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Chapter 49: Attraction

At noon, He Qian, wearing employee uniforms, was observing the sticker wall outside the store.

"He Xi's new work "Inuyasha" is good, but I didn't expect it to be a time travel work."

"This comic is indeed handsome, with beautiful characters and incredibly beautiful environment. But the times were the Warring States Period? Why would witches wear white ancient costumes? Isn't that sure of the Han Dynasty?"

"The Han Dynasty only determined the standards. No one said that the witches in the past could not wear white clothes, right?"

"+1 upstairs, but I'm surprised that the male protagonist looks like a bad guy this time?"

He Xi's new comics were talked lively on the sticker wall. He Qian understood the meaning of Meng Huo's words more than ten days ago. It turned out that he wanted to draw a comic with a witch, and this opportunity was brought to him by her.

It would be difficult to see if the situation is not popular in "Inuyasha". Now those who shouted "Erang's talent is over" are speechless!

He Qian felt relieved that "Girls Comics" also launched a new series today, but its sales are far less than "Weekly Girls". She even suspected that the magazine could no longer maintain its original lead.

"He Qian, are you looking at the sticker wall again?"

The store manager of the comics area walked out and said with a smile: "Are you so interested in the comics artist of the same name?"

After being converted to a formal employee and having been together for several months, He Qian is no longer afraid of the old store manager, let alone the rest time. She turned around and smiled: "Store Manager, is the sales of "Weekly Girl" coming out?"

"Not yet, it may be out of stock depending on the situation." The store manager walked to her and looked up at the sticker wall: "I seemed to have talked to you here before. Do you think I guessed it right? That cartoonist is now full of energy."

The store manager nodded and sighed: "But I really didn't expect him to become famous so fiercely and quickly."

In his more than half a century of career, he could not find any star or character to be so careless. It only took two months for him to go from being ignored to being eye-catching, shocking the world. Genius is indeed a terrible thing.

"He Qian, what do you think of the comic "Inuyasha"?" The store manager turned around and asked. He Qian thought about it: "The content is a little bit small, the plot has not yet been unfolded, and I can't understand what story to tell in the future. The progress is too slow compared to "Detective Conan".

She is a fan of He Xi, but her evaluation is very objective.

The store manager laughed: "But according to what you said, how do you explain the sales scene of this comic?"

The store was filled with excited female readers, and screams could be heard from time to time.

“It’s very simple.”

He Qian raised her eyebrows and answered confidently: "The picture is very beautiful. Although it is not very stunning, the overall effect is excellent. Teacher He Xi painted the scenery of the mountains and forests so fascinating. His paintings are better than two months ago."

"indeed."

The store manager nodded: "The picture of the new work is better than "Detective Conan". Longteng Company's recent promotional content is king, but He Xi uses paintings to tell the truth - comics are paintings after all, and the quality of the picture determines a lot of things."

He sighed softly. In his eyes, He Xi had already put the paintings to a very high level, which made the storyline of "Inuyasha" no longer so urgent. No... It should be said that excellent paintings gave He Xi enough time to tell the story without completing the explanation in the first chapter.

The young author has been moving higher and higher in the comics field, as if he is walking leisurely in the garden, his fingers are gently brushing, and the beautiful scenery of elegant ink and wash pours out. The opening of "Inuyasha" is a wonderful story, which is no longer telling a story, but showing a mysterious and mythical ancient world.

“Young people always have great ambitions…”

The store manager shook his head. This new work allowed him to see He Xi's ambition. The boy definitely didn't want to be limited to the existing comics model. It is not difficult to find from the beginning that the main theme of "Inuyasha" in the future is battle, and that is definitely not what girl comics should pay attention to.

"Detective Conan" has many female fans, and perhaps "Inuyasha" will have many male fans. He Xi obviously does not want to be bound to any gender. The reason why it is not serialized in "Weekly Boy" is that the store manager suspects that this is a countermeasure for Phoenix to balance the sales of two comic magazines.

Smart people can see through this, but it also means that He Xi needs to take risks. "Inuyasha" is his adventure, not only because he has to let female readers accept the battle, but also to build a vast worldview in the comics, which is much more difficult than telling a story.

Meng Huo is indeed taking risks.

At night, he sat on a bench on campus and relied on bright street lights to read "Weekly Girl".

The original comic "Inuyasha" is not good at the beginning, and the style is relatively poor, so it becomes beautiful in the later stages. However, "Inuyasha" under Meng Huo is very perfect. He transformed the world view and injected aura into the comic with a mountain scenery similar to the description of fairy tales. It is a kind of ethereal and profound aura, which also adds a sense of mystery to the story itself.

However, if the picture is the reason why it sells for the top spot, it would be a big mistake.

The witch who is as fairy as a fairy, the ancient times with war, the beautiful scenery, and the handsome male protagonist of the monster. In fact, all of these are things that are lacking in existing comics, and they are new and mysterious that makes people shine.

Newness and mystery are Meng Huo’s greatest reliance. These two things are the fundamental elements that transcend the story to attract readers. The picture is just a prop for achieving it and is also a place that is easy to mislead.

“How many people can see through it?”

Meng Huo thought to himself, he closed the magazine and turned to look at the side: "Why don't you say anything when you come?"

At some point, Shen Jie stood under the street light. She was carrying a lot of gifts in her hand and had traces of butter on her collar. She had just celebrated her birthday in class.

"I see you're so focused, so I won't disturb you." Shen Jie smiled slightly. The scene of Meng Huo reading a book flashed through her mind just now. This was the first time she discovered that Meng Huo looked so quiet.

"It would be great if he could always be so quiet..."

Shen Jie couldn't help but think that she felt that the quiet boy was particularly elegant.

However, the next moment, Meng Huo stood up, he put the magazine in a bag, and handed the bag to Shen Jie: "Give it, birthday gift."

"Didn't I say no?"

Shen Jie frowned slightly. She didn't want to use the money Meng Huo earned from working.

"It's not a big deal, some drinks, and "Weekly Girl", there are not a total of 100 yuan." Meng Huo put the bag on Shen Jie's hand and said goodbye with a smile: "I'm going back, goodbye."

"Wait, how is your midterm exam?"

Shen Jie looked at his back as he was leaving and couldn't help shouting: "Do you want me to help you with tutoring?"

These two days are midterm exams. Shen Jie was very worried that Meng Huo would be fired if she was not good at the exam, but Meng Huo waved her hand without looking back.

"Thank you, no need."
Chapter completed!
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