After the college entrance exam, he began to become a male god of extraction.

Chapter 92 One Million Guaranteed, Gold Characteristics: Comic Panel

Xu Qin spent the entire morning focusing on the gap between his and Guo Zhenyun's collections.

When I first looked at it, at 8:30 a.m., the difference was more than 70,000.

And then at noon, get out of class ended.

When Xu Qin looked again, the difference in collection value had reached more than 20,000.

"Are we going to win this time?"

Xu Qin estimated that they might be able to secure it before 2 PM?

While Xu Qin was paying attention to the difference in their collections.

In fact, Guo Zhenyun did the same thing on the forum.

Xu Qin slept soundly last night and woke up this morning feeling refreshed and energetic.

But Guo Zhenyun was different. He had been frantically writing all night, and the high-intensity writing for seven or eight hours made his eyes a little blurry by eight o'clock in the morning. When he saw that the difference in the number of collections had reached more than 70,000, he felt like he was going to faint.

However, Guo Zhenyun was still ambitious at the time.

After revising the draft, Guo Zhenyun posted more than 20,000 words in one go, waiting for the forum to take off.

However, from around 8 a.m. until nearly noon.

More than three hours later, Guo Zhenyun did not see the expected surge in data or the expected increase in the numbers.

I look at my own book review section and a few fan groups.

Guo Zhenyun didn't see many enthusiastic praises, and he didn't know if it was because he wrote it too hastily and didn't polish it carefully, so the response seemed to be low.

"Damn! I'm not really going to lose, am I?"

Guo Zhenyun hadn't slept for over twenty hours, and his eyes were bloodshot.

However, the forum's data is like that, not easily changed by human will.

After all, other websites or social media platforms can manipulate data, and as long as you're willing to spend money, you can manipulate it to a great extent.

But it's different on the Chiyu Forum; they don't let you brush it at all.

Even the collections are all genuine; there is no bot data involved.

Comment area.

"Old Guo, it looks like you're really going to lose!"

"The gap in collections is indeed getting smaller and smaller, and Young Master Xu's momentum is really quite strong."

"Will Lao Guo be ridiculed if he loses? He's usually so arrogant?"

"I don't think there's anything wrong with accepting the consequences of a bet. If you pay up promptly, you might even gain some goodwill from the public. Besides, Mr. Xu's book is really good. I read the part he updated last night. This part has a climax and a very strong writing style, and it has a lot of profound meaning. I've already read this part three times. Mr. Xu is truly talented."

Xu Qin didn't pay attention to the forum for the time being. He felt that winning the million-dollar bet was a sure thing, so he would check back in the evening and then ask Guo Zhenyun for the money.

After class at noon, Xu Qin was dragged by Yu Zhaoyan to the largest chain bookstore in the vicinity.

"Big White, coming to the bookstore in the middle of the day, I'd rather go home and take a nap."

Xu Qin felt that noon was a precious time and he wanted to go back for a nap.

But now, it's clear that it will be wasted on Yu Zhaoyan.

However, Yu Zhaoyan has a comic book that she has been following, and today three new bound volumes of the comic will be released at this national chain bookstore called "Ming Kunpeng". Yu Zhaoyan plans to buy them.

"I already paid for a swimming pool membership, what's wrong with bringing you to the bookstore?"

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"That's true, Big White, I almost forgot."

"Xu Qin, you're completely impervious to reason!"

Yu Zhaoyan glared at Xu Qin.

This guy really deserves a beating.

I've already shipped the bikini, but you're reluctant to come with me to the bookstore.

Yu Zhaoyan is looking forward to Saturday more and more.

She would wear a sexy red bikini and decided to tease Xu Qin.

Big White is very confident in his physique.

Before long, the two arrived at the bookstore.

This bookstore is very large; although it only has one floor, the space inside is more than 3,000 square meters.

"What's the name of the comic you want to buy again?"

"It's called 'The Blue Dress,' right? This is it, Xu Qin. This comic is really good!"

Yu Zhaoyan pointed to a whole row of "Qingyi" books on a bookshelf in the distance, and then pulled Xu Qin over.

Xu Qin glanced at the book title and looked utterly uninterested: "This title sounds boring, and it's obviously the work of a female literary youth."

