"I really didn't expect Oda San to chat with Meng Sang for more than an hour!"

After Wada Hongji came out, his face was still very surprised, Meng Fan and Oda had been chatting just now, and he was embarrassed to come over, but after seeing Meng Fan take out some sketches for Oda, he naturally knew that Meng Fan was a cartoonist, plus Oda's letter of recommendation, and asked: "Is Meng Sang's visit to Shueisha this time related to manga submission?"

Meng Fan nodded, and then asked with a smile: "Is there an editor you know Hetian Sang that you can recommend?"

Koji Wada smiled and said, "If you don't get a letter of recommendation from Oda-san, of course I'm willing to help, and with Oda-san's recommendation, my recommendation is useless." Although I also know some of the people in charge of Shueisha, it really doesn't work as well as Oda-san's letter of recommendation. ”

Half Chinese and half neon, Meng Fan could barely understand.

Oda relied on a pirate to revive the dying Shueisha, and the weight of his letters of recommendation goes without saying.

However, Meng Fan had an understanding of Shueisha's serialization requirements and process before, and he also knew that having a letter of recommendation does not mean that he can be 100% able to serialize in the comics published by Shueisha, and the letter of recommendation is just an increase in chips or a direct opportunity to meet the editor face-to-face, and then it depends on whether the conditions of the two parties can accept each other.

It's not that as long as it can be serialized in Shueisha, Meng Fan will agree to any conditions.

As for the quality of the work, Meng Fan is still very confident, otherwise, it would be impossible to get a letter of recommendation from Oda.

Shueisha is located in Ichibashi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Kyoto, and the other Kazuo Elementary School Museum of Neon Manga is opposite it, and Shueisha was originally separated from the Elementary School Building.

After a long period of competition and cooperation, the three of them formed the Hitotsubashi Group, and the "Hitotsubashi Group" was formed by Shueisha, and the object of confrontation was the "Otowa Group" led by Kodansha.

- Shueisha Co., Ltd.!

After getting out of the car, seeing the words hanging on the office building, Meng Fan couldn't help but think of a joke.

I didn't know what this "Co., Ltd." meant, but I always thought that this company was super awesome, and I wondered what it was.

You can buy a lot of neon production or authorized production of food and drink, as well as neon comics, animation, TV series, movies, etc., you can see these four words, and the frequency of appearing is too high.

People can't help but think that Neon is a legal society, and the word "club" looks very much like the name of a gang, and I think that these companies are controlled by Hedao.

Later, I learned that the meaning of "Co., Ltd." is the equivalent of a "joint-stock company" in Huaxia!

The so-called Shueisha Co., Ltd., that is, Shueisha Co., Ltd., just puts the word "joint-stock company" in front of it.

"Mengsan. ”

After getting out of the car, Hetian Hongji said to Meng Fan: "There will be a staff member to take you in, and I will leave first if I have some other things." I'll have the driver wait for you here, and I'd like to treat you to a meal if Meng Sang is free in the evening. ”

Regarding Hetian Hongji's politeness, Meng Fan also said very politely: "You don't have to let people wait for me, I'll just take the car back by myself when I'm done." I've already made an appointment for dinner. If I can meet Hetian Sang in China next time, I will eat with Tian Sang lightly. ”

Hetian Hongji was really polite, and when he saw Meng Fan say this, he naturally agreed with a smile, but he still insisted that the driver wait to pick up Meng Fan.

A staff member from Shueisha walked out, and Koji Wada gave a few words of explanation and left.

"Inside please. ”

The staff led Meng Fan inside, and as he walked, he introduced the interior of Shueisha and the places where Meng Fan would be taken to visit, the core area was definitely not allowed to participate, and there were ...... places where he could participate Balabala said a lot, not Huaxia, not neon, but English, as for whether Meng Fan can understand, he doesn't seem to have much to care about, anyway, the average comic fan is basically stunned when he enters it.

