Jiying Club building, in the interview room.

Hattori sat across from the two: "Hello, Takeda-kun.....?" Right? ”

Seeing that the young man on the other side nodded, he introduced himself: "I am Hattori of JUNK Weekly, please advise." ”

"I'm Asahi Takeda." "I'm Nami Fukada." The two bowed slightly and politely introduced themselves: "Please advise." ”

"Then I'm not polite, did you bring the original manuscript?" Hattori was straightforward.

"Mm-hmm, yes, please help us take a look." Nami hurriedly handed over the bag of manuscripts that were about to sweat in her hand.

"Oh? It was the girl who handed it over, could it be that the boy accompanied it? But it was the boy who called yesterday. Hattori took the file bag and thought to himself.

Wu Sheng saw that he was puzzled, and explained: "This is the one I wrote the storyboard and she painted, the same creative mode as Teacher Yacheng Mu Mengye." ”

"Oh, you know them......" Hattori suddenly realized.

"I know, we also watched their works, and we just thought that such a model could be achieved, so we created them together." Wu Sheng said.

Hattori nodded clearly, with the exploration of predecessors, is there an imitation of future generations? Then he pulled out a thick pile of manuscripts, and Hattori was also an old editor, and as soon as he got started, he estimated that there were 40 or 50 pages.

He stopped talking, straightened the manuscript on the table, and began to look.

Takekatsu recognized the editor named Hattori, and the worry in his heart suddenly dissipated, and he and Nami were lucky.

Hattori can be said to be a very conscientious editor in "Dream Eater", as the guide that the protagonist duo met when they debuted, he is not only experienced and has his own persistence, but also very considerate of the manga author.

Compared to Takekatsu's relaxation, Nami was nervous as she clenched her fists under the table and stared at Hattori with wide eyes, hoping to see some of the information she wanted from his expression.

Wu Sheng looked at her like this, and couldn't help patting his head, turned sideways and gently bumped her, and signaled her to relax with his eyes.

"How relaxing is this! He's super fast! There are so many dialogues in this story, it's impossible to read it so quickly! Watching Hattori quickly look over one after another, Nami roared in her heart and glared at Takekatsu.

"Forehead......" Wu Sheng, who suffered in vain, knew that she was really nervous, so he didn't care about her anymore, he not only had confidence in this work, but also in Nami's painting.

The girl's delicate but not soft painting style is very good at painting the eyes of the characters, so that the texture of the whole work is completely different from the original, and the emotions of the characters are more vividly displayed.

After 7 or 8 minutes, Hattori quickly flipped through the entire manuscript, then looked at the two of them with a look of surprise and said, "Excuse me, wait a minute, let me read it again." ”

While he was looking at it again and again, he shouted frantically in his heart: "Genius! Talented! Absolute genius! Even the genius who can surpass the Yacheng wood dream leaf! ”

He saw the shadow of Yacheng Mu Mengye from this story, but the story is more mature, the structure is more refined, and it has a more shonen manga style!

He looked at Nami with a nervous face quietly, "I didn't expect such a painting to be drawn by such a beautiful girl." ”

looked at Wu Sheng who was bored and playing with his fingers, "The author of this story is very calm, is he full of confidence in his work?" ”

Hattori's second round was watched carefully and slowly, and Takekatsu was certainly bored. Although he really wants to play with his mobile phone, it is very rude to play at this time, and it is estimated that as soon as he takes out his mobile phone, he is hammered to the ground by a nervous Nami set of traditional arts.

After almost 20 minutes of silence, Hattori said in the protagonist Tsuki, "I will become the god of the new world!" And another character who appears on the last page is in a trance.

He rearranged the manuscript and put it on the table, holding back his excitement, "Yes, yes, very good." "Three in a row, layered on top of each other.

"Uh-huh, let's talk about this next." He patted the original, "It's going to take a long time, do you want to drink something?" ”

"Well, pure water will do." Wu Sheng said, and Nami nodded as well.

