"That, Fujimoto-san, even if you ask me to reprint it, I don't have the money right now." Qin Han said helplessly.

Because of the Tiger's Den to help contact, Qin Han changed a printing factory, and the cost was reduced from 480 yen to 450 yen. But even then, he didn't have the money to print.

That's the trouble with fandom.

Without the help of the publishing house, everything would be self-financed.

"You can rest assured that I will open a fast channel to let the finance department get your due share into the bank account as soon as possible." Shunsuke Fujimoto said.

The Tiger's Den is only responsible for sales, and must not be responsible for the printing and publishing business, which is the bottom line.

"Moreover, I have already given orders to the heads of the bookstores to do their best to recommend your work to customers. All you have to do is create with all your heart and soul and we'll take care of the rest! ”

"Then please." Qin Han was also very happy.

Although the tiger's den has to charge a share of sales, the profit margin is lower than setting up a stall in the same exhibition, but it is better to worry-free, and the number of sales is large.

Qin Han estimated that if he could sell 10,000 copies in the Tiger's Den, after deducting various expenses and income tax, he would earn about 4 million yen.

This money can be used to create a small game company, and all the C2 cadres of Kensuke Tanaka can be incorporated to make "Oriental Gensokyo Story".

In this way, when the game is released, I will earn a lot of money as a boss. And the fat man Tanaka became his own worker.

When you think about it, it's just beautiful.

After negotiating things with Shunsuke Fujimoto, Qin Han decided to celebrate with his manga artist friends in the evening.

I'm ready to eat Chinese food.

At night, Qin Han took a group of young cartoonists who had lent money to him at the beginning, took the Shinkansen to Yokohama's Chinatown, and chose a time-honored Chinese restaurant.

The consumption level here is relatively high, so these cartoonists who are still in the stage of bitter haha assistants are very excited.

However, in Qin Han's opinion, the roast duck shark fin and meat sold in this store are all improved Chinese food that fools crooked nuts, and there is no way to satisfy his authentic Chinese stomach.

"That's amazing, Qin Jun. By selling the same capital, he made millions of yen at once. And I, in order to buy a set of stereos, plan to participate in the Tezuka Prize. As a result, the original manuscript was changed again and again, and the editor was still not satisfied. Gui Zhenghe sighed.

Inoue Yuhiko shook his head and smiled: "Others participate in the Tezuka Prize, all in order to win, receive the blue eyes of the JUMP editorial department, and finally make their debut in serialization." It's good that you went for the bonus. ”

There are many rookie awards at JUMP.

In the past, Qin Han did not participate in the Tezuka Prize, but with the victory of the Golden Future Cup, he finally got the opportunity to be serialized. However, Tezuka's prize, named after the god of manga, Osamu Tezuka, has an extraordinary status among many young generation of manga artists.

Don't say anything else.

The Tezuka Prize is awarded 2 million yen, while the Golden Mirai Cup is only 1 million.

Moreover, the judges of the Tezuka Award include not only the JUMP editorial department, but also many great gods in the manga industry, including Osamu Tezuka and Akira Toriyama!

"I'm also going to participate in the Tezuka Prize, Ah Gui, you can only get one million from the selection, haha!" Inoue said proudly.

"You're going to participate, too?" Gui Zhenghe frowned, knowing that he had encountered a strong enemy. However, he immediately smiled and said, "Ah Xiong, I heard that there is a curse on the first name of Tezuka, are you really willing to take those two million?" Anyway, I just wanted to buy a stereo, and even if I got a third-class 'masterpiece', it would be 500,000 yen, which was enough. ”

For this guy who has no ambition, everyone at the table couldn't help but smile and shake their heads.

However, the "curse" in Gui Zhenghe's mouth does exist.

The first place of the Tezuka Award is called "Selected", the second place is called "Admission Selection", and the third place is "Masterpiece".

In line with the principle of selecting rather scarce than excessive, Tezuka Prize does not have a fixed number of winners. If the standard is not met, the judges would rather leave the "selected" vacant than hard-pull an article to make up the number.

The Tezuka Awards, which have been held twice a year for more than 30 years, have only produced eight selected works so far.

The difficulty can be imagined.

However, these award-winning cartoonists, almost without exception, quickly disappeared from the comic book industry and did not make any achievements.

This is the "curse" of Tezuka.

Actually, the reason is very simple.

Because the judges of the Tezuka Award prefer those works with more connotation, most of their authors are also literary and youthful. As a result, it will naturally be difficult to stand out on JUMP, which is completely commercialized.

"Don't worry, as long as the work is interesting enough, the so-called curse will naturally disappear." Qin Han said.

He remembers that in the other world, Inoue Yuhiko was the only one who broke Tezuka's "curse". He was selected for the Tezuka Prize, but he also found a balance between business and art, and was a great success.

Inoue God, worthy of his name!

A group of young manga artists who dream of making their commercial debut, are naturally extremely interested in Tezuka's appreciation. The discussion at the dinner table became more and more lively.

However, compared to the others who spoke one after another, Ken Obata seemed a little unfathomable.

He just smiled and ate silently, not participating in the discussion.

"Hey, Obata you're smiling so disgustingly, is there something good hidden in your heart?" Araki asked.

Araki loves rock and fashion, and is one of the trendiest young manga artists. After dropping out of university, he went to study at a technical school of art and design, and just after graduating, he came to Tokyo from Sendai and worked as an assistant for a short time.

He once took his sketches to his friends for evaluation, and Qin Han also saw them.

This guy always likes to make his characters pose in all kinds of strange poses, and he has already had the prototype of JOJO Li.

Ken Obata ate a bite of mapo tofu, and was so spicy that he drank two large glasses of water in a row, and then said slowly: "At the next serial meeting, my comic will be discussed, it is a funny comic, called "Handsome Grandpa G". ”

"What? Directly on the serial meeting, shouldn't newcomers first test the water in a monthly magazine or a separate book? ”

"Weekly Shonen Jump" is the magazine with the largest circulation in Jeondong Young, so it is certainly not an easy task to serialize it on it.

Magazine space is limited. If your serialization goes up, it means that someone else's comic will be cut in half.

After winning various newcomer awards, the newcomer has just entered the eyes of the editors. After that, it is often necessary to serialize short stories in JUMP's supplements, special volumes, monthly magazines, etc., and after gaining praise from readers, they will be serialized in a weekly magazine.

Of course, if you're a giant of Akira Toriyama's level, that's a different story.

Ken Obata usually doesn't talk much and likes to keep a low profile. But unexpectedly, he actually walked ahead.

The crowd congratulated him.