On the way back, Tachibana sat on the saddle with his eyes fixed on the black roof.

Maybe it's because I drank too much, my brain was a little confused, and my mood was a little depressed.

Cooperation is never negotiable, Tachibana Sin knows it. It's just that, compared to other cartoonists in "Shonen Leap", Shen Zheng is really too maverick.

has its own editor-in-charge, and can negotiate conditions with the magazine, but the key is that the options for "Shonen Leap" are also limited.

Either cooperate with Shen Zheng or give up, but the key is, after giving up, can you find a better one?

"What do you think?" Toru Murakami, who had been closing his eyes, suddenly spoke.

"I don't know. Team leader, if it were you, what would you choose? ”

"Mr. Shen's words today are already obvious. Why do you think he brought up the matter of the closure? ”

"I don't know." Tachibana shook her head.

"It shows that the current results of "Slamdunk" have reached his goal, and he will ask for the next manga to be suspended."

"You're saying he probably won't be fully committed to the next comic?" Tachibana asked rhetorically.

If so, he really needs to think carefully about the quality of the next manga.

"It's possible." Murakami nodded, "However, even if he doesn't devote himself wholeheartedly, with the popularity brought by "Slamdunk", he can bring enough attention, and sales should be guaranteed." Actually, I'm worried about another point. ”

"Huh?"

"Just because Slamdunk has already achieved his goal, he has a lot of options for his next book, and it doesn't have to be Shonen Leap."

"Huh?"

Tachibana Sentry instantly sobered up.

It was only after Murakami's reminder that he found out about this.

As Tachibana said, if the results of "Slamdunk" have satisfied Shen Zheng, then there is really no need for Shen Zheng's next manga to be serialized on "Shonen Leap".

Money, Shen Zheng is not lacking, what he wants is control over the work, and recovering the animation production rights of the next comics is his attitude.

"Shonen Leap" can't give such a thing as the right to decide on works, but other magazines may not be able to give it.

In particular, although Shonen Leap is the largest comic magazine in Region 11, its parent company is not the largest publisher in Region 11, so the conditions given by other platforms may not be very bad.

"Now...... What to do? Tachibana scrubbed his face, he had been feeling irritable inside, but now it was even worse.

"Don't ask me. I'm not the editor-in-chief of Shonen Leap. Murakami opened his eyes and looked at Tachibana Sentry, but saw that his face was still sad, and sighed, "Take one and give up, write out the advantages and disadvantages of Mr. Shen's serialization in "Young Leap", and choose whichever side you think has an advantage." ”

Tachibana scratched his head and was silent for a long time before he said to the driver in front of him, "Master, can I go to BNIM?" ”

"Yes."

"What do you want to do?" Murakami was puzzled.

"Buy comics, I have to read all his comics before I can make a judgment, and "DN" is not published by us, I have to buy a set of comics...... Tsk, it's not easy to make decisions......" Tachibana sighed.

"Where is this...... You'd better ask Mr. Shen's bottom line. In this way, it is convenient to make a choice. However, I still advise you to be as cautious as possible if you really want to sign it, "DN" is that I was too careless and let it fly. ”

"Hmm. There is still an opportunity at the annual meeting...... I really can't, after he handed in the original manuscript of "Slamdunk", I went to Hongchuan to find him. This time, there will be no more mistakes. ”

Tachibana knows how heavy the responsibility is on his shoulders, and in the face of the impact of webtoons, the slightest negligence may cause the magazine to fall into decline, and it will be difficult to stand up again In recent years, there has been more than one manga magazine that has been discontinued, who can be sure that "Shonen Leap" will not be one of them in the future?

So, every step of the way forward is very important.

……

The annual meeting was two days later in the evening, not far from Shen Xin's residence, and it was only four or five minutes away by car.

In the past two days, Shen Xin originally wanted to go shopping around, but as a result, Tamagawa Haruka led Konishi Shinichi to visit, which was a simple visit.

Shen Xin also took this opportunity to meet the author of "The Sin of Delusion" for the first time in reality.

