Chapter 16 The Three Days
"Thirty thousand, it's not bad. I believe it will get better and better in the future!" Zhao Chen's face was still very dull. In fact, this was within his expectations. If he couldn't even achieve this increase, how could "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" become a classic? But this also made him make up his mind and decide to strike while the iron is hot!
"I think so too. In the future, "Good News Magazine" will rely on you to support the store!" Shangguan Xiaobao's representative work "Bruce Lee", was serialized in "Good News", which caused the sales of "Good News" to remain high. On the contrary, the sales of "Good News" and "Serial Picture Daily" founded have been relatively sluggish. This is a heart problem for him. At this time, Zhao Chen's sudden emergence made him see the hope of "Good News" hot sales.
"Uncle Shangguan, this is what I have drawn these two days, and there are also the plot drawings of the following part. Please check it out!" Zhao Chen nodded and handed the briefcase in his hand to Shangguan Xiaobao.
Shangguan Xiaobao was surprised. He didn't expect that Zhao Chen would submit the manuscript directly after just two days. Isn't he clear that this seems too urgent? How many pages can he draw in two days? Even if he is afraid he can't reach ten pages.
Despite this, Shangguan Xiaobao still didn't say anything. He didn't want to dampen Zhao Chen's enthusiasm. It was normal for young people to be impatient occasionally, and he used to be like this.
However, when Shangguan Xiaobao took the two briefcases, his hand suddenly fell into the air, and the briefcase in his hand was obviously much thicker than he thought.
"Is there not only the drawings I have drawn in the past two days, but also other things?" Shangguan Xiaobao, who was thinking this way, felt relieved. He opened the official document bag, put the drawings that were obviously a storyboard aside, and took out about twenty original comics from another official document bag.
But when he saw it halfway, he felt something was wrong. The ones he had seen before were also the plot parts below "The Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". This made him a little impatient and quickly checked the original manuscript of the comic that he had not yet turned on.
"Zhao Chen, from the actual trick, many of these manuscripts should be your previous manuscripts, right?" Shangguan Xiaobao seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on his face became calm again, with an expression that should have been like this.
"Uncle Shangguan, I don't need to lie to you. These were all drawn by me after I went back that day!"
"How is it possible! How can I draw twenty pages of manuscripts in more than two days? Even if I can draw them, how can I achieve such high quality!" Shangguan Xiaobao had a little anger on his face at this time. He didn't like others to lie to him, and it was so easy to distinguish things. He really thought I was a fool.
"Uncle Shangguan, I didn't lie. After I went back that day, I only drew four pages in one night, and eight pages a day in the next two days, which totaled twenty pages! There is really no need to lie to you, otherwise I won't be able to get rid of it immediately. What I will lose is my own face!" Zhao Chen showed such an expression. He knew that Shangguan Xiaobao would not believe his painting speed, which was too extraordinary.
Shangguan Xiaobao stared at Zhao Chen's eyes for a while, but did not notice any guilty expression. This made him believe it a little, but he also felt it was too fantasy. He had never heard of a cartoonist who could draw so many pages in a day and ensure quality. Not only did Xiangjiang not, but there was no such monster in the island country called the comic kingdom!
The most important thing is that he does not have an assistant yet! In other words, the work such as painting backgrounds, painting blacking, and surfing outlets is also done by himself, which is too contrary to common sense.
Only Zhao Chen knew the reason why he drew so quickly was that he could remember everything. As long as the picture he had seen before, it would appear in his mind, causing him to just draw it. At most, he would add something of his own occasionally. This way, not only did he not have to rack his brain to think about the lines, plots and other issues, but he almost didn't need to modify it. He had never brushed the special eraser he bought in this week's painting.
At this time, perhaps Shangguan Xiaobao unconsciously increased his voice so that the others in the room could also hear it; the consequence was that everyone in the room put down the work at hand and looked at Zhao Chen with all kinds of weird eyes. In their opinion, Zhao Chen was obviously lying to them because the speed exceeded their imagination.
