Big Manga

"Come on, please come in..."

Opening the door, Meng Huo invited two newcomers in.

Mach and Wang Yan, these are the two assistants he prepared for "One Piece", let's not talk about Mach for now, he is a veteran cartoonist who is more talented than Tomato.

As for Wang Yan, this fledgling girl should also have satisfactory talents, otherwise it would be impossible to succeed with one submission.

Moreover, Wang Yan's coming is also a request from the editorial department of the weekly girl. This girl has just embarked on the path of a cartoonist and has a strong plasticity. The editors hope that she can get exercise in Meng Huo and have a better development in the future.

"excuse me."

When they came to Meng Huo's house for the first time, Mach and Wang Yan were very nervous. After they changed their shoes and walked in carefully, they found that the living room was full of several other assistants.

"Welcome, Teacher Mach..."

Tomato greeted Mach, while Wang Yan watched Teacher Huameng get nervous, and walked over to say hello respectfully.

"Okay, from now on, you will have the same status as mine with Teacher He Xi. There is no need to be formal. When you are required to perform, stay when you are working for me."

Hua Meng smiled and patted Wang Yan's head. This girl has not officially debuted yet, but she has two assistant jobs, which is both pressure and luck.

"This is the assistant of Teacher Any Xi who is with us, he..."

Tomato began to introduce Xixi Wenlin to Mach and Wang Yan. Meng Huo left the living room with a smile. These assistants need to have a good talk. In the future serialization of "One Piece", Mach and Wang Yan will have to receive guidance from the other three.

Meng Huo put the time of the three comics together. "Detective Conan" doesn't need much intervention. But the pressure on the other two parts is still a bit high. But he felt that the assistants would guide each other, which would allow Mach and Mach to get familiar with the work faster.

Half an hour later, when Meng Huo came out again, the assistants were already talking very lively, and the strange atmosphere disappeared.

"Okay, time to get to work!"

He clapped his hands in satisfaction, and then led these people into the study.

Meng Huo didn't add an extra study room for "One Piece", and all the people together have a more atmosphere. And the room is big enough,

One table per person, and there are only six people now, and if they sit side by side, only two rows are enough.

At the beginning of the work, Meng Huo and Huameng were next to each other. On the other side of Huameng was Tomato, and opposite to the three were Wang Yan, Mach, and Xiwenlin. This arrangement put Tomato and Xiwenlin at the end. How could Meng Huo and Huameng work together? most recent contact.

Since Mach and Wang Yan just started working, their speed is very slow. While instructing them, Meng Huo focused his energy on Inuyasha from "Flower Dream".

However, although Mach and Wang Yan's speed is slow. But when they carefully painted the background and dots on the few manuscripts that Meng Huo had drawn, the result was unexpectedly good.

"Have you practiced painting the style of "One Piece" at home?"

Meng Huo took the manuscript and read it over and over again, then asked mach.

"Yes……"

Mach nodded, feeling relieved. He is not considered He Xi's assistant now, he may be fired at any time, how can he feel at ease if he does not make some preparations in advance.

It is a great honor to be He Xi's assistant, no cartoonist dares to take it lightly, not only him, many cartoonists of Phoenix Company have practiced the painting style of "One Piece".

"Looking at Teacher He Xi's expression, I should have passed the test..."

Mach thought to himself, the attitude on He Xi's face made him feel excited, the start was good, and it might not be a problem to be transferred to a full-time assistant in the future.

"Well, you will be responsible for the background work and special effects of "One Piece" from now on."

Meng Huo nodded in satisfaction. He was very happy. It is quite rare for Mach to be able to draw the background, and his special effects are also very good. The comic style of "One Piece" is rather funny and exaggerated. Difficult to draw various renderings.

He then turned his head to look at Wang Yan who was diagonally opposite, and also praised him.

"Wang Yan, you are in charge of blackening and dots first. You have done a good job in these two. Don't worry, I will teach you more substantive work in the future..."

Meng Huo also asked Wang Yan to draw the background and effects. This teenage cartoonist has excellent drawing skills. Although he is unfamiliar, he saw a high potential.

However, as a beginner, Wang Yan's comprehension of "One Piece" is obviously not as deep as that of a professional cartoonist. There is a sense of stiffness in her paintings, which is specially drawn for cooperation.

Relatively speaking, Mach's paintings are more natural. Years of novel adaptations make him more suitable for imitating and matching Meng Huo's original works, and the pictures he draws do not violate harmony at all.

This is a gap in experience, and it will be difficult to make up for it in a while, but with so many assistants by his side, Wang Yan's progress should be very fast.

What comforted Meng Huo was that although Wang Yan could not deal with the background, she did a very good job in other aspects, especially the blackening and dots that required patience and details. Perfect.

"Teacher He Xi, don't we use computers?"

