I'm a pirate in Tokyo

Jiyingshe Building, in the interview room.

Hattori sat across from the two of them: "Hello, Takeda-kun...? Right?"

Seeing the boy opposite him nodding, he introduced himself: "I am Hattori from JUNK Weekly. Please give me your advice."

"I am Asahi Takeda." "I am Nami Fukada." The two bowed slightly and politely introduced themselves: "Please give me your advice."

"Then I won't be polite. Did you bring the original manuscript with you?" Hattori said bluntly.

"Hmm, yes, please help us take a look." Nami quickly handed over the original document bag that was almost sweating in her hands.

"Oh? It was a girl who handed it over. Did the boy come with him? But it was indeed the boy who called yesterday." Hattori took the document bag and thought to himself.

Wu Sheng saw the confusion on his face and explained: "I will write the storyboard for this, and she will draw it. It is the same creative mode as Teacher Acheng Mu Mengye."

"Oh, you know them..." Hattori suddenly realized.

"You know, we also looked at their works, and we just thought this model could work, so we created it together." Wu Sheng said.

Hattori nodded understandingly. Is it because of the exploration of predecessors that the imitation of future generations can be achieved? Then he pulled out a thick stack of manuscripts. Hattori was also an experienced editor. As soon as he got started, he estimated that there were 40 or 50 pages.

He stopped talking, straightened the manuscript on the table, and began to read.

Wu Sheng recognized the editor named Hattori, and his worries immediately disappeared. He and Nami were lucky.

Hattori can be said to be a very conscientious editor in "Dream Eaters". As the leader of the protagonist duo since their debut, he is not only experienced and persistent, but also very considerate of the cartoonist and author.

Compared with Wu Sheng's relaxation, Nami was so nervous that she clenched her fists under the table and looked at Hattori with wide eyes, hoping to see some desired message from his expression.

Seeing her like this, Wu Sheng couldn't help but pat his head, nudged her sideways, and motioned her to relax with his eyes.

"How can you relax now! He can read so fast! There are so many dialogues in this story, it's impossible for him to read so fast!" Nami roared in her heart as she watched Hattori quickly read one after another. He glared at Wu Sheng.

"Uh..." Wu Sheng, who had suffered in vain, knew that she was really nervous, so he didn't care about her anymore. He not only had confidence in this work, but also in Nami's paintings.

The girl's delicate but not soft painting style is very good at painting the eyes of characters, which makes the texture of the whole work completely different from the original work, and the emotions of the characters are displayed more vividly.

After 7 or 8 minutes, Hattori quickly read through the entire manuscript, then looked at the two of them in surprise and said, "Sorry, wait a minute and let me read it again."

While he was reading it again carefully, he was shouting crazily in his heart: "Genius! Genius! Absolute genius! A genius that can even surpass Acheng Mu Mengye!"

From this story, he could see the shadow of Ajou Mumenha's debut, but the story is more mature, the structure is more refined, and it has a more shonen comic style!

He looked at Nami, who looked nervous, calmly, "I didn't expect such a painting to be drawn by such a beautiful girl."

Then he looked at Wu Sheng, who was playing with his fingers boredly, "The author of this story is very calm. Is he full of confidence in his work?"

Hattori watched the second round carefully and slowly, and Wu Sheng was certainly bored. Although he really wanted to play with his mobile phone, it would be very impolite to do so at this time. It is estimated that as soon as he took out his mobile phone, he was knocked to the ground by a nervous Nami with a traditional performance.

There was almost 20 minutes of silence, and Hattori suddenly came to his senses when the protagonist Yue said "I will become the god of the new world!" and another character appeared on the last page.

He re-arranged the manuscript and put it on the table. He suppressed his excitement and said, "Not bad, very good, very good." Three good ones were added one after another.

"Hmm, let's talk about this next." He patted the manuscript and said, "It will take a long time. Do you want anything to drink?"

