Chapter 143: Lonely as Snow
Just when Meng Zhe learned that Datang Group and Tang Gexuan were in charge of "Yanjing Cartoon" on the third day, an editor of Tianjiao Club's "Animation Boy" magazine and two editors of "Animation Time" magazine submitted a letter of resignation at the same time.
Along with these three editors, there is also a middle-level cadre of Tianjiao Society...... The editor Xiao Zhao who is in charge of outreach.
And at the same time, there are two more cartoonists who have been cut in half, and they have not been able to draw cartoonists who have passed the review of new serials at the serialization meeting - Zheng Xusheng and Guangdong Eleven Tigers. As for how much of the short story serialized cartoonists were taken away, Meng Zhe is not very clear for the time being, but it is conservatively estimated that the short story writers who are connected with the two "Anime Time" editors should not be safe.
To be honest, although the outreach of Xiao Zhao's editor surprised Meng Zhe, Meng Zhe was really not very painful in this result, because none of the popular serialized cartoonists were bought.
There is no doubt that it was North Carolina under the control of Tang Gexuan who took these editors and cartoonists away.
This is not Meng Zhe's speculation, because Zheng Xusheng, who found Meng Zhe and said that he was leaving, revealed the matter in a very ashamed tone: "Little Meng boss, North Carolina said that he was willing to give me a price of 200 yuan per manuscript......"
Before Zheng Xusheng finished speaking, Meng Zhe, who had already jumped to the same height as Zheng Xusheng, reached out and patted Zheng Xusheng's shoulder and said, "It's okay, I can understand." β
Meng Zhe can really understand, because Zheng Xusheng is a little unsatisfactory on the side of Tianjiao Club, the comic story he drew at the earliest time was very weak, and it was easy to find the original work that was willing to provide him with the story, and because of the remuneration problem, the serialized comic "Robot Doesn't Cry" was cut in half, and then it was really a little sluggish.
Meng Zhe didn't help Zheng Xusheng contact other original authors, but it was always because of such and such things that the things he drew couldn't pass the serialization meeting of "Anime Boy".
Without the income of serialization, Zheng Xusheng can only rely on publishing one or two short comics in "Animation Time" every three or five times, going to Jiji Animation Studio to draw middle paintings, and maintain his life on the side of Tianjiao Club!
This kind of life can't be compared with Zheng Xusheng and him at about the same time as Chen Xiang of Tianjiao Society, and even Kerui and others who joined the ranks of serialized cartoonists in Tianjiao Club later.
When he first arrived at Tianjiao Club, even if he had to practice painting for a long time every day, even if Meng Zhe was killed again and again in the manuscript, Zheng Xusheng could maintain an optimistic attitude. But now it's not good, Zheng Xusheng's mentality has already quietly changed after he has experience in serialization, and he looks up and looks down at other serialized cartoonists making a lot of money, he really feels a lot of pressure, and sometimes he even wants to commit suicide in despair and pessimism...... At this time, someone was suddenly willing to offer a price of 200 yuan per manuscript, so that Zheng Xusheng, who was under great psychological pressure, went to "Yanjing Cartoon" to draw serialization, how could Zheng Xusheng not be moved?
But after all, I've been in Tianjiao Club for so long, and Zheng Xusheng still has some feelings for Tianjiao Club - if it weren't for the solicitation of "Anime Boy", I, Zheng Xusheng, would probably never have embarked on the road of a cartoonist! If it weren't for Meng Zhe's unreserved professor in comic skills and other aspects in the past two years, what I, Zheng Xusheng, would never have drawn like two people two years ago!
Therefore, Zheng Xusheng looked very guilty when he found Meng Zhe and said that he was going to leave Tianjiao Club to go to Yanjing Cartoon.
can continue to stay in Tianjiao Club, Zheng Xusheng feels that he has no chance to get ahead at all - yes, after more than two years of unremitting drawing, the cartoons he drew are already the same as two years ago, but others are also improving!
The current Tianjiao Society,Almost all the most talented cartoonists in China,Not to mention,And there are constantly talented newcomers,By publishing short comics in "Anime Time",Slowly moving towards the ranks of serialized cartoonists!
Such a cruel competitive environment made Zheng Xusheng unable to see the hope of getting serialized again, he ...... I can't hold on anymore.
Originally, Zheng Xusheng thought that when he said goodbye to Meng Zhe, Meng Zhe would scold him for being ungrateful even if he didn't get angry, but what Meng Zhe said was, "It's okay, I can understand." βγ
So Meng Zhe's words made Zheng Xusheng almost cry a little bit, if he could get the opportunity to be serialized on "Anime Boy", even if it was only fifty yuan per manuscript, he would never leave "Yanjing Cartoon"!
"It really doesn't matter." Meng Zhe patted Zheng Xusheng on the shoulder again, and then continued: "Da Zheng, your weakness is still the story, if you go to North Carolina and there is a bottleneck when designing the storyline, you're welcome - just call me!" β
Looking at Meng Zhe's sincere eyes, Zheng Xu twisted his head to the side violently, and then rubbed his red eyes vigorously with his right hand.
