Chapter 80: The Wayward Makoto Takahashi
There is no such thing as perfection in this world, and the existence of things is actually very simple, but people like and dislike them without authorization!
is different from "Fullmetal Alchemist", which is also from the fierce pen of Phoenix Academy, "When the Cicada Cries" has been suffering from such controversy since it was serialized, and readers who like it are reluctant to give up, and read it over and over again, and readers who don't like it keep praying, hoping that this boring comic will be cut in half as soon as possible!
Although Mu Yiyang's posts on the Internet made more readers pay attention to "Chilling Cicada", after more people paid attention to it, the controversy became bigger and bigger! Many readers who didn't like "Chilling Cicada" called the editorial department to ask the editorial department that it was a wrong choice to let this kind of work be published in "Juvenile Jumk"! Some people even threatened to find real trouble with the Phoenix Courtyard!
"The main purpose of 'When the Cicadas Cried' is to show the good, evil and ugly beauty of human nature through different choices of 'parallel worlds'! I want to let the characters in the comics unite together through one story after another, work together to get rid of the control of 'fate', and save themselves and others! I just want to tell every reader through this comic that they must trust their friends, learn to confide, and learn to be rational, so that they can control their own destiny!" This is the original explanation of Makoto Takahashi to the editor-in-chief, and it is precisely because of this that the editor-in-chief agreed to let Makoto Takahashi serialize this manga!
Although the theme of "Chilling Cicada" is 'family, friendship and love', but at the same time, there seems to be no such plot in the comics, and when it comes to the plot, its development is a bit curious, not to mention, it also involves a lot of bloody ingredients!" After the deputy editor-in-chief hung up the phone, he finally couldn't bear the baptism of the phone storm and began to complain to the editor-in-chief, "It's better to ...... than this."
&Do you propose to cut "Chilling Cicada" in half?" The editor-in-chief crossed his fingers, held his chin, and did not look at the deputy editor-in-chief, but stared at the comic manuscript on the table, with a solemn expression, "Speaking of which, you are all just looking at the recent serialized comics, right?
As mentioned before, a serial meeting, for a cartoonist, can be a life-and-death meeting! Every serial meeting, many editors who can't attend the meeting, in addition to looking at the editors who can attend the meeting with envy and jealousy, more often than not, are praying! For editors who already have serialized authors, they keep praying, hoping that the cartoonists and comics they are in charge of will try not to be nominated by the serialization conference, but for those editors who submit new comics, it is the opposite, they hope that the cartoonists in charge of them can make a splash with the new comics at the serialization conference!
After all, the level of comics submitted is uneven, some good and some bad! Sometimes serializing those comics, cutting those comics in half, can be decided quickly, and sometimes, it takes a long time! I remember that the most exaggerated record of the editorial department's serialization meeting lasted six hours!
“…… The above new serialization has been decided!" The editor-in-chief pushed his glasses, glanced at the editors present, and said lightly, "Then the next thing to discuss is the comic ...... that is ready to be cut in half."
& First ...... cough, "When the Cicadas Cried", the author of Phoenix Academy is fierce!" The deputy editor-in-chief looked at Yoshida, whose face was a little ugly, and deliberately raised his voice, "This comic has been ranked relatively low recently, and the content of the last few consecutive words has been ranked after the tenth, although this result is good compared to many cartoonists, but according to the level of the fierce teacher of Phoenix Academy, it shouldn't be only this degree!"
&The reason why the name is lower is because Ah Cheng is also serializing "Steel Refining" at the same time!" Yoshida immediately retorted, with a disdainful smile on his face, "And the deputy editor-in-chief, what you see is only the ranking of the reader's survey volume, and you don't see the specific number of votes, right? You must know that the recent votes of "Chilling Cicada" are constantly increasing!"
&The plot continues to develop like this.,The ranking keeps dropping.,Even the number of votes is useless!" The deputy editor-in-chief looked at Yoshida with some unhappiness, he felt that Yoshida has been getting more and more arrogant recently, and it's time to give him some color to see!"And Yoshida, pay attention to the tone of your voice! Don't think that you can be proud if you sign a genius cartoonist! Although Phoenix Academy's fierce "Steel Forge" is very exciting, it does not mean that every work of genius will be successful! The comic industry has always spoken with strength, and the achievements of geniuses cannot represent everything! Do you think that the Phoenix Courtyard is really the protagonist of comics, invincible and invincible? To be honest, although the idea of this work is good, the plot is a complete failure!"
& What the deputy editor-in-chief means is that the work "Chilling Cicada" ...... "Yoshida didn't finish his words, but the look on his face became a little gloomy!
