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October

The news that Xia Yan and Mo Ran were preparing a new work was actually known to Beizhou Comics as soon as possible.

Mo Ran would definitely not be able to draw the first chapter of the comic so quickly. After all, it is Xia Yan's new comic. According to the convention, given Xia Yan's current level, it will be serialized in full color in the issue of Full-Time Hunter. Page comics, this is quite time-consuming, at least everything is ready, plus the publicity before the work is serialized, the work will not be serialized until the end of October.

But before that

Xia Yan and Mo Ran had to communicate with Beizhou Comics Club.

As for the ending of Initial D, North Comics has invested huge resources in promoting it.

Moreover, this timing is also very important for the promotion of Xia Yan's new comic.

So Beizhou Comics Club communicated with Xia Yan and Mo Ran at the end of September.

It doesn't matter if the comic content of the first chapter of "Hunter" is not released, but at least the promotional poster of "Hunter" is released first.

In this regard, Xia Yan was very cooperative.

There were even three or five editors and staff from Beizhou Comics Club here during the two days at his house to cooperate with Xia Yan's requests.

"So, that's it?"

After staying up all night with Xia Yan for two days and three nights, this promotional poster was finally finished. Xia Yan and Mo Ran both had dark circles under their eyes.

The two of them and the staff of Beizhou Comics Club looked at the color poster in front of them with excitement.

Just drawing such a picture actually doesn't take that much time, but since we are making promotional posters, the characters on them have to be designed in advance, which is more time-consuming.

After all, Mo Ran is not Fu Jian, and Xia Yan only described the style of this work verbally, so the painting style can only be similar, not similar in form.

But Mo Ran is indeed a genius in painting.

At least in the past week, after having in-depth communication with Xia Yan, she could basically understand Xia Yan's thoughts.

Hot-blooded battle manga.

And let’s not even talk about teenagers. The protagonist has been around for a long time. Xia Yan even directly said that by the time the comic reaches a hundred chapters, the protagonist will be a twelve-year-old child.

Putting it into the real world, this is a child in the sixth grade of elementary school. The painting style is naturally a little softer. It is definitely inappropriate to continue the tough guy style of Initial D.

What surprised Xia Yan was Mo Ran's ability to change her painting style.

There are a total of more than a dozen characters appearing on the poster in front of you.

Four members of the protagonist group of Hunters, the cute and naturally silly protagonist Gon, the sinister kid Killua, the handsome nobleman Kurapika, and the uncle Leorio appear naturally.

Then there is the last appearance of Dongba, the popular meme character in this work in the parallel world.

Other popular characters, such as the perverted Hisoka, Phantom Troupe leader Chrollo, Hunter Association president Nitro, Ant King and Wheat in later chapters, etc.

At Xia Yan's request, Mo Ran quickly created these character designs in the past few days and presented these characters together in a harmonious and beautiful image.

"Xia Yan, did you have so many characters in the early stages of this work?"

Looking at several Beizhou Comics staff who were studying promotional posters, Mo Ran finally asked this question.

These days, she is only responsible for designing character drawings. In fact, she has no idea in which chapters these characters will appear.

"Of course not." Xia Yan said with a smile.

"The characters on this poster I asked you to draw will probably have to wait until one or two hundred chapters before all the characters appear."

At this time, several staff members and editors from Beizhou Comics Club saw Xia Yan and Mo Ran sitting on chairs and talking with smiles. They were also curious and listened carefully to what they were talking about.

"One or two hundred words? Have you already conceived this work this far?" Mo Ran exclaimed in a low voice.

Normally, who would think so far ahead when creating comics?

There are many works in the comics industry that were cut in half after more than a dozen chapters in less than three months.

Even top cartoonists will change the plot and character designs as they draw based on market response.

Now that this comic is not serialized, Xia Yan is considering the role that will appear in one or two hundred chapters?

"It's okay. Actually, I wasn't planning to release the images of these characters so early. But since Beizhou Comics asked us to create this promotional poster, I will regard it as a benefit to the fans. And Easter eggs." Xia Yan said with a smile.

Anyway, during the serialization of Hunter Hunter comics, this promotional poster is expected to be turned over by fans for a long time, guessing in what plot and chapter these characters will appear.

This is also a pleasure as a creator.