Hattori went out and asked the young lady at the front desk to pour 2 glasses of water, and he took a cup of coffee and drank it himself.

He took a sip and asked directly: "I think there seems to be a follow-up to this story, have you made it?" ”

"There are follow-up stories, but they are all storyboards, and they haven't been made into original paintings yet." Wu Sheng took out 2 large picture books from his backpack behind his back. Above is the storyboard he reworked at Nami's request, and he has learned a little bit of manga basics in the past two weeks, and this draft is much more professional than the original one in his own notebook.

Although it was still rough compared to the original painting, he thought as he handed it over.

"I'VE WRITTEN 10 CHAPTERS OF THE STORY NOW, AS JUNK'S 20-PAGE CONVENTION." In fact, he has almost written 30 words, but there is no need to take it out.

“！！！” Hattori's small eyes widened instantly.

"I've already written 10 words?" He asked in a surprised tone.

"Yes, after all, just one sentence is not enough to show the story, and it takes too much time to draw all the original paintings, we hope to reduce the loss of meaninglessness, after all, the 50-page original painting can already show Nami, well, Fukada-san's level of painting." Wu Sheng explained.

"Well, it's not unreasonable to think about it like that." Hattori had already taken the storyboard and looked, "But we actually recommend not drawing so many storyboards."

Because the comic is not just a novel, it is serialized, we will give the author some professional advice, and there will be feedback from readers every week.

If you suddenly want to change something later, everything you did before will be invalidated. Hattori said sincerely, "I'll look at the rest of the storyboard when we're done talking, so let's talk about the current original sketch first." ”

"Okay, I understand." Wu Sheng nodded.

"Your comics, in terms of storytelling and fun, I think they're already excellent." Hattori said, "But, Fukada-san, right? ”

He looked at Nami, "Your painting is very good, but it still seems to have some shadows of art sketches in it?" There are a lot of lines, and the distinction between the characters and the background is a little blurred, so you need to change the difference as much as possible to reduce this feeling. ”

"Good..... Good! Nami quickly replied.

"Fukada's contact with comic creation has been less than a month, and it has only been less than two weeks with a Jiaoshui pen, and this original painting was made in about 16 days to catch up with the schedule, which is indeed a bit rushed." Wu Sheng helped explain the details of the birth of this manuscript.

"A month? Two weeks?! "Hattori was shocked, are you kidding? He hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?" These 50 pages were drawn by you in two weeks?! ”

"Yes, I read on the Internet that if a high school student submits a manuscript that wants to be serialized, the editor will reject it on the grounds that the student doesn't have so much time, so we tried to see if we could adapt to the rhythm of the weekly."

"You're thinking about it very well, and you really think about it that way. We recommend that high school students prioritize their academics. Hattori said.

"Mm-hmm, but one of us is in charge of the story and the other is in charge of the drawing, so the burden is much lighter than that of ordinary manga artists, so we can serialize it without affecting our studies. And it turns out that we can handle the workload. Wu Sheng pointed to the 50-page original painting.

Then he pointed to himself and Nami: "She's the first in her grade, and I'm probably in the top 10." ”

Hattori suddenly realized that he was not talking to an old manga artist, but to a fledgling novice, so he asked loudly, "Wait, do you want to be serialized as soon as you debut?" ”

"Yes." Nami and Takekatsu said in unison.

"Hmm......" Hattori groaned, his mind racing, "Judging from this original sketch and their entry time, these two still have a lot of potential. But after all, it's a collaboration between men and women, and it's still a 16-year-old high school student, so it's hard to say if something unspeakable will happen in the future, and then they broke up. ”

"I would like to ask, what is your relationship?" Hattori asked cautiously, this must be asked, if the other party is a couple or has feelings when answering, then it should be carefully considered.

"Partner, huh?" Wu Sheng turned his head to look at Nami and said.

"Well, partners in life and death." Nami said with a full sense of energy.

