Chapter Ninety-One: Nobuyuki Fukumoto
"Of course you can, but if you want to get serialized, you need your own efforts, and the quality can't be worse than this one! Also, the serialization is different from participating in those newcomer awards, and the length cannot be too short. β
"I know, then when I go back, I must think about it well, and strive to write a better comic than this one, and then I will go to Tianxia Club to find Zhao Chenjun!"
Gui Zhenghe was very excited, with his current status, he didn't care that Tianxia Society had just been founded, as long as he could serialize, then the money and status he obtained were naturally far from being comparable to participating in some newcomer awards, even if it was Shueisha's Tezuka Award, because only if he got serialized would he be a real manga artist! When the time comes, Gui Zhenghe believes that he has enough money to buy his own audio, and at the same time, he can reduce the burden on his family.
"Well, wait for your good news! If you have any problems with the comics, you can go directly to Tianxia Society, where there are experienced editors, and if you don't think it works, you can also come to me directly! β
Zhao Chen attaches great importance to Gui Zhenghe, not only Gui Zhenghe's future status in the comics industry, but also because his comic company in the island country is in a vacuum and lacks too many talents!
"I will!"
After the two said goodbye, Li Yuncong, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly asked, "Master Zhao Chen, is he really good?" His painting is several notches worse than yours! β
Li Yuncong usually reads Zhao Chen's comics, and that's why he didn't hesitate to take over the work of this guide at that time.
"You don't understand! Painters can be trained slowly, but the most important thing for a cartoonist is to have his own style, he has found his own way! As long as we continue to work hard in the future, no one can say for sure what we will achieve in the future. Alright, let's go back! Maybe there are already cartoonists who have already submitted in the past. β
Zhao Chen said this in his mouth, but he knew in his heart that in addition to those comic lovers who didn't know the 'history' of Tianxia Society, they were those cartoonists who hit the streets, and it was undoubtedly difficult to find comics that could be successfully serialized from them. But as long as the number of cartoonists who come to submit is enough, then there will always be some suitable ones who can stay, so as to drive the normal operation of Tianxia Society.
After Zhao Chen and the others returned to Tianxia Club, the editors in charge who were dug up from other comic clubs put the submitted works they received in front of Zhao Chen, and the combined height was an exaggerated half a meter high.
"How can there be so many?" Zhao Chen was dumbfounded, according to the proportion, in the past few days, at least dozens of cartoonists or comic lovers have come to contribute, which is sparse and ordinary for those comic companies with some history, but Tianxia Society has only been established for a short time, which is not at all in line with common sense.
One of the editors in charge immediately replied: "President Zhao Chen, in order to complete the task you assigned, we have to use our own connections to let the cartoonists we were in charge of before submit!" In addition, there are some drawings of cartoonists and manga lovers in the streets, and we dare not make decisions! β
"Oh, you're doing a good job! By the way, you should have all seen these sketches, and you think they meet the serialization standards! β
The editor-in-charge nodded, took a few drawings directly from the top of the drawing, and placed them on the other side.
"We think these five manga can be serialized, but we don't think these five have the potential to become big hits!"
"That's not bad, at least find a few more cartoonists to barely produce a comic weekly, and then the comic club and publishing house will be able to really operate. Alright, you all go back to work and get as many sketches as you can! β
"Yes, President!"
When these editors left the president's office, Zhao Chen picked up the five comics that the editors thought could be serialized and read them quietly.
"Hey, Nobuyuki Fukumoto, this name feels so familiar! By the way, isn't this the cartoonist who became famous for gambling comics, I didn't expect to come here to post, but Nobuyuki Fukumoto is a well-known cartoonist in the future, and it seems that his luck is good, and he may have caught a big fish. β
Zhao Chen said secretly in his heart, and carefully looked at Nobuyuki Fukumoto's comics, this "Please take care of me!" "Innocent General" is a comic with relatively ordinary artwork, plot, and highlights, and there are not many shining points, but it is enough to be serialized.
After reading these five comics, Zhao Chen's eyes of these editors are not bad, at least these five comics can indeed meet the standard of serialization.
Then, in the spirit of looking for the future god, Zhao Chen set his eyes on the pile of comic manuscripts that were nearly half a meter high.
Most of the original drawings of these comics are crude, and there are no bright spots, and it is no wonder that the editors in charge did not choose them. Compared with the previous five comics, it is undoubtedly one or two notches worse in terms of quality.
Zhao Chen's hand flipped quickly, his brows furrowed slightly, for him, these 'garbage comics' were simply a kind of torture. But for the purpose of the big waves, he still kept flipping, hoping to find a certain great god in the future.
"Hey, Tetsuo Hara, isn't this the manga artist who created "Fist of the Big Dipper"! I didn't expect to come to Tianxia Club to contribute! β
Tetsuo Hara's sketch is "Modern Life", the sketch of this comic is very thick, because of Tetsuo Hara's relationship, Zhao Chen read it carefully, and only after he finished reading it did he see that the comic had been finished.
