Chapter 93: Media and Editors
Friday, August 28, 2013.
Li Yuntao took Cang Shuhong to the exhibition hall very early, and the staff inside were busy.
The comic con is an exhibition hall in the Yurong Club building, but the budget is actually cheaper than expected. At the same time, most of the media are ordinary print media and Internet media, which are not qualified to appear on TV for the time being.
After all, the cost of going live on TV is also very expensive. At present, among the cartoonists at the same time as Cang Shuhong, only the new wife Yingji can be qualified to do special programs on TV to increase his popularity and influence.
"Oh my God, look! Teacher Cangshu Yuntao from "My Al Girlfriend Little Mourning" has appeared!"
"Teacher Cangshuhong, I'm your fan, no, it's a puppy, please step on my head with your foot!"
"Teacher Li Yuntao, damn it! Why, you can create comics with Teacher Cang Shuhong. ”
"On the surface, I envy Mr. Li Yuntao, but in fact, I am really envious!"
"Editor, I want to draw a comic, is it too late?"
Among the fans at the scene, there were many otaku who came to Teacher Cang Shuhong. Of course, there are a lot of security guards arranged on the scene, and there are railings to avoid accidents and injuries to Cangshuhong.
Of course, there are also a very small number of female fans, blushing, asking for Li Yuntao's autograph, making Li Yuntao feel that he is not left out yet, but he is still a bit of a fan.
Li Yuntao and Cang Shuhong signed the works separately, and there was a long queue on Cang Shuhong's side, and at least hundreds of people held light novels or "Weekly Shonen JUMC" comics and asked for autographs.
And the number of people queuing up on Li Yuntao's side is pitiful, but there are still some good ones.
After signing and signing on the spot, and selling at least more than 500 books, Li Yuntao and Cang Shuhong felt tired enough. It's not that I'm physically exhausted, it's more that I'm in contact with a bunch of people, and I feel a little nervous psychologically.
After finishing his work, he finally rested a little, and Li Yuntao said with emotion: "Now I finally understand that those stars are actually not easy." ”
"I think Li Sang is very patient with those girls, and it seems to be a good choice if he wants to be a star. Cangshu red words are full of vinegar.
A group of reporters from print media and news websites began to conduct media interviews with Li Yuntao and Cang Shuhong under the arrangement of the organizers, but these reporters also asked more questions about Cang Shuhong.
Among them, there is the truth that Teacher Cang Shuhong has been missing for more than 20 days, and many people even ask whether Li Yuntao restricted or even privately detained Teacher Cang Shuhong, so that Cang Shuhong lost contact for more than 20 days.
Many media seem to want to portray Li Yuntao as a bad guy and the real culprit who caused Cang Shuhong to disappear for more than 20 days.
Cang Shuhong naturally defended her boyfriend and said: "No, everyone should know that before I disappeared, I was chased by people who had worked with me in the comic circle. Although, no misfortune happened, escaped. But being attacked like that by an acquaintance I once trusted, I felt a little uneasy and devastated. After that, he naturally decided to leave Tokyo temporarily, found his friend Li Yuntao, and spent a happy time with him carefree. Originally, I decided that it would be good to live the life of an ordinary person, but Li Yuntaojun inspired me to return to the comic book industry I liked. Just because we have lost confidence in certain people, we should not be wary of all our friends! There are still many good people in the circle, including the current editor-in-charge Yamahisa and the former editor-in-charge Aida-san! Also, everyone...... All of you in the Fukuda group, Mr. Yumeha Aki, Mr. Eiji New Wife, Mr. Shinta Fukuda, and Mr. Ichiya Hiramaru, we have always been good friends! ”
Of course, Cang Shuhong didn't mention Nakai Qiaolang, because this person has deteriorated, and he is no longer a person who pursues his dreams, let alone a good person.
At the scene, many media also took the opportunity to ask whether Cang Shuhong was hurt by Nakai Qiaolang.
Cang Shuhong said: "Mr. Nakai should have been drunk at the time, and he was unwilling, so he did some irrational things. But it didn't cause me any real harm, but emotionally it wouldn't forgive him. But since we've collaborated on manga in the past, I won't sue him because of my friendship with Nakai when I was a manga artist. But...... As a friend, Nakai will never be my friend again!"
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After the lively press conference, the editor of You Rong Club came forward to express condolences.
"Teacher Cangshuhong has worked hard, and the venue has performed very well, more decently than expected!" "Young JUMC" editor-in-chief Sasaki Nao nodded and said, "However, we are sorry that we did not take into account the character of some manga artists. Also, some perennial unambitious cartoonists will collapse to the point of losing their minds...... Since Ms. Cang Shuhong has given up the prosecution, we also respect the opinion. Of course, Nakai will be blacklisted in the future, and no works created by him or as an assistant will be published on the platform under our name. ”
"Editor, I think the mechanics of "Shonen JUMC" are very problematic, although it can train high-quality manga artists. However, a large number of cartoonists cannot hold their jobs, which is a big problem. Li Yuntao said, "Many assistants are actually cartoonists who have been serialized or have not been able to obtain serialization qualifications." Quite a bit, only one line away from the serialization level, if they can have the opportunity to serialize, even if the income is a little lower, with dreams and hard work to support, they will not despair of the future and do some irrational things. Moreover, even if the manuscript is not accepted, it may not be really not excellent, right? Why can't we create more platforms for accepting manuscripts and accommodate more serialized works?"
"This is also a helpless thing, "Shonen Jumc" has more than 500 pages, and the price is only 240 yen. Nao Sasaki kindly explained, "We were able to reserve so many serialization opportunities in one magazine! Moreover, we have also opened some less popular sub-publications and supplements, which is considered to be our best! It should not be our sole responsibility to provide manga artists with jobs." Our job is to dig up good work, and if the comics aren't particularly interesting and the readers don't like them, we can't help them more. ”
Nao Sasaki pushed his glasses and continued, "Besides, this is more than my authority as the editorial director of "Shonen JUMC" magazine!"
If it were someone else, Nao Sasaki, he wouldn't just answer a manga artist's question. However, in his opinion, Cangshu Yuntao is no less than or even more than Yacheng Mu Mengye. With such a genius combination, comics and light novels are popular, so as the editor, he will patiently answer a few sincere words.
But even if he wanted to do something for cartoonists, there was only a limit to what he could do. The best and fairest way he can do with the current resources and rules is to continue to comply with the readership questionnaire system and provide a fair platform for cartoonists. At least...... The readership questionnaire system is already an extremely fair system in RB.
It seems that these JUMC editors are the ones who can decide the life and death of a manga artist, but ...... They're just ordinary employees of a publishing company!
There are also higher levels of management above, as well as...... The board of directors and shareholders of Yau Rong Society.
After all, You Rong Society is a commercial publishing house established for profit, not a charity. Therefore, we will only prioritize the interests of cartoonists who can create benefits, and will not consider the future of those cartoonists who are not qualified to work hard......
Perhaps, in the eyes of You Rongshe, those cartoonists who hit the street are just reserve serial cartoonists, so let's increase the thickness of the bench.
20 manga artists are serialized and at the same time are ...... The number of cartoonists who are several times more than ten times more are constantly submitting manuscripts, waiting to be favored by the editorial department and given the opportunity to be serialized!
Cartoonists who are eligible to submit a long-form serialization are those who have already published a short story and have won an award, or a short story questionnaire is not very popular......
Countless people, in this cruel arena, come in with dreams, or hope turns to despair and collapses.
More...... may already be numb, just satisfied with relying on craftsmanship, shuttling in the studio of one serialized teacher after another, in front of an assistant with a stable income, but no dreams.