Our Boss Jia is really busy.
Just after coming out of Ito's house, Jia Yapeng had to rush to the editorial office of Weekly Youngermen Jump with Kazuki Takahashi to discuss the serialization of Yu-Gi-Oh with his editor.
On the other hand, Takahashi Toshimasa, one of the editors of Weekly Youngermen Jump, was also stunned by the sudden arrival of Jia Yapeng.
He later became the editor-in-chief of the magazine and is now the editor in charge of Kazuki Takahashi. Suddenly, he received a message from Kazuki Takahashi, who had not contacted him for several months, saying that he had drawn a new draft and hoped to show it to Takahashi Toshimasa.
By the way, Kazuki Takahashi and Takahashi Toshimasa are not related by blood, they just have the same surname.
Takahashi Toshimasa certainly has no objection to this. After all, one of his most important tasks is to review the manuscripts of the cartoonists he is responsible for. If he finds a high-quality manuscript, he can further develop it, and finally even serialize it.
But Kazuki Takahashi's next sentence confused Takahashi Toshimasa, saying that his boss will accompany him to participate in the review, which made Takahashi Toshimasa confused.
He heard that Kazuki Takahashi went to work in a game company because he had no place to live, but why did he bring the boss of the game company here? Could it be that the boss is interested in the copyright of a manga? He wants to adapt it into a game, so he was specially invited here?
In fact, Takahashi Toshimasa's guess was partly correct, but he didn't expect that they didn't intend to buy the copyright at all.
"Teacher Kazuki Takahashi, long time no see!" Seeing Takahashi appear at the door of the editorial office, Takahashi Toshimasa smiled and greeted him.
"Mr. Takahashi, sorry to trouble you!" Kazuki Takahashi also bowed, then pulled Jia Yapeng beside him and introduced, "Mr. Takahashi, this is my boss, Mr. Jia Yapeng from Hua Xia!"
"Takahashi Toshimasa, this is my editor in charge, Mr. Takahashi Toshimasa!" Kazuki Takahashi introduced them one by one, and then the two shook hands in a friendly manner.
It's just that Takahashi Toshimasa is even more confused. At first, he thought that the boss brought by Kazuki Takahashi was the boss of his game company, but he didn't expect that he brought a Hua Xia. What kind of trick is this?
Although Takahashi Toshimasa was confused, he still invited the two of them to the lounge in a friendly manner.
In fact, the so-called lounge is just a few rows of small tables placed on the edge of the editing hall, and all the other editors work in the same space. He doesn't know if "Weekly Youngermen Jump" is too poor or too stingy.
"Sir, this is my sample this time, please take a look!" Kazuki Takahashi first nervously handed over the sample of three chapters that he had been drawing for a week to Takahashi Toshimasa.
In these three days, Kazuki Takahashi really put his life on the line. On average, he only slept for three hours a day to finish the manga.
Takahashi Toshimasa took the manga and began to read it carefully.
"The first chapter, Emperor's Luban Lock!" Takahashi Toshimasa unconsciously read out the first chapter's title. This chapter's title is not bad, and it will definitely attract the readers, making them curious about what the Emperor's Luban Lock is!
Oh right, in Jia Yapeng's script, it was originally called God's Building Block, but Kazuki Takahashi felt that since the background was Hua Xia, it was not appropriate to call it God's Building Block. Therefore, after a discussion between the two of them, they finally decided to change the name to "Emperor's Luban Lock." At the same time, the seven artifacts in the future will be collectively renamed as the Emperor's Series.
Takahashi Toshimasa nodded and continued reading.
"Is this Muto Games the main character? Why is his hairstyle so strange? " When he saw a young man named Muto Games appear on the first page, Takahashi Toshimasa muttered in his heart, but he didn't feel much disgust. Instead, he felt that this was a pretty good design, and this hairstyle would definitely make all the readers' eyes light up.
Regardless of whether it was good or bad, as long as it could be remembered by the readers, it was a valuable design.
"A protagonist who walks on the weak side?" When Takahashi Toshimasa saw that the protagonist, Muto Games, was short, cowardly, and had a sense of inferiority. At the same time, he was also a good guy. Takahashi Toshimasa couldn't help but frown.
Such protagonists were not rare. In fact, many protagonists in comics were designed this way, because this would give the protagonist a relatively good growth environment, allowing the protagonist to slowly grow, from weak to strong, from cowardly to strong, and so on. There were many things that could be depicted in the plot.
However, such protagonists also had a fatal weakness, and that was that they were extremely unpopular with the readers in the early stages. Many readers would even hate such protagonists. As a result, before the protagonists of a comic could truly grow, the comic would be cut in half due to poor sales and poor reader response.
"I'm afraid this kind of protagonist design is a mistake!" Takahashi Toshimasa shook his head and continued reading. Then, he saw the title of this page: Emperor's Luban Lock. Although it was called a lock, it was actually a box filled with various building blocks. Then, the narrator began to introduce it, saying that this was a magical building block that Muto Games had obtained from his grandfather's dusty shelf.
