i'm crazy about home

Chapter 162 The Manga System
Although John inherited the company from his father, he has been in the vertical and horizontal shopping malls for more than ten years now, and he has seen many large and small scenes and all kinds of outstanding talents. It can be said that his mentality has been very stable.But last night's data search still shocked John.China is a place full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. John remembered his father's evaluation of China in the past.

"Son, what do you think of China?"

"Father, do you mean the game? Don't be kidding, what can they have over there? The games they make are only at the level of high school students."

John doesn't know much about China, but the evaluation of the Chinese game industry has long been concluded among young people in the same industry, so he truthfully stated what he thought.But his father shook his head and said something that John will never forget.

"Boy, what do you think games rely on? High-tech? Capital operation? Wrong! The development of games always revolves around one theme, that is culture! History, future, war, peace, all cultures are contained in the game. China, with a long history of culture, has already stood before you and me at this point. If you open their history books, you will find that every paragraph can actually be made into a game. Now they are restricted by various environments and cannot develop, but if one day If they get rid of the shackles, then the game industry will definitely have their presence in the future.”

Thinking of Old John's evaluation, John's heart skipped a beat.Could it be that China has now shaken off its shackles and is ready to soar into the sky?If that's the case, then I'm really lucky.Thinking of this, John tidied up his attire and set off for the headquarters of the linkage company with his entourage.

"Since we can't stop you, let's go forward with you."

John finally made up his mind that the cooperation with Linkage is the first step to enter China, and the next step should be this half-house university.After seeing the power of Banzhai University, John decided to buy this anti-piracy software from Banzhai University in the future.Although the piracy industry in North America did not take away too many profits, if they could also take their part, it would be a considerable amount of income.

"It seems that this trip to China was not in vain. At least this anti-piracy software is a huge gain. After ChinaJoy is over, let's go to Banzhai University to have a look."

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Zhu Xiaoxuan's game meeting is over, but there are still many people who stop in front of the exhibition area of ​​the Half House University, hoping that Zhu Xiaoxuan will suddenly appear again.Many tourists from other guild halls rushed over after hearing the news, but they couldn't see Zhu Xiaoxuan's face in the end, so they could only sigh uncontrollably.

Although Zhu Xiaoxuan had left, the stage performance was not over yet. Lu Xiaocheng and the others would repeat their performance every once in a while, so that those friends who came later would not get nothing.

"Little Xuanxuan, how are you doing, are you having fun now?"

In the underground network center of Banzhai University, the fox-like Xiaoxuan was standing in front of the girl with glasses, her face full of excitement, and her face was red with excitement, and there were still tiny beads of sweat hanging on her face.

"Well, there are still two days to play, I am so happy!"

Huhua Xiaoxuan is born to like to stand on the stage, so she can't endure loneliness like the glasses girl.This stage performance can be said to have vented her long-suffering mood.

Zheng Lu watched the hot scene in front of the Banzhai exhibition area, and knew that his task had been completed, so he left the exhibition area and went to the e-sports area to watch the game.Zheng Lu's operation is not good, so he never plays competitive games, but this does not prevent him from enjoying watching other people's games.

Since teaching at Banzhai University, Zheng Lu has never been as relaxed as he is today. He doesn't have to think about making games or teaching students.As if he had returned to the state of staying at home back then, this long-lost feeling made him very forgetful about playing and completely relaxed.

It's a pity that the happy time is always short. The three days of ChinaJoy passed quickly, and Zheng Lu and the others had to go back to Banzhai University.This year's summer vacation, Zheng Lu will not go home. He just took part of the money he had saved in the past six months and sent it to his parents along with a letter from home.

"This year's Golden Ling Award and the Outstanding Game Producer Selection Contest, we have a lot of games shortlisted by Banzhai University. Among them, the more important ones are the PC category "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", "Jianghu Hero Dream", Yutong Jian's " Five Rats in Tokyo". As for several games on the EBOX platform, the results are also good, but we have given up on these games. Because they are produced by Ban Zhaixianren, even if they win awards, no one will accept them. Just give up the position to others, this is also the order of Immortal Ban Zhai."

After the ChinaJoy conference ended, Zhou Yixuan organized a meeting for teachers who had not left the school.The main content of this meeting includes the selection of these awards, but more importantly, this year's awards should be issued.The teachers and students have worked hard for half a year. For today, after hearing Zhou Yixuan's words, everyone's spirits were lifted, and their backs also stood up unconsciously.Because in the next time, it will be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

Zhou Yixuan took out a form, which listed all the works of each department this semester and their profit status.The Department of Animation produced five animations in total this semester, but they were all short-term, with only twelve episodes in one season.Moreover, the domestic inspection basically did not pass the customs, and all rely on export.

