Chapter 183 Lobbying (Part 1)

Shen Xin rubbed her chin, puzzled by Shang Haozhi's change of attitude.

Anyway, it was just drawing casually, and did not grasp the essence of Takeshi Obata's painting style. Shen Xin didn't care much about the sketches in the album.

However, Shang Haozhi read it with gusto, and after reading the six or seven pages of sketches he drew, Shang Haozhi reluctantly closed the album.

"Mr. Shen, I want this work."

"Ah? This is a sketch." Shen Xin reminded.

"When are you going to draw the name?" Shang Haozhi asked.

"Not going to draw." Shen Xin shook her head.

He doesn't know how to play Go, although he has "Soul of Chess" to draw, but after drawing it, if someone asks him about Go knowledge, wouldn't that be a revelation?

This kind of "self-explosion" thing is resolutely not done.

"Why?" Shang Haozhi asked in surprise, "Aren't you ready to draw?"

Shen Xin rolled her eyes depressedly, which ear did you hear that I was going to draw? I am learning the painting style of "Soul of Chess".

"That... I don't know Go, not at all." Shen Xin explained.

"I see that your chess holding posture is quite accurate." Shang Haozhi said in surprise.

"Soul of Chess" is also supervised by professional chess players, can it be incorrect?

"Ahem... I read the pictures from the Internet." Shen Xin was a little depressed, drawing two pictures casually would attract people's attention, "By the way, Mr. Shang, why are you suddenly interested in this aspect?"

Shang Haozhi took out a cigarette and was about to light it, but Wang Wenhong pulled his clothes, coughed dryly, and put it away embarrassingly.

"There are two reasons. On the one hand, the atmosphere of Go in China is low. You must know that Go originated in China and has a long history, but in recent years, there have been few gains internationally. Many people are disappointed with Go. There is a cartoon related to Go, which may arouse everyone's interest in "Go."

"Now the most powerful Go player is from the country of Han?" Shen Xin asked in surprise.

"That's right. That's why I'm even more angry." Shang Haozhi crossed his fingers and showed a sullen expression.

It seems that Shang Haozhi is also a Go lover, at least he is more concerned about the game of Go.

"In addition, there is another aspect, the pressure from the market." Shang Haozhi sighed.

"Huh? What does this have to do with the market?" Shen Xin became more and more puzzled.

"There are different categories of comics, including blood, suspense, love, daily life, sports... Domestic comics are relatively good in other aspects, but there are not too many sports comics." Shang Haozhi said in a low voice, "If it is a regular sports , Like football and basketball, many cartoonists can’t reach the drawing skills.”

Shen Xin nodded slightly, that's right.

Because this type of comics is closer to reality, the author is required to have strong drawing skills, not only in characters, scenes and many other aspects, but also in action.

There are also those who would argue that any comic has action. This is true, but other comics emphasize the action itself, but the requirements for body muscles are not as high as sports.

When a person makes any movement, not only the skeleton is moving, but also the changes of muscles are involved. Other cartoons do not emphasize these too much because they are covered by clothes, but sports cartoons will reveal parts of the body, such as limbs, and the coherence Actions will involve changes in muscles, which will test the cartoonist's drawing skills.

Before time travel, the quality of sports comics in District 11 was uneven, but "Slam Dunk" was undoubtedly the top batch of comics. The reason is not only because of its ups and downs of the plot, but also because of Inoue Takehiko's superb painting skills.

Every game can make readers feel excited and immersive. One of the reasons is that the realism shown in the picture greatly enhances the expressiveness of the picture, especially the muscle collision caused by the physical contact of the athletes. It was realistically drawn by Takehiko Inoue with a brush.

Few other cartoonists of sports comics can draw this effect.

"However, even if this is the case, the magazine should still find a cartoonist to draw, right?" Shen Xin wondered, "If it is really as you said, there is such a big gap in the market."

"Because of this, we have been impacted by District 11 comics. Since the sports comics in District 11 have not started to be serialized in China, many publishing houses are introducing single volumes. Of course, it is not ruled out that "manga fly" will be introduced in the future. Like fantasy We have "The Legend of the Dragon King" and "Fu Yaozhi", which can be sold overseas. If "ys" is published in "ic future", there is a chance to sell it to the 11th district, but there are always vacancies for sports comics.

"As for other sports, it is difficult to get started and understand. Therefore, the quality of the story will determine the performance of this type of comics. Therefore, domestic cartoonists rarely choose this type of comics. 11 There are many districts, such as mountain bikes, racing cars, chess and cards... Baseball is a special case. After all, it is very popular in the 11th district, but not many people pay attention to it in China. Therefore, it cannot compete with the painters in the 11th district.

"I know that you can choose other manga magazines besides "IC Future", but if you go to "Manga Fly", you have to compete with contestants from District 11 and even Han, and "Half Monthly Leap" does not match your style, They need color manuscripts. As for the magazines of "Man Weekly", although the sales volume is not bad, but the influence is indeed not as good as the three major magazines. This can be seen from the animation of "ys". If "ys" Published in "ic future", animation copyright definitely starts at 3 million."

"So tall?" Shen Xin asked in surprise.

"There are also overseas markets. I'm not boasting. Of all the comic magazines in China, "ic future" has the strongest ability to export comics to foreign countries, and "manga fly" has the strongest ability to import foreign comics. So, please think about it carefully. "Shang Haozhi said seriously.

Shen Xin leaned on the sofa and fell into long thoughts.

To be honest, after the contract expires, "ic future" is very sincere. After all, the editor-in-chief deliberately ran from Hongchuan to Yunhai, and not every cartoonist has this kind of treatment.

"But I really don't know how to play Go." Shen Xin frowned, he didn't even know how many rows and columns of Go, how to draw Go cartoons.

"Ah?" Shang Haozhi opened his mouth slightly, did he just say so much for nothing?

Suddenly, his throat felt slightly dry, so he took Wang Wenhong's unopened bottle of Coke and took a few sips.

"That's a pity..." Wang Wenhong looked at the sketches in the drawing book, "I really think your painting style is quite suitable for Go."

"But I always feel that something is missing in the painting." Shen Xin shook her head.

"There are indeed some. The momentum in the painting is more shown by the effect line." Wang Wenhong agrees with Shen Xin's words, "But a comic is so long, you can't always rely on the effect line. In this case, the picture will be very monotonous .”

Shen Xin nodded, agreeing with Wang Wenhong's statement.

"Something missing?" Shang Haozhi quickly took the sketch, looked it over carefully, and snapped his fingers, "I see."

"What's the reason?" Shen Xin asked quickly.

"Qi!" Shang Haozhi said decisively, "Qi is missing in your painting!"