Chapter 259

"Come in, please..."

Open the door and Meng Huo invites two new people in.

Mach He and Wang Yan are his two assistants for the pirate king. Let's not talk about them for a moment. He is a more talented old cartoonist than tomato.

And Wang Yan, the new girl, should also have a satisfying talent, otherwise it is impossible to submit one-time to succeed.

And Wang Yan's coming is also the request of the girls' Editorial Department of the weekly. This girl has just set foot on the road of cartoonist and has strong plasticity. Editors hope that she can get exercise here in Menghuo and have better development in the future.

"Excuse me."

When they came to Meng Huo's home for the first time, both Mach and Wang Yan were very nervous. They changed their shoes and walked in carefully, only to find that the living room was full of other assistants.

"Welcome, Mr. mach..."

Tomato greets mach, while Wang Yan looks at Hua Meng, who is nervous and goes to say hello respectfully.

”Well, in the future, you will be the same as me here in Teacher He Xi. Don't be polite. When you want to show yourself, you should stay when you work for me. "

Hua Meng touches Wang Yan's head with a smile. The girl has not officially appeared yet, but she has two Assistant jobs. This is pressure and luck.

"This is teacher He Xi's assistant with us. He..."

Tomato begins to introduce Xi Xi Wenlin, Mach and Wang Yan to each other. Meng Huo leaves the living room with a smile. These assistants need to have a good talk. In the future, Mach and Wang Yan will have to receive guidance from the other three.

Meng Huo put the time of the three comics together. Detective Conan doesn't need much interference, but the pressure of the other two is still a little high. However, he thinks that the mutual guidance of assistants will make both of them get familiar with their work faster.

Half an hour later, when Meng Huo came out again, several assistants had been talking about it very lively, and the strange atmosphere disappeared.

"Well, it's time to get to work!"

He clapped his hands with satisfaction, and then took these people into the study.

Meng Huo didn't add an extra study for the pirate king. It's more atmosphere for all of us to be together. Moreover, the room is big enough, with one table for each. Now there are only six people. If we sit side by side, it's only two rows.

At the beginning of the work, Meng Huo and Huameng are next to each other. On the other side of Huameng is tomato. On the other side of Huameng are Wang Yan, Mach and Xi Wenlin. This arrangement puts tomato and Xi Wenlin at the end. Meng Huo and Huameng can get in touch with each other recently.

As Mach and Wang Yan have just started to work, their speed is very slow. Meng Huo guides them and focuses on Inuyasha in Huameng.

However, although the speed of Mach and Wang Yan was slow, when they carefully painted several manuscripts of Meng Huo on the background and dot, the result was surprisingly good.

"Did you practice the style of the pirate king at home?"

Meng Huo read the manuscript over and over again, and then asked mach.

"Yes..."

Mach Nodded, relieved. He is not a pity assistant now. He may be fired at any time. How can he feel at ease without making some preparations in advance.

It's a great honor to be He Xi's assistant. No cartoonist dares to take it lightly. He is not the only one. Many cartoonists of Phoenix company have practiced the style of the pirate king.

"Look at teacher He Xi's manner, I should have passed the test..."

Mach He Xi's attitude on his face inspired him and made a good start. Maybe he won't have a problem when he turns to a formal assistant in the future.

"Well, you will be responsible for the background assignment and special effects of the pirate king in the future."

Meng Huo nodded his head with satisfaction. He was very happy that Mach could draw the background, and his special effect was also very good. The comic style of the pirate king was funny and exaggerated, and it would be difficult for people who didn't know it to draw all kinds of renderings.

He then turned his head to see Wang Yan opposite the syncline and praised him.

"Wang Yan, you are in charge of blackening and dot first. You do well in these two. Don't worry, I will teach you more substantive work in the future... "

Meng Huo also let Wang Yan draw the background and effect. This young girl cartoonist's painting skills are excellent. Although he is unfamiliar, he sees a high potential.

However, as a beginner, Wang Yan's understanding of the pirate king is obviously not as profound as that of a professional cartoonist. There is a sense of stiffness in her paintings, which is specially drawn for cooperation.Comparatively speaking, Mach's painting is more natural. His years of novel adaptation make him more suitable to imitate and cooperate with Meng Huo's original works. His painting is not against the law.

This is a gap of experience. It will be difficult to make up for it for a while and a half, but with so many assistants nearby, Wang Yan's progress should be very fast.

What comforts Meng is that although Wang Yan can't deal with the background, she does very well in other aspects, especially in the areas that need patience and details, such as blackening and dot. She gives full play to the girl's unique delicacy and makes it perfect.

