"President Tanida, why are you here!" That night, just as the chief editor and others were about to get off work, they suddenly noticed that Shoyoshi Tanida had arrived at the < Weekly Youngermen Jump > magazine office.
"Chief Editor Goto, come with me for a moment!" Shoyoshi Tanida said faintly. Goto Hiroki's heart tightened, he didn't know what was going on. At the same time, Shoyoshi Tanida shouted to all the editors in the company, "Everyone stay here and continue working, no one is allowed to get off work without my orders."
With just one sentence, all the editors had no choice but to stay and work overtime.
"Is there a manga called Yu-Gi-Oh that came looking for us this afternoon? And there's also a Chinese guy called Jia Yapeng who requested to serialize this manga!" Tanida Shoiyoshi asked.
"You already know!" Goto Hiroki was shocked, then said, "But please rest assured, that guy who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth has already been chased out by me."
"Yes, you did chase him out, you chased him into my office!" Shoyoshi Tanida snorted, then threw the manga draft in his hand in front of Goto Hiroki and said, "You don't have to say anything, arrange it, next time let this manga be serialized, treat it as a normal new serialized manga!"
"President, how can you agree to such a thing, this will ruin our magazine's reputation!!!" Goto Hiroki was shocked, he said with a face full of shock.
"This is an order, Chief Editor Goto! If you don't want to carry it out, I will find someone else to carry it out for you! " Shoyoshi Tanida didn't give him any chance to explain, "The company wants to see this manga serialized, the company also needs 40 million yen of net profit, the shareholders also need this profit, do you understand?"
"I understand!" Although Goto Hiroki's face was filled with grief and indignation, he still had to agree, even if he was the chief editor, he was still just an employee.
"Can the next issue be serialized?"
"No problem!"
"Yoshi!" Shoyoshi Tanida nodded with satisfaction, "Inform all the editors about this news, I'm leaving!"
Shoichi Tanida came in a hurry and left in a hurry. In less than 5 minutes, Shoichi Tanida left contentedly. On the other hand, a gloomy Hiroki Goto appeared in the editing hall and called all the editors to the conference room.
"Everyone, let's discuss which manga should we cut?" Goto Hiroki said faintly.
"What? Cut the manga in half? " The editors were all shocked. One of them couldn't help but ask, "Chief Editor, didn't we decide during the last meeting? This issue of the magazine will not cut any comics in half and will still give them a chance. Why did you suddenly change your mind? "
"That's not a question you should be asking. Just tell me which of the 18 manga should be cut!" Goto Hiroki's expression was unfriendly. The editors looked at each other.
They were in charge of these comics, and they would never be willing to cut the comics that they were in charge of. That would be irresponsible to the cartoonists.
"Takahashi, in the last batch of investigation letters, which manga was ranked last?" Since everyone was unwilling to say, Goto Hiroki could only do it according to the rules.
"The last one is the manga" Firmament Magician "(This is the manga created by the author)!" Takahashi Toshimasa braced himself and said because he was in charge of this manga.
"Very good, cut it in half!" Goto Hiroki said.
"But Chief Editor, I have already promised the author that I will give him three more issues and he can finish it. Let him give the readers an ending!" Takahashi Toshimasa said with some excitement.
"Yes …" Goto Hiroki probably felt guilty in his heart. He hesitated for a moment, then said, "But it can't be serialized in this chapter. Let's move it to the supplement 'Jumpgiga'. Anyway, all the comics that were cut at the waist will go there!"
"Jumpgiga" was a supplement specially issued by "Weekly Youngermen Jump". It had only one purpose, which was generally used to test the popularity of new manga or a magazine platform for manga that was about to be cut in half.
"Okay!" Takahashi Toshimasa nodded helplessly.
"Then, everyone, review this manga and prepare to start serialization in the next issue!" After Goto Hiroki finished speaking, he threw another manga on the table.
At this time, all the editors understood that the reason why Goto Hiroki was in a hurry to cut a manga was to make room for this new manga.
"Yu-Gi-Oh!" Seeing this dazzling name, Takahashi Toshimasa stood up suddenly and stared at Goto Hiroki. "Chief Editor, what's going on? Have you forgotten the promise we made?"
"This is the president's order. I have no room to refuse!" Goto Hiroki laughed self-deprecatingly. "The president has already offered a price of 40 million yen. What can I do?"
