People are in Tokyo, there is a wishing machine

Chapter 131 Requirements
"No! No matter how much you lower the standard, these manuscripts are still unusable. If you publish these manuscripts, you will only be laughed at!"

In the not very bright editorial office, Uchiki Zhijing couldn't help but raised his head from the computer screen, and said in despair.

Yesterday, many comic authors were invited to submit manuscripts, and some even sent several drawings.

It is impossible for the authors of the drawing book to only draw the book. Many people still have dreams, and they usually draw some normal short stories.

If these short stories can be published by Chaoyang Weekly, even if Chaoyang Weekly has a poor reputation, it will be a valuable qualification for them.

Zhijing Uchiki is the youngest editor in the editorial department. He is only 27 years old this year. He is the person who is best at using computers in the editorial department. He is also the fastest in reviewing these email submissions.

However, it has been almost three hours since she went to work in the morning, and she has lowered a lot of review standards, and still failed to find a usable manuscript, so she can only send "Thank you for the manuscript, but what's wrong with the manuscript?" Insufficient, what are the shortcomings" and other replies.

"It's okay for me to find two stories, but the characters and storyboards are too bad."

Kazuo Watanabe also sighed.

Many authors of fanbooks, when drawing the book, the artist looks good, but let him draw normal comics, the characters will become very strange.

As for the storyboard, it is a big problem that is difficult to solve.

Fanbooks have very low requirements for storyboards. As long as the characters are rough enough, readers can tolerate the rubbish storyboards of the work, because readers only need to watch the rough pictures. In the middle process, readers can make up their minds based on their rich experience.

But serious comics are different. For serious comics, the author needs to use at least not bad storyboards to convey the storyline.

"Let's take a look again. If the author is too good, it won't be our turn to invite us to send out the drawing."

Miyazawa Heira is the oldest editor in the editorial department. He is nearly 58 years old. Although he is anxious at this time, he is still very calm.

"There is really no better choice, so I can only pick two or three people out, give them some suggestions, and ask them to redraw to see the effect."

Akiko Watanabe also sighed.

Since the news that "A Small Town" is about to end has spread, the impact of the incident is actually worse than the outside world imagined.

Even those authors who had hit a snag in other big weekly magazines and finally submitted to them to try their luck are almost gone.

In the past two months, the number of manuscripts they received has dropped significantly again.

Originally, the quality of the submitted manuscripts was not high. In the past, I could barely pick some of them for publication, but now I almost have no choice but to pick them.

If it weren't for this, they wouldn't have to go to the comic convention together to attract people.

After a brief complaint, the editorial department fell into silence again.

After a while, Uchiki suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

She quickly looked up and saw a young man standing at the door.

"Hello, what's the matter with you?"

Uchiki Chiaki stood up and walked over, asking politely.

There are seven editors in the Chaoyang editorial department, and each of them does more than editorial work. Uchiki Zhijing is the youngest. If the editorial department has guests, she is also responsible for receiving them.

"Hi, I'm here to contribute."

Hirosawa Higashino said, while looking at the somewhat gloomy editorial department.

This editorial department, like Chaoyang Weekly, exudes the atmosphere of the times.

"Contribution?"

Uchiki Chiaki looked at Higashino Hirosawa with his hands empty, a little puzzled.

"I saved it in the mailbox, I wonder if I can borrow the computer to use it."

"Of course, this way please."

Of course, Zhijing Uchiki would not refuse, and it is rare for people who are willing to come to their door to contribute to their magazine.

Higashino Hirosawa came to the computer, logged into the mailbox, and downloaded all the first 5 episodes of Baseball Heroes in the attachment to the computer.

"You want us to read the drawing now, and then give you your opinion?"

Uchiki Chiaki asked.

The young man has already uploaded the drawing to the mailbox. If he just submits a manuscript, he doesn't need to come to the editorial department in person.

"Yes, that's why I came here."

Higashino Hirozawa nodded.

"No problem, but I need some time. You can sit here first, drink tea and wait for a while. There are magazines here, you can read them as you like."

Not far from the entrance of the editorial department, there is a small cubicle for receiving guests. Uchiki Zhijing took Higashino Hirozawa to sit down, made him a pot of tea, then returned to the computer and opened the sketch that Higashino Hirosawa had downloaded .

"There are so many five chapters, is this a long-form submission?"

Uchiki Chiaki was only now able to see clearly the number of drawings under Hirosawa Higashino, and couldn't help being surprised.

Hirosawa Higashino was too young, Chiaki Uchiki subconsciously thought that he was here to submit a short story to try his luck.

Uchiki Chiaki immediately opened the first episode of Baseball Heroes.

"This painting style, why does it look a bit retro? And this storyboard, it's very special!"

In the first two or four pages of the first episode of Baseball Heroes, only one page has dialogue.

The three-person study cabin takes up three full pages.

But what surprised Uchiki Zhijing was that she didn't think there was anything wrong with the content of these three pages, but instead thought it was very interesting to draw like this.

She looked down quickly, and the more she looked, the more surprised she became.

The painting style is slightly retro, but the picture is very clean and tidy, without any redundant dialogue, and the storyboard is especially good.

And the content of this short episode, the three characters with distinct personalities, are already vivid on the paper.

