Gotta Go the Healing Route

Would have done the same if he had been an editor.

The underage genius cartoonist who has never been seen before, let alone the strength, this identity alone can be used as a marketing hot spot.

People have always sought after all kinds of geniuses, and the same is certainly true of geniuses in comics.

not to mention....

As the mainstream of manga in the world, Wang Dao Manga has a declining reputation among readers. Now Shueisha is indeed in urgent need of a newcomer who can support the Wang Dao manga market.

In all honesty, Wu Shanyu's talent shown in the short comic "The King's Way" does have such qualifications.

"As a cartoonist, you have to obey the market..."

Yoshikawa Shunpei sighed inwardly.

"It's a pity, this "posthumous article"."

The author named Yu Biechao has a very distinctive style, and he should take the evil path based on the connotation of the plot.It is indeed possible to achieve success by taking this route, but it is not at all the achievement that Wangdao comics can achieve.

The audience has already determined this embarrassing situation.

"Then, let's start scoring now." Itakura Atsushi also nodded and said.

In the scoring process, there is no room for black-box manipulation.

The seven judges each wrote down the scores of the ten excellent works on paper, and then the editorial staff collected them for statistics.

However, because before scoring, the jury will first comment on the works.The tendency of gold rewards is naturally obvious at a glance.

At least, after Atsuya Itakura made his statement, the four editors including Atsuya Itakura would definitely give the article "The Way of the King" a higher score.

Soon, the accepted ratings were counted, and it was announced by another male newcomer editor.

Perhaps it was because he had just joined the job, the editor seemed a little nervous, and there was even cold sweat on his forehead.

"No. 1 is..."

Now the focus of everyone's attention has been completely placed on the two works "After the Death" and "Wang Dao".

In the voice of the newcomer editor, No.1's name was read out.

"No.1, Wu Shanyun's work "Royal Way", finally scored 96 points.

Hearing Daiichi's name, Itakura Atsuya's brows instantly relaxed.

But Yoshikawa Shunpei sighed slightly in his heart, and it was true.

The quality of the comic "The Way of Kings" is not bad, and the three cartoonists will not give low marks. With the high scores from the editors and judges, it is normal for "The Way of Kings" to be ranked first.

Since No.1 is Wu Shanyun's "Royal Way", then No.2 can also be confirmed.

However, when he was about to say the name of the No.2 work, the new editor who was in charge of announcing the review results paused.

He raised his head and looked at the many judges sitting in front of the round conference table, then swallowed his saliva, and looked back at the manuscript with the statistical results.

"Yu Biechao's work "After the Death", the final score is 96 points."

"It is tied for first place with the work "The Way of Kings."

Chapter 32 You are Geng

Tied for No.1.

When the results of "After the Death" were announced, everyone present was stunned for a moment, and the air suddenly became quiet.

Itakura Atsushi frowned, apparently not expecting such a situation.

After a while, Yoshikawa Shunpei laughed out loud:

"Tied for first place, this is really a very rare situation."

"This is probably the first time since the launch of the Jiyinsha Newcomer Awards."

Shunpei Yoshikawa looked at the Aoyama Bridge beside him and asked with a smile, the latter nodded slightly.

The Shueisha Newcomer Award is held once a year, and it has been held for seven consecutive times. Except for Shimokawa Kyoka who entered the jury panel as a cutting-edge manga artist this year, Yoshikawa Shunhei and Aoyama Ohashi are already veterans who have been judges for seven consecutive years. .

The previous Newcomer Award was not in such a controversial situation as this one.At the same time, there have been two equally well-matched excellent works with their own highlights, which has never happened before.

For the work "The King's Way", although the three cartoonists are more inclined to "The Posthumous Story", the judges of the three cartoonists still gave higher marks to "The King's Way", which is not concealed.At least it is distinguished from the scores of the other eight works.

And similarly, the quality of "After the Death" goes without saying, as long as the eyes and brain are fine, you can see its excellence.Therefore, the editors and judges will not give low marks.Even Atsushi Itakura also gave Houwen a good score.

This led to the fact that although "The Way of the King" had the support of the editorial department, its final score did not exceed that of "After the Death".

And if we put aside the influence of the editorial department, this time the newcomer award was actually won by "After the Death".

But no one would say this kind of thing in the open.

"This situation is really difficult..."