&It can be asserted that this work can hold on to two words at most, and then it will inevitably be cut in half!" The deputy editor-in-chief showed a confident look on his face, but he seemed to notice that the colleagues around him were looking at him, and the atmosphere was a little wrong, so he hurriedly opened his mouth and began to remedy, "It's not that I doubt the true power of the Phoenix Courtyard, but I think it's a little unfair! You can take a look, among the cartoonists who are now serialized on "Juvenile Jumk", only the Phoenix Courtyard Fierce True is one person who serializes two at the same time, and I'm worried that he will be distracted! "Chilling Cicada", in fact, I hope that the fierce teacher of Phoenix Academy can draw "Steel Forge" well!"
>I think you're overthinking about this question, deputy editor!" Yoshida raised the corners of his mouth, and the smile on his face made the deputy editor-in-chief feel a little uneasy! Just when the deputy editor-in-chief was puzzled, Yoshida took out a stack of comic manuscripts and distributed them to many editors, "I want everyone to see this! I think after reading this, everyone will have more insights about "Chilling Cicada"! In fact, this is the real "When the Chilling Cicada Cries"!
At this time, he was still playing tricks! The deputy editor-in-chief scoffed at Yoshida's words, took the manga in Yoshida's hand, and began to look at it! As he read more content, the more solemn the look on his face became!
There are not many comic manuscripts in a stack, only the content of two words! But it is the content of these two words that makes many editors addicted to it! As editors of comic magazines, the most people they deal with every day are not cartoonists, but comics! Many editors are also quite researched about comics, and many comics can be inferred as long as they look at the beginning, but for "Chilling Cicada", as far as the "Mianliu Chapter" that has just ended is concerned, not to mention many readers, even these editors are confused!
&Yes...... That's how it ended!"
I didn't expect that!"
Everything before is just foreshadowing! The fierce teacher of the Phoenix Academy, it's really amazing!"
&Worthy of being the author of "DN"! This kind of plot construction ability...... Tut-tut, the content before is finally understood now! I thought that every article that was over was actually just a foreshadowing, and the fierce teacher of the Phoenix Academy seemed to be playing a big game of chess!"
"Mortal wisdom!" Seeing the many editors immersed in the manga, Yoshida showed a happy smile on his face, and without hesitation, he began to release the group taunting skill, "A little thing is surprised to be like this?
Although "......" was ridiculed by Yoshida, many editors had a feeling that they couldn't refute!
"Tian, is it really okay for you to say that?" The editor-in-chief looked at Yoshida beside him, and a faint smile appeared on his face, "Wasn't that the same for you before? Aren't you just as surprised when you see the content of these two words? And what you said just now wasn't exactly what Makoto Takahashi said to you?"
&This ......" Yoshida scratched his head in embarrassment, "I'm not as exaggerated as they are, am I?"
&Editor, since the result is like this, why did the fierce teachers of the Phoenix Academy draw it together?" The deputy editor-in-chief did not have the slightest sense of being slapped in the face, and grabbed the comic manuscript tightly with both hands, his face was full of fanatical looks, "This ending is really amazing! Now that I read this ending, I realize that I thought it was too simple before!"
The reason why the deputy editor-in-chief said this is because in order to cut "Chilling Cicada" in half, he did his homework before, serialized "Chilling Cicada" from the beginning to the current content, read and watched, and carefully scrutinized the unreasonable places in it, which may become a place of failure! But he never expected that after reading the content of these two sentences of the suspected ending, all the things he had prepared before were actually filled by Makoto Takahashi! I thought it was the existence of a failure loophole, but it was just a foreshadowing plot! This huge contrast made him amazed at the same time, but also had a trace of admiration for Makoto Takahashi!
As soon as the editor-in-chief opened his mouth, many editors nodded thoughtfully, and many people unconsciously said the next sentence, but the editor-in-chief said something different, "But the fun of the comics is not up to us to decide!
&It's going on like this......" Although the deputy editor-in-chief wanted to cut "Chilling Cicada" in half, but after reading the content given by Makoto Takahashi, he began to feel a trace of unwillingness, ""Chilling Cicada" will be cut in half!"
& No one has been able to persevere until that time, so I can only regret to say that the people of this world are really sad! If you make a wrong choice, you have to bear the wrong consequences, and the existence of being able to become one of the three miracles is not something that ordinary people can enjoy!" Yoshida suddenly said something serious, and everyone else in the editorial department looked at him strangely except for the editor-in-chief! Yoshida spread his hands helplessly, "Don't look at me like this, this is what Cheng said!" At that time, I also persuaded him to draw the solution together, and after he refused, he said so!"
> Saying such a thing, the Phoenix Courtyard is really confident!" The deputy editor-in-chief covered his forehead a little sadly, and pursed his lips a little unhappily, "But do this...... It's too capricious!"
>> It's too capricious!" Many editors nodded in agreement with this statement!
&Ahem, no one has any objection to the continuation of the serialization of "Chilling Cicada", the editor-in-chief coughed and shifted the topic to the serialization meeting, "So, the next thing to discuss is whether the work that is cut in half is ......"