Chapter 372 New Work Preheating

"It's a little different from those who practice immortality like the Phoenix Academy teacher."

Lin Qingshan scratched his head and said, "But in fact, this world used to be normal. It was only because of some changes that it became like this. The protagonist must then push this twisted world of immortality back on track."

When he said this, Yang Dahai and Ayumi Ito were stunned for a moment.

"Teacher, what do you mean, is it similar to the world line after the world of Mo Palace was sealed by Dao Ancestor and defeated Dao Ancestor in "Purple Energy Comes from the East"?"

Yang Dahai suddenly realized, and then asked.

In Feng Yiyuan's comic about cultivating immortality, "Purple Energy Comes from the East", the final villains are actually a bit evil. They want to sacrifice all living things in the world to help them achieve enlightenment, but in the comic, they were first killed by "Purple Energy Comes from the East". A legendary character of Daozu was defeated and sealed in the world.

If they were not defeated by Dao Ancestor, but eventually ruled the world of "Purple Energy Coming from the East", then this evil method of cultivating immortality by using people to make elixirs might have been derived.

Looking at it this way, the Human Refining Pill really feels like a sacrifice to all living things in the world.

Referring to the setting of "Purple Energy Coming from the East", Yang Dahai thought that "The Weird Immortal" is a world of fallen immortals where the world's strongest people are ruled by the ultimate villain.

"It's not...actually, it's equivalent to being influenced by evil spirits from outside the territory, but it's more or less the same."

Lin Qingshan scratched his head. He couldn't say much. He still didn't like spoilers.

"This... well, it's quite interesting. A world of immortality where the strongest person in the world is an evil cultivator."

Yang Dahai thought for a while, but still said, "But...Teacher, I hope you can consider the commercial value of this comic a little more..."

If "Parasite" continues to be like "Parasite", the higher-ups will probably torture him about the second part of "Chainsaw Man" again.

When the time came to ask him why he didn't persuade Lin Qingshan to go back and serialize the popular comic "Chainsaw Man", he couldn't bear it.

Although "Parasite" is also a very good work in his opinion, the key point is that its popularity and commercial value are not very high...

Mainly, what peripherals can you sell for "Parasite"?

Not many people bought T-shirts, mouse pads, quilts, etc. when they came out.

As for the peripheral products such as figures, it is not possible to produce figures of a few characters, and at most the figures of three or four characters, namely Shinichi, Xiaoyou, Hou Teng, and Tamiya Ryoko, are selling slightly better.

Other products, even those related to the heroine Li Mei, may not sell very well.

"Parasite" is destined to be a masterpiece with excellent reputation, but its commercial value will definitely not be that high.

"Commercial value..."

Lin Qingshan scratched his head and said, "Then I will try my best..."

To be honest, he is not sure whether the commercial value of "The Strange Fairy" will be very high, but it should be a little higher than "Parasite".

After all, Brother Huo Zi should be a leader in peripherals. The Xinpan Spine Sword, Copper Coin Mask, and Si Qi Youjia Zi Sui Sword should still be able to sell a lot. In terms of figures, Brother Huo Zi should also be considered top-notch. .

The premise is that he can draw the comic adapted from the novel well enough.

This...it shouldn't be a big problem for him.

Lin Qingshan's painting skills are very powerful. With the help of the ability of [Painting Kaleidoscope (Master)], even in this era where there are no masters, but his painting skills and painting skills are almost perfect, he can be regarded as one of the best. Column of five.

Even those famous masters in history may not be as good as him in painting skills.

Of course Lin Qingshan is far inferior to these painting masters.

What makes a master a master is not only his painting skills, but the most important thing is his epoch-making paintings.

It may not be difficult for modern painters to reproduce famous paintings such as "Starry Night", "Sunflowers" and "Mona Lisa". Like "Mona Lisa"... this world-famous painting is actually on display in the Louvre. replica.

Few people know that real original paintings are rarely exhibited, mainly to protect the original paintings.

But the replica is almost exactly the same as the original, except for the traces of time on it, which few people can see.

But reproduction and creation are always different.

One just shows that you are a high-precision "printing machine", and the other is equivalent to the embodiment of human wisdom.

Lin Qingshan put it bluntly, he is now a personal printing press with extremely superb painting skills, but he has always been a copycat.

That's why he seems a little less confident in the novel "The Strange Immortal" which was adapted into a comic book.

However, he is not completely unconfident. His painting skills are good, and with the Chinese comic style similar to "Five Elements in the Mist Mountain", he still feels that his painting is not bad at all.

But the comic storyboards and picture composition were his own ideas after all, and this was his main concern.

"Thank you very much, teacher."

Yang Dahai nodded to Lin Qingshan and said, "I believe that Teacher's new work will be a big hit."

