Zongman: Starting from adopting the homeless melon god

Chapter 143 Terrible!exposed!

"How long does it usually take to reach this highest level?" Yukiko asked curiously after the shock.

"This need varies from person to person." Beichuan Yu said.

"With no distracting thoughts in mind and concentrated on practicing every day, if you can reach this state within three or four years, you are already a genius among geniuses."

"However, it is difficult for modern people to achieve this, so it is already very rare to be able to reach this level within ten years."

"In fact, the vast majority of practitioners stay in the first stage until the end, that is, they can only maintain the breathing method during training."

"There are usually only two or three out of a hundred practitioners who can maintain the breathing method in actual combat."

You Xizi actually wanted to ask Beichuan Yu what state he is now, and how long it took him to reach his current state, but she still held back.

After all, this is related to her own cultivation strength, and in her opinion, it should be regarded as a very important privacy.Just like a girl's age!
Beichuan Yu also noticed Yuxiko's thoughts, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, if Xizi really wanted to ask, he couldn't say that he was very talented, and he could cultivate the breath of thunder to the highest level in just a few minutes, right?

Next, he spent half an hour guiding Yuxiko to experience the breath of thunder, the breath of flowers, and the breath of insects.

Originally, he thought that Yuxiko's body should not be able to cultivate the breath of thunder.

But after trying it out, he discovered that Yukiko's compatibility with the Breath of Thunder was no worse than that of the Breath of Flowers and the Breath of Insects, and even his physical strength was strong enough to use several types of Breath of Thunder.

But in the end Yukiko still chose Breath of Flowers, the reason is.
"Wow! Is the vindictiveness of Breath of Flowers pink cherry blossom petals?! I have decided, I will practice Breath of Flowers!"

"...so sloppy?"

Seeing that Yuxiko made a decision without much deliberation, Beichuan Yu couldn't help being speechless for a while.

But thinking about it carefully, the reason why he chose Thunder Breath was not only because of the fastest speed, but also because Thunder Breath was handsome enough.

Under his careful guidance, Yukiko has been able to master the breath of flowers after several attempts.

Although this speed is not as fast as Ayumi, who is somewhat abnormal, it is also much faster than that 'stupid' Xiaoxun.

"The corresponding moves of Breath of Flowers need to wait until the end of the first stage of practice, that is, in ordinary training, the speed of using Breath of Flowers to tap one's own potential has obviously slowed down or stagnated."

"Well, I see!"

Yukiko nodded, her happy and excited mood was not affected in the slightest, because now she could clearly feel a force surging in her body with every breath she took.

This force is constantly strengthening her body to make her stronger, and at the same time condenses wisps of grudge in her body that can attack spirit bodies and cause damage to gods and monsters. arrived.

Most importantly, breathing becomes stronger!Sounds super cool, doesn't it!

"Then senior sister, you can practice, Yuna and I will leave first."

"Eh? Are you leaving so early?" While speaking, You Xizi subconsciously breathed disorderly, and when she realized it, she was suddenly annoyed.

Looking at her cute appearance like a child, Beichuan Yu couldn't help smiling.

"Yuna and I are creating a manga together, so we don't have time to participate in club activities." Kitagawa Yu explained.

As for drawing comics, he didn't think there was anything shameful about it, so he didn't hide it.

Unexpectedly, Yuxiko's eyes lit up immediately after listening.

"Hey! Yuu, do you know how to draw manga? That guy Ayako didn't even tell me! Can I take a look?"

"Uh, of course."

He can even teach Yukiko how to breathe, so manga is naturally no problem.

It's just that looking at Yuxiko's excited appearance, he couldn't help flashing a strange look in his eyes.

Subconsciously, he exchanged a glance with Yuna who was beside him with the same weird face, and an astonishing guess popped up in his head at the same time.

"So excited?"

"Should not"

"Senior, she's actually a hidden otaku, right?"

"Oops! It's exposed!" Yukiko seemed to see what the two of them were thinking, and stuck out her tongue at them playfully.

"You must keep this matter a secret for me. Besides Ayako, you are the first to know this secret!"

".Kawaii!"

Bei Chuan You couldn't help exclaiming in his heart, even when fighting Hei Si Mou for life and death, when he was in a desperate situation, he didn't mess up his breathing method, and now he unconsciously messed up.

