My Cartoonist Strategy

"What is the condition of the teacher?" Murakami asked with a deep heart.

"Conditions...... is the contract exclusive system, I will not sign." Shen Xin smiled all over his face.

The set of contracts in "ComicFuture" is the contract system of "Young Leap".

In short, as long as the contract is signed, it can only be serialized on "Leap of the Youth".

In this contract, the power of editing is infinitely enlarged, and the cartoonist is at a disadvantage.

In "Dream Eater", there is a plot that Shen Xin remembers very clearly.Sincerely, due to illness, the results of "Suspect Detective TRAP" fell short, and eventually had to be cut.

When creating a new comic, the highest sincerity and Takagi Akihito conflicted with the editor-in-chief Kurauragoro.At that time, the editor-in-chief of "jump" Sasaki gave an answer, "If you can't draw what you want, you admit that you have no talents."

Although this sentence is not for sincerity and Qiuren, Sasaki also gave a reply, "Whether it is a newcomer or a best-selling writer, there will be no exceptions. If you don’t want to cooperate with the original editor, go to other magazines. ..."

Under the contract exclusive system, the cartoonist has no freedom, and even the length of the work cannot be controlled, even the best-selling cartoonist is no exception.

Affected by Toriyama, "Dragon Ball" has been drawn to the Devil Buu. Since then, he has basically not drawn any long comics, but served as the original painter of the game.After the death of "DN" in L, the teacher of both size and size had to extend the length of the comic until a Niah chapter appeared.In addition, both "Huoying" and "Reaper" are affected, making the comics bloated later.

Of course, there are people who are reluctant to accept the contract exclusive system, for example, Inoue Takehiko.

Although "jump" requires "slam dunk" not to end, but Inoue Takehiko's attitude is firm, after drawing "slam dunk", he parted ways with "weekly young jump".Later, although Inoue returned to the collection of Anglo-American, but also serialized in "YuangJump", did not return to "Weekly Jump".

After Shen Xin's request was put forward, the face of Murakami Tokio and Otani Qianming instantly became extremely ugly.

The manuscript fee is easy to talk about, but if there is an exception to the exclusive contracting system, how can they talk to other cartoonists?

"This is just the basis of our cooperation, and even these are unacceptable, and the subsequent negotiations cannot be negotiated. So, I said, it is better to stop here."

"Teacher is really difficult for some strong men." Murakami stared at Shen Xin, the smile on his face replied a lot, "Obviously I don't want to cooperate with us."

"Can't say that. Negotiations, I put forward my terms. If you accept, we will continue to talk. If we don't accept, we will continue to eat. There are so many cartoonists, and there is no shortage of me, right?" Shen Xin laughed. .

"Yes, but I was abrupt." Murakami laughed dryly and took another sip of red wine.

There is a clear difference between Shen Xin and other cartoonists in the 11th district. He is not a cartoonist in the 11th district. In China, he also has many readers.

At this point, the atmosphere of dinner fell into freezing point, and Wang Wenhong took the topic timely and talked about the tourist attractions near Tokyo, and the atmosphere appeared to relax.

"Teacher, how long are you going to stay in District 11?" Murakami curiously said.

"If it's okay, will you stay for another week? Tokyo will stay for a few days, then go to other cities, and then return home." Shen Xin casually said.

Their schedules are very casual, and maybe they will stay for another two weeks, or they may leave in two days.

What Murakami wanted to say, Wang Wenhong picked up a glass again and drank a drink with Murakami.

At the end of the dinner, Murakami had already drank too much, and was caught by Otani, and walked out of the hotel.

Shen Xin asked Wang Wenhong to open two more rooms and was quickly rejected by Murakami.

"Drinking too much wine, the family can understand, but the night does not return home, the problem is very serious." Murakami's drunken face, a bitter smile.

Since Murakami said so, Shen Xin can only ask Wang Wenhong to find a taxi and send two people back.

After sitting in the car, Murakami pulled through his tie and made himself feel a little comfortable.

After a meal, I drank too much and sweated a lot.

Kotani sees Murakami leaning back on his seat and leaning his forehead, as if sleeping instead of sleeping, he couldn't help but ask, "What now?"

"What should I do?" Murakami's consciousness is a little vague.

"Mr. Shen's business..."

"Wait. Since it is a negotiation, there must always be back and forth. The contract exclusive system is not so easy to break."

"Also."

"But Mr. Shen also has an advantage. His income is mainly in China. Moreover, "DN" is licensed to comic books. It seems that the total sales volume is only 7 million copies, but also to take into account the income of electronic copyright. On average, "DN" The sales volume should be around 1.34 million copies. We also need such comics."

"Which... shall we give in, or will we not give in?" Otani confused.

"Look at the quality of his new work..."

"If he is of high quality, shall we follow?"

"Otherwise what to do? Give it to other magazines? Don't forget the lessons of "DN"..." Murakami asked rhetorically.

"However, there is a contract exclusive system..."

"The solution was conceived." Murakami whispered.

He drank too much, but his mind was not at all confused.

The contract exclusive system cannot be broken, but he does not want to give up on Xin Xin's new work.

If Shen Xin's new work is really as brilliant as "DN", he must think of a solution that has the best of both worlds.As for now, before Xin Xin made it, he was just watching.

Just when Murakami sat in the car and was thinking wildly, several people in Shen Xin also returned to their residence, gathered around the round table and discussed matters at dinner.

"From the current point of view, the possibility of cooperating with "Leap" should not be great. What should I do next?" Xi Muhan held the tea cup, but looked closely at Shen Xin.

"He doesn't agree, we don't cooperate. We are only selling the works, and we can also cooperate with the comic book. "Zhou Man Top" is also considered, and it is not fixed in a certain magazine. As for the country, we must also look at "ComicFuture" "What's the reaction."

In the last confrontation with "ComicFuture", Shen Xin jumped out of the domestic comic circle.

After the advent of the Internet era, even if there is no platform, as long as the quality of the comics is high enough, it can still have a place on the Internet.

Only in this way, income may not be stable.

Yan Fei opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but then closed her mouth again.

The contract exclusive system not only affects Shen Xin, but also affects her—Compared with her, “Leo Junior” obviously trusts her editor more, and her position will be embarrassing by then.

"Even if you don't consider "Leap", the quality of the comics is still the most important. When the work comes out, we will talk to these platforms." Shen Xin said.

"Also." Yan Fei nodded, and the situation in front of him seemed not as optimistic as expected.

In this way, the next work becomes crucial...

At this moment, Yan Fei's cell phone suddenly rang. She took out her cell phone with a confused look, glanced at the phone screen, and raised her head in surprise. "It's a man with a comic book."

"Take it."

Shen Xin leaned back and leaned on the back of the wicker chair.

Things... seem to be less monotonous.