"So what if Hunter Hunter has been serialized for less than a few months, the popularity is too low or there are too many bad reviews from fans, so it is cut in half? If you conceived so many plots in advance, wouldn't it be a waste if it can't be serialized by then?"

Mo Ran and Xia Yan have known each other for two or three years now, and they also know that Xia Yan is not the kind of person who just likes to hear other people praise him and flatter him, and he speaks very casually.

"This kind of thing should be impossible." Xia Yan said.

"How is it impossible?" Mo Ran said.

"That Yang Jun from the past two years was a great cartoonist in the Dragon Kingdom whose previous comic volumes sold an average of 11 million, but his new comic was cut in half after only fifty-one chapters, and the serialization time was only eleven months."

"In the Dragon Kingdom comics industry, there are many examples like Yang Jun."

"Because this work is a full-time hunter. And I'm not Yang Jun." Xia Yan said after thinking for a while.

"Well, I know that!" Mo Ran paused.

But soon, she understood a little bit of Xia Yan's meaning.

"You mean you have high expectations for this comic?"

"That's right."

"How high?" Mo Ran asked.

"How many floors is this high?"

"." Mo Ran.

"Say something normal. I can't understand these incomprehensible remarks of yours, but I feel from your tone that these words are not nonsense. This makes me feel a little stupid."

"Okay, no more riddles." Xia Yan said with a smile.

"At least, the reason why I dare to finish Initial D so easily is not that I have too much money to spend and dislike its income of 10 to 20 million a month. The deeper reason is that I personally think that I will not be able to complete the follow-up to Initial D. If the plot time is used to create a full-time hunter, better results will be achieved," Xia Yan said.

"There is a ninety-nine percent chance that this work will get better than Initial D."

Xia Yan spoke very softly, but there was no trace of a young man bragging on his face. Neither Mo Ran nor the staff of the Bei Comics Club who were listening with their ears perked up were collectively shocked.

this.

What kind of confidence is this?

Initial D is already the tenth best-selling comic in the history of the Dragon Kingdom comic industry. If the sales volume of its last two or three volumes is boosted by the publicity of its completion, if it is higher, it will surpass the current comics. "Double Ring", the number one work in terms of volume sales in the "serial" market, pushed this ranking to the ninth place in history.

Even if Xia Yan's Initial D maintains its current popularity and is serialized for another year or two, even if it relies on fans to slowly increase its sales, the average volume sales will be one or two million higher, and it will eventually be ranked among the top seven and five in history. , which is also very possible.

But what is Xia Yan's tone now?

Ninety-nine percent chance of surpassing Initial D

Why not 100%?

Could it be that he, the creator, had an accident and suffered a serious illness that would prevent his work from being serialized, so he didn't dare to say that the probability was 100%?

Mo Ran wanted to say something else, but she held it back after seeing Xia Yan's eyes.

Believe first, don’t question.

This is what she has realized in the past few years of getting along with Xia Yan.

Those in the industry who questioned Xia Yan's bragging would often be slapped in the face by Xia Yan within three months. She, Mo Ran, would not give Xia Yan a chance to laugh at her in the future.

As for the other staff members of Beizhou Comics Club, they were shocked and quickly took the promotional poster drawn by Mo Ran, said something to the two of them and left.

However, the contents of the conversation between Xia Yan and Mo Ran were inevitably reported to the top management of the comic book club.

After assisting Mo Ran in completing the comic storyboards and character designs in the early stage of the work, such as Aunt Mitte, Xia Yan focused on the rebellious Lelouch.

Animation works often take several months to produce, so there is no need to rush in production.

But the company now has 200 people. Except for the members of the production team of Looking for Paradise Movie, the other members were basically summoned by Xia Yan to the rebellious Lelouch animation production team.

Although the number of members in this group is relatively large, which is a bit wasteful from a cost perspective, it will definitely improve the quality of animation production.

After all, Lelouch of the Rebellion has a lot of mecha sky battles and explosion scenes, as well as a lot of circus scenes.

These are all big scenes that test the skills of the production team members and painters.

If you don’t want to spend money on a work like Lelouch, you might as well not animate it.

But it’s already October, and if Lelouch of the Rebellion wants to air in January next year, the chances are very low.

So during an internal meeting within the company, Xia Yan set the broadcast time of this work in April next year.

