Chapter 337

At the beginning of February, Phoenix company has not officially started work, but some departments are busy.

The personnel departments in the three regions are the busiest. They need to seize the time to recruit employees at the beginning of the new year. The animation department is second only to the personnel department. They have to rush to make animation. Some editors and publishers in the cartoon department have to prepare to sell a new issue of weekly magazines. In addition to them, senior managers are not easy, their eyes are focused on the new magazine.

To add two new magazines is very easy to say, but it should be done carefully. What is the orientation of these two new magazines? How to distinguish them from the magazine magazine and the magazine girl, and what are their readers' preferences and age groups? The surface is to add two new magazines, but the actual difficulty is equivalent to rebuilding the core business of Phoenix company.

In the past, there were only two weekly categories of Phoenix company, one was male and the other was female. However, this kind of classification is not in line with the development trend of the times, and the magazines for teenagers and girls need to be further subdivided. This kind of subdivision also involves the specific personnel allocation. Each magazine is in the charge of a new editorial department. In addition to Xi man, there are a total of four editorial departments, and how to arrange these editorial departments is also a big problem.

After several days of discussion, Phoenix company came to the conclusion that Jidong district manages one comic magazine, Ninghai city manages one, while Suhua city is responsible for the remaining two, and several comic magazines are managed separately. Meng Huo didn't think about the editorial department in the Far East, but there are quite a few cartoonists in the Far East. In order to facilitate the work of receiving manuscripts, it's better to have an editorial department there.

For this reason, Meng Huo specially returned to Tokyo. He returned to Tokyo on February 9, 2017, which is also the day of the release of weekly youth.

That day, in downtown Tokyo, the cartoonist Yoshikawa bought a magazine early from the comic shop at his home. Since the scandal of man heaven came out, a large number of cartoonists have switched to the cherry blossom company of Phoenix, and Yoshikawa is also one of them. As a result, he has formed the habit of buying weekly magazine boy every week.

The cover of this issue of "weekly youth" is bright red. After tearing the film, Nishikawa is surprised by the pattern on the cover. The cover of this time is a beautiful girl standing with a knife. She has long red hair, red eyes and awe inspiring temperament. The bright red flame is flying around her. The whole cover is like burning. Holding it in her hand is a kind of hot illusion.

"The scorching Shana..."

He saw the bright red title in the middle of the cover, and then realized that it was a serial announcement. Nishikawa's eyes were immediately attracted by the cartoon introduction under the title - "infinite time makes the beating stop, people burn silently. No one is aware that the world has long been out of orbit and surrounded by the fire of the red world... "

This introduction line looks very handsome, but as a cartoonist, Nishikawa you thinks this introduction is the worst one. A new serial profile doesn't need to be handsome. The key is to tell readers what kind of cartoon it is. However, after reading the profile of "burning eyes of Shana", it makes people feel confused. They don't know what story it is going to tell, and they can't even understand the theme

How can such a poor profile appear in the tens of millions of sales of "weekly youth"? Nishikawa you feel strange, and say, "burning eyes of the summer Na" how to see the name is not like a juvenile cartoon. The cover character is a woman, and the name of the cartoon is very feminine. Isn't this a girl's cartoon? Why do girls comics appear on the cover of weekly youth?

His eyes skimmed the profile and then stopped at the author's name.

"What a pity

Xichuan Youxin a cool, comic author unexpectedly is He Xi! It's no wonder that the people in the editorial department of weekly youth really don't make low-level mistakes. He Xi is the unique pillar of Phoenix company. Any of his works are qualified to be on the cover of weekly youth, and the brief introduction doesn't matter to him. Other cartoonists' brief introduction is not good and easy to be despised, but He Xi has a large number of readers even if he doesn't write the brief introduction!

This time, the brief introduction of "burning eyes of Shana" is strange, but in He Xi's case, this kind of strange is not a shortcoming, but represents the advantage of "mystery". He didn't launch a new comic book for two years. This time, a new comic book suddenly appeared. Readers will not feel disgusted, but will feel curious, excited and surprised.

This is the absolute difference between popular cartoonists and ordinary cartoonists!

Xichuan you was a little envious of He Xi, but the manga manager on one side couldn't help laughing when he saw his expression.

"Mr. Xichuan, Mr. He Xi's new notice is great, isn't it? It's the same on the cover of weekly girl yesterday." The store manager met Xichuan you. Knowing that Xichuan you was transferred to Phoenix company, he naturally said, "the sales volume of weekly girl has increased a lot in the past two days. Mr. He Xi is worthy of being the gold lettered signboard of Phoenix company. Even the notice can improve the sales volume."

