Chapter 95: Mysterious Turtle
"Sure enough, it's not that easy!" Chu Yu sighed.
The smooth sailing in Luo Province did not let him get carried away, thinking that he could do anything. The treatment he had received in the past two days was honestly considered very good.
The editors of all the major comics companies are willing to interview him, and they even directly said that they can have his works serialized directly in other top journals except Ace Journals without going through serialization meetings. This kind of treatment is even for many magic cities.
Even old cartoonists may not have it.
It's just that Chu Yu's requirements are indeed relatively high.
In the entire Magic City, there are only more than a hundred serialization seats for the seven major journals.
But among the more than 100 seats, there are outstanding cartoonists who are still working on the front line in the entire Dragon Kingdom cartoon industry in the past 20 years. Compared with these people, Chu Yu only has the title of author of a Dragon Star Award winner.
, it’s still a bit worse.
"Okay! It's the last one!" Chu Yu calmed down.
The comic style of the battle between Tianji, Water, Hedgehog and Chu Yu didn't match Chu Yu's new work, so he didn't consider it. As for Phoenix, let's not talk about it.
In other words, the only choice left before Chu Yu among the seven major powers in Demon City is Xuan Gui.
If Xuangui does not agree to his request, then Chu Yu has no choice but to consider the seven major non-ace journals!
Inside the Black Turtle, in the office.
Li Xi is still as capable as ever, wearing the same professional OL skirt. She walks with her head held high and her chest raised, looking full of confidence!
After Chu Yu came in, she poured him a cup of tea and said with a smile.
"You are indeed here!"
When Chu Yu heard this, he was a little puzzled.
"What do you mean? I made an appointment with you yesterday, of course you will come!"
"No, that's not what I'm talking about. What I'm saying is that six months ago, on the night of the Dragon Star Awards, I had a feeling when I gave you my business card that you would come to Shanghai, and you would come to me, and you
Will cooperate with me!" Li Xi took a sip of tea and then looked at Chu Yu.
"How about it? Are the other companies disappointing you? You want to serialize your works in their most famous journals, but they always use some words to frustrate you."
When Chu Yu heard this, his eyes narrowed.
"How do you know that I went to the other seven houses in Magic City?"
"Although the Magic City is big, the circle of the comics industry is very small." Li Xi said.
"Orange cat yesterday morning, Qingye in the afternoon, Qingye this morning, what I said is right!"
Chu Yu was shocked in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.
"Anyway, this year's Dragon Star Award winner, Shui Xin, the author of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories, came to the Magic City with a new work. The new work seems to have directly changed from a combat-oriented manga like Rurouni Kenshin's Memories to a manga that focuses on
Romance girl style, many people in my circle of friends are still talking about this topic, and it seems that everyone thinks your new comic is good! After all, your style change is a bit big!"
Chu Yu was not interested in this topic. Indeed, the interests in the comics industry in the Magic City were complicated, and some people also wanted to see his jokes.
Especially the group of people from Qin Province, the magical capital, were dissatisfied with him for snatching the Dragon Star Award from Qin Province for several consecutive years.
But Chu Yu doesn't want to pay attention to those things. After the work is serialized, these people will shut up!
"Listen to what you said, do you mean that you can have my works serialized in Shuiyuan, Xuangui's top journal?" Chu Yu focused on this.
"No"
"I didn't say that." Li Xi rolled up the hair beside his ears.
"However, compared to the negative answers from other comics clubs, your request is not completely impossible with me."
"But no matter what, at least show me your work first!"
"Oh, sorry!" Chu Yu then realized that he had been here for a long time and didn't even hand over the work to him.
Li Xi took it with both hands and looked at it carefully.
She watched the six-episode work for nearly half an hour
"To be honest, this work is very novel!" Li Xi closed her eyes, and after a while, she pointed to Natsume's Book of Friends.
"I have never seen a work of this style before. After reading it, I was slightly moved. It is not strong, but this feeling is enough to leave a mark in my heart."
"Is this the unit drama style in the future?" Li Xi asked.
"Yes, generally speaking, each story will not exceed four chapters!"
“What about the expected length of this work?”
"Probably, there are more than fifty or sixty chapters!"
The system of Natsume's Book of Friends has not been completed until now. The system information also indicates that the work is not completed and is being updated continuously.
However, because this work is a unit drama, it will be easy to finish, so Chu Yu can also break down the more exciting plots and serialize them to make the overall quality of the work higher. This also opens up the opportunity for Chu Yu to come to the magic city.
Fame helps tremendously!
"That's right!" Li Xi nodded.
"What about the quality of this work? Can you guarantee that the quality of this work in the future will not be lower than these three chapters?" As he spoke, Li Xi stared closely into Chu Yu's eyes.
Li Xi has his own way of recognizing people. As long as Chu Yu speaks and listens to his tone, does he have a plan for the future plot of this work? Are these three words just a whim and inspiration?
Yes, Li Xi can feel it.
After all, there are many comics that are amazing at the beginning, as well as comics that are cut in half by the end. In many cases, the two are often the same work.
If the follow-up plot is weak and has no inspiration, then it will be of no use to anyone and can only be cut in half!
So before serializing, Li Xi needs to figure this out.
"I can guarantee that the quality of the following plots will be higher than these three chapters!" Chu Yu said directly after hearing this.
There is strong confidence in his words.
A flash of appreciation flashed in Li Xi's eyes. If a cartoonist has no confidence in his subsequent creative ability, what else would he draw?
"Okay!" Li Xi nodded.
"If you can make such a guarantee, that's fine!"
Li Xi pondered for a while, then raised his head!
"Just in time, three works on Shuiyuan will be cut in half in two weeks. I can recommend this work at the serialization meeting!"
"Three parts? How come there are so many?" Chu Yu was shocked when he heard this.
How can a journal of this level cut off three works at once? This takes up almost one-sixth of the entire journal. Can readers adapt?
"Otherwise, what I told you back then, that Xuangui is different from other comic clubs, do you think it was nonsense?" Li Xi said calmly.
"In Xuangui, its journals are divided into three levels based on their influence. In any journal, there will be an evaluation of works every three months. The three works with the worst evaluation scores will be cut in half or moved to a lower level.
Journal.”
"When the vacancies are created, excellent works from lower-level journals will be transferred to one publication, and then a serialization meeting will be held to select two journals for serialization."
"Back then, Tang Xin's Shadow Thorn was so popular that it was moved directly from a third-level journal to Shuiyuan in this way!"
"That's why I said that Black Turtle is definitely the place where new cartoonists can become famous the fastest, as long as you have the ability," Tang Xin said calmly.
"Of course, this is also the place where old cartoonists fall away the fastest. Their grades are at the bottom in three months. No matter whose works they are, get out!"
"Because of this system, Black Turtle's contract signing method is also different from other comic companies. The signing is one contract for each work, and the income from the work is at least higher than that of other comics companies of the same level.
More than 20 percent."
"Only signing the works, not the people?" Chu Yu asked in confusion upon hearing this.
This was the first time he encountered such a signing situation.
Chapter completed!