My Cartoonist Guide
Chapter 114: New assistant
"what?"
Xiaoli yelled subconsciously.
Shen Xin stopped when he heard Zhou Yang's words, and looked at Zhou Yang in surprise.
Similar things, he only heard that Nobuhiro Kazutsu (the author of "Rurouni Kenshin") took the initiative to be Obata's assistant after seeing Obata's manga.
Does this kid want to follow the example of Nobuhiro Wazuki?
"Hey, Teacher Zhou, do you know what you're talking about?" Xiaoli was about to cry, a good new author, how can it be gone?
Yan Fei was also a little dumbfounded. She had been an editor for a while, but it was the first time she encountered this situation, and her brain couldn't react.
Lu Ning was listening to the CD and didn't know what was going on, but Gao Hang opened his mouth slightly, his throat seemed to be stuck, and no sound was made.
"I know what I'm talking about." Zhou Yang raised his head, his cheeks flushed, "I thought "Ghost Power" was the cartoon I wanted to draw. But after reading Teacher Shen's name, I found that I still have a long way to go. Go. Compared with Teacher Shen, my name lacks some feeling. I want to study here for a while."
Xiaoli turned her head to look at Shen Xin. The newcomer, who was placed high hopes by the magazine, suddenly wanted to be his assistant. The editor-in-chief would probably go crazy knowing this.
Noting Xiaoli's extremely unfriendly look, Shen Xin was speechless. He has only been a professional cartoonist for more than half a year. How did he know that this kind of thing would happen?
For a while, the air in the studio seemed to freeze, and everyone didn't know how to convince each other.
In the end, Yan Fei stood up and broke the silence.
"Xiao Li can't be the master of this matter. You have to discuss it with the president and editor-in-chief. Next week, you come to the magazine to talk to the president and see what he says."
Zhou Yang thought for a while, "It's okay, then wait until next week."
Xiaoli did not dare to let Zhou Yang stay in Shen Xin's studio again, lest Zhou Yang would have another moth, and after bidding farewell to Shen Xin, she took Zhou Yang and left in a hurry.
Gao Hang was a little bit happy. One more assistant meant that his pressure would be reduced a lot. He narrowed his eyes and continued to read the voice actor's information.
Shen Xin returned to his seat, picked up the text of the first four episodes of the radio play, and read it roughly.
The flow of the story is almost the same as the comics, but in the first four episodes, an additional clue to the autumn leaf season is added, which makes the appearance of the autumn leaf season very natural.
Manga will omit a lot of content due to space limitations. The radio drama is indeed an excellent supplement to "Y\'s".
"Mr. Shen, what do you think?" Yan Fei asked.
"Not bad...just a little bit I don't like it." Shen Xin frowned.
"Where?" Yan Fei read the script in advance, and didn't think anything was wrong.
"The character's dialogue is very homely, this should be related to his being a light novelist. You can help me ask him if readers now like this style of dialogue. If so, then continue to write like this. I no problem."
Shen Xin has always adhered to a concept that he will never intervene in matters that can be handed over to experts.
Of course, as a former network author, he can also write the text of radio dramas, but since some people are willing to take over, and the quality is not bad, why does he do it again and artificially increase the difficulty of creation?
After Yan Fei noted Shen Xin's problem, she turned her attention to Lu Ning and Gao Hang.
After about ten more minutes, Gao Hang finally read the materials again. All the person settings, added together, nearly 20, are almost all first-line voice actors. Based on the reputation of these voice actors, he selected 12 materials. .
Then, Lu Ning gave the selected audio to Shen Xin.
Combining popularity and timbre, Shen Xin quickly picked five voice actors.
Iori’s voice is undoubtedly the female lead seiyuu of "The Legend of the Dragon King", while Yigui’s voice actor is said to be the male lead of "The Hunting Abyss".
The main reason why Shen Xin chose him is that he is very popular among girls, and may be able to bring some female readers to "Y\'s".
Yan Fei put away the list and bid farewell to Shen Xin.
After learning about the list of voice actors Shen Xin chose, Gao Hang always had a heartfelt smile on his face, which made Shen Xin see the other side of Gao Hang-the house.
However, Shen Xin also knows that radio dramas are only for publicity, allowing more people to come into contact with "Y\'s". However, can "Y\'s" use the traffic brought by radio dramas to break into sales in one fell swoop The top ten on the list ultimately depends on the quality of the comics.
As for Zhou Yang's intention to come over as an assistant, Shen Xin thinks it is unlikely. After all, Zhou Yang is a newcomer to the magazine this year, and the president is unlikely to let him serve as an assistant to other cartoonists.
But Shen Xin also knows that being an assistant is one of the shortcuts for newcomers to learn. There are really few cartoonists like him who have not served as assistants to other people and have achieved certain results.
But after all, the final decision is still in the hands of the magazine.
On Tuesday, Xiaoli took Zhou Yang to visit Shen Xin's studio again.
"Congratulations, Teacher Shen, you have one more assistant." Xiaoli sullen her face, her expression slightly depressed.
"Huh? What's the matter?" Shen Xin looked at Xiaoli in surprise, while Zhou Yang's face was a little excited, "The editor-in-chief is really willing?"
"Of course the editor-in-chief is not willing, but he also knows that letting you take him for a period of time will be of great benefit to his growth. Song Ren disagrees and insists on asking Zhou Yang to serialize it. For this reason ~lightnovelpub.net~ editor-in-chief. I also had a fight with him, and both sides insisted on their opinions and refused to give in to each other.
"The editor-in-chief is so bloody?" Shen Xin recalled the chubby appearance of the editor-in-chief, but he really didn't notice it a few days ago.
"It's estimated that he doesn't like Song Renkong's arrival in the editorial department and gesticulates him. The two sides quarreled until late at night. Finally, the president who went to Hongchuan to discuss matters called and agreed to Zhou Yang as your assistant. But there is also one. condition."
"What conditions?"
"He can't be a professional assistant, he can come four days a week at most. Starting from next month, he will submit a short comic every month, which will be published in "NewWorld"."
"This...isn't he under too much pressure?" Shen Xin looked at Zhou Yang, a little worried.
"Nothing." Zhou Yang shook his head repeatedly, "I have already thought about it. Before serializing, I will draw a few short stories related to "Ghost Power" and modify the name of "Ghost Power" at the same time. Teacher, wait until "Ghost Power" "Started serialization, and may be eligible to compete with "Y\'s"."
Zhou Yang was a little uneasy, and glanced at Shen Xin secretly.
"Then... let's cheer together."
Good competition is not a bad thing for creators.
Shen Xin has always thought that, for example, now, he doesn't want to lose to Ye Hexu, nor Su Han and Jump. Therefore, he must do the best in every detail of "Y\'s" and surpass them in the quality of comics.
In this process, Shen Xin must have higher requirements for himself. At the same time, the splitting, composition, painting skills...many aspects have been greatly improved as each page of the original is drawn.
Zhou Yang was taken aback, but when he saw that Shen Xin's face was not unhappy, but there was a kind of joy, he nodded deeply.