At this point, Lin Qingshan can't say anything more about whether Lin Qingshan's "The Strange Fairy" will be drawn in a direction with higher commercial value.

There is nothing he can do, unless the popularity of "The Weird Immortal" is too low, he can just cut it in half.

Otherwise, if it were like "Parasite", although its commercial value was not high and its popularity was not high, but it was always in the top ten in terms of popularity, there was nothing he could do.

In fact, Yang Dahai does not want to halve the works of some popular cartoonists.

He is relatively humane. The popularity of the works of the more popular cartoonists is not so good for the time being. He will not halve the works of these cartoonists unless he has to.

It's just some dissatisfaction from the top that makes him feel a little pressure now.

After all, he was also working part-time. If he didn't do well, he might be fired, so he gave Lin Qingshan some advice in this regard.

"That's considered passed."

Lin Qingshan asked.

"Well, do you plan to start a new serialization after Master Phoenix's "Purple Energy Comes from the East" is finished?"

Yang Dahai asked immediately.

For a super-popular cartoonist like Lin Qingshan, even if his new work is really a piece of cake, can it still be a success?

A cartoonist with a solid foundation of popularity, even if he actually makes a plate of chocolate that looks like a reply, he has to give it a try.

In fact, if it is really a defense, it will not be too late to cut it in half.

What's more, the explosive beginning and setting of "The Strange Fairy" both look very good, so I have to give it to him.

And the serialization time of Lin Qingshan's "The Weird Immortal"...

After all, they have said before that Lin Qingshan's new work will "inherit" the treatment of Feng Yiyuan's new work and receive the highest level of promotion treatment for new works in the comic industry.

However, "Purple Energy Comes from the East" still has the last two chapters to be completed, so if "The Strange Fairy" wants to enjoy the promotion treatment of the new work, it will have to start serialization two weeks later.

"Yes, wait until Teacher Feng's "Purple Energy Comes from the East" is finished and "The Weird Immortal" will be serialized again."

Lin Qingshan nodded and said.

"No problem. By the way, Mr. Qingshan, do you have some original character drawings that you hand-drawn this time?"

Yang Dahai said again, "When the time comes, we can use it to promote the new work."

Lin Qingshan thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will draw a few pictures for you then."

At that time, I will draw the image of Brother Huo Zi after he became the great elder of the Nestorian Cult and use it as a promotional poster.

There is also an image that shows the projection of dual worlds. Half of it is Brother Huozi wearing a Taoist uniform in the Nuo world, and the other half is Brother Huozi wearing a psychiatric uniform in the real world. This composition can also be used as a promotional picture.

Then there is one of Yang Na, one of Bai Lingmiao... If possible, Zhuge Yuan can also draw one, Danyangzi... Forget it, I won't draw the image of Danyangzi as propaganda.

It is better to use handsome men and beautiful women as promotional pictures.

"Besides, Mr. Phoenix Academy is really looking forward to your new work, Mr. Qingshan. Do you have any idea of ​​showing these drawings to Mr. Phoenix Academy?"

Yang Dahai said with a smile again.

"Hahaha, I actually want to find a time to visit Teacher Feng with these drawings."

Lin Qingshan gave a thumbs up and said.

"Teacher from the Phoenix Institute is probably looking forward to seeing your new work, Mr. Qingshan."

Yang Dahai laughed.

"Then Chief Editor Yang, if you're sure, I'll take my leave first. I won't disturb your work."

Lin Qingshan said immediately.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Teacher Qingshan."

Yang Dahai personally sent Lin Qingshan off.

Lin Qingshan left the drawings and then left the comic company.

After all, the drawings were to be sent to the comic company to prepare a new serialization in advance. After they scanned and uploaded them, Lin Qingshan planned to come over to retrieve the drawings and visit Feng Yiyuan.

…

After confirming that "The Weird Immortal" would be serialized next, Lin Qingshan first went back and drew a few comic promotional pictures requested by Yang Dahai.

After drawing several character images, he thought for a while and used the full-body image of Brother Huozi after he became the great elder of Nestorianism as a supplement.

He posted a blog post on Station C, the bib, and Twitter——

"The new work is finalized! The name is "The Strange Fairy"! I hope everyone will also like this new work!"

Several of his public accounts are actually quite active. In addition to sharing his usual daily life, he also cooperates with some promotional activities.

Recently, I have also cooperated with the promotion of the "Edgewalker" movie, the promotion of the final episode of "Parasite", and the pre-heating of the second season of the "Chainsaw Man" animation, etc.

Then shortly after he posted it, his fans came to leave comments one after another.

""The Tao Weird Fairy"? Weird? And is this the protagonist? It looks so charming!"

"Huh? Is the old thief Qingshan painting a new comic about cultivating immortals? It's really rare."

"This comic style... is it a new style? It looks like an ancient painting."

"Is this the style of Chinese painting? Chinese painting combined with comics? This painting is really good!"

