While Zhao Youyue was happy that she was able to follow the super popular "Fast Drift," she was also troubled by the fact that it was a very masculine work.
The reason was very simple. In this work, there were very few female characters. Basically, they were just flower vases or small bosses in a short plot. After they were defeated by the protagonist, they would almost never appear in any scenes. This was also limited to the early stages of the manga. In the current serialization, there was not even a shadow of a female character.
As for the setting of the protagonist's girlfriend, it was a well-known failure. It was unknown if the author had a green hat complex, to actually write his girlfriend as a prostitute …
In fact, this did not affect the plot of the manga at all. Everyone could not even remember the name of the main character's girlfriend. They only remembered that she was a prostitute. From this, it could be seen that this manga creator was also the kind of creator who did not portray female characters well.
Therefore, he learned his lesson and basically stopped drawing plots about female characters. Instead, he focused on drawing drag racing scenes and all kinds of incomprehensible modifications.
As it turned out, his approach had indeed played to his strengths and avoided his weaknesses. He could set up the atmosphere in front of the race to be filled with anticipation, and he could draw the process of the race to be particularly exciting. He could even think of his own unique ultimate moves for those important long-term characters. Those who didn't have any ultimate moves were definitely small fries that weren't even worth mentioning.
The reason why this work could become a super popular work was because of its theme, cool graphics, and the author's unparalleled understanding of all kinds of racing knowledge, which often made the readers feel that it was awesome even though they didn't understand it.
And its weakest point was the portrayal of the characters. Other than the protagonist and his father, there were also the enemies and friends who were on par with the protagonist. As for the other characters, it was like looking at flowers on horseback. After appearing, they would compete with the protagonist and then leave the scene after losing …
It had to be admitted that such a popular manga was a very conventional work. However, the creator's content and the wonderful depiction of the racing process made the readers ignore the fact that it was constantly repeating the same routine.
In addition, the protagonist used an ordinary looking car that seemed to be exclusive to losers on the surface to oppress all kinds of powerful modified cars and luxury cars. Wasn't this a trick of pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger?
At first, everyone looked down on Mount Akina's Wuling Hongguang. As a result, during the race, the opponents and the audience were shocked … Then, of course, the readers were delighted.
Zhao Youyue did not possess any of the female characters in the current manga. She had reason to believe that even if she did, there would be no room for her to mess things up. Perhaps, after a long time, the creator would think that these "inspirations" were all nonsense. Women and whatnot did not need to appear in the upcoming plot at all.
In fact, the creator could not draw any beautiful female characters. He was only good at drawing cars …
Racers don't need women at all. Loneliness is the ultimate destination for a racer. The manga's creator, Chen Daxiu, once stated this resolutely in an interview program. He even kept blaming the main character's girlfriend for being cuckolded.
He admitted that he did not know how to draw female characters, but he still felt that it was necessary to have a girlfriend. If not for her stimulation, how could the protagonist make up his mind to embark on the road of a professional racer?
The creator, Chen Daxiu, was originally an old truck driver. It was said that his dream had always been to become a director. However, for some unknown reason, he embarked on the road of manga. Then, with this work of his yearning for and fantasizing about racing, it became popular. It had been serialized to this day, and all kinds of peripherals sold very well.
He also had a good relationship with many car manufacturers. Many of them hoped that the protagonist in the manga would drive their brand of car. That was definitely the best advertisement!
For example, the Wuling Hongguang car driven by the protagonist, Zhang Tuohai, was also very popular in real life. Some fans even made the car look like the one driven by the protagonist in the manga. Even more amazing technical experts pursued the exact same performance …
However, it was obvious that Chen Daxiu felt that it was good for the protagonist to drive a Wuling Hongguang. If it were some other supercar that looked awesome, how could it cause the villain to mock and despise it? Then, the protagonist would easily slap the face with the Wuling Hongguang.
This was just like how the protagonist in those urban novels who was obviously very rich would deliberately wear clothes that were sold at street stalls and activate the taunting aura. This would make those face-jumping monsters jump out of their own accord and then slap them in the face.
Zhao Youyue temporarily exited the "Two Dimensional Gate." She spent a few days to complete the manga and anime of this work. Only then did she realize that this was not some work that she could win by doing nothing!
