Chapter 389 Immortal Sichuan Editorial Department

——Swish, swish, swish.

The sound of turning pages of paper 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."

???

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 slightly, raised 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, "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, um~ This is indeed a work of astonishing scale." Machida Enko first commented, and then she blinked at Shiha who showed a slightly displeased expression.

He changed the subject and said, "But the rhythm and storyboarding of the story are well mastered and very outstanding."

"The beginning directly briefly describes the male protagonist's world view 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 where the story takes a turn for the worse and reaches 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 and creative. The rhythm of the story develops smoothly and is full of impact..."

She paused at this point, and then said in summary: "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 a bit of undisguised exclamation in her eyes.

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

Besides, 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 arouse 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, turned to the pages of large-scale storyboards, and tried to imagine the other party's previous magical painting skills that made people feel like 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 breathed out gently 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, 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.

Immediately, another piece of tidbit came to mind.

That is, it is said that Machida Enko, who has just been promoted to deputy editor, is 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 achieve three consecutive jumps 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 before saying, "However, I have to admit that this manuscript is indeed interesting and worth watching and looking forward to. I think I can publish it and give it a try."

Kimura behaved very reservedly after all.

In fact, after reading the original manuscript, he did find it interesting, but in addition, he was a little unsure of the scale and market reaction, so he wanted to wait and see again.

However, 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 what Party A’s father wanted to ask Party B about.

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 became quiet.

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, and 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."
To be continued...