I just want to draw cartoons quietly

"Anyway, according to our conservative estimate, Natsume's Book of Friends will sell more than one million volumes after its release, but the upper limit cannot be accurately estimated, so we are conservative, and the printing volume of the first issue is set at 40 copies per volume, and then adjust the printing volume in the later period according to the sales situation."

When Chu Yu heard this, he quickly passed the information in his brain, and compared the gap in the sales of comics in the two worlds.

In the parallel world of Japan, the ceiling of manga booklets is basically a slam dunk, such as Pirates, the sales volume of the booklet is about 400 million copies, but except for a few manga that can achieve this result, other manga are in comparison It's not far off. .

In that world's top manga, if the sales volume of a single book is on the order of 200 million, it is already a popular manga.

For example, works such as giants and hunters are all in this category.

This is the ceiling for the sales volume of manga in that world.

In Dragon Country, because of the population factor, the sales volume of works of the same quality is often much higher.

For example, Tang Xin's dream world...

Tang Xin has been serializing Dream World for three years, and the booklet of this work has been sold to No.13 volumes. Each booklet contains ten episodes of comics, but the total sales volume of the booklets can reach 100 million copies, and the average volume is about 230 million copies.

In the parallel world of Japan, this achievement is already comparable to the manga achievement of an old monster like Togakin.

But in Dragon Country, this achievement only barely qualified her to be among the top cartoonists in Dragon Country.

Note that it is active duty, and those veterans in the comics industry who have already closed their pens are not counted, otherwise, even the top cartoonists who are still serializing comics in Longguo now cannot compare with those old monsters.

But Chu Yu is satisfied with this conservative sales estimate. After all, based on the average volume of one million volumes, Chu Yu can serialize more than 50 chapters of Natsume's Account of Friends a year and issue five volumes.

Based on the sales volume of 100 million copies per volume, the total sales volume for a year is 500 million. The price of the booklet is 25 yuan per volume, and Chu Yu's royalties will be divided into [-]%.

Then Chuyu can earn more than 1000 yuan in Longguo coins a year by relying on the sales of Natsume's booklet, plus other income such as manuscript remuneration, not to mention, at least Chuyu is now The money is invested in animation production and the somewhat embarrassing economic situation can also be alleviated.

Moreover, one million volumes is only a conservative estimate of Xuangui. The reason for being conservative is that Natsume's Book of Friends has not been animated yet, and it has not transformed a large number of animation fans into manga fans.

Otherwise, if the broadcast of the animation and the release of the booklet were carried out at the same time, then Xuangui would not be so conservative.

But the animation broadcast time of Natsume's Book of Friends has already been set for April next year, so it's only half a year away.

Thinking about it this way, it will be a matter of time. As long as the animation production is normal, the sales of Natsume's book of friends will definitely be driven after the broadcast of Natsume's animation.

"Anyway, you should prepare yourself!" Li Xi said.

"You are now worried that no one will come by then, but I think that there will be a lot of people who will come by then, and I'm afraid you will be soft when you sign and sign in!"

"After all, after Tang Xin only experienced this once, it has been two or three years now. When I mentioned any similar activities such as book signings and fan meetings, she would always refuse, and would even rather I don’t want to participate in such activities even if I work overtime to draw cartoons.”

"It's not that exaggerated!" Chu Yu felt that Li Xi was exaggerating.

"It's not an exaggeration, you can go and see it when the time comes!" Li Xi glanced at Chu Yu.

After speaking, he left soon.

Chu Yu was left alone to meditate.

This kind of activity, speaking of it, is mainly meant to be a meeting between the cartoonist and the fans. If he really went, it would be Chu Yu's second public appearance in the past few years of his career as a cartoonist.

And the first time was when the Dragon Star Awards were presented.

If it is not necessary, Chu Yu really does not want to participate in this kind of activity, because the higher the exposure, the higher the probability of being recognized, and he does not really want people around him to recognize him and affect his life.

But such an event was held by the book publisher and Xuan Gui, so it would be inappropriate not to go.

People are helping you make money, but you want to be a salted fish yourself, which is obviously unreasonable.

"Forget it, I don't think I'm attractive enough to attract people to come and interact with me. Maybe there won't be many people there. If you do it casually, the event might end!"

Thinking of this, Chu Yu immediately felt much better.

Chapter 198 Concept News

Within two days, Huang Ming released the news that Xiao Ling and Li Nan, the two dubbing voice actors of the heroines of [-] Centimeters per Second and Voice of the Stars, were confirmed to be well-known in the Dragon Kingdom.

Chu Yu's fans were quite excited after hearing the news. After all, these two people are relatively capable. Regardless of the plot of the two works, the choice of a single voice actor has at least guaranteed that the character's voice will not be strange at that time. And lead to play.