"Oh oh..."Hattori didn't quite understand the meaning of "life and death", but it didn't prevent him from feeling that the relationship between the two was not what he thought.

In this way, he can also feel a little relieved, and said to the two: "Well, you guys are very lucky, this week is the serial meeting of this quarter." ”

"Hah!" Takekatsu and Nami grinned in surprise.

Hattori raised his hand and pressed it to calm them down: "I approve of your original art, but as you think, it's not enough to be serialized, so you'll have to wait until I finish reading these storyboards before giving you an answer." ”

"I'll watch it here, you can go to the sofa in the lobby for a short rest first, otherwise I won't be able to concentrate on reading the manuscript while I sit." Hattori stood up and gestured to the couch outside.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you." Takekatsu nodded politely and went out with Nami.

"Wowha, I'll just say it's going to be fine!" Nami slapped Takekatsu's back and cheered softly and excitedly.

"Yes, yes, yes." Wu Sheng said perfunctorily, and he also felt lucky, "It's strange, haven't I really changed to a spearman yet?" Oh, I see, my real profession is a general! Elig is the Grand Duke's Grand Commander, and Ma Chao is also a general! Hahahaha! ”

This thing doesn't have a little bit of pressure in his heart.,Don't think about how lucky Nami is next to her.。

But said that the Hattori in the reception was shocked by Wu Sheng's storyboard, and the more he looked at it, the bigger his mouth opened, whether it was to get the identities of the agents and solve them all, or to explore each other's identities in the volley duel with L, it was very interesting.

"There's creativity, there's depth, there's thinking, there's reasoning, there's duel, and there's the belief that each fights for its own justice. I can't see that this is something that a high school student can write at all, no, Takagi, who is in charge of the story in Yajogi Yumeha, can also write it, but it will take a few more years to grow up to this level.

And what to say about this storyboard, it's quite mature, and it's very useless to press such a complex story to 20 pages in one sentence. It's as if the editor in charge has read it and given his opinion! ”

Generally, newcomers basically want to draw as many pages as possible for the sake of manuscript fees. But the storyboards of these nine chapters are basically quite restrained to tell the story of one word in pages 18-24.

"Awesome!" After reading the last plot of the tenth episode in the end, L was about to be revealed, but it came to an abrupt end, which made him itch.

He put down the storyboard with a blank face, picked up the coffee that had cooled down on the table, and drank it in one gulp. Then I made up my mind that this serial meeting must push this work up!

He made up his mind, got up and went out to beckon the two of them in.

Hattori looked at Wu Sheng with a calm expression with a complicated expression: "Takeda-kun, your story is really powerful, too sophisticated, I don't have any suggestions to mention for a while after reading it, this is a complete story." Have you been mentored by any elders? ”

"No, I usually like to read comics." Wu Sheng, who successfully took the first step in copying, naturally couldn't say anything else.

"That's genius." Hattori, who doesn't know the truth, is impressed.

"yes, when I saw the duel with L later, I was surprised how he came up with it!" Nami, who received the positive feedback, was relieved and responded to Hattori's words, but said what they weren't going to say before.

"Is it a showdown with L?" Hattori nodded first, and then reacted, in the first 10 words, they seem to be just fighting in the air, right?

"Really?" Hattori looked at the two of them in surprise, and then Nami realized that she had leaked her mouth, stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, looked at Wu Sheng, and motioned to her brother to help deal with it, I can't handle this.

"Ah, actually, I also drew some storyboard ......" Wu Sheng looked at her speechlessly, drawing too many storyboards is good and bad for newcomers, but he mainly doesn't want to do it so much, and the serial only came out with a word, did you write the story to the end? What's the situation? Why don't you write novels?

The problem is that he has never read Japanese novels in his previous life, Japanese grammar, word choice and sentence formation, and some of the colloquialisms he has learned are all half-understood, and his Japanese classes are just barely 80 points and rely on rote memorization to make a foolish life.

