Chapter 11: This Is a Powerful Alliance (3)
"What are the editors' opinions?"
Miyahara Shizune asked Akizuki Daisuke while looking at the collapse of Akami Zuowei, who can make people keep pinching their teeth and gasping for air. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the quality of the painting is there, in any case, it is indeed the soul of chess.
"First of all, it's a question of painting......
Miyahara Shizu's reaction just now was indeed a bit strange, but after realizing that it was not anger or anger, it was nothing.
Daisuke Akizuki didn't have time to think about why Miyahara Shizune had such a reaction just now, but quickly responded, the first thing he had to say was painting.
"It's no problem to paint, let's talk about it secondly." Shizune Miyahara interrupted Editor-in-Chief Akizuki's next words.
"Huh?"
This confused Akizuki Daisuke.,The level of painting of this original manuscript.,How can it be called no problem?
"Considering the level of painting of the original author, there is no doubt that if the work can really start serializing, it will inevitably be replaced, so there is no problem with the painting." Miyahara explained.
In this sense, there is really no problem, if Yumi Hotta is only the original work, what can be the problem with the painting again?
It's just too much to the point.
"If that's the case, then there's really no problem......" Akizuki Daisuke sweated, and he didn't turn his mind for a while.
"Secondly, this work is about Go competition, after all, it is a niche theme, and the frequent games in the work are incomprehensible to the vast majority of readers who do not have a little basic knowledge of Go, and for this reason, we are worried that the work will be cold after serialization."
For this question, Miyahara Jing thought for a while, and then said, "Essentially, it doesn't matter if you draw Go, shogi or even backgammon, in terms of this chess soul, in essence, it is hot-blooded, and the point you are worried about is actually not a big problem." ”
Is it reasonable for Daisuke Akizuki and the editors to be worried? Of course, it makes sense, if there is no comparison with later generations, Miyahara Jing will not dare to insist that such a theme can become popular.
The so-called hot-blooded fan,In a sense,It's the same as the pursuit of cool online articles.,For the work of chess soul,Readers don't need to know Go.,Just see the cool points in the game.。
In one word, it is to make the reader perceive an energy called "unclear consciousness".
Some editors share this view, but I'm still a little worried...... If Jingjun also has this attitude, then it will probably be fine. ”
As an editor-in-chief, you have to think differently from ordinary editors, and they have to think about the suitability and role of a comic work for the whole magazine from a higher perspective.
Editors-in-chief are not only responsible for the sales of a particular comic work, but more importantly, they are responsible for the circulation of the entire magazine.
However, in the Hibiscus Society, even if the editor-in-chief has some concerns, once Miyahara Jing nods his head about something, there is no problem.
This is because, first of all, Miyahara Jing has the final say in the affairs of Hibiscus Society, and secondly, the older the employee, the more he will have a blind trust in the young president of Miyahara Shizu, because he has done a lot of things that seem amazing, and most of the Hibiscus Club can have today's scale is definitely due to him.
"Any other questions?" Miyahara asked.
"Huh? Without. ”
"If not, you can start informing Ms. Horita of this."
"Which thing?" Daisuke Akizuki was a little confused.
Miyahara took a deep breath, and then said clearly, "It's the fact that Ms. Yumi Hotta's work Chess Soul won the 4th Hibiscus Society Manga Award." ”
Daisuke Akizuki: "......"
"Jingjun, isn't it a bit hasty, considering that during the call for papers, we have more options." He tactfully explained.
You can decide on the big prize after a few glances, and to be honest, although the 10 million yen prize is important, it is not the most important, and this is secondary.
What's more important is another thing, for example, if the chess soul is directly on the serialization, the result is cold, and the popularity and sales are not satisfactory, it is easy for people to question the selection vision of the Hibiscus Society Manga Award.
"Sloppy?" Shizune Miyahara seemed to be muttering to himself, and he seemed to be asking rhetorically, but he immediately understood what Daisuke Akizuki was worried about.
"If we have an award for the original story, we can directly award the award to this work, after all, in reality, this should be the original case or the original work, or even as a storyboard, but this quality is difficult to use as the original comic manuscript." Qiu Yue continued.
"It's a pity that we don't have an award for the original story for the time being, and people are the ......ones who submitted it to the Hibiscus Society Manga Awards," said Shizune Miyahara, "Editor-in-Chief Akizuki, do you think this work will be successful if it really starts serializing?" Predict it. ”
As he spoke, he also reached out and clicked on the original manuscript of the chess soul.
He didn't dwell on the question of whether the original case or the original manuscript was a minutiae.
"If I could replace it with a standard original picture......
"This doesn't need to be if, we have ready-made original paintings." Miyahara said with a smile.
"Ready-made original paintings?" This time, Daisuke Akizuki finally reacted in time, "I understand, Shizukun said it's Ken Ohata, right?" ”
Looking at Miyahara's expression, he knew that he had guessed correctly.
"If this story is accompanied by Ken Ohata's paintings, I think it's probably ...... Can it work? ”
Daisuke Akizuki's tone was still a little uncertain, in fact, he still wanted to say that the possibility of success or failure was open to the reader.
But there was one more important thing he understood.
When your boss asks you to give your own biased judgment on a matter, the phrase "five or five" or "both sides are possible" is the most inappropriate.
Because that's the same as not saying it, it means that either you don't have the judgment or you don't have the courage to make a judgment.
No decision-maker likes such subordinates.
Miyahara Shizuki's attitude is relatively clear, so at this time, Akizuki Daisuke naturally made a judgment to move closer to the boss, anyway, even if there is a problem at that time, the mistake is not ......
Wait a minute, he's the one who has the blame for the problem, right?
Miyahara didn't have the heart to guess what Daisuke Akizuki was thinking at this time, what he wanted was the other party's attitude.
"Anyway, you can start to inform Ms. Hotta of this matter, and the rest of the process should be as soon as possible, and after having such a work, you can relax the work on the draft side."
Miyahara Jing asked the editor to pick out a work of great quality no matter what, but now that the work is available, isn't it easy for them?
According to the internal selection criteria of the Hibiscus Society, the works that can win the big award must have an average sales volume of one million, which is also the reason why Daisuke Akizuki can't make up his mind, but now it's okay, Miyahara Jing has helped him get a good idea.
Later, Ms. Hotta, who was far away in Aichi Prefecture, received the news in disbelief that her work had won the award.