Even Yuna, who is also a girl, couldn't help but feel the urge to hold such a cute Yukiko in her arms.

It's a combination of men and women!

"Sure enough, cuteness is the most invincible! The only one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Yukiko-senpai in terms of cuteness is only Ai."

Beichuan Yu couldn't help thinking.

Then Yuna took out the drawing from her schoolbag and handed it to Yukiko.

It can be seen that Yukiko really likes the manga, and after receiving it, she couldn't wait to check it out, and then her eyes became brighter and brighter.

As mentioned earlier, the original manga of Ghost Slayer is not particularly brilliant. Although it has been serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump", it is still a little worse than One Piece, Giant, and Magic Return.

It's not that its plot is bad, it's just that the original author's painting level is not enough.

When it was in the hands of the UFO club, and the level of refinement was increased by two or three levels, coupled with the distinctive style of painting and the super-burning plot, it exploded at an astonishing speed like a rocket.

It can be said that the exquisite and unique style of painting is the basis of Ghost Slayer.

Since Kitagawa Yu knows the shortcomings of this manga, he will naturally find a way to make up for it, so the version of Demon Slayer created by him and Yuna is close to the effect of anime.

So Yukiko, who is a hidden otaku, was firmly attracted by the exquisite and unique style of painting after reading only a few pages.

To be honest, this kind of Yukiko really doesn't match her young lady side.

You Xizi is usually cute and cute, but she has an indescribably noble temperament on her body.This kind of noble temperament doesn't hurt people, it makes people feel uncomfortable, it just makes people can't help but look up.

If everyone knows that she is an otaku in private, it will indeed damage her identity and temperament.

"Ah! This is gone?!"

After 5 minutes, a sweet voice with strong disappointment sounded from Yukiko's mouth.

This is undoubtedly a very big affirmation for a work.

"No way, Yuna and I just started drawing last week."

Beichuan You shrugged and explained with a wry smile.

35 pages a week, this is already the result of saving the need to think about the plot and drawing storyboards. After all, they still have to attend classes during the day.

But this speed is already faster than many professional cartoonists.

"That's it," Yukiko really showed a surprised expression upon hearing this.

"Then have you contributed?"

"Not yet," Kitagawa Yu shook his head, and said, "The basic plot of Demon Slayer: Blade needs three episodes to pave the way. It will take about two weeks, so we plan to submit the manuscript in two weeks."

"That's great!" Yukiko clapped her hands together after hearing this, and said happily, "Then Yuu, come and vote for Kodansha!"

"Ah?" Beichuan Yu couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

The three major neon manga publishing houses in this world are still Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan. Although the works have changed, the style of each publishing house has generally remained the same.

Shogakukan is mainly aimed at readers of younger age groups, while Shueisha focuses on juvenile manga.

As for Kodansha's style, it's more complicated. Although there were more girl manga in the beginning, but now basically everything is accepted, and there are all types of popular works.

So his initial goal was Shueisha.

After all, the passionate style of Demon Slayer: Blade is the most suitable for Shueisha, and it is not difficult to be featured in Weekly Shonen Jump.

Yukiko took a deep breath, and said seriously: "I guess Yuu and you guys must be planning to vote for Shueisha, right? With the level and style of your Demon Slayer: Blade, as long as the editor's eyes are online, it is indeed easy to be listed in Weekly Shonen Jump, It even became the main work.”

"However, as a pure newcomer, it is impossible to get vigorous promotion from the beginning, at least a dozen episodes later, after all, their current main works have only been serialized to more than 30 episodes, which is the time to increase promotion. "

"In addition, no matter how excellent your work is, as a publishing house, they are unlikely to make an exception for you. The manuscript fee per page is probably between 15000 and 18000. As for the share of the booklet, it will increase according to the grades, but It won't exceed 10% either."

Bei Chuan Yu secretly nodded in his heart.

Yukiko is right, no matter how good Demon Slayer: Blade is, as the first work of a rookie manga artist, the manuscript fee and share of the booklet cannot be very high.

We need to wait for the sales of the first volume of the booklet to confirm the real gold-absorbing ability of this work before the salary will be improved.

In terms of time, it will take at least three or four months.

Before that, if the manuscript fee was calculated at 18000 yen per page, 20 pages a week would be 36 yen, which seems a lot?But don't forget that this is Japanese Yen.