However, in terms of animation, no matter how good the dubbing of the voice actor is, it is difficult to become a bonus item for the work. The final results of these two short animations still depend on the strength of the animation producers and Shui Xin's script How is the quality.

However, with Chu Yu's popularity now, news about these two works gradually spread among his fans.

Because the animation production is in progress, although Huang Ming is already in October, he still hasn't released the relevant teaser video.

But for the posters of the two works of [-] Centimeters per Second and Voice of the Stars, he directly posted them on the official Weibo account of the two works he created, which immediately attracted many fans of Chu Yu to watch.

Huang Ming didn't release many posters, only two for each of the two works.

The first of the two posters released at [-] Centimeters per Second is a summary of the characters in the plot.

Young Guishu, Akari, Guishu in high school, Sumita, Guishu in adulthood, Mingli, Mizuno.

These people are all concentrated in one poster.

And above the poster, there is a line of words!

"If the falling speed of the cherry blossoms is five centimeters per second, how long will it take for two hearts to get close..."

Kind of interesting, so, is this explaining some hidden meaning of the work's title, [-] Centimeters per Second?

But when you click on the second poster, you will see...a beautiful scene that takes your breath away.

In the picture, there is a girl sitting on the grass and a boy standing beside her.

In front of them is the rising sun and the stars all over the sky.

In the sky, there is a star that occupies a quarter of the picture.

The vivid and balanced light, shadow and color instantly catch the eyes of those who see this picture.

Under the clear and ethereal sky, there is only the back of this young girl!

Beautiful, beautiful....... But the picture makes people feel lonely and lonely.

This is a poster that Chu Yu intercepted and restored from a certain scene in the original work.

This is the case with Makoto Shinkai's works. His reputation as a wallpaper maniac is not based on purely exquisite paintings, but more on the shocking pictures conceived with rich imagination and creativity on this basis.

It’s just that the painting is fine and serious, which is nothing more than something that can be done with time and money, but for animation scenes, the unforgettable creativity on the screen is the key factor that makes Makoto Shinkai’s animation difficult to imitate.

At least, after seeing this poster, most of Chu Yu's fans' worries about the painting style of this work have disappeared.

Although the boys and girls in the screen did not show up, but the scenes in the screen are so exquisite, can the animation character setting also set up a strange and uncomfortable protagonist?

Looking further back, there are two posters of Voice of the Stars.

On the two posters, there are basically mechs, Mikako, and three upgrades.

After all, this work is only about 20 minutes long, and these three appear most in the whole article.

And after Chu Yu corrected the painting style of this work, the fans who saw the poster of the protagonist basically didn't complain about the character's ugly appearance. Instead, they were interested in the starry sky, mechs and other elements in the picture.

However, just a few conceptual drawings still cannot satisfy the curiosity of Chu Yu fans.

[-] Centimeters per Second is a good guess. From the slogan on the picture, we can guess that it should be a work about the emotions of men and women.

It's just the voice of the stars... a bit unpredictable.

Many people went to Chuyu Weibo to ask for information about the two works.

Since the serialization of Initial D, Chu Yu's Weibo fans have been increasing, and now they are basically close to 200 million.

"It feels okay. I don't know much information about these two works, but this picture looks very comfortable."

"The promotional poster! It must be more exquisite. The actual animation is done, and the effect of the picture can be half as good as it looks."

"It feels like they are all animations related to love and youth! It's just two short animations. Can this time tell the story clearly?"

"The backstory of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories was very short, and I didn't see anything bad about the plot. Anyway, I believe in Teacher Shuixin!"

"It is said that this work will be produced and broadcast in about two months. It won't be long, and we will know when the time comes."

Of course, after seeing my fans on Weibo, the discussion of the two works has gradually become more heated.

Anyway, Chu Yu also wanted to publicize the news of the signing event on Weibo at the request of Xuan Gui, so it was rare to respond to the fans' guesses by the way.

"A lot of people ask me, so let me tell you something. There are two works of 20 Centimeters per Second and Voice of the Stars about my investment and script creation. They mainly tell the youthful love stories of the protagonists across time and space. I personally think it is Two healing works that can make people feel a lot of emotions... I hope everyone will support them after the broadcast, and they will not disappoint everyone! There is also NO.[-] in October, created by me Volume [-], [-], and [-] of the manga Natsume Friends Account Book will be released at the same time, and I will hold a signing event at that time...."

After editing, Chu Yu uploaded this post and stopped following Weibo.

Seeing the corpse of Shui Xin who had been missing for a long time, Chu Yu's fans suddenly became excited.

"Teacher Shui Xin is finally willing to post a post. I thought it was because he was ashamed by readers because of the broken initial D some time ago, so he didn't dare to show up."