"Teacher He Xi, don't we use computers?"

At this time, Hua Meng suddenly asked.

They usually use the computer when they work. If they use the computer, the dot and blackening are very simple. They don't need to do it manually.

"If you continue to use it, Wang Yan will not use it for the time being." Meng Huo replied with a smile: "it's better for her to take more exercise. If she doesn't have time, she can choose the computer for later operation."

The computer is a very convenient tool, but the cartoonist's ability should start from the reality. Even if it's computer graphics, it's useless if they don't reach the standard. Meng Huo thinks it's totally unnecessary for new cartoonists to use computers.

And they are in time now, and the pressure of the pirate king is not great.

"Xi" has been on sale for two months, and the battle between it and "weekly boutique" has come to an end. Meng Huo plans to reduce the number of words in "pirate king" next month, so he doesn't have to continue to maintain high-intensity work.

Moreover, Mach and Huameng are more capable than Wang Yan expected. With the help of both of them, the work pressure becomes less.

Time flashed by

In the middle of June, Meng Huo lived peacefully at home as usual, but outside, "son of the detective" and "Detective Conan" will be on sale.

The two books on sale on the same day have attracted the attention of many media. The success or failure of He Xi and Li Xin, or He Xi and Zhongxia company, will be decided by the two books.

In the previous sales statistics, "pirate king" in the eye of amazing sales all the way, He Xi's advantage to more than three million.

However, the three million is not an invincible number.

In the early morning when the booklets were on sale, Lin Qi, a female reporter from Ninghai TV station, and a photographer were the first to come to Qingwan bookstore, the largest comprehensive bookstore in the city. Although the sky did not light up, some readers had appeared on the square.

"Master, it seems that there are few people."

Lin Qi looked around, glanced at the crowd and said.

"Quite a lot... That's because the square is big, so it doesn't look much." Standing beside her, the photographer set the camera, said with a smile, "besides, it's not dawn, most readers haven't come yet."

There's another reason he didn't say. Qingwan bookstore is the largest bookstore in Ninghai. Every time there is a lot of stock, experienced readers won't come to line up. Anyway, they can buy it in the end.

"Oh." Lin Qi answered, she just became a reporter, many things do not understand: "senior, why the TV station this time to shoot a single book for sale, before the magazine sale did not pay attention to, is the single book more popular than the magazine?"

"Of course..."

The photographer picked an eyebrow and took a look at Lin Qi: "isn't it obvious? The comics in the magazine series are linked back and forth. The readers who buy the magazine need to be trained. Of course, the sales volume is less than that of the booklet. "

The difference between a magazine and a booklet is that the comics in each issue are endless. A new reader may not understand anything if he only buys the magazine once or twice, which limits the circulation of the magazine.

The channel disadvantage of Phoenix company also comes from this. Its sales mode requires bookstores in various regions to actively order magazines. However, magazines need a stable long-term consumer group, and the risk is high. Bookstores will be very cautious about ordering magazines.

However, the single book is different. The single book can be regarded as a book. For example, "Detective Conan", the first two single books are very popular. Booksellers are willing to order the following volumes.

"But... If we talk about front and back contact, it's not right... Don't we also need front and back contact in the booklet?"

Lin Qi's face was puzzled. Isn't it the same with the magazine? If you don't see the front story, how can you sell the back booklet?

The photographer laughed.

"It's true that the booklet should be linked back and forth, but when it's on sale, the previous issues will be printed. Bookstores can choose the order proportion of volumes according to the readers' situation in different regions."

He gave an example: "some bookstores in the mainland have never published the famous detective Conan, and they will order a large number of the first two books and sell them together; And like Ninghai, most of the readers have seen it, so the order quantity of the first two volumes in the bookstore will be very small, mainly in the third volume. "Lin Qi's brain is not stupid. She can understand that magazines are rarely overprinted. Generally, once a week, they are sold out. It's hard for you to buy old ones.

The booklet can be overprinted. Every time a new booklet is put on sale, the front volume will be updated. This is the biggest difference between a magazine and a booklet.

Magazine is a comprehensive platform, and the only way to say that a single book is a real cartoon. However, the magazine is very important, without its promotion and publicity, it is difficult to sell a comic book directly.

However, this is not absolute. He Xi's "five centimeters per second" broke through the restrictions of the magazine and sold the single edition directly - it seems that He Xi is the only one who can do it.

"Teacher He Xi is so strong..."

Thinking about this, Lin Qi found that He Xi was really powerful. No wonder Zhongxia is so targeted at He Xi, and no wonder the TV station is so concerned about the sale of the booklet.

In the last sales competition, it's up to now who wins or loses