"This idea is really great! Suddenly I felt that this style of painting is what comics about cultivating immortals should have, hahaha!"

"The old thief Qingshan has really returned to normal recently and started drawing serious comics. I'm still a little uncomfortable with it (funny)."

"This shows that falling in love can help with mental healing!"

“The protagonist of the new work looks really handsome, Sihasha. I feel like he’s hitting my mark right at the first glance!”

"What a handsome little brother! This copper coin mask is too charming, and this red dress!"

"Looking forward to it! Old thief Qingshan's comic about cultivating immortals! I'm looking forward to any new big work!"

"Forget it, the subject of cultivating immortals has been badly painted. It's really impossible to draw anything famous, even if the old thief Qingshan comes here."

"I think this new style of painting is still interesting, but it is true that there can be no innovation in the plot and settings."

"I feel like this is just a promotional style. The comics should still be drawn as they were before."

"That's not interesting. The old thief Qingshan has exhausted his talents. This "The Weird Immortal" will probably be like that."

…

Soon, the number of comments on Lin Qingshan’s accounts skyrocketed.

It's just that some of these comments are very optimistic about Lin Qingshan's new work "The Strange Fairy", but some are not good at all, or even badmouth the new work "The Strange Fairy".

The most important thing is that the theme of cultivating immortals has been poorly drawn. Since "Purple Energy Comes from the East" pioneered the comics of cultivating immortals and led the trend of Chinese culture, in the past twenty years, everyone has followed the trend and drawn comics of cultivating immortals.

Just like when a certain subject matter in Lin Qingshan's previous life novel became popular, a large number of people would follow suit.

Although there is a certain threshold for comics, the extent of following the trend will not spread as easily as novels.

But after more than 20 years of following the trend, many comics on the theme of cultivating immortals have indeed been drawn.

People are prone to aesthetic fatigue. After reading so many comics about cultivating immortals, everyone can’t help but feel a little tired of it.

So much so that the comic theme of cultivating immortals has now reached the level of stagnant water.

The remaining comics about cultivating immortals are really cut in half, forced to be unfinished, and forced to be unfinished.

It is also because of this that Feng Yiyuan has some expectations for Lin Qingshan, a very innovative comic rookie.

Maybe... Lin Qingshan will slightly restore the decline of the comic theme of cultivating immortals.

Most people are quite tired of these ordinary comic books about cultivating immortals. If Lin Qingshan really has similar settings and routines to "Purple Energy Comes from the East", comic fans will never buy it.

But... "The Tao Weird Immortal" is not ordinary, more than ordinary...

This is simply not normal!

Lin Qingshan rarely replies to comments. After posting his blog post, he is ready to start playing.

After all, "The Strange Fairy" will be serialized in two weeks, so he can take a little rest during these two weeks.

how?

He has been serializing comics for so long, why can't he enjoy it?

At that time, you can go out to play with Gu Qianli, who has recently been in a relationship for a while, or you can play games at home and watch other entertainment works.

Especially tonight, the most crucial episode of "Kamen Rider Ryuki" is coming!

The male protagonist Shinji Kido died trying to save others, and finally entrusted the second male lead Ren Akiyama to fight the final villain Kanzaki Shirou!

This is definitely something no one has thought of!

Lin Qingshan can’t wait to review this episode!

Well, let’s talk about the length issue of the next chapter... First of all, I said that before because my brother’s performance in reading my book some time ago was not very good, so he suggested that I finish it as soon as possible, so I am a little anxious. .

Moreover, Daogui wanted to use a new writing method. The new writing method basically did not include the original plot. For example, the subsequent interactions between Brother Huozi and Bai Lingmiao and the frame-up of Zhengkun were all mentioned in one stroke. He might write the image of the vase boy and then rewrite it. Feedback from comic fans.

The number of words will not be too many, and the length may not be too long. This part focuses on the impact on comic fans and the protagonist and comic fans' madness.

That’s why I said that the follow-up won’t be too long. The giants will probably be written in the same way later on, and then I thought about finishing it as soon as possible...

The main reason is that my grades are not ideal... In fact, I think it's okay. The requirements were not high at the beginning. Now that I'm reading this book, I think it's okay to continue to have perfect attendance...

But the advice my brother gave me was that if my pursuit of reading is much lower, my income will become lower and lower in the future. He suggested that I finish the book early and start a new book.

He is more experienced, so I listen to his advice more when it comes to writing novels.

As everyone mentioned before, "Sword Wind" and "Devilman" are intended to be used as material for the next new book.

Hmm... But everyone has said so. When I write about the weird part, it depends on the situation... If the data is not bad, I will continue to write a longer article.

But don’t worry, I tend to procrastinate when writing novels. Even if I want to write a short novel, I will not realize that it is too long. The length of Daogui should not be that short...