Only one comedy animation barely passed the test and was allowed to be broadcast in China.However, the profit made everyone was greatly disappointed, not as good as one-tenth of the profit earned from export sales, which can be said to be dispensable.Therefore, teachers in the animation department are more willing to produce animations for export.In addition, there are some authorization fees for the use of animation images, etc., which are also popular in foreign countries. In China, they are basically used for fraudulent use, and there are very few formal purchase authorizations.

Not to mention the game development department, they are a major industry, and the rewards they get are unmatched by other departments.The only one with a dismal harvest is the comics department.Now Banzhai University has not created a game magazine, so apart from a few works that are valued by the animation department for making animations, their comics have not received royalties, which made Zhou Yixuan anxious.

"The Banzhai website is now under the name of Banzhai University, and the comic section has accumulated a lot of popularity. So we decided that from next semester, the comics of teachers and students of Banzhai University will no longer be released for free."

Hearing this news, Xiaoxiao and the others finally became happy. They had been waiting for this day for a long time.Seeing that the teachers in other departments are making a lot of money every day, if they are not jealous, they are making up nonsense.

"The specific operation method is as follows. Each work must be reviewed by the teacher of the comics department. After passing the review, you will get a buyout fee for the first ten chapters, a total of 230 pages, and then release it for everyone to enjoy on the Banzhai website for free. If the first ten chapters If you get the approval of netizens and achieve certain results, you can get serialized. The serialized comics will enter the charging mode, and the income depends on the number of people who watch it, and Banzhai University will not pay any fees. "

Although this regulation is a bit commercialized, it is more than fair.Whether the comics are serialized or not depends entirely on the comments of netizens, and there is no other external interference.And as long as you pass the teacher's review, you can get a fixed manuscript fee for the first ten chapters no matter what. Banzhai University's manuscript fee standard is quite high, reaching [-] yuan per page.This price is enough for the manga author to settle down and complete his work with all his heart.

This high price also determines that the comics that can pass the review are definitely selected from the best, and there is no fluke.Because this review must be approved by more than half of the teachers, this is not an easy task to complete.The standard for the first chapter is 50 pages, which is the basic number of pages for each student to submit, and each subsequent chapter is stipulated at 20 pages.

The biggest limitation of the comics industry is similar to that of the game industry, and it also lies in the rampant piracy.Games can be restricted by anti-piracy software, but comic scans cannot be restricted.So at this time, it was the turn of the glasses girl to play. Her super network monitoring system can keep an eye on whether there are any stolen pictures of Hanzhai University's comics on the Internet all the time. If it is not deleted within an hour, report it immediately.

Moreover, when a member of the Banzhai website subscribes to comics, a unique logo will be automatically added to the picture. If the picture is leaked, you can use the logo to find out which member leaked the picture.And this member will receive a warning for stealing pictures for the first time, and if he commits the second offense again, he will be banned for one year.

Accounts on the Banzhai website are all registered through identity verification, and each ID card can only be registered once, so being banned for one year can be said to be a very serious punishment.And if you continue to steal pictures after unblocking, you will be permanently banned.

"In addition, the serialized works will be published in separate volumes every tenth chapter, and members who persist in subscribing will receive physical volumes for free."

Zhou Yixuan said another measure.There are two ways to subscribe to the Banzhai website. One is cheap, and each chapter only costs [-] cents, but you will not get a physical book.The other one costs one yuan per chapter, and if you insist on subscribing, you can get a physical book.The two subscription methods are free for members to choose according to their own circumstances.

As for the manga authors, they can't get money for the single volume of the first ten chapters, because they have already been bought out.Only the following ones will be allocated an additional single-book fee.

After the meeting, everyone went back excitedly, uh, basically everyone got something.Those who have already received benefits, and those who are about to receive benefits, are gearing up and waiting for the arrival of the next semester with great anticipation.

"Glass girl, is the manga column ready?"

Back in his dormitory, Zheng Lu loosened his waist, went to the kitchen, and asked the glasses girl while cooking.Living alone for a long time, Zheng Lu has also learned to cook, and whenever he is free, he cooks and eats by himself.Although the taste is not very good, it can be considered a pleasure.

"Brother Zheng Lu, I'm confused, I'm going to be confused!"

Fox-like Xiaoxuan seems to be very interested in cooking. When Zheng Lu is not cooking, she will watch from the side and give instructions from time to time.The reason why Zheng Lu can learn to cook is inseparable from Huhua Xiaoxuan, because Huhua Xiaoxuan has read all the recipes on the Internet.So Zheng Lu took action and fox-turned-Xiaoxuan took charge. The two of them cooperated in a tacit understanding.

"Well, it's done, you can see for yourself."