"Wait a minute. ”

Meng Fan took out the letter of recommendation, took out his mobile phone, and the intelligent translator read out the content entered: "This is a letter of recommendation from Oda-san, and he also made an appointment with Mr. Kentaro Muto for me." ”

"Oda?"

The staff took Meng Fan's letter of recommendation curiously and looked at it, but didn't open it, so he looked outside, took a closer look at Meng Fan, and then said, "You wait here for a while, I'll help you ask." ”

took Meng Fan to a rest area, and then ran quickly towards the office of Kentaro Muto, a senior editor of Shueisha, and ran back after a while, the change in attitude was still obvious, and the words were all honorifics, and he respectfully took Meng Fan to the office, as for the letter of recommendation, it had been given to Kentaro Muto.

The authority of senior editors is still very large, and Neon is a society with a relatively clear hierarchy, unlike preliminary editors, who submit and apply at any time.

If Meng Fan submits his manuscript according to the normal eating procedure, not to mention when the manuscript will be found and reviewed, just to see someone who can make a decision, he will have to make several trips.

"You may be seated. ”

The staff took Meng Fan and left, carefully whispering the door shut, at this time, the thin man sitting at the back of the office nodded slightly to Meng Fan and asked him to sit down.

Meng Fan didn't talk nonsense, and handed the sketch and outline, as well as part of the gallery, to this Kentaro Muto.

Kentaro Muto looked at a person who didn't like words, took the sketch and looked at it, this time, I looked at it for nearly an hour, even with the outline and the gallery, there was no expression on his face, but Meng Fan was still able to capture the amazement, amazement, shock in his eyes and then slowly returned to calm.

Meng Fan even had some doubts about whether the things behind this were just used to calm him down.

"There are some flaws, but it's not a big problem, and all in all it's a very good manga. Kentaro Muto finally spoke, speaking neon language, seeing Meng Fan recording and then translating with his mobile phone, his brows furrowed slightly, and asked, "Meng Sang doesn't know neon?"

"Some, but not skilled. ”

Meng Fan answered truthfully, and then used his mobile phone to translate and play.

"Then the dialogues in your comics are all translated by someone?"

"Yes. ”

Meng Fan can't say that he is translating intelligently through his mobile phone, after all, the dialogue is very concise, and general intelligent translation can't come to this, and it's not accurate.

"Then you'll need a neon assistant. ”

Kentaro Muto then asked Meng Fan a lot of questions, at first a few questions were related to the manga, and later they were all related to Meng Fan himself, after learning the basic information, Kentaro Muto's expression was not very good.

"Meng Sang, your work can have a chance to be serialized in Shueisha, and we will discuss which magazine is weekly or monthly. Now, we need to solve several problems. ”

Kentaro Muto tapped his fingers on the table a few times and said, "One, it's okay if you're from Huaxia, we Shueisha have also collaborated with several Huaxia painters before and after, but if you're in Huaxia, it's a problem, so I need you to move from Huaxia to Kyoto." Accommodation, and even if you drop out, we can arrange entrance exams for the university in Kyoto, so that it is convenient to submit the manuscript and discuss the plot. ”

"Second, our Shueisha contract is an exclusive contract, so your comics serialized in China need to be suspended or suspended. ”

"Three, Shueisha's magazine, no matter which one of them, there are a lot of manga artists lined up, and although the quality of your work is good, you won't get the chance to be serialized right away. Of course, we will adjust the ranking for you, so that you can get the opportunity to be serialized within half a year. And in this half year, I will recommend you to a well-known cartoonist as an assistant to increase your experience and knowledge of the neon comic world. ”

"Four ......."

"Other contract content, because you were recommended by Oda-san, and the quality of the manga is really high, we will sign you with the conditions and treatment of the strongest newcomer. ”

Meng Fan knew about Shueisha or the neon comic industry before he came, and knew that the conditions for signing the contract were very harsh, but it was precisely because he knew that he also knew that these conditions were unreasonable with the quality of his comics.

