The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

The plan of the Shepherd Star is actually very simple.

As Qiu Fengmao said, "Huaying Comics" was founded too late, at least ten years behind other comic magazines that have already taken shape. When the comics market has been basically divided up, it is different from "Baiyun Comics". "It is undoubtedly very difficult for old-fashioned comic weekly magazines to compete for the market.

Although Mu Su Xing knew little about manga magazines, he was not so arrogant that he thought that he could easily kill other established manga magazines in seconds with just one work, and even enter the western market.

The charm of the Sherlock Holmes series is undoubted, but its own limitations doom it to be unable to bring stable sales to "Hua Ying Manga" in a short period of time. Most importantly, the audience group corresponding to suspense reasoning is different from that of Hua Ying Animation. The youth-oriented animation that has always been the mainstay is the exact opposite.

Under such circumstances, the manga that is really responsible for carrying the sales volume and opening up the situation in the early stage of "Hua Ying Manga" must do two things:

First, the audience must have a large degree of overlap with the fan base that Huaying Animation has always had.

Second, the subject matter is not limited, but it must have something in common with the Sherlock Holmes series in some aspects, and this commonality is the core theme of "Hua Ying Manga".

There are not many novels or comics that can achieve these two points at the same time. Even if there are, they are not the type that can open up the situation in a short time. For this reason, Mu Su Xing roughly scanned the related and irrelevant works in the system mall , I really found an article that fits the current situation——

As Mu Su Xing's voice fell, several editors present immediately flipped through the materials in their hands. Less than two seconds later, another outline of the story related to comics appeared in front of their eyes.

Compared with the thicker Sherlock Holmes series, this manga, which was bestowed by the shepherd star and tried to support sales, seems to be a lot thinner. It only briefly writes the outline of the story and the characteristics of the work, and the specific script. Nothing to do with human settings——

Qiu Fengmao was stunned for a moment, and soon realized the reason: his boss is still an animation director after all, so it is impossible for him to have too much time to engage in comic serialization, let alone double-opening. Obviously, this second comic , Shepherd Star intends to hand over to other comic authors to complete.

This thought only flashed in his mind, and was quickly forgotten.

Compared with the matter of "who and which comic author should be responsible", the key is to first determine whether the idea has the ability to open up sales.

When his eyes fell on the outline of the second comic, Qiu Fengmao raised his head subconsciously, and exchanged a glance with the familiar senior editor beside him, his expression was inexplicably surprised.

"... Captured... Las Vegas?"

No one will not know the famous entertainment capital of the world - it is no exaggeration to say that this resort centered on the gambling industry is world-famous, combined with the characteristics of the city itself, the meaning represented by this comic name seems to be ready to come out - —

"This subject is...gambling?" One of the editors frowned and asked with some uncertainty.

Shepherd star lowered his head slightly, and his gaze also turned to the story outline on the desktop. The corner of his mouth raised an obvious arc, and he corrected him aloud: "If possible, I hope you understand it as—— A kind of game duel."

Qiu Fengmao didn't say anything, he chose to keep looking down in silence.

In a sense, the second cartoon chosen by Shepherd Star is not from any novel or movie in another world, but a real case that happened in that parallel world called Earth.

The protagonist of the story studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a mathematical genius who is extremely good at bit measurement analysis. He was invited by his classmates to join a card counting system group - "MIT Blackjack Team".

Relying on the accurate card counting ability of "Intel chips", the protagonist and his friends went to various casinos in Las Vegas and were invincible.In order to prevent identity leaks and ensure sustainable development, the MIT Blackjack Team will camouflage their appearance to avoid being recognized by casino groups.

One, two, three...

As more and more different casinos suffered hemorrhages, the group behind the casinos gradually sensed that something was wrong, and they began to realize that the customers who caused their hemorrhages might actually be the same people.

In order to find out the identities of these "shop smashers", various groups have hired well-known private detectives to conduct investigations and analysis, and the outline of the story written by Mu Su Xing is the MIT 21 o'clock team and the private detectives hired by the group. A duel of different casinos.

At the end of the story, with the help of advanced face recognition software, all the casinos blacklisted all members of the MIT Blackjack Team, and prohibited three people from stepping into the casinos they operated. 21 million US dollars walked away.

"It's interesting." Qiu Fengmao stared at the table without flickering, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face: "What is the focus of this comic?"

Shepherd star smiled slightly, but did not answer this question.In fact, Qiu Fengmao didn't need to answer - after he asked this question to himself, he quickly found the answer in the characteristics of the later works.

