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Chapter 8: The Tide

Qingyuan Bookstore is the largest bookstore in Ninghai. However, it is not so much a bookstore, but rather a comprehensive bookstore that combines book-centered cafes, gyms, computer rooms and other entertainment measures, which receives tens of thousands of readers every day.

He Qian is a temporary employee in the comics area of ​​the Bookstore. Because she can read comics freely, she has a very high vision.

"A good story is so exposed. Can the current comics be sold in this way?" She looked through a single comic book called "The Knight" and her brows frowned.

With the market for novel adapted comics, in order to increase the sales of single-line books, cartoonists always like to play the edges in the style of painting. As a result, they did attract many male readers, but also caused displeasure among some female readers.

He Qian is one of them. She wants to read comics instead of se romantic magazines.

"The best-selling novels are almost all adapted, and the quality is getting worse and worse. It seems that there is nothing to read for the time being..."

He Qian complained and put down "The Female Knight". She sorted out the books that were misplaced by readers as usual. When she was about to leave, she found that the comic weekly bookshelf surrounded many readers, which looked very lively.

"How come there is so lively?"

She returned to the counter with questions. Usually, comic weekly magazines always lack readers, and some people go there to read industry news: "Is there any popular novel to adapt comics?"

At the counter, Bai Ya, who had just settled the bill for a customer, smiled: "There is no popular novel? An interesting original comic appeared in this issue of "Weekly Boy", and everyone is discussing it!"

She looked through the computer sales records and said: "Today's "Weekly Boy" sales have exceeded "Female Knight". Last week, there were not so many books sold in total. The store manager said that he had ordered too little and rushed to add the goods."

The sales of journals exceed the popular single-books?

He Qian was stunned: "What kind of comic is that? Which top cartoonist's new work."

"No." Bai Ya shook her head, her eyes full of tragic abuse: "Do you still remember the cover of the last issue of "Weekly Boy"? I told you at that time that there was a mysterious author's pseudonym the same as yours, and that new comic is his work."

He Qian recalled the last issue of the weekly boy. The cover was a strange black figure. It was a trailer for a new series. I remember that the name seemed to be "Detective Conan". She was not very interested in the detective subject matter, so she didn't pay attention to it at that time.

A detective comic actually has such a strong appeal? He Qian couldn't help but become curious. She wanted to squeeze in and take a look, but it was not easy to hinder readers.

Fortunately, there is a paper wall at the entrance of the comics area, which is a major feature of Qingyuan Bookstore. The bookstore owners get inspiration from the Internet, and there are free sticky notes outside each area. Readers can paste their favorite book reviews and thoughts on the sticker wall, which can enhance readers' interactions and allow operators to understand the readers' psychology more accurately.

He Qian walked to the door and found that the sticker wall was covered with dense sticky notes.

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New topic launch: Recommend the new serial of this issue of "Weekly Boy", the name of the comic is "Detective Conan". What do you guys think? I think the author has excellent painting skills and uses young people's preferences to describe unpopular topics. It is white but not vulgar, and may become popular. (PS: The last picture is amazing!)

First floor: I agree that the last picture is beautiful, but the story is so... This TMD is a detective story? What about the author teasing us?

Second floor: Thank you for your recommendation! The painting style is so great, the male lead is so handsome that it can’t be more handsome. It feels like an interesting love comic! But is it really okay to make the male lead a child in the first chapter? What should I do with my poor female lead QAQ!?

Third Floor: Calm down, sister, I said it has no effect. The little boy on the last page is so cute!

Fourth Floor: Upstairs +1

Fifth Floor: +10086 upstairs, the author is deeply loved by me, and finally there is a comic that can be recommended to the sisters!

Sixth Floor: (Sweat Sweat), don’t talk nonsense about the ladies above, this is obviously a serious detective story!

7th Floor: The sixth Floor has insufficient IQ. The detective story has always been dull and dark, and the atmosphere is tense. Do you feel this way when you watch "Detective Conan"? It is clearly a love comic in detective skin. I see it all over my eyes...

Eighth Floor: Laugh, the IQ upstairs is so high. I definitely believe this is a detective comic. Although only one episode is released, the cases in it are very detailed, and the male protagonist's reasoning process is also excellent. A simple love comic will never have such rigorous structure and thinking.

Ninth Floor: I feel the same way. This is a detective comic full of youthful atmosphere. It will probably be popular! There is also the last page that is quite great. I want to buy it and cut it home to collect it...

Tenth Floor: Thanks for the recommendation, is the author really a teenage genius?

Eleventh Floor: The boy is a Chinese word, both Shota and Loli are possible.

Twelve Floor: Maybe it’s the uncle who snatches his feet, puff puff puff puff...

