Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 427 Another famous meme

However, the explosiveness of this episode of "Daoguiyixian" still caused heated discussions among comic fans online.

In this episode, Zuowang Dao officially appeared and disguised himself as the old monk who had deceived Li Huowang in Zhengde Temple before.

but……

The problem is coming.

How did Zuowangdao Erbing know about what happened to Li Huowang when he was in Zhengde Temple?

Could it be a supernatural power like his telepathy or An Ci’an’s pure mind?
But it doesn't look like that. If Erbing had supernatural powers like telepathy and pure mind, he would not have been successfully ambushed by Li Huowang's "Arm Control Technique".

Could it be that... Li Huowang had been targeted by Zuowang Dao long after he left Qingfeng Temple?

At the same time, the appearance of this group of super funny people in Zuowang Dao almost fooled the comic fans, and the "Zuowang Dao" meme began to emerge.

"Ghost... these people who practice the Zuowang Dao are just trying to fool people and don't even care about their own lives."

"Is it possible that the old thief Qingshan is the Zuwang Dao? He was just playing a trick on us by drawing this comic!"

"That old thief Qingshan deceived me so badly that I almost believed what Erbing said."

"Damn it, me too. I thought what that idiot monk said was true, but I didn't expect... I almost got fooled!"

"The old thief Qingshan's Zuowang Dao is confirmed, the super Zuowang Dao!"

"Big news, Dao Wei Yi Xian is going to be animated, C Station and Trigger Animation are cooperating to produce it! Lightspeed Studios, which produced Cyberpunk 2077, also said that they will produce a 3A masterpiece with the same name as Dao Wei Yi Xian!"

"!!! What?! Is "Dao Wei Yi Xian" going to be animated so soon? There's also a 3A masterpiece with the same name??"

"Now that 'The Dao of Strange Immortals' has more than 50 episodes, considering the fame of Qingshan Laozei, it's not surprising that it will be adapted into an animation."

"Ah? I checked, and there's no such content on the official websites of C Station and Trigger Animation, nor on Lightspeed Studios."

"Damn it! I got tricked! There is the Zuowang Dao here!"

"How could I lie to you? Look! Pictures show the truth [picture]."

"Really?"

"It's fake, this picture is photoshopped, this guy is a Taoist master!"

"Hahahaha, I am super! Forgetful! Of course! You believe it! You really believe it!"

……

Next, there was indeed a group of comic fans who called themselves "Zuwang Dao" and began to post all kinds of false information online.

There were rumors that "Flame Fist" was going to be made into a movie, that the second part of "Edgewalker" was going to be released, and that Lin Qingshan was even going to get married to Gu Qianli...

Many of Lin Qingshan’s comic fans were directly deceived, and some even came to Lin Qingshan’s official accounts to ask questions.

Suddenly, a new theme was born in Lin Qingshan’s work – “The Way of Sitting and Forgetting”.

In order to make it sound real, all kinds of means are used, and photo-editing is nothing. A comic fan with good computer skills also made an "official" webpage for the promotion of the game "Daoguiyixian", which looks very serious.

But after you browse for a long time, a mocking video will suddenly pop up on the website. It is a dynamic comic clip made by comic fans using the Zuowang Dao in the comic "Daoguiyixian".

It was just like the famous animated cartoon of "Sitting and Killing Fighters" in Lin Qingshan's previous life, with a magical BGM, which was full of sarcasm.

At the same time, the "Zuowang Dao" meme has become something like the "Vietnam War Veterans", a group that people need to be wary of but can be found everywhere, and you don't know when they will jump out.

Lin Qingshan's "Tao Wei Yi Xian" is becoming more and more popular, and it is always ranked first no matter how it is promoted.

But for the comic world, "Daoguiyixian" attracted more and more comic fans, and the sales of peripheral products and electronic products were also getting better and better, which greatly increased the quarterly financial report profit of the comic world magazine.

Immediately, the top executives in the comics industry expressed their satisfaction.

But there was one thing... they were not satisfied.

"Dean, why hasn't Mr. Itchy Mouse resumed the serialization of "The Divine Tribe" yet?"

Yang Dahai, the editor-in-chief of Manjie, looked at Gu De'an, the editor-in-chief of "The Divine Race" in front of him with some seriousness and said.

After the end of the Odin's Deep chapter, "Protoss" has not resumed serialization for five consecutive months and has been on hiatus ever since.

You know, although the reputation of "Protoss" is a bit bad now, its popularity and sales are still good.

At least if it continues to be serialized, it will definitely still be able to provide a lot of income to the comics industry.

However, Yang Shuzhun has been slow to resume the serialization of "The Gods". He has not submitted the manuscript, and the comics industry is helpless.

In fact, in the past, the comics industry basically did not care about such successful and popular cartoonists.

There are even some veterans who have tried to take a break from publishing for more than half a year. The comics industry would just urge them a little bit and would never force them like this.

After all, comic companies and cartoonists achieve mutual success.

In this parallel world, the comics industry is the largest in terms of size and popularity, but it does not mean that there is only the comics industry.

