I’m Really a Superstar

The next day.

Tokyo.

Juvenile Hall Comics Club.

There are a lot of manga magazines in Japan, but among the many manga magazines, the top three magazines that serialize Shonen Weekly are always the ones.

Youth Hall.

Weekly club.

POO Club.

Juvenile Hall is the one with the largest sales volume.

——No. 1 in Japan, No. 1 in Asia, and No. 1 in the industry.

Inside the editorial office.

Seto Kyoko looked down at a manga manuscript with a confused look on her face. She had been thinking about it for several days. Breakfast was next to her, but she hadn't even eaten a bite. It was already cold.

An editor next to me said, "Kyoko, what's wrong?"

Seto Kyoko smiled bitterly, "There is a submission, I don't know if I should submit it."

The editor said: "If you think it's good, send it. If you think it's not good, just withdraw it."

Seto Kyoko scratched her head and said: "The plot is okay, but the style of painting and the characters, I have been an editor for so many years, and I have never seen anything so weird!"

"Oh? Let me take a look."

"look."

"puff!"

"Really? Right?"

"It's quite strange."

"Forget it, let's give it a try."

Over there, someone said loudly: "The editor-in-chief meeting has begun."

Someone from the editorial department stood up silently and entered the innermost conference room.

There were a total of thirteen people sitting around the long table. These were all the main leaders of the editorial department of the juvenile hall.

The editor-in-chief spoke, "Today we will discuss the new issue of serialization."

The deputy editor pushed up his glasses.

Said: "Now there are two spots available. "Sister's Daily Life" has been completed. "Monster's Revenge" has been ranked last in the reader questionnaire for three consecutive weeks. It has been decided to stop serialization. The two serialization spots must be decided today. .”

The editor-in-chief said: "Let's take a look."

The works recommended by various editors are already on the table.

Everyone lowered their heads and flipped through the pages. While reading, the recommending editor introduced them.

"this is not OK."

"Well, definitely not."

"The story is too slow."

"Next."

"This is okay."

"But it needs to be changed. The background setting is not good."

"Next."

Manuscripts passed one by one.

Finally arrived at the manuscript recommended by Seto Kyoko.

Seto Kyoko said: "This is a submission from a newcomer, whose pen name is Aoi. I think the story and plot are very good, so I submitted it."

An editor frowned, "You haven't made your debut yet?"

Seto Kyoko said: "No, Jun Shinto."

Another editor said: "In principle, works by newcomers will not be serialized directly."

Seto Kyoko said: "I know, but the other party submitted ten chapters of manuscripts in one go, and I have read them all. The continuity is very strong, and it is very consistent with the serialization style of our youth hall."

Everyone looked down and were stunned.

What is this?

What kind of painting is this?

The deputy editor looked at him, "What's going on with this character?"

Another editor slapped his forehead and said, "This character is too casual!"

A male editor said: "Isn't this okay? Is this a pirate background?"

A female editor said: "I think it's good. The plot is very attractive, but the characters are too crude. Why are the eyes drawn like this?"

Everyone argued fiercely.

Seto Kyoko said: "If it doesn't work, forget it."

The editor-in-chief said calmly: "Let's look at the next one."

As a result, after reading more than a dozen submissions, only one was unanimously approved by everyone. There was still the last serialization slot left, and the result could not be discussed no matter what.

"Are there any more manuscripts?"

"No more, that's all for this issue."

"There's still one left to go."

"Does any editor have any recommendations?"

"No more, they're all here."

"Then let's go through it all over again."

These dozen manuscripts were sorted out again.

half an hour.

One hour.

After a fierce debate, in the end there was really no good work. The editor-in-chief picked up the manuscript of "One Piece" again and read it twice, "That's it."

"But this character?"

"This manuscript will have to be cut even if it is serialized."

"But there are no other works."

"Too."

“But there aren’t many precedents for newcomers’ works being serialized.”

"We can only try it first."

…

the other side.

In the morning, Zhang Ye and his group were having breakfast.

At the dinner table, Ha Qiqi asked: "You haven't replied yet?"

Xiao Sun wiped his sweat and said, "Not yet."

Zhang Ye said: "Who submitted the manuscript?"

Xiao Sun said: "It's my sister."

Zhang Ye smiled and said: "Yes, I will thank your sister properly later."

Xiao Sun said hurriedly: "No need for Director Zhang, my sister is a die-hard fan of yours. When she heard that I was handing you the manuscript, she felt like she was on a chicken blood." After a pause, he said: "But it has been three days since I handed it to you. I haven’t heard back from my sister yet, so there must be no news from the juvenile hall.”

Zhang Ye said: "Wait, don't be in a hurry."

Xiao Wang worriedly said: "The comics industry here is so developed. When walking on the street, people are reading comics everywhere. Sister Ha and I saw a few Japanese uncles and aunties reading comics yesterday. We don't understand anything. , I don’t know anything, do you think our "One Piece" can work?"

They increasingly felt that Zhang Ye's decision was a bit hasty, relying on comics to break the restraints of the restraining order? Start with anime to enter the Japanese market? Or even extend to Asia? It sounds wonderful, and if it works, the popularity will definitely increase by leaps and bounds, but they are just a group of laymen, or a group of pure laymen, how can they compete with other local cartoonists? Just rely on Zhang Ye's weird settings? Weird painting style? Is this really okay? They, Zhang Ye Studio, have been slapping people in the face all their lives, why don’t they let others slap them in the face when they are old enough? How embarrassing that would be!

Zhang Ye is as stable as a rock. He has not been idle these days in the Asakusa Hotel. He briefly read the most popular comics in Japan for decades, analyzed them, and found that the animation style in this world is not the same as the animation on his earth. There is not much difference. The subject matter, type, and painting style are all different, but the core content is similar and the selling points are the same, so there is no problem.

Just then, the phone rang.

Xiao Sun was stunned, "It belongs to my sister."

Xiao Wang urged, "Hurry up, hurry up."

As soon as I answered the phone, I heard Xiao Sun's sister on the other end of the phone shouting excitedly at the top of her lungs. That scream could be heard three meters away.

His sister shouted: "It's over! It's over!"

Xiao Sun was stunned, "Sister, what happened?"

His sister said loudly: "The editor of the Youth Center called me just now! The manuscript has been passed! The new weekly issue of the Youth Center will be serialized, and "One Piece" will be published!"

Xiao Sun said in surprise: "That's great!"

Xiao Wang almost jumped up, "Damn, did you really pass?"

Zhang Ye said happily: "What do you mean? Are you still hoping that you won't be able to survive?"

Xiao Wang said repeatedly: "No, I, I didn't expect it!"

This news is so exciting. Although I don’t know how “One Piece” will fare after being serialized, this first step has been taken!