Chapter 38 State of Affairs

Wang He, 30 years old, has been a contract cartoonist of Cuttlefish since his debut at the age of nineteen. Step by step, he has serialized some short comics in the second- and third-tier comic journals under Cuttlefish to the top magazines under Cuttlefish. With the work of Tianshu, the film has firmly occupied the second place in the popular vote for two years.

As a cartoonist, he can be regarded as a result of years of perseverance and success, and he has also lived the prosperous life he wants with the income from cartoons. He was already satisfied.

However, this situation changed three weeks ago after the serialization of two new works began.

Although he was shocked that Dong Yun's new novel The Secret Girl pushed him to the third place in the first episode, in comparison, he still has a sense of himself.

Indeed, in the status of cartoonists in Los Angeles, he is indeed worse than Dong Yun. According to the media statistics of last year, in the ranking of cartoonists in Los Angeles, he barely surpassed the tenth and ranked ninth.

And Dong Yun has been in the top three for two years.

Although he was surprised by the aggressiveness of Dong Yun's new work, he relatively had a hunch that he would be surpassed by Dong Yun's new work.

But he could never have imagined that after Dong Yun's new work broke the chrysanthemum two weeks ago and dropped to third in the ranking, the new work Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance, which was serialized with the Hidden Girl, actually carried the momentum of shock. staring at him.

He must not be able to bear this. Anyway, he is also an old author of Cuttlefish. He was reluctantly accepted by Dong Yunchao, who had changed jobs. At a house party, those guys will definitely laugh at it for this.

Now in his home, he and his three assistants are seriously creating the latest episode of Tianshu, stimulated by the secret girl and the reminiscence of Rurouni Kenshin. The action of the battle has been redesigned, and it looks much more handsome than the original picture concept. Of course, such a scene is also much more difficult to draw.

He completed such key scenes by himself, the brush in his hand was steady and his eyes were very serious, just like him who just stepped into the industry eleven years ago.

He did not resent the threat posed to him by the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance. In the comics industry, the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, but no matter what, he is also one of the top comic artists in Los Angeles. He really encountered the challenge of new works, and he would not admit defeat so easily.

Compared with the shock of Dong Yun's new work ranked second in popularity for three consecutive episodes, the new comic artist Shui Xin's new work even surpassed Wang He's Tianshu momentum, which touched them even more.

Such a thing has never happened in the history of comics in Los Angeles.

Even many people's eyes don't only see the present. If the popularity of Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance exceeds Tianshu, who will its opponents be next?

Further up, there are only two works left!

Although temporarily ranked second, the number of popular votes continues to narrow the gap with the first hidden girl.

And it has occupied the first place in the popularity of Manying for three years, and the magic realm of the cuttlefish comics.

Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance, is it possible to create a miracle?

Soon, the fourth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance was released.

That night, voting statistics from first to fourth place were also released.

The first place is still the Demon Realm, with more than 37,000 votes.

The second place, Hidden Girl, received more than 35,000 votes.

The third place, Tianshu, received more than 28,000 votes.

Fourth place, Rurouni Kenshin Memories, more than 25,000 votes.

The editors of Cuttlefish Comics who learned the results of the vote were silent for a while.

On the surface, the ranking of this issue seems to be unchanged from the previous one.

But in fact, the situation is very different.

First of all, the number of votes for the first and second places in the magic realm and the hidden girl is on the rise, which proves that the two people's battle for the first place in Manying has spread to their respective fan groups.

Although some die-hard fans of the two for many years do not like to vote on the Internet after buying comics on weekdays, they can't sit still at this time and vote for their favorite works one after another.

Tianshu, on the other hand, fell from the threshold of more than 30,000 votes, and the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance has once again achieved a surge in popularity.

The first episode has more than 4,000 votes, the second episode has more than 14,000 votes, and the third episode has more than 19,000 votes.

By the fourth episode now, it has already broken through the 20,000 votes barrier, reaching more than 25,000 votes.

Nowadays, the top four most popular comics in the entire comic show a strange situation.

The hidden girl is eyeing the first throne of the Demon Realm, and the Rurouni Kenshin recalls the momentum of the article. If the next issue continues to increase like this, it should be able to squeeze Tianshu from the third position.

Not to mention Cuttlefish Comics, the entire Los Angeles comics industry is dumbfounded by the competition between these four works on Manying.

With the competition between these four works, because of the new addition of the two works of Hidden Girl and Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance to Manying, Manying has also achieved a skyrocketing sales.

From the sales of about 350,000 per week in the past, it has increased by 100,000.

In one fell swoop, it has become the highest-selling periodical among the various comic journals issued in Los Angeles today.

In a pub, Wang He, the author of Tianshu, was sitting with another man, drinking wine.

"It's over, brother, I can't stand it anymore! In the next issue, I should be overtaken by that newcomer's work." Wang He's slightly chubby face was full of ruddy, and there was nothing but helplessness in his tone.

"Shen Xin, you have to stand up. We, a cartoonist who grew up in the cuttlefish's hometown, can let Dong Yun jump to the top so easily. That's too shameless."

Shen Xin is the author of the super-popular work Demon Realm on Man Ying. He looks a little younger than Wang He, and he looks more gentle.

"I feel like I'm almost there. In a few weeks, I should be knocked down as the No. 1 pick." Wang Xin laughed at himself.

Both of them understand that a new work can have such popularity in the early stage of serialization. What is the concept?

The reason why Shen Xin's Demon Realm can stay in the first place is entirely because this work has been serialized for a long time, and the reader base is large enough. thing.

"Alas!" Wang He sighed.

"All the old cartoonists of our Moying are looking at you and me!"

"After all, we and Dong Yun used to be in a state of competition. She used to be the No. 1 in Fengyu, but now if she comes over, we are also No. 1 in Cuttlefish, doesn't it prove that our Cuttlefish is a cartoonist?"

"First?" Shen Xin shook his head.

"I don't think so."

"I feel that it will take at least a few weeks for the Hidden Girl to squeeze me out, and by then, what the situation will be like!"

"You mean?" Wang He also realized what Shen Xin meant.

"Rurouni Kenshin Memories"