Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty First Competition

In December, the comic industry in China tended to be calmer than last year.

Last year, the appearance of the "Golden Paintbrush" award really scared a large number of people. As for this year, the prize money of the "Golden Paintbrush" award has shrunk by 40%, and the difficulty of winning the award has also increased by more than one level compared to last year , Therefore, everyone's attention is a little less.

But even if it shrinks further, the bonus of the "Golden Paintbrush" award is still 3 million yuan.

Everyone didn't say anything on the surface, they were just grinding their fists in private.

This time is different from the last one. The submission deadline will not be until November next year. Even after the submission date, you can still participate in the next Golden Brush Award, which gives authors more choices.

Instead of rushing to create comics, it is better to patiently create a good comic, just like "Dream Fairy".

Therefore, even in December, there are only dozens of people who contributed comics.

Comic Future has finally stabilized, with magazine sales hovering around 4.8 million copies.

"King of Rock and Roll" is in a stable situation after its update, and is in an anxious period of competing with "Hunting Abyss" for the second place.

The competition for the fourth and fifth places is equally inextricable, and the two food-related comics are in a hard fight.

"Ding Shi" is an authentic gourmet comic, and its highlight lies in its super realism. Because of the drawing of dishes, many people's appetites are whetted. Similarly, the various delicacies that appear also make those who have not studied food before Readers, eye-opener.

Two or three of the eight major cuisines in China have appeared. There are also exquisite foods such as French cuisine and cuju sushi in District 11 abroad. Coupled with the fierce competition, the popularity of the entire comic has quickly increased.

At the same time, this comic has also attracted many food lovers, and some people who have never touched comics have also turned their attention to this comic.

"Restaurant in Another World" is another type of gourmet comics. The whole process is mainly funny and adventurous.

As a part-time chef, the protagonist will go to the Valley of Warcraft to search for ingredients. During the adventure, he encounters many dangers, but relying on his extreme and strength, he finally saved the day.

Although these two comics have the same subject matter, they have different emphases, so the competition between them has something to watch.

Since "Ding Shi" is a newly serialized manga,

In terms of popularity, it is still not as good as "Restaurant in Another World", so it is temporarily ranked fourth.

The magazine obviously saw the potential of "Ding Shi", and hastened to produce the first volume of "Ding Shi" as a separate book, and at the same time, it was preparing to release it in the first week of the year.

The comic that is at the pinnacle of "Comic Future" is still "Steel Refining". Although it has not increased the number of votes of the following comics, it is not realistic for other comics to catch up with "Steel Refining".

In the last few episodes of "Forged Steel", Scar traveled north to find his brother's notebook. Bradley released Kimberly to hunt down Scar and recover the escaped Margo.

On the other hand, after seeing alchemy, Edward is also trying to imagine whether he can use alchemy instead of the Philosopher's Stone to restore his body, so he and Al are also looking for Zhang Mei and Xiaomei, but they are at a loss water.

Fortunately, Lieutenant General Gulaman, who disguised himself as an old woman, accidentally saw Zhang Mei who was heading north at the station, so he told Roy about this, and through Abstrong's mouth, passed the news to It was relayed to Brother Elric, which led to Abstrong's sister, Major General Olivia Mira Armstrong, "The North Wall of Briguz".

Kimberly chased Scar all the way, but unexpectedly caught Scar's way and was seriously injured.

Zhang Mei and Marge, who were separated from Skajuki, found the notebook left by Skajuki's brother according to the map drawn by Ska.

The Elric brothers came to the northern fortress, were ambushed by the garrison, and became prisoners. Under the escort of the soldiers, the two met Major General Olivia.

The appearance of the new female character caused restlessness among the readers, who shouted "My Lady Queen".

Shen Xin has long been mentally prepared for Olivia to be called this title. In the original book, she is the queen, and because of her cold appearance, calm personality, and image of a queen, she also conforms to the reader's positioning of her, so , can be accepted by readers in a short time.

As the Elric brothers came to the northern fortress Briguz, the plot of the story is about to usher in the next climax.

Shen Xin firmly believed in this.

At the same time, the single volume of volume 15 of "Steel Refining" was released in the third week of December, and the sales volume of a single volume reached 950,000 copies in a single week. Still stand out from the pack.

Wang Yunze smiled when he saw this number.

Last month, the total sales volume of "Smelting Steel" exceeded 2.3 million copies. Considering that volume 15 involves the "Ishwar Rebellion" and also has a large number of transitional plots, the sales volume of this book should not be as good as Volume 14. But even so, it should not be a big problem if it breaks through 2 million copies, which is almost a step up from the comics with its pictures.

Wang Wenhong stretched, picked up the teacup, put some tea in it, got up and went to the tea room outside the editorial office.

At the door of the tea room, Yan Fei was on the phone with a serious expression on her face.

When he came back from fetching hot water, Yan Fei also put away her phone, but her expression was still not relaxed.

"What's wrong?"

"Isn't "Ding Shi" going to be sold soon? Discuss with the two teachers."

"The two teachers are not considered newcomers anymore, are they still nervous?"

"Nonsense, the new book "Steel Refining" was released not long ago, aren't you nervous?"

"Of course I'm nervous, the bet with Chairman Bao is still there! However, Teacher Shen doesn't seem to be very nervous." Wang Wenhong raised his head and recalled.

"..."

Yan Fei raised her head and thought about it, Shen Xin was indeed rarely nervous about the sales of booklets, probably because she was used to it.

"The momentum of "Ding Shi" is showing an upward trend... Let's put it this way? If there is an animation released at this time, it might be able to squeeze out "The King of Rock and Roll." Wang Wenhong said again.

Yan Fei quickly waved her hand: "It's fine to squeeze out "The King of Rock and Roll". It's not realistic to say this now. "Ding Shi" has only a dozen episodes, at least seventy or eighty episodes, before you can consider making an animation, otherwise, it will affect the work." creation."

That's true.

Wang Wenhong nodded.

"Although there is already an animation company, they are already planning the animation copyright of "Ding Shi"." Yan Fei then added.

"..."

show off!

Wang Wenhong said silently in his heart.

"However, the two authors already have a certain popularity, and the quality of the comics is not bad, so I am somewhat confident. In fact, the person I am worried about now is Mr. Zuo."

"Um?"

"Next week's "Youth Future", there will be Teacher Zuo's work." The smile on Yan Fei's face was a little stiff.

Not favored by the editor-in-chief and team leader, she dare not decide what kind of achievements Zuo Yuan's new work will achieve.