The manga "Modern Life" is based on a short story and was created by Tetsuo Hara when he was in high school, in which the drawing work is quite rough for Zhao Chen. Since Tetsuo Hara is still just a manga enthusiast, the quality of his work can be imagined.
If you look at the trajectory of the future, Tetsuo Hara has graduated from high school, and while working as an assistant under Takahashi Yoshihiro to earn money and study, he is also studying in Kazuo Koike's manga class.
"Although Tetsuo Hara's strength at this time is not as strong as that of the cartoonist Cheng DΓΉ, it won't take long! As long as he becomes a contracted cartoonist of the Tianxia Society, he can learn better, and he will definitely be a member of the Tianxia Society in the future! β
Zhao Chen quickly made a decision in his heart, Tetsuo Hara is a big fish, as long as he succeeds in making him a signed cartoonist, then it can be said that it will be quite important to Tianxia Society in the future. And the price paid is only some manpower and financial resources, and these Zhao Chen still came out.
It took a few hours for Zhao Chen to finish reading all the other 'garbage comics', but unfortunately he couldn't find a big fish like Tetsuo Hara.
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Tetsuo Hara's problem can be said to be progressing quite smoothly, and Tetsuo Hara himself didn't expect to get such benefits just by casually submitting it, so naturally he agreed to become a contracted cartoonist of Tianxia Society without much thought.
The price paid by Tianxia Society was just some training fees and better teaching Tetsuo Hara, which also made Tetsuo Hara begin to have a sense of belonging to Tianxia Society.
As for Nobuyuki Fukumoto's side, he encountered a problem, after all, Nobuyuki Fukumoto has been an assistant for nearly two years, and he knows the situation of Tianxia Society better. Today's Tianxia Society is just a newly founded comic book club, and it doesn't have any fame, so how can Nobuyuki Fukumoto put the treasure on the Tianxia Society. is to refuse to become a contracted cartoonist of the World Society, even if the benefits given to him by the World Society make him a little moved.
Fortunately, although Nobuyuki Fukumoto did not become a signed manga artist of Tianxia Society, he was willing to make his debut work "Please take care of me!" "Innocent General" was handed over to the World Society to be serialized.
It's just that there are some problems here, mainly because Nobuyuki Fukumoto's creativity is not fast at this time, and the director zhì can't complete the task of the weekly magazine with his personal ability. For the sake of Nobuyuki Fukumoto, Zhao Chen had no choice but to start recruiting assistants for cartoonists, intending to recruit assistants for Nobuyuki Fukumoto and himself to reduce the workload.
The role of an assistant is not small, it can greatly reduce the work of cartoonists, and excellent assistants can give cartoonists some suggestions and insights.
In order for the comic club to gain a foothold in the island country, it not only needs enough cartoonists, but also a large number of excellent assistants. Manga giants like Shueisha have their own group of assistants, and what type and style of assistants they want, these manga giants can easily find and give great help to the manga artist himself.
In order to recruit high-quality assistants, Zhao Chen directly asked Tianxia Society to hold an assistant competition, so as to select high-quality assistants to increase the foundation of Tianxia Society. You must know that a good assistant may become a real cartoonist, and many comic masters also start as assistants.
If you're lucky enough, you might be able to find a future well-known manga artist or comic master in this assistant contest, and the future of the comic club will be just around the corner.
In order to make this assistant contest cause a sensation, Zhao Chen directly set the top three rewards as 1oo million yen, 5o million yen and 3o million yen, and if the assistant who won the ranking wants to submit his own comics, even if the quality is slightly worse, Zhao Chen will agree to serialize, and then make a decision based on the results of serialization.
In order to hold a comic assistant contest and recruit enough assistants to participate, Zhao Chen once again used money to launch the news in several newspapers in Tokyo, so as to attract a large number of assistants or manga lovers, and in this way, the manga club became famous.
The advertisement will last for a few days, and even then it will cost Zhao Chen millions of yen, but the effect is undoubtedly not bad, at least the assistant contest will soon become well-known in the manga industry, and many assistants are eager to try, after all, the top three rewards are a lot of money for them. And you can also use this to make a name for yourself, and you may improve your level in healthy competition with a large number of competitors, so why not.
It is precisely because of this that the manga assistant contest is becoming more and more widely known, and the island nation is after all the world's largest manga market, with a large number of manga fans, and therefore a large number of manga lovers. The comic assistant contest was even better than Zhao Chen imagined, and initially started the reputation of the comic club, which is a typical case of spending money to buy fame.
The assistant contest was held on Sundays, which are basically holidays, so that more people can participate.
As for the venue, it was the famous red brick square in Chiyoda Ward, and Zhao Chen only rented a small part of the red brick square for one day, but this alone cost millions of yen.
Although the price is very expensive, it can bring a comfortable environment and a spacious area, after all, it is impossible to accommodate so many contestants in the office space rented by Tianxia Society, let alone more comic lovers who come to watch.
The afternoon before that, when the registration deadline for the assistant contest was closed, the staff handed Zhao Chen a long list with a list of names on it.
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