Eight Hundred and Fortieth Chapters: Their Own Concerns

"What is the teacher's condition?" Murakami asked with a sinking heart.

"The condition... is the exclusive contract system, I won't sign it." Shen Xin smiled.

The set of contracts in "ComicFuture" is the contract system of "Shounen Leap".

In short, as long as this contract is signed, it can only be serialized on "Shounen Leap".

In this contract, the power of editors is infinitely magnified, and cartoonists are at a disadvantage.

In "Dream Eater", there is a plot that Shen Xin remembers very clearly. Sincerely due to illness, the performance of "Suspicious Detective TRAP" fell into a slump, and finally had to be cut in half.

When creating a new manga, Sincerity and Akito Takagi clashed with editor-in-chief Koura Goro. The answer given by Takashi Sasaki, then editor-in-chief of "jump", was, "If you can't draw what you want to draw as you wish, it means you admit that you have no talent."

Although this sentence was not addressed to Sincerity and Qiuren, Sasaki still gave another reply, "Whether it is a newcomer or a best-selling author, there will be no exceptions. If you don't want to cooperate with the original editor, then go to other magazines. ..."

Under the exclusive contract system, cartoonists have no freedom to speak of, and even the length of their works cannot be controlled, even for best-selling cartoonists.

Affected by this, Akira Toriyama continued to draw "Dragon Ball" until the Majin Buu chapter. Since then, he has basically never drawn long manga, but served as the original artist of the game. After the death of L in "DN", the teacher and teacher also had to extend the length of the manga until the Nia chapter appeared. In addition, both "Hokage" and "Death" have been affected, making the later stages of the manga bloated.

Of course, there are also people who are unwilling to accept the exclusive contract system, such as Takehiko Inoue.

Although "Jump" asked "Slam Dunk" not to end, Inoue Takehiko was firm. After finishing "Slam Dunk", he parted ways with "Weekly Shonen Jump". Later, although Inoue returned to Jiyingmei, he was also serialized in "Yuang Jump" and did not return to "Weekly Shonen Jump".

After Shen Xin's request was made, Murakami Toru and Kotani China's expressions instantly became extremely ugly.

The manuscript fee is easy to negotiate, but if there is an exception in the exclusive signing system, how can they negotiate with other cartoonists?

"This is just the basis of our cooperation. Even these are unacceptable, and there is no way to negotiate in the future. That's why I said, it's better to let it go."

"The teacher is indeed a bit difficult." Murakami stared at Shen Xin, and the smile on his face replied a lot, "Obviously he doesn't want to cooperate with us."

"You can't say that. Negotiation, I put forward my conditions, if you accept, we will continue to talk, if you don't accept, we will continue to eat. There are so many cartoonists, and there is no shortage of me, right?" Shen Xin laughed. .

"That's right, I was abrupt." Murakami laughed dryly, and took another sip of red wine.

There is a clear difference between Shen Xin and other cartoonists in District 11. He is not a cartoonist in District 11. He also has many readers in China.

At this point, the atmosphere of the dinner fell into a freezing point. Wang Wenhong took over the topic in a timely manner and talked about tourist attractions near Tokyo, and the atmosphere eased.

"Teacher, how long are you going to stay in District 11?" Murakami asked curiously.

"If you have nothing to do, will you stay for another week? Stay in Tokyo for a few days, go shopping in other cities, and then return to China." Shen Xin said casually.

Their itineraries are very random, maybe they will stay for another two weeks, or they may leave in two days.

Toru Murakami wanted to say something else, so Wang Wenhong picked up the wine glass again and had a drink with Toru Murakami.

At the end of the dinner, Toru Murakami had drunk a little too much, and was supported by China Kotani, and walked out of the hotel.

Shen Xin asked Wang Wenhong to open two more rooms, but Toru Murakami immediately refused.

"Drinking too much wine, the family can understand, but not coming home at night, the problem is very serious." Murakami showed a wry smile on his drunken face.

Since Murakami said so, Shen Xin could only ask Wang Wenhong to find another taxi to take the two of them back.

After getting in the car, Toru Murakami pulled off his tie to make himself a little more comfortable.

After a meal, I drank too much wine and sweated a lot.

Kotani saw Murakami leaning on the seat with his forehead up, seemingly asleep, and couldn't help asking, "What should we do now?"

"What should I do?" Murakami was a little confused.

"Mr. Shen's matter..."

"Wait. Since it is a negotiation, there must always be back and forth. The contract exclusive system is not so easy to break."

"Too."

"But Mr. Shen also has an advantage. His income is mainly in China. Moreover, "DN" is licensed to comic magazines. It seems that the total sales volume is only 7 million copies, but the income from electronic copyrights must also be considered. On average, "DN"'s Sales should be around 1.34 million copies. We also need such comics."

"Where... shall we give in, or not?" Xiaogu was confused.

"Look at the quality of his new work..."

"If he is of high quality, we will follow?"

"Otherwise, what should I do? Give it to other magazines? Don't forget the lesson of "DN"..." Murakami asked.

"However, there is also the exclusive contract system..."

"I figured out a way." Murakami said in a low voice.

He drank too much, but his mind was not confused at all.

The exclusive contract system cannot be broken, but he doesn't want to give up on Shen Xin's new work.

If Shen Xin's new work is really as brilliant as "DN", he must think of a way to get the best of both worlds. As for now, before Shen Xin made a new one, he just waited and watched.

While Murakami was sitting in the car, thinking wildly, Shen Xin and the others also returned to the residence, gathered around the round table, and discussed the dinner.

"From the current point of view, the possibility of cooperating with "Youth Leap" should not be great. What should we do next?" Xi Muhan held the teacup, but kept his eyes on Shen Xin.

"If he doesn't agree, we won't cooperate. We are just promoting works, and we can also cooperate with comic magazines. "Zhou Man Top" is also considered, and it is not fixed in a certain magazine. As for domestic, we also have to look at "ComicFuture" "What's the reaction?"

In the last confrontation with "ComicFuture", Shen Xin jumped out of the confinement of the domestic comic circle.

After the advent of the Internet era, even if there is no platform, as long as the quality of comics is high enough, they can still have a place on the Internet.

Only in this way, the income may not be stable.

Yan Fei opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but then closed her mouth again.

The exclusive contract system not only affects Shen Xin, but also affects her—compared with her, "Youth Leap" obviously trusts its own editor, and her position will appear awkward at that time.

"Even if "Young Leap" is not considered, the quality of the manga is still the most important thing. We will discuss with these platforms after the works come out." Shen Xin said.

"That's right." Yan Fei nodded, the situation in front of her seemed less optimistic than expected.

In this way, the next work is very important...

At this moment, Yan Fei's mobile phone rang suddenly. She took out the mobile phone with a confused face, glanced at the screen of the mobile phone, and raised her head in surprise, "It's a person from Manga Magazine."

"Go ahead."

Shen Xin leaned back and leaned against the back of the rattan chair.

Things...seem to be less monotonous.