Started as a comics editor

Chapter 154 Chainsaw Man

"Fuck!"

The "Dou Pai" project team.

The noisy sound came from far away.

Li Xue pulled out the chair next to Tang Yao and sat down. She glanced sideways and said softly, "It's so lively."

"Ah."

Tang Yao also looked up, then looked away. While sorting out the things on hand, she smiled and said, "It's normal for people from Mingyu Technology to gather together."

She is very happy.

Did not expect ah.

Si Jinliang can also give himself a surprise.

"but……"

Li Xue slowly turned her head upon hearing this, and after hesitating for a moment, she whispered, "Actually, all the people here are men."

"Ok?"

Tang Yao was a little surprised and looked up: "Why are you suddenly saying this? I'm the boss of this company, and you're the manager. We're both women."

"That's not what I meant. I didn't mean to talk about balance."

Li Xue quickly shook her head. "I've been working for so long, I know full well that the best get the job. Gender and the like have absolutely nothing to do with it."

"Then why do you suddenly bring this up?"

Tang Yao blinked her beautiful eyes.

Hear the question.

Li Xue's red lips parted slightly, but as she looked at Tang Yao's clean, fair, and delicate face, she changed the subject: "I'm just a little surprised that there aren't any female planners. Is TCG a genre that's not popular with women?"

"...It's really rare. This type of game is quite difficult to get started. When the game is available, you can try it and see for yourself."

Tang Yao explained, and at the same time, she put the things on hand in order and handed them to Li Xue: "Let's not talk about this for now, take a look."

"This is?"

Li Xue looked at what Tang Yao handed over.

Tang Yao explained: "The 'Chainsaw Man' I told you about last time, and the short story of rebirth and revenge."

Li Xue suddenly realized, reached out to take it, and began to read it.

Tang Yao picked up the cup on the table... Today Li Xue didn't make coffee, but some kind of floral tea.

It’s sweet and delicious.

About twenty minutes later.

Li Xue put down the sketch in her hand and apologized, "Tang Yao, that rebirth revenge story can't be used... It's too emotional and too violent. I really can't imagine how it will fit in with the nature of a two-dimensional website. Although it can attract people, I think it will probably do more harm than good later on."

"Well, then discard it."

Tang Yao nodded, not surprised at all, and simply asked, "Where are the comics?"

"Comics."

Li Xue, writing entirely from an editor's perspective, hesitated and said, "How should I put it? The opening is very good, and the technique is very mature. It uses the protagonist's previous tragic experience and current debt as the entry point, immediately letting readers clearly know the protagonist's current situation, making them sympathize with the protagonist's experience, and begin to hope that the protagonist can escape such a miserable life.

The story progresses steadily thereafter without any problems, and the narrative, character creation, and foreshadowing are all very mature.

The way Makima is introduced is something that would put many famous cartoonists to shame. Taking advantage of the protagonist's identity crisis, she makes her debut, instantly giving the readers a sense of security...."

"but?"

Tang Yao looked at the royal sister sitting in front of her with a dignified and graceful posture, and knew that she had not finished speaking.

"But overall, it's still very subtle. What the hell is this setting with a chainsaw on his head?"

Li Xue said with a bit of a smile: "And those demons are so disgusting..."

Tang Yao laughed when she heard that: "It's a fantasy theme."

No matter how mature Li Xue usually behaves.

But she still has a girlish side and she doesn't like weird things.

Different from Tang Yao.

"Fantasy themes don't have to be so extreme."

Li Xue looked at Tang Yao helplessly.

She really couldn't connect the comics with Tang Yao in front of her...

But probably because there are people who have done great things before.

She didn't say anything else. After a quiet complaint, she got back to business: "Also, this Makima shouldn't be a character who's purely on the protagonist's side, right?"

Tang Yao was a little surprised when she heard this: "Miss Li, are you so sensitive?"

"It's not sensitivity, you've made it clear."

Li Xue glanced at the comic in her hand. "She's starting to scare the protagonist, isn't she? The sense of security brought by Makima's well-timed appearance in the first episode was immediately diminished by her statement in the second episode that 'useless dogs will be euthanized.' She's a bit of a threat to the protagonist. Although the subsequent feeding of udon seems to have brought the character back to her original state, those few frames of threatening scenes were obviously intentional, right?"

"awesome."

Tang Yao praised with a smile.

Indeed it is.

The character of Makima actually showed that demonic sense of danger in the second chapter of the comic.

This is also where Fujimoto is smart... If an ordinary person asks the protagonist for help, if Makima tells Denci the first time that she will feed him udon if he kills the devil, then Denci will definitely go there happily and will not be unhappy at all. This is what Makima does in some subsequent plots.

But this can easily lead to a change in the image of the character Makima in the readers' minds.

