Chapter 496 Food and Comics

According to the statistics of the box office website, the box office of "Soul of Chess" on the first day reached 60 million yuan. Due to insufficient filming in many places, the single-day box office of "Soul of Chess" did not reach its peak.

Afterwards, the distributor hurriedly contacted the major theaters, and greatly increased the number of shows. The box office of "Soul of Chess: Beidou Cup" continued to rise, and reached its peak on the fourth day, with a single-day box office exceeding 100 million.

After Shen Xin learned of the box office results, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The "Beidou Cup" was not put on the screen on Earth, and now, meeting fans in the form of a big movie can be regarded as making up for the regret.

What's more, the quality of the movie is really good, and the easter eggs in the back are also very meaningful. However, many viewers wanted to see the plot after the easter eggs, so they wrote a lot of messages under Shen Xin's Weibo.

How could there be such a thing?

Shen Xin didn't consider this request from the audience at all.

Back in the studio, Xi Muhan, Yan Fei, and Lu Ning sat together to discuss some details. Shen Xin passed by with a Coke, listened subconsciously, and asked, "Aren't you going to hire a consultant?"

"Ah?" Xi Muhan raised his head and looked at Shen Xin, "Looking for a consultant?"

"Yeah, the characteristics of various dishes, the core steps of each dish, if there is a lack of ingredients, what ingredients to use instead, the same dish, how to cook with different kitchen utensils... Do you understand all these?"

Xi Muhan also had some headaches. Although she cooks well, she has not received professional food training after all, nor is she a gourmet. She is not very proficient in some cooking theories.

"Uh... I'm reading a book..."

"Just reading is not enough..." Shen Xin shook her head.

If they want to paint more professionally, Xi Muhan and the others do need a consultant, but she is good at cooking, and she can handle it by reading more cooking-related books. Like "Little Master", the author did not find a food consultant.

Compared with comics such as Go, gourmet comics do not necessarily have a full-time consultant.

"If you're really not going to hire a consultant, I have a suggestion."

"What advice?"

"You cook the dishes that will appear in the comics yourself, so that you can better grasp the details in the comics."

"Huh?" Xi Muhan's eyes lit up,

This method also works, "but what about the leftover meals?"

"With so many people in the studio, we can always eliminate the food, right? However, we may not have enough equipment here, so it is indeed a bit troublesome. By the way, Mr. Lu, do you know everything about the drawing of the equipment and the movements of the chef?"

Shen Xin was a little worried.

If someone else asked, Lu Ning would definitely answer "understand" directly, but she didn't dare to speak too much when faced with Shen Xin's question.

Anyway, Shen Xin is also her teacher.

"Okay?"

"It's okay?" Shen Xin was a little skeptical, "Why don't the two of you sign up for a cooking class together?"

"Ah?" Lu Ning blinked her eyes and looked at Shen Xin in disbelief.

"Is it too much? Anyway, this is also a cartoon related to the profession. If there are mistakes in the details, such as the holding posture of different kitchen knives, the essentials of the movement of the spoon, the chef's movements when cutting different ingredients, etc... ...As a cartoonist, you must master all these contents? For example, kitchen knives, have you ever cared about their appearance?"

Shen Xin picked up a piece of paper and drew two chef's knives, one blade curved upwards, the tip of the knife and the back of the knife were on the same level, the other was straight, the tip of the knife and the blade were on the same line.

"Which of these two knives is the chef's knife?" Shen Xin asked.

"The first one?" Lu Ning was not sure.

"Wrong, the second one. The tip of the chef's knife and the blade are on the same straight line, which is convenient for cutting vegetables. The first one is a dagger. Let me tell you, some cartoonists really use the first one as a chef's knife. Draw into the comics."

Shen Xin reminded emphatically, and Xi Muhan nodded again and again, proving that Shen Xin was right.

"Brother Xin, don't you only know how to make instant noodles? How do you know so much?" Xi Muhan looked at Shen Xin in surprise.

"Uh...ahem...I'm a cartoonist, of course I know these common tools."

Shen Xin coughed twice, what kind of cooking does he know?

Isn't this the content of "Spirit of Halberd Eater"?

Lu Ning folded her hands on her chest, thought for a moment, and said seriously, "I've decided, I'm finishing "The Journey of the Country"... No, I'll enroll in a cooking class later, and understand all the kitchen utensils."

"Then...shall I go too?" Xi Muhan also said.

"Alright, but don't get fat." Shen Xin said in a low voice.

"How is it possible?" Xi Muhan's eyes widened, "I'm learning to cook, and I didn't intend to eat!"

Even so, Xi Muhan still reminded himself that he must not be greedy.

Yan Fei took a little breath. In the past few days, she only relaxed when she was watching the movie "Soul of Chess".

However, despite being tired, she is also looking forward to the comic coming out.

"Are you going to serialize the novel directly, or do you write the short story first?"

"Short stories." Yan Fei explained, "Although "The Way of the Country" is good, it is a manga for girls. If you want to switch to manga for young people, you still need to use short manga to find your way."

"fair enough."

Neither Lu Ning nor Xi Muhan had any serialization experience in "ic future".

"One more thing, Mr. Lu, I want to remind you that the storyboards you drew are more like girl comics, so it's best to practice storyboarding."

The storyboards of boy manga and girl manga are actually very easy to distinguish, both of which are based on the theme of music. Yazawa Ai's "nana" and Seo Koji's "Fuka" have different storyboards.

The storyboards in shoujo manga have a sense of stream-of-consciousness, and they pursue a kind of artistic conception. Many storyboards require readers to imagine, so when readers read shoujo manga, they will stop and think.

The storytelling of shonen manga emphasizes the smoothness of the story. If it is necessary to express an emotional outburst, it will use a full page or a double page to express it.

"I know."

Lu Ning nodded repeatedly, this is indeed her weakness. The storyboard of girl manga is indeed not popular in "ic future".

In the end, it's a question of whether the style matches the platform.

"Sister Yan, please take care of yourself."

It will take a lot of effort for Lu Ning to change her style. Fortunately, the name was drawn by Xi Muhan, which can reduce Lu Ning's personal style. At the same time, Yan Fei has rich experience in editing.

Overall, there should be no problem.

The four of them chatted for a while, Xi Muhan went to cook, Yan Fei also turned on the TV, Hongchuan TV just happened to be rebroadcasting the premiere of "Soul of Chess".

"Mr. Shen, I saw your performance at the premiere. The third question, I think, is pretty good." Lu Ning blinked at Shen Xin.

"I'll just say it casually, and you can just listen to it." Shen Xin waved her hand, knowing that Lu Ning was also skeptical about those words.

No matter what others think, those words are indeed Shen Xin's true thoughts. As for how many people believe it, that is out of his control.

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