"Hey...youth healing love works, I believe you ghost! I have already understood your routine of Shuixin Dakengbi, needless to say, it must be Yuzhi."

"I feel the same way. Anyway, I have been mentally prepared, and my heart is as firm as a rock. I don't believe that these two works can still make me feel as uncomfortable as Unheard Huaming."

"However, what if it's really that kind of sugary love short animation?"

"Do you think it's possible? In Mr. Shuixin's works, except for Natsume who has no heroine, anyone who is involved in love will have a good end? The hero and heroine of the Garden of Words and Leaves are directly separated. , the unheard flower name Meiko Honma also disappeared, and the initial D Takumi’s head became more and more green! In my opinion, Mr. Shuixin must have been hurt by a woman at the beginning, so in his works, the romance of the male lead is all Such a tragedy."

"+1 upstairs!"

"Anyway, when the animation comes out, we must watch it, but Mr. Shui Xin will never cheat us into tears as easily as before!"

"There will also be a book signing event for Natsume's Book of Friends. I will definitely go to see Mr. Shui Xin on the spot at that time. People who can create works like Natsume must be as gentle as Natsume!"

"Upstairs, you can search for the previous Dragon Star Awards ceremony. Teacher Shui Xin appeared in the video!"

"I don't pay attention to other things. I just ask Mr. Shui Xin to draw a few more pages of comics with the initial D every week. The competition with Zhong Liyi has not yet started, so I am so anxious."

"Speaking of which, Natsume has already made such a big move, when will we see the monograph and animation of Initial D!"

........

Chapter 199 Signing Session

Familiar driving school, familiar Internet cafe!

Chu Yu, Tang Xin, and Gu Yan were in a private room, passionately playing games.

"victory!"

Accompanied by the pleasant ending sound of the game, Chu Yu let out a long sigh of relief.

The game screen turns.

"Congratulations, you have been promoted to Bravery Brass IV......"

Chu Yu looked satisfied. It has been six years, from the first brass in the grading competition to the fourth in the black iron, and now he has climbed out of the huge pit of the black iron. Compared with silver, he is not far away from him...... .

Gu Yan at the side let out a long sigh of relief, calming down, it was too difficult, this promotion match...

In the 25-2 start, both Chu Yu and Tang Xin sent the opponent to Chaoshen.

Gu Yan was really tired from playing this game!

Fortunately, the middle lane murder book was released early, and the situation was stabilized in the mid-term, otherwise it would be Chu Yu's third failure in the promotion match in recent days...

After winning the game, during the waiting time for the next game, all three of them were eating takeaway and solving the problem of dinner.

"Chu Yu, I heard that your Natsume's Account of Friends has been released in a few days, right?" Tang Xin asked.

"That's right...and it's not just the release, I was called by Xuan Gui to hold some signing event that day, I hope it can be done in an hour or two!" Chu Yu said after choosing the hero.

"One or two hours, how naive you are!" Tang Xin gloated.

"I participated in this activity once, anyway, after it was over, my hands were sore because of too many autographs, and some male comic fans asked to come and take a photo with you, and some would take advantage of you. For example, some people would Grab your hand and squeeze and hold on... I've been there once and never went again!"

Hearing this, Chu Yu turned her head and took a closer look at Tang Xin. Although her chest was flat, she was cute. If it wasn't for her big nerves, she would definitely be able to join the entertainment industry with her good looks. Some male fans would take advantage of her... .. this is understandable.

As for himself, his appearance is mediocre, so he would never encounter such a situation.

"In other words, Chu Yu, how are your two animations called [-] Centimeters per Second and Voice of the Stars going now..." Gu Yan, who was on the side, suddenly asked.

"It's okay anyway!" Chu Yu thought for a while.

"The current production progress is still under planning!"

"It is estimated that the dubbing of the animation will start next week. Maybe it won't be long before the promotional video will be released."

"That's right, there are two senior voice actors, Xiao Ling and Li Nan, so it shouldn't be a problem if you want to do the dubbing!" Gu Yan was a little curious about this, and asked casually.

After all, after Huang Mingweibo announced the seiyuu of the two works, she also gave up on Gu Yan's little thoughts, so it's not bad, a few people finish their respective affairs for a week, learn to drive together, and then play games.

"Oh, I don't know! Xiao Ling and Li Nan were chosen by Huang Ming, I hope the final result will be okay!" Chu Yu said casually while focusing on the game.

Soon, the game started, and Gu Yan also put away his thoughts and began to cheer up, otherwise Chu Yu and Tang Xin really couldn't move them.

These two people are not a problem of manipulation. After Gu Yan became familiar with the gameplay of this game, she really felt that the IQ of these two people might have dropped to the level of mental retardation when they played this game, as if there were two brainless people there. hello......