Two-dimensional: The goal is to heal the master

Chapter 21 Jump Meeting
On Wednesday, Weekly Shonen Jump held an editorial meeting as usual. As a new editor, Ayano Iida naturally needed to attend. She put the original manuscript of One Piece from Xia Yu into the folder, and she walked into the jump editor's office .

Although it wasn't time for the meeting, everyone was already here. As a newcomer editor, she came so late, which made her a little embarrassed.

"Since all the staff are here, let's start the editorial meeting of this issue." President Horiuchi Marue sat in the middle, not angry because Iida Ayano was late, but just took a sip of the coffee on the table. road.

There were no more than a dozen people in the entire conference room, and their faces were serious. This meeting will decide which comics will be cut in half and new works will be serialized.

What this group of editors need to do is to search for new works, discover potential new manga artists, and inject new blood into Shueisha, which is very important.

Because a Shueisha with excellent cartoonists may be strong for a while, but only a Shueisha with a steady stream of excellent cartoonists joining can secure its position as the leader in the comics industry as it is now.

"Gentlemen, please allow me to tell you some bad news before the official start." The vice president, Shangyi Taniyama, is a middle-aged man. Doubt has a very high prestige, and when he speaks, everyone present straightens up.

Gu Shan Shangyi waved his hand slightly to signal everyone to relax, and then asked an assistant next to him to turn on the projector behind the conference table to release a set of data. If they were checking the nucleic acid, the green above would obviously make everyone not worry, but it's a pity They are not checking the nucleic acid but looking at the stock price of Shueisha.

The green stock is falling, and the red stock is rising. A green light invisibly shows that Shueisha is going downhill.

Gu Shan Shangyi continued with a heavy voice: "After reading these data, I believe everyone understands the current situation of Shueisha. If this continues,
Our position is in danger. "

"And we have also analyzed the cause of this consequence." Horiuchi Marue stood up and looked at Taniyama Shangyoshi. After the other party nodded and sat down, the projector released a picture. Above the picture was a picture of the national comic Bleach. On the other side is the death evaluation obtained by jump research.

If the evaluation of the god of death half a year ago must have been positive, but now the evaluation of the god of death is mixed.

Of course, there is a reason why the author of the Grim Reaper, Mr. Kubo Tairen, has lost the feeling for the Grim Reaper at the beginning, and he can't figure out the reason for the next plot after racking his brains.

But the bigger reason is Shueisha themselves. Mr. Kubo Dairen originally planned to finish the Shinigami in the Aizen Chapter, but at their request, the teacher forced the teacher to delay it until the Thousand Years Bloody Battle Chapter, which also led to the gap between Shinigami and Shinigami. It even makes people feel that they are not drawn by the same person, and it is only natural to get bad reviews.

That's why the previous meeting would never bring up the issue of the god of death anyway, but now it is brought up.

This made the editors present feel wrong, because every Monday meeting, Horiuchi Marue asked others to report, but this meeting actually asked the president to investigate in person, and pointed the target in the direction of the god of death.

"Everyone knows that our Shueisha's life today is not easy. When we became independent from Shogakukan, we received a lot of blows. It took generations of seniors to struggle to get to where we are today, so I don't want the results of our seniors' hard work. It will be ruined by our generation..." This meeting was like Horiuchi Marue's personal speech. At the moment of Shueisha's life and death, no one came out to refute him, and they all thought solemnly.

"I said this to let you understand the current situation. Although it is cruel to say this, we can no longer regard the god of death as the treasure of our town and society. We must have new excellent works, one that does not need to stand shoulder to shoulder with the god of death, You just need comics that reach the level of a masterpiece." Horiuchi Marue looked expectantly at the editors below, the reason why I said so much was to put more pressure on them to find excellent new comics Home.

"There are two comics that need to be cut in half this week, which also means that we will have two more spots. I will prepare one spot to be used as a reward for the Newcomer Comics Gold Award that will be held soon, and the other will be filled by your recommended comics. , if you have any outstanding works, please suggest them.” Horiuchi Marue sat down again after speaking, looking at everyone with anticipation.

"Actually, I have a pretty good work here. It's called Tutor. It's a manga artist who was a little famous in the past. He is a good friend with Mr. Kubo Tairen..." A middle-aged man in a black suit saw No one commented for a long time, so I took out the work I brought and handed the manuscript to colleagues around me for circulation.

After a few glances, everyone nodded in satisfaction. Is it worthy of being Senior Yamamoto?

The selected work gives people a very sophisticated feeling in both the storyboard and the painting style, and the content in the manga is also interesting. There are already a few masterpieces in the manga world of the island country where there are only a few masterpieces. qualifications.

Even Horiuchi Marue, who doesn't usually read manga very much, nodded his head repeatedly when he saw this manga, expressing his high approval.

"This work is not bad, and it may have the qualifications to become a masterpiece. Although it cannot be compared with Kubo's teacher's Shinigami, it can still be a pillar." Shangyi Gushan gave his own evaluation, and the editors also gave their approval. If there are no accidents, this work should be signed.

"Ayano, I saw you brought your manga manuscript in from outside. I think you want to recommend it. If you can, please show it to us." A gentle voice sounded, and a female editor with glasses He said with a smile.

She is the editor-in-chief of Iida Ayano's group. Seeing that her newcomers seem to be afraid to introduce the manga she brought because of the unique senior relationship in the island country, she smiled and offered Iida Ayano the opportunity to speak.

"Okay!" Iida Ayano glanced at her editor-in-chief gratefully, and then took out the sketch of One Piece. It is different from the tutor who only has three episodes and people still don't understand the main story after reading it. There are five chapters in the sketch.

It was also the first time for everyone to see a recommended new work with so many words, and they read it seriously out of curiosity, and the office fell into a weird silence.

　I'm ready to sign the contract, and after the signing, I will prepare two updates, at [-]:[-] noon and [-]:[-] pm, and I will inform everyone at that time.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)