Five Hundred and Seventieth Eighth Chapter Optimistic and Not Optimistic

"Ms. Shen really said that?"

Yan Fei glanced at the editor-in-chief and team leaders who were having a meeting behind the glass wall, feeling a little uneasy.

"What are you doing lying to you? Teacher Shen asked me to tell you in private."

Wang Wenhong, who was standing by Yan Fei's table, lowered his voice and said softly.

Yan Fei rubbed her forehead. She was quite confident about this cartoon, but when she heard Wang Wenhong's words from Shen Xin, she suddenly became a little uncertain.

"What else would Teacher Shen say?" Yan Fei was a little anxious.

"I've talked a lot... the most important thing is the difficulty of creation." Wang Wenhong pulled a chair from one side, "Mr. Shen also clearly said that this comic actually uses actions instead of words. It is a test of the author's storyboard , That’s why Mr. Wang gave the storyboard a score of 16. This model is like a pantomime—a good pantomime can easily attract diehard fans, but every word must rely on the storyboard to replace language expression, creating Difficulty will also increase geometrically."

"One word, two words, three words...you can express it in this way, how about ten words, twenty words, one hundred words? You can't keep this state all the time, right?"

Yan Fei nodded, "I know these things too, but the most important thing is to get the serialization qualification first."

"That's why Teacher Shen asked me to remind you not to rely too much on one model. A good idea can tell a good short story, but it can't support a full-length comic."

Yan Fei weighed the difficulty of creating comics and sighed. I have to say that Shen Xin's comments are very reasonable.

Not only Huaxia, but even District 11, rarely used action and storyboards, rather than language, to create long-form comics. Moreover, in a short period of time, this type is really eye-catching, but after a long time, readers will inevitably get tired of it.

"Teacher Shen's eyes are really poisonous." Yan Fei shook her head and said.

"That's not true, otherwise, "Smelting Steel" would not have been created." Wang Wenhong tapped the table twice and stood up from his seat. "By the way, Teacher Shen asked me to tell you something."

"Um?"

"The rhythm and style of this cartoon are very good, he likes it very much." Wang Wenhong grinned.

Yan Fei laughed dryly. Shen Xin's approval of this comic only meant that the quality of the comic was good.

But it is not sure whether it will be recognized by readers.

The discussion at this meeting was not too long, because Shen Xin directly scored these works, so the editor-in-chief and team leader of "Comic Future" and "Youth Future" discussed more purposefully.

The final four cartoons were definitely related to Shen Xin's judgment, but those scores were not the only basis for judging.

The reason is that the judges pay more attention to the quality of the works, but the editorial department has to consider the market.

Therefore, websites and magazines will often publish some works with heavy routines-don't the editors know that these works are serious?

Know. But these works also really sell money.

In the final analysis, magazines are still commercial organizations, with the primary purpose of making money.

Yan Fei stared at the computer screen, but her thoughts flew to the meeting room.

The people sitting on both sides of the conference table insisted on their own opinions and expounded their views one after another.

Fortunately, there were not too many works that made people feel entangled. The meeting ended after just over an hour. The editor-in-chiefs and team leaders of the two magazines came out of the meeting room one after another.

After seeing off the editors of "Youth Future", Shang Haozhi turned around and told Yan Fei that "Cat Back to School" will be published in the last issue of "Youth Future" in December.

The last issue?

Yan Fei and Wang Wenhong looked at each other in surprise.

The order of publication of these four short comics is based on the order of approval by the editorial department.

The editor-in-chief thinks that the works that will be popular will definitely be placed in the first place, because the magazine also wants to get auspicious and get off to a good start.

So, everyone is not optimistic about "Back to School Cat"?

"It's not that everyone doesn't like this short story, but that the magazine has never produced this kind of comics. Because of its unique taste, if Mr. Shen didn't give the only one 80 points, this comic would probably be abandoned. "The team leader Li Junwen walked to Yan Fei and explained.

In the final analysis, it is still not optimistic.

Yan Fei bit her lip and didn't make a sound.

Since you want to use readers' votes to judge the quality of manga, let's look at the final number of votes, right?

Really good works will not be buried.

Yan Fei felt a little angry.

...

As December approaches, Duoman.com also announced the competition rules for the second "Golden Paintbrush" award.

Considering that the first competition was affected by the incident of "swiping votes", the editorial department of Duoman.com also paid more attention when formulating the rules for the second competition.

First of all, the amount of the "Golden Paintbrush" award was lowered from 5 million to 3 million.

The authors were all heartbroken when they saw this rule.

The dwindling amount of money is equivalent to two "Silver Paintbrush" awards.

However, even with a loss of 2 million yuan, the "Golden Paintbrush" award is still the highest award in China, there is no doubt about it.

Just like "Smelting Steel", it won the "Best Novel of the Year" in the "Comic Festival" not long ago, but the money it got was only 500,000 yuan.

The good news is that the "Golden Paintbrush" award will no longer be vacant, and a grand prize of 3 million will be awarded every session.

In addition, the number of "Silver Paintbrush Awards" has also been reduced to 3 from 5.

The total prize money of the "Golden Paintbrush" award has been reduced by 40%.

The details of the upcoming activities will also be announced.

First of all, the cycle of a "Golden Paintbrush" award is two years.

From December of the first year to November of the second year, this period is the submission period. All works submitted during this period are eligible to participate in the "Golden Paintbrush" award of this session; December of the second year The voting period is until September 30 of the third year.

Depending on the level of the member account, members have 1-3 votes for recommendation, one ip address can only vote for one work in a month, and the number of votes is cleared every month.

Remove the months with the highest and lowest votes, and take the average of the other eight months. The top ten will enter the second stage, and the list of winners will be announced in November.

At the same time, after the deadline of the previous submission period, the next submission period will start accepting submissions, and the follow-up process will still be the same.

That is to say, the work can be submitted at any time, but it must be serialized for at least one year before it has a chance to win the Golden Paintbrush Award. At the same time, the month with the highest number of votes is removed to avoid swiping votes. The average number of votes for eight months is to ensure the stability of the work.

After these rules came out, cartoonists became restless again.

In contrast, the rules of the second session are stricter, and at the same time, some authors who want to be opportunistic are dispelled, allowing the participating authors to focus more on the work itself.

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