Chapter 159: Two Comics
Meng Huo's new comic studio was arranged in the Phoenix Building.
He began to want to put it at home, in fact, there was indeed enough space at home, but Xu Jing felt that he usually had to work, and it was more convenient to paint in the company, and there were editors on the side to guide him, which was very beneficial to other cartoonists.
Meng Shu thought that this was indeed the truth, and he gladly accepted it.
Phoenix Mansion vacated two rooms for Meng Shu and his assistants, the first girl comic department, after deciding to cut seven people in half, the girl editorial department chose two of the more potential cartoonists, and the selection of the juvenile editorial department has not been decided.
A comic is enough for only two assistants, Meng Shu plans to put the rest of the people into the game open, after discussion, he moved He Xi's house to the company, and set up a simple game studio, which is in charge of He Qian.
The candidate for the juvenile editorial department was not selected, and the animation studio still had to gather enough manpower for a few days, so the first thing Meng did was to prepare a new comic for "Weekly Girl".
He remembered for a long time, and although he hadn't seen a few shoujo manga, he had seen some anime. He decided to adapt the anime into a manga, and even some of the anime had original sources of manga.
The manga that was decided was "Ouran High School Male Public Relations Department", which is a complete girl's manga.
The story is set in the "Male Public Relations Department", a club of the "Private Ouran High School", a celebrity high school attended by a super-rich young master. The six beautiful boys who are rich and idle set up a "male public relations department" in order to entertain the equally poor and boring daughters for a short time of gorgeous and elegant.
One day, the civilian heroine strayed into the departmental activity room of the "Male Public Relations Department" because she wanted to find a place to read quietly. Forced to join the ministry due to an emergency. Become a member of the men's PR department. And then so and so and so ......and so
In order for the Phoenix Company Jedi to fight back. Meng Shu doesn't care about the temperament anymore, and although this work is a woman and a man, its love is very pure - at least the animation he watched is like this, as for the original comic version, Meng Shu doesn't know what the situation is.
"What a pity, teacher, do you think this is really appropriate?"
After accepting Meng Huo's setting mission, a female cartoonist with glasses swallowed her saliva: "I see a lot of plots in this......"
Sentiment – That's right. This is the hidden highlight of "Ouran High School Men's Public Relations Department",The difference between this work and ordinary comics with one woman and many men is that there is a lot of 'friendship' among beautiful teenagers.。
However, overall, "Ouran High School Male Public Relations Department" is quite metaphorical, and there are elements of the reverse harem, but the story is pure and the base is there, but it can be seen as friendship.
Pure people will be very pure when they read this manga, and impure people can also be less pure, and it is a very provocative work. Needless to say, the girls will definitely enjoy this work.
"Do you think these plots are inappropriate?" Meng was asked about the female cartoonist. The latter hurriedly shook his head: "No, how could it be, it's suitable, it's just too suitable!" ”
Another female cartoonist stared at Meng Shu with strange eyes, why is it a pity that the teacher is so familiar with the girl's hobbies, is he ......
"What's your opinion?"
Meng Huo turned his head to look at her.
"No, there isn't." The cartoonist immediately flushed and lowered his head: "When are we going to start working." ”
"Right now."
Meng Huo and the two cartoonists talked about the storyline of "Urouran High School Men's Public Relations Department", and he knew that it was an animated plot, so it was very simple to say, it took three hours, and the female cartoonists made a thick stack of notes, and they were almost fascinated by it.
"I love the story."
"What a pity, teacher, you can draw it for us."
Meng Shu spent some sketches for them, and then the two female cartoonists followed the sketches, and to Meng Shu's surprise, the cartoons of these two female cartoonists turned out to be better than him.
Of course, this is not a good picture, Meng Huo's painting skills are very high. But he only remembers the plot of the anime, and it takes a lot of details to be adapted into a comic, and the details created by the female cartoonist, including the characters' small movements, expressions, and eyes, are full of girlish atmosphere.
"A professional ......"
Meng Shu smiled bitterly, he found that there was a big difference between him and female cartoonists, and this difference was not in his drawing skills, but in the gender bias of some cartoon skills, as well as his grasp of female readers' hobbies.
"These flowers are so nice......"
He admired that when the male characters of "Ouran High School Men's Public Relations Department" under the female cartoonists appeared on the stage or smiled, there would always be blooming flowers as the background on the screen, which Meng Shu could not do for this alone.
A smiling, paper full of flowers blooming, a man who was originally very handsome, is now even more handsome enough to make female readers scream.
