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"I'm deeply disappointed with your company's decision, it's not a matter of a little more cut, or paying liquidated damages, you lack the respect that a good illustrator deserves. I was outraged by the humiliation I had suffered as a representative artist......"

Austria.

Anna sat expressionlessly in front of the computer, editing a sternly worded email letter.

She had just learned of the group's new decision from the publisher's project assistant – the renowned illustration studio Villerein would compete with Detective Cat for the opportunity to write "The Little Prince".

Anna is writing a letter of protest.

After sending an email expressing her displeasure to the contact box, the girl closed the computer and leaned against the back of her wheelchair.

Anna does not wear an extra headdress today, and her long dark hair is tied back by a long brocade hair band in the Central Asian style.

She was thinking quietly, her fingertips gently playing with the blue headband, and the light in the study shone on her face, exuding a creamy sheen.

Because of the publisher's contempt for Detective Cat Lady, she is now unhappy, but compared to the sharp words in the email, Anna's face maintains the usual cold feeling, and there is no obvious joy and anger.

At a very young age, my aunt taught me that anger is just a manifestation of the weakness of the weaker party, and it does not solve the actual problem except to show your weakness.

At the same time, Anna believes that as long as the market research is conducted fairly according to the conditions given by Scholastic, there is no possibility that the big sister of the detective cat will lose.

Raise the share and release separate postcard merchandise and artist art books - the rewards are also great.

Strictly speaking, things are not bad.

Of course, as an agent, even if it is not necessarily a bad thing, the protest letter that should be written must still be written.

This is to give a voice to the acting painter, express his position and strive for the greatest benefit.

After thinking for a moment,

Anna took her phone out of her pocket and found Osborne's phone number in her address book.

After two beeps, the call was answered.

"Excuse me, is it Miss Anna?"

Osborne's voice came over the phone.

"Well, Uncle Osborne, I'm Anna." The girl's tone was gentle and polite, and it didn't change in the slightest because of Osborne's bad attitude during the last call.

"I called to thank Uncle Osborne."

Anna said, "I'm sorry to see the Scholastic officer's invitation to the detective cat, and I'm sorry to bother my uncle. ”

"Anna, what do you say...... Alas, Uncle Osborne should have apologized to you. ”

Osborne smiled wryly: "Detective Cat is a very good illustrator, thank you for recommending Detective Cat to me." The Scholastic Group is proud to work with such a high caliber of illustrators. ”

"Anna, you have a great eye, much better than me. Your grandfather once said that when I switched to business, I was abandoning my basics and becoming tacky. The old man was right in his criticism, Uncle Osborne had a bad attitude in speaking before, Miss Anna, don't mind. Osborne apologized.

"Uncle Osborne, are you still happy with the detective cat's performance?" Anna asked quietly.

"Very good...... Very outstanding, it should be said. ”

"Well, but her agent contacted me a few minutes ago and said that there was something wrong with the publisher's communication, and that the Scholastic Group was going to replace Detective Cat with another illustration studio. I thought the detective cat didn't meet the publisher's requirements and wanted to apologize to Uncle Osborne. ”

Anna spoke apologetically.

"Well, Anna, it's so boring for you to say that. I'm sure you know the quality of a detective cat, doesn't it embarrass me. ”

"So there's no such thing, it's just a misunderstanding?"

Osborne smiled wryly.

He finally understood that the agent of the detective cat was not a vegetarian, and after receiving the group's decision, he found Miss Elena to complain.

He knew that Anna had always liked this web illustrator detective cat, and since he could recommend her to the Scholastic Group, it was normal for him to know the other party's agent.

Osborne himself knew the standard of the manuscript handed over by the detective cat, and he estimated that Anna must also be aware of it.

Everyone understands people, and at this time, they said that they could not meet the requirements of the publishing house and apologized to him.

How can you let yourself get off the stage?

"Although the affairs of the Willein studio are very complicated, I assure you that the investigation of the marketing department will be carried out in a fair and open manner, and no one will be allowed to manipulate it. Anna, you should have faith in the detective cat, right? ”

"It's okay, even if the group doesn't look down on the detective cat, we can only blame her for not being capable, and I'm also grateful to Uncle Osborne for his efforts." Anna's tone sounded sincere.