"Hmm!"
Zheng Xusheng, who turned his head again, his eyes were red like rabbits, and he nodded heavily.
And Meng Zhe smiled, and he opened his mouth and said again: "Come on, Da Zheng!" I'll be reading North Carolina comics in the future, and if you guys from our Tianjiao Club dare to draw something indiscriminate for the sake of manuscript fees, I will definitely not be polite to you! β
Meng Zhe really thinks so, although he is very unhappy with the new president of North Carolina, Tang Gexuan, but if North Carolina can grow into a competitor of Tianjiao Club, Meng Zhe will be very willing to be optimistic about its success - there is competition to have passion, isn't it?
If it has always been the dominant family of Tianjiao Society, Meng Zhe feels that he may lose the motivation to continue painting one day.
β¦β¦ After personally sending Zheng Xusheng and others away, Meng Zhe immediately convened some unstable editors and serialized cartoonists in Tianjiao Club to hold an internal meeting.
"I know that everyone has been talking about the fact that Beikara has left our Tianjiao Society for the past two days, and I feel that this kind of thing should be the plot of a novel rather than a reality, so I feel a little uncomfortable because of the departure of those people...... Right? β
When he said this, Meng Zhe looked around at the people sitting in the conference room, but no one answered this question.
So Meng Zhe smiled, he smiled and continued: "I'm different from everyone else, because I feel very excited, very excited now!" β
Meng Zhe's words made everyone, including the two big loli of the Jiang family, show puzzled expressions - excited? Just kidding, you've been poached so many people, you should be very angry as the boss, right?!
"Do you still remember "The Boy Who Painted the King"?"
Meng Zhe, who calmly faced everyone's sight, asked such a question again, and this time someone among the crowd finally answered 'remember'. The first to answer was Yan Kai, because the "Snow Coconut" he painted used to be the pillar of the painting king Shangguoman...... "Since everyone still remembers the king of painting, I think everyone should also know that before the start of the 5155 project, the king of painting used to be the biggest opponent of our anime boys!" No, to be exact, the king of painting used to be the object that our anime shonen magazine needed to catch up with, because when the sales of a single issue of the king of painting reached 800,000 copies, the sales of our anime shonen in a single issue were only half of the king of paintings. β
After a pause, Meng Zhe continued: "But at that time, every time the single-issue sales data of the anime boy and the painting king gradually approached, I would be very excited! It's a pity that I didn't wait for me to enjoy the excitement of surpassing the single issue of the painting king, and the painting king was ordered to stop publishing because of suspected piracy of this comic! Maybe you don't know, after the king of painting ceased publication, I...... I never paid attention to the single-issue sales data of anime boys anymore. β
When he said this, Meng Zhe looked around at everyone again, and then shook his head slightly: "Why? Because of the invincible life, lonely as snow. β
Meng Zhe's sentence was as lonely as snow, which made Jiang Xiyao, who was sitting next to Jiang Weirui, her eyes suddenly become shining-ahhhhhhh So handsome! Meng Jiji is so handsome now!
It's a pity that Meng Zhe didn't notice his sister-in-law's expression, he continued after taking a deep breath: "But now, I finally have a ** to pay attention to sales data." Of course, what I want to see this time is that our various sales figures are overwhelming them across the board...... Everyone's answer to me, do you have faith?! Do you have the confidence to use data to prove that we are the best comic magazines and cartoonists in China?!! β
When it came to the two questions, Meng Zhe raised the voice to the highest.
"Fackβthere is! This must have! Zhang Cheng was the first to react and blurted out: "Sure enough, there is a competitor who is more interesting!! β
"Yes, yes! Of course I have confidence! Jiang Xiyao's little fist was clenched, and her little face was flushed.
Although Meng Zhe didn't let people be trusted, driven by these two free trusts who brought their own dry food, the emotions of other people were quickly stirred up - sure enough, this matter is really the same as what Xiao Meng's boss said, and it is not a bad thing to have an opponent appear.
I heard that the Datang Group smashed five million in North Carolina, if our Tianjiao Club can continue to trample them under their feet, how happy it would be?
In this way, the Tianjiao Society, which was originally unstable, changed its thinking and showed an atmosphere of common hatred and hatred under the leadership of Meng Zhe.
And Meng Zhe duly came up with several new reward terms after contacting Kong Lan on the phone-these involve both cartoonists and editors, which made the atmosphere in the venue even more enthusiastic.
By the time the meeting ended, Meng Zhe had successfully achieved his original purpose.
When sending the Jiang family's two big loli home, Meng Zhe, who was in a good mood, secretly pinched Jiang Xiyao's still red cheeks, and then he was chased and killed by his thunderous sister-in-law...... "Soul is light!" Meng Jiji, you big soul is weak! Every time I pinch someone's face, I hate you the most! β
Jiang Xiyao, who was pouting, couldn't catch up with Meng Zhe when she chased her to the door, so the girl was panting for breath, and glared at Meng Zhe fiercely and said, her small appearance made Meng Zhe stretch out her claws again...... "Ahββ! Dislike! pinched people's faces again!! β
(To be continued)