"Come on, please come in..."

When Meng Huo opened the door, he invited two newcomers to come in.

Mach and Wang Yan, these are his two assistants for "One Piece", so let's not talk about Mach for now. He is a more talented veteran cartoonist than Tomato.

Wang Yan, this freshman girl should also have satisfactory talents, otherwise it would be impossible for her to succeed by submitting a one-time article.

Moreover, Wang Yan's coming was also a request from the weekly girl editorial department. This girl has just embarked on the path of a cartoonist and has strong plasticity. The editors hope that she can get training in Meng Huo and can develop better in the future.

"I've been disturbed."

When it was the first time I came to Meng Huo's house, Mach and Wang Yan were both nervous. They changed their shoes and walked in carefully. They found that the living room was full of several other assistants.

"Welcome, teacher mach..."

Tomato greeted Mach, while Wang Yan looked at Teacher Hua Meng nervously and walked over to say hello respectfully.

"Okay, from now on, you will be the same as me as me in Teacher He Xi. You don't need to be polite. When you want to show off, stay when you work for me."

Hua Meng smiled and touched Wang Yan's head. The girl had not officially debuted yet, but she had two assistant jobs on her body. This was pressure and luck.

"This is to be the assistant of Teacher Xi with us, he..."

Tomato began to introduce Xi Xi Wenlin, Mach and Wang Yan to meet each other. Meng Huo left the living room with a laugh. These assistants need to have a good talk. In the future, the serialization of "One Piece" will be. Mach and Wang Yan will have to receive guidance from the other three.

Meng Huo put the time of the three comics together, and "Detective Conan" doesn't need to interfere too much. However, the pressure on the other two movies is still a bit great, but he feels that the assistants guide each other and will make the two of them familiar with their work faster.

Half an hour later, when Meng Huo came out again, several assistants were already talking very lively, and the annoying atmosphere of several people disappeared.

"Okay, it's time to start working!"

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

Meng Huo did not add an additional study to "One Piece". Everyone has a more atmosphere together, and the room is large enough, with one table for each person, and now there are only six people. If you sit side by side, just two rows are enough.

At the beginning of work, Meng Huo and Hua Meng were adjacent to each other, and the other side of Hua Meng was Tomato. The opposite side of the three were Wang Yan, Mach and Xi Wenlin. This arrangement put Tomato and Xi Wenlin at the end, and Meng Huo and Hua Meng had the closest contact.

Since Mach and Wang Yan had just started working, their speed was very slow. Meng Huo guided them while focusing on Inuyasha in "Flower Dream".

However, although the speed of mach and Wang Yan was slow, they carefully painted several manuscripts of Meng Huo on the background and outlets, the result was unexpectedly good.

"Have you practiced the style of painting "One Piece" at home?"

Meng Huo read the manuscript again and again, then asked Mach.

"yes……"

Mach nodded and felt relieved. He is not He Xi's assistant now and may be fired at any time. How can he feel at ease without making any preparations in advance?

It is a very honorable thing to be He Xi's assistant, and no cartoonist dares to take it lightly. Not only him, many cartoonists at Phoenix Company have practiced the style of "One Piece".

"Looking at Teacher He Xi's expression, I must have passed the test..."

Mach thought to himself that the attitude on He Xi's face made him feel excited. He had a great start and there might be no problem in transferring to a formal assistant in the future.

"Well, you will be responsible for the background and special effects of "One Piece" in the future."

Meng Huo nodded with satisfaction. He was very happy. It was rare for mach to draw the background, and his special effects were also very good. The comic style of "One Piece" is more funny and exaggerated. If you don't know about it, it would be difficult to draw various renderings.

He then turned to look at Wang Yan diagonally opposite him and praised him.

"Wang Yan, you are responsible for blackening and outlets first. You have done these two very well. Don't be impatient, I will teach you more substantive work in the future..."

Meng Huo also asked Wang Yan to paint the background and effect. This young cartoonist's painting skills were excellent. Although he was unfamiliar, he saw a high potential.

However, as a beginner, Wang Yan's understanding of "One Piece" is obviously not as profound as that of a professional cartoonist. There is a sense of stiffness in her paintings, which was specially drawn for cooperation.

Relatively speaking, Mach painted more naturally, and his long-term novel adaptation made him more suitable to imitate and cooperate with Meng Huo's original works, and the pictures he drew were not inconsistent at all.

This is a gap in experience and it will be difficult to make up for the moment. However, with so many assistants next to you, Wang Yan's progress should be very fast.

What comforted Meng Huo was that although Wang Yan could not handle the background, she did very well in other aspects, especially in areas such as blackening and outlets that require patience and details. She played the unique delicateness of girls and did it perfectly.