Readers will mistakenly characterize him as a positive character.

But is she?

no.

Therefore, Fujimoto started to show the danger of Makima in the second chapter, just to prevent readers from having a wrong understanding of her.

But even so.

The image that Makima presented later on was still unacceptable to some readers.

"I just read a lot of comics... but this story, while I don't know how it will unfold, the beginning is indeed excellent." Li Xue shook her head. "I personally don't like some of the settings in this work, but since I used to be in charge of girls' comics, I thought it was worth a try."

"Then give it a try."

Tang Yao decided, "Hmm...it's better to set it as Zhou for now."

"Are you okay?"

Upon hearing this, Li Xue didn't rush to agree. Instead, she looked at Tang Yao with some concern: "The company is so busy now...how about hiring some assistants for you? Now that we're not short of money, you don't have to be like before."

"...Okay, then see if there's anything suitable."

Tang Yao noticed the worry in Li Xue's eyes, looked at her soft face, pursed her red lips, and smiled lightly.

She could use the advantages of her past life to accomplish many things, but that didn't mean she wouldn't get tired...

However, the studio staff seemed to have gotten used to her being able to do anything.

Only Li Xue hasn't gotten used to it yet.

"Well, I'll contact them now."

After hearing the definite answer, Li Xue immediately stood up and said, "By the way, tell Cai Quan about the comics."

She was indeed worried about Tang Yao, but she also knew that ANF still needed to rely on Tang Yao, so she would not say such irresponsible words to ask her to give up. She just wanted to reduce her burden as much as possible.

After all, which great cartoonist doesn't have a bunch of assistants?

And this can indeed save Tang Yao a lot of time.

……

Li Xue left and went to ANF downstairs.

Tang Yao watched her leave, and then was considering whether to prepare some manuscripts.

Someone came to see him.

"You are……"

Tang Yao looked at the man in front of her with black-framed glasses and a crew cut, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

The six brothers are so similar.

She couldn't tell.

"Lu Xuehai."

Lu Xuehai introduced himself: "My name is Lu Xuehai, a new planner."

"Oh—I remember now."

Tang Yao stretched out her tone and then looked at him curiously: "Hello, what's going on?"

"I have a few questions for you. Is that convenient for you?"

Lu Xuehai looked at Tang Yao's beautiful face and felt a little nervous.

Without waiting for Tang Yao's answer, he asked directly, "Sylvanas's deathrattle randomly controls enemy minions. Will this be uncontrollable and ruin the strategy?"

Tang Yao looked at Lu Xuehai's straightforward response with a bit of surprise, but she still replied, "Sylvanas's design goal was to create a high-risk, high-reward game point. Her random control effects will force the opponent to weigh the pros and cons when clearing the board. They can either bear the random loss or pay additional resources, such as silence, to avoid the risk.

This design itself is to enhance the decision-making depth of minion exchanges and prevent players from pursuing numerical suppression in the early game. Why do you think this will undermine strategy? "

Lu Xuehai was stunned for a moment, then continued to ask, "Why is the damage setting of Pyroblast so high? Isn't it too simple and crude?"

"?"

Tang Yao was even more puzzled. "Didn't you read the plan? Our game has a class system, and each class has its own unique characteristics. Pyroblast is the ultimate embodiment of the mage's class characteristics—high burst damage but relying on turn accumulation. I want to use this ultimate skill-like card to let novice players intuitively experience the characteristics of the mage. Don't you understand?"

"That King Jaraxxus..."

"..."

The two began to ask and answer questions.

However, Tang Yao felt that the questions he asked were too basic.

Her eyes gradually became complicated.

No way.

Could it be that they took so much advantage of Mingyu Technology?

Finally encountered parallel imports?
But it was obvious that Lu Xuehai didn't notice Tang Yao's gaze.

He kept asking.

Tang Yao kept answering.

He looked at Tang Yao, who was talking eloquently and seemed to know everything about the game, and felt a little confused.

When the last question is answered.

He was completely stunned. Looking at Tang Yao, his face showed an expression of doubt about life, and he muttered: "Fuck, it really is..."

Say it.

He slowly turned around and left in a daze.

?

Tang Yao was full of questions.

what.

She felt a little helpless, turned to face the screen, and decided not to save the draft for the time being.

Instead, he intends to determine the company's future game production policy.

Because of Lu Xuehai's question, she realized that as the games produced by the company became more and more complicated, it would be impossible to do without a charter.

She has to put together a whole set.

……

the other side.

Li Xue came to ANF and handed the comics to Cai Quan.

After hearing the whole story, Cai Quan felt like he had found a treasure.

soon.

ANF ​​began to prepare and promote the third work of Mr. Sanliu - "Chainsaw Man"!
(End of this chapter)