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He certainly couldn’t remember the exact sales figures for each manga, but in his vague memory, the “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” he chose was a very influential manga.

It also seemed to have high sales.

After all, it’s one of the famous gourmet manga on Earth.

But this time, it wasn’t about creating a new type of gourmet manga.

The comic industry on Blue Star was well developed and had produced some popular gourmet manga series long ago, but few people had created gourmet comics in recent years.

Relatively niche, but not absolutely so.

All this was discovered by Lin Yuan during casual conversations with Luo Wei.

Compared to Lin Yuan, Luo Wei knew a lot about manga and anime.

The so-called hardcore shut-in girl, anime fanatic, modern fujoshi, that was Luo Wei.

Now that the manga was decided, Lin Yuan was considering how to serialize this manga…

First, establish a premise:

This manga must make money!

The “King of the Net” manga serializing in the tribe was more or less done out of love.

Since Lin Yuan was seriously short of prestige in drawing, he was willing to offer it for free to readers. Besides, the “King of the Net” manga didn’t cost anything, and he benefited from the System’s reformed version of the novel. This time, things were different.

After spending ten million on “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”, wouldn’t it be a loss if it didn’t make money?

Lin Yuan wouldn’t do unprofitable business.

Considering this, it’s a given that he intended to monetize this manga series. Thinking of this.

Lin Yuan read through “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” in a quantum reading manner and also learned the story behind the manga.

It turned out that “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” on Earth collapsed later on.

It was because this manga introduced the concept of abilities in the later period of serialization.

The concept of abilities was fatal to a gourmet anime series.

The portrayal of those with abilities in the manga was just strong, the villain with inexplicable strength, powered by abilities.

When the ability-user defeats the protagonist, it’s due to his ability to use abilities at will, but when he’s finally defeated by the protagonist, it’s because of the inexplicable lineage he carries—

What the hell?

A good manga eventually pulled in the theory of lineage often used in battle anime, no wonder it was cut off.

However, this was also the deleterious result of the publisher forcibly interfering in the manga creator’s rhythm, the author only carried half the blame.

Interestingly enough.

“King of the Net” on Earth also ended up with aliens as enemies, leading to a complete collapse of the manga. It seems that every plot breakdown has a process of opening up new possibilities.

So, just like treating “King of the Net”.

The System categorized and integrated it, shortened the length of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”, and kept the plot within a reasonable range.

Of course.

The length of the manga, inevitably, became shorter as a result.

Considering Shadow’s reputation, Lin Yuan thought it would be a good option to finish before the collapse of the work.

Now Lin Yuan’s vision has become a lot more long-term, he’s not only thinking about making money.

Take Chu Kuang for example. Isn’t it because his books have a good reputation, so many people are willing to buy his new books?

By the way.

There’s a little backstory about “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”.

The author of this manga was once a doujinshi artist. He later “went ashore”, so “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” has an element of fan service, with characters experiencing clothes bursting after eating delicious food.

Applaud if you understand.

Lin Yuan didn’t plan to change this feature, if the original version could be accepted by the public, why should Lin Yuan forcibly cut off the reader’s benefit?

The next day, Lin Yuan arrived at the studio and uploaded the “King of the Net” content for the day. In front of Luo Wei, he brought out a few character designs he had completed the night before at home.

“Who is this?”

Luo Wei saw the first drawing brought out by Lin Yuan. It was an ordinary red-haired boy in a blue-grey coat with a scar on his left eyebrow, looking very spirited.

“His name is Yukihira.”

Lin Yuan introduced, “He is the male lead of our next manga. His father is one of the best chefs on Blue Star, so his dream is to be one of the best chefs on Blue Star.”

“A gourmet manga?”

Luo Wei understood instantly.

Lin Yuan nodded, revealing the second character, a girl in a black school uniform with a short skirt. Her blonde hair reached her waist and her expression was full of arrogance. Her figure was also top-notch. Just by looking at the character design, Luo Wei could infer the character’s personality. “The female lead?”

Luo Wei guessed.

Lin Yuan hesitated and nodded. This girl was more or less the female lead. “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma” didn’t have much emotional drama. Among the two girls who had emotional entanglements with the protagonist, this one had a stronger presence.

Afterward.

Lin Yuan brought the other few important manga characters from the early stages to show Luo Wei. As Lin Yuan’s assistant, it was essential for her to familiarize herself with the characters before getting involved in the manga creation.

“What about the plot?”

The character designs that Lin Yuan brought out were okay. The overall style was quite popular and not too different from “King of the Net”, but there were indeed some slight differences in the details. Luo Wei was more concerned about the plot of the manga.

“The plot…”

Lin Yuan began, “The male protagonist, Yukihira, is a middle school student who runs a restaurant at home. He targets his skilled chef father, practising his cooking skills every day, but one day, his father wants him to attend Totsuki Academy.”

“And what else?”

“Totsuki has a tradition called ‘Shokugeki’, which means two chefs duel with each other through cooking. Accordingly, this anime will consist of many Shokugeki’ episodes, and of course, the protagonist can usually win.”

Luo Wei pondered.

Just by hearing Lin Yuan’s explanation, she didn’t have a very intuitive concept. The only feeling she had was that it was plain – a story where the protagonist constantly competes with others in cooking and keeps winning. Luo Wei had seen some gourmet anime, and they all more or less followed this pattern. This was also the limitation of gourmet works. If there were no cooking duels, just boasting about how delicious the protagonist’s cooking was would not attract readers for a long time.

In the meantime.

As “King of the Net” neared its conclusion, the comment section in the Tribe platform was getting more lively. The comment that Shadow was a nobody was just a joke in comparison to Chu Kuang and Xian Yu. These two were very successful in their respective fields, weren’t they?

Compared to them.

Shadow was a nobody.

But leaving those two aside, as the author of “King of the Net”, Shadow wasn’t really a nobody in the manga field. With a fanbase of tens of millions, he was a rising star in the manga circle who garnered considerable attention..