Big Manga

"Teacher He Xi, this...everyone has filled it out."

A few days later, Meng Huo received a form in the studio.

He looked at the form, which was a survey form. After he leaves in a few months, the island studio will be temporarily closed. He will first investigate which departments the artists will go to work part-time during that time, or directly enjoy the vacation.

The choices of the illustrators are clear in the form. There are quite a few people who chose to go to Tokyo and Ninghai to help "The Little Monster", "Detective Conan" and Bai Ya's lower animation respectively.

Apart from these departments, more illustrators have gotten used to Su Hua's work and don't want to leave Manga Island, so the number of people planning to go to Qinglong Studio to help adapt the animation of the text adventure game is the largest.

Meng Huo asked Jiang Tianshi, and they welcomed the painters from the island studio to work in the past.

Now that all the statistics have been collected, two-thirds of the painters choose to work part-time during the holidays, and one-third of the painters choose to take vacations. There was no salary for this vacation, and Meng Huo was surprised by the one-third amount.

"Why are so many people willing to take a vacation?"

he asked.

"We want to take a break too."

"I don't want to waste this rare long vacation."

"The usual salary is very high. It's no big deal to take a few months off. I just can't find time to rest. I don't want to miss such a good opportunity."

Meng Huo was relieved by what the painters said. The salary and conditions of the island studio are very good. Many of them have small funds and don’t mind losing a few months. This is also true. .

As for the No. 2 figure besides Meng Huo, Qin Ya didn't choose any place this time. Perhaps this was the reason why some painters planned to take a vacation.

"...Okay." Meng Huo put the form away and said, "I will hand it over to the HR department. When I decide to leave, the company will arrange new jobs for you right away... If anyone changed my mind,

Then go to the personnel department to make changes. That's okay, right? "

"no problem!"

The painters responded one after another.

"But teacher..." At this moment, a person asked: "If you leave before the end of "Steins;Gate", what will happen to this animation?"

Others are also very interested in watching, "Steins;Gate" has a total of 25 episodes. The broadcast time of half a year may not be over when Meng Huo leaves.

"Then you continue to finish it." Meng Huo replied: "I promise that there will be no more than five episodes of Steins;Gate left when I leave, and you will finish the last few episodes by yourself, don't tell me to do all of them not."

The painters immediately shook their heads: "No, of course not!"

"Teacher, don't worry. We will definitely do a good job!"

"If the script is detailed, four or five episodes will be fine."

"We won't let a child who is already stable go astray!"

The painters have confidence in this, and they have been senior employees for several years, and they can fully keep up with Meng Huo's requirements.

If a new animation does not have Meng Huo's guidance, the studio will naturally go astray. However, "Steins;Gate" has been on the air for several months, and the production details have been standardized. As long as each artist continues to finish it according to a stable pattern, this is not a big problem.

Meng Huo was relieved, and the painters at the island studio had made arrangements. Then after he leaves, there is no need to worry about the animation. Several other divisions, such as "Detective Conan" and "Pokemon," are running normally, and DreamWorks' next movie is not too problematic.

In terms of games, a new version of "Pokemon" will be released when he leaves, and Meng Huo has not arranged any tasks since then, but He Qian and her staff still have "World of Warcraft" in their hands, so there is no need to worry about work problems.

The business department and the firm are now operating independently, so Meng Huo doesn't need to worry about it. So before starting the trip, the only thing left for Meng Huo was the issue of manga - this time he wanted to take a good rest, and he shouldn't have to spend much effort on manga during the few months of travel.

Meng Huo serialized a large number of comics in weekly magazines. He decided to cut the comics in half and put them on hiatus, and save as many manuscripts as possible for the remaining half in the past few months. He cut "Soul of Chess" first - because of this, Qin Ya even got into a fight with him.

"Why "Soul of Chess"? Its popularity is not inferior to other manga!" Qin Ya felt unhappy because of another reason: "Shooting "Soul of Chess" but keeping the serialization of "Shakugan no Shana", how is this fair?"

