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Mengying is a twenty-year-old young man who has been serialized several times in "Weekly Shonen".

One year after his debut, he drew four short comics, three of which received poor results from reader surveys, and only one was successfully converted into a serial comic. But this serialized manga was cut in half because of a drop in grades after only two months.

"Weekly Boys" may be just a playground for manga geniuses, but in the eyes of Mengying, it is a high cliff that is difficult to climb. There is a big gap between his cartoons and mainstream cartoonists. He is good at modern warfare and depicts weapons such as tanks and warships, which also leads to a very small number of readers.

Mengying firmly believes that the overall strength of his comics is not inferior to others, but the small number of readers prevents him from supporting long-term serialization. He wanted to give up the theme of war several times, but was denied by the responsible editor Zhang Xiu.

"Give up what you are good at, how can you compete with others?"

Zhang Xiu's words were still ringing in his ears, which made Mengying desperate for a while and wanted to escape. He felt that it would be difficult for him to gain a foothold in the comics industry.

However, in desperation, He Xi, the genius who was elusive in his eyes, came up with a new theme, Gundam—a huge war robot. The moment he saw this robot, Mengying found , he had hope of success.

No one else in "Weekly Boys" could draw robots as well as him. He studied all night and didn't sleep for several days, and rushed out the first manuscript with Zhang Xiu. And this manuscript, as expected, was approved.

When receiving the news of passing, Mengying even cried.

"I succeeded, succeeded!"

He hugged Zhang Xiu and cried, Zhang Xiu knew his pressure this year, and invited him to barbecue after he finished crying. The two were discussing comics and imagining the future at the barbecue restaurant, and Mengying fell on the table in the alcohol that was not strong. He was so tired that he basically didn't sleep after the Gundam theme came out.

Zhang Xiu carried him home, and Mengying fans vaguely remembered the effort of this weak-looking editor. He was sweating profusely, and it took him almost an hour to carry Mengying home, and then handed it to his mother.

That night, Mengying vowed that he must succeed. He likes drawing comics, editors and all colleagues who work hard for comics.

On Wednesday, "Weekly Shonen" was released. Mengying got up early and went out. Although he passed the review by Teacher He Xi, he still had to face cruel reader surveys.

This reader survey is scarier than ever before. As long as the previous short manga stories are ranked in the top ten of the survey results, they will have a chance to be serialized, but this time they must be ranked in the top three. And among the top three schools, one of the spots has already been taken by Mr. He Xi's "Detective Conan"!

"Can it succeed?"

Mengying was a little nervous, so he walked into the bookstore to observe. Although it was early, people in the bookstore had already bought "Weekly Boys", and its sales were gradually increasing along with He Xi's popularity.

"Why is this issue of the magazine thicker than before? Boss, has the price increased again? Why is the Phoenix company doing this? Originally, only "Detective Conan" can be read in this magazine. Isn't this deliberately cheating us of money?"

A reader complained while checking out.

"Don't worry." The bookstore owner scanned the barcode and explained with a smile: "The price is still the same, and this week, the column "He Xi's Guidance Room" will be added, and short comics drawn by other cartoonists guided by Teacher He Xi will be published."

"Do you have Teacher He Xi's instructional comics?"

Readers immediately became interested: "Teacher He Xi is really amazing,

I remember he debuted half a year ago, right? In a blink of an eye, I can guide other people, but also, if other cartoonists have a third of the skills of Mr. He Xi, they won't hear bad things about "Weekly Boys" everywhere. "

"By the way, what kind of manga is that manga?"

"Sci-fi comics, the name seems to be Gundam, it looks very cool!" The bookstore owner's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "It is said that this theme was provided by Teacher He Xi, and a series of short stories will be released in the next few weeks. Look, it's really good."

"So good?" The reader checked out, picked up "Weekly Shonen", and looked at the introduction on the cover: "The new short story is "Gundam First Century", and the artist is Teacher Mengying...Why haven't I heard of this teacher? "

"I haven't heard of it either. It doesn't matter. His paintings of Gundam are very good. This theme is almost unprecedented." The boss gave a thumbs up: "I read it in the morning and there were robots fighting in my head. Sure enough, Iron War is a man's cartoon, man. It's off the charts!"

Hearing this, Mengying praised He Xi in her heart. Sure enough, the genius cartoonist is not just blowing it out, but just giving a theme can capture the hearts of readers. Mengying failed in the past because of the small audience of the subject matter, and many people did not read this subject matter.

But Teacher He Xi turned the niche market into the public out of thin air with a wave of his hand, which is really admirable.

Although Gundam is sci-fi, it is a robot driven by humans. The battle scenes are so exciting that the readers are excited and hearty. It is completely different from the iron bumps of tanks and warships. Tanks and battleships just firing shells blankly is a war, how can there be a Gundam rushing up, and the real punch is flattened and refreshed! ?

"It can be successful!"

Mengying began to get excited. Looking at the bookstore owner's reaction, he found that the investigation was very successful.

Sure enough, the next day, "Weekly Boys" came out with a quick report, "Gundam First Century" ranked second, and the editorial department praised He Xi and the new theme endlessly. And Mengying got the chance of a new serialization, becoming the most anticipated manga artist under Mr. He Xi, and it is foreseeable that "Gundam Beginning Century" will be a long-term serialization manga.

The other cartoonists were shocked. The theme of Gundam had a good start. Everyone was envious and jealous. While congratulating Mengying, these cartoonists began to prepare for the Gundam series submissions even more frantically. There will be opportunities in the next few weeks. If they successfully seize The serialization bit, the future is the veteran of the Gundam series.

The following day, the "Weekly Girl" flash report also came out. A new work in the series of magical girls, "I am a junior high school student, and also a magical girl" by Mr. Nomad is second only to "Inuyasha".

Gundam, Magical Girl——in just one week, Meng Huo fulfilled half of his promise to Xu Jing. Not only did the entire Phoenix Company cheer, but even Xu Jing couldn't calm down when he heard the news. He burned his hand while making tea.

And Meng Huo...

When Alice told Meng Huo the result with excitement on his face, he was unexpectedly calm.

"Really? Then I'm almost there..."

Meng Huo, who obviously had dark circles under his eyes, muttered, after a week of work, his new cartoon will be released soon, the name is - "5 Centimeters Per Second"!

(Thanks to Mengying? and Jingsi Benxin for their rewards!)