After the production team members signed and confirmed, in early October, Xia Yan began to contact TV stations, surrounding manufacturers, as well as TV station associations and channels in various countries at home and abroad to negotiate a cooperation agreement with Lelouch

Xia Tang Animation Company under Xia Yan's command has indeed a large number of people compared to Longguo. Even if it has recruited a lot of talents now, it is only an upper-middle-sized animation company.

But the achievements this company has made in the Dragon Kingdom animation industry are obvious to all.

Whether at home or abroad, when cooperating with Xia Tang Animation Company, the conditions offered are on the same level as those of the three major animation companies, Lu Zhou, Yuan Ling, and Long Yang.

Although Lelouch is only in the concept stage now, as long as Xia Tang Animation Company releases cooperation information in the industry, some partners will rush to cooperate.

In fact

After several top TV stations in the Dragon Kingdom received news that Xia Yan had a new animation to produce, they sent people to discuss with Xia Tang Animation Production Company at the speed of light.

The benefits that Magic Circle brought to Didu TV1 are obvious to all, directly allowing Didu TV1 to firmly rank first in the performance ranking of Longguo TV Station last year.

Among the TV series, animations and movies broadcast throughout the year, it is the only one with a ratings of over 6%.

This is the gold content.

Cyberpunk Edge Walker was aired on Shanghai TV1 this year, and it is another masterpiece with a single-episode ratings of over 6%.

Although its performance is slightly inferior to that of Magic Circle, at least for this year, it has swept everything.

And next year.

Who knows what’s going on with Xia Yan’s new animation?

The quality of the work may be average, but Xia Yan has a large fan base, so where can he go?

What if another masterpiece becomes popular?

Although we haven't seen the finished animation yet, and we haven't even seen a concept poster, but with Xia Yan's current position in the industry, wait until his work is finished and then ask him if he is interested in broadcasting this work on our TV station?

What are you dreaming of? How can you get such a good thing?

Several TV stations now want to sign a cooperation intention with Xia Yan. Anyway, it's just a matter of bidding. In the past, Xia Yan had to spend 10 or 20 million to buy the broadcasting rights of these TV stations to broadcast Magical Girl Madoka on TV.

Now these TV stations have not seen anything, but with the four words "Xia Yan's new work", they have already offered a copyright broadcasting fee of tens of millions, hoping that Xia Yan will cooperate with them. In just two years, it can be said that the industry status has been directly exchanged.

However, these cooperation agreements were carried out in secret, and Xia Yan's millions of fans in Longguo don't know what's going on now, and are still immersed in the storm of the end of Cyberpunk Edgewalker.

Ended in early October

While Xia Yan was working on the production of his two new works.

The first week sales of Cyberpunk Edgewalker Volume 2 BD came out.

First week

370,000 copies.

Another outrageous sales data.

And everyone knows that the most essential plot of Cyberpunk Edgewalker is the last three episodes of BD Volume 3.

Many people actually buy these things for collection, and they look at the boring, watery drama BDs that gather quality. Many people don't buy them, and those high-quality animation series will definitely increase sales a lot.

Now even the BD of Volume 2 has sold over 370,000 copies in the first week, so what will be the performance of Volume 3?

What will be the sales performance of the two theatrical animation BDs after the release of Volume 3 BD?

Will it be possible to touch the record set by Magical Girl Madoka last year?

Although I am not as good as you in the field of TV broadcasting, is there a miracle in the BD sales market?

And just when the animation industry in Longguo was still discussing the terrifying sales data of Cyberpunk Edgewalker BD Volume 2.

Beizhou Comics released a piece of news that shocked the industry.

Normally, the plot of the last chapter of Initial D will be serialized after the next issue of "Beizhou" magazine is released.

But this also means that the plot of this masterpiece comic, which has been serialized for a year, has come to an end.

As for when Xia Yan's next comic work will be available, who knows?

It could be one or two years faster, or three to five years slower.

This is the creation speed of the top cartoonists in Longguo.

Xia Yan's comic fans have no expectations.

But what is the content of the announcement released by Beizhou Comics on its official website today?

The last page of the serialization of the final chapter of Initial D will announce the promotional poster of Xia Yan's new comic!

Huh?

Xia Yan's group of comic fans were stunned at first, and then ecstatic.

There is such a thing?