"Well, pure water will do." Wu Sheng said, and Nami nodded.

Hattori went out and asked the lady at the front desk to pour 2 glasses of water, while he drank a cup of coffee himself.

He took a sip lightly and asked directly: "I think there seems to be a follow-up to this story. Have you made it yet?"

"There is a follow-up story, but they are all storyboards and the original paintings have not been made yet." Wu Sheng took out two large drawing books from his backpack. The above is the storyboard he re-done according to Nami's request. He has also learned a little bit about the basics of comics in the past two weeks. This draft is much more professional than the original one in his own notebook.

Although it's still very rough compared to the original painting, he thought as he handed it over.

"I have now written 20 chapters of the story according to JUNK's 10-page chapter convention." In fact, he has almost written 30 chapters, but there is no need to take them out.

"!!!" Hattori's little eyes widened instantly.

"Have you written 10 chapters already?" he asked in a surprised tone.

"Yes, after all, just one episode is not enough to show the story, and it would be too time-consuming to draw all the original paintings. We hope to reduce the meaningless loss. After all, the 50 pages of original paintings can already show Nami, um, Fukada My classmates’ painting skills have improved,” Wu Sheng explained.

"Hmm, it's not unreasonable to think about it this way." Hattori has already taken over the storyboards, "But we actually recommend not to draw so many storyboards.

Because comics are not just published novels, they are serialized. We will give the author some professional advice, and we will also have feedback from readers every week.

If you suddenly want to change something later, everything you did before will be invalid. " Hattori said sincerely, "I will look at the remaining storyboards after we finish talking. Let's talk about the current original drawing first. "

"Okay, I understand." Wu Sheng nodded.

"In terms of storytelling and interest, I think your comics are already excellent." Hattori said, "But, Fukada-kun, right?"

He looked at Nami, "Your painting is very good, but it still seems to have some shadows of art sketches in it? There are a lot of lines, and the distinction between the characters and the background is a little blurry. You need to add more distinctions and changes, and try to reduce this It just feels good.”

"Okay...Okay!" Nami replied quickly.

"Fukada-san has been involved in comic creation for less than a month, and has been using the ink brush for less than two weeks. We made this original painting in about 16 days to meet the schedule. It is indeed a bit hasty." Wu Sheng helped explain the birth of this manuscript detail.

"A month? Two weeks?!" Hattori was shocked. Are you kidding? He quickly asked: "What do you mean? You drew these 50 pages in two weeks?!"

"Yes, I read online that if high school students submit articles for serialization, they will be rejected by editors on the grounds that students don't have that much time, so we tried to see if we could adapt to the rhythm of a weekly."

"You think very comprehensively, and you do consider it this way. We recommend that high school students put their studies first," Hattori said.

"Yeah, but one of us is responsible for the story and the other is responsible for the drawing. Compared with ordinary cartoonists, the burden is much lighter, so that we can serialize without affecting our studies. And the facts have proved that we can indeed undertake this task. Such a workload." Wu Sheng pointed at the stack of 50 pages of original paintings.

Then he pointed at himself and Nami: "She is number one in grade, and I am probably in the top ten."

Hattori suddenly realized that he was not interviewing an old cartoonist, but a newbie, so he asked loudly: "Wait a minute, do you want to start serializing as soon as you debut?"

"Yes." Nami and Wu Sheng said in unison.

"Hmm..." Hattori pondered, his mind racing: "Judging from this original drawing and the time they started, these two people still have great potential. But after all, it is a male-female collaboration, and they are still 16 years old As a high school student, it’s hard to say whether something unspeakable will happen in the future, and then they break up.”

"I would like to ask, what is your relationship?" Hattori asked cautiously. This must be asked. If the other party is a couple or there is affection when answering, then you should consider it carefully.

"Partner, right?" Wu Sheng turned to look at Nami and said.

"Well, life and death partners." Nami Chuuji said with full energy.

