My Cartoonist Guide

Chapter 24 Serial meeting

Recently, to be precise, after the revision of “Dreamer”, the atmosphere of the “NewWorld” editorial department has become very embarrassing.

Every day, when the editor-in-chief passes by Yan Fu, he never forgets to look at Yan Fu. When he realizes that Yan Fu has nothing to say, he sighs again.

Xiaoli, who is very sensitive to gossip, quickly noticed the editor-in-chief’s abnormality. During the meal, she talked about it, and finally reminded Yan Fu in a low voice, “Sister Yan, you really have to be careful. You are so beautiful. Don’t be tempted by the editor-in-chief.”

“What are you thinking about?” Yan Fu glanced at Xiaoli irritably, “Do you think he is thinking about these things now? Isn’t he upset about the “Dreamer” thing?”

“Yes, I heard that the sales of this issue of “Weekly Dreamer” are also good. But our magazine is beginning to go downhill. I heard from the sales department that this issue of “NewWorld” is 30,000 or 40,000 less than the previous issue. Having said that, the quality of “Weekly Dreamer” is really good, and the new works of Teacher Liu and Teacher Wang are also of high quality. It would be great if they were published in “NewWorld”.”

These two people were the backbone authors of “Weekly NewWorld” before, and they were poached by “Dreamer” heavily.

“They are not the point, the key is “Toggle”. The comics we serialized are not comparable to it. After all, Su Han’s signature is very appealing, and “Criminal” is only published in the monthly magazine. Therefore, part of Su Han’s Readers bought “Dreamer” specifically. In addition, the female characters drawn by “Dragon Playing in the Water” are very attractive and attract some male readers.”

“But the magazine is in poor condition, and the editor-in-chief shouldn’t always observe you?” Xiaoli puzzled.

“Where is he observing me? Obviously to see when I will hand in the manuscript.” Yan Fu solved Xiaoli’s doubts.

“Ah? You mean that kid? Well, yes, after all, the results of “Formula Love” are really good. But he doesn’t necessarily draw good serial comics.” Xiaoli muttering to herself noticed that Yan Fu smiled. Without saying a word, the inspiration flashed, and he asked quickly, “Sister Yan, the kid won’t really draw the name, right?”

“The first three episodes have been drawn, but the quality of one episode is not good enough. I asked him to draw another one and submit it at the serialization meeting tomorrow.”

“How is the quality?” Xiaoli blinked like a curious baby.

“Quality…you will know tomorrow.” Yan Wei narrowed his eyes.

Yan Fu guessed right, the editor-in-chief is indeed worried about “NewWorld” recently.

As an old Youtiao who has been in the comics industry for more than ten or twenty years, he certainly knows where the problems with “NewWorld” are now.

In recent years, the excellent works of “Weekly ComicFutura” have emerged one after another, which has put pressure on other magazines. Even the “Weekly MangaFly”, which is one of the three major magazines, has to introduce comics from the 11th district, and barely support it, which makes readers’ reading level. Increase with it. Before, they thought of the wonderful comics, but now they don’t even bother.

Under such pressure, it is difficult for a domestic second- and third-tier magazine like “NewWorld” to publish comics that have been serialized for more than two years.

The main post before “NewWorld” was the football comic “Boy Chaser”, but after entering a period of weakness, no matter how much he tried, he could not return to the top. It is estimated that it will be forced to end in half a year at most.

At this moment, the revision of “Dreamer” and the appearance of “Toggle” made “NewWorld” really shaky. The core author was dug and the magazine had many choices. The editor-in-chief could only rack his brains and let “NewWorld” “Cheer up again.

He now wants a good work. Some time ago, the reputation of “Formula Love” was good, which made him have certain expectations of Shen Xin, but Shen Xin was too young to have the experience of creating serial comics, which gave him no confidence in his heart.

It would be great if “NewWorld” could release another masterpiece.

The editor in chief 　　 sighed.

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The serialization meeting is usually once a month, and will be held on the Friday of the last week of the month. Before that, all editors have selected their approved names and put them in the serialization meeting for discussion.

The editor-in-chief in a bad mood called all the editors into the conference room just before 11 o’clock.

“I ordered a box lunch for everyone, so I don’t want to go out at noon. If you have any good works, hurry up…let’s start with Xiao Zhang?” The editor-in-chief looked to a young editor on the left.

Xiao Zhang immediately handed over the copied name to each editor.

“This is Teacher Zhang Da’s new work “Wherever You Can Meet You”. It is a relaxed manga. It mainly talks about male and female protagonists from different classes in the same school. Since the first year of high school, they often meet on various occasions. , Misunderstandings, and the resulting plot.”

Yan Fu knows Zhang Da, and he has a bigger brain, but the painting skills are rough, and the pictures often fail to achieve the desired results. The name of this comic is also the same.

She has been watching the name of “Y’s” in recent days, and watching “I Can Meet You Anywhere” at this moment, the taste is the same. But the works that can be submitted to the serialization conference are approved by the editor in charge. She doesn’t have much to say, and can only sigh secretly when other people are discussing the manuscript.

Xiao Zhang, who was always observing the look of the editors, immediately moved his eyes, and said with a hippie smile: “Sister Yan seems to have any opinion on this cartoon.”

“No, I think it’s good.” Yan Fu didn’t want to be out of line.

“Then what did you sigh just now?” Xiao Zhang asked again.

“Huh? I can’t find my cat.”

“Puff.”

Xiaoli, who was sitting next to Yan Fu, covered her mouth, UU read www.uukanshu.com and laughed out loud. She knew that Yan Fu didn’t have any cats at all. This sentence was pure nonsense.

Xiao Zhang’s face was hot, and he bit the bullet and said: “Sister Yan, can you say a few words?”

“That’s it, Sister Yan, tell him what’s wrong with this name.” Xiaoli’s voice is very small, but the people in the conference room can hear her clearly.

Yan Wei glared at Xiao Li. This Xiao Nizi was really not afraid to cause trouble, but both the editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief also looked at her, and she could only express her own opinions.

“The creativity is good, continuous use of coincidences to promote the development of the story, the rhythm is also relatively brisk, suitable for teenagers between the ages of 9-14, 15 A high sense of anticipation.”

Xiao Zhang nodded, agreeing with Yan Fu’s words.

In fact, for the title of the book, he and Zhang Da discussed for several hours.

“But I think the title of the book is a failure. It limits the rhythm of the comics. The title highlights’coincidence’. Therefore, we can only use’coincidence’ to promote the plot. I would like to ask how Mr. Zhang draws more than 30 chapters. Will there be so many “coincidences”? Moreover, this kind of story is more suitable for unit dramas, not suitable for stories that span a few words.”

Yan Wei also didn’t want to make Xiao Zhang too ugly, and picked up a painless shortcoming, but didn’t expect to ask Xiao Zhang.

Xiao Zhang felt a bit dry in his throat, “This…I will discuss with Teacher Zhang, it must be more than 30 words. Sister Yan has said so much, I think you should also have your favorite name? I don’t know if you can take it out, everyone. Learn.”

“I haven’t reached me yet.” Yan Fu politely refused.

The editor-in-chief of 　　 waved his hand, “Editor Yan, if you have a good name, you might as well take it out.”