Four Hundred and Seventieth Chapters Start

? "Steel Refining" suddenly became No. 2 from No. 4 on the popularity list, which exceeded many people's expectations and made many people feel helpless. But some people know the reason, such as Qian Sheng, editor-in-chief of Duoman.com.

He glanced at the popularity ranking on the screen, then looked at the comments of netizens on another webpage, snorted coldly, and picked up the "Youth Leap" on hand again.

As a person who once served as the editor-in-chief of a second-rate magazine in District 11, he is well versed in the comic rules in District 11.

In the magazine, the position of a comic is regular.

Before buying a magazine, a reader usually has to read a few pages in advance, but the time used to make a decision is very short, and the decision is often made when the brain is hot. If the magazine can successfully catch the readers' attention in a very short period of time, the magazine has a great probability of being sold. The more popular and exciting comics, the higher the position.

At the same time, as an imported manga, "Steel Refining" is naturally at a disadvantage when competing with other comics. That is to say, under the same conditions, "Youth Leap" will give up a better position to the competitors of "Steel Refining". .

But in this issue, "Steel Refining" was placed in the second position for the first time, which proved the quality of "Steel Refining".

Actually, the same goes for web comics.

Tong Yu said in an interview that compared with magazines, the biggest advantage of the website is that it can store unlimited works. But he (deliberately) said a word less, if these comics have no chance to appear in the recommended position, then these comics are equivalent to rushing to the library—it is really too difficult to be picked up by wild readers.

Even recommended positions have their pros and cons. The above recommendation is better than the bottom, and the recommendation with a large picture is better than text. The recommended position of the home page is better than that of the secondary page.

These are just as important as sorting in manga magazines.

Therefore, the position of "Steel Refining" in the second comic is not a decision made by the editorial department, but a judgment based on the content of this chapter. Furthermore, if the editorial department has already seen the follow-up plot, it means that the next few episodes are very exciting.

The competition for "Shounen Leap" is so fierce, and "Steel Refining" can be ranked in this position, which proves that it is the best manga in China.

As for Huaxia's popularity list, it's okay to bluff laymen, and insiders know what's going on. The so-called popularity value above is based on the statistics of manga searches or discussions on the Internet, and it really doesn't have much to do with quality. relation.

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For the first time in "Young Leap", the animation of "Steel Refining" is mentioned in the front color page. Although it is the size of a tofu block, Orochi took over and Shoji Uno served as the supervisor.

"Youth Leap" rarely promotes the animations of Chinese cartoonists in magazines. The last one it promoted was "Soul of Chess".

This shows one thing, "Young Leap" recognized Shen Zheng, and the market in District 11 also recognized Shen Zheng.

Compared with it... other domestic comics are far behind.

"Sirius" seems to be well-known in China, but if it really goes out, "Youth Leap" may not really like it.

"Editor-in-chief, this is the list of comics uploaded in January given by Mr. Tong." An editor handed over a fax.

Qian Sheng took it over and took a look. It turned out to be handwritten, a total of 51 copies, one of which was crossed out.

""Y's"?" Qian Sheng remembered this comic, although it was not published in District 11, it was very popular in the forum. Because it is an unfinished comic, it is also very controversial among cartoonists.

Many fan authors also gave their own endings, but compared with the original, it still lacks a little flavor.

Qian Sheng remembered that the author of this comic was also Shen Zheng.

Give up "Y's"? Is it really a good thing?

Qian Sheng scratched his head, he felt that this was not a good choice.

...

"Sinner's Flesh" in "Steel Forging" tells the story of Roy's subordinates fighting hand-to-hand with artificial humans. At the end of this episode, Lisa faced the artificial human Gratoni, while Wayne was stopped by Lan Fang who came to help.

The war was about to break out, but the story came to an abrupt end.

The topic of this remark fermented on the Internet, and some people called Shen Xin a "broken dog".

"'Dog King', you have gone too far!"

"The pants are all off, show me this? It's so cold, I have to pull them up again!"

Some people are discussing the next development of the plot.

"I guess Lisa might die."

"No! I quite like Lisa."

"I like it too, but when I met Gratoni... that big fat man, he ate everything, and Lisa was obviously at a disadvantage. At the same time, compared to Lisa, he was immortal."

"Hughes was killed by artificial man..."

"Also, Lan Fang and Enwei, who is more powerful in their duel?"

"I don't know! I really want to read the next chapter, Mr. Shen, hurry up and come to the next chapter!"

These discussions and comments, as well as the search for the latest discussion, made the popularity of "Steel Refining" continue to rise. The editorial department of "Comic Future" also discovered that many bookstores have sold out the 48th issue of the magazine.

This means that the sales volume of 4 million copies is on the low side.

Of course, it is impossible for them to reprint the magazine, they can only increase the number of the next issue of "Comic Future".

But at the same time, the performance of the last one or two episodes of "Steel Refining" also made them look forward to "Steel Refining" and the magazine.

"Immediately find Mr. Shen and ask him to draw a coloring page. The cover of the next issue of the magazine will mainly feature "Steel Refining"!"

"But... the cover has already been designed!" Zeng Yue reminded.

"It's changed!" Shang Haozhi glared at Zeng Yue, "Now, the most important thing for the magazine is to make a profit, so as to increase the sales volume of the magazine! By the way, isn't the first MV of "Soul of Chess·Beidou Cup" already online? Has it been publicized? In the next issue, add a page of advertisements to promote "Soul of Chess", and then link "Soul of Chess" with "Smelting Steel"! Go to the advertising department."

"Oh!" Zeng Yue immediately picked up the phone.

Shang Haozhi crossed his fingers and frowned slightly. At this moment, he felt a little nervous. Whether "Comic Future" can take off depends on this time.

"The arrangement of the coloring pages below is...Xiao Wang, you can confirm with Mr. Shen again to see which issue's front coloring page you need a year ago, and I will remove that issue! And Xu Jie..." Rock and Roll" Prepare the coloring page of "Wang" too, the time is the second issue of the new year. Also, Xiao Jian, is the coloring page for Teacher Ye ready? Hurry up and hand it in, and give him the coloring page for the first issue next year!"

Temporarily withdrawing the front pages that have been arranged will hurt the cartoonist, but Shang Haozhi has no choice. At this time, the sales of the magazine are more important. As for other cartoonists, they can only compensate later.

"Well, it's almost ready, but the new chapter is 40 pages, so it's a little troublesome." Jian Xiaomei explained.

Shang Haozhi nodded, his palms were covered with sweat.

Next year, "Hunting Abyss" will return, which will be a shot in the arm for "Comic Future". In addition, no one knows what effect Duoman.com will have on other comic magazines.

But years ago, if "Comic Future" wanted not to be pulled away, the biggest reliance was "Smelting Steel".

Amidst the mixed feelings of countless people, the 49th issue of "Comic Future" was released.