Work in the same studio. He is also He Xi's assistant, but the treatment of "Soul of Chess" is worse than that of "Shuoyan's Shana", which makes Qin Ya feel that she has lost to Bai Han. Shana is much taller.

Meng Huo had no choice but to invite Qin Ya to dinner, and spent a lot of time explaining to her why he did so.

The results of "Soul of Chess" are very good, and it is second only to "Detective Conan" and "One Piece" in Phoenix's magazines. The reason why Meng Huo chose to suspend its serialization is actually because of its solid foundation, and stopping the serialization will not cause a very big impact.

"The readers of "Soul of Chess" are very loyal. After a few months of suspension, the popularity will return immediately after the publication." Meng Huo said: "But "Shakugan no Shana" is different. Once the publication is suspended for a few months, the loss will be great."

Because of its special serialization experience, "Shakuyan's Shana" has a lower status in weekly magazines than Meng Huo's other comics. The animation hit effect of "Shakugan no Shana" will last for a long time, and it will also help the sales of comics. It is time to make persistent efforts.

If it is stopped after a few months, it will be difficult to predict the effect of the supplement in the future.

Of course, the reason why Meng Huo chose to stop publishing was not only because of the foundation of the comic itself, but also because of the ability of the assistants. Just like "Detective Conan", Meng Huo is basically not responsible for its usual serialization, and Xi Wenlin and Tomato are responsible for the design and publication of each case. In this case, there is naturally no need to suspend publication.

But Qin Ya can't draw "Soul of Chess" well by herself. Although she has learned some Go knowledge, her chess skills are not as good as being able to create chess games by herself.

"Besides, why don't you take a break?" Meng Huo also thought about Qin Ya's hard work with him in the past few years, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to untie her. This woman doesn't have his physical background. In fact, Meng Huo was still a little worried about the intense work.

Qin Ya gave up after hearing this.

"Forget it, if you don't paint, you don't paint... Anyway, it's not me who is in trouble." She muttered, and when the news of the suspension of "Soul of Chess" spread, those chess players must be so nervous. By then Meng Huo would know how much trouble he had caused.

But Meng Huo didn't know whether he didn't foresee this situation, or he didn't care about the players' thoughts at all. He had no intention of changing his mind at all.

And the day before "Steins;Gate" aired, Sunday. After the busy start of school, Liu Yi and the others suddenly sent a text message to Meng Huo, asking if they could go to his house to play - Meng Huo immediately agreed.

This was the first time that Liu Yi and the others took the initiative to send a text message to Meng Huo, which not only surprised Meng Huo, but also surprised Shen Jie.

"What's the wind blowing today, you guys came to the door on your own initiative." When I went to pick them up at night. Shen Jie smiled and said, "Let me guess whose idea it is—Liu Yun, it must be yours, right?"

Liu Yun raised her eyebrows: "Is there still a need to guess? The three next to me are all cowards."

Among the four, whoever is most likely to launch an active attack is undoubtedly her. Han Xuan and the other three generally didn't dare to disturb Meng Huo unless something very important happened.

"What's the matter today?" Shen Jie asked curiously, even if it was Liu Yun, she didn't think it was okay and she would take the initiative.

"Isn't "Stones;Gate" going to be aired tomorrow? It's the animation where the male lead is ugly..." Liu Yun said: "Many of us spoof the male lead online and made him into various emoticons, so I'm a little curious, and I want to ask Meng Huo why he made him so ugly."

"It's actually not ugly." Shen Jie shook her head: "It's just that compared to his other animations, this time the setting is really different."

She saw that Liu Yun was hiding something. These four people have never come for an animation. But it's better to keep it a secret, Shen Jie doesn't think they can have any big things, at most it's just some small requests - this can also be heard during the dinner.

But to Shen Jie's surprise, Liu Yun and the others might have retreated on the spot, but they really didn't tell the matter, so they chatted with Meng Huo about "Stones;Gate".

They asked about the content of the first episode, but Meng Huo didn't know how to spoil it. Steins;Gate's plot progress is slow, and for many viewers, the first few episodes should be dry and jumpy.