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

At this time, Hua Meng suddenly asked.

They usually use computers when they work. If they use computers, outlets and blacking are very simple and do not need to be done manually.

"You continue to use it, and Wang Yan won't do it for the time being." Meng Huo replied with a smile: "It's better for her to exercise more. If there is no time, choose the computer for later operations."

Computers are a very convenient tool, but cartoonists still have to start with reality. Even if they are computer drawings, it is useless if their strength does not meet the standards. Meng Huo feels that new cartoonists have no need to use computers at all.

And they are now at a speed, so the pressure on "One Piece" is not very high.

"Xi" comics have been on sale for two months, and its battle with "Weekly Boutique" has come to an end. Meng Huo plans to reduce the number of "One Piece" next month, so he doesn't have to continue to maintain high-intensity work.

Moreover, Mach and Hua Meng are more capable than Wang Yan expected. With the help of both of them, the work pressure has also decreased.

Time flies

In mid-June, Meng Huo lived a peaceful life at home as usual, but outside, the single-line version of "Son of Detective" and "Detective Conan" will be released.

These two single-books released on the same day attracted the attention of many media. The outcome of He Xi, Li Xin, or He Xi and Zhongxia Company is determined by these two single-books.

In previous sales statistics, "One Piece"'s sales have soared in a stunning look, bringing He Xi's advantage to more than three million.

But these three million are not unbeatable numbers.

In the early morning of the release of the single-line book, Lin Qi, a female reporter from Ninghai TV, and the photographer were the first to come to Qingwan Bookstore, which is the largest comprehensive bookstore in the city. Although the sky has not lighted up, some readers have appeared in the square.

"Senior, it seems like there are very few people."

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

"A lot...that's because the square is big, so it doesn't look much." The photographer standing beside her set the camera and said with a smile: "Besides, it's not dawn yet, most readers haven't come yet."

There is another reason he didn't say that Qingwan Book City is the largest book city in Ninghai. It has a lot of inventory every time. Experienced readers will not come to queue up, and they can buy it in the end anyway.

"Oh." Lin Qi responded. She had just become a reporter and didn't understand many things: "Senior, why did the TV station shoot a single-line book for sale this time? I didn't pay attention to the previous magazine release. Is the single-line book more popular than the magazine?"

"Of course..."

The photographer raised his eyebrows and looked at Lin Qi: "Isn't this obvious? The comics serialized by magazines are connected before and after. Readers who buy magazines need to be cultivated, and of course the sales volume is less than a single book."

The difference between magazines and single-line books is that each issue of comics has no beginning or end. A new reader may not understand anything if he buys a magazine once or twice, which limits the number of magazines.

Phoenix Company's channel disadvantages are also due to this. Its sales model requires bookstores in various regions to actively order, but magazines need a stable long-term consumer group, which is more risky. Bookstores will be very cautious about ordering magazines.

However, single-line books are different. Single-line books can be considered as books. For example, "Detective Conan", the first two single-line books are very popular, and bookstore sellers are happy to order the following volumes.

"But... if you talk about contacting front and back, this is wrong... Don't you also need to contact the single book?"

Lin Qi expressed confusion with confusion on her face. Isn’t a single book the same as a magazine? If you don’t read the previous plot, how should you sell the later single book?

The photographer laughed.

"Single-books do need to be connected before and after, but when they are released, the previous few issues will be printed. Bookstores can choose the order ratio of the volume according to the different situations of readers in the region."

He gave an example: "Some bookstores in the mainland have never published "Detective Conan", and they will order the first two volumes in large quantities together to sell them together; and for example, we in Ninghai, most readers have read them, so the order volume of the first two volumes in the bookstore will be very small, mainly in the third volume."

Lin Qi is not stupid, she now understands that magazines rarely print, usually once a week, and it will be sold out after selling. It is difficult for you to buy old ones.

Single-line books can be printed. Every time a new single-line book is released, the previous list will be updated. This is the biggest difference between magazines and single-line books.

Magazine is a comprehensive platform, and single-line books can only be said to be a real comic. However, magazines are very important. Without its promotion and promotion, it is difficult to sell single-line books directly for a comic.

But this is not absolute. He Xi's "Five Centimeters in Second" broke through the magazine's restrictions and directly sold single-books - it seems that only He Xi did it alone.

"Teacher He Xi is so strong..."

After thinking about it this way, Lin Qi realized that He Xi was really amazing. No wonder Zhongxia targeted He Xi so much, and it was no wonder that the TV station cared so much about the single-book release this time.
Chapter completed!