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At the beginning of February, Phoenix Company hadn't officially started work yet, but some departments were busy. watermark ad test watermark ad test

The personnel departments of the three regions are the busiest departments, and they want to seize the time to recruit employees at the beginning of the new year. The animation department is second only to the personnel department. They have to rush to produce animations, and some editors and publishers in the comics department have to start preparing to release a new issue of the weekly magazine. Apart from them, the top managers are not relaxed, and their eyes are all focused on the new magazine.

Adding two new magazines is easy to say, but it must be done carefully. What is the positioning of the two new magazines? How to distinguish them from "Weekly Shonen" and "Weekly Girl", and how to divide the reader preferences and age groups they target? On the surface, it is to add two new magazines, but the actual difficulty is equivalent to rebuilding the core business of Phoenix Company.

In the past, there were only two categories of weekly magazines in Phoenix, one for boys and one for girls. However, this classification method is no longer in line with the development trend of the times, and both juvenile and girl magazines need to be further subdivided. This subdivision also involves the specific allocation of personnel. Each magazine must be in charge of a new editorial department. Excluding "Xi" manga, a total of four editorial departments are needed, and how these editorial departments are arranged is also a big problem. question.

After discussing for a few days, the Phoenix Company came to the conclusion that the Far East District manages one comic magazine, Ninghai City manages one, and Suhua City is responsible for the remaining two. Several comic magazines are managed separately. Meng Huo originally didn't consider the issue of the editorial department in the Far East District, but there are quite a lot of cartoonists in the Far East District. In order to facilitate the work of receiving manuscripts, it is best to have an editorial department there.

For this matter, Meng Huo returned to Tokyo on purpose. He returned to Tokyo on February 9, 2017, which was also the day when "Weekly Boys" was released.

Today, in downtown Tokyo. The manga artist Xi Chuan You bought magazines from the manga store in front of his house early on. Since the scandal of Man Tian Tang, a large number of manga artists have switched to Sakura Company under Phoenix—— Xi Chuan Yu is also one of them, so he has developed a weekly magazine. Habit of buying Weekly Shonen.

The cover of this issue of "Weekly Shonen" is bright red. Peel off the film. Nishikawa Yu was surprised by the pattern on the cover. This time the cover is a beautiful girl standing with a knife, long red hair and red eyes. With an awe-inspiring temperament, bright red flames fluttered around her, and the entire cover seemed to be burning, and there was an illusion of burning hot in the hand.

""Shakugan no Shana"..."

He saw the bright red title in the middle of the cover. Then realized that this is a serial trailer, Xi Chuanyu's eyes were immediately attracted by the introduction of the manga under the title-"Infinite time stopped the beating, and people burned silently. No one noticed that the world has long been out of track, Surrounded by the flames of the Red World..."

This introduction line looks very handsome, but as a manga artist, Nishikawa Yu thinks this introduction is the worst kind.

The profile of a new serial doesn't need to be handsome. The key is to be able to tell readers what kind of manga it is. However, after reading the introduction of "Shakugan no Shana", it makes people feel confused. Understand……

How could such a poor introduction appear in "Weekly Boys", which has sold tens of millions? Nishikawa Yu felt strange. And speaking of it, the name "Shakugan no Shana" doesn't look like a juvenile manga. The cover character is a woman, and the name of the manga is also very feminine. Isn't this a shoujo manga? Why do shojo manga appear on the cover of Weekly Shonen?

His eyes skipped the introduction, then settled on the author's name.

"What a pity!"

Xi Chuanyou felt a chill in his heart, He Xi was the author of the manga! It's no wonder that the editorial staff of "Weekly Boys" really won't make low-level mistakes. He Xi is the unique pillar of Phoenix Company. It doesn't matter. Other cartoonists who don't have a good profile are easily cast aside, but why don't they have a large number of readers even if they don't write a profile!

This time, the introduction of "Shakugan no Shana" is weird, but in He Xi's case, this kind of weirdness is not a shortcoming, but an advantage of "mystery". He hasn't released a new manga for two years, but this time a new manga suddenly appears that makes people confused. Not only will readers not be disgusted, but they will feel curious, excited and surprised.

This is an absolutely different treatment between popular cartoonists and ordinary cartoonists!

Xi Chuanyou was a little envious of He Xi, and the manga shop manager at the side couldn't help laughing when he saw his expression.

"Mr. Xi Chuan, the preview of Mr. He Xi's new work is great, isn't it? Yesterday's "Weekly Girl" cover is also like this." The store manager knew Xi Chuan You, and he knew that Xi Chuan You was transferred to Phoenix Company, so he said naturally: " In the past two days, the sales of "Weekly Girls" have increased a lot, Teacher He Xi is worthy of being the golden signboard of Phoenix Company, even a preview can increase sales."

Xi Chuanyou froze for a moment, then showed a bitter smile: "Yes..."

