Chapter 1148: The Character Design of the Work

Two cups of boiling water were placed on the coffee table, and Wei Mao looked at Lu Yiming who was sitting opposite with a serious face.

"Teacher, do you think... the quality of "Full House" has become lower?" Wei Mao was full of doubts in his heart, "I have also read the ranking given by "Girls Century", and it is no different from before, basically the top three rank of name."

"Sometimes the rankings don't tell the story...I know you're going to be skeptical of what I'm saying, but, as an editor, I think that Full House's performance in recent months—to be exact in the last interview— Afterwards—it was no longer so rigorous, and the decline in quality was more obvious. In fact, there are many things to talk about about the store manager’s background and the reasons for running away from home, but you have ignored them. It was originally a person who could describe the entire character image of the store manager. It's a pity to set up the opportunity.

"Love comics pay attention to character design. Once the characters are established, readers will buy them. Isn't love comics popular now for 'stock speculation'? A certain stock has risen sharply, or a certain stock has fallen sharply, which will cause readers to debate. Why did it appear?" The situation of "Stock Trading"? Isn't it because of the character's image that it attracts readers?"

"Tell me, how should I set up a character?" Wei Mao asked back.

"ha?"

At first, Lu Yiping thought that Wei Mao was joking with himself, but when he looked carefully at Wei Mao's expression, he found that Wei Mao was serious. Then he remembered that even though Wei Mao is very popular now, he is just a man who just created comics alone. A cartoonist who has only been around for two or three years does not even have a complete work.

Wei Mao still has a long way to go if he wants to become a truly popular cartoonist.

"To give an example, I remember you watched "Y's"?"

Wei Mao nodded.

"Actually, many people ignore this manga, not only because it is the first manga drawn by Teacher Shen, but also because it won the 'Newcomer Award' in the 'Manga Festival', just because it was serialized in two time periods, Popularity has been seriously affected."

"The best novels in the comic festival are not very attractive, and "; DUNK" did not participate, let alone the newcomer award." Wei Mao sneered.

"No popularity is now! I remember that Ye Hexu and his "Hunting Abyss" were the ones who won the newcomer award with Mr. Shen, and "Crime and Punishment" jointly created by Su Han and Han Ye. What are the levels of these two comics? Needless to say? "Y's" was serialized in second-tier magazines like "New World", and the results beat "Hunting Abyss" and "Punishment", what do you think of this book?"

Wei Mao pouted,

After thinking about it for a while, he said bravely: "This comic also has shortcomings. It basically talks about the heroine Yigui and Yizhi, and doesn't talk about it at all. Not only did Yizhi's parents not appear, even Yizhi's The family didn’t come out...the perspective is single. And...I just read it as...a book."

"Indeed, these are the most criticized parts of "Y's", but these are also the characteristics of "Y's". In terms of scale, "Y's" is indeed relatively large, which must be admitted, but people of different ages look at this In comics, the things you see are different, this is also true. Also, "Y's" has a single perspective, most of the shots are locked on Yigui, and there are very few shots with Yizhi as the main perspective. Therefore, no matter where you come from On the one hand, this manga is not so friendly to female readers. But because it takes the male protagonist as the first perspective, doesn’t it just satisfy male readers’ longing for love?

"Back to the character design... The first half of this book is mainly about Yigui's indecision, and Yizhi has his own opinions on many things, but he is avoiding the relationship with Yigui. All of this, It exploded in the final ending. In order to protect Yizhi, Yigui fought with the villain and finally fell on the snow. Yigui's performance in this scene has nothing to do with 'indecision', right?"

Wei Mao nodded, "Indeed, if you are an indecisive person, you should also hesitate."

"So, is this person set to collapse?" Lu Yiping asked.

Wei Mao scratched his head, he had only watched "Y's" once, and suddenly asked him to comment, he forgot many details.

"Let me tell you, it didn't collapse. In the front, many boys surrounded the classroom, waiting for Yizhi to take a promotional photo. Yigui took a broom and beat these people away. Similarly, someone wanted to sneak a photo of Yizhi changing clothes. But he was discovered by Yizhi. At the critical moment, Yigui rushed up alone. Yigui is indecisive, but it doesn't mean that he has no blood and no bottom line.

"Similarly, at the end of "Y's", Yigui suffered a head injury and fell into a coma. His classmate went to find Yizhi and told her that the reason why Yigui didn't want to wake up was because the real Yizhi had already passed away. He left, but in the dream, and only in the dream, he could be with Yizhi. What does this mean? Yigui is escaping from reality, which conforms to the characteristics of "indecision".

"People are complicated. Sometimes there is a contradiction between what you do and what you think in your heart. It is necessary to reflect these two things. This is the human design. If you simply tell readers what they should do, This kind of manga would be a hit at best, and would not become a classic. Just imagine, if Yigui hadn't been so desperate for Yizhi many times before, wouldn't Yigui's last desperate effort seem too abrupt? Human creation would collapse immediately.

"Whether it is "Y's", "Soul of Chess", "Steel Refining" or "DN", they all have their own uniqueness in terms of character design. The same is true for "; DUNK", which is now very popular. Not only the protagonist team has The charisma of the characters, people from other teams also have their own characteristics. The total sales volume of Huaxia and District 11 has exceeded 100 million copies, which is not only the fastest comic to exceed 100 million copies, but also the comic with the fewest published volumes."

"But I haven't watched it yet..." Wei Mao said awkwardly.

He is also a cartoonist. When he saw "; DUNK" being discussed all over the Internet, he also felt a little jealous in his heart-so many people are blowing up this cartoon, but I don't want to read it.

Furthermore, he is the author of a shoujo manga, and "; DUNK" is a standard juvenile manga, so he doesn't need to read it.

"That's really a pity. After all, the average volume can reach 5 million volumes, and the average domestic volume is nearly 3 million volumes. It is impossible to have no advantages." Lu Yiping sighed.

Wei Mao laughed awkwardly, even if Lu Yiping said so, he still didn't intend to change his attitude.

"By the way, Teacher Lu, I want to ask you something."

"What's up?"

"Based on your 35 years of experience as the editor-in-chief, under normal circumstances, how much money can the author get for a comic that sells like "Full House"?" Wei Mao rubbed his hands and said bravely.

"Look at the royalties. If it is 10% royalties, the royalties income alone should be more than 2 million, or about 3 million. Adding animation and other peripheral copyrights, it is estimated that it will be more exaggerated, perhaps more than royalties." Lu Yiping roughly Said his own judgment.

Wei Mao opened his mouth slightly. It was already quite difficult for him to get 20,000 yuan, but he didn't expect that this comic could bring such a big profit.