Rebirth of the Father of Anime

Cang Shuhong prefers artistic comic works. Judging from He Chen's information on her and his analysis of her previous comic works, she is considered relatively literary.

Of course, this is not a derogatory term. From a certain perspective, "eva" is also a work full of literary youth.

This style is quite extreme on the one hand, but if it weren't for the literary tastes that resonated with readers, it would become a classic. Otherwise, the tastes of literary youth are not relevant to readers, so they are reduced to a niche. Niche, just because the audience is relatively small, does not mean that the work is not good. There are also many interesting comics for niche audiences.

However, this situation only applies to He Chen's Tianman. He Chen knows that the creation of works is not easy, so he has given great support to some niche works. This is to avoid common themes and allow niche authors to also be able to Making a living from this allows readers to see more different types of works.

At the same time, niche topics are only relevant to the times. Maybe one day in the future this niche subject matter will become popular. The things Arihe Chen has done are enough to ensure that no matter how readers' tastes change, Tianman can always meet the needs of readers.

But Cang Shuhong is not in Tianman, but in Shueisha. Shueisha is a commercial company, and the competition is very cruel. Everything is based on commercial stability and can bring profits, and it will continue to squeeze every profit from it to the extreme. As a result, many works will be delayed longer and longer. , the plot collapsed into a complete mess, and even consumed the author's creative potential, the representative of which is naturally the master Akira Toriyama.

And if it can't bring benefits, then I'm sorry, just cut it in half. There were also many interesting stories, but it was a pity that they were cut in half.

Serialized in such a magazine with a strong commercial atmosphere. Literary youth and the minority are seeking death.

In this case, either you have to give up comics, or give up making a living from comics; or you have to give up your own ideas, compromise with readers, and draw very ordinary works for the public. besides. There is another way - to achieve a balance between your own style and the market.

"Then do you just want to make a living? Or do you want to paint the stories you want to paint?" He Chen asked Cang Shuhong.

Cang Shuhong was stunned when she heard this. She simply couldn't tell the difference between the two, or in other words, she couldn't understand how a person could draw a story that he didn't want to draw - this was the difference in professionalism.

“Can’t I make a living painting the stories I want to paint?”

It seems that Cang Shuhong chose the last method, which is also the most difficult method. According to her original world line. After experiencing many blows, she chose to compromise with the readers and even gave up on the serialization of the shounen manga. However, He Chen's appearance brought her a third way.

In the novel,

Except for the story. Excellent writing can also attract a group of readers; in comics, in addition to stories, exquisite pictures can also attract a group of readers.

Especially today, a large number of graphic enthusiasts have been born, otherwise there would be no ridicule like "buy illustrations and get novels free" in light novels.

"Come and draw a character of your own work that you are satisfied with and let me see it." He Chen handed the pen and paper to Cang Shuhong.

Although other people had seen Cang Shuhong's works, they didn't know how Cang Shuhong painted, so they also watched and learned.

Cang Shuhong painted relatively slowly, but it was just a character design. He finished the drawing quickly and handed it back to He Chen, as if he was a little uneasy as a student facing the teacher's assessment.

He Chen took a look. Then he asked about Cang Shuhong's age, personality, background and other settings, and then once again showed his painting skills in front of everyone.

"Take a look, how about this." When He Chen finished writing, everyone was still immersed in He Chen's artistic painting skills and couldn't extricate themselves.

He Chen showed the finished painting to everyone. He still painted Cang Shuhong's character, and Cang Shuhong's painting was already very good. But the same two paintings are put together and compared. Just like an inflatable doll is to a real person, it is a judgment call.

"That's amazing!" Qiu Ren continued to praise.

"Teacher He Chen's paintings are alive!" Eiji Niizuma said exaggeratedly.

"Although they are exactly the same. Teacher He Chen's paintings give people the feeling that they have been infused with soul." Gao Gaoye said the same.

"Compared with Mengmeng's painting just now... this is a different style of painting." Futian looked at He Chen in surprise. Generally speaking, a person's painting style will not change much. The difference is just the painting style. No matter the improvement or regression of skills, the style will not change.

But what He Chen showed just now turned out to be two completely different painting styles, and they were equally excellent.

Cang Shuhong blinked and looked at the painting seriously. Only then did she realize that just one character could be so beautiful, and wasn't this what she liked the most?

"You over-pursue gorgeousness, the painting style is gorgeous but soulless, and the rhetoric is piled up without substance, so it appears hollow and cold. In addition, the story is niche, and the reaction to readers is that it lacks appeal."

In other words, the story is about letting readers get involved with the protagonist and experience the pleasure of pretending to be cool with other people in the story, rather than experiencing the frustration of the author pretending to be cool with readers. Commonly known as, pretending to be sb.

Then He Chen painted again in more than a dozen styles, and briefly explained to them the characteristics of each style as well as some techniques and key points of painting skills. The same person, even his appearance and clothes remained unchanged, but in He Chen's hands, he produced more than a dozen completely different feelings.