He Xi's launch of new works is a good thing for readers, but not for cartoonists. Xi Chuanyu looked at the preview on the cover, it was printed that "Shakugan no Shana" would be serialized in "Xi" manga, which made him relieved, but he couldn't be happy—even if "Shakuyan no Shana" was published in "Xi" manga Serialized, but after a while, it will definitely be transferred to "Weekly Boys" or "Weekly Girls" like "One Piece".

It's a nightmare for cartoonists.

Half a year ago, there was a wave of cartoonists joining the Phoenix Company in the Far East. The cartoonists rushed to the Phoenix Company with hope. At that time, their relatives, friends, and the cartoonists themselves were full of hope for the future. Phoenix Company is one of the top comic companies in China. Its comics are distributed all over China, which is very different from Mantiantang, which is limited to the Far East.

With a bigger stage, a vast market, and the coexistence of money and glory, every cartoonist wants to fight with enthusiasm. However, after joining the Phoenix Company, what they get is a burst of despair.

Phoenix Company only has two comic magazines, and there are only 30 to 40 serial slots in total. Excluding He Xi's several works and other popular serials that have taken root in the two magazines, there are not enough serial slots for other cartoonists to compete for. ten. For half a year, hundreds of cartoonists in the Far East and a large number of new cartoonists on the mainland have been desperately fighting for single-digit serial slots. The competition is unprecedentedly fierce.

Half a year's experience has gradually made the cartoonists lose confidence. Recently, in some private places, Xi Chuanyou has heard that many cartoonists have the idea of ​​changing jobs, and now that He Xi's new cartoon is released, it will be even more serious...

"There should be a wave of job-hopping next!"

Xi Chuan sighed, then picked up the manga magazine and left feeling a little disappointed. He Xi occupied another serialization position, this incident will become a rock that overwhelms the last straw, He Xi's serialization position is more than hundreds of people, although no one will question his strength. However, this mode of the Phoenix Company has almost cut off the opportunities of other cartoonists. It is hard to imagine how many cartoonists are willing to continue to wait for the illusory hope of serialization with an empty stomach.

"It's time for me to leave too..."

Xi Chuanyou thought this way, he has a son and a daughter, and he has to rely on comics to make a living, so it is really not suitable for Phoenix Company to continue to stay.

"Just do as you said..." After returning home, his wife sighed helplessly after hearing what he said: "Small companies have their benefits, so it's better to change jobs sooner."

When Xi Chuanyu joined Phoenix Company, the happiest thing was his wife, but today, his wife also understands that it is difficult for her husband to survive the cruel competition of Phoenix Company, so she also changed her mind. Xi Chuanyou went back to his room and wrote his resignation letter. He had no ill feeling towards this company, so he expressed his sincerity and helplessness in handwriting.

After writing for a long time, the resignation letter was completed. However, just when Nishikawa Yu wanted to call Sakura Company to schedule a meeting, his phone rang.

"Hey, Teacher Xichuan, I'm Dongquan!"

The voice on the other side of the phone seemed very excited, Dong Quan, he is a cartoonist who is familiar with Xi Chuan, Xi Chuan Yu wondered why he would call himself today.

"Teacher Dongquan, what's the matter?" He asked.

"Xi Chuan, I just got some internal news. You will be pleasantly surprised when you hear it! I heard that Mr. He Xi returned to Tokyo this morning. After he came back, he held a high-level meeting and announced a big news. Guess what it is What's the news?"

"What's the news? I'm not interested in guessing, you just say it." Xi Chuanyu was very calm, he was about to leave Phoenix Company, and didn't care much about the company's topic.

"You are so boring, the editorial department, it's the editorial department! Sakura Company wants to set up an editorial department of the same size as that in the mainland, and be responsible for the release of a new magazine!" Dongquan was a little excited, and said loudly: "New Year's Eve Isn’t there a rumor that the person in charge of Phoenix Company has become Mr. He Xi? I really never thought that this would be true. Mr. He Xi decided to add two new magazines right after he took office. He is so handsome! "

"In a short while, besides "Weekly Shonen" and "Weekly Girl", we have two other magazines to choose from, and the number of serialized manga has doubled, hahaha... Dozens of serial slots are waiting for me, I finally Can be serialized, Mr. Nishikawa, cheers, our time has come!"

Xi Chuan listened to Dong Quan's voice in a daze, his head was buzzing.

Two new magazines? Doubling the number of serial comics? Doesn't this mean that... hundreds of cartoonists compete for dozens of serial slots?

"Great, great!"

He couldn't help but jumped up, feeling the coldness in his heart was melted by the warm sunshine, and his whole body trembled when he was moved.

After waiting for half a year, the result finally came. Xi Chuanyu put down the phone, picked up the resignation letter on the table and tore it up. The more he tore it, the happier he was. He couldn't help being happy, picked up his coat, turned and ran out.

"Honey, it's time for lunch, what are you doing out there?"

"I'm not resigning anymore, I'm going to thank Teacher He Xi!"