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Chapter 292 Golden Future Cup
"Give newcomers a shortcut to serialization?" Sasaki chewed on this sentence.

Jump's newcomer rewards, or the industry's newcomer rewards, are all linked to honor and money, and have little to do with whether it can be serialized.

After all, the ability of newcomers is limited, and there are deficiencies in all aspects.And the award-winning works are all short comics, which are different from long-form comics.

Higashino nodded, "That's right, it's too difficult to serialize on Jump, and many newcomers are discouraged."

After working hard for more than ten years, I can't serialize. Such a future is too hopeless.

Koji Yoshida looked at Hibiki Higashino in surprise, the statement that serialization is too difficult comes from your mouth, there is no credibility at all.

Higashino spread out his hands and talked eloquently, "A competition is arranged every year, and the shortlisted works can be published on Jump, and the selection results will be determined according to the votes of readers."

"Sounds very interesting, once a year will not take too much jump quota," Sasaki was a little moved.

"However," he frowned, "what kind of grades can be serialized? Where is the degree here determined?"

Some works are slow to catch on and are not loved by readers at the beginning, but the editor can see his potential. It would be too rigid to decide whether to serialize based on the results alone.

Yoshida's eyes lit up, and he said quickly: "After the shortlisted works enter the serialization conference, whether they can be serialized is decided by the editors. Of course, the results of selection and admission are also a major reference for the results."

"Let's do it like this!" Sasaki stood up, "Anyone who has not published manga can participate, and the time is arranged during the summer vacation!"

Although it has not been reported to Kazuhiko Torishima, Sasaki has already made up his mind to do it.

This is also a major achievement after he became the editor-in-chief.

……

The time came to the end of March.

"Death Note" during this period describes the process of Yue and L's exploration.

A lot of text is full of cartoons, two people talk to each other, when playing tennis, drinking coffee and chatting, every sentence is full of wit.

If Yue misses a little bit, L will know his true identity.

What the reader doesn't expect is that the meeting of two people can be so peaceful and... mentally exhausting.

The huge amount of information is condensed in the sentences, and each sentence of their dialogue must be carefully thought out, the key points are extracted, connected with the next sentence, and the meaning of the text is considered.

Readers' brains are spinning rapidly, just like the month of L, and the brain circuit is consistent with the cartoonist's brain circuit, so that they can understand the content of these words.

L seduced Yue and asked him to tell the information that only Kira knew that had not been reported. Every time Yue answered a question, his mind would turn several times. .

Aren't comics supposed to be relaxing?As a result, I was even more tired after reading "Death Note", but the readers never got tired of it and enjoyed the unusual feeling.

……

"Akino Mirai, who can draw silent manga, is now an illustrator." Nobuhiko Horie shook his head.

He believes that "Death Note" may be more suitable for novels rather than comics.

Horie Nobuhiko suddenly felt annoyed that he was a beautiful woman, but a thief.

The last silent words of "Slam Dunk" shocked him a lot. It was his pursuit of the realm of comics.

Bird Akino Mirai gave up the high-level realm of comics and chose to use narration to explain the content, which inevitably fell into the lower level.

"Ah, ah, the single volume of "Death Note" has exceeded 100 million, that's amazing."

Editor Sato under Nobuhiko Horie came over with a newspaper in surprise.

"100 million..." Nobuhiko Horie was silent, "It's another hit."

……

The news of the success of "Death Note" was sent out by Shueisha, and many people who followed it felt differently.

The parents were annoyed, the teachers didn't understand, and the students were very happy.

"This is Death Note!"

"High season!"

Ichiro Soma looked at the newspaper, feeling in his heart, "Tori Akino-sensei has succeeded again."

Since the serialization, he has never failed.

"And me?" Soma Ichiro looked at the storyboard on the work table and made up his mind, "I have to work harder! I can't let the younger generation look down upon me!"

After more than a year of being notified by Sasaki not to renew his contract, he still failed.After going around drawing different works, with the desire to serialize, the news I got was failure.

Even so, Soma Ichiro still didn't want to give up drawing manga, he kept his original intention, worked late into the night every day, and worked hard to draw his works!

