"Great! Thank you! Nami stood up excitedly and thanked her loudly, her eyes slightly red and a little crying.

"Oooo Luffy, who heard it on the side, understood that this was passed, and immediately stood up and jumped and screamed, as if he had been serialized.

"Congratulations!" "Congratulations, congratulations!"

Zoro and Brooke also congratulated her with smiles on their faces.

After all, whether Wusheng is hard or not is hard they can't see it very clearly, he has always looked like he is at ease, so everyone doesn't think he is very hard......

But Nami is really desperate!

Takekatsu and Sanji, who were handling the ingredients in the back kitchen, also heard the cheers, and Sanji immediately looked sideways, and sure enough, he saw Luffy dragging Brooke's hand and jumping in place and spinning in circles.

"Hahaha, it seems like you succeeded?" Sanji looked at Takekatsu, who was still unfazed and was dealing with the ingredients.

"Yes." Wu Sheng said as a matter of course.

"Well, I thought you were a bit of a stinky with your confidence, but now it turns out that your confidence is justified." Sanji turned around and picked up another sea urchin and dealt with it: "You go and celebrate the victory with them, and I'll take care of the rest." ”

Wu Sheng saw that there was not much left, so he put down what he had dealt with: "Okay, I'm sorry for you." ”

He washed his hands and went out, his hurried pace clearly not as calm as he seemed.

Sanji listened to all kinds of shouting outside:

"Takeda, you're here!"

"Serialized!"

"Good work!"

"You can cry! A man's tears of joy will not be ridiculed! ”

"Hahaha!"

......

There was cheering outside.

In the back kitchen, Sanji, who had talked to Takekatsu, smiled, knowing that this was just the beginning of the marathon of their lives, and Takekatsu and Nami had just qualified for the race.

"I'm going to work hard!"

---

The next day, the Jiying Club building.

Although there was a small celebration yesterday afternoon, everyone did not make a fuss under Wu Sheng's restraint and urging. After congratulating them, they went home and agreed to celebrate after the contract was officially signed today.

He and Nami came over as soon as school and completed the official signing.

Now they are sitting at the same reception as last time, waiting for Hattori to come down.

Although this matter is related to him and Nami, especially Nami's economic situation in the next few years, the two of them have worked hard for more than half a month to see the results, so that Nami has great trust in his judgment, so he completely left this signing meeting to him.

After waiting for a few minutes, Hattori came first.

He took a stack of contracts and papers, greeted them first, and found a chair to sit down.

"Living up to your trust, things are going smoothly, congratulations, please take care of me next." Hattori first Michiki.

"Thanks to Mr. Hattori, who didn't dislike us as newcomers, I handed it in on the day I saw it, and if I missed this serialization meeting, I would have to wait another 3 months." Takekatsu bowed with Nami in thanks.

"Where, where, this is also your work is really excellent, okay, the days are still long, you're welcome, let's get to the point." Hattori handed over the contract very neatly, in triplicate: "This is a contract, you must take a closer look." ”

The two took the contract and looked.

The first thing Takekatsu saw was that he had signed an annual contract of 650,000 yen, which was something other than the manuscript fee, and it was a binding contract, and the manga artist signed this contract, and he could not publish any manga in any magazine other than JUNK for a year.

This is actually a bully contract, if the comic is cut in half within a few months after signing this contract, and the cartoonist can't pass the serialization meeting for a year, and he can't go to other magazines to submit articles, then the year will be scrapped. However, compared to the newcomer contract of a certain goose and a certain article, this contract is dwarfed, and there are so many signing fees, and even a little bit of father's gentleness.

This Wu Sheng didn't care, just whispered: "It's a lot more than I imagined." ”

Unexpectedly, Hattori heard it, and said to him with a smile: "It's very good, the editor-in-chief is very optimistic about you, this number is considering that you are still high school students, and you should not have your own studio, so we took the initiative to accommodate and increased by about 30%." ”

"That's a great help, thank you." Wu Sheng was overjoyed when he heard this.

At this time, Nami exclaimed, "12,000 yen per page?!" I thought it would cost 8,000 yen for a newcomer. ”

"Haha, that's the price of a short story posted by a newcomer, and it's 12,000 yen a page for newcomers serialized on JUNK." Hattori replied with a smile, "It is true that many newcomers will have misunderstandings here."