This animation should be viewed as a whole. The first episode of the animation is both the beginning and the end. Need to read to fully understand. If Meng Huo told them what the first episode was about, it would actually spoil the entire animation.

"Tomorrow's episode doesn't have much content. It just uses suspense to let the protagonists show their faces. You don't have to expect too much." Meng Huo said. The content of the first episode of "Steins;Gate" is actually all kinds of big pits, and the following plots are slowly filling the pits.

Liu Yun was disappointed: "Doesn't this mean that you can't slap your classmates?"

"Slap in the face?"

"Yes, my classmates said that the hero is too ugly, and I said "Stones;Gate" will definitely look good!" Liu Yun said with a distressed face: "This is good, if the first episode can't change your opinion, then you can only change your opinion." Wait for a few more episodes."

Shen Jie smiled: "Then you have to wait for a few months. I can't understand the first episode. You can understand the general idea after a dozen episodes."

She also heard it from others, and had never seen the script with her own eyes. Before the animation was made, the text script of each episode of the animation seemed very boring, especially the rigorous animation such as "Stones of Destiny".

Liu Yun understood a bit: "Is "Steins;Gate" like "Wine of Eternal Life"?"

"The puzzle-solving process is a bit similar, but the feeling is different." Meng Huo shook his head. In his opinion, these are two animations with different styles, and there is only a small similarity in the techniques-but the audience will have to watch many episodes. Only then will you gradually understand the content.

This is a rather slow-moving animation, and Meng Huo didn't expect much from the response it could arouse at the beginning, not to mention that the male protagonist has too many slots. After the first few episodes of the animation were broadcast, the media was absolutely uniform criticism.

However, this kind of criticism will not have much impact on Meng Huo and Fenghuang. Not only that, Meng Huo also believes that a considerable audience will watch it patiently-this kind of hard-to-understand animation is not the first appeared for the first time.

After the dinner, Meng Huo and Shen Jie sent off the four young people together.

"They seem to ask you for something." Shen Jie said.

Meng Huo felt it, but it was still waiting for them to say it themselves. These four people were a bit speechless, but if it was really important, as long as they were willing to talk, Meng Huo would naturally help if he could.

If they kept silent, Meng Huo would choose to ignore them. It was impossible for him to take the initiative to help them every time.

The next day, "Steins;Gate" premiered on Suhua TV. The ratings of the first episode were not very good. The number of viewers dropped during the broadcast, just like last year's "Wine of Eternal Life".

After finally watching it, the comments on the Internet were not very good. Many viewers didn't know what to say. On He Xi's home forum and Weibo, some people asked about the content, and some people made sarcastic remarks. It looked like a mess.

"Have you finished watching the first episode? I'm a little messed up. Who can analyze it for me? What is this episode about? What will be the theme of the whole animation?"

"By the way, why did that woman die and come back to life? Is this a bug?"

"Holy shit, the hero is worse than we imagined! It's okay to be ugly, but I didn't expect to be full of nonsense, the more I look at it, the more neurotic... What's wrong with Mr. He Xi, such a protagonist really no problem?"

"The plot of the first episode is a bit jumpy, although it is not as complete chaos as "Wine of Immortality", but there is still a feeling of déjà vu - it feels really uncomfortable, I'd better wait until the animation is over before buying Bd .”

But apart from the bad reviews, there is one difference between "Stones Gate" and "Wine of Eternal Life", that is, there are quite a few viewers who have positive comments and expectations for it-even if this episode of animation even has an op and ed did not appear.

"Seeing so many people complaining, I feel relieved, "Stones;Gate" will definitely be a masterpiece!"

"If you watch Mr. He Xi's animation carefully, you will find that there are very few useless things in his works. Everything that appears in it must have a reason. A small detail may be a big foreshadowing. And this episode The plot is so stuffed that even the opening and ending songs have disappeared—the song is teacher He Xi’s signature, it’s a lot of information to give up the signature and replace it with a plot!”

"Yes, the details of this episode are not simple, and the specific answer will be revealed in the future. I look forward to it being another masterpiece!"

"This is an animation that needs to be watched with IQ, and trolls don't watch it with IQ!" (To be continued.)