For example, just like Chinese writing does not use idioms, no afterwords, and no allusions, how to look strange?

The comics are created out of thin air, and they are all dialogues, and he remembers the content, so there is no problem at all.

"How many words?" Hattori then asked.

"Hmm... Let's get to the 20th chapter......" Wu Sheng disturbed his head.

"Did you bring it?" Hattori is about to break the casserole and ask the end.

"Hmm....." Wu Sheng was helpless, and took out a notebook from his backpack, but this was not a storyboard for sorting out and redrawing, but what he usually did in his notebook during class.

"......" Hattori took the notebook and wanted to laugh, but he felt that his face hurt a little, and finally he didn't laugh.

He opened it and read the 11th chapter first, and found that it was still exciting, and then quickly swept the content behind it in 2 minutes, confirming that it was the 20th chapter.

Then he raised his head and said to the two of them, "I understand, since you have all done this far, I will naturally do my best to get your manga serialized on JUNK!" ”

"However, if it's really serialized, and this work is not popular, it's not up to me to have the final say, your story has been written here, and if it doesn't perform well in the serialization, then all the rest must be revised. If you don't change it, even if the editorial department agrees with you, you will still be cut in half. I need to tell you this in advance, and I hope you can understand. Hattori put his hands on the table and said with a serious face.

"To put it mildly, whether it is for the magazine itself or the author, serializing a work is a gamble. But after reading your work, I believe I've got my hands on Black Jack. Then he sincerely bent down and bowed his head, and said loudly: "Please be sure to put your works in our collection and screening studio to serialize, we will definitely repay your efforts with the greatest enthusiasm!" ”

"Oh..... Oh! Wu Sheng was frightened by his sudden seriousness, and only reacted after a while, and then said, "That's why we're here." ”

Hattori breathed a sigh of relief when he received an affirmative answer, so he took out his business card, wrote his phone number and phone email, and handed it to Wu Sheng, "Okay, this is my business card, this original manuscript and these storyboards I hope you can stay, don't go to other magazines to submit, I will give you an answer before tonight, is that okay?" ”

Wu Sheng thought about it and decided to believe him, after all, Taisha would definitely not do anything to kill chickens and take eggs.

Even if there is really a bloody thing that bullies people, he knows his name and location, open the Sins APP, and specialize in all kinds of crooked demons and evil ways!

He stretched out his hand, looked into Hattori's eyes and said, "Okay, I hope there will be a good result." ”

Hattori reacted in a trance, and quickly shook his hand, feeling his maturity and firmness that did not match his age.

"Okay, then let's go first, Mr. Hattori, please take care of me in the future!" Wu Sheng greeted him and prepared to leave.

"Well, please take care of me in the future!" Nami also quickly got up and said goodbye politely, saying that she finally said a word after paddling the whole time after leaking her mouth.

Hattori put away the manuscript, exchanged phone numbers with Wu Sheng, sent them out of the building, and said loudly: "Mmmm, I am, you just wait for my news!" ”

Looking at the two of them chatting while walking, Hattori had the feeling that he had scratched a lottery ticket on the street and then won the jackpot.

......

Jackpot! Hattori reacted and looked at the time It was almost 6 o'clock in the afternoon, so he hurriedly ran back to the editorial office with the manuscript. He had to communicate with the team leader about it right away, because the serial meeting was the day after tomorrow!

Three minutes later, Hattori appeared at their leader's desk, walking in a hurry and panting.

"Team leader Aida, please take a look at this manga, this is the work of a high school student who just came to submit." He handed the original sketch of "Notes of the Dead King" to the fat man in front of him.

"Oh? Let's put it for now, I'm preparing for the serial meeting the day after tomorrow, and I'll watch it tomorrow. The fat man kept typing at the computer, and didn't pay attention to Hattori.

"No, please watch it now, because I want to include this work in this serialization meeting!" Hattori exclaimed.