"10% royalty for a single line, not bad." Wu Sheng also continued to look at it, nodded, and basically gave the highest standards for newcomers in the industry, it seems that the name of genius can bluff people.

"Well, if you have any other questions, you can ask me now, if there are no problems, sign a contract, you all have the official personal seal, right?" Hattori said.

"No problem, it's very generous." After reading it, Wu Sheng really didn't have any problems, and the only problem with the annual deed of the pit people was not a problem at all for them.

Seeing that Wu Sheng had no opinion, Nami naturally had no opinion, so the two of them each completed the seal signing.

"Okay." Hattori breathed a sigh of relief, signed it, and now everyone is their own.

After relaxing, he continued: "Let's talk about the serialization, the deadline for JUNK is two weeks before the release, which means that you have to draw the original drawing of the second episode on the following Monday, and then the next weekly episode, and there is also the headline color page of the first episode, which must be drawn on these two days. ”

"Mmmm, I've already started painting in the second episode, and I'm about halfway through it now." Nami said.

"Huh? So fast? Hattori was stunned, it was only confirmed that it was serialized yesterday, right? Ten pages in one night?

"She started drawing on the day she submitted it." Wu Sheng explained with a smile.

Hattori smiled, and the self-confidence of these two people was too high: "10 pages in three days is also very fast, in order to retain the revision time, please try to give it to me the day before the deadline." ”

"No problem!" Nami said firmly, Carslan's big eyes sparkling with excitement and ecstasy.

12,000 yen per page, that is, 240,000 yen a week, which is far more than the 750 estimated by Wu Sheng, but the real annual income of tens of millions! Not to mention one day in advance, liver and liver, what about two days?

Wu Sheng looked at Nami's happy appearance, and hurriedly pushed the boat down the river: "If the assistant is the assistant, we want to invite girls, I don't know if it's okay?" I usually have other part-time jobs in the evenings, so I don't spend a lot of time in the studio. ”

"Part-time job?" Hattori was surprised and asked, "Are you going to continue working part-time?" ”

"Yes, for a variety of reasons." Takesheng took out the logic he told Sanji yesterday, and then roughly explained the income from working at GM Tokyo, "I still want to be cautious, I can't put all my eggs in the same basket, and I'll look at the situation when the single book is out." ”

Nami nodded in agreement and helped explain, "Now that the storyboard has been completed for 20 words, it won't delay here." ”

In fact, she has already achieved 40 words, so she is not worried that Wu Sheng will delay the rhythm of the comics.

"Well, what to say." Hattori was puzzled, but finally decided to say it directly: "After serialization, it doesn't make sense to draw so many storyboards in advance, because we will adjust the development of the story according to the reader's questionnaire and rankings." ”

"What?" Nami asked in surprise.

Then looked at Wu Sheng, so that the 40 words were not done in vain?

"Well, that's it." Wu Sheng thought for a while, and verbally agreed: "If the ranking falls out of seventh place, let's change the storyboard again, and I will quit my part-time job." ”

Hattori looked at him with a confident face, and thought to himself: "Well, sure enough, these two people are still very young, and they are in the top six, which is basically a situation that only occurs in popular works." It's okay, newcomers are always overconfident, not to mention their kind of instant hit, so teach them a lesson. ”

Then he said with a serious face: "Okay, then it's decided, comic creation is a very painstaking thing, since you can make your serial debut, I still hope you can pay attention to this matter." ”

In the end, I couldn't help but remind again: "If you are really cut in half because of this, don't say that I am unprepared." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not going to joke with the future of the two of us." Wu Sheng agreed with a serious face: "Then please take care of me in the future." ”

......

It was already late in the evening when the two of them came out.

Wu Sheng couldn't help but smile when he looked at Nami, who was counting his income with a satisfied face.

This signing is indeed a bit beyond his expectations, not to mention the 650,000 signing fee, 12,000 yen a page, just the manuscript fee is about 12.48 million yen a year, minus the 6 million assistant rental fees, the two of them have an annual income of 3.24 million yen, which is already a lot for high school students.

If the single book also goes well, then the two of them may be able to get rid of poverty and become rich directly.

Although Wu Sheng is not poor, he is buying knives and guns during this time, and he is also invited to eat big meals, and he usually spends lavishly, and it is impossible to sit and eat.

He smiled and said to Nami, "Let's go, let's celebrate!" ”

They politely declined Hattori's invitation to have a big dinner, and agreed to eat it on the day of handing in the original sketch of the second episode, because the small gang was ready to celebrate itself today.