Except for Kazuya Hiramaru and Kurenai Soju, everyone else looked at He Chen as if they were looking at Ultraman.

"Teacher He Chen! Please accept me as your disciple and teach me how to draw comics!"

The highest, Akito, Fukuda, Niizuma Eiji and others faced He Chen, kneeling on the floor with their legs together, their hands folded on the floor, bent down, with their foreheads on the backs of their hands, and saluted He Chen very sincerely. Make a request to He Chen.

"..." He Chen was speechless, his eyes falling on Qiuren, "Qiuren, you don't paint, why are you joining in the fun?"

"Learning and understanding the style of painting can give me more creative inspiration. And I also draw names, even if I don't have the talent to draw comics. Learning a little will help me draw names faster and better." Qiu Ren explained.

He Chen's eyes fell on Shinzuma Eiji again. He belongs to the genius stream and has a strong personal style. He Chen asked Shinzuma Eiji: "Then why are you joining in the fun? You don't need this."

Eiji Niizuma raised his head and said, "I think it's fun to do this!"

Well, he is a willful man.

Seeing their attitude of "If you don't agree to us, you won't be able to leave through this door today", He Chen finally agreed to them and promised to teach them comics.

Hiramaruichi was also puzzled by this. Why are everyone still rushing to go to hell? Is hell fun? However, he didn't care about it. Instead, he took pleasure in his misfortune. With so many people accompanying him to enjoy the devil's torture, his mentality immediately became much more balanced.

and. And Aoju Hong...Hiramaruichi also secretly glanced at Aoju Hong.

"Teacher He Chen, you are so good, why don't you draw your own comics?" Gao Gao asked the doubt in his heart.

There is no doubt about He Chen's drawing skills. I'm afraid there will be no other person who can reach his level in the comics industry several times. When it comes to ideas, how could someone who could propose such a wonderful story as "Infinite Horror" to Kazuya Hiramaru lack creativity?

But even such a person did not draw comics. Instead, he became a small editor-in-chief.

Not only the Supreme Leader, but others were also puzzled, and they who loved comics also felt extremely sorry and regretful about this. If He Chen drew comics, what wonderful stories would he draw?

This is a huge loss for the comic industry.

"A thousand-mile horse often exists but a bole does not always exist. Rather than drawing my own story, I prefer to read other people's stories. Only the unknown ones are the most interesting!"

He Chen gave such an answer that everyone could accept, and felt sincere admiration for He Chen's great dedication to the entire comic industry.

He Chen was thinking in his mind: The system wanted him to train a comic master. It’s not like he becomes a cartoonist himself.

A few days later, Shueisha's editor-in-chief Sasaki suddenly came to see He Chen.

He Chen was confused. He has basically no contact with individuals in the editorial department. After all, he came here to do a mission, and he would eventually leave. Apart from the mission goals, he would only be chatting and talking nonsense with those loving characters. I don’t know why the editor-in-chief suddenly came looking for me?

Sasaki is definitely a fan of "eva", and he is a madman. He spends all day at Ikari Gento. Every time He Chen comes to the editor-in-chief's office, what he sees is the cold and arrogant signature.

However, He Chen, who knew the inside story of the story, knew that this person looked cold on the surface, but actually had a good heart. He was also commonly known as a boring and coquettish person. He was a good editor who truly stood in the cartoonist's shoes and would consider the cartoonist. .

Sasaki does things vigorously and resolutely, which He Chen appreciates more. After meeting He Chen, he asked He Chen straight to the point: "What is your relationship with Cang Shuhong?"

He Chen's brain went crazy for a second, and he had nothing to hide. He had met Cang Shuhong twice in total so far, so he answered Sasaki and said that he had met at the author's gathering of Eiji Shinzuma. of.

"What's the matter? Editor-in-Chief?"

"It's like this. Cang Shuhong asked by name to change the responsibility to you." Sasaki explained the reason.

Only then did He Chen understand.

After all, He Chen is just a new editor, and he also discovered Hiramaruichi, so it is natural that he should be in charge. However, it is really intriguing that Cang Shuhong wants to switch to He Chen's name. A new editor was responsible for two authors, which made other editors who joined the same period and were still doing odd jobs jealous.

Cang Shuhong's attitude was too tough, and the editorial department couldn't do anything about it. After all, he was still a newcomer with potential, so this request wasn't too much. In addition, He Chen had guaranteed his character and was very good at editing. Sasaki valued He Chen's ability very much, so he asked for a compromise with Cang Shuhong without affecting his work and comic serialization. .

"Hiramaru, you haven't completed your mission...Do you want to live on the street?"

Hiramaru Kazuya looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water. He said passionately: "What if I live on the street? I found that I am in love. I only think about her figure in my mind now..."

"Are the trees red?"

"how do you know?!"

"Nonsense, this is the only female creature you have come into contact with recently. Who else could it be if she wasn't her?"

"So what if you know? You can't stop my love!"

"Well, let me tell you some good news. I am the editor in charge of Cang Shuhong now."

"..."(To be continued)