Before the fat man could react, the orange-haired young man behind Hattori shouted in surprise, "What?!" ”

"Serial? High school student? First time contributing? "The orange-haired questions rushed to Hattori one after another.

Then the fat man also reacted and looked back at Hattori: "You're not kidding, are you?" ”

"Yes, it's a golden egg! Personally, I think that their potential is even greater than that of the new wife teacher! Hattori replied affirmatively.

Now the orange-haired guy is not convinced, he is the editor in charge of the new wife, and the new wife's "CROW" is the top brand of their magazine: "What do you want? The new wife is a rare genius in 20 years! ”

"Don't make a noise, I'll take a look first." The fat man stopped the two people who were about to argue, and then took out the original manuscript of the first sentence of "Notes on the Dead King" and looked at it.

After 20 minutes, the fat man exhaled: "It's really interesting, but there is some craftsmanship of an art student in painting." ”

"This is the same as Mr. Yacheng Mu Mengye, the work of the two of them, one is responsible for the story, and the other is responsible for painting." Hattori replied, "I heard from them, the girl in charge of drawing has only taken less than a month since she learned to create manga!" ”

"A month?! This level?! The fat man was also shocked, they didn't take the halfway monk to draw comics, but those are all interesting stories, painting is actually very watery, basically funny lines and comics, and even rescued by assistants with super drawing skills.

"Let's not talk about the potential, just judging from this work, it is indeed qualified to be included in the serialization." The fat man nodded.

"What? So powerful? Orange Hair yelled, "Show me." "I took the original picture and looked at it.

Hattori doesn't care, anyway, Wu Sheng and the two are already on his plate, and he won't be responsible for the first work of the newcomer he discovered.

The fat man continued: "But you also know that it is impossible to serialize it with just one word, right? ”

"Yes, the person in charge of the story has already written a 20-story storyboard." Hattori knew you were going to say this, and pulled out a big ..... from behind A large stack of storyboards and a notebook.

“！！！”

The fat man's eyes in his face widened suddenly, as if the flesh on his face was shaken.

Hattori looked at the overreacted team leader with a cheerful face, handed over the storyboard that had been redone in the first ten episodes, and said with a smile:

"Yes, yes, when I interviewed them, I also had this expression, team leader, you can take a look at the second to tenth words. The content behind the tenth episode seems to have been unwanted to come out, presumably a draft? I'll have to see. ”

As he spoke, he flipped through the notebook he hadn't had time to look at closely.

It's been another 15 minutes of silence, and the three of them are watching around like this, and the orange hair who finished reading the first episode with a look of amazement was about to congratulate Hattori, but saw that they were looking at the storyboard with a serious face.

He also heard it just now, and this time the newcomer did a 20-word story, so he picked up the fat team leader and read the second story on the side.

30 minutes later, Hattori and the fat man finished reading the 20th and 10th chapters before and after, and they were all amazed.

The fat man yelled, "What about the back?" Give it to me! ”

Hattori exclaimed: "In the last ten chapters, except for some of the sub-grids, they are very sloppy and unpolished, and I can't see the specific character actions, and there is no problem with the plot!" ”

At this time, a little fat man approached the editorial office from the outside and asked another editor with glasses next to him: "What's wrong with Hattori senior and Captain Aida?" ”

"It seems that Hattori has discovered another group of high school students, and listening to their shouting seems to be very powerful." Glasses and the little fat man explained, "It seems that this newcomer's work will be included in the serialization meeting the day after tomorrow." ”

"New to high school? Serial? "The little fat man was very surprised, he is the editor in charge of the serialization of 'Yacheng Mu Yumeye' now.

"Yes, it seems that geniuses have emerged in this era, and a few of them have popped up every two years." Glasses sighed.

"No, I've got to go check it out!" Chubby threw his backpack on the table and leaned over as well.

"Haha, newcomers just can't hold their breath, and you're not responsible, isn't it good to read the finished products published in magazines when the time comes?" Glasses shook his head, smiled and returned to his work.