……

Yamamura Morichi was very calm when he heard the news that "Death Note" sold more than 100 million copies within a month.

Murata Yusuke widened his eyes, "This is a breakthrough of 100 million in a short period of time! Are you not surprised, Mr. Yamamura!"

"I'm used to it." Yamamura replied indifferently.

He has been suppressed like this for many years, and he will never make it to the top.

"Oh, by the way, Murata, have you finished drawing your original manuscript? Pass it over to me for a look."

"Oh, oh." Murata nodded, and after he handed the manuscript to Yamamura Shoudao, he suddenly realized, "Is it time to work? I'm not in the mood to draw at all right now. I was shocked by the explosive news of "Death Note" Can't slow down."

"That's a million!" he muttered to himself.

Yamamura looked at the manuscript, nodded with satisfaction, and put it aside to dry. He was doing auxiliary work, and said at the same time: "I have learned a truth over the years of competing with Bird Akino in the future. Don't be affected by his grades. It’s completely meaningless for me. You can only catch up with him if you work hard to improve yourself.”

"So, let's draw, Murata-kun."

……

The animation of "Death Note" was broadcast as scheduled.

The shocking effect not only swept the students who just started school, but even many adults who don't pay attention to comics were frightened by the wildness of this animation!
"Death Note" is like a wild horse, making the passengers' hearts beat faster and their adrenaline soaring.

"There is such an animation!"

"It's so handsome!"

"The god who judges the evil, what a wonderful setting!"

The explosion of "Death Note" animation has more repercussions than "Slam Dunk". Its tense plot has made countless people obsessed.

"I'm tired of watching animations of playing house!"

"It's like walking a tightrope on the edge of a cliff, exciting!"

"Charming protagonist!"

……

"Death Note" has a high ratings, and the new director Tetsuro Araki was greatly encouraged and worked harder.

"It's all Mr. Akino Niao's strong works. If I were in charge of other supervisors, my grades would not be bad. I'm just lucky."

In the face of the interview, he said so.

But at the private celebration banquet, Araki Tetsuro was very drunk.

"It's all thanks to Laozi, hahaha."

After waking up the next day, he continued to work non-stop.

……

"The sales volume of "Blind Football" is 56 copies? What a good result."

From Yoshida's mouth, Higashino was a little surprised when he learned of the sales volume of Morimichi Yamamura's new work.

The first volume is 56 copies, which is a rare high sales volume.

"Athletes with physical disabilities, holding the love and pursuit of sports, they do their best to fight. Such a passionate and tearful expression is indeed a good work." Yoshida explained.

Sports for the disabled can better reflect the spirit of sportsmanship. This kind of beauty with incompleteness naturally gives readers a shocking feeling.

"Well, that's true." Higashino nodded.

He has also watched "Football for the Blind", and the protagonists each have their own plots.

There are people who disagreed with their teammates and left the team for a time; there are people who have strong self-esteem and superb strength, but are blinded by accidents and find it difficult to accept reality; There is no cheerful, simple.

With distinctive characters and wonderful storyboards, "Football for the Blind" has gained a lot of fans.

""Blind Football" is a successful sports cartoon."

……

On the weekend morning, Higashino rings at the neighbor's house.

There was a knock on the door, and there was a postman at the door.

"Eh? A letter to me? Who would write to a child?"

With astonishment and curiosity, Miyano Ken sat on the sofa after stamping his family's seal, and carefully looked at the letter.

"Shueisha... is a letter from Shueisha!"

He was pleasantly surprised for a moment.

Mr. Miyano came over after breakfast, glanced at his son and asked, "Who is knocking on the door?"

"The postman." Miyano Ken replied holding the letter.

"Oh, who handed me the letter?" Mr. Miyano saw the letter and bent down to take it away.

"This is mine!" Miyano Ken hid the letter behind his back, and then ran upstairs in a hurry.

"Haha." Mr. Miyano couldn't help laughing.

His precocious son will also have such a childish side.

"That's how a child should react."

"but……"

"Whose letter is that?"

"Isn't Jian a puppy love?"

……

"Hi Miyano, my name is Mirai Akino."

