Chapter 462 Trend

"Smelting Steel" is equivalent to opening a new chapter after "The Messenger of the East".

This kind of "new" is not limited to the end of an old plot. The arrival of a new plot also lies in the addition of new characters.

The model of Xingguo is Huaxia, whether it is composition or clothing, it is very consistent with the ancient Huaxia in the District 11 comics. But there are also differences. Although Fu Ye and Lan Fang are wearing dramatic masks, both actions and weapons are somewhat biased towards District 11. Therefore, Shen Xin also modified the images of the two to make them more vivid. Biased towards Huaxia.

For three episodes in a row, the progress of the story is very smooth. The biggest conflict is the confrontation between the Elric brothers and Lan Fang and Master Fu.

The ranking of the small book "Steel Refining" is very stable, closely following "Game", but in the popularity list, "Steel Refining" and the following works are shrinking at an extremely fast speed.

Shen Xin didn't care too much about it. To him, this ranking is not without advantages, but it only represents the popularity on the Internet, and it doesn't represent the quality of the works.

It is precisely because of this that the momentum of "Sirius" is so fierce. Sitting on four sides, the goal is directed at "Steel Refining", which is ranked third.

The impact of Duoman.com on "cf" is also stable. Since the 38th issue, it has been fluctuating around 4.6 million, with a decline of 600,000 copies a month. For a magazine, it can be called an avalanche, but it can also go down The good thing is that the erosion of web comics on magazines has reached a bottleneck period, and perhaps there will be signs of recovery in paper magazines in the future.

This is not too bad news for "ic future".

However, at the same time, the magazine also has a bad news-"The Legend of the Dragon King" will end in the 40th issue of the magazine.

Although everyone in the editorial department knew the news, when this day came, every editor—especially Jia Hui—felt sad and helpless.

This not only symbolizes the end of an era, but also shows that one day in the future, the magazine will face Duoman.com, which owns Wang Yunze. This may have a greater impact on "ic future".

Although Wang Yunze was destined to leave, out of respect for him, the magazine still gave the cover and front color pages to "The Legend of the Dragon King" and conducted an exclusive interview with him. Wang Yunze also spoke all the praises to "ic future", and it is impossible to see that the magazine and Wang Yunze will part ways, or even become rivals.

Wang Yunze's departure means that an era of "ic future" has come to an end. In the future, the magazine will enter the "post-Wang Yunze era" or "the Wang Yunze era".

As for who will be the new helmsman of the big ship "ic future", the opinions within the magazine are very unified, it can only be Shen Xin or Ye Hexu.

"Hunting Abyss" is on hiatus, and even if it is serialized, no one can determine the follow-up length of "Hunting Abyss". Therefore, Shen Xin and "Steel Refining" are in an advantageous position.

This is also the consensus within the magazine.

As the focus of the editors, Shen Xin has no such intention, and he does not want to be the helmsman of "ic future"—this honor is more like a shackle to him, and when he wants to make a choice, he will It will appear in front of him and stipulate that he cannot do certain things, otherwise he will be sorry to the magazine.

He knows that he may get a lot of resources because of this honor, but in comparison, he prefers to make his own decisions, rather than being forced to be limited by people or institutions, so he has to make a choice.

Of course, these things have not been clarified, and both parties are very satisfied with the current cooperation.

At the end of the issue of "The Legend of the Dragon King", the sales volume of the magazine broke through 4.8 million copies for the first time. Many people who grew up watching "The Legend of the Dragon King" chose to buy a magazine, which can be regarded as watching "The Legend of the Dragon King" leave , on the popularity list, "The Legend of the Dragon King" overwhelmed "game" and reached the top again.

At the same time, readers are also discussing Wang Yunze's whereabouts, whether he will create long-form comics; if he does, whether he will stay in "ic future".

Because the contract between Wang Yunze and "ic future" has not yet ended, neither party announced the news of Wang Yunze's departure.

Duoman.com is not in a hurry, creating manga is not like dumpling, it is impossible to finish one drawing and the next one will come out immediately.

Considering that after the new work is finished, Wang Yunze will have to recuperate for a while, and go to the hospital to check his minor ailments.

The answer given by Wang Yunze is that the work will not come out until about half a year later.

"...That is to say, within this year, we cannot use Mr. Wang Yunze for publicity." At the internal meeting of Duoman.com, Tong Yu said emphatically to the editor-in-chief and other persons in charge of Duoman.com, "Moreover, Since the contract between Mr. Wang and "ic future" has not yet expired, we have no way of announcing that Mr. Wang will join Duoman.com next year."

"That's it... But now the traffic on Duoman.com is only average. Although the seven free comics have a good response among readers, the update speed of other comics is too slow. As a result, the advantage of the website is not as great as we imagined. .” A middle-aged man said.

This person's name is Qian Sheng, and he was originally the editor-in-chief of a second-tier magazine in District 11. After Tong Yu talked with him, Qian Sheng immediately expressed his interest and hoped to get in touch with web comics.

"what reason?"

"Cartoonists don't get enough protection. I think the minimum manuscript fee of 80 yuan is too low... We must at least solve the worries for the authors."

"How much do you think?"

"200, of course, in order to ensure the income, we can raise the standard of manuscripts received." Qian Sheng replied.

"In this way, what's the difference between us and the magazine?" Tong Yu frowned and rubbed his chin, "Well...you go and classify the works, and the qualified works start at 200 yuan. If the drawing skills are a little poor, but If the story is novel or suitable for TV adaptation, then start at 80 yuan."

"Why do you still need to set works in the 80 yuan file?" Qian Sheng asked puzzled.

"As long as it is 'meat', I want it to rot in the pot." Tong Yu grinned, "As long as there is one 'baby' in a hundred comics, we will make money."

A businessman wants to make a big difference with a small one.

It is better to have a "baby", even if there is no "baby", he will not suffer too much.

"In addition, there is a library. After all, we don't have enough content, and we don't have a finished manga. Once the freshness of looking at it is over, readers will easily return to the paper magazine."

"You can rest assured about this." Tong Yu took out the tablet, swipe it twice, and sent a form to Qian Sheng via email, "I will give you a form, which is the copyright of the comics we purchased. The first batch of 50 will be followed by cooperation with other magazines. This batch of comics is being sorted out, and I predict that they will be uploaded online by November—in addition, the second batch will be uploaded in January next year.”

Qian Sheng was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect Tong Yu to have a second hand.

"Besides, next year, I'm going to hold an award call with a total prize of 5 million. At that time, whether it will be awarded to one comic or five comics, you can discuss it carefully." Tong Yu said with a smile.

Qian Sheng once again looked at Tong Yu in surprise. Tong Yu and Fengshuo Media's entry may not be as simple as playing twice.

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