And he and Luffy had already prepared a surprise for Nami.

"Let's go, where to celebrate?" Nami asked.

"Jimbocho, Luffy and Zoro, as well as Senior Brooke, are all waiting for us there." Wu Sheng said, Sanji will definitely not be able to leave, GM Tokyo is not closed today, so he can only send a message to inform him.

"Oh, to your house?" Nami said.

"No, it's not." Wu Sheng smiled mysteriously and said that he wanted to keep it a secret.

The two of them were chatting about their next work plans on the subway, and before they knew it, they were in Jimbochon.

When I got out of the subway station, it was already completely dark.

Takekatsu led the way, while Nami continued to discuss the issue of the original sketch of the second episode.

Walking and walking, she found that she was indeed walking in the direction of Wu Sheng's house, although she didn't go over, but he let go of things last time, so she also vaguely remembered.

Walking under the apartment where Takesheng lived, Takesheng called Luffy to confirm that they had arrived, and walked straight in.

Nami was full of questions, didn't she say that she wouldn't go to his house?

"6th floor." Wu Sheng was on the phone, and then said, motioning for Nami to press the elevator.

The two of them came out of the elevator, walked through two rooms to the left, and walked to the room with house number 602.

"Isn't this your home?" Nami asked, she hadn't been to his house.

"My house is on the 8th floor." Wu Sheng smiled and knocked on the door.

"And here it is?" Nami wondered.

"Hey, your new home~"

"Welcome back!" Luffy and Brooke shouted loudly to open the door, and two colored cannons were fired with two "pop" and "pop", and colorful notes and glitter flew wildly in the entrance of the door.

After watching the door open, Wu Sheng walked in without looking back, Nami had a bad premonition, she was not stupid, and naturally understood what "your new home" meant.

Then he glared at Luffy and the two of them, who were in the posture of pulling the color cannon, slapped the color bars off their bodies, and hurriedly chased after them.

Looking at this momentum, it is obvious that he wants Wu Sheng to give an explanation.

It was a large two-bedroom apartment, and when Nami entered through the entrance, there was a dining room and kitchen that were connected together, and the walls of the dining room and living room were knocked down and a bar counter was made, making the whole room extremely spacious. Outside the living room is a balcony and next to it are two doors, which should be two rooms.

There is no furniture in the whole house, only some household appliances necessary for the home, refrigerator, air conditioner, gas stove and the like, and there is no TV and computer.

Sauron, on the other hand, sat cross-legged on the wooden floor of the living room, with a large cake in front of him, and an assortment of fried chicken, charcuterie, pickles, and drinks.

Wu Sheng walked over and picked up a bottle of Coke, opened it and took a big sip, "Wow, it's comfortable, I'm dying of thirst all afternoon." ”

"Takeda! You make it clear! What is my new home? ”

"That's literally, when are you going to move here?" Takekatsu looked at Nami and laughed teasingly.

“......？？” Nami frowned and didn't speak, meaning you continue to explain.

"I'll just say that what you gave her like this is definitely not a surprise, it's a fright." Zoro got up and said, "I'll go to the toilet first." ”

"Ran away...... Wu Sheng glanced at Zoro who was on the verge of escaping, and Luffy and Brooke who were hiding behind and didn't dare to come forward.

"After the serialization is confirmed, the time at school at noon is definitely not enough, and we all need the studio to discuss the comics together, right?" Wu Sheng asked, and began his performance.

Nami nodded.

"After the serialization, for the sake of your academic schedule and physical health, and for the sake of the comics being delivered on time, we still have to hire an assistant, right?" Wu Sheng's second question, step by step induction.

Nami hesitated, but nodded, and the manuscript fee after serialization exceeded expectations too much, completely changing her mind that she didn't want to hire an assistant.

"But you live so far away, it's inconvenient for me to go to your place, and I may not be able to ask for an assistant because of the distance. If you rent a special painting studio, not to mention the cost, you come home late from painting at night, we don't feel at ease, right? Wu Sheng asked three questions, laid out the facts, and stated the reason.

Nami nodded, and although she was confident in her own strength, the workshop and the assistant were indeed a problem.

"Therefore, rent a house, you and your sister move over, the living room is used as a work room, I am upstairs, the subway is convenient for assistants and convenient, two stations away from the school, you and your sister can have at least 2 more hours of personal time every day, and we can also have 2 more hours of exploration in the future. Isn't it a five-pronged win? Wu Sheng reasoned slowly, analyzed the pros and cons, and explored the crime world because of Brooke's vague words.