The more Anna said this, the more embarrassed Osborne became.

Miss Anna, the last heir of the Elena family.

The only time I called him to do something, his tone was so rude, he didn't look down on the painter recommended by others, and he spoke ill of Anna.

As a result, not to mention the high level of the painters that Anna fancied, Osborne also wanted to cultivate his connections in the art department, and his mother-in-law was not happy to do this.

He blushed for himself.

Osborne didn't know how many times he smiled wryly.

"Miss Elena, I'm really scared of you. Don't be ashamed of your poor Uncle Osborne, this matter is indeed not done by Uncle Osborne, Anna, if you have any request, as long as it is not too much, I will agree. Osborne was helpless, "But the matter of market research, the top management of the group has been decided, and it is really difficult to change." ”

"Uncle Osborne misunderstood, I didn't mean that, I really thank you for this." Anna changed her tone and whispered, "Uncle Osborne is a candidate for this year's Scholastic Group Masters of Writing and Art Award, I remember. ”

"Nominated candidates for the Masters of Writing and Art Award...... God, is this what the detective cat agent means, or Miss Anna, do you mean? Osborne spoke in a strange tone.

"What's the difference?" The girl tilted her head.

"If it was the detective cat or her agent, I would immediately slam the phone in her face, call her crazy, and let her roll as far as she wanted. If it's Miss Anna, what do you mean......"

Osborne was silent for a few seconds, and then reluctantly said, "This is the Masters of Writing and Art Award." Even if it is a second-class Outstanding Contribution Award, I don't know how many great writers and famous artists who earn millions of dollars a year are waiting for nominations. You asked me to nominate the detective cat, Anna, you really don't care about your uncle's old shame. ”

"How so. Welllein can win awards, detective cat's knife painting level, can't he be called a master? Anna smiled, "Uncle Osborne, take it as I meant." ”

"Will Le Rhein win an award? Mademoiselle, Verlein is really good enough to draw. Moreover, it's not a matter of artistic level, what would outsiders think if you asked me to nominate an online illustrator who doesn't even have a formal piece of serious art? What will the board think of me? Osborne complained.

It's like nominating a professional player from a Java League to win the World Footballer of the Year, and people will laugh at him to death.

"No, by the time the awards are made, "The Little Prince" should have been published and sold a long time ago, how can it be considered that there is no serious work of art?" Anna quibbled.

"He may not be able to get "The Little Prince"...... Forget it, alas, Miss Anna, it seems that you are going to eat me. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Osborne, for bothering." Anna thanked her sincerely.

"Well, I'm scared of you."

Osborne sighed: "Get vaccinated beforehand." The most I can do is nominate it, even if I nominate the detective cat, and the little prince has already been published. If "The Little Prince" hadn't created a sales miracle, the odds of the detective cat winning the award would be similar to that of an asteroid destroying the earth, which is simply a fantasy. ”

"Being nominated is a huge honor in itself, isn't it?"

Anna asked rhetorically.

Although the honor is false, it is exactly what the detective cat needs most now after being removed from the "Oil Painting" magazine.

can be nominated for the Masters of Writing and Art Award,

This is much more useful than recording 10,000 podcasts for each other and filling the Taylor National Gallery with Detective Cat quotes by Director Tonks.

"That's just as well. It seems that you really like detective cats, and it is a good fortune for us Miss Elena to spend so much effort to pave the way for her. ”

Osborne said: "I said in advance that she had to be able to beat the painter in the market research before I could nominate the detective cat, which is the bottom line." Otherwise, it's a laughing stock. ”

"I've never felt that market research was a problem." Anna smiled as she wished.

……

"I would like to thank Professor Koyama and Professor Chiba of Tama Academy of Fine Arts for their guidance and valuable advice during the writing of this thesis......"

In the study room,

Miss Sakai whispered the acknowledgments written at the end.

Now, the paper, which is about 7,000 words in total, has been almost completed.

