Chapter 52: A Serial Meeting Suspected of Playing Soy Sauce
The serialization meeting is a high-level meeting of "Shonen Jumk" magazine to decide whether or not to serialize the manga! Every serialization meeting will decide the fate of some manga and cartoonists! For new cartoonists, whether they can start a new serialization through the serialization meeting is the most critical step, but for the cartoonists who have signed a serialization meeting, the serialization meeting is more touching, because any comic work nominated at the serialization conference means that they have reached the moment of dying, and after the serialization meeting, it is very likely to be cut in half!
>I'll ...... this serialized meeting."
Yoshida didn't bother to listen at all, but clutched the three works in his hand tightly, and his face was very unnatural! For editors, discovering an excellent manga artist is a happy thing! But Yoshida is not happy at all, and Hiramaru-kun is better, as long as he is given the appropriate bait, he can stick to drawing manga well!
However, Makoto Takahashi ...... That guy from Form 2...... Yoshida started to have a headache when he thought of Makoto Takahashi! Makoto Takahashi was just a little ghost in the second year of middle school before, although sometimes he always did something unexpected, but at least it was still acceptable!
But now it's completely different! Yoshida looked at the sketch at the bottom and felt extremely irritated! What is the matter with this kind of dark work? How deeply does that little ghost have a grudge against the world that he painted such a work that could harm society!
& The results of the previous event have been submitted!" The editor-in-chief crossed his hands, held his chin, and said slowly, "Originally, according to the previous regulations, the top three people who won the top three would have the opportunity to enter the serialization meeting to discuss whether they could be qualified for serialization......! There is one of the works, but there are some problems! The specific situation will be explained by the manga artist's editor, Yoshida!"
&cough!" Yoshida came back to his senses, coughed, and stood up, "As the editor in charge, I'm sorry for this kind of thing! Afterwards, I also communicated with the teacher of Phoenix Academy, that is, Makoto Takahashi, and he himself had no intention of continuing to draw, so the editor-in-chief, as agreed before, will exclude this work from the serialization meeting!"
Listening to Yoshida say this, Aita, who was in charge of "HideOutdoor", showed joy on his face! Because according to the votes of the previous works, the manga he was responsible for, "HideOutdoor", was ranked fourth, and since the third place was excluded, then that said, the work that was originally ranked fourth might have a chance to be serialized this time?
&......" Yoshida looked at the happy Aida, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, "Makoto Takahashi has given two more comics here, and there is a newcomer on my side, a total of three works! I've read them all, but there are some problems......"
&Personal, three comics?
The editor-in-chief and the rest of the meeting were a little surprised, and Aita's face turned pale in an instant! Aita knew very well that if a rookie manga artist and a manga artist in the serialization collided at a serialization meeting, generally speaking, the rookie manga artist would suffer! Just now, Aida was expecting "HideOutdoor" to enter the serialization through the serialization meeting, but after hearing Yoshida's words again, he was speechless!
&Draw, as long as it's interesting!" The editor-in-chief still looked at Yoshida with a cold face, "Do you have anything else to add?"
>I have one more thing to say!" Yoshida took out the bottom work and distributed it to the people present, his face extremely serious, "I don't want this work to be able to enter the series through the serialization meeting! Don't look at me with that strange eye, I'm very serious...... Alas, forget it, it's useless to explain this, you guys can see for yourselves!"
Hearing Yoshida say this, everyone was a little curious! As an editor, I didn't want to be in charge of serializing a manga artist's work, which was really strange! Not enough of this strange thought, after many editors saw the new work, all disappeared!
>> It's nonsense!" the deputy editor's face was very ugly, "This kind of work must not be published! This kind of completely contradicts ...... No, it should be a work that is completely opposite to the three main themes of "Shonen Jumk", and it should not be submitted to the serialization meeting at all!"
"The editor-in-chief was silent for a moment, his face was a little ugly, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, "Generally speaking, manga can reflect the author's current thoughts, and Makoto Takahashi actually drew such a manga...... Such a work, although it cannot directly prove that there is something wrong with Makoto Takahashi's mentality...... But I think it's time for you to take Makoto Takahashi to the doctor! I'm starting to worry that something bad will happen in the future......"
"Doctor? I see, editor-in-chief!" Yoshida pulled out another manga by Makoto Takahashi, "This is another manga drawn by Makoto Takahashi! This manga is more in line with the style of "Shonen Jumk", but I'm a little worried...... That secondary two disease......"
