Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

——Swish, swish, swish.

The sound of turning pages echoed in the conference room.

"..."

"..."

For a while, the room was very quiet.

Until someone took the lead and stopped what they were doing...

"This manuscript..." Kimura moved his mouth, his eyes wandering between the manuscript in his hand and Yusuke opposite him, with a thoughtful look on his face, trying to find the right words in his mind.

However, when the words came to my lips, they turned into...

"Our comic magazines are actually about passionate themes."

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A series of question marks suddenly appeared in the room.

Kimura held the 54P manuscript in his hand, flipped it quickly, and then said: "But teacher, the type of your work seems to be closer to youth curiosity."

After hearing this, Shiyu frowned lightly, crossed her legs, and asked directly: "I'm sorry, do you mean that this manuscript cannot be published? Mr. Kimura."

Kimura pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, thought for a while, and then spoke.

"To be honest, the painting style of this work is not outstanding, and the performance of the protagonist is not consistent with the traditional hot-blooded hero. It is a bit absurd and bizarre, plus here."

He flicked to a certain page, which showed the male protagonist being dismembered into pieces and thrown into a trash can.

"And here..."

The hero cuts the demon in half with a chainsaw.

"And here..."

The male protagonist stepped on the pile of zombies and laughed wildly, creating a pile of flying flesh and blood.

Kimura chose his words carefully and said, "Are these pictures too bloody?"

As he spoke, he looked at Kato Yusuke, the emotion in his eyes was extremely strange, "May I ask, teacher...how did you come up with such a story?"

While Kato Yusuke was thinking, Shiyu's legs placed under the table began to shake, and he asked: "Ms. Machida, what do you think?"

"Yes, well~ This is indeed a work of amazing scale." Machida Enko first commented, and then blinked at Shiyu who showed a slightly displeased expression.

The topic changed: "However, the rhythm and storyboarding of the story are well mastered, which is very outstanding."

"The beginning directly briefly describes the male protagonist's worldview and part of his background, and uses a bit of suspense to guide the readers, arousing empathy through the male protagonist's tragic situation and humble wishes."

"The part that makes the story take a turn for the worse and reach the climax is also very impactful. As editor Kimura said, although the scale is a bit larger, the relative expressiveness is also very amazing."

"In general, not only the characters' personalities are well shaped, but the concept of the work is also very unique, novel and creative. The rhythm of the story develops smoothly and is full of impact..."

She paused at this point, and then said in conclusion: "I personally think it is a perfect comic series that is not clichéd."

Shiyu had a straight face, as if he wanted to laugh but restrained himself.

She looked at Machida Enko with a somewhat coquettish question in her burgundy eyes.

I just asked you to express your position, why are you talking to yourself and boasting...?

Machida Enzi smiled slightly at this and did not defend herself. Then she turned her gaze to the white-haired boy aside, with some undisguised amazement in her eyes. Bajie Zhongwen website

In fact, this is indeed the case.

As someone who has seen the painting "Love Metronome Sayuka" drawn by the other party.

Her impression of "Eromanga" had always been based on his amazing painting skills, but she didn't expect him to have such a big imagination.

The so-called layman sees the excitement, while the expert sees the door.

Although she was mainly responsible for light novels in Immortal River, she also knew something about comics through her ears and eyes.

Moreover, ACGN itself is not divided.

With different paths leading to the same goal, there is actually a very simple criterion for judging whether a work is good or bad.

That is a good work that can drive readers' emotions and arouse readers' expectations.

She looked at the young man, as if she saw a free soul under that handsome appearance.

"Speaking of which, Kato-chan, why don't you work on your painting skills this time?"

Kato Yusuke looked at her calmly and said succinctly: "This is more suitable."

“Is this so~~”

Machida Enzi nodded slightly, then turned to the pages of large-scale storyboards, and tried to imagine the other party's previous magical painting skills that made people feel as if they were actually there.

A chill spread from his back, his brain also felt intense discomfort, and his heartbeat accelerated slightly.

