My Cartoonist Strategy

After a week, the sales of "Y's" also declined gently.

In fact, this is also very easy to understand. Readers who want to buy a single book will buy it at the first time. Therefore, the follow-up sales of any comic book cannot be compared with the previous days.

This is not only the case with "Y's", but "Crime" is not much better than "Ys".

A month after its release, "Y's" sold just 550,000 copies, and the total sales reached 1.32 million copies. The total sales of "Penalty" also came to 1.25 million copies.

The comics in the front line did not sit still and released new notebooks one after another.

Although the rank of "Y's" in the rookie list has not changed, but other comics have also released a single book, so in terms of sales, it has opened a certain distance.

For this situation, Shen Xin is not worried.

There are still five months left in October. As long as the quality of "Y's" does not collapse, there is a chance of reversal.

The work room has not been relaxed because of a little achievement. Their workload is still very large, but the bonus has actually doubled, so the three assistants did not complain, but they were more serious. Every manuscript tried to do it. Extreme.

During this period, Zhou Yang also handed over the second short story of "Ghost Trend" to Shen Xin and asked him to check it again.

If you want to draw a good short comic, the cartoonist has to put a lot of effort to modify the name repeatedly, and in 50 pages, there is a complete structure, explain the cause, process and result of the story, introduce the background, And be paved and climax.

Shen Xin didn't really like to draw short cartoons, because he was too cumbersome to think about it. When he first painted the "Formula of Love", he felt such pain.

But short stories also have the advantage of short stories, that is, cartoonists can more easily grasp the rhythm, and will not appear out of control.

If the length is too long, for some cartoonists of average strength, it is likely that there will be a state of weakness in the later period, which will affect the end of the story and appear to be bad.

It's even possible to cut it with a knife.

This kind of thing, although not very common, is not that it never happened.

Zhou Yang belongs to the kind with rich imagination, and there are many strange settings.

Shen Xin also discussed the title of the book with Zhou Yang. At that time, Zhou Yang said that "ghost power" is an ability, and different higher ghosts have different ghost powers.

After listening to this explanation, Shen Xin immediately understood it, but then said that the title of the book is not very good, and many comics will not use "ability" as a topic.

"What is it named after?" Zhou Yang wondered.

Lu Ning raised her ears, she also wanted to hear Shen Xin's understanding.

"Indicate the identity of the protagonist, and then the theme of the comics."

The former is more common such as "Saint Seiya", "Full-time Hunter", "Naruto", "Death", "Fairy Tail"... As for the latter, there are like "One Piece", "Dragon Ball", "Dream Eater" ", "JOJO's Bizarre Adventure" and other comics.

Of course, there are other types of titles, but these two are more common.

"If you decide to use "Ghost Trend", you have to think about the name of "Ghost Trend". Either, "Ghost Trend" is the aggregation of the soul in the first word name, or, "Ghost Trend" is the protagonist. Occupation."

"What's the difference between the two?" Lu Ning turned around and asked puzzled.

"The world view is expressed in a different way." Shen Xin explained, "If "Ghost Trend" represents an aggregation of souls, then when you paint, you should focus on the type of "Ghost Trend", and, Explain the reason for the appearance of'Ghost Trend'. It is likely that in the early stage, the world view of the entire story will be determined, and it may even limit the length of the comics. When all the ghost trends are knocked down, it means that the story is about to end. .

With the enemy as the book title, Shen Xin first thought of "Giant".

"The latter category is more flexible. "Ghost" only represents the protagonist's profession. Then, the protagonist may face different enemies. When the enemy is knocked down, just switch to a new enemy."

After listening to Shen Xin's explanation, Zhou Yang chose the latter category without hesitation.

He did not know how long he would draw behind, but it was obvious that the latter had more maneuverable space.

After determining the theme, the name designed by Zhou Yang had a sense of clarity. After reading it, Xiaoli nodded again and again.

"This is much better than the previous setting, so design the name according to this setting!"

After Xiaoli's affirmation, Zhou Yang also had the confidence to draw a new short cartoon according to the new name.

At the same time, Yan Fei also brought news that Song Tai will discuss the next stage of publicity with Shen Xin tomorrow, and the meeting place is still the magazine.

To be honest, Shen Xin has not thought of a very good way so far. So, to meet with Song Tai tomorrow, on the one hand, he wants to listen to Song Tai’s opinion, on the other hand, he wants to beware of Song Tai’s conditions. Never jump into the trap.

After leaving the studio, almost 10 o'clock, Shen Xin did not go to other places, but returned directly to his home.

Xi Muhan has been in a good mood in recent times, mainly because of the big sale of "Y's".

Every day at dinner, she would tell Shen Xin the reactions of some classmates.For example, nearly one-third of the class has watched "Y's". For another example, an iron fan in the class grabbed three times before grabbing the third volume of the signed version.

Shen Xin didn't usually have the opportunity to understand these. Hearing Xi Muhan's introduction, he also roughly understood the ideas of high school students. For example, most people want Yizhi and Yigui to be together, but they also can't rest assured of the autumn leaves season, but hope that autumn Ye Ji was with other boys.

This one……

Shen Xin sighed, these people are really real.

Needless to say, the majority of people with this idea are boys.If the girl who secretly loves the protagonist eventually follows another boy, it is "send girl".

As a web author in the past, Shen Xin still knew some poison spots.

But the question is, in the final words of "I"s, Akiha Jiko did indeed find someone she liked, but Gui Zhenghe didn't make it clear whether the person she liked was one of the most expensive in her heart or someone else.

Back home, it was dark in sight.Only Xi Muhan's bedroom door gave out a small glow.

Xi Muhan's door was closed tightly, but the room's light was shining from the door crack, and he shouldn't sleep yet.

Shen Xin turned on the light, just closed the door, and then heard the sound of opening behind him.

No guessing, it must be the little girl who opened the door.

"have not slept yet?"

"Brother Xin, it's a little late for you to come back today." Xi Muhan wore pink pajamas and ran out of the bedroom.

"Well. I'm going to the magazine office tomorrow morning, and I will work more tonight. Is it estimated to be half past ten? You should also take a rest."

Shen Xin went to the bathroom and washed his face. When he came out, he found that Xi Muhan had brought out the food and sat at the table smilingly.

Today's Xi Muhan, the movement seems to be more neat.

"What's the happy event?" Shen Xin asked.

"Eh? How do you know?" Xi Muhan wondered.

"'People are happy and happy,' what must have happened. You have taken the first grade?" Shen Xin speculated slightly.

"No. It's not common to take the first exam?" Xi Muhan turned his head.

"Then...you shouldn't have a boyfriend?" Shen Xin asked tentatively.

Xi Muhan's eyes were round and his cheeks bulged slightly.

"Finished?" Shen Xin surprised.

"Of course not. I have said that, I will not fall in love in high school." Xi Muhan twitched his fingers and looked at Shen Xin's eyes but was very unfriendly.

"What's that?"

"I submitted the article to the magazine, that is, the novel I set for you."

"Oh, fantasy." Shen Xin was a little impressed. Before the New Year, he did make some suggestions. "And then?"

"Almost, maybe it needs to be revised." Xi Muhan explained.

"what?"

Shen Xin looked at Xi Muhan with a look of consternation, which was not what he expected.