"Oh..." Hattori didn't quite understand the meaning of "life and death", but it didn't stop him from feeling that the relationship between the two was not what he thought.

This gave me some peace of mind, and he said to the two of them: "Well, you are very lucky. This week is the serial meeting of this quarter."

"Ha!" Wu Sheng and Nami grinned in surprise.

Hattori raised his hand and asked them to calm down: "I approve of your original paintings, but as you think, just one episode is not enough to be serialized, so you have to wait until I finish reading these storyboards. I’ll give you an answer.”

"I'll read it here. You can go to the sofa in the lobby and take a rest first, otherwise I won't be able to concentrate on reading the manuscript just sitting there." Hattori stood up and pointed to the sofa outside.

"Okay, I'll bother you then." Wu Sheng nodded politely and went out with Nami.

"Wow hahaha, I said it must be no problem!" Nami cheered softly and excitedly while patting Wu Sheng on the back.

"Yes, yes." Wu Sheng said perfunctorily, feeling that he was lucky, "It's strange, haven't I actually changed my profession to a spearman? Oh, I understand, my real profession is a general! Elig He is the Grand Duke and the Commander-in-Chief, and Ma Chao is also a general! Hahahaha!"

This guy has no clue in his mind and doesn't even think about how lucky Nami around him is.

However, Hattori inside the reception desk was already shocked by Wu Sheng's storyboard. The more he looked at it, the wider his mouth opened. Whether it was Yue finding out the identities of the agents and finishing them all, or the volley duel with L. It's very interesting to find out the identity.

"Creativity, depth, thinking, reasoning, duel, and the belief that everyone fights for their own justice. I don't think this is something that a high school student can write, no, Acheng Mumenyeli's Takagi, who is in charge of the story, can also write it, but it will take several more years of growth to reach this level.

And what can I say about this storyboard? It's quite mature. It compresses such a complicated story into a 20-page episode, and there are very few useless grids. It’s as if an editor has read it and given an opinion! "

For the sake of royalties, most newcomers hope to draw as many pages as possible. However, the storyboards of these nine episodes are basically very restrained in telling the story of one episode in pages 18-24.

"Awesome!" After reading the last plot of the tenth episode, L was about to reveal it, but it stopped suddenly, which made him feel itchy.

He put down the storyboard with a dull expression, picked up the cold coffee on the table, and drank it in one gulp. Then I made up my mind that this work must be promoted in this serialization meeting!

He calmed down, stood up and went out to wave the two of them in.

Hattori looked at the calm Wu Sheng with a complex expression: "Takeda-kun, your story is really powerful and sophisticated. I didn't have any suggestions to make after reading it for a while. This is a complete story. You Did any elders provide guidance?"

"No, I just like reading comics." Wu Sheng, who had successfully taken the first step in writing, could not say anything else.

"That's really genius." Hattori, who didn't know the truth, marveled.

"Yeah, when I saw the duel with L later, I was surprised how he came up with it!" After receiving the positive feedback, Nami relaxed and agreed with Hattori's words, but said what they were not planning to say originally. matter.

"A duel with L?" Hattori nodded first, and then realized. In the first 10 episodes, they seemed to have just fought in the air, right?

"Could it be?" Hattori looked at the two of them in surprise. Only then did Nami realize that she had spilled the beans. She stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, looked at Wu Sheng, and motioned to her brother to help with it. I can't handle this. .

"Ah, actually I also drew some storyboards..." Wu Sheng looked at her speechlessly. Drawing too many storyboards was good and bad for a newcomer, but mainly he didn't want to do it. So, the serialization has just finished one episode. Have you reached the end of the story? what's the situation? Why don't you just write a novel?

The problem is that he has never read a Japanese novel in his previous life. He has only a limited understanding of Japanese grammar, word choice and sentence formation, and some common sayings. He can barely score 80% in Japanese classes and just go about his days by rote memorization.