The editor-in-chief regained his composure, looked at Yoshida, who was a little embarrassed and uneasy, and said, "Yoshida, although there are times when it is not wrong to do things according to the contract, don't forget your responsibility as an editor! We are not only responsible for readers, but also for manga artists!"
"The existence of the pseudo-science of alchemy, it sounds a little boring!" Aida looked at the name of the manga and secretly slandered in his heart, "This kind of manga Yoshida actually thinks that it is more in line with the style of the magazine, so how are alchemists going to fight each other? Could it be that he is holding various test tubes filled with chemical agents and throwing them at the enemy?"
But "Fullmetal Alchemist" is not as boring as Aida's brain makes up!
"The Alchemist" tells the story of Edward and his younger brother Al, because they miss their mother who died when they were young, and in order to see their deceased mother again, they violate the biggest taboo of alchemy--let the resurrected human body of the dead be alchemized! In order to save his brother, Ed sacrificed his right arm to fix his brother's soul to a pair of armor, and Edward's lost right arm and left leg were replaced by steel prosthetic limbs called mechanical armor......
The comic manuscript submitted by Makoto Takahashi,There are only three words of content.,Can't fully express the whole story.,But just the content of the first three words.,It's already attracted the attention of everyone in the editorial department.,The whole serial meeting.,There was no sound of discussion.,It's completely become a trial reading meeting for comics!
&It's just a matter of three words, but it involves knowledge of science, religion, and so on!The way of fighting between alchemists is even more exaggerated than I imagined!Using all the objects that can be used, decomposing and refining, this way of fighting...... Wonderful, really wonderful!" the deputy editor-in-chief seemed to be unable to help boasting, and suddenly felt that there was some quiet around him, and when he looked up, he found that everyone was looking at him, and he couldn't help coughing embarrassedly, and asked Yoshida, "Ahem...... Yoshida, there's nothing wrong with serializing such a comic, but what are you worried about if you didn't take it out before?"
>> It's because there's no problem with this comic and it can be serialized, so I'm worried!" Yoshida felt everyone's puzzled eyes, and began to vent his bitterness to the people in the editorial department, "You don't know about that middle school disease at all, he never plays cards according to common sense! Just like before, the first manga I showed you, Makoto Takahashi at the time, but I swore to me that this was a very warm and healing comic, and after reading the comic, how did you feel? Anyway, after I watched it, I completely understood despair and darkness!"
"Hashikoto?...... is really as as you say" A few editors on the side were a little puzzled, "When I came to the editorial department before, I felt that he was just a very enthusiastic and courageous high school student!"
&......" Yoshida was no longer able to complain, as if he had been played, he could only laugh awkwardly!
Seeing that everyone seemed to be a little off topic, the editor-in-chief hurriedly coughed, "So for Fullmetal Alchemist, everyone's opinion is...... Can I be placed on the serial standlist?"
&It's the editor-in-chief, if you count "Fullmetal Alchemist"......" The deputy editor-in-chief was a little anxious, "According to the previous convention, there can only be three new serialized manga that starts every month, and if it is considered to count the top three in the event......"
As soon as the deputy editor-in-chief said this, the scene suddenly became a little depressed! There is already a comic on the waiting list, which means that the next competition will be fierce, and there will be many comics that will lose the selection! But every comic that can enter the serialization meeting is very good, and it would be a pity to give up casually! Thinking of this, the eyes of the editors began to reveal hostility towards each other!
& I'll talk about that later!" The editor-in-chief made a final decision, "It's a fact that comics can be serialized if they are interesting! So let's ignore the number of comics and tell us the reasons why you want to serialize them! As editors, we should take the works that the authors have worked so hard to draw very seriously!"
>> Let's start with me!" Aida stood up first and took out the manga that was ready to be recommended for serialization, "The manga I recommend is a combination of two people, "HideOutdoor" completed by Cang Shuhong and Nakai......!
The whole serialization meeting has finally begun to enter a normal mode! Some comics that are being serialized, because the reader's survey ranking has slipped a lot, and the popularity has dropped very quickly, has been announced to be cut in half at the meeting! In the whole process of the conference, a total of three works have been announced to be cut in half! For the comics that have the opportunity to become new serializations, there are five in total, and they have all been included in the waiting list!
In the following time, everyone in the editorial department began to argue violently about which three works could become new serialized comics! Colleagues who usually seem to be amiable began to fight fiercely in this meeting! For the five comics that entered the waiting list, the five editors in charge were all arguing on the basis of reason, and refused to back down at all!
>> After discussion, it was decided that the manga that could be serialized was......" The editor-in-chief looked at the manga manuscript on the table and pushed his glasses...... That's all three!"