"What kind of 'female literary youth' work? The author's profile picture on her social media account is a cartoon character of a middle-aged man with a receding hairline, so the author must be a middle-aged man. Also, although the title is 'Blue Dress,' it's actually about political struggles, power struggles, and fighting!"

As Yu Zhaoyan walked, she said, "Xu Qin, you should check this out. It's a fantastic work, especially the political intrigue. It'll send chills down your spine. Oh, and there's also—"

Yu Zhaoyan recommended it to the other party.

It's clear that she really likes this work.

"Political maneuvering, let me see."

Male authors can write about political intrigue, but female authors... well, forget it.

It's not that Xu Qin has a stereotype; most women don't understand the bloodshed of political struggles and that power actually comes from violence, and that violence gives rise to power.

That's why they would write ridiculous plots about merchants taking advantage of military governors.

Do you know what a Jiedushi (military governor) is?

However, women don't understand.

Therefore, Xu Qin generally does not read works by female authors.

If "The Blue Robe" were written by a male author, and is now being published in nationwide chain bookstores, Xu Qin wouldn't mind taking a look, just to gather some material and inspiration.

However, Xu Qin quickly abandoned this idea.

Because the author of "Qingyi" uses the pen name Ciyue, and her real name seems to be Song Ciyue.

This name... could it be a female author?

Xu Qin stood in front of a large bookshelf filled with comic books.

The system responded.

[A bookshelf containing over a thousand comic books, adorned with the creative characteristics of comic artists such as Song Ciyue, has triggered a mechanism for the aggregation of similar characteristics. Many characteristics have converged here, with paneling ability being the most prominent.]

[Special item gathering in progress————]

[Obtain a special item: a collection of comic creation traits.]

[Extractable: Comic panel layout.]

【Whether to extract? 】

"extract."

Xu Qin did not hesitate at all.

Extraction successful.

[Received: Comic panel.]

[Note: This is the most core and important skill in comic creation, ranking among the top tier of required abilities. Excellent paneling equals excellent artwork.]

Grade: Gold.

"It's actually gold?"

Xu Qin initially thought it was silver.

Xu Qin had heard that if the comic paneling is bad, no matter how good your drawing skills or how detailed your character modeling are, it will be useless because you can't grasp the key points and the narrative rhythm will be terrible.

Famous comic works always have good panel layouts.

The higher up a cartoonist goes, the stronger their paneling skills become.

"Speaking of which, I have quite a few golden properties?"

Xu Qin glanced at his golden attribute.

Comic panel layout, top-notch jumping ability, invisible air conditioning, the power of a national men's singles tennis champion, romantic affinity, indescribable science fiction imagination, effortless driving skills, and the thirty-six styles of A-Long.

There are eight in total.

There are also two gold (fragmented): Free and Unfettered, and Heroic and Spirited.

There is only one legend: Iron strokes and silver hooks.

What about extraordinary?

There's only one of my kind, let alone the extraordinary ones.

In Xu Qin's system mechanism, the extraordinary can only be synthesized from two legends. In addition, there is no such characteristic as "legend (remnant)". The legend is already the maximum.

Extraordinary refers to characteristics that do not exist in reality.

"Xu Qin, take a look at this!"

Da Bai opened a book called "The Blue Robe" and said, "Xu Qin, look at the character models here, aren't the lines very dynamic?"

"It certainly looks quite dynamic."

Xu Qin took the comic book and looked at it.

In the field of comics, he currently only has the ability to create storyboards, and he doesn't understand anything else. So although he can see that the character modeling is good, he can't say exactly why it's good. Moreover, based on his aesthetic sense, it does look very strong, and as Da Bai said, it has a lot of tension.

Xu Qin flipped through it again.

He now has storyboarding skills; in addition to being able to create his own storyboards, he can also analyze other people's storyboards.

Like a teacher grading a student's homework, Xu Qin only glanced at it and felt that Song Ciyue, the author of "Qingyi," had only average paneling skills.

If he had to assign a level to it, Xu Qin felt that this author's paneling level was silver.

And I am now far above her.

Of course, I'm only referring to storyboarding ability.