At this moment, Hua Meng suddenly asked.

They usually use a computer in their work. If they use a computer, dots and blacking are very simple, and there is no need to do it manually.

"You guys continue to use it, Wang Yan won't use it for the time being." Meng Huo replied with a smile: "It's better for her to exercise more. If it's too late, she can choose a computer for post-operation."

The computer is a very convenient tool, but the ability of a cartoonist still needs to start from reality. Even if it is computer graphics, it is useless if the strength is not up to standard. Meng Huo feels that there is no need for new cartoonists to use computers.

And they can catch up with the speed now, and the pressure of "One Piece" is not very great.

It has been two months since "Xi" manga was released, and its battle with "Weekly Boutique" has come to an end. Meng Huo plans to reduce the number of episodes of "One Piece" next month, so he doesn't have to continue to maintain high-intensity work.

Moreover, Mach and Huameng are more capable than Wang Yan expected. With the help of the two of them, the work pressure is also reduced.

time flies

In mid-June, Meng Huo lived a peaceful life at home as usual, but outside, the booklets of "Detective Son" and "Detective Conan" were about to be released.

These two booklets, which were released on the same day, attracted a lot of media attention. The outcome of He Xi and Li Xin, or He Xi and Zhongxia Company, would be determined by these two booklets.

In the previous sales statistics, the sales of "One Piece" have been soaring all the way in the astonishing eyes, pulling He Xi's advantage to more than three million.

However, this three million is not an insurmountable number.

In the early morning of the release of the booklet, Lin Qi, a female reporter from Ninghai TV Station, and a photographer were the first to arrive at Qingwan Bookstore, the largest comprehensive bookstore in the city. Although the sky was not bright, there were already some readers in the square.

"Senior, it seems that there are very few people."

Lin Qi looked around, scanned the crowd and said.

"A lot... That's because the square is big, so it doesn't look like much." The photographer standing beside her set up the camera and said with a smile: "Besides, it's not dawn yet, and most of the readers haven't come yet."

There is another reason why he didn't mention it. Qingwan Bookstore is the largest bookstore in Ninghai. Every time there is a lot of stock, experienced readers will not come to queue, anyway, they can buy it in the end.

"Oh." Lin Qi responded. She just became a reporter and didn't understand many things: "Senior, why did the TV station shoot a booklet for sale this time, and ignored the previous magazine releases. Could it be that booklets are more popular than magazines?"

"Of course..."

The photographer raised his eyebrows and glanced at Lin Qi: "Isn't this obvious? The comics serialized in the magazine are connected back and forth. The readers who buy the magazine need to be cultivated. Of course, the sales volume is less than that of the single volume."

The difference between a magazine and a booklet is that each issue has no beginning or end. A new reader who only buys the magazine once or twice may not understand anything, which limits the circulation of the magazine.

The channel disadvantage of Phoenix Company is also caused by this. Its sales model requires bookstores in various regions to actively order. However, magazines need a stable long-term consumer group, which is relatively risky. Bookstores will be very cautious about ordering magazines.

However, the booklets are different. The booklets can be regarded as books. For example, "Detective Conan", the first two booklets are very popular, and bookstore sellers are willing to order the following volumes.

"But... If you talk about connecting back and forth, it's not right... Shouldn't the separate books also be linked back and forth?"

Lin Qi expressed her puzzlement with a puzzled face. Aren't booklets and magazines the same? If you haven't read the previous plot, how will you sell the following booklet?

The photographer laughed.

"It is true that the booklets need to be connected back and forth, but when it is released, the previous issues will be reprinted. The bookstore can choose the order ratio of the titles according to the situation of the readers in the region."

He gave an example: "Some bookstores in the mainland have never released "Detective Conan", so they will order a large number of the first two volumes to sell together; like our Ninghai, most of the readers have read it, so the first two volumes of the bookstore Orders will be small, mainly for volume three."

Lin Qi is not stupid, she now understands that magazines are rarely reprinted, usually once a week, and they are sold out as soon as they are sold out, it is difficult to buy old ones.

The booklet can be reprinted, and every time a new booklet is released, the previous volumes will be updated. This is the biggest difference between the magazine and the booklet.

A magazine is a comprehensive platform, but a single book can be said to be a real manga. However, the magazine is very important. Without its promotion and publicity, it is difficult to sell a single volume of a comic directly.

But this is not absolute. He Xi's "5 Centimeters Per Second" broke through the restrictions of the magazine and sold it directly as a booklet-it seems that He Xi is the only one who can do it.

"Teacher He Xi is so strong..."

After thinking about it this way, Lin Qi realized that He Xi was really powerful. No wonder Zhongxia is targeting He Xi so much, and it's no wonder the TV station is so concerned about the release of this booklet.

The last sales competition, whoever wins depends on the present... (to be continued...)