Nami nodded again, and he said it all made sense, but, "Do you think I'm a fool?" How much is the rent of this kind of apartment, do you think I don't have it in mind? Nami had a brain crash.

"Wait!" Wu Sheng hurriedly raised his hand to block. "I can still explain!"

"Oh? Let's hear it. Nami motioned for him to continue his performance.

"First of all, I'll share a small portion of your rent, after all, this is also our studio." Wu Sheng said.

Hearing this, Nami hesitated and stopped, hesitated, and finally nodded.

It's a very simple logic, if they don't rent this house, they will still find a studio, and the rent will be the same as half of one person, so it is better to rent this house, just on the upper and lower floors, and it is convenient for everyone.

Wu Sheng continued to explain: "Second, this house was rented by Luffy from his grandfather, the price is fair, no gift money, but there is not even a bed, and the next step is to slowly add it." Suddenly remembered something: "By the way, it's really a coincidence that I'm downstairs, we just asked for the neighborhood of Jimbocho." ”

Nami turned her head to look at Luffy, and he quickly grinned at her, saying that no thanks, it should be.

"Thirdly, the commute time, and the cost of your own commute, will decrease as you get closer to the school. Overall, with my share, the transportation cost is reduced, the work room is saved, and the cost is actually similar to what you live in now. ”

Wu Sheng crossed his fingers and listed them one by one, and told Nami the specific number, signaling that he had indeed calculated, and then said, "In the end, I have already given all the rent first, and I can't return it, hehe." ”

"Okay......" Nami was stunned by the long list of merit analyses and didn't know how to refute them.

Nami was quiet for a while, and Takekatsu stopped talking, and the scene fell silent for a while.

Luffy behind him couldn't stand the atmosphere and was about to say something.

And Nami, who didn't know what kind of struggle she had done in her heart, looked around at this extremely spacious and bright boutique apartment, and suddenly mustered up her energy, cheered herself up and shouted:

"Alright! In that case, our comics are going to die! Otherwise, it will be a problem to pay this rent at that time! ”

"Good! Leave it to me! Didn't you promise it at the beginning and realize it gradually and orderly? Wu Sheng hammered his chest hard and said confidently to her.

"Hahaha, let's start celebrating!" Luffy hurriedly ran up, and then Brooke and Zoro also appeared one after another.

Nami looked at the group of people and gritted her teeth and smiled darkly, "You all came to help me with the weekend move!" ”

......

It wasn't a big deal to move on the weekend, after all, there were moving companies and four boys.

The main problem is Nami's sister Nokigao, who has been in a state of confusion since she heard Nami say that she had rented a new house and was going to move.

Because Nuo Qigao still thinks that Nami draws manga because of her hobby and fun, but it turns out that it is silent, so it is directly serialized, and she has moved to an apartment that is countless times better than their original one.

Under Nami's explanation, she finally understood what Nami and Takesheng were doing, her family's income was relatively stable, her life and school were easier, and her mother might receive better treatment in the future.

It made her feel like a dream all the time.

When he moved, Nuo Qigao kept thanking Wu Sheng, and looking at the posture, he almost wanted to marry Nami Xu to him.

Wu Sheng helplessly dealt with Nuo Qigao, who was constantly inquiring about his personal information, and looked at Nami with his eyes, motioning for her to come over and help solve the siege.

Nami, who was busy decorating the room, quickly turned around and didn't see it, hehe snickered and thought, "My sister is pestering Takeda, so she won't keep asking me if all this is true." ”

She first set up a few bookshelves, stuffed comic materials and some reference books into categories, looked at a cabinet of information books, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, feeling that she was a bit of a professional cartoonist.

The weather is not very good today, at the turn of spring and summer, rain clouds always come unexpectedly, and the balcony is drifting into the rain in small pieces.

In the dark weather, all the lights in the room are turned on, and the whole apartment is very spacious and bright.

I thought that after the crusade against the palace, Nami, who already had a good life, really didn't think about it.

Life can be better.

And some things, you just need to do, to act, to change, to believe, to make up your mind to put in the effort.

A new life, a better life, will come into her world.

She looked at her friends and sisters who were bustling the furniture in the apartment, took a deep breath of moist and fresh air, and continued to work hard in the future!