Urban Sims

Chapter 101 Manga Popularity
In the third year of studying at Wenyuan College, after learning all the things that should be learned, Zhou Ming found that there was nothing worth learning, so he began to expand his interests and hobbies.

For example, writing novels, drawing comics, and creating some pop music. Anyway, sometimes when inspiration comes, I can come up with all kinds of strange works.

I have written two short stories in semi-vernacular Chinese. The martial arts genre may be because the description of fighting is too fancy. As a result, the four roommates in the dormitory said that they couldn't understand it and couldn't substitute it.

In modern pop music, after Zhou Ming made a guitar-like instrument, he played a few of Chou Lunjie's songs, perhaps because the way of playing is too unique, the weird style and tune, and the lyrics are too straightforward, which cannot be compared with In this era, the music cells in people's brains are integrated, and after singing two embarrassing songs, Zhou Ming was almost embarrassed to death by himself.

Unexpectedly, the comics combining words and pictures were unanimously welcomed by the roommates.

On this day, in the study room of the academy, Zhou Ming was immersed in creation.

boom!
The door was violently pushed open, and roommates Lu Wencai, Tang Junming, and Sima Zhi came over.

"Boss, have you finished the eighth volume of "The Legend of the 108 Stars and Heroes of the Three Kingdoms"? There is also the fifth chapter of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". Did Monkey King kill the Bone Demon or release the Bone Demon?"

"That's right, Boss, can you draw faster? It takes three days to produce a volume. Are you making the brothers wait so anxiously?"

"Hey, Boss, you are drawing the fifth chapter of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"... Are you almost finished? Give it to me quickly, sister Yi Shu likes to read the stories in Journey to the West the most, I want to show it to her!"

Fatty Sima Zhi said impatiently.

Lu Wencai pushed him away: "Go away, go away, I have already made an agreement with the boss, and the boss will give it to me first, and I will give it to you after I finish reading it!"

Sima Zhi, who was pushed, staggered and yelled aggrievedly: "Lu Wencai! Don't think I don't know. You secretly gave the boss's cartoons to Wang Yurong in the piano class, and said that these cartoons were drawn by you. Yes, you are shameless!"

He said to Zhou Ming: "Boss, don't lend the manga to Lu Wencai, this guy has the opposite sex and no brothers!"

"Sima Zhi, shut up!"

After being exposed, Lu Wencai became impatient, and wanted to step forward to cover Sima Zhi's mouth, but he ran away, so he could only stare at him and tell him to go back to the dormitory.

"Brother Wencai, you're done. Look at the eyes of the boss. The boss is angry." Tang Junming, who was watching the excitement with his hands folded, raised his chin and reminded him.

Lu Wencai turned his head to look, and when he saw that half-smile, kind-faced smile, which was actually a devil's smile, he panicked, walked over tremblingly and said, "Boss, listen to my explanation, I really didn't say that manga I painted it, how can I have that ability, I... I just..."

"Okay, don't explain anymore, you are obsessed with sex, and you forgot how much you are, understandable, understandable." Zhou Ming nodded and smiled.

"Boss!"

Lu Wencai had a mournful face and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"The manga will still be lent to you, but, as a punishment, wash my clothes for three months, and Xiaozhi's clothes, too. Don't bully him all the time. His father, after all, is a The magistrate of the county." Sima Zhi's father was originally a magistrate of a small county, but recently he seems to have been promoted by the Queen of Heaven, and was even promoted to the county magistrate.

Lu Wencai kept nodding his head as if he had received an amnesty, "Yes, boss!"

Sima Zhi, who used to wash clothes for several people in the dormitory, heard that there was no need to wash clothes anymore, and his clothes were washed for the first time. He immediately raised his head and chest, and thinking of his father's recent promotion, he felt that his status had also been raised. a lot.

Holding a self-made pencil, Zhou Ming immersed himself in drawing a few more strokes, until the scene of the latest episode of the fifth chapter of "Journey to the West" was completed, and then he stopped and nodded with satisfaction.

The comic stories he is creating now, whether it is "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" or "The Legend of 108 Stars and Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", are all related to "Journey to the West", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" in the "Four Great Masterpieces" in his mind. Not at all, at most it just borrowed some names and scenes, and applied some classic stories.

For example, "Journey to the West Conquering Demons" does not have the so-called "havoc in heaven", "take the Western scriptures", "conflict between Buddhism and Taoism". A monkey with high martial arts skills, a greedy pig, a chatty monk, and an honest porter, all the way westward in search of the "Dragon Ball", and the story of slaying demons along the way.

