Chapter 39: Opponent
That night, Jian Xiaomei didn't go home, let alone sleep. Instead, she asked her assistant to bring up all the magazines downstairs, and picked out the cartoons drawn by authors she hadn't seen before.
"No! The painter is not solid." Ye Hexu sat cross-legged on the floor, flipped through a magazine, and threw the magazine behind him.
"What about this one?" Jian Xiaomei threw the next one she had chosen to Ye Hexu, who threw it away after looking at it twice.
"Jian Xiaomei, when you recommend comics, can you take a look at the storyboard? At least they must be at a similar level, right?" Ye Hexu complained.
"I'm really sorry, I made you look twice at the 'garbage'." Jian Xiaomei said through gritted teeth.
"Well, just correct it next time." Ye Hexu nodded, and took the magazine from Jian Xiaomei.
Change your sister...
Jian Xiaomei wished she could throw the book on Ye Hexu's face.
"Huh?"
"What's wrong?" Jian Xiaomei, who was getting angry, asked puzzledly.
"'Shaky' is suddenly interesting." Ye Hexu stroked his chin, looking at the comics spread on the floor.
"Eh? Are you interested in competing with him?" Jian Xiaomei was overjoyed and asked quickly.
"No." Ye Hexu shook his head, "Compared to before, the quality has not improved, but the development of the plot in the future makes me feel interesting."
"How interesting?" Jian Xiaomei asked.
"Crash...or not. The previous 10 episodes were mainly funny, but this episode has a new character - a female knight in this world. By the way, have you read the script of "Shaky" written by Su Han? ?”
"No. What's the matter?" Jian Xiaomei asked puzzled.
"Hmm...it's nothing. This heroine is a newly created character, so I don't know how it will affect the rest of the story." Ye Hexu raised his head and thought for a while, "After all, I'm not the original author either."
Jian Xiaomei nodded, if what Ye Hexu said is true, then "Tumbling" should show signs of deviating from the outline.
In the process of creation, the author often has some whimsical ideas. If the author writes or draws these ideas into the work, it will be inconsistent with the previous outline, and further, it may be extended into a completely different outline.
It is normal for creators to deviate from the outline, but they must pay attention to controlling the direction of the story development, otherwise, the story may not come back, and thus go to an unknown area, and then the story collapses.
"This is "Manga Fly", and it is also the magazine we need to watch out for the most. Take a look and see if there are any newcomers that need attention."
Since she is an old rival, Jian Xiaomei is quite familiar with the manga artists of "Manga Fly". There must not be any great newcomers in the manga being serialized, but it's hard to say about the short stories.
As the three major publications, "Manga Fly" is only slightly weaker than "Comic Futura". Of course, there is nothing to say about its strength. The newcomers who can be serialized on it are all pretty good.
"Hmm..." Ye Hexu bent over and quickly flipped through the latest issue of "Manga Fly". After roughly reading two or three short stories, he closed the magazine.
"How?" Jian Xiaomei asked.
"There should be good newcomers, but not in this issue." Ye Hexu said.
"How do you know?" Jian Xiaomei asked puzzled.
"The short stories in this issue are all good, but the overall quality is a bit poor..."Manga Fly" may use these people as stepping stones to introduce a newcomer. The compendium, the last few issues of "Manga Fly" will be given to me Come, I want to see who this person is." Ye Hexu said to Jian Xiaomei.
"No problem." Jian Xiaomei immediately became wary, "Then... what do you think about the new serialization of this magazine? I think it's pretty good."
"What magazine?" Ye Hexu asked.
"Weekly New World."
"I've never heard of it." Ye Hexu thought for a while, but didn't have any impression.
"Local magazines only sell hundreds of thousands of copies, right?" Jian Xiaomei explained.
"So..." Ye Hexu took the magazine and turned to the page that Jian Xiaomei folded, ""Y's"? Shen Zheng? He should be a newcomer...but..."
"But what?" Jian Xiaomei asked.
Ye Hexu didn't speak any more, just finished reading the third chapter of "Y's" without saying a word, then stood up from the ground, returned to his seat with "New World", spread the magazine on the drawing, and went forward again After flipping through it, he turned his head to Jian Xiaomei and said, "I want the previous issues of "New World"!"
"Do you think that cartoon is okay?" Jian Xiaomei asked in surprise.
"I have to read the previous two sentences before I can make a judgment. Hurry up and look for it?" Ye Hexu's cheeks were rosy.
"It's already midnight, where can I find it?" Jian Xiaomei pinched her waist and raised her eyebrows, "Besides, there probably are no previous magazines on the market."
"New World" is a weekly magazine, and the unsold magazines will be recycled by the magazine. Unless some stores deliberately keep them, it is difficult to buy the previous magazines.
Ye Hexu opened his mouth, his expression darkened, "That's right... If the magazine doesn't sell, then it's the magazine's business. Just looking at this, "Y's" is absolutely fine."
Sitting on the sofa, the drowsy assistant suddenly became much more awake, and quickly sat up straight.
"Ms. Ye, compendium... I have something to say."
"Um?"
Ye Hexu and Jian Xiaomei looked at the middle-aged assistant at the same time.
"That...Actually, I bought the first two "New World"." The assistant had a rare blush on his cheeks when he said this.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Hurry up and take it out!" Jian Xiaomei wished she could kick the assistant's ass.
Without saying a word, the assistant sneaked into the bedroom and took out two magazines from under the quilt.
"Teachers, be careful—" the assistant was snatched away by Jian Xiaomei as soon as she returned to the living room.
"I'll give you a set of "Y's" booklet later." Jian Xiaomei said impatiently.
Ye Hexu also jumped off the swivel chair, and took "New World" from Jian Xiaomei's hand.
"Oh, it's really bold to use the front page in the first chapter." Ye Hexu opened the magazine and saw Yizhi's photo, he was slightly taken aback, and then chuckled again.
"This comic should be the signature of "New World", right?" Jian Xiao frowned tightly, with a serious expression, staring at the magazine in her hand, and finished reading the second chapter in a short time, "What do you think of this comic? "
"Excellent cartoon... just a little weird." Ye Hexu rubbed his chin, seemingly thinking, but his eyes were extremely bright, and rosy cheeks appeared.
"Why is it strange?"
"The storyboard is different. The storyboard of the first episode is obviously more natural. The storyboard of the third episode is worse, and it doesn't feel smooth. If he can always maintain the name of the first episode, there will be no suspense for next year's rookie award .”
"Huh? The quality of this comic is very high, but is it too exaggerated?" Jian Xiaomei questioned.
"No exaggeration." A rare smile appeared on Ye Hexu's face, and he read the third episode again, "The sub-camera of the third episode is a bit poor, even so, only a very small number of newcomers can reach this level. However, it is also possible that the preparation time for the first episode was relatively long, and the preparation time for the third episode was relatively short, which caused this situation."
Ye Hexu took the second chapter over and read it carefully, his eyes became more and more excited.
"I've decided to participate in next year's 'Newcomer Award'!" Ye Hexu closed the three magazines and grinned.
"Really?" Jian Xiaomei finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Ye Hexu's painting, "You finally agreed. Tomorrow...no, this morning, I will tell the editor-in-chief to move "Punishment" to "Weekly Comic Futura" "superior."
"No—" Ye Hexu shook his fingers, "I want to use a new comic. "Y's" has taught me a lot, so I will use my own comic and "Y's" to compete for the 'Newcomer Award'. There will be no next year So boring."