Thirteenth Floor: It must be an uncle who snatches his feet or an aunt who buys groceries. Anyway, I don’t believe that young people can draw such content, and the last picture is really outstanding. I guess it is a professional cartoonist’s vest.

Fourteenth Floor: You definitely didn’t read the weekly boy from the previous issue. The outline of the black shadow should be the boy...

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After taking a few casual glances, He Qian was surprised by the readers' comments. There were many sticky notes from behind. No matter what they were talking about, so many comments proved that the comic was quite excellent.

Can a single episode cause a topic?

"Phoenix has launched an amazing cartoonist this time."

A voice suddenly sounded, and He Qian was startled. She found an old man standing beside her at some point.

"Shop, store manager, I'm sorry, I'll go to work right away!" He Qian's face turned pale. Didn't the store manager go to purchase goods? Why did he come back so soon? It would be bad if he thought he was lazy.

The old man smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I can understand your curiosity."

He was not angry at all, touched his beard and looked at the comments on the sticker wall, and continued: "Last week, I read the weekly teenagers wondered how they used black shadows to promote new serials. Today I figured out that they were pretending to be suspense packaging new people!"

"ha?"

He Qian was a little embarrassed. She felt that she should go to work, but she felt that the store manager seemed to be talking to her. Will leaving him unhappy?

"It's normal that you can't tell if you're young." The old man glanced at He Qian and smiled: "I read the comic today. My painting skills and content are excellent, and the last picture shows the author's amazing talent. Perhaps last week's "Weekly Boy" used black shadows as a promotion is a proof of that talent. As long as more and more people pay attention to it, the author's identity will be eye-catching."

"When everyone is guessing who the author is, the media will hype it up. Comic writers and Phoenix can complete the promotion without spending money... It's such a great way!"

Of course, that's it, but as long as the comics are not popular, Phoenix will be in vain.

He Qian is becoming more and more curious about the comic author: "I heard that this author is a teenager, do you believe it by the store manager?"

The old man laughed.

"If the weekly boy didn't write this sentence, I would definitely not believe it." He smiled and shook his head: "But they wrote it clearly. No one can never show up. Sooner or later, the author will be exposed. Lies are equivalent to self-destructing reputation...will they be that stupid?"

He Qian opened her mouth wide: "Is that really a young man?"

In China, the 'Youth' refers to a child between the ages of twelve and seventeen or eighteen. Although he is not sure how much money a cartoonist can earn, He Qian knows that she can't earn a week's royalty in a month.

"Why should I use He Xi as a pseudonym?"

She pouted, with the same name and similar age, didn't that guy deliberately attack herself? However, He Qian's mind was completely attracted by the comic, and she had to see what the detective comic was about to make people praise her.

At noon, He Qian took the break to pick up a book called "Weekly Boy" and couldn't wait to read it.

The rest of the entire weekly content is still as dull as usual, but after finding the page count, a colored figure appears.

"Detective Conan", the big title is a cute little boy wearing a hat and smiling.

"Is he the protagonist? Very cute!"

He Qian thought to herself, after turning a few pages, she suddenly realized something was wrong. The protagonist was obviously a handsome high school detective. This detective was not only handsome, but also a very good football player. She was just a prince charming. The heroine who appeared later was also very special. She could penetrate the wall with one punch, and she was still the karate master!

The setting of this comic is great. He Qian fell in love with the male and female protagonists in just a few glances. She was fascinated by her. The scene of the male protagonist solving the case is so classic. Even if she never reads detective novels, she can read them in a very interesting way.

But the development after solving the case seemed a bit strange. He Qian looked on with doubts and soon saw the last page.

"Huh?" She widened her eyes, and the last page was painted with a child with the same wide eyes.

"So beautiful!" He Qian had never seen such a beautiful comic picture. The endless aura and charm poured out from the author's pen is like an artistic painting.

For a moment, He Qian couldn't help but wonder if a traditional painter was entering the comics industry.

She shook her head, frowned and frowned and flipped through the previous content again.

"How could a child appear..."

He Qian just flipped it too quickly and didn't know how the final scene came out. After watching it again, she found out that the male protagonist was filled with a mysterious potion and became smaller. What was that medicine? Who were the two men in black?

The male protagonist's body has become a child, how can he be with the female protagonist?

"It's gone at the critical moment." He Qian gritted her teeth. Which guy wrote such a provocative plot? He just made the readers' thoughts so thoroughly in just one episode. That's simply a demon.

After working in the comics area, He Qian hasn't seen such an excellent comic for a long time.

"Ahhhh, I have to wait for 7 days in the next episode. Why is it a weekly magazine?"
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