My Cartoonist Strategy
Chapter 26 Contract
The editor frowned, his hands clasped his chest, and he fell into contemplation.
The authors who can get the color pages are almost all the old authors of "New World". They have certain contacts in the magazine. It is really difficult to get the color pages from these people.
The editor-in-chief looked down at Shen Xin’s name and the color page arrangement within a month. After a long thought, he turned to the middle-aged editor and asked, “Lao Li, the color page of “Chasing the Wind” changed into a volume Zhongcai page, you will talk to Mr. Gong when the time comes. Yan Wei, the first episode of "Y's" will be published in the fourth week of the magazine. You will get the color page by the third week."
"Yes." Yan Wei nodded quickly.
"Oh... the contract, don't forget, the contract must be knocked to death. Don't be robbed." The editor reminded.
"……Ok, I know."
Yan Wei rubbed his hands and was entangled in his heart. How should he talk about contract with Shen Xin?
"Well, next, let's start discussing "You can meet you everywhere"." The editor-in-chief looked at Xiao Zhang.
Xiao Zhang coughed and was about to speak. Yan Fan raised his hand again.
"Editor, I have one more thing!"
Xiao Zhang had a black line, and looked at Yan Wei sharply, unable to help swearing.
Can't you say anything in one breath?
Yan Wei ignored Xiao Zhang's sight and other people's gaze, but looked directly at the editor in chief, "The conditions of Shen Xin's family are not very optimistic, and he should not afford to rent a studio or an assistant. If the magazine wants to If he is asked to publish the article quickly, should he provide him with convenience."
The editor-in-chief frowned slightly, "Yan Wan, you are an employee of the magazine, you should consider it more for the magazine."
"After Shen Xin signed the contract, he was also working for the magazine. His working environment was good, and it was us who earned the benefits." Yan Wei asked.
The editor-in-chief kept tapping the fingers of one hand and the other with his chin. After a long time, he said to the deputy editor: "You help find a studio and find two assistants. Salary...Magazine Padding first, waiting for his manuscript fee to come down, and then deducting the expenses."
The deputy editor nodded.
"Next, are you okay?" The editor left his eyes and looked at Yan Wei.
Yan Fan quickly shook his head, "It's gone."
The neighbor Li Xiao secretly gave thumbs up to Yan Wei, so that she could get so many "welfare" for the newcomer, and only Yan Wei could do it for the entire editorial department.
Yan Fan smiled and said nothing.
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"So nervous, I don't know if I can pass?"
Knowing this afternoon, you can know whether Shen Xin’s comics can be serialized, and Xi Mumo has no thoughts of working part-time, sitting in the living room all afternoon, anxious.
Shen Xin poured water twice, and after seeing Xi Mucuo tense, he comforted her, "Don't worry, you can pass it."
But before Yan Wei's call came, Xi Mumo's nervousness could not be relieved.
Finally, at nearly three o'clock, Yan Fan called.
"Congratulations, it's passed! The curling color page... I'll go now and tell you about the contract." Yan Wei finished the speech concisely and hung up the phone.
"How is it?" Xi Mumo looked at Shen Xin expectantly.
Shen Xin grinned and gave a thumbs up, "It's over."
"awesome!"
Xi Mumo screamed out loud and fell in Shen Xin's arms at the next moment.
Shen Xin's face flushed instantly, and both hands did not know where to put it.
Xi Mumo soon noticed that something was wrong and quickly separated from Shen Xin. The blush crawled from the neck to the root of the ear.
"I'm going to buy some vegetables." Xi Mumo dared to look at Shen Xin and hurried out of the house.
I can see that the little girl is in a good mood.
Shen Xin poured a sip of tea, calming his heart a little.
Serialization... finally serialized...
Shen Xin sat weakly on the chair.
He knew that in the next long period of time, he had to focus on "Y's", perhaps not going to school too much time.If he quits because of this, Shen Xin has no choice but to accept it.
In fact, even the highest sincerity in "Dream Eater" also chose to drop out of the second grade, and Shen Xin was also ready to drop out.
If you can get a degree certificate and a graduation certificate, of course it is the best thing, but it still depends on whether you have extra energy.
Xi Mumo strolled outside for more than an hour, bought vegetables and beef, and his expression returned to normal, but when he saw Shen Xin, his cheeks were slightly warm.
About ten minutes later, the doorbell was ringing again.
Shen Xin opened the door and saw Yan Fu with a smile on his face.
"Congratulations." Yan Fan narrowed his eyes.
"Sister Yan is working hard. In order to get the curling color pages, you should have experienced a'fighting battle', right?"
"Which is "Guild War?" There is no one who can fight." Yan Wei followed Shen Xin into the living room.
Xi Mumo heard Yan Fu's voice, and quickly came out of the kitchen, bowing deeply to Yan Fu, "Thank you sister."
"Thank me what? Mainly because the name is good, otherwise, even if I am full of tongues and flowers, I can't take the curl color page. By the way, Shen Xin, how is your level of coloring?" Yan Wei remembered this matter.
"It's okay. After all, I am also an art major. Besides, don't you have "Witch"? Isn't the cover also a color page?" Shen Xin poured a cup of boiling water to Yan Wei.
"That level... It's okay, I always think it's not as good as'Water Dragon'."
Chen Zijiao's pen name is "Dragon Water", and Yan Wei has simplified it, simply called "Water Dragon".
"Of course I am better than then, you don't have to worry."
"Okay, since you said that, I won't say anything more. After three weeks, I have to hand in the first manuscript. You must hurry up. Well, now let's start talking about contracts?" Yan Wei Two documents were taken out of the document package and handed to Shen Xin. "After both parties sign and seal, we will leave one for you and the other for the magazine."
Shen Xin nodded and glanced at the contract. While reading, he frowned.
It took more than ten minutes for Shen Xin to review the contract, then sighed, "Is this contract coming from District 11?"
"You know this kind of contract?" Yan Fan was surprised.
Shen Xin did not answer, just rubbed his chin.
At first, he thought that the contract in this world is a common contract for binding works, that is to say, after signing, he and the magazine signed only a comic "Y's".During the contract period, he can draw comics for other magazines, and he can change the pen name.
Looking at the contract now, he can be sure that this is the infamous "exclusive contract system."This was originally used by "jump", but there is no "jump" in this world, but it was found by "Leap", and the magazines in 11 districts immediately followed suit.
To put it simply, it is one thing. During the contract period, even if he was slashed, he could not draw comics for other magazines, and could only receive a low contractual fee.Therefore, the editing power is very large, and correspondingly, the cartoonist's right to speak is also reduced accordingly.
"Now, all domestic magazines have this kind of contract. To be honest, cartoonists are indeed a disadvantaged group compared to magazines." Yan Wei lowered his head and did not look at Shen Xin.