Jiang Xia raised an eyebrow slightly: "What manuscript?"
"It's a comic I started drawing when I was in junior high school. Now I want to submit it to a publisher, but without exception, I've been rejected."
"Um...may I ask, may I take a look at your work?"
"Sure, it's not a big deal."
As Luo Peng spoke, he took out a stack of comics from his backpack and handed it over, sighing softly, "Actually, I can probably guess why. The art style is inconsistent across different periods, the story content is relatively simple, and the audience is small, but I'm still a little unconvinced."
Jiang Xia didn't listen to what he said, but quickly glanced at the storyboard. Putting aside the quality, this was actually an anime with a magical girl theme.
That's interesting.
He took a deep breath, put down the comic book in his hand, and said solemnly, "Luo Peng, if I said I wanted to invite you to my studio, would you agree?"
"What do you mean by 'studio'?" Luo Peng was taken aback.
"Literally, I've set up a studio and I'm short-staffed. I've looked at your work; your early drawing skills weren't solid enough, probably when you were in middle school. They improved a lot later on, and some of the paneling was perfect. However, in my opinion, the publisher's rejection was justified."
Luo Peng nodded, signaling him to continue.
Jiang Xia pondered for a moment, organized his thoughts, and said, "The story is simple and the core is monotonous, which cannot support a complete work. This is fatal for a comic, but this should be your idea from junior high school. The shortcomings are obvious."
Luo Peng remained noncommittal: "Then do you think there's a market for magical girl themes?"
“Yes, and it’s huge!” Jiang Xia said without hesitation.
Luo Peng's eyes lit up: "If I join your studio, will you adapt this comic into an animation?"
"No, as I just said, the core is flawed and the story is too simplistic. If we want to animate it, we'd have to scrap everything from scratch, which would be equivalent to creating a completely new animation."
Speaking of which, he has a lot of classic works in the magical girl genre in his mind, and with this opportunity, he should be able to open up a new track.
"Okay. I've joined."
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