Chapter 344: Book Signing
The writer is facing a halving, and in addition to his inner depression, I am afraid that there is only a financial loss. But if the cartoonist is cut in half, he will face more things than the writer, dismiss the assistant, and at the same time start thinking about the next new manga.
However, if the new manga wants to be serialized, the cycle is also very long, and it only takes three months from the name to the start of serialization.
If the previous manga did not make money, the manga artist would be in a very awkward position.
Xi Muhan's understanding of cartoonists comes entirely from Shen Xin. However, whether it is "Y's" or "Chess Soul", they are all big hits, not to mention not serializing for three months, even if they are not serialized for three years, it has no impact.
Therefore, Xi Muhan ignored this issue - although, for Shen Xin, it doesn't matter too much whether to ignore it or not.
"I also understand your thoughts, in fact, cartoonists will have a lot of diseases when they get older, and many cartoonists in China have not lived past the age of 60. Therefore, Mr. Shen and your worries are not unfounded. Yan Fei said.
When Xi Muhan heard Yan Fei's words, his eyes widened, but after thinking about it carefully, working more than ten hours a day, black and white upside down, does have a great impact on the health of the body.
Many cartoonists don't live to be 60 years old, which sounds scary, but it's possible.
"What then?" Xi Muhan bit his lip, his eyes revealing horror, "Otherwise, don't paint at all...... Anyway, I'm making a lot of money now. ”
Yan Fei was taken aback, she was just saying it casually, but Xi Muhan seemed to be very concerned.
If Xi Muhan really made up her mind and persuaded her to do her best, it is estimated that the editors of "ComicFuture" would have to find her desperately.
"That...... It's not that scary, and besides, Mr. Shen is still very young, just in his early twenties, and his body is fine. ”
Seeing Xi Muhan's puzzled expression, Yan Fei hurriedly persuaded a few words, which made Xi Muhan feel at ease.
However, these words made Yan Fei feel uneasy, although some cartoonists have a long life, but as they get older, the health of many cartoonists will gradually deteriorate, it seems that Wang Wenhong should pay more attention to Mr. Shen's schedule.
The incident became a small episode in the trip, and all four people knew about it, but after meeting the next day, they pretended not to know.
After breakfast, the seven men divided into two groups.
Ji Yinxuan, Xia Luo and the female translator they brought with them went to the animation company to negotiate with the supervisor, while Shen Xin and the four of them went to Akihabara to visit the bookstore and see the toy store.
Compared to Kawha, Akihabara's specialty stores offer a wider variety of products, including not only manga and magazines, but also snacks, games, CDs, and toys...... The variety of goods can be described as dizzying.
Shen Xin also saw the pen screen and tried the feel, which was much better than the pen screen he tried in Nanjiatan four years ago. However, compared to paper, it is still a little worse.
Finally, after taking a look at the pricing, Shen Xin was startled, only saw a "1", followed by a string of "0", and then counted it, only to find that it was one million yen, that is, sixty or seventy thousand Huaxia coins, which was quite acceptable.
Seeing Shen Xin put down the pen, Xi Muhan immediately asked, "Brother, don't you buy it?" ”
"I'll buy it when I go back, we're still hanging out now, it's inconvenient to carry it." Shen Xin explained, "Sister Yan, where will you go next?" ”
"What's next? By the way, have you ever been to 'Bnim'? Yan Fei asked.
"What's that?" Wang Wenhong was puzzled.
"The largest anime store in District 11, this is a branch in 11, it should be nearby."
"The biggest specialty store?" Shen Xin immediately became interested, "Why don't you take a look?" ”
Xi Muhan didn't care, Wang Wenhong was also very interested in "Bnim", and a few people discussed it, and they went to talk about it first.
"Bnim" is only one street away from where Shen Xin is, and after crossing the zebra crossing, Yan Fei pointed to a building and said, "See, that's it." ”
"You don't mean the whole building is 'Bnim', are you?" Wang Wenhong was surprised.
"Of course, this is the largest anime store in District 11, and the scale is undoubted."
Shen Xin bowed slightly, the scale is quite large, but ......
"There are people lined up outside the door, and business is too good, right?" Shen Xin was surprised.
Outside the gate of "Bnim", there is already a long queue, thirty or forty meters long, and there are people joining the procession all the time.
"This ...... It is estimated that it is better than the business of domestic stores. Wang Wenhong muttered to himself.
"I look, why is it so like a book signing?" Xi Muhan whispered.
Shen Xin took a closer look, and it was really a signed book - a customer came out of "Bmin" with a single book.
"I didn't expect to have the opportunity to see cartoonists signing books today." Shen Xin said with a smile.
"Do you want to sign it?" Wang Wenhong was eager to try.
"Brother Wang, why don't you go? I don't know Japanese, so even if I bought it, I wouldn't be able to read it. Shen Xin waved his hand.
"Aren't you a collector?" Wang Wenhong asked rhetorically.
"Why am I keeping it?" Shen Xin was puzzled, "Books are for reading. ”
Wang Wenhong grinned, what Shen Xin said was right, and more importantly, with such a long queue, even if you bought it, it would be a few hours later.
It doesn't matter if he's a cartoonist he likes, he doesn't know who is signing books, and the original comics in Area 11 aren't very kind to him - he really can't read them.
So, as soon as the four of them discussed, they bypassed the crowd in line.
"Bnim" has a total of four doors, two on the front and two on the sides.
Entering through the two doors on the front is magazines and merchandise, and entering through the side doors is food.
Due to the large number of people lining up in front of the front, three people bypassed the main entrance and entered "Bnim" through the side entrance.
The first layer is a variety of foods related to comics, and Shen Xin even found toffee related to "Chess Soul". On the second floor, there is a single book of comics, including not only juvenile comics, youth comics, but also some comic books related to works.
"Brother Xin, look there!" Xi Muhan pointed to a stall not far away and said excitedly.
Shen Xin looked in the direction of Xi Muhan's finger, and found that it was Zuo Wei, who was of equal height, and there was Xiaoguang standing next to him.
Needless to say, next to the standing picture card should be a single book of "Chess Soul".
The four of them walked over, and sure enough, they saw that 23 volumes of single books were neatly arranged, and there were almost a dozen copies left in each volume. The propaganda poster of "Chess Soul" is also very domineering, although I can't understand it, but Shen Xin saw that there were many zeros written on it, and a "15" was written on the front.
"Congratulations to the cumulative sales of "Chess Soul" for exceeding 15 million copies." Yan Fei translated the words on the poster.
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