Hard-working, excellent grades, good at baseball, very popular, twin brother Kazuya who is very popular with girls.

Lazy, unpopular, ordinary in every way, a bit lewd, and unreliable twin brother Tatsuya.

Minami Asakura, the girl-next-door who is well-achieved, beautiful, popular and caring.

Uchiki Chiaki couldn't help but click on the second chapter.

She finished reading the second chapter quickly, and then watched the third, fourth, and fifth chapters non-stop.

She couldn't help but read the draft of the five chapters in one go.

Most of the comics, just read the first few episodes, there is no way to judge whether this comic will be popular or not.

But after watching the baseball hero, Zhijing Uchiki, he felt that as long as the quality of this manga is maintained, it will definitely become popular!
After watching the content of these 5 episodes, she can't wait to know more about the follow-up storyline.

She couldn't bear it anymore, stood up quickly, printed out the drawing, and called Kazuo Watanabe, Akiko Watanabe, and Senior Miyazawaping over.

"Chaoyang Weekly, it may be saved!"

She said excitedly, and handed the drawing to the three of them.

All three are old editors, and they have more experience than Zhijing Uchiki.

Like Uchiaki Zhijing, they were also more and more surprised as they watched.

"In addition to the more retro style of painting, the artistry and storyboarding are amazing! The narrative technique is also very mature, and the story is very relaxing and interesting!"

Kazuo Watanabe couldn't help but said with emotion.

"Isn't the retro style of painting just suitable for our weekly magazine? This is not a shortcoming at all!"

Akiko Watanabe was also excited when she saw it.

Although it is a bit disrespectful to the two seniors in the weekly magazine, no matter how you look at it, the author of this baseball hero is even better in all aspects.

"This comic is really suitable for us. If we can maintain the quality of serialization, it will definitely help the magazine tide over the difficulties, and it will not be a problem to expand sales. But, Uchi, are you sure the author is just a young man?"

Miyazawa Heira looked at Uchiki Chiaki and asked.

As he gets older, he just prefers this retro style of painting. In his eyes, this is a work that perfectly suits his taste.

But for such a work, Uchiki Chiaki said that a young man contributed, and Miyazawa Heira couldn't help being suspicious.

Not to mention the retro style of painting, the artistry and storyboarding are not something a young man can do.

And this work, although the painting style is a bit retro, but in Miyazawa Heira's eyes, it can be submitted to those popular weekly magazines, and there is no need to go to their Chaoyang Weekly which is about to close down.

Therefore, Miyazawaping is very suspicious that there is something wrong with the source of these drawings.

Most likely it was stolen from nowhere.

If Chaoyang Weekly published the stolen works, the weekly would have to close down early, and the reputation of a lifetime would be ruined in the end.

Miyazawa Hei devoted his whole life to Chaoyang Weekly. The weekly could go bankrupt, but he absolutely could not accept it, because it published the stolen works, made the news, and finally closed down in disgrace.

"Ask him directly!"

Uchiki Chiaki didn't think too much about it.

The other three naturally have no objection, as long as the young man can prove that the drawing is his, they will accept it for publication without hesitation.

Higashino Hirosawa had already heard all the discussions of the four people.

This kind of thing has happened more than once, and he has long been prepared.

There was no need for the four of them to say anything, he directly asked for a few pieces of manuscript paper, and drew the sixth chapter in front of them on the spot.

Although it was a deliberately not-so-good draft, the four of them confirmed that the draft was drawn by Hirozawa Higashino after reading a few pages.

genius!

The four of them looked at Higashino Hirosawa's flowing brushstrokes, and thought in unison in their hearts.

"Are you sure to contribute to our magazine? Do you know the situation of our magazine?"

Miyazawa couldn't help but said.

He even felt that it was a bit too wasteful for such a genius to contribute to Chaoyang Weekly.

"Of course, I think the style of this comic is very suitable for you. Of course, I also have requirements for choosing your weekly magazine."

Higashino Hirosawa nodded and said.

"What request?" Kazuo Watanabe asked a little nervously.

He was very worried about whether Higashino Hirosawa's request could be met on their terms.

"I require two episodes to be serialized every week, and when a single book is released in the future, whether it is the first edition or the reprint, I will ask for 70% of the profit."

Higashino Hirosawa said.

On the earth before the time travel, the sales of the baseball hero manga booklets were astonishing.

It was one of the first comics to sell over [-] million copies.

This is a huge amount of money, and Hiroze Higashino is not going to give it to Chaoyang Weekly for nothing.

"No problem, we can promise you! But two words a week, can you draw it?"

Kazuo Watanabe and the others were taken aback, and after looking at each other, they agreed to Higashino Hirosawa's request without any discussion.

In their view, this is not a requirement at all.

To serialize two episodes a week, they can be said to wish for it.

70% of the profit of the booklet is given to the author, which is totally unacceptable for those big magazines.

But Chaoyang Weekly was about to close down, not to mention that Hirozawa Higashino left 30% of the profit for them, even if they wanted to take it all, they had no choice but to agree.

So, there is nothing to hesitate at all.

　Thanks to the leader of Qian Hui Nian, thank you for Chapter 2!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)