"Lucky Queen" Zhao Youyue's face turned black. What was she so happy about when she first saw "Speed Drift"? What the hell was she so happy about? This was obviously another trap that the "Two Dimensional Gate" dug for her …
At this moment, she missed the original "4WD God." That was a real "Speed Drift" win. At least the female characters had a sense of presence. Now, the only one with a strong sense of presence was the female protagonist who had disappeared. However, she was not a popular character at all. Instead, she was the kind that was scolded. The readers had almost forgotten her name. They only knew that she had the stain of being a prostitute.
Then, Zhao Youyue realized that the animation of "Let's Go Drift" was actually not that bad. The characters had all been optimized. The original manga, on the other hand, did not have much to say about the artwork. It was as if the creator had poured all his energy into drawing the car. As for the characters, the drawing style was similar to the original version of "One Punch Man"
Most people who read "One Punch Man" were basically remakes. They did not know that this work was originally posted on the internet for practice. Therefore, it had an original version. The style was really strange.
In this "Speed Drift", the characters were drawn very casually. When it came to the racing scenes, it was like watching a blockbuster. The special effects had been upgraded from a 50 cent special effect to a Hollywood blockbuster. After many readers accepted this setting, they would feel extremely happy.
In fact, the main focus of the readers was also on the racing. They wanted to see what kind of tricks the old driver, the protagonist, would pull. It was just like watching Detective Conan. The people around Detective Conan would die in fancy ways, and then how he would solve the case in fancy ways.
This one-unit manga could always go on indefinitely. In the blink of an eye, you might have graduated from university, while the protagonist was still a primary school student.
Zhao Youyue really could not think of a good way to handle this. However, she still had to contact the creator, Chen Daxiu. At least, she could ask him to spare some scenes for the female characters. Otherwise, Zhao Youyue would not have any room to operate at all …
There was another thing that gave Zhao Youyue the most headache. If the female characters she created were to be drawn by Chen Daxiu, they would definitely become Dihua Xiu. No matter how beautiful the female character was, under Chen Daxiu's pen, it would never be able to compete with those cool cars!
In this day and age, if a female character wanted to leave a deep impression on the readers, she would not be able to compete without a beautiful face …
However, a manga was not a novel. Novels allowed the readers to imagine on their own. As long as you used words such as "creamy skin," "flowers outshone the moon," "slender legs," and so on, the readers would automatically imagine their own goddesses.
Whether a female character in a manga was beautiful or not was something that could be directly observed. You couldn't just draw an abstract female character and directly point at her and say that she was beautiful, right? Even her facial features were clearly not in harmony, so what the hell was beautiful about her!
When Zhao Youyue saw the "beautiful" cars in the manga, she even wanted to see if she could possess a car, and turn it into an EVA. If she could transform into a Transformer, then what was the point of racing? Let's hurry up and start the Robot Wars …
Zhao Youyue had no idea what to do at the moment. She could only temporarily put aside the world of "Fast Drift." As for contacting Chen Daxiu, of course, she still had to rely on Su Li, who was also in the manga industry.
After reading Chen Daxiu's manga, Zhao Youyue looked at Su Li's manga. She only felt that Su Li was too worry-free. Her drawing skills were impeccable! Just the beauty of the female characters alone could make the readers lick their lips and leave a deep impression …
Zhao Youyue used to think that anyone in the manga industry could be as proficient in drawing as Su Li. However, she gradually realized that even some of the most popular manga works had a somewhat unbearable drawing style and drawing skills. The only comforting thing was, of course, the plots of these works were truly amazing, and they were even more imaginative.
There were still many manga creators like this, whose original works were better than their drawing skills. Often, they were more favored by the investors, because drawing skills and drawing skills were like the writing style of an article. A book without a good plot would definitely not be popular. On the other hand, if the writing style was not good, but the work with a good plot would definitely be popular.
At the end of the day, whether it was a manga or a novel, what the readers wanted was an interesting, refreshing, and satisfying story. In other words, as long as it was interesting enough, they could tolerate it if the drawing skills were not good enough.
After a round of analysis, Lady Zhao realized that she was not the "Emperor of Luck." She could only temporarily shift her attention back to reality. She was still very concerned about playing the role of "Chu Luoxun."
Han Leng had strongly recommended Zhao Youyue to the famous female director, Xue Lu, who was about to start filming "Beautiful April"
When the director found out that Zhao Youyue was a complete newcomer who had no interaction with the film industry, she felt that this recommendation was too childish. In fact, she already had a target in mind.
Xue Lu still gave face to the original author, Han Leng, and expressed that she would give Zhao Youyue a chance to audition. She wanted to go through the formalities, and then directly eliminate Zhao Youyue.
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