She stopped decisively when she thought of this, and then she breathed a sigh of relief to calm down.

Then he turned to look at the very quiet person next to him - the deputy editor of the comics department.

"I'm sorry, Chief Editor Kimura~~ I was a little too excited just now, so I'd better ask you to speak here."

Kimura didn't say a word, but stayed for a while on the faces of Shiyu and hers opposite each other, with thoughtful eyes in his eyes.

I couldn't help but think of some rumors circulating within the Immortal River.

"Kasumi Shiko from the Light Novel Rookie King is the princess of the Immortal River Bunko."

A writer who goes her own way, coupled with a deputy editor who cares about her and pampers her...

When the two are combined, some things become less difficult to understand.

Then another piece of tidbit came to mind.

That is, it is said that Machida Enko, who has just been promoted to deputy editor, will be expected to make further progress when Kasumi Shiko's work is completed.

This rumor is ridiculous and illogical.

Not to mention that the other party went from being an ordinary editor to deputy editor, or even omitting the step of director, which is already outrageous.

According to the current pace of "Metronome of Love", it will basically be completed this winter.

On this basis, it is impossible to imagine that an ordinary light novel editor could suddenly jump three times in a row and be directly promoted to editor-in-chief...

Even light novels and comics wouldn’t dare to do this, right?

Kimura's heart surged, but his face remained calm.

Facing what Machida Enzi said, he opened his mouth and agreed with a smile.

"...Well, as Editor-in-Chief Machida said, my opinion may be a little conservative. After all, this style is still relatively rare in hot-blooded comics, and scale is also an issue. It is difficult to predict readers' reactions..."

He paused for a moment, then changed his words and said, "However, I have to admit that this manuscript is indeed interesting and worth watching and looking forward to. I think I can try publishing it."

Kimura behaved very reservedly after all.

In fact, after reading the original manuscript, he did find it interesting. However, he was also unsure of the scale and market reaction, so he wanted to wait and see.

But with the "coordinated efforts" of Kasumi Shiko and Machida Enko, this idea seemed impossible to realize.

"Ahem..."

Kimura coughed lightly, looked at Kato Yusuke, and mentioned another thing.

"Then the next step is the contract. I wonder what the teacher's requirements are?"

This is very interesting, and it somewhat hints at Party A’s father’s intention to ask Party B.

However, considering the influence of the outside world, it seems not so abrupt.

Kato Yusuke did not hide this, and said straight to the point in a calm tone: "I hope to retain the copyright of other works except comics, and the royalties can be lower."

"That's it..." Kimura nodded slowly, his hands on the table clenched into fists, as if thinking.

Seeing this, Shiyu wanted to speak, but was stopped by Machida Enzi's eyes across from him, so he kept quiet.

The conference room fell silent.

Kimura turned over the manuscript in his hand for a while, then looked at Yusuke opposite him, and repeated this process several times.

About seven or eight minutes passed like this.

He seemed to have finally made a decision, and then said in a deep voice: "Then the original fee will be 1...12,000 yen per piece. We will only retain the exclusive copyright of the comics, and you can keep the others. Is this acceptable to the teacher?"

"Can."

Kato Yusuke agreed without any hesitation.

Kimura was also satisfied with his pleasure. There was a smile from the heart on his face, and then said: "Okay, then I will go get the contract and ask the teacher to wait here for a while."

After finishing speaking, he stood up and left the conference room.

After he leaves...

"Ms. Machida." Kato Yusuke said, "Thank you for your help."

However, Machida Enko did not take any credit, she just waved her hands "Oh, oh, oh, oh," and responded with a smile:

"There's no need to be so polite. After all, little Kato also helped me solve the illustration matter. This is just a normal reciprocation."

"……call."

On the side, Shiyu leaned against the back of the seat, folded his hands across his chest, tapped his left arm with his white and slender right index finger, and started talking.

