result.

One thing has changed, and there will be differences.

However, the cost of doing so will definitely go up. ”

Not to mention the design fee, the price of illustrations, etc., just if you want to make the book more beautiful and beautiful, you can't save on raw materials, and a penny of paper and a dollar of paper can't be compared at all.

This is the reason why many publishers are reluctant to pay attention.

It's a lot of effort and cost.