In the end, Chen Ze rented the house at a monthly rent of 15,000 yuan. In fact, according to the market price, the rental price of a house here is at least 18,000 yuan, but Chen Ze rents it for a long time, and Mr. Wang happens to be his fan. So in the end, the deal was made at such a pretty cheap price. Finally, the house problem was solved, and Chen Ze could go back to work with peace of mind. In this way, Chen Ze quickly resumed his three jobs of comics, animation, and shop inspection. Another month passed like this, and it was late October. An investigation initiated by the Ministry of Culture, a government agency, caught Chen Ze's attention. In this time and space, China is a big country in comics. Naturally, the country pays considerable attention to the comics industry and will provide support in various policies. ??Especially the Ministry of Culture, which conducts some activities, rankings, surveys and so on every year. Because it is issued by the government, it is quite authoritative. Those who can occupy the forefront of this kind of investigation are basically the pillars of the Chinese comics industry. This year, the Ministry of Culture released another survey online. This survey involves many rankings. For example, "Your favorite comic protagonist", "Your favorite comic supporting character", "Which comic has had the greatest impact on you" and so on. But what netizens pay most attention to are "your favorite cartoonist" and "ranking of Chinese cartoonists". The two seem to overlap, but they are not actually an option. The first one allows comic fans to choose their favorite cartoonist, which means competing for the popularity of major cartoonists. At this point. Naturally, cartoonists who are still serializing comics have an advantage. "The ranking of Chinese cartoonists" compares the historical status of cartoonists, the contribution and influence of their cartoons to the cartoon world and society as a whole, and what they have contributed to the development of the cartoon industry. You must know that the history of Chinese cartoons in this time and space has been decades ago, and naturally a large number of outstanding cartoonists have emerged. Needless to say, people like Zhang Jiyi from the Mesozoic generation or Li Mingyang from the golden generation, there were also the so-called outstanding cartoonists from the ancient times before Li Mingyang. Although the comics of those cartoonists are a bit outdated today, they were the pioneers in the comics industry. It can be said that without them, there would be no current Chinese comics industry. Especially an old cartoonist named Wang Shoushi. He was the first to apply the shooting method of shooting movies to comics. He can be said to be the founder of modern comics. When Chen Ze heard about his deeds for the first time. Immediately I thought of Osamu Tezuka of the island nation in his previous life. The achievements and contributions of the two people are almost identical, and naturally their status in the comics industry is also similar. Although Wang Shoushi has passed away many years ago, in terms of his historical status in the comics industry, Li Mingyang is the only person who promoted comics from a children's book that was regarded as unprofessional in the eyes of the society to a comic that everyone in China loves to read. Talent can be compared with him. Then consider Li Mingyang’s sales volume. It is an achievement that no one around can match. In the eyes of everyone, he was able to stabilize Wang Shoushi and become the number one comic in Chinese history. Although Chen Ze has achieved some achievements now. Several comics in a row have been hits. But this is only achieved by standing on their shoulders. To surpass them, Chen Ze still has a lot to do. In previous years, the Ministry of Culture did not vote for rankings of such historical status. Although everyone believed that Li Mingxiang and Wang Shoushi ranked first and second, there has never been an official recognition. This time the Ministry of Culture launched such a poll, which is equivalent to an official ranking. And more importantly, for the second ranking of historical status, the people who can vote are not only netizens, but also senior media reporters. This way of combining netizens and media reporters can not only prevent it from turning into a pure popularity competition, but also avoid it from turning into a competition based on seniority. It can be said that it combines the two together, which is the fairest way. Therefore, the results of this selection can be said to be the most valuable, the most interesting, and the most watched online voting competition in recent years. Major portal websites also started reporting early. Chen Ze saw this news on the TT portal, and then he realized that the Ministry of Culture had already started such a voting competition online. Some time ago, Chen Ze was either busy with the theater version or moving house, so he really didn’t notice that there was such a vote. He only saw the news now that voting had begun. Following the link in the news, Chen Ze entered the official website of the Ministry of Culture’s voting. There are more than ten kinds of votes in it, but the most conspicuous ones, ranked at the top, are "Your Favorite Cartoonist" and "Ranking of Chinese Cartoonists". ?Here, it can also be seen that not only netizens, but even the officials believe that these two are the most important awards. The first is the popularity of the cartoonist, and the second is the historical status of the cartoonist. Both are very important, but in terms of criticality, the second one is naturally more critical and more interesting. Every era has its own popular cartoonists, but not all of them have their names in history. Decades later, someone will still remember your achievements. Especially in the current fierce competition in the comics industry, you may be popular today but forgotten by the public tomorrow. Chen Ze is also curious about these two rankings, especially the second one. He clicked on the first competition and looked at the current voting situation of netizens. Sure enough, the situation was not beyond his expectation. With Chen Ze's current popularity, he naturally entered the third place in this competition. On his head, the first place is Li Mingyang. "The second place is a pair named Wu Jiahao and Li Shenghao. Chen Ze had heard of these two people, the absolute second person in the golden generation and the founder of fighting comics. Together with Li Mingyang, he promoted comics nationwide. The fighting comics they pioneered conquered all comic fans in China at that time with their realistic style of punching and punching. And it has had a huge impact on later generations. All fighting comics in later generations are based on their comics. Even to this day, there has not been a fighting cartoonist who can surpass them. “Even if there was no Li Mingyan, their status and popularity would definitely be much higher. Chen Ze is not someone who likes to care about rankings. Being weighed down by these two people plus Li Mingyang, and being ranked third, Chen Ze doesn't think it's a big deal. After exiting the first selection page, Chen Ze clicked on the second one. This second one was different. Not only did Chen Ze not make it into the top three, he didn't even make it into the top five. He is currently ranked eighth. The first and second places were, not surprisingly, Li Mingyang and Wang Shoushi. Chen Ze was a little surprised that he was ranked eighth on this list. It’s not that I’m ranked too low by accident, but that I’m ranked so high. He has only debuted for three years. Although he has indeed achieved a lot, his qualifications are still relatively young. Unexpectedly, the media and netizens ranked him eighth. This really surprised Chen Ze. . In fact, Chen Ze also underestimated his own influence. Indeed, his current qualifications are quite junior, even slightly better than the newcomers. But judging from his achievements, his consecutive national-level comics have unparalleled appeal among netizens and comic fans. What’s more important is that he is only twenty-three years old, and his future achievements are still limitless. It is precisely because of his potential that so many media reporters and netizens ranked him eighth. They even believe that Chen Ze will have an upward trend in the future. If they are asked to evaluate him again ten or twenty years later, Chen Ze will probably directly enter the top three. As for how high it can reach, only genius knows. After reading his ranking, Chen Ze looked up and discovered another interesting thing. The combination that was above him in the first popularity ranking, Wu Jiahao and Li Shenghao, who created the fighting comic genre, were actually above him again, ranking seventh. ??It seems that I am a little too destined to the two of them. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!