"Basically, I understand to a certain extent why the sales of the Immortal Sichuan Comic Department are declining. Having a deputy editor with such mediocre vision can only make people sigh."

It seems that she is still dissatisfied with the fact that "her people" have had their royalties reduced.

"You can't say that? Xiao Shi."

Machida Enzi said admonishingly: "Everyone's working style is different. Although Mr. Kimura does not have any outstanding achievements, he has basically made no mistakes, right?"

"...That's why I hate mediocre people and boring things, and among them..." Shiyu's voice gradually became smaller, and in the end it became inaudible.

"Huh? Did you say something? Xiaoshi~"

"...It's nothing." Shiyu fiddled with his hanging hair and didn't explain much.

Although Machida Enko across the way didn't hear it clearly, Yusuke sitting next to him faintly heard it.

"That's why I hate mediocre people and boring things, including myself."

These are the complete words spoken by the girl, with a tone of indifference and alienation, and a sense of detachment.

He didn't respond to this. Everyone has something they don't want to be explored.

The world is full of snow for everyone, and everyone has his or her own darkness and brightness.

There is no need for others to explore...

"..."

Shiyu was silent for a while, then continued: "...Can't there be more people like Miss Machida? In that case, at least more excellent works can be unearthed."

"Are you praising me, or are you praising yourself? Xiao Shi?" Machida Enzi joked with a smile, but the eyes he looked at her were very gentle, as if looking at a child who needed protection.

"I'm just stating the facts. Don't you think this idea is too unrealistic to impose too many restrictions on the author and also want to bring out popular serial works?"

"Well, every author is different. Although you, Xiaoshi, and Kato-san are the type that can only bloom when they are given free rein, there are more creators who still need editors to take care of them."

Machida Enzi said: "At least no one, whether it is us or you, would not want to see the work succeed, so there is no need to be so extreme."

Several people chatted for a while.

By the way, we discussed about Kato Yusuke taking over the manuscript as an illustrator.

Yusuke, who didn't like being restrained, decided to accept the manuscript as a free man and did not plan to become the exclusive illustrator of the Immortal River.

In this way, although the basic salary is reduced and he can only be paid based on results, he can choose whether to take certain jobs, instead of having to do whatever Fusushi Chuan gives him.

The price is also 12,000 yen per ticket.

If there are other demands on top of this, or commercial copyright transactions are involved, the price will be recalculated, which is very free.

After discussing this matter, Editor-in-Chief Kimura also returned with the printed contract.

Kato Yusuke checked the specific details of the contract and showed it to Shiyu at her request.

The contract was signed only after confirming that there were no problems...

Although this kind of behavior does not seem to trust Machida Enzi, but when it comes to interests, it is better not to test people's hearts. This will be good for both of them.

When signing a contract.

Kato Yusuke thought for a while, and finally wrote the name "Fujimotosuki" in the pen name column, and also wrote his real name and bank account.

Because he is underage, he actually needs to be accompanied by a guardian.

However, with the help of Machida Enzi, the matter was resolved euphemistically.

That is to first explain the situation to Motoyama Mina in Saitama Prefecture over the phone, then send the contract by express mail to be signed, and then send the signed contract back.

Until that step is completed, the contract is not officially effective.

Although it is very inconvenient, it is a necessary step.

But fortunately, Motoyama Mina has always been tolerant of what he wants to do, so there will be no setbacks, it will just take a little time.

After signing the contract.

Kimura took the initiative to extend his hand to shake and said, "Then please take care of me in the future, Mr. Fujimotosuki."

"I will send your manuscript for printing later. If nothing else happens, it will be published this weekend, just in time for the release of the next issue. The manuscript fee will be credited to your account on time according to the date agreed in the contract."

"Besides, do you have any other questions?"

Kato Yusuke shook his head and said no more.

After bidding farewell to Editor-in-Chief Kimura and Machida Enko, the two of them left the Immortal River Building after finishing their work.

No option to take a taxi again.

Yusuke and Shiyu walked towards the station together and embarked on the journey home.

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