"What are the qualifications of a teacher?" Murakami asked with a deep heart.

"Conditions...... It's the exclusive system of the contract, and I won't sign it. Shen Xin smiled all over his face.

The contract of "Comic Future" is the contract system of "Shonen Leap".

In short, as long as you sign this contract, you can only serialize it on Shonen Leap.

In this contract, the power of the editor is infinitely magnified, and the cartoonist is at a disadvantage.

In "Dream Eater", there is a plot that Shen Xin remembers very clearly. Sincerity's illness caused the performance of "Detective TRAP" to plummet, and finally had to be cut in half.

When creating a new manga, Makoto Takami and Takagi Akito clashed with the opinion of the editor-in-charge, Goro Minaura. Nao Sasaki, the editor-in-chief of Jump at the time, replied, "If you can't draw what you want to do, you admit that you don't have talent."

Although this sentence was not said to Makoto and Akito, Sasaki Nao gave another reply, "Whether it is a newcomer or a best-selling author, there will be no exceptions, if you don't want to cooperate with the original editor, then go to other magazines to ......"

Under the exclusive contract system, manga artists have no freedom to speak of, and even the length of their works cannot be controlled, even by best-selling manga artists.

Akira Toriyama was influenced by this, and "Dragon Ball" was drawn until the Majin Buu chapter, and since then, he has basically never drawn long-form manga again, but has served as the original artist of the game. After the death of L, the big and small teachers also had to extend the length of the manga until the Nia chapter appeared. In addition, both Naruto and Bleach have been affected, making the later stages of the manga bloated.

Of course, there are also those who are reluctant to accept the exclusive system of contracts, such as Yuhiko Inoue.

Although "Jump" asked "Slam Dunk" not to end, Inoue Yuhiko was resolute and parted ways with "Weekly Shonen Jump" after drawing "Slam Dunk". Later, although Inoue returned to Jiyingmi, it was also serialized in "Yuang Jump" and did not return to "Weekly Shonen Jump".

After Shen Xin's request was made, the faces of Toru Murakami and Chimei Kotani instantly became extremely ugly.

It's easy to talk about manuscript fees, but if there is an exception for the exclusive contract system, how can they talk to other cartoonists?

"This is only the basis of our cooperation, and even these are unacceptable, and there is no way to negotiate later. That's why I said, it's better to leave it at that. ”

"The teacher is indeed a bit difficult for the strong." Murakami stared at Shen Xin, and the smile on his face replied a lot, "Obviously, you don't want to cooperate with us." ”

"The same cannot be said. Negotiating, I put forward my conditions, you accept it, we will continue to talk, if you don't accept, we will continue to eat. There are so many cartoonists, and I don't lack one, right? Shen Xin said with a smile.

"Yes, I was abrupt." Murakami laughed dryly and took another sip of red wine.

There is a clear difference between Shen Xin and other cartoonists in District 11, he is not a cartoonist in District 11, and there are also many readers in Huaxia.

At this point, the atmosphere of the dinner fell into a freezing point, and Wang Wenhong took over the topic at the right time, talking about the tourist attractions near Tokyo, and the atmosphere eased.

"Teacher, how long are you going to stay in District 11?" Murakami said curiously.

"If it's okay, I'll stay another week, right? Spend a few days in Tokyo, visit other cities, and then return home. Shen Xin said casually.

Their itinerary is very casual, maybe they stay for another two weeks, or they may leave in two days.

Murakami wanted to say something, Wang Wenhong picked up the wine glass again and had a drink with Murakami.

At the end of dinner, Toru Murakami had already drunk a little too much, and was carried out of the hotel by China Kotani.

Shen Xin asked Wang Wenhong to open two more rooms, but Murakami hurriedly refused.

"If you drink too much wine, your family can understand it, but if you don't go home at night, the problem is very serious." Murakami's drunken face showed a wry smile.

Since Murakami said so, Shen Xin could only ask Wang Wenhong to find another taxi and send the two people back.

After getting in the car, Murakami tore off his tie to make himself a little comfortable.

After a meal, I drank too much wine and sweated a lot.

Seeing that Murakami was leaning back on the chair, tilting his forehead, as if he was asleep, he couldn't help but ask, "What now?" ”

"What to do?" Murakami's consciousness was a little blurred.

"Teacher Shen's ......"

And so on. Since it is a negotiation, there must be a back and forth. The exclusive system of contracts is not so easy to break. ”

"Yes."

"But Mr. Shen also has advantages. His income is mainly in China, and the total sales of "DN" licensed to comics seem to be only 7 million copies, but also taking into account the income of electronic copyright, on average, the sales of "DN" should be about 1.3 or 400 million copies. We also need such cartoons. ”

"Where...... Do we give in, or do we not give in? "Kotani was confused.

"Look at the quality of his new work......"

"If he's of high quality, we'll follow?"

"What else? Giving way to other magazines? Don't forget the lessons of DN......" Murakami asked rhetorically.

"However, there is also a system of exclusive contracts......

"I figured it out." Murakami said in a low voice.

He drank too much, but his mind was not confused at all.

The exclusive contract system cannot be broken, but Shen Xin's new work, he doesn't want to give up.

If Shen Xin's new work is really as brilliant as "DN", he must think of a way to get the best of both worlds. As for now, before Shen Xin's new work came out, he was just waiting and watching.

Just when Murakami was sitting in the car, thinking wildly, Shen Xin and the others also returned to their residence, gathered around the round table, and discussed the matter of dinner.

"At the moment, it shouldn't be possible to work with Shonen Leap. What's next? Xi Muhan held the teacup, but his eyes were closely fixed on Shen Xin.

"If he doesn't agree, we won't cooperate. We're just selling works.,It's okay to cooperate with comics.,"Zhou Man TOP" is also a consideration.,It's not fixed in a certain magazine.。 As for the domestic market, it also depends on how "Comic Future" reacts. ”

In the last confrontation with "Comic Future", Shen Xin jumped out of the confines of the domestic comic circle.

After the advent of the Internet era, even if there is no platform, as long as the quality of comics is high enough, it can still have a place on the Internet.

It's just that in this way, the income may not be stable.

Yan Fei opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but then closed her mouth again.

The contract exclusivity system not only affects Shen Xin, but also affects her - "Young Leap" obviously trusts her editor more than her, and at that time, her position will be awkward.

"Even if you don't consider Shonen Leap, the quality of the comics is still the most important, and when the work comes out, we will talk to these platforms." Shen Xin said.

"Yes." Yan Fei nodded, the situation in front of her seemed not as optimistic as she imagined.

In this way, the next work is crucial......

At this moment, Yan Fei's mobile phone suddenly rang, she took out her mobile phone with a confused face, glanced at the mobile phone screen, and raised her head in surprise, "It's the person from the comic book." ”

"Let's take it."

Shen Xin leaned back and leaned against the back of the rattan chair.

Thing...... It seems to have become less monotonous.