Miyano Ken lay on the bed and carefully tore open the envelope. When he took out the letter and saw the first line, he wanted to scream excitedly.

"It's Mr. Akino Bird who wrote me a reply! It's great!"

"I'm glad you like Death Note so much."

Next is a picture, the content is the month of Miyoshi students.

"You have to study hard, make progress every day, and become a top student like Ye Shenyue."

"ps: don't imitate his extremes, haha."

"Bird Akino Mirai..."

After reading the last line of the letter, Miyano Ken felt warm in his heart. He pressed the letter to his chest, feeling the temperature of Tori Akino's future.

Although the content is not much, but the writer he likes writes back to him, which makes Miyano Ken feel as if he is in the clouds, floating like a fairy.

"Tori Akino-sensei...hehe...Tori Akino-sensei..."

……

"Have you written a letter to your readers?"

Omori asked Higashino unexpectedly.

"Well," Higashino nodded, "I want to give something back for the sincere support from the readers, so I also selected some readers to write a reply."

"I'm so envious." Omori raised his head and fell into fantasy, "When I was young, if I could receive a letter from Teacher Akira Toriyama, it would be the most precious memory of my childhood."

"Haha, I'm not as good as you said." Higashino said shyly, covering the back of his head.

"No no, this is a great thing." Omori said.

"Ah, don't say any more." Higashino waved his hands, and if he continued, he would collapse comfortably on the ground.

However, it is indeed a very touching thing for a writer I like to write back to me.

If he could receive Zheng Yuanjie's letter when he was a child, he would treasure it for a lifetime.

"If the teacher writes to me," Tanaka said seriously, "I will be very happy now."

"You're making fun of me too." Higashino was a little overwhelmed in the face of fanatic fans.

An hour later, Yoshida Koji came to the door, and Higashino mentioned the matter.

Yoshida actually agreed with Tanaka's thoughts, "I will be moved to tears if I receive a reply from my teacher in college."

"Even after becoming an editor, I still hope to have a heart-to-heart talk with my teacher."

He acted like I was not joking, and let Higashino understand that there are a bunch of sick readers around him.

"Ah, right, I forgot about the job I came to today." Yoshida said, "Sensei, your vision has been approved. The name of the manga award is "Golden Future Cup", which represents the shining golden future of manga artists. "

"The action is so fast." Higashino exclaimed.

It's only been a month.

"The editor-in-chief attaches great importance to this matter." Yoshida nodded.

"Teacher," Omori raised his right hand and asked curiously, "What is the "Golden Future Cup"? "

Higashino explained, "Jump is about to launch the annual manga award. The shortlisted works may be serialized."

Omori opened his mouth wide, "It's actually a competition related to the serialization qualification!"

"I must participate! What's the deadline?" Omori clenched his fist.

There was also intention in Tanaka's eyes.

The "Golden Future Cup" is extremely attractive. If it succeeds here, it will not be far from the threshold of serialization.

"It hasn't been officially announced yet. It is expected to be held in the summer vacation next year, and the specific date needs to be analyzed." Yoshida explained.

"Thank you, Mr. Yoshida!" Omori bowed.

"It's okay." Yoshida waved his hand.

……

After leaving Hibiki Higashino's studio, Koji Yoshida left work.

Instead of going home, he drove back to Shueisha in his car.

The recent period of work is very tiring, and he wants to have a drink or two with his colleagues to relax.

It was just dark, and there were still many pedestrians on the road. Yoshida sighed. After the exciting period of becoming an editor, he felt a deep sense of exhaustion.

"Just get used to it." Yahagi patted Yoshida on the shoulder, "Our editors are not as relaxed as others think. If we enter the jump with the idea of ​​a decent job, there will definitely be a gap."

"Yes, senior." Yoshida nodded.

He is responsible for finding newcomers every day, and he also has to deal with work around the work. While thinking about comic storyboards, he also has to go to the cartoonist's studio from time to time.

Constantly running back and forth, laborious and laborious.

"Sweet sauce! Jump is going to hold the Golden Future Cup! Can you help me with my advice?"

The text message notification rang, Yoshida glanced at it, and sighed again.

(End of this chapter)