"As the saying goes, there is nothing first in literature, and nothing in martial arts is second. It is really difficult for people to choose when two extremely excellent works collide."

"or..."

Looking at Itakura Atsuya, Yoshikawa Shunpei said:

"This time, let's judge two gold awards at the same time."

"No." Itakura Atsushi immediately shook his head and objected.

"The reason why the Golden Reward is called the Golden Reward is because gold is extremely rare. It is absolutely impossible for there to be two first names in the Newcomer Reward."

Do you understand the gold content of the gold reward...

Itakura Atsushi also complained in his heart.

"How about... let these two compete again?"

Shimogawa Kyoka, who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, suggested.

"Compare again?" Itakura Atsushi also hesitated.

Even short comics require a lot of hard work and a lot of creative time from the author.That would be too much work.

Thinking of this, Itakura Atsuya shook his head again.

"inappropriate..."

"so what should I do now?"

Itakura Atsushi also let out a long breath, and said helplessly:

"It can only be reported to the editor-in-chief and let the editor-in-chief make a decision."

...................

Memories so far.

At that time, Atsushi Itakura also left the conference room in a hurry to go to the editor-in-chief to report the situation.

After that, Aster Uemura did not know what opinion the editor-in-chief expressed.Even in the editorial department, there is no specific information about the gold reward winners until now.

However, after that day, the editor-in-chief left for a business trip.According to the news, they are planning to pay a personal visit to the talented cartoonist, Wu Shanyun.

The editor-in-chief came to the door in person.

It was precisely because of this news that Aster Uemura became pessimistic.It was only when he called Kazama Xi that he said that if nothing else, it would be a silver reward.

After all, genius has bonus points.Whether it is from a potential perspective or a marketing perspective.

Aster Uemura thought so too.

On the other end of the phone, hearing the news that she had won the silver reward, Kazama Xi frowned slightly.

He participated in 'the goal of this newcomer award is the gold award.

In addition to the bonus of one-third more than the silver reward, the most important thing is to be able to get the opportunity to be directly serialized in this magazine.

"After the Death" came second. Although this result surprised him, it was not unacceptable.

It can only be said that there are people beyond people, and there is a sky beyond the sky. Although "After the Death" is an excellent story, it is not a trump card in his hands.

The real trump card is to be used in long-form serialization.

"I see."

Thinking of this, Kazama Xi no longer struggled, and spoke.

"I remember that your entry instructions said that the gold award can directly qualify for serialization. But after that, the silver award has the priority of serialization."

The half cut system is a unique magazine rule owned by "Weekly Shonen Jump", and it is also the key to making Shonen Jump the number one manga magazine in Kana.

In Shonen Jump, as long as the new serialization after the "protection period" falls behind in popularity, it will be forced to end.

The half cut system is like the sword of Damox hanging over the manga author's head, constantly reminding the author to maintain serialization and improve the interesting level of the story.

Such a system has its advantages and disadvantages, and the positive side must be to encourage authors to keep serializing and updating, so that more interesting works can be seen.

In Juvenile Jump, there will usually be a half-cut work in one to three months.The vacant spots will be filled by the cartoonists behind.

"Yes, the Silver Award follows the Gold Award. When the next step is to cut your work in half, as long as your work can pass the review of the editorial department, there is a great possibility that it will be serialized."

"The best works selected for the Newcomer Awards are basically the reserve for serial cartoonists. You can start thinking about your own serial works now."

"You can just use this time to prepare as much as possible for more than three episodes."

"I see." Kazama Xi nodded.

Hearing that there were not many emotional ups and downs on the other end of the phone, Aster Uemura couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

For works of that quality, the author must be aiming for a gold reward.This time, the dark horse that came out suddenly made Kazama Xi defeated. Uemura Ziwan was still thinking that if this golden egg was discouraged, she would comfort her on the phone.

Encouraging and supporting the cartoonists under him is what a good editor should do.

But if you look at it this way, this golden egg of yours has a good mentality, so it might as well be a good thing.

"One more thing."

Uemura Aster spoke again.

"It's about your personal information. When you sent your work, we didn't receive your identity information. However, information such as bank card, name, age and residential address will still be required when signing the contract." Use it. If you have time, please send me the information."

"Also... I would like to ask you, where do you live now? Just say the city."

"I live in JD City." Kazama Xi replied.