"40 million!!!" Takahashi Toshimasa sat down. This was really a price that capitalists couldn't refuse. In fact, even he, a literati, couldn't refuse such a temptation.
The other editors who didn't know what was going on looked at the two of them blankly.
"Well, this is what happened!" Goto Hiroki briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter, and all the editors were silent. They felt that something was gradually collapsing.
"Everyone, please review this manga carefully and see if it can meet the standards of serialization!" Goto Hiroki said helplessly.
"Do you still need to ask? It must be that it can't meet the standards of serialization, so they used such a despicable method! "An editor said angrily.
"Chief Editor, if it doesn't meet the standards of serialization, or even the quality is seriously unqualified, then we still serialize it?" Another editor asked.
"If it doesn't meet the standards, then change it!" Goto Hiroki smiled bitterly, then added, "We will change it for him!"
"…" This time, all the editors were really speechless. To be able to make "Weekly Youngermen Jump" to this point, the power of money is really irresistible!
But soon, something that shocked all the editors happened. When these editors read the whole manga carefully, they were surprised to find that except for the style that was still a bit immature, all the other content was surprisingly good and could even be described as perfect.
Even Goto Hiroki, the chief editor, couldn't help but widen his eyes after reading the whole manga seriously for the first time. His expression was very complicated.
"Everyone, please express your opinions!" Goto Hiroki put down the manga in his hand and looked at all the editors in front of the table. "If you have any suggestions for revision, please raise them."
As a result, the entire conference room was silent, and no editor spoke.
It's not that they didn't dare to speak, but they couldn't find anything to change except for the style.
"Ahem, now, please review this manga according to the strictest review standards of the serialization meeting without any bias. If you think this manga is qualified for a new serialization, please raise your hand!" After Goto Hiroki finished speaking, he looked at everyone in the conference room.
Takahashi Toshimasa was the first to raise his hand. He was the first person to finish reading the manga. After repeatedly recalling the plot of the manga, as a professional editor, his intuition told him that this manga would definitely be popular.
Gradually, many editors raised their hands one after another. Finally, the eight editors in the entire conference room, including Goto Hiroki himself, all raised their hands.
"Yu-Gi-Oh", a manga that cost 40 million yen to get serialization, actually passed the review meeting smoothly, and it was a unanimous approval.
In the past, 70% to 80% of the manga that could achieve such results would become the backbone of "Weekly Youngermen Jump" in the future.
"Phew, it seems that we don't have to go against our conscience!" Goto Hiroki suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and a happy smile appeared on his face.
He didn't expect the quality of this manga to be so good. Although it came from a bad source, it wouldn't hurt the reputation of "Weekly Youngermen Jump". It might even become popular in the future and become one of the pillars. How could there be such a magical plot and thing in the world!
More importantly, everyone didn't have to go against their conscience. Everyone's personality and position as editors were still there, and everyone was still a qualified mangaka!
Goto Hiroki began to feel sincere joy, and even inexplicably liked this "Yu-Gi-Oh" manga.
"But, since the quality of this manga is already qualified, why did the other party still pay 40 million yen? Isn't this clearly a waste of money? " An editor said puzzledly. He couldn't understand why a high-quality manga had to go through such a crooked way. Was it really just to be serialized a few weeks in advance?
"It's the copyright. Everything is for the copyright!" Takahashi Toshimasa said lightly, "I've seen the guy who paid the money. He's a guy with shrewd eyes. He won't spend this money for nothing!"
"His purpose is very simple. He just wants to get all the copyright of" Yu-Gi-Oh. "If he goes through the normal serialization process, then all the copyright of this manga will be in our hands. If he wants to get all the copyright in the future, I'm afraid he'll have to buy it for hundreds of millions of yen."
"But he doesn't want to lose" Weekly Youngermen Jump ", the manga platform with the most readers in Fusang. Even if he spends 40 million yen in advance to buy all the copyright of a manga published in" Weekly Youngermen Jump ", it's not a bad deal. Coupled with the outstanding quality of "Yu-Gi-Oh," this may be a profitable deal! "Takahashi Toshimasa said expressionlessly.
In fact, at this moment, many things in Takahashi Toshimasa's heart collapsed. He found that other things, such as persistence and integrity, were all fake. Only benefits were things that people couldn't refuse!
"Remember, today's matter is between you and me. You're not allowed to reveal it to anyone. Otherwise, everyone's reputation will be ruined!" Goto Hiroki finally added. This was the most important sentence.
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