In addition, under the premise of +6 observation power now, Meng Fan can still capture the arrogance hidden in Kentaro Muto's eyes when he says these conditions.

Enter the content on the mobile phone, and then translate and read: "One, now that information is developed, whether it is the delivery or the plot discussion, it is not necessary for me to move from Huaxia to Kyoto. ”

Meng Fan likes comics and voice actors, but it doesn't mean that he likes neon people and the country of neon, and it is impossible for him to move from Huaxia to neon.

"Two, if I'm not mistaken, Shueisha should have another kind of contract that is a cooperative contract. ”

Kentaro Muto raised his hand to stop, and said with a smile: "Since Meng Sang knows about the cooperation contract, he should also know the requirements of the cooperation contract, right? First of all, if the cooperation agreement, our comic magazine will not give a good serial position, and it may be cut at any time." Secondly, the cooperation agreement requires the comic book author himself to have a great reputation in the industry, and Meng Sang should be a newcomer. ”

Meng Fan didn't discuss the remaining conditions that were impossible to agree to, thought about it carefully, and said to Muto Kentaro: "Muto-san, the next words may be a little arrogant, but I still want to finish." I have high hopes for this manga and am very confident that it is a good manga, and I believe that it will become a classic manga. I would like to sign a contract with your company to fully license the copyright of the comic in Neon to your company. ”

"Meng Sang, I know that every cartoonist has great confidence in his work. Kentaro Muto has seen too many such arrogant authors, and there is no expression on his face, but there must be some contempt in his eyes, and he said in a very calm tone, "Given that your work is really good, plus Oda-san's recommendation, I am willing to move the ranking further for you, and promise that it will be serialized within three months, if you draw fast and the quality can be guaranteed, there is a great possibility of being on "Weekly Shonen Jump"!"

"Weekly Shonen Jump" is Shueisha's best-selling manga magazine, and arguably the most well-known manga magazine in the world, which is a fatal temptation for any manga artist.

"According to the rules, the words of the newcomer can only be exclusive. As for the other conditions, we can discuss them slowly. Kentaro Muto had been observing Meng Fan's expression, seeing his intentions, and said, "Meng Sang, if your comic works can successfully land on "Weekly Shonen Jump", you will definitely become the most well-known cartoonist in China in one fell swoop!"

It's true to promise Meng Fan three months, but it is impossible to promise to be on "Weekly Last Year JUMP".

There are indeed a lot of manga artists queuing up to be serialized at Shueisha, and most of them can't be on "Weekly Shonen Jump", but on other manga magazines such as "JUMP-SQ", "Weekly young-jump", "ULTRA-JUMP", etc., and can promise to be serialized in three months, and he is also a Chinese rookie cartoonist, which shows that Muto really values this manga.

Otherwise, just sign a contract and let him get through.

Are there still fewer cartoonists who have been burned to death by Shueisha's serialized bits, and what is one more Chinese person?

Meng Fan said, "Muto-san, give me time to think about it." ”

"Of course, two days. This is my number, call me anytime. ”

Kentaro Muto nodded with a smile, gave Meng Fan a business card, and called the staff to send Meng Fan out, he was very confident that Meng Fan would come back, let alone two days, it was estimated that he would receive his call in two or three hours.

Meng Fan came out of Shueisha and sighed, it was really beautiful!

But no matter if Shueisha is too harsh or he is too arrogant, he still insists on his own ideas, and takes out his mobile phone to make a call to Goro Takahashi, if Kodansha doesn't have anything to talk about, then forget it.

After you become a famous cartoonist in the industry, you will come to wrestle with neon comics.

How do you break your wrist?

Of course, in the same area, the sales volume speaks!

Meng Fan likes neon comics, and hopes that one day Guoman can land on neon and sweep a lot!