From the perspective of the story outline, this comic still has a considerable degree of advantages:

For example, the protagonist of the story is a college student, which is consistent with the original market of Huaying Animation.From the name, this theme can also be said to be quite rare, but it is much more attractive than pure suspense reasoning. The most important thing is that its essence is still the one that teenagers like——

There are obscure card counting formulas, such as counting ten and high and low.The protagonists are sitting in front of the gaming table, their brains are running fast, and they push the beautiful metal weights forward lightly.A drooping eye, a yawn, even a casual movement of the right hand resting on the chin, are all cues that only a companion can understand.

However, in his early 20s, he travels leisurely around the world's casinos. One day he pretends to be a tennis fan, the next he is a businessman in a suit and leather shoes. He talks and laughs happily, playing around with the group and the private detective sent by the other party. Dacheng turned around calmly and walked away.

In the final analysis, it is actually just one sentence.

Handsome is over.

Mu Suxing didn't say this clearly, but it was already very obvious in the outline of the story, so Qiu Fengmao naturally couldn't fail to see it.His expression became more focused and serious, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised—combined with the previous Sherlock Holmes series, he probably understood the intention of Shepherd.

Huaying Manga has just started, and the style of comics is too complicated. If you really need one of each style and theme, it is not suitable for the development of Manga Weekly. For the stable development of the magazine itself, Huaying Manga is the best, and it must be determined A fixed comic theme.

For example, the theme of "Baiyun Comics" is ancient fantasy, the core of "Qianyue Comics" is romantic love, and the center of "Flame Comics" is youthful blood, etc.

The core of Huaying Manga is——

"There is no need for surveys to show that, as far as I know, the vast majority of readers and audiences will have a considerable preference for characters with superior IQs," Shepherd Xing said: "They want to see such characters win. From the perspective of readers and viewers, they are omnipotent, everything is under their control."

For example, Sherlock Holmes, who can quickly infer a series of clues under a complete logical chain through basic deduction, just by looking at the person who came.

For another example, sitting leisurely at the gaming table, all the members of the protagonist trio who captured the entire Las Vegas lightly.

"Okay," Qiu Fengmao said quickly while thinking: "Then this is the main idea of ​​Huaying Manga? You can make a slogan like 'manga for all smart people'..."

This slightly clichéd statement drew faint chuckles in the meeting room, and Qiu Fengmao was annoyed: "Okay, I'll just say it casually, as long as you know what I mean, as long as the slogan is more advanced, we Let's discuss later." He said, turned his gaze to Shepherd Star again, and asked straightforwardly: "What do you think about these two comics?"

"I will write the Sherlock Holmes series myself, and you will arrange the assistant. As for the capture of Las Vegas..." Star Shepherd hesitated for a while, and said: "I am only in charge of the script for the second comic, the specific comic author You arrange it."

This arrangement was expected by Qiu Fengmao, he nodded: "What about the length?"

Mu Suxing pondered: "The length of the second comic should not be too long, and it is difficult to write a long one with this theme. If there is no accident, it should be a novella. When this comic is over, the Sherlock Holmes series should also be able to continue perfectly... …or beyond its popularity.”

In fact, considering some Huaying fans who are really not very interested in reasoning themes, Mu Su Xing actually thought about the successor comics after the end of "The Fall of Las Vegas".

It must not only have a high-IQ duel, but also appeal to young readers, and at the same time, it must have the potential to help Huaying Comics further expand the market.When it comes to themes that satisfy these three points at the same time, it is undoubtedly an infinite stream that will become popular in later generations, with both horror and excitement and wonderful layout.

Until now, Shepherd Xing still clearly remembers the shock when he came into contact with this kind of subject matter for the first time - there is no doubt that as long as the character design and layout can be guaranteed, the first infinite horror comic will be worth 100 % will explode, and it will explode.

Of course, according to the current plan, this will probably happen next year at the earliest.

Withdrawing his wandering thoughts, Shepherd Xing smiled: "In addition, I would like to correct one more point. Huaying comics are not really without foundation."

"In order to celebrate the birth of "Picture Manga", the first four weekly issues of "Picture Manga" will come with official limited editions of "My Hero Academia", "Cardcaptor Sakura", "Magic Girl Madoka Magica" and "Expedition Girls" Peripherals, such as keychains, bookmarks, etc.”

Having said that, Mu Su Xing paused for a moment, he calculated in his mind, and then said: "In this way, for the first issue, I require sales of at least 100 million copies. This shouldn't be too much, right?"