The interview ended with Shen Xin's answer, and after that, it was time to shoot the photos that would be used in the interview.

Shen Xin's solo photo, Zhi Songye's solo photo, and a group photo of the two.

Tachibana asked Xi Muhan if she wanted to take a picture with Shen Xin.

Xi Muhan's eyes were a little hot, but he still politely refused.

This is an interview between Shen Xin and Uematsune, she has nothing to do with "Young Leap", she appears in the magazine, and she is a bit nondescript.

Subsequently, Tachibana Gentry presented Shen Xin with a commemorative album for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of "Youth Leap", and asked Kotani to accompany Shen Xin and Xi Muhan to visit the relevant departments of "Youth Leap" magazine, and briefly introduced the operation mode of the magazine and the signing process.

There are many aspects of "Comic Future" that are parodies of "Shonen Leap", which are generally similar, but there are slight differences in details, such as the selection and training of new talents.

Few big-name authors in "Young Leap" have jumped elsewhere, which is not so absolute in "Comic Future", like Shen Xin was poached by Shang Haozhi, and later, Tong Yu also poached Wang Yunze.

Xi Muhan was very interested, and also mentioned some things related to the serialization meeting, such as the selection of works in half.

"Usually it's based on the sales of small books or single books, but it's not absolute. "Shonen Leap" is a comprehensive shonen magazine, and it must ensure that most of the themes are available, such as sports, love and blood for middle school students, mystery comics for mystery fans, and children's comics for children...... If there is only one manga on this theme, then this comic is relatively safe. China Kotani explained.

Shen Xin nodded again and again, he knew more about Kotani Qianmei's statement.

In order to attract more readers, magazines are bound to publish comics of different genres as much as possible.

Just like in "Dream Eater", Sincerity and Takagi Akito created a manga called "Run! Dafa Dandou", the score hovered in 10th place, during the serialization period, the editor in charge of Gangpu once thought that this comic was in danger of being cut in half, but because of the scarcity of the theme, it was retained.

"Cutting a few comics in half, in fact, depends on the quantity and quality of new comics. If there is only one book that is qualified for serialization, only one copy will be cut in half. If there are 4 copies, cut 4 in half. ”

"What if there are 10 copies?" Xi Muhan interjected.

Then we discussed it again and selected the 4 best manga. For those comics that were not selected but have potential, the editor-in-charge will pass on the manga artist to the other party to make minor revisions in preparation for the next serialization meeting. ”

This is similar to Comic Future, but new works will also appear at the next serialization meeting, so there will be a situation where the new comic submission is of better quality and that revised work is eliminated again.

"Also, if it's an old author, there will indeed be some preferential treatment. Considering that the old author has a certain readership and also has creative experience, high. As soon as the tide arrives, it is likely to turn over. And also...... If a cartoonist who has contributed to the magazine is casually cut in half, the old author will be cold. ”

"But...... It's not friendly to new authors, is it? The elimination at the end is originally based on the results, right? It is not fair to the newcomer to be cut in half but stayed. Xi Muhan questioned.

"Old authors and editors are acquaintances, and from the perspective of human feelings, editors will indeed be more likely to take care of old authors, and in addition, new authors will become old authors, and they will also desire to have this 'right'." Shen Xin took over.

Xi Muhan's mouth opened slightly, and he sighed again.

Newcomers want old authors to give way in advance, but when these people become old authors, they hope that they can get more resources.

The "location" is different, and the things that are considered are different.

When the group returned to the editorial office and said goodbye to Tachibana Shin, Uematsuno was also preparing to leave.

"Teacher Shen, if you don't wait until noon, I'll send you back." Tachibana stood up.

"No need. Today is already very troublesome to the editor-in-chief, and I will no longer bother the editor-in-chief when I go back. We're leaving Tokyo tomorrow, so let's look around today, right? ”

Seeing Shen Xin say this, Tachibana Shen couldn't insist anymore, and sent Shen Xin and his party and Uematsuno into the elevator, and then turned around and returned to the editorial office to transcribe the content of the interview.

Out of the building, Shen Xin was about to say goodbye to Zhi Songye, but the other party stopped him.

"It's almost noon, why don't you have a meal first?"

"Huh?"

When Yan Fei translated Zhi Songye's words, Shen Xin thought that he had heard it wrong.

Uematsuno looked tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and in this state, it was the right thing to rest quickly.

"Mr. Uematsu, would you better go back and rest first?"

"It doesn't matter, it's common sense, it's just that you can't drink coffee, otherwise you won't be able to sleep...... There is a ramen restaurant nearby that is very nice, I asked Mr. Shen. Uematsuno smiled.

It's hard to resist the hospitality, and besides, it would be nice if someone took them to try the delicious food of District 11.

The ramen restaurant is in a small alley, and it is full of people.

The five of them waited for nearly 10 minutes before a table was empty.

Each person ordered a bowl of ramen and sat down around the empty table.

"Teacher Shen, I can be regarded as having found an opportunity to chat with you." Uematsuno touched his nose and smiled.

"I'm also looking forward to chatting with Mr. Uematsu alone."

"You've made me miserable."

Zhi Songye sighed, but in exchange for Shen Xin's question mark.

"In the middle and late stages of "Steel", the large length of 40 pages per episode weighed down "The Gate of Eternal Life" for many months, and this is the case with "SLAM DUNK" now. "DN" was slightly better, and it didn't affect "The Gate of Eternal Life". Uematsuno shook his head helplessly.

Shen Xin laughed awkwardly.

As the ceiling of evil comics, there is no doubt that if "DN" is serialized in "Shonen Leap", it will still be able to challenge "The Gate of Eternal Life". It's just that "DN" is serialized in the comics, and there is no possibility of comparing the two comics.

"Now that SLAM DUNK is getting better, do you want Mr. Uematsu to compete again?"

"Guess what's my goal?" Instead of answering, Uematsuno asked another question.

When Yan Fei translated this sentence, she was confused.

Seeing that no one spoke, Uematsuno chuckled, "My goal is to serialize 'The Gate of Eternal Life' until the end of 'SLAM DUNK', and at that time, 'The Gate of Eternal Life' will still be number one. ”

You win......

Shen Xin couldn't cry or laugh, "SLAM DUNK" will end after the competition between Xiangbei and Shangong is over, how can it be delayed to the end of "The Gate of Eternal Life"?

"Mr. Uematsu, why do you insist on ending "The Gate of Eternal Life" after "SLAM DUNK" is over?" Shen Xin said curiously.

"This goes back to the last question in the interview, there are newcomers in "Shonen Leap", but there are no newcomers who can carry the banner of "Shonen Leap". Uematsuno said seriously.

After Shen Xin heard Yan Fei's translation, he immediately felt admiration for Zhi Songye.

In order to wait for the newcomer to grow up, and extend the length of the work, Shen Xin can't do this.

First, the length of the work can fluctuate within a certain range, but beyond this length, it will easily collapse, which is irresponsible to the reader and the work.

Second, he didn't have to do it, the time was tight, but he still had a lot of works to paint.

But from Zhi Songye's point of view, Shen Xin can understand Zhi Songye's choice.

"The Gate of Eternal Life" was serialized for 19 years, which consumed too much energy of Uematsuno and made his body feel unwell. After the end of this manga, Uematsuno is likely to close his pen, at least not to draw long stories anymore.

In this case, Uematsuno definitely wants to play the role of "Gate of Eternal Life" as much as possible.