Chapter 32: Backhand
"Okay, all the original manuscripts of the first chapter are collected." After counting the original manuscripts, Yan Yu put them into the file bag, "The extra color manuscripts are also beautifully drawn, thank you for your hard work."
"How can there be? This is what I should do. Next, it's up to Sister Yan." Shen Xin was a little emboldened.
"Don't worry, I know." Yan Kun waved his hand.
"Well, if the editor-in-chief doesn't agree, don't force it."
After watching Yan Qu go down the stairs, Shen Xin returned to the studio again.
"Both of you, you can go back first today, thank you both during this time."
In order to catch up with the schedule, Qiao Yu and Ruan Ying kept coming to help during the night. Finally, on the weekend of the second week, they finished the draft of the first chapter, four or five days earlier than expected.
Xi Muzhen also ran over on the weekend.
She couldn't do things related to comics, and she just cleaned the studio, boiled water to make tea, and bought food. When he had free time, he stood behind the two assistants and observed their work.
Shen Xin noticed Xi Muzhen's actions, and thought she was just curious about the assistant's work, so she didn't take it to heart.
After seeing the two of them off, Shen Xin returned to her workbench again, stretched herself, then took out a piece of manuscript paper, and began to copy the sketches.
From now on, Shen Xin will start drawing the second chapter.
This sentence must be completed within a week, otherwise, his future updates will be very difficult.
After this period of adaptation, Shen Xin's speed of drawing comics has also increased a bit. Of course, it can't be compared with cartoonists who have been in the comics industry for more than ten years, but compared with when they drew the first chapter of "Equation of Love" and "Y's", their proficiency must have improved a lot.
After hastily drawing four or five pages of sketches, Shen Xin raised her head and looked out the window, only to find that the sky had already darkened, while Xi Muzhen was sitting by the assistant's workbench, holding a book, reading with gusto.
"Little Ding, what book are you reading?" Shen Xin asked curiously.
Xi Muzhen immediately held up the book, ""What is a Script", I found it in the study."
"Ah?" Shen Xin couldn't laugh or cry, she didn't understand what she was doing with this book, "By the way, can you keep up with high school studies?"
"Should it be okay?" Xi Muzhen raised his head and thought for a while, if he said "very easy", it would appear to be lying, instead of doing this, it would be better to say it in a subtle way.
Sure enough, after hearing these words, Shen Xin nodded slightly, and wanted to say something to study hard, but then thought, Xi Muzhen's academic performance is already very good, he seems not qualified to teach her anything, thinking again and again, he can only Remind Xi Muzhen, it is best not to fall in love early.
"Pfft." Xi Muzhen, who was reading a book, suddenly laughed out loud, "Brother Xin, do you know? When you say these words...it feels quite joyful."
"What's wrong?" Shen Xin was at a loss.
"Uh...Brother Xin, you are drawing love comics of high school students now, but you still don't let others fall in love." Xi Muzhen tried very hard to restrain himself, and finally he didn't laugh out loud.
"..."
Shen Xin opened his mouth, this little girl "treats her body in her own way", he really has no way to refute.
Seeing Shen Xin's depressed face, Xi Muzhen also put away his smile, and said seriously: "Brother Xin, you are so busy now, how can I have time to take care of these? Anyway, in the future... high school will not talk about it."
"You can decide these things yourself." Shen Xin said softly, picking up a pencil to compose the picture again.
Really, why bring it up when I have nothing to do?
Because Xi Muzhen was in the studio, Shen Xin didn't dare to work too late. Just after eight o'clock, she asked her to pack her clothes and prepare to go home.
"So early?" Xi Muzhen stood up from his seat.
"It's getting late, you still have class tomorrow." Shen Xin explained.
"And you?"
"Me? I must be dying here... I am a professional cartoonist now,
You should be worthy of this job, and even though you handed in the first manuscript, you still don't have enough time. "
Xi Muzhen pouted, a little helpless.
"Okay, don't think about it, I'm also realizing my dream... I'm going home." Shen Xin reminded.
"Oh, wait a minute, I want to find some books to read." Xi Muzhen quickly returned to Shen Xin's study room, and took out a few books on love novels and script creation from it.
Shen Xin blinked her eyes, more and more unable to guess what Xi Muzhen was thinking.
The next day, Yan Yu handed over Shen Xin's manuscript to the editor-in-chief.
"So fast?" The editor-in-chief was taken aback, but Shen Xin finished the draft four or five days ahead of schedule.
"In the past two weeks, Shen Xin has been busy with these two manuscripts, and didn't even go to school. The two assistants are also very good, and they work overtime every day, so they finished the manuscript of Chapter 1 ahead of schedule." Yan Kun explained explain.
The editor-in-chief nodded subconsciously, but his eyes were fixed on the colored manuscript in his hand.
When looking at the name, he felt that the first three pages were definitely the biggest selling point of the first chapter, and now, the color pages drawn by Shen Xin confirmed his guess.
Shen Xin's coloring is not as gorgeous as the coloring pages of "Shaky", but the delicacy and realism are better than that of "Shaky". In other words, it complements the "portrait" perfectly. Astringency and purity are completely outlined by Shen Xin.
It is difficult for him to compare the first episode of "Shaky" and "Y's", which is better, because the style is different. But if you say which one he likes more, there is no doubt that it must be "Y's", because only "Y's" is published in "Weekly New World"
After turning over the three "photographs", the texture of the coloring pages plummeted.
Part of the reason for this is that Shen Xin's coloring skills still need to be improved, and the more important reason is that the coloring pages on the first three pages leave a relatively large space for more delicate coloring, while the manuscripts in the back are divided into grids When it is cut open, the impact on the vision will be weakened.
It's not just "Y's" where the divided color pages are not as good as the full color pages. In fact, almost all comics are like this, including "Shaky" is no exception.
At the serialization meeting, the editor-in-chief had seen Shen Xin's name, and had a general understanding of the direction of the story. Even so, when he finished reading the original manuscript, he still felt unsatisfied.
The deputy editor-in-chief had already put down the work at hand, and he glanced at the editor-in-chief from the corner of his eye. After the other party put down the manuscript, he could borrow it and read it.
As a result, the editor-in-chief read it again immediately after reading it, and at the same time tapped his fingers on the table, his brain kept running.
The first episode of Shen Xin's "Y's" surpassed his imagination, and the artist is even better than "Equation of Love".
Now, he finally had a good card in his hand, but how to play this card well really took his brains a lot.
When Yan Yan heard the hesitant editor-in-chief, he felt confident, "Editor-in-chief, to be honest, I think the quality of "Y's" can completely compete with "Shaky". Can't we do some publicity? Even if it's just Printing two posters is also good."
"Poster?" The editor-in-chief frowned slightly, then shook his head, "I'm afraid, it's too late, right? It might affect the progress of the next episode."
"It's too late!" Yan Yu put another envelope on the table, "I also asked Shen Xin to draw the coloring pages for the poster."
The editor-in-chief's muscles twitched, as if he had been calculated by Yan Fang, but he still picked up the envelope and pulled out the two coloring pages inside. Seeing the contents above, his eyes became brighter.