Since it was the first time for the two sides to meet, they were somewhat unable to let go of each other, and the communication was not deep, but Shen Xin was still very happy to meet other first-line cartoonists in District 11 except for Yuchuan Yao.

As for Xi Muhan, she has been running around with Yan Fei in the past two days, and at the same time, she has selected a few sets of fitting clothes for Shen Xin to attend the annual meeting, and has also photographed a lot of buildings and streets in District 11, which once made Shen Xin think that she would use District 11 as the background to create comics.

"Impossible! I haven't lived in District 11 and I don't know their way of life, so the works created in this way are lifeless and don't have a strong sense of substitution. Xi Muhan shook his head, "But it may be used as a background for line drawings...... However, this kind of thing can't be said for sure.,There's no idea for a new work yet.。 ”

In the end, Xi Muhan held the notebook and was also a little worried.

"Don't think about it so much, just draw what you're good at." Shen Xin didn't say it too directly, worried that it would affect Xi Muhan.

"I know, but I don't want to draw evil comics anymore. It's not as good as "DN...... Brother, what do you think of romance comics? ”

"Huh?" Shen Xin was confused when he heard Xi Muhan mention love comics, "How many times have you been in love, do you dare to draw love comics?" ”

"Once, what's wrong?" Xi Muhan straightened his waist, "It's more than when you painted "Y's". Besides, what type of manga you draw has anything to do with the creator's personal experience? Just like detective mystery comics, does the author really have to be involved in every case? ”

I don't know why, when I heard Xi Muhan mention the reasoning comics, the first thing that came to Shen Xin's mind was "Conan".

If the author is going to be involved in every case...... It is estimated that Aoyama Okamasu will be tired to death, right?

After all, according to the level of Conan Wannian elementary school students, there must be a case basically every day.

"And those time-traveling comics...... Have cartoonists all traveled through time? Xi Muhan then threw out a question that Shen Xin didn't know how to answer.

What is it wearing...... Still not worn?

If you answer "there is a crossing", it is estimated that Xi Muhan will be treated as a fool, right?

Shen Xin rubbed his chin and decided to give up answering.

Seeing that Shen Xin didn't answer, Xi Muhan looked proud, and regarded the love comic as an alternative.

Of course, this is only an alternative.

Xi Muhan knew that the ceiling of this theme was not high, and the love element was not a necessary condition for the best-selling comics, so he put it last.

Shen Xin agreed.

Not to mention that there are no love elements, and even comics without female characters, Shen Xin has seen them, such as Miyashita Akiro's "Kui! Men's School", however, because it is the same era as "Fist of the North Dipper", the style of painting is also quite rough, and it is estimated that it is difficult for readers to accept it now, after all, not everyone likes "JoJo", and "JoJo" is almost the style of that era.

As for comics that are relatively recent, like "The Prince of Tennis", there are fewer love elements.

Seeing that Xi Muhan knew what she knew, Shen Xin didn't say anything more, for fear of affecting her thinking.

After resting for two days, the annual meeting finally arrived, and Xi Muhan bought a few sets of more formal clothes and changed them for Shen Xin.

"You're really not going?" Shen Xin asked rhetorically.

Xi Muhan shook his head, "I'm not a cartoonist of "Shonen Leap", and I didn't have much interest in the past, and the language barrier will affect your image if I say something inappropriate." ”

"Compared to you, what is the image?" Shen Xin said with a smile.

"Still don't. It's not good to have too many people going, it's quite embarrassing. This sentence is Xi Muhan's heart.

Other cartoonists bring two or three assistants at a time, and Shen Xin brings 11 people at a time, which is easy to become the focus of the scene, and she is not very adaptable.

However, Xi Muhan, Yan Fei and Wang Wenhong agreed in advance, asking Wang Wenhong and Asai Hui to accompany Shen Xin to attend the annual meeting.

So, Shen Xin and Wang Wenhong were changing their clothes, waiting for the special car of "Youth Leap" to park outside the hotel, and then got into the car to the annual meeting of "Youth Leap" together.