There are also many popular cartoonists who come from comic magazines outside the comic industry.

So Yang Dahai didn't really want to push Yang Shuzhun and other popular cartoonists into a corner. But... just because he didn't want to, it didn't mean his higher-ups didn't want to.

The editor-in-chief of a comic book company does not mean that he is one of the top executives in the comic book company. At most, he is just a senior manager in the comic book industry and can manage the editors under him.

But compared with the CEOs and directors mentioned above, he is also an employee.

It just so happens that the top brass above have also spoken. They hope... that the comics industry will be more commercialized. Although they respect cartoonists, they cannot act too recklessly.

They are even dissatisfied with the ownership of comic copyrights. The current comic copyright contract still stipulates that the ownership belongs to the cartoonists.

The comic world only has joint management rights and a portion of the profit sharing.

Although this already means that the comics industry has a great deal of initiative, they are still dissatisfied, and there are even rumors that they want to split the copyright of the works 50-50.

The cartoonist and they jointly own the copyright of their works.

Yang Dahai was somewhat resistant to this approach, but there was a huge gap between him and the top decision-makers of the company.

He was very helpless, and he couldn't help but think that perhaps this was related to the fact that the company had been gradually eroded by foreign Jewish capital in recent years.

If it weren't for those newly appointed directors, perhaps the comics industry wouldn't have become like this.

But he was powerless to resist and could only follow orders from above.

For example, now... "Protoss" will not resume serialization, which has damaged the interests of the comics industry. Yang Dahai is going to interrogate Yang Shuzhun, the comic author of "Protoss".

Gudean was also a little surprised as to why Yang Dahai suddenly changed his previous kindness and started to question the author of the comic who was on hiatus.

"It seems... the teacher is busy with animation production recently. He hopes that the second season of "Protoss" can be produced better."

Gudean said, "Moreover... it seems that Mr. Itchy Mouse has overturned the plot idea of ​​"Protoss" and plans to reconstruct a more grand plot in the future."

Yang Shuzhun actually didn't originally plan to serialize "Protoss" for such a long time. After the Tide of Black Moon chapter, he planned to fill the hole of Chu Zihan and Odin, and then finally reach the finale.

However, when the Odin's Abyss chapter was halfway through serialization and was gradually criticized by comic fans for the plot collapse, Yang Shuzhun changed his mind.

No... He was unwilling to let it end like this.

"Protoss" is his best-performing and most popular comic so far, how could it end like this?

And you said that there isn't much romance between the protagonist and the heroine, right? Well, next he's going to arrange a thrilling and beautiful romance between the protagonist and Nuonuo. You won't have any objections then, right?
So he dug and dug, and found out a lot of settings. He planned to release them all at once in the next chapter: Return of the Mourner, to show everyone his talent!

However, Yang Shuzhun thought so, but apart from those settings, he was confused and didn't know how to arrange the next plot.

Plus, the second season of the "Protoss" animation is also on the agenda, so he plans to... first cooperate with the animation company to produce the second season of the "Protoss" animation.

The animation "Chainsaw Man" can also become popular and break the circle, so there is no reason why his "Protoss" cannot fail.

It is precisely because of this that Yang Shuzhun is preparing to take an unprecedented break from publication for more than a year.

And in this world, no cartoonist has ever tried to take a break from publishing for more than a year.

Even in Lin Qingshan's previous life, there were only a handful of works that had been suspended for more than a year.

Needless to say, the famous one is Yoshihiro Togashi's "Hunter x Hunter", which has been suspended for more than a year many times, a record that no one can break.

There is also the comic "Land of the Lustrous", which was resumed after a year and a half of hiatus, and a work called "Glass Dragon", which is not very famous in China.

But in Lin Qingshan’s previous life…

The other me in Yang Shuzhun's parallel world, Teacher Yang Zhi, wrote "The Dragon Clan". There was often no news for a long time after the completion of the work, and the next part was only published when everyone was about to forget it.

Especially after the third volume, the pace of publishing the books was really...very slow.

"Let's ask Mr. Itchy Mouse to resume the serialization of "The Divine Tribe" as soon as possible."

Yang Dahai sighed and said, "Forget it, I'll call and ask Teacher Yangyangshu myself. Dean, you go out first."

"Okay, Editor-in-Chief."

Goodan immediately walked out of Yang Dahai's office. After hearing the voice of Yang Dahai making a phone call behind him, he was a little confused.

Why has the comics industry changed a bit in recent years?

Is it really because of changes in the upper echelons?

He suddenly felt a little uneasy. Maybe... there will be bigger changes in the comics world.

As a senior editor who has worked in the comics industry for more than a decade, to be honest, he is a little afraid of these unknown changes.

He still hopes that the comics industry will continue like this.

The comic world has always been No. 1 in the comic industry. There is no need for any changes. It will still be No. 1.

But these workers have no idea what the company's top management is thinking.

Gu De'an shook his head and decided to visit Yang Shuzhun's home later to discuss this matter.

(End of this chapter)