Chapter 498 "Golden Paintbrush"

"Golden paintbrush..."

Yuan Zhe sat in front of his desk, frowning.

According to the regulations, the "Golden Paintbrush" will be mainly divided into two stages.

The first stage is the competition stage, and works signed before June 30 are eligible to participate.

The second stage is the selection stage.

There are also two sub-stages in the selection stage. First, the top ten works are selected according to the voting competition of the works; after that, the editor-in-chief, CEO, heads of each company and the selected star cartoonists form a jury to select the gold medal winners. Paintbrush Award and Silver Paintbrush Award.

There is a clause in the selection rules that allows the award to be vacant.

This means that not only the Golden Paintbrush Award may not be produced, but even the Silver Paintbrush Award may not produce five films.

Fengshuo... or the current Duoman.com has drawn a "big cake" with a gimmick of 10 million, but no one knows whether this "big cake" really has 10 million.

In fact, in private, Tong Yu also clearly told Yuan Zhe that the only criterion for judging whether a work wins the "Golden Paintbrush" award is not the quality of the comics, but whether the comics have commercial value.

To put it more bluntly, it is to see if there are companies willing to pay for these comics.

Therefore, the reader vote is only to select comics with acceptable quality. Whether these works will be awarded in the future is decided by the organizing committee.

The reason why I joined the person in charge of the company is because I want to exclude works that are "popular but not popular".

As far as commercial companies are concerned, they would rather their work be "a blockbuster than a hit". Of course, it would be great if they could gain both fame and fortune.

Therefore, early reader votes are extremely important.

Monthly subscription members, each person has 3 votes per month, and for every 10 yuan rewarded work, one vote will be automatically cast for the work. At the same time, it is stipulated that the author is prohibited from swiping votes.

In fact, the website does not strictly prohibit swiping tickets, but it can only be swiped by rewarding works.

This is a well-established rule.

Yuan Zhe also understands that magazines are not charitable organizations, they must be profitable.

He's just scared now,

There are no comics at the level of "Golden Paintbrush" in these works.

How could the 5 million grand prize come out so easily?

Having said that, the quality of the top-ranked participating comics is not bad.

Of course, it can't be compared with "game", but there are a few works that have indeed reached the level of second-tier signature comics, and if they are repackaged at that time, it may not be impossible to catch fire.

The work is like this, half depends on hype, and half depends on quality.

However, this selection is also not very friendly to the author, that is, before the work is signed, the author has no other income except for the reward.

This is also one of the main reasons that affect the quality of comics - the author must first fill his stomach before he can create.

Therefore, Yuan Zhe gave the editorial department the task of judging whether the entries meet the signing conditions based on the content of chapters three to five.

If it meets the requirements, the contract must be mailed as soon as possible to avoid the outflow of excellent works, or the author's tj due to lack of funds.

Of course, the contract fee will be very low, about four or five thousand.

If it is in other industries, you may feel that this amount of money is quite a lot, but for cartoonists, this amount of money is not enough.

However, fortunately, there is a monthly subscription fee. If the work is really outstanding, not to mention that you can earn a lot of money, at least it is much better than those serials that cannot be published in a single book.

Due to the shortened signing cycle of works, the editorial department has also become very busy.

Qian Sheng handed a form to Yuan Zhe, "This is our second batch of lists, a total of 15 copies."

"15 copies? Less than last month..." Yuan Zhe took the list and roughly read it.

"No way, cartoonists who are capable of creating alone have already started serialization. Many contestants are creating in their spare time. In order to complete the number of pages, these people imitate Mr. Fu and only draw names to attract readers. Fu The teacher can do this because he is well-known in the forum and has been approved by the editor of "ic future", so Mr. Tong did it.

"Generally speaking, it's impossible to judge their artistry just by looking at the original drafts. Although comic stories are interesting, some people still think that comics with good graphics are worth investing in.

"There are also some relatively complete cartoons, which should be created by college students. In this part, the story is quite exciting, but the drawing skills really need to be honed. The proportions of the characters' bodies are out of balance, and the movements are stiff..."

Before Qian Sheng finished speaking, he sighed.

"These people are the blood of the comic circle. I think we need to be different from traditional magazines, especially "ic future." Yuan Zhe knocked on the table twice.

It is not easy for a newcomer to become a cartoonist, it takes a lot of time to hone.

Of course, there are also cartoonists who have become famous in one fell swoop, but those people can actually be classified as "geniuses". However, many people are not geniuses.

"What kind of distinction?"

"A group of people, not ten or twenty, can make a living as a cartoonist. If we can do this, then Duoman.com will be more attractive than a magazine."

"Feng Shuo... Will the people above agree?" Qian Sheng asked.

Yuan Zhe shook his finger, "When Mr. Tong invited me, we had already negotiated. Unless there is a large area of ​​losses on Duoman.com, otherwise, I can decide all the projects by myself."

"Then you mean..."

"I'm wondering if it's possible to set up a student channel or a newcomer channel... By the way, authors can be graded. This will also allow authors to form a sense of competition. Anyone who has played games knows that leveling up is addictive." Yuan Zhe explained.

Qian Sheng nodded.

The difficulty of this part is mainly in the technical department, and the demand for funds is not large.

"By the way, when will the website's app be ready?" Yuan Zhe asked.

"Uh... April or May at the earliest? After it's finished, it will be tested internally, so it's hard to say the exact time."

"I'm thinking about something..."

"Um?"

"Let Mr. Wang's works be released on the app. Since we have Mr. Wang'help', we must make good use of this advantage."

"Then I'll follow up on the progress of Mr. Wang's new work?"

"This is the best." Yuan Zhe nodded, "Please."

"This is what I should do." Qian Sheng smiled.

"Also...post the list of the first batch of signed contracts to Weibo and Manga.com app, and upload the list and income of the top 20 monthly subscription authors."

"Ah?" Qian Sheng didn't react immediately.

"Let those ordinary cartoonists see that compared with traditional magazines, we also have advantages." Yuan Zhe said seriously.

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