When Zheng Lu finished cooking, the glasses girl was using the auxiliary system to open a web window, which was the new comic section page of the Banzhai website.

Zheng Lu's idea is that this comic column will be made into a weekly magazine system, which will be updated once a week.Only about 20 to 30 comics are included, and they are fixed to be updated every Monday.One page can definitely hold the covers of these comics, and the newly added comics and the popular comics of last week will be placed in the front row for big processing, which can be regarded as a small publicity.

Therefore, this section is not fancy as a whole. Thirty slots are placed there for vacancy, and the three slots at the top are particularly eye-catching.There are also some blank spaces next to it, which are reserved for some cartoonist interviews, newcomer cartoon grand prix and other programs in the future.

There is also a reader survey at the top of the page, which uses a multiple-choice format to select your three favorite comics. Each member has only one chance to vote once a week.This is no ordinary reader survey, it determines the life or death of comics.If a comic is always ranked low, it may be cut in half.

This is also a helpless thing, there are only 30 seats in total, and there are so many people in the half-house university, everyone wants to go, and the people in front can't always occupy it.In order to always add fresh blood, there will be such a system.Whenever a newcomer's work is added, it means that the one ranked last has been cut in half.

Reader surveys are not all bad things. The [-] columns vary from high to low, and those ranked in the top are naturally more likely to attract attention.And their ranking is based on weekly reader surveys, and the most popular ones can get the top chance.

There are also two top slots, one for newly added manga and one for the most subscribed manga of the week.If the most subscribed and most popular comics are repeated, then these two positions will be combined into a big push, and the effect is extremely eye-catching.

In addition to the works of the main station, there is another sub-station, which is the amateur comics station.The works collected here are all free works, mainly including the works of students of Banzhai University, as well as contributions from some amateur cartoonists in the society.Of course, cartoonists in the society can also contribute to the main website, as long as they pass the review of the teachers of Banzhai University, they can enter the main website, and the treatment is the same as that of teachers and students of Banzhai University.

The works on amateur comic sites may not necessarily have no chance to turn around.The reviewing teacher is also a human being, and there may be times when judgment is wrong.Therefore, a weekly survey has also been added here. As long as enough public approval can be obtained, it is also possible to transfer to the main website.But this road is more bumpy, because the number of works here must be huge, and it is not so simple to break out of the encirclement.

"Yeah, well done, glasses girl, you are really a good helper. However, I have another idea, please help me to do it."

While eating, Zheng Lu told the glasses girl an idea in his heart.

The Banzhai website has been around for several years. There was no overall plan when it was first established. Basically, modules were added as soon as there were any ideas, so now it looks a bit messy.Zheng Lu wanted to take the opportunity of this manga section revision to give the Banzhai website a major surgery, and show it to many netizens with a more refreshing look.

Zheng Lu's idea is to keep only animation, comics, games and audio on the main page.Banzhai news is divided into two sections, one is the news of the whole station, which is placed at the top of the homepage of each section.One is classified news, which is only hung in the corresponding section.The audio section is newly added, mainly including radio dramas and dubbing works of voice actors, and some student music works.In addition, there are some recharge systems and so on, which need to be reset.

"Okay, I'm going to prepare a new layout."

After listening to Zheng Lu's plan, the glasses girl had a general framework, so she nodded and went to work.To her, this amount of work is simply a child's work, and one night is enough to get it done.

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The revision of Banzhai's website quickly aroused discussions among netizens.Especially in the comics section, all the comics that used to be in it were transferred to the amateur comics category, while the professional comics section was blank.Although there were thirty empty seats, there was nothing inside.

"What is the half house fairy doing? Are you playing empty city tricks?"

Some people raised doubts in their hearts.And in comic news, a piece of news about the revision of the comic section made them understand what was going on.

"My God, there's a charge for comics! The days of reading comics for free are over!"

This is the voice of the readers. From the various measures taken by Immortal Banzhai, we can know how hard Banzhai website punishes stolen pictures, so you can read ten episodes of free comics on professional comics.Although there are still free comics on amateur websites, but thinking about it, I know that the ones that can enter the main site must be the best works. The comics they are chasing now are not the top-ranked comics.

So now there are only two possibilities, that is, these works are included in the main site, and you can only spend money if you want to see them.Another possibility is that these works are not selected, but will the comic authors continue to draw?If everyone had no money before, they might still insist.But now that the charging system has been introduced, everyone must be rushing for money, not to mention that the price offered by Banzhai University is so attractive.

"The main site charges for comics! The opportunity is here!"

This is the voice of a manga author.Those who can enter the main station, as long as their grades are not low, it is very likely to be animated, and then there will be another adaptation fee.Spring, the spring of Chinese comics has finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)