In addition, he and Yuna are still divided equally, and the calculation is only 18, which is 72 a month.

It's not as high as a medical student who just graduated.

But this is the Blade of Demon Slayer!
Although the paid downloads of the three songs of "Love Cycle" have all exceeded 13.

Even if he and Yuna split equally, it has already brought Yuna a full 780 million in income.

But this is far from paying off her family's debts, and more money is needed to allow her mother and herself to live a good life.

"If you sign a contract with Kodansha, I can call the shots and increase your manuscript fee to 15 per page, and increase the sharing ratio of the booklet to [-]%. In addition, I can also warm up Ghost Slayer one week in advance, and start vigorously in the first week. Promote, and start animation at the same time."

Beichuan You couldn't help but frowned slightly when he heard the words.

It's not that the conditions given by You Xizi are not good, on the contrary, the conditions given by You Xizi are really good, and the good ones are a bit of a violation of the rules.

The manuscript fee is [-] yen per page, which is the level of many first-line popular cartoonists who have been famous for a long time.

The 15% share of the single book is not even available to the top popular cartoonists.

He could tell that Kodansha should also be owned by the Asuka family, or it might have been acquired by the Asuka family, but breaking the rules like this would probably be resisted by the entire industry.

"Senior sister, isn't your offer too high?"

You Xizi was stunned for a moment, then chuckled.

"What, I thought you were not satisfied with this condition, Yuu."

"Senior, I'm joking. I'm afraid that even the top three most popular cartoonists can't get the standard you gave."

"Hey, don't worry, I gave such a condition because of my consideration."

After a pause, Yukiko continued to explain: "As you all know, the manga industry has been dominated by three pillars for many years. With the cake so big, if you want to make a breakthrough, you can only cut a knife from the other two. "

"I am very optimistic about your Demon Slayer: Blade. I think this work can help Kodansha attract many readers who like bloody manga from Shueisha, and increase the overall sales and market share of the magazine."

"So high draft fees, high commissions, and vigorous promotion and synchronous animation are all normal operations~"

"Furthermore, Kodansha's current pillar work has just finished, and it needs an excellent work with explosive or even phenomenal potential to top it."

"In addition, the better treatment may help Kodansha attract some enthusiastic manga artists who originally planned to contribute to Shueisha, and it may be able to dig out excellent talents and works from them."

Hearing this, Kitagawa Yu inexplicably thought of the "Retreating Dwarves" and its author Isayama Tsutomu in his previous life.

At that time, due to the lack of phenomenon-level works, Kodansha had already dropped below Shogakukan in the rankings, and was even about to fall out of the three major comic publishing houses.

At this time, Isayama took his retreating dwarves to the Kodansha and directly helped the Kodansha come back to life.

But originally, Isayama Tsutoshi was the first to submit an article to Shueisha, but after reading his work, the editor at the time felt that the retreating dwarves were too bloody and violent, which did not meet the friendship, hard work, and victory that Shueisha focused on, so he rejected it. .

He doesn't have to worry about being rejected for his Demon Slayer Blade, but now it seems that Shueisha may not even have the chance to refuse.

To be honest, although Shueisha focuses on friendship, hard work, and victory, for manga artists, the cutting-in-half system they pioneered, as well as the "newcomer exclusive contract system" and "questionnaire supremacy" they follow, seem like an extremely cruel and bloody battlefield.

It's good for readers, you can see more wonderful comics, but it's not so good for cartoonists.

Many cartoonists have been squeezed and overdrawn their potential during the serialization process, so many famous cartoonists who have achieved financial freedom choose to run away and enjoy life after the completion of their works, such as the original author of Demon Slayer Blade, Wu Toge Hu Shiqing.

After creating many records such as the fastest sales exceeding [-] million in the history of neon comics, the highest average sales volume of a single volume, and the highest annual sales volume, Demon Slayer: Blade has become the most popular comic in the history of neon comics.

But Wutou Hu Shiqing didn't make persistent efforts, but lay down directly.

Just kidding, we have realized the freedom of wealth, who wants to draw manga!
Even if you want to draw manga, who would go to Shueisha!
It's a pity that neither he nor Yuna has achieved financial freedom, but fortunately they have Yukiko's support.

　Let's get a monthly ticket~~~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)