Chapter 62: Inserting a bid to sell Seoul
"Mr. Goda, please take a look at the character design draft of the new comic." The male assistant Xiaofu handed the draft respectfully.
It's past midnight, and Takeda Takeda's studio is still working overtime.
The female assistant Reiko was also leaning on the table, constantly working on the character costume designs.
She couldn't hide the fatigue on her face.
"Thank you for your hard work." Takeda Takeda took the manuscript and began to review it.
Starting a comic requires a lot of design drafts of plot characters. Otherwise, when drawing detailed storyboards, the characters drawn by the main artist will easily have inconsistent clothing or shapes and funny situations.
This is also very laborious.
It's just that they don't know that there is a person in this world called Oda Shingo, and his character design is engraved in his mind. As an animation director, he has read almost all of the well-known works before traveling back in time.
As for Tian Gangwu, in order to send out new manuscripts within this week, overtime has become the norm.
The problem is... there are three core people in the entire studio, and two more part-time workers, so the morale of the five people in total is low!
Decentralize!
The cartoonist who originally serialized the comic in the official issue of "Jump" was suddenly assigned to serialize a new comic on the web site.
Everyone immediately associates it with the popularity voting issue of the old game.
The official issue of Qunyingsha's "Jump" has a popularity vote in every issue. The one ranked first will get a double-color extra page, and the one ranked lower will be cut in half.
Takeda Takeda's old work is ranked third from the bottom in the popularity rankings.
Although the work has already announced its ending, this position inevitably makes people wonder.
He was demoted because of poor performance!
"Hyakki Minister..." Takeda Takeda murmured subconsciously.
Because he kept recalling the bloated face of the director of the official publication department, Hyakki, with a smile on his face, saying to himself sincerely:
[Goda-kun, web department director Mikami Saburo, at the regular meeting, highly praised the new work they signed, Oda Shingo's "One Punch Man"! ]
[They even despise the authority of the official issue of "Jump" and don't trust the ability of your serial cartoonists! ]
[So, I fought for the opportunity to serve as a consultant for the web department, so that your new work can shine in the web serialization! ]
[I can have the same S-level recommendation rights as "One Punch Man" in the web department, and give you the highest promotion support! ]
[Please, Goda-kun, defeat the "One Punch Man" that the web department touted! ]
[Crush the representative works of the web department and prove the strength of the official author! ]
Listen, what a high expectation!
I believe you! You damn fat man - even though I am fat too - you must be just using me as a sword!
However, the culprit behind all this turned out to be Oda Shingo, the stupid young man!
You dared to contradict me before, but now you are dragging me down and you are delegating me!
I will fight back against this hatred in my new web series!
"Oda Shingo, just wait!" Takeda gritted his teeth.
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Japan under the night is always full of temptations, as if it is a dark vat soaking every worker.
Although there are many opportunities in the comics industry, competition is fierce. Every cartoonist tries his best to squeeze out a little space for survival.
An izakaya in Mode Yokocho, Shinjuku.
After Saburo Mikami told the truth about the accident, what appeared in Oda Shingo's mind was the figure of the fat man who made strange noises to him this morning.
Takeda Takeda was very hostile to him at the time, and even said words such as "My new book will be on the same battlefield with you" and "You will taste the power of the official cartoonist".
There is also a fat man, the Minister Hyakki who had a bad attitude at the headquarters of the Heroic Society a few days ago.
Of course he has a dark hand behind this. It's just that I won't be fighting on the same front with him.
No wonder Takeda Takeda had such a strange attitude towards me before. The male assistant Xiaofu also said that it happened to be mentioned. It turned out that he was transferred to the web department.
Takeda Takeda, who was sent down remotely by Hyakki Minister, plans to publish a new comic and crush me in web subscriptions?
"You know?" Minister Mikami couldn't help but be surprised when Oda Shingo said the name of Taketoku Tian.
"Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's intentional."
The artist's remake of "One Punch Man" is now the most popular one on the website, and it is also recommended by S-level. They must have been reminded of it.
During the same period of subscription, as long as it crushes "One Punch Man", this magazine will be equivalent to victory.
The operational policy of the web department is equivalent to being denied. Therefore, Web Director Mikami Saburo breathed the same fate as him.
No wonder he performed like this today and was under such great work pressure.
Haha, things are getting interesting.
"I worked under Takeda Takeda." Oda Shingo waved his hand, "I wonder if the official newspaper has learned something and plans to use the master to beat the apprentice."
It is almost certain that Takeda Takeda’s new comic will compete with his own “One Punch Man” on the web.
Subscription results will indicate whether there is a problem with the operation of the web site, or whether Qunying Club does not devote enough resources to the web department!
But Tian Gangwu is not a master at all. You will know who is stronger than whom.
"Xinwu, although Takeda Takeda is the cartoonist ranked at the bottom of the "Jump" magazine in terms of popularity, he also has a readership accumulated over the years, and the readership is not low, and he has the habit of paying to read!" Minister General Mikami held the glass in his hand. The cup hit the table.
Oda Shingo asked in a calm tone: "What is the estimated number of his online first orders?"
"Although many readers may not convert to web subscriptions out of habit, it is estimated that the first subscription will be no less than 7,000! It is even possible that the first subscription will be close to 10,000!" Saburo Mikami stared at Oda with bloodshot eyes. Believe me.
Minister Mikami felt that he would see a trace of undisguised panic in Oda Shingo's reaction.
But he was wrong.
In the izakaya that smelled of alcohol, the young man didn't show any signs of timidity. On the contrary, he seemed to be in high spirits.
Minister Mikami wondered why this young man was so excited.
"Is that all?" Oda Shingo couldn't help but smile.
He served Daiginjo to Mikami Chomitsu.
"Xingo, don't underestimate the cartoonists of the official issue!" Minister Mikami reminded, "The web department's best first order result in the past was only close to 5,000."
Mikami was bragging shamelessly, but in fact there were only more than three thousand...
At least this shows that he hasn't drunk too much.
Oda Shingo shook his finger: "Delegate a cartoonist to overwhelm me with subscriptions? This means war!"
How many cartoonists have acknowledged the cruel reality.
[Without serialization, there is no one yen! ]
[It is better to overcome other works than to overcome your own fatigue and illness! ]
Japan does not believe in tears at night.
There is no smoke in the war between cartoonists, but blood and tears are common.
war?
Just fight!
Oda Shingo seemed to be talking to himself: "Since we just discussed Chinese poetry, please allow me to say the same thing at this time."
"What are you going to say?"
"It is estimated that this decentralized author of this magazine will receive nearly 10,000 first subscriptions? Haha, if that's all..." Relaxing his body and returning to a sitting posture, Oda Shingo put his hands on the table and replied proudly: < br/>"I look at Takeda Takeda as if he were the first to sell out!"
Recommend a "Naruto" fanfic, unsystematic, novel story line, worth reading!
(End of chapter)