"Uncle Shangguan, this time I came here to submit the drawings for the past two days, and I also want to ask you something. I hope Uncle Shangguan can fulfill it!" Seeing that the atmosphere around me was a little dull, Zhao Chen continued.
"What's the matter? As long as Uncle Shangguan can do it, he will definitely help you!"
"I just want Uncle Shangguan to modify the release time of "Good News Magazine". I want to change the weekly magazine to a three-day magazine!"
Zhao Chen's words were like a slaughter. Everyone in the room was so shocked that they stared at each other with disbelief on their faces, causing the whole room to be heard for a moment.
"Three-day magazine? Hu Nao, Zhao Chen, do you know what you are talking about!"
"I know, I think at my speed, the third-day magazine is very sure. If Uncle Shangguan sends me two assistants, maybe I can try to challenge the daily magazine!"
Zhao Chen's face was full of confidence, and in the end, it was even more teasing. He didn't know whether he could do that, but even if he could do it, it wouldn't last long, unless there was a large number of manuscripts left!
Shangguan Xiaobao never thought that he would hear such unexpected words, which made him feel like he was dreaming. The scene in front of him was too unreal to him.
The other people in the room were not much better, or their ability to bear was not as good as Shangguan Xiaobao. After all, Shangguan Xiaobao's knowledge and experience were far from comparable to them. They opened their mouths in surprise, even Ma Rongcheng, who had always been more subtle, looked at Zhao Chen with an expression of looking at monsters.
"Zhao Chen, don't lie to me, otherwise you should know how serious the consequences are. Many genius cartoonists eventually disappeared from the comics world because of overestimating themselves. Moreover, you just wrote the "Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", and it is very normal for the inspiration to explode for a while. After you create for a while, the inspiration will naturally slowly dry up. At that time, maybe the whole person will develop a tired mentality about the comics, which are common problems. What you have to do is to keep a normal mind, not be too ambitious, and not overload overwork, otherwise you will get tired of it easily! Well, I won't say much nonsense. Uncle Shangguan asked you again, should you continue to serialize in the form of a weekly magazine, or plan to use the three-day magazine plan you just proposed? The final choice is still in your hands!"
Shangguan Xiaobao deserves the title of "Old Good Man". He may believe in what Zhao Chen said, but he still has some preaching. Zhao Chen was one and two big. But he also knew that Shangguan Xiaobao was for his own good, but he didn't understand him at all!
This forced him to say with a rare look of determination: "Uncle Shangguan, I decided to choose the third-day magazine!"
Zhao Chen's words were loud and loud, but it also caused a thousand waves, which shocked everyone in the room to the point of being so tender that they felt that Zhao Chen would restrain himself after listening to Shangguan Xiaobao's advice, but unexpectedly, he still chose the unprecedented three-day magazine without hesitation. While they had nothing to say, they also looked at Zhao Chen with a gloating expression.
There is competition in every industry. Needless to say, the comics industry is, especially working in the same company, so the competition is naturally more intense. What's more, they are not familiar with Zhao Chen, and at most they are common friends. Judging from the good sales momentum of "Qing News Magazine" today, it is very likely that it will bring them a strong competitor. Now this competitor is overestimating his ability to challenge the false three-day magazine. Although this is beyond their expectations, it is also the result they hope to see.
Shangguan Xiaobao's right index finger kept tapping the table, and his slightly cloudy eyes stared at Zhao Chen, but when he saw that Zhao Chen was still determined, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Zhao Chen, then that's it! I can agree to the third-day magazine, but given the difficulty of the third-day magazine, I decided to assign you two temporary assistants during this period. You can hand them some simple things to them so that you can speed up your progress. However, you have to pay them the corresponding salary every month. What do you think?"
Zhao Chen didn't think too much about it. He really wanted to add two temporary assistants to himself, so how could he postpone it? As for paying them a salary, what does that count? With two assistants, he will increase his painting speed by a lot. This is like arranging two workers for himself, and he is the boss!
Chapter completed!