Xu Qin doesn't possess the skills required for other comic creations.

Xu Qin could see where her paneling was bad, unlike readers who knew the paneling was bad but couldn't explain why or how to improve it.

Xu Qin, however, could.

This is his gold-grade comic panel.

"Xu Qin, I'll buy you a set that starts from scratch. Take it home and take a look!"

Just like when you come across a good novel, you want to share it with your good friends or classmates, Yu Zhaoyan is no exception.

At this point, if you say you don't want to watch it or that it's not good, it will inevitably spoil the mood.

Xu Qin is not the type of person to spoil the fun.

"Okay, buy me one."

"Xu Qin, you absolutely have to watch this when we get back. It's seriously amazing! And the author is a really talented comic artist. His last work not only sold exceptionally well, but the film and television rights alone sold for 20 million!"

"Twenty million?"

Xu Qin was a little surprised this time. He, a writer, had never even sold film and television rights to a book. Twenty million yuan for copyrights was something he couldn't even imagine.

Whether it's comics or novels, film and television rights are actually the biggest source of revenue. Besides the initial cost of buying the rights, there are also subsequent adaptation profits. If the film and television adaptation becomes a hit, the profits will definitely be substantial, although the probability is not high, it still gives people hope.

"Mmm, that's amazing!"

"Da Bai, you said last time that if Young Master Xu's book becomes a hit, you'd have your dad buy the film and television rights?"

"Yes, but we'll see what happens once it becomes popular."

What are the standards for fire?

"Five million or more favorites is the threshold for a hit. Without becoming a hit, the market response to film and television adaptations is generally not good. This is the default rule for film and television adaptations. Very few novel adaptations can break out of this rule."

However, it's not entirely up to me in my family; the final decision depends on my parents. Besides, not every film adaptation will be well-received. My family has made quite a few unprofitable deals in recent years!

"but!"

Yu Zhaoyan changed the subject.

"But what?" Xu Qin asked curiously.

"From what I see in Mr. Xu's current book, the perspective focuses more on ordinary people. The main characters are well-developed, and the supporting characters are also well-developed. The storytelling is also top-notch so far. Perhaps if it were adapted, the response wouldn't be bad. But we'll have to see how it goes after it's finished. It's hard to say right now, and we don't know how long his book will be."

"Big White, putting everything else aside, this book surpassing five million favorites is a done deal. Assuming your company actually buys the rights to this book, how much will you pay?"

Xu Qin was very curious.

He had never sold film and television rights before, so Xu Qin genuinely wanted to publish a book to realize his dream.

Seeing Xu Qin's curiosity, Yu Zhaoyan explained, "Collections start at five million and are less than ten million, while film and television rights are between four million and ten million."

"So many?"

Xu Qin was surprised. He hadn't made a fortune yet, so four million was already a lot of money for him.

"This is before tax; the author still has to pay taxes after receiving the money."

"That only involves the author paying taxes; there's no middleman taking a cut, so it's not a big problem."

I can understand Xu Qin's decision to withhold taxes.

He didn't sign a contract with the forum, so there was no middleman involved. Unlike novels that are signed with platforms, if the copyright is to be sold, let's say the copyright price is ten million, the platform will take half or more first, and the remaining money is the author's money, and that's before taxes. So in the end, the author doesn't get much.

Xu Qin's platform doesn't take a cut of his money; aside from taxes, he can control all the rest.

This is also a major reason why Xu Qin did not sign a contract with the forum.

"So, Da Bai, if your family wants to buy the rights to this book in the future, it will cost at least four million?"

That makes sense, but in the end it depends on my dad's decision.

"When are you going to introduce me to your dad?"

"What do you mean, 'Introduce me to my dad'? Xu Qin, you're trying to get close to my dad, aren't you?"

"Yes, I want to get to know my father-in-law first and become like brothers with him."

"Dream on! My dad will never be your father-in-law!"

Yu Zhaoyan glared at him.

Xu Qin is obviously joking; he's never serious.

However, on the other hand...

Will I end up with Xu Qin?

Yu Zhaoyan looked Xu Qin up and down. Xu Qin seemed to be good in every way, except that he was too annoying and always managed to annoy her from time to time.