For example, just like Chinese writing does not use idioms, idioms, or allusions, it seems strange no matter how you look at it?

Comics were created out of imagination, and they were all dialogues. He also remembered the content, so there was no problem at all.

"How many words?" Hattori asked immediately.

"Well... by about episode 20..." Wu Sheng shook his head.

"Did you bring it?" Hattori said as if he was going to break the casserole and ask the question.

"Hmm..." Wu Sheng was helpless and took out another notebook from his backpack. However, this was not a storyboard for redrawing, but something he usually did in his notebook during class.

"..." Hattori took the notebook and wanted to laugh, but felt that his face hurt a little, and he still didn't laugh.

He opened it and read episode 11 first, and found that it was still exciting. Then he quickly scanned the rest of the content for 2 minutes and confirmed that it was episode 20.

Then he raised his head and said to the two of them: "I understand. Since you have achieved this level, I will naturally do my best to have your comics serialized on JUNK!"

"However, if it is really serialized, it is not up to me whether the work is popular or not. Your story has already been written here. If it does not perform well in the serialization, then all the rest must be revised. If not If you change it, even if the editorial department agrees with you, it will still be cut in half. I need to tell you this in advance, I hope you can understand." Hattori put his hands on the table and said seriously.

"To put it bluntly, for both the magazine itself and the author, serializing a work is a gamble. But after reading your work, I believe I have obtained Black Jack." Then he bent down and bowed his head sincerely. , said loudly: "Please be sure to serialize your works in our Shueisha, and we will definitely repay your efforts with the greatest enthusiasm!"

"Oh...oh!" Wu Sheng was frightened by his sudden seriousness. It took him a while to react, and then said: "This is also the reason why we are here."

Hattori breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a positive reply, so he took out his business card, wrote down his phone number and email address, and handed it to Wu Sheng, "Okay, this is my business card. I hope you can stay with this manuscript and these storyboards." , don’t submit articles to other magazines, I will give you a reply before tonight, is that okay?”

Wu Sheng thought for a while and decided to believe him. After all, Dashe would definitely not kill the goose to obtain the eggs.

Even if there really is a bloody thing about bullying others, he will know his name and location, open the Sin World APP, and specialize in treating all kinds of evil evil ways!

He stretched out his hand, looked into Hattori's eyes and said, "Okay, I hope there will be a good result."

Hattori took a moment to react, and quickly shook hands with him, feeling his maturity and determination that belied his age.

"Okay, let's go now, Mr. Hattori, please take care of me in the future!" Wu Sheng greeted and prepared to leave.

"Well, please take good care of me in the future!" Nami also quickly stood up and said goodbye politely. After the leak, she finally said a word after paddling the whole time.

Hattori put away the manuscript, exchanged phone numbers with Wu Sheng, sent them out of the building, and said loudly: "Yeah, I am the one, just wait for my news!"

Looking at the two people walking and chatting, Hattori felt as if he randomly scratched a lottery ticket on the street and won the jackpot.

......

Jackpot! Hattori reacted and looked at the time. It was almost 6 p.m., so he hurried back to the editorial office with the manuscript in his arms. He must discuss this matter with the team leader immediately, because the serialization meeting is the day after tomorrow!

Three minutes later, Hattori appeared in front of their group leader's desk, walking in a hurry and panting.

"Team Leader Aida, please be sure to read this comic. It is the work of a high school student who just came to contribute." He handed the original drawing of "Death King's Notes" to the fat man in front of him.

"Oh? Leave it for now. I'm preparing for the serialization meeting the day after tomorrow. I'll read it tomorrow." The fat man stared at the computer and kept typing, without paying any attention to Hattori.

"No, please read it now, because I want to include this work in this serialization meeting!" Hattori said loudly.

Before the fat man could react, the orange-haired young man behind Hattori shouted in surprise: "What?!"