Journal papers are different from doctoral dissertations, which are common to write hundreds of thousands of words and contact publishers directly.

The length of the journal is almost the same, after all, if you submit a manuscript of hundreds of thousands of words, even if the article meets the standard of approval, other journals do not have so many pages.

According to general statistics, 85% of the length of science SCI papers is about 3000-6000 words, and the liberal arts are longer and normal.

The 7,000 words will not seem lacking in content, nor will it be too lengthy, and Uncle Sakai feels that this is the right length for Gu Weijing and Miss Sakai's dissertation.

They have not yet formally submitted their manuscripts, and they have received a review opinion from the reviewers on whether they want to reverse the revision, so they do not need to thank the journal contributors.

Two middle school students were on their own, and it was too difficult to complete a high-level thesis.

Relying on Uncle Sakai's relationship, they received guidance from many professors in the process of writing.

According to the etiquette of the paper, it is necessary to express gratitude to the professors who helped them in the writing process at the end of the paper.

This also shows that these professors have a good impression of their papers.

If the article is too watery, even if their names are mentioned in the acknowledgments, people will feel ashamed.

Watching Miss Katsuko Sakai type the last full stop on the keyboard, Gu Weijing let out a long breath, and his heart was relieved.

"What do you think of the journal you submitted?"

Katsuko Sakai thought for a moment: "My father has two suggestions for the topic of our article, one is the Taylors Journal of Art with an impact factor of 2.543 and the other is ARTIBUS ASIAE with an impact factor of 3.752, both of which are magazines in the AHCI indexed catalog. ”

The so-called impact factor is an important indicator to measure the influence of academic journals, which refers to the average citation rate of a paper published in journals and magazines over a period of time, which is published annually by Clarivate Analytics Literature Database in the United States.

Ranked 19th in the world with 3.752, Asian Art is the most important art journal in Asia. The Taylor Journal of Fine Arts is ranked 43rd in the world and also in the top 50.

In addition to the difference in length, the impact factor of liberal arts papers and science papers is also different.

Some oncology journals in science can have an impact factor of 500 or more, and SCI journals with superior quality also have an impact factor of 4 or 5.

However, the citation rate of liberal arts papers is much lower, and it is very good to be able to do more than 1. The impact factor does not fully reflect the level of a journal.

Some of the heavyweight professional papers that have a profound impact on the industry are not too cited too high.

For a long time, liberal arts papers have not even counted impact factors, and this year is the first year that Clarivate Analytics has published the impact factor of liberal arts journals.

Asian Art ranks higher than the Taylor Journal of Fine Arts, but as long as the journals can be included in the AHCI indexed catalog, they are all cattle journals, and there are no weak ones.

"My father's opinion was to vote for Asian Art, after all, it is the best liberal arts journal in Asia, and he knows a few of the magazine's reviewers and professors, so he can recommend a few kinder reviewers."

That's the benefit of networking.

A reviewer is a judge who decides whether a journal can be published or not. Art journals do not have a data standard that can be quantified, and reviewers have more discretion.

Exactly the same content, the one with good writing was passed, and the bad one was killed.

Or it is normal for a talkative reviewer to pass the manuscript and a strict reviewer to give it a no.

A paper that is between the past and the two, with a humorous joke told between the lines to amuse the reviewer, and then the manuscript is passed, which is not exactly a joke.

Basically, today's academic paper review completely requires double-blind review, and the contributor does not know who the reviewer is, and the reviewer does not know who the contributor is.

But......

Sometimes, there's room for manipulation in between.

At least to submit an article to Asian Art, Uncle Sakai can openly ask them to indicate the recommended reviewers to the editor in the submission email, so as to accurately submit the article to the eyes of certain reviewers.

It's not a violation of discipline at all.

With the subdivision of disciplines, many professional journals now require contributors to indicate six or eight recommended reviewers for their articles.

If anonymity were to be carried out, a paper on an oil painting would be handed over to a professor who was engaged in avant-garde sculpture, and no one would be able to understand who was saying what was being said.

Isn't that funny?

(End of chapter)