Manga Guidebook

"It's grilling, it's grilling."

Zhu Tong couldn't wait to dip a layer of oil into the pot, and then gently placed the meat slices on top, but it was a little messy, Lu Ziyun couldn't stand it anymore, and placed the meat slices neatly on the pot with chopsticks.

After tidying up, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is this an obsessive-compulsive disorder?" Chen Zijun saw everything in his eyes.

At this time, the waiter loosened the seasoning for dipping the meat. Everyone has their own choice. Zhong Xiaqing likes to dip in soy sauce, Zhu Tong likes to dip in salt, and Lu Ziyun dips in the unique sauce here. Chen Zijun is like her. Same goes for the sauce.

He dipped it with chopsticks and tasted it. The taste was okay. He didn't know how it was prepared. He could try it himself when he had time.

"Hey, Ziyun, where is your home? Why did you plan to go to school here?"

"My grades were good. I came here just to accompany my friends, but she suddenly changed and chose another school. I didn't know it yet, so I came here stupidly."

"Ah? Is there such a thing?"

"This kind of person is too bad. It's you who accompany her, but you don't even notice yourself."

Lu Ziyun didn't speak, and he looked obviously very angry.

Zhong Xiaqing also appropriately talked about other topics.

"I like a comic recently and recommend it to you."

"What comics?"

"It's a niche comic, given to me by a friend of mine. It's called "His and Her Cat". It's a short story, but it's really nice." Zhong Xiaqing said.

Chen Zijun, who had been waiting for the barbecue, was slightly taken aback when he heard the words.

"It must be very powerful to make Sister Xia Qing like it so much. Which teacher's work is it?" Zhu Tong asked curiously. As a best friend, she knows Zhong Xiaqing's vision, and there are really not many comics that can make her like it, mainly it is in line with her. taste.

"No, the author of this comic is just a newcomer, it's called 'April Breeze', but the plot and lines are really good-looking. He has only serialized two comics in total, both of which are short stories, but they are all very creative. I don't know when he will be able to serialize a long story."

It's really fate. Chen Zijun didn't expect the landlord to be his fan, but he didn't plan to admit it now, so he'd better wait until later.

Chen Zijun has been roasting the meat next to him, estimating the heat. At this time, after his experience, he feels that this is almost ready to be roasted, and he only needs to wait for half a minute.

"I think it's almost done, you can eat it." Zhu Tong said aloud.

Chen Zijun hurriedly stopped, "Waiting for half a minute, it's still a little early, half a minute later is the best time to arrive."

After half a minute, Chen Zijun said, "It's alright, let's eat."

Everyone picked up chopsticks and ate.

"Well, it's delicious, the meat is very tender."

"Xia Qing, this is better than the one we were going to bake last time."

"I can't see that Chen Dashuai's craftsmanship is so good."

"That's right, you don't even look at who baked it." Chen Zijun was quite content.

Each of them ate quickly, and then, they handed a plate of meat to Chen Zijun. Signal him to roast.

Then, Chen Zijun = barbecue tool person.

They = foodies.

Chen Zijun: "..."

Their stomachs were visibly bulging. Chen Zijun also ate a little, but he didn't let go of his full strength. He didn't dare to let go of all his appetite, that would be terrifying.

"I'm full, I'm too tired."

"I can't eat it."

"I guess I won't eat at night, I'll eat three at a time."

......

The three of them huddled together without any lady, obviously they had eaten a lot and were struggling, but Zhu Tong shouted that he couldn't eat it, and just swallowed a piece of meat, it was perfect.

Chen Zijun took a sip of oolong tea, looked at them calmly and shook their heads: "You... be careful not to eat a bad stomach."

"You guys have a rest here first, I'll go to work first."

The three of them couldn't move, they could only say, "En."

Chen Zijun walked out of here and settled the account before leaving. Although it was said that Zhong Xiaqing was treating guests, Chen Zijun felt that it was okay to treat himself as a boy.

It took a long time for the three girls to come over. Zhong Xiaqing came to the counter and wanted to check out. After being told that Chen Zijun had finished, he was stunned for a moment.

"Really, I'll treat you well. Forget it, give the money to Zijun at night."

Sure enough, at night, Zhong Xiaqing gave Chen Zijun the money, her attitude was very firm, but Chen Zijun had no choice but to take the money back.

......

Time has passed, and after a month, Chen Zijun's life in Jingnai City has completely settled down. He wakes up in the morning to cook, works part-time, and then returns to his room every night to perfect the comics of "Shape of Sound" and draws every night. By the middle of the night, Chen Zijun, the previous storyboard, had been drawn, and the first and second episodes had been completed, and the third episode was halfway through.

It's also because of the speed. Chen Zijun's speed is very slow. Because of the need to ensure the quality, and because he has to work part-time during the day, he doesn't have much time.

Although there are only two episodes, it is too much. Chen Zijun drew 57 pages for the first episode, and the second episode is similar.

There is no hard and fast rule on the number of pages in a comic, but it is usually 20 to 30 pages for a week, and 40 to 50 pages for a monthly update. The average number in the industry is selected here, and it depends on the diligence of the cartoonist. degree and state of inspiration.

At this time, Chen Zijun has already planned to submit a manuscript~www.NovelMTL.com~ The next step is to find a suitable comic magazine, and he does not want to go far, choose a magazine whose headquarters is located in other provinces, although he can use email and other methods, But it's inconvenient after all.

There is only one first-line magazine in Jingnai City, which is "Spring and Autumn Comics", and the weekly sales average is more than 5 million sales (don't put it into reality, reality can't be achieved except for Juvenile Jump.)

But Chen Zijun directly rejected it after he learned about it, because the 'Spring and Autumn Comics' is mainly about hot-blooded martial arts. rejected by him.

Next, in addition to "Spring and Autumn Comics", there are also two second-tier comic magazines that Chen Zijun is considering.

They are 'Miaobi Comics' and 'Zijin Comics'.

These two names are respectively taken from the idioms of Miaobi Shenghua and Qingqingzijin.

These two comic magazines are tied for second tier. Although they are second tier, their weekly sales are mostly infinitely close to five million, catching up with Chunqiu Comics, and they are the two rivals of Chunqiu Comics.

Miaobi Comics focuses on martial arts and adventure comics, while Zijin Comics focuses on teenage comics.

These three are all comic magazines that focus on one type of direction.

Chen Zijun specially investigated whether there were cartoonists of the Eight Kings and Four Emperors, and the answer was—no!

None of these three cartoonists are currently the eight kings and four emperors. These twelve cartoonists are emperors standing in the pyramid of the industry. Even the most popular 'Spring and Autumn Comics' does not have this level of cartoonists. Twelve people, almost every manga magazine they are in seems to have an average sales volume of more than six million magazines.

Chen Zijun had to sigh with emotion about their terrifying popularity.