This Emperor's Luban Lock was obtained by his grandfather a long time ago when he traveled to Hua Xia. He found it in a village in Xi Shan Province.
His grandfather was a person who was very interested in archeology. When he heard that the Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor of Qin's tomb had been discovered, he wanted to take a look around the area and see the legendary Terracotta Warriors.
However, the area was strictly sealed off by the government. Muto Games' grandfather could only walk around the surrounding villages a few times before he bought this box of Luban Locks from one of the villages. It was said that this box was found by the child near the Terracotta Warriors pit on the day he discovered them. Legend had it that it was a toy of the First Emperor of Qin.
So, his grandfather bought this box of Luban Locks at a high price and brought it back to Fusang. However, his grandfather could not put the completely broken Luban Locks back together no matter how hard he tried. In the end, he could only give up completely and put it in the warehouse. Then, it was discovered by Muto Games.
So, Muto Games planned to restore the Luban Locks himself. However, when he was assembling the Luban Locks in class, he was discovered by two classmates who liked to bully others. The two of them snatched Muto Games' Luban Locks away. Although it was eventually taken back by the beautiful classmate, Kyoko, the most important part of it was snatched away by a classmate named Cheng Nei. He even threw it into the water.
Oh right, during this time, Kyoko cleverly revealed her underwear and sold some benefits.
Later, one of Kyoko's classmate from school said that he was protecting Muto Games, but in reality, he wanted to extort 200,000 yen from Muto Games. Muto Games refused to pay, so he beat him up.
However, this also made Cheng Nei feel guilty. He fished out the part that he had thrown away from the water and returned it to Muto Games. Muto Games finally restored the entire Emperor Luban Lock. Then, the Luban Lock shone brightly and completely enveloped Muto Games.
When the light dissipated, Muto Games seemed to have changed into a different person. He was no longer weak and timid, but full of confidence and dominance. He found the classmate who had extorted him and defeated him by stabbing the banknotes with the tip of a knife. The moment he defeated his opponent, a third eye seemed to light up on Muto Games' forehead. It devoured his opponent's soul and made him fall into the illusion of money. He could not extricate himself and became a madman.
"Amazing!" After reading the first chapter, Takahashi Toshimasa could not help but exclaim.
He had originally thought that the weak protagonist that Takahashi Kazuki had designed would be a flaw in the manga, but he did not expect that Takahashi Kazuki had only intended for it to be a cool point that was similar to contrast cuteness. She wanted the dull and submissive protagonist to become extremely domineering in the end when he was possessed, forming a huge contrast. It made the readers feel aggrieved and slapped in the face from the very first sentence. These two completely different feelings, the plot design was excellent!
The setting of the Emperor Luban Lock was also full of mystery. The readers could not wait to read the second chapter to find out what this Emperor Luban Lock was. For example, Takahashi Toshimasa could not wait to read the second chapter.
Unfortunately, no matter whether it was the second or the third chapter, the true identity of the cold soul was never revealed. The possessed main character was also kept in the dark. He did not know that he had been possessed by another soul.
It seemed that it was impossible to uncover the true identity of this soul in a short period of time. The readers could only look forward to the next chapter.
"Not bad! This is equivalent to having two main characters. One is the cowardly front game, and the other is the arrogant, cold, and mysterious dark game. Very good setting! " Takahashi Toshimasa nodded again, leaving the readers with suspense. This was the most important part of a manga that could attract readers to continue reading.
However, when Takahashi Toshimasa read the third chapter, he was suddenly attracted by another element.
In fact, these chapters were basically the same. That was, a bad person with a bad character would bully the front game. The front game would be at a disadvantage, and the dark game would come out to take revenge for the front game. This would make the readers feel good.
However, unlike other manga, the confrontation between the two sides was not a fight of punches. Instead, it was a confrontation through different games.
For example, the game in the first chapter was to stab banknotes with a knife. A stack of banknotes would be placed on the back of one's hand. Then, one would stab the banknotes down one by one. How many layers of banknotes would the tip of the knife pierce through? Then, the banknotes would belong to him. Finally, the number of banknotes obtained by both sides would be calculated. The one with the most banknotes would win.
The most critical problem in this game was that once one stabbed to the end, when there were only a few banknotes left, the tip of the knife might pierce the back of one's hand with a little force. This was a test of one's psychology and control of one's strength. Once one lost control of one's mind and did not dare to stab anymore, one would lose.
The second chapter was also another dice game. Takahashi Toshimasa did not care much about these two games. These two games were not very attractive. They were just tools for the protagonist to win.
However, when Takahashi Toshimasa read the third chapter of the game, the protagonist summoned the phantom of a monster from a card and then used the monster to fight, Takahashi Toshimasa suddenly felt suffocated.
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