If Meng Huo wants to do it himself, he may not be able to spend such a big pen and ink to describe a man's smile, after all, he is also a man, and he will always feel that he can't be too charming, and the skills of girl comics are not what he is good at.
"That's how we usually draw, and shoujo manga relies on pictures."
"That's right, why don't you think it's up to standard?"
The two cartoonists looked nervous, they really liked the story, but as long as Meng was not up to standard, they might lose this opportunity.
"Targeted."
However, Meng Huo nodded, not to mention the standard, he felt that "Urouran High School Male Public Relations Department" could be handed over to these two female cartoonists to draw, and they painted by themselves, and the result might be even better than Meng Shu.
This made Meng Shu happy, the female assistants were so powerful, his work pressure was reduced, he drew a simple storyboard, and the rest of the work could be left to them. And the storyboard is like a draft, and Meng Huo's painting time on "Urouran High School Men's Public Relations Department" does not even take two hours.
He signed an agreement with his female assistants that he would give them 60 percent of the economic effect of "Urouran High School Male Public Relations Department", and he only needed 40 percent. This pay stunned both assistants, because it didn't look like assistant pay, but like a three-person paycheck.
As the provider and guide of the story, Meng Huo only enjoys 40% of the remuneration, and the two cartoonists think that he is really a good person.
They agreed without hesitation, and voluntarily gave up the fixed salary after the cut, and switched to the painting work of "Urouran High School Men's Public Relations Department". Because the place of work is in the headquarters of the Phoenix Company, this comic can accept the guidance of the girl's editorial department, and it will be a popular comic without reading it.
The subjects of this comic are still a pity, and the names of the two female cartoonists are listed below his pen name.
In just half a day, Meng Shu completed the comic matter of "Urouran High School Men's Public Relations Department", which was so fast that even he was surprised, and Meng Huo also found a way to improve efficiency.
If he finds a subject that his assistants are good at, then the utility of his assistants can be increased. Female cartoonists can share most of the work of "Ouran High School Men's Public Relations Department", and male cartoonists can certainly do the same.
What Meng Shu lacked the most was time, he thought about what other juvenile cartoonists were best at, and he thought of a comic - "Dream Eater", also known as "The King of Comics".
"Dream Eater" is a very interesting comic, the content is about the story of drawing comics, telling the story of two boys who made their debut, became famous, and had a successful career from drawing comics together, and it is also an inspirational comic.
This comic is not a fight and killing, just a story that belongs to the cartoonists, a comic with simple content. However, it has all the elements of popular comics. Blood, struggle, friendship, love, career.
As soon as he thought of this comic, Meng Huo's heart was also eager.
Why didn't he bring this comic here, the comic in this world has just developed, if he brings this comic, then the impact it will bring may be helpful to Phoenix Company.
"Okay, it's up to you."
Meng Shu immediately decided that the story line of "Dream Eater" was relatively long, and the backgrounds of the two worlds were very different, and it took him a long time to put it into written words.
The story is still the same story, but the background has been substituted into the background of China, and it has become a similar future with a 'developed comic market'.
The next day, Meng Shu took a modified version of the story of "Dream Eater" and some character settings to the weekly junior editorial office.
At that time, the weekly junior editorial department was still arguing over which two cartoonists to choose to be He Xi's assistants, and when Meng Shu took "Dream Eater" over, the entire editorial department was boiling.
"This story is a bunker!"
"Talk about the comics that draw comics, what a pity teacher, you are a god, such boring content can be drawn so interesting!"
"Struggle, blood, youth, these settings are really good, and what's even more wonderful is its background setting, those comic awards and systems in it are just like the real thing, I believe that the future comic market will develop in this direction!"
To Meng Huo's surprise, the Dream Eater he brought caused a sensation, and the company held an emergency meeting to study its value with this canon.
The management of Phoenix Company believes that the significance of this comic is not limited to economic interests, but also has the effect of promoting comics, and even affects people who do not know how to comics to become familiar with comics, so that more teenagers can go to this path.
"Isn't that an exaggeration!"
At the meeting, Meng was dumbfounded.
"Absolutely not, not at all!"
Xu Jing slapped the table in front of everyone, looking excited: "Our Phoenix Company needs such a comic, it is our hope, Meng Shu, this comic, the editorial department will help you complete it!" ”
"No matter what, you must turn it into a masterpiece!"
Xu Jing made a decision in his heart, such a cartoonist-centered comic is simply unique, and others can't write best-selling content if they want to, but what a pity - he can do it! (To be continued......)