Li Cheng is a veteran editor of "Manke" magazine, and although the comic industry in underwear is sluggish, he still has too many submissions to review every day.

On this day, he habitually opened the mailbox, and saw the documents sent by Mung Bean at a glance, because they belong to the same group, and the two can barely be regarded as colleagues, and generally the works sent by Penguin Comics will be reviewed first, and this time is no exception.

It was only after he opened the comic called "Pirate Kid" that he lost interest after reading a few pages, forced himself to read a word, and closed the email. In his opinion, this work is nothing more than the production of "One Piece", although it is a little different, but it is also the same, and it has no value in being serialized in a magazine.

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"Ding-dong, ding-dong."

Gu Jiaming, who was coding words, suddenly heard the mobile phone ring two message prompts in a row, and after opening it and reading it, he immediately laughed.

The message is a prompt sent by the author's background, one of which is that he has been followed by the editor and hopes to continue to work hard. The other is to directly tell him that he can now contact the editor to discuss the signing of the contract, with a deduction number.

Gu Jiaming finished the chapter in his hand unhurriedly, and then logged in to the deduction and added the number sent by the backstage. There was a quick response over there, prompting a friend to approve the request, which is also expected, after all, the comic editor is different from the novel editor, and there are far fewer authors who need to be responsible.

Gu Jiaming's editor is called Xiaoyuan, and when he hears it, he is a girl, otherwise he is a women's clothing boss.

After editing a message and sending his work and the author's name, Xiaoyuan quickly replied to Gu Jiaming.

"Hello Mr. Mu, I'm Madoka in charge of your work, please advise."

"Hello Sister Yuan, please take care of me in the future."

"You're welcome, let's go straight to the topic, on our website, the signed works are divided into four levels of SABC, and the S level is the top, and our editor-in-chief is directly responsible. Then there is the A grade, and the manuscript fee is between 300 and 500 per page, and there is no limit to black and white color comics. B-level is 100 to 300, C-level, 70 to 150, at present, Mr. Mu, your work belongs to the scope of C-level contract, if you agree to sign a contract with us, we will continue to discuss."

Gu Jiaming smiled bitterly, although he didn't have too many extravagant hopes for the income of "Pirate Kid", he was still a little disappointed to learn that he could only sign the lowest level. Even so, he still decided to sign a contract with Penguin Comics, "Pirate Kid" is just the beginning, and after improving the attributes in the future and developing more themes, he will create masterpieces such as the four major migrant workers' comics, and I'm afraid that Shueisha in Sakura Province will automatically find it.

"I agree to sign a contract with you, Sister Yuan, you continue."

"Okay, first of all, I want to ask, how many words are you going to draw for this work?"

"It's about a hundred words!"

"Understood, is there an outline before this?"

"Not really."

Gu Jiaming explained very honestly, he told Xiaoyuan that he already had the general direction of the story in his heart, and he was sure to draw this work, of course, this was his nonsense, although he did believe that the story would become more and more exciting in the future, after all, his cartoonist attributes would continue to improve.

Later, Madoka asked some questions, such as copyright ownership, whether it is an exclusive serial, and so on. After confirming that it was correct, she told Gu Jiaming about some terms of the contract and what needs to be paid attention to, and then sent the electronic version of the contract.

As for the manuscript fee, what Gu Jiaming can get is the price of 70 yuan a page, which happens to be the lowest kind, fortunately, if the work is good, the manuscript fee will also rise, after all, it is a newcomer, and the work is also very mediocre, this price is also reasonable, it would be good to be able to sign a contract, and many people who draw comics are doing free labor, and can only rely on rewards such as readers' rewards and monthly passes.

Just like online articles, Penguin Comics also adopts the method of January and one knot, which is issued on the 10th of each month, and now it is just the end of the month, which means that Gu Jiaming will be able to get the first manuscript fee in ten days. It's a pity that the speed of production is too slow, otherwise if he gets five or six words out in one go, his financial situation will immediately become better.

After ending the conversation with Xiaoyuan, Gu Jiaming picked up his mobile phone and opened the cartoonist's assistant, and as expected, this time the experience points increased again, and it was a full 25 points. Without saying a word, he put all this experience into the workload, and originally thought that he could only add 5 points, but it turned out to be 7 points, and the attribute of the workload immediately changed from 7 to 14. Only then did Gu Jiaming understand that the attribute of investing experience points is not a fixed point, but a bit random, this time there are two random to two attributes, and I don't know if a large amount of investment will be randomized to a larger number, Gu Jiaming thought beautifully.

After signing the contract, he has a fixed income, that is to say, as long as he continues to paint, even if it is a word for four days, Gu Jiaming can get almost seven or eight thousand a month, which is much more than the manuscript fee for writing a novel. In this way, he doesn't have to rush to find a job for the time being, he doesn't have to worry about the rent and food, and in a month or two, the debts he owed before can be paid off.

Don't think that the salary for drawing comics is high, if you are someone else, at best, it will be about thirty or forty pages a month, Gu Jiaming can only be so fast. It's just that if the four attributes other than the workload can't be raised, he won't be able to get this remuneration for long, and no one will be willing to cultivate an author who is standing still. Penguin Comics is willing to sign Gu Jiaming because he sees his potential, if he has always drawn those things, his comic career will end after "Pirate Kid" ends.

Gu Jiaming naturally understands this truth, so he already has a new plan, of course, at present, he still has to increase his speed, and he can do more things when he has more time.

In the next time, Gu Jiaming hid in the rental house every day, ordered takeout when he was hungry, ate instant noodles, and went to sleep when he was tired. At this time, the knowledge points that can be invested have become 30 points, mainly because he has completed two more words during this time. The time to create a manga has also been shortened to 3 days.

His current attributes are workload 22, painting power 6, character design 6, plot 6, personality 5.

In addition, there was another discovery that surprised Gu Jiaming. On a whim that day, he tried to imitate a page from Pirate Kid, and it turned out that he drew it like a copy. This means that the attributes in the cartoonist's assistant are directly added to him, and even if he doesn't use the Cairo app, he can continue to draw on his own.

This discovery made Gu Jiaming feel ecstatic.