While Zhao Youyue was finally able to sleep soundly after obtaining the iconic character card of Xu Jing, a poor mangaka was having a sleepless night.
Of course, she was Su Li.
When the ending of "Pure Romance" was successfully published in "Wind Manga", Su Li seemed to have recovered from her "bewitched" state. She suddenly recalled her behavior of arguing with the editor, Wei Suo, for this ending. She could not help but cover her forehead, feeling that she had really gone crazy at that time. According to her usual style, she would always go along with the editor, after all, she was still a newbie mangaka …
"Damn, I was the one who wanted to terminate the contract with the magazine just because of a disagreement. How am I a newbie mangaka? I'm even crazier than the Great God!" Su Li slapped her cheeks, feeling a strong sense of remorse. She did not know why she was so impulsive at that time. She still respected that editor, Wei Suo.
Su Li chose to read the ending of "Pure Romance" that was published in "Wind Manga". Anyway, in her impression, she was quite satisfied with this ending, thinking that it was the embodiment of her highest creative standard. That was why she strongly requested for the magazine to publish this ending.
She took out the sample issue. Before she flipped it open, she suddenly thought of a question. Why did she choose to end "Pure Romance" so early? This work was so popular previously, and the animation-adaptation plan had been confirmed. She should at least end it after the animation was broadcasted.
One should know that the biggest benefit that a mangaka could gain from animation-adaptation was that after the animation became popular, it would increase the sales of the standalone manga. At the same time, it would also increase the popularity of the serialized manga. Therefore, very few mangaka would end their manga before the animation was completed and broadcasted. They would rather release one chapter every month, or even three months, than to end their manga. They were waiting for the animation to be broadcasted, so that the popularity of the serialized manga could reach a higher level …
Most of the comics that were made into animations after they were finished were remakes of classic old comics, such as Parasite. Perhaps the animation technology at the time was still lacking, so it was impossible to perfectly produce certain special effects. Only when animation technology was more advanced would it be possible to animate it again.
With Su Li's style of pursuing sales, popularity, and treating the readers as God, if she was not "intoxicated", she would definitely try her best to drag it out, at least until the animation was broadcasted. Then, she would consider whether to end the manga according to the popularity of the manga. Why, no matter which world, there would always be a long manga that had been serialized for more than ten years?
It was because many mangaka saw that their manga's popularity was maintained, and the more it was serialized, the more popular it became. Of course, they would choose to continue the serialization until the manga collapsed, or when they could no longer continue. Examples like "Dragon Ball" and "Shinigami" were suspected to have collapsed. Even if they had collapsed, they still had a group of loyal fans. Looking at it this way, one would realize that a manga that had been serialized for more than ten years was much more stable than a new one. What if the new one failed?
Su Li increasingly felt that there was something wrong with her back then, as if she was not herself anymore. She shook her head, opened "Wind Manga", and began to look at the ending she had drawn. After reading a few pages, she could not help but mutter to herself, "I was in a godly state at that time. This drawing technique, this storyboard, it was really something that I could only draw when I was in peak condition. No wonder I wanted this ending to be published. It seems that I know very well that to be able to draw in peak condition is a stroke of luck. Even if I were to draw according to the ready-made version now, I still can't draw the same feeling as I did back then …"
Su Li could not help but laugh out loud. She only felt a sense of accomplishment. No matter what, being able to draw such a scene really made her feel amazing.
However, when she seriously finished reading the ending she had drawn, she could no longer laugh. She hugged her head with both hands, and scratched her already messy hair. She looked like she was about to break down. She said crazily, "This ending is poisonous! How could I draw such an ending! I'm really not the kind of author who likes to poison and feed sh * t to the readers! "
Su Li felt that she was really too innocent. She clearly wanted to draw a happy ending, but in the end, it became a total annihilation. Even the most popular goddess, Xu Jing, was killed by her. Although she did not go to her Weibo or QQ fan group to observe in secret, she could already predict that the ending she had drawn was worlds apart from what she had promised. Hence, the strong reaction from the readers!
Su Li immediately opened her Weibo with her phone. As expected, the topic of the ending of "Pure Romance" was trending. Her Weibo was flooded by the anger of the readers. Many of the readers threatened to send her razor blades, and many of them turned from fans to haters because of her inconsistent words and actions …
She took a quick glance and saw that a fan turned from a fan to a hater expressed that he was almost beaten to death because he had recommended "Pure Romance" to his classmate. Then, he scolded Su Li for being a snake and a scorpion. At the beginning, she purposely said that she had a happy ending to trick everyone into falling into her trap. Then, when the popularity of the novel was at its peak, she would ruthlessly make everyone depressed.
The final conclusion was — Su Li is a scammer. You can't even believe a single punctuation mark in her words!
Su Li's scalp tingled when she saw the densely packed comments. However, she also knew that she had become famous in the entire manga industry. Everyone knew that Su Li was really naughty and cruel. Perhaps she had been secretly in love with Gensoku for a long time. That was why she could come up with such a depressing ending in a Harem manga, turning "Pure Romance" into a masterpiece that would leave a deep impression on everyone!
Of course, this "masterpiece" was still not good enough. No matter how amazing the ending was, it could not cover up the cliché and the lack of characters in the early stage. But who asked it to have "Ming the Scumbag", "Hatchet", "Darkening", "Good Boat"? Of course, it still had the eternal iconic character — Xu Jing. That was enough.
Su Li acted like an ostrich for the whole day. On the second night, she opened her fan QQ group and realized that the number of messages was already "999 +". Even without looking at the chat history, she knew that most of the members in the group were criticizing her bad behavior. So, when she appeared in the group, the first message she sent out was — —
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm late … But I'm innocent, it's all Xu Jing's fault!"
Second update ~ ~ ~ Looking for favorites, tips, recommendation tickets, recommendation tickets ~ ~ Recommendation tickets can't stop, I'll be very anxious without recommendation tickets ~ ~!!!
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