Chapter 26 Contracts

The editor-in-chief frowned, folded his hands on his chest, and fell into deep thought.

The authors who can get the coloring pages are almost all the old authors of "New World" and have certain contacts in the magazine. It is really difficult to get the coloring pages from these people.

The editor-in-chief looked down at Shen Xin's name, then glanced at the arrangement of coloring pages within a month, and after a long while of contemplation, he turned to the middle-aged editor and asked, "Old Li, the coloring pages of "The Boy Who Chased the Wind" have been changed to rolls." If you won the coloring page, tell Teacher Gong when the time comes. Yan Yu, the first chapter of "Y's" will be published in the magazine in the fourth week, and you will get the coloring page in the third week."

"Yes." Yan Yu nodded quickly.

"By the way... the contract, don't forget, the contract must be beaten to death by me. Don't be poached by others." The editor-in-chief reminded.

"……Ok, I know."

Yan Yan rubbed his hands, wondering how to talk to Shen Xin about the contract.

"Okay then, let's start discussing "I Can Meet You Anywhere." The editor-in-chief looked at Xiao Zhang.

Xiao Zhang coughed lightly, and was about to speak when Yan Kun raised his hand again.

"Chief editor, I have one more thing!"

Xiao Zhang had dark hair, looked at Yan Qu with sharp eyes, and couldn't help but want to swear.

Is there something you can't finish in one breath?

Yan Yan ignored Xiao Zhang's gaze, and ignored the gazes of other people, but looked directly at the editor-in-chief, "The conditions at Shen Xin's family are not very optimistic, and they should not be able to rent a studio or hire an assistant. If the magazine wants to If you want him to publish the manuscript quickly, should you provide him with convenience?"

The editor-in-chief frowned slightly, "Yan Yu, you are an employee of the magazine, so you should think more about the magazine."

"After Shen Xin signed the contract, he is also working for the magazine. His working environment is better, but we are the ones who benefit." Yan Qu asked.

The editor-in-chief kept tapping the fingers of one hand on the table, while the other held his chin. After a long time, he said to the deputy editor-in-chief, "You can help me find a studio and two assistants. The salary... Put it on hold first, wait until his manuscript fee comes down, and then deduct the expenses."

The deputy editor-in-chief nodded.

"Next, are you okay?" The editor-in-chief kept an eye on Yan Tan.

Yan Qu quickly shook his head, "It's gone."

Xiao Li, who was seated next to her, secretly gave Yan Fang a thumbs up. She could get so many "benefits" for newcomers, and only Yan Fan in the entire editorial department could do it.

Yan Yan smiled without saying a word.

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"I'm so nervous, I don't know if I can pass?"

Knowing that this afternoon, he will know whether Shen Xin's comics can be serialized, and Xi Muzhen has no intention of working, and sits in the living room all afternoon, restless.

Shen Xin poured boiling water twice, and seeing Xi Muzhen's nervous face comforted her, "Don't worry, I'll make it through."

But before Yan Yu's call came, the tension in Xi Muzhen's heart could not be relieved.

Finally, at nearly three o'clock, Yan Yu called.

"Congratulations, you passed! Coloring page...I'll go over now and tell you about the contract." Yan Kun finished speaking concisely and hung up the phone.

"How is it?" Xi Muzhen looked at Shen Xin expectantly.

Shen Xin grinned and gave a thumbs up, "It's over."

"marvelous!"

Xi Muzhen screamed, and threw himself into Shen Xin's arms the next moment.

Shen Xin's face turned red instantly, and she didn't know where to put her hands.

Xi Muzhen quickly sensed something was wrong, and hurriedly separated from Shen Xin, the blush crawled from the neck to the base of the ears.

"I'm going to buy some vegetables." Xi Muzhen didn't dare to look at Shen Xin, so he hurried out of the house.

It can be seen that the little girl is in a good mood.

Shen Xin took a sip of tea to calm down a little.

Serialization...Finally able to serialize...

Shen Xin sat weakly on the chair.

He knows that for a long time to come, he will focus on "Y's", and maybe he won't have too much time to go to school. If she drops out of school because of this, Shen Xin has no choice but to accept it.

In fact, even the highest sincerity in "Dream Eater" chose to drop out in the second grade, and Shen Xin was also ready to drop out.

If you can get a degree certificate and graduation certificate, of course it is the best thing, but it still depends on whether you have extra energy.

Xi Muzhen wandered outside for more than an hour, bought vegetables and beef, and his expression returned to normal, but when he saw Shen Xin, his cheeks were slightly hot.

About ten minutes later, the doorbell rang again.

Shen Xin opened the door and saw Yan Fang who was smiling all over his face.

"Congratulations." Yan Yan narrowed his eyes.

"Sister Yan has worked hard. In order to get the front page, you must have gone through a 'fierce battle', right?"

"Which is 'fierce battle'? There is no one who can fight." Yan Yu followed Shen Xin into the living room.

When Xi Muzhen heard Yan Qu's voice, he hurried out of the kitchen and bowed deeply to Yan Qu, "Thank you, sister."

"Thank me for what? The main thing is that the name is good, otherwise, even if my tongue is full of flowers, I won't be able to take down the front page. By the way, Shen Xin, how is your level of coloring?" Yan Tan thought of this.

"It's okay. After all, I'm also an art major. Besides, don't you have "The Witch"? Isn't the cover also a coloring page?" Shen Xin poured Yan Wei a glass of boiling water.

"That level...is not bad, I always feel that it is not as good as 'Water Dragon'."

Chen Zijiao's pen name was "Dragon Playing with Water", but Yan Yu simplified it and simply called it "Shuilong".

"Of course I'm better now than I was then, so don't worry."

"Okay, since you said that, I won't say anything more. In three weeks, I have to hand in the manuscript of the first chapter. You have to hurry up. Okay, let's talk about the contract now?" Yan Yu He took out two documents from the document bag and handed them to Shen Xin, "After both parties sign and seal, we will leave one copy for you and deposit the other copy in the magazine."

Shen Xin nodded, glanced at the contract, and frowned while reading it.

It took more than ten minutes for Shen Xin to read the contract, and then sighed, "This contract is from District 11, right?"

"You know this kind of contract?" Yan Kun asked in surprise.

Shen Xin didn't answer, but just rubbed her chin.

At first, he thought that the contract in this world was a common work-binding contract, that is to say, after signing, he only signed "Y's" comic with the magazine. During the contract period, he can draw comics for other magazines, or change his pseudonym.

Now that he has read the contract, he can be sure that this is the notorious "exclusive contract system". This was originally used by "jump", but there is no "jump" in this world, but it was found out by "Leap", and the magazines in District 11 rushed to follow suit.

To put it simply, during the contract period, even if he is cut in half, he will not be able to draw comics for other magazines, and can only receive a low contract fee. Therefore, the power of editors is very large, and correspondingly, the right to speak of cartoonists is also reduced.

"Now, all the magazines in China have this kind of contract. To be honest, cartoonists are indeed a disadvantaged group compared to magazines." Yan Kun lowered his head and did not look at Shen Xin.