Xichuan you Leng Leng, then showed a little bitter smile: "yes..."He Xi's new work is good for readers, but not for cartoonists. Nishikawa you looked at the notice on the cover, which said that "Shina with burning eyes" would be serialized in "Xi". This made him feel relieved, but he was not happy. Even if "Shina with burning eyes" was serialized in "Xi", in a short time, it would be transferred to "weekly youth" or "weekly girl" just like "pirate king".

It's a nightmare for cartoonists.

Half a year ago, there was a big trend of cartoonists joining Phoenix company in the Far East. Cartoonists rushed to Phoenix company with hope. At that time, their relatives and friends, including cartoonists themselves, were full of hope for the future. Phoenix company is one of the top Cartoon Companies in China. Its cartoon distribution is all over China, which is very different from mantiantang limited in the Far East.

With bigger stage, broad market, coexistence of money and glory, every cartoonist wants to fight with his blood. However, after joining Phoenix company, they get a burst of despair.

Phoenix company has only two comic magazines, with only 30 or 40 serial places in total. Besides several works of He Xi and other popular series that have been rooted in the two magazines, there are less than 10 serial places contested by other cartoonists. In the past six months, hundreds of cartoonists from the Far East and a large number of new cartoonists from the mainland have been scrambling for single digit serial seats. The fierce competition is almost unprecedented.

Half a year's experience has gradually made cartoonists lose confidence. Recently, in some private places, Nishikawa you heard that many cartoonists have the idea of job hopping. Now that He Xi's new cartoon comes out, it's even more amazing

"Next there should be a wave of job hopping!"

Nishikawa sighed, then picked up the comic magazine, some lost to leave. He Xi occupies another serial position, which will be the last straw. He Xi has more serial positions than hundreds of people, although no one will question his strength. But this mode of Phoenix company almost cut off the opportunities for other cartoonists. It is hard to imagine how many cartoonists are willing to continue to wait for the illusory serial hope with hunger.

"It's time for me to leave too..."

Nishikawa you thinks that he has children and women and depends on comics to make a living. Phoenix company is really not suitable to stay.

"According to what you said..." back home, his wife heard his words, but also sighed: "small company has the advantages of small company, early job hopping is good."

When Xichuan you joined the Phoenix company, his wife was the happiest. But today, her wife also understands that her husband is hard to survive in the fierce competition of the Phoenix company, so she also changes her mind. Nishikawa you back to the room to write a resignation letter, he has no aversion to the company, so with a handwritten way to express his sincerity and helplessness.

After writing for a long time, the resignation letter was completed. However, just as Nishikawa wanted to call Sakura to make a appointment, his phone rang.

"Hello, Mr. Xichuan, this is Dongquan!"

The voice on the other side of the phone seems very excited. Dongquan, a cartoonist familiar with Xichuan, wonders how he called himself today.

"Teacher Dongquan, what can I do for you?" He asked.

"Xichuan, I just got an inside message. You will be surprised to hear that! I heard that teacher He Xi went back to Tokyo this morning. After he came back, he held a high-level meeting and announced a big news. Guess what it is? "

"What's the news? I'm not interested in guessing. You just say it. " Xichuan you is very calm. He is going to leave Phoenix company. He doesn't care much about the topic of this company.

"You are so boring, editorial department, editorial department! Cherry Blossom company should set up an editorial department of the same scale as that in mainland China to be responsible for the distribution of a new magazine Dongquan was a little excited and said in a loud voice: "before the new year, there was a rumor that the person in charge of Phoenix company became teacher He Xi? I never thought it would be true. Mr. He Xi decided to add two new magazines as soon as he took office. He is so handsome

"In a short time, in addition to" weekly youth "and" weekly girl ", we have two other magazines to choose from. The number of serial comics has doubled, ha ha ha... Dozens of serial seats are waiting for me, and I can finally get on the serial. Teacher Xichuan, cheer, our time is coming!"

Xichuan leisurely listen to the voice of Dongquan, head a buzzing.

Two new magazines? Double the number of serial comics? Doesn't it mean that hundreds of cartoonists compete for dozens of serial posts?

"Great, great!"

He couldn't help jumping up, feeling the cold in his heart was melted by the warm sunshine, and his whole body was shaking.

After waiting for half a year, he finally got the result. Nishikawa put down the phone, picked up the resignation letter on the desk and tore it up. The more he tore it, the more happy he was. He couldn't help but pick up his coat, turned around and ran out."Honey, it's time for lunch. What are you doing out there?"

"I'm not going to resign. I'm going to thank teacher He Xi!"