"Serialized? High school student? First submission?" The orange-haired question rushed to Hattori one after another.

Then the fat man also reacted and looked back at Hattori: "Are you kidding me?"

"Yes, this is a golden egg! I personally think that their potential is greater than that of Arizuma-sensei!" Hattori replied affirmatively.

Now the orange-haired boy was dissatisfied. He was the editor-in-chief of New Wife, and New Wife's "CROW" was the number one magazine in their magazine: "What are you thinking? New Wife is a genius that is rare to see in 20 years!"

"Don't argue. I'll take a look first before talking." Fatty stopped the two people who were about to argue, and then took out the manuscript of the first chapter of "The Death King's Notes" and read it.

After 20 minutes, the fat man exhaled: "It's indeed interesting, but the painting requires some artistry."

"This is a work of collaboration with Ajou Mumenha-sensei. One person is responsible for the story and the other is responsible for the drawing." Hattori answered, "I heard from them that the girl responsible for the drawing has only done a lot of work since she studied manga creation until now. It’s been less than a month!”

"A month?! This level?!" The fat man was also shocked. It was not like they had never become monks and drew comics, but those stories were all interesting, and the drawings were actually very good. They were basically comic comics with lines, and they even relied on comic strips. An assistant with great painting skills comes to the rescue.

"Let's not talk about the potential. Judging from this work alone, it is indeed qualified to be included in the series." Fatty nodded.

"What? So powerful?" Orange-haired shouted, "Show me." He took the original painting and looked at it.

Hattori didn't care. Anyway, Wu Sheng and the two were already on his plate, and he would not let anyone else be responsible for the first work of the newcomers he discovered.

The fat man continued: "But you also know that it is impossible to serialize just one story, right?"

"Yes, the person in charge of the story has already written the storyboards for 20 episodes." Hattori knew you were going to say this, and took out a large...a stack of storyboards from his back. and a notebook.

"!!!"

The fat man's eyes widened suddenly, as if the flesh on his face was shaken.

Hattori looked at the overreacting team leader with a cheerful expression, handed over the redone storyboards of the first ten episodes, and said with a smile:

"Yes, yes, I had the same expression when I was interviewing them. Team leader, please read the second to tenth chapters first. It seems that they didn't want to show the content after the tenth chapter, I guess. Draft? I need to take a look."

As he spoke, he opened the notebook he had not had time to look at carefully.

It was another 15 minutes of silence, and the three of them just stood around and watched. The orange-haired man, who had finished reading the first episode in amazement, was about to congratulate Hattori, but saw that they were looking at the storyboard seriously.

He had just heard that this time the newcomer had made a 20-episode story, so he picked up the Fatty Team Leader and read the storyboard of the second episode that he had put aside.

Thirty minutes later, Hattori and Fatty watched episode 30 and episode 20, both looking amazed.

The fat man shouted: "Where's the one at the back? Give it to me!"

Hattori marveled: "Except for the last ten chapters, which are very sloppy and uncarved, and no specific character actions can be seen, there are actually no problems with the plot!"

At this time, a fat man approached the editorial office from outside and asked another editor wearing glasses next to him: "What happened to Hattori-senpai and Team Leader Aida?"

"It seems that Hattori has discovered another high school student group. Listening to their shouting, they seem to be very powerful." Glasses and Little Fatty explained, "It seems that they want to include this newcomer's work in the serialization meeting the day after tomorrow."

"New high school student? Serialization?" The little fat man was very surprised. He is currently the editor in charge of the serialization of "Archeng Mu Mengye".

"Yes, it seems that geniuses are emerging in this era. A few appear every two years." Glasses sighed.

"No, I have to go take a look!" Xiaopang threw his backpack on the table and came over.

"Haha, the newcomer just can't keep his composure, and it's not your responsibility. Wouldn't it be nice to read the finished product published in the magazine?" Glasses shook his head, smiled and returned to his work.