As for "The Legend of the 108 Stars and Heroes of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Ming combined "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" to set up three countries. In order to compete for the 108 descending stars, he made up a set including the grievances of the rivers and lakes, the struggle for hegemony of the Three Kingdoms, and children. The story of long love, the more stars that a country competes for, the stronger that country is, if a country can gather 108 stars to form a 108 star formation, it will have the power to dominate the world...

However, because the system structure of this manga is too large and there are too many characters on the stage, it tends to become uncontrollable as it goes to the end. Therefore, Zhou Ming had to slow down the creation speed, free up part of his brain, and open a new one. "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is a beautiful painting.

After some scrambling, several heads huddled together, and when they finished watching the latest update, Zhou Ming asked them: "I ask you, if this comic is engraved and published, how many people do you think will probably read it?" ?”

"There must be a lot! Anyone who can read will like the stories in this book!" Lu Wencai immediately said firmly.

"Boss, isn't there more than a dozen bookstores in the state capital? Take your comics and engrave them, and print tens of thousands of copies at a time! This way we don't have to grab a comic to read!"

Tang Junming's eyes lit up.

The movable type printing technology of this era has developed to a very advanced level, and the block printing technology of some bookstores has achieved the level of a printing plate that can be printed ten thousand times.

"Boss, leave this matter to me. The largest bookstores in the state capital are owned by my Yao family in Qingzhou. I can gather the best engraving craftsmen together and make them as quickly as possible. , publish your comics, Boss." Yao Qingxiao said at this time.

Zhou Ming glanced at him, nodded and said, "Brother Qingxiao, I will trouble you with this matter. As for the profits from the comic books, each person should get half of it. You can't let your Yao family suffer too much."

Zhou Ming has a little understanding of the publishing market in this world. Generally, the author and the bookstore each account for half, but this income is limited to the first two to three editions of the work. When a large number of pirated works appear on the market, the author's follow-up income, Basically, I can’t get it anymore. If I give the author more income, those bookstores that print genuine books will probably lose all their money...

Piracy cannot be exterminated in the modern network society, let alone the ancient times where there is no concept of intellectual property rights, can protect the rights and interests of genuine copies.

……

A month later.

The teachers of Wenyuan Academy discovered that a book called "manga" began to sweep the entire academy.

In the beginning, there were only a few classes, spreading and discussing in a small area, but one day when this kind of comic books suddenly appeared on a large scale, like a volcanic eruption, hot magma covered the entire academy.

Every class has at least one copy. At the beginning, they just secretly read it in the dormitory, and then some students couldn’t help but hide in some corners of the classroom to watch. In the end, every class can be found, sitting in the back for a few hours. The poor students in the row lower their heads as soon as they arrive in class, concentrating on it, forgetting themselves, looking at something in their hands.

The first comic book was confiscated by the professor.

Then came the second, third...every day after that they were seized.

Some teachers were horrified to find that even some students with excellent grades began to read these "comic books". After a period of time, their academic performance declined significantly.

"Confiscated! All these 'comic books' that endanger the style of study in Wenyuan Academy must be confiscated!"

At the academy teaching meeting, the head of the academy, Wang Gang, expressed his opinion angrily, because yesterday he discovered at home that there were several comic books like this in his daughter's boudoir... Comics, this cancerous tumor of Wenyuan Academy, must be given Clear it down!

The massive search and confiscation began. The comic books found in various dormitories and classrooms were piled up like a mountain in the academy square. There were as many as five or six thousand books. Each of the thousand students in the academy averaged There were more than five of these comic books, except for a few hundred (confiscated in the early stage), which were sealed up in the library, and the others were all burned to clean.

Looking at the raging fire, several professors who participated in the confiscation operation had a look of pity. When they confiscated these comic books, they also glanced at them with interest. Unexpectedly, they were deeply attracted after only turning a few pages. Go in... The simple and beautiful painting style, lively characters, and wonderful stories all exude some kind of magical power, which firmly catches their attention.

Unexpectedly, it was all burned.

"Hey, there are hundreds of 'comic books' in the library, haven't they been burned, how about..."

One day, an instructor who was overwhelmed by the unfinished story in his heart and thought about it day and night finally couldn't help it. In the name of searching for books, after getting the key to the library, as soon as he opened the door of the library, he Seeing a certain corner of the library, several colleagues were holding a comic book in their hands, looking at it completely ecstatically.

Several colleagues were taken aback by him. They were about to put away the books when they saw him pull out a volume of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" from the bookshelf. The book in the book is picked up...

Soon after, in the academy, the book of comics revived.

　Ancient times are really not what I am good at, and now I just rely on my brain to persevere, I hope to support it, this copy still needs to be finished, please recommend tickets!
　　


(End of this chapter)