"Well, I hope there are one or two decent manuscripts today!"

An Tengwu rubbed his face and cheered up.

The review process is easy to say the least, because most famous or promising cartoonists have their names in major comics magazines, and submissions will be sent directly to their editors.

Therefore, those who were sent to him based on the contact information in the comic magazines were almost all new comics authors, and the quality of the manuscripts was generally very low. It was easy to distinguish between good and bad manuscripts.

But it’s hard to say.

Many manuscripts can actually be a death sentence after just one glance at the first page, but An Tengwu still has to keep reading.

His job as a review editor is not simply to reject unqualified manuscripts.

At least 90% of the manuscripts that come to him are failing.

But the number of those assigned to the retrial section is often 20 to 30 percent.

The extra part is that although those drawings are not expensive, but if you think the author has potential, you can contact the author for communication and training.

The comics industry is very cruel, and no matter how popular the author is, there is no guarantee that the next book will continue to be popular.

If comics magazines want to maintain long-term prosperity, it is necessary to continue to cultivate new cartoonists.

An Tengwu's job is not so much reviewing manuscripts as it is discovering potential new cartoonists.

The emails were opened one by one. An Tengwu leaned back on his chair and flipped through the manuscripts quickly.

He shook his head from time to time and threw the manuscript to the rejection pile.

Many manuscripts are comparable to graffiti.

When he first joined the editorial department as a reviewer, he was very enthusiastic about his work.

In the editorial department, there are many legendary stories of editors discovering super newcomers from manuscripts.

An Tengwu could not help but have the idea of ​​imitating him.

But unfortunately, it didn't take long before he was severely hit.

Those manuscripts, not to mention discovering super newcomers, he felt like torture every day when he read them.

The quality of many manuscripts is very poor, which can be said to be an eyesore.

To this day, ten years later, An Tengwu has not been able to discover a super newcomer.

"This one is so thick. How many manuscripts have been submitted?"

When I picked up the next copy, I found that the mail was very thick and the number of pages in the manuscript was quite large at first glance.

But An Tengwu was not happy.

Because the magazine recommends that the number of pages submitted be controlled within 30 pages, few people will exceed this number.

Most of the people who submit manuscripts with so many pages are the kind of authors who like to work behind closed doors and lack communication with the outside world.

The quality of the drawings of this kind of author is not very good, but they generally have blind confidence in their own drawings, making communication particularly difficult.

It can be said that An Tengwu is the most troublesome to encounter this kind of author.

"The name "Dragon Ball"...eh? This style of painting and storyboarding!"

Taking out the sketch, An Tengwu took a look and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Is this a famous author kidding me?"

An Tengwu flipped through several pages, and the more he read, the more surprised he became.

The style of painting is neat and bright, and there is almost nothing to fault about the characterization, storyboarding, and the proportion of distant and close shots.

Most of the serialized manuscripts on JUMP are obviously different from this manuscript.

"Author, Toriyama Akira? I've never heard of it. This style of painting is definitely not something that a newcomer can draw. Could it be that some author changed his pen name and submitted the manuscript? But I'm not familiar with the painting style."

An Tengwu glanced at the author's name and couldn't help but wonder which magazine's cartoonist was planning to switch jobs.

But after thinking about it carefully, among the comics authors who are not serialized, there is no one whose style of painting can match it.

"Forget it, let's watch the plot first. Anyway, we'll know who it is when we contact him."

An Tengwu immersed himself in reading the manuscript, and page after page of drawings passed through his hands.

"It's a very relaxing and interesting story. The protagonist is well-shaped. The world where animals can talk looks interesting and not obtrusive. The setting of the seven dragon balls also gives unlimited possibilities for subsequent stories. The battle storyboards are also very comfortable and smooth.

.The quality of this manuscript is enough to be serialized directly!"

An Tengwu breathed out.

The quality of the drawing was far better than he imagined, and he read it in one breath.

He has never encountered such a high-quality manuscript since he started working as a reviewer.

"Squad leader Morita, there is a drawing here that I want you to take a look at now."

Without hesitation, An Tengwu picked up the manuscript of Dragon Ball and walked towards Squad Leader Morita.

The JUMP editorial department is divided into five classes, each class has a squad leader. An Tengwu is one of the editors under squad leader Morita.

"An Teng, why is it so urgent?"

Squad Leader Morita stopped the pen in his hand and raised his head.

"I think this manuscript can be submitted to the serialization meeting tomorrow morning for serialization voting."

An Tengwu handed over the Dragon Ball manuscript.

Every Wednesday morning, the editor-in-chief of the editorial department, the two deputy editor-in-chiefs, and the monitors of the five classes will hold a serialization meeting to vote on which new serials to publish first, and to cut off the serials that are ranked lower in popularity.

"Is the quality of this manuscript so good?"

Squad leader Morita was surprised.

An Tengwu has never done this since he took up the review job.

What makes him make an exception must be that the quality of the manuscript is very good.

Squad leader Morita took the Dragon Ball drawing and looked at it carefully.

"It's a very good manuscript. No wonder you are so excited. In my opinion, serialization is enough."

Monitor Morita quickly read it and nodded.

"But have you contacted the author? Who is the author? Someone who can draw such a mature manuscript cannot be a newcomer."

Squad Leader Morita then asked.

"I'm sorry, monitor, I'm too excited, so I haven't contacted you yet."

An Tengwu looked embarrassed.

"You should contact the author first and confirm the author's identity before any contract issues arise. I will bring this manuscript to the serialization meeting tomorrow for discussion, but whether it will be serialized or not is not urgent at the moment."

Squad leader Morita didn't blame An Tengwu either.

As the reviewer, it is rare to encounter an excellent manuscript. It is understandable that he would be excited. He has also felt this way before.

I have never seen the name of the author of the manuscript. It is very likely that the author from another magazine has switched jobs. At tomorrow's serialization meeting, what Squad Leader Morita wants to discuss is that after confirming the identity of the author, even if the author has a contract, we should find a way to

The author stays.

"Yes, I understand. Let me check the author's contact information... Hey, there is only one email address and not even a mobile phone. Are you worried that we will find out your identity?"

An Tengwu found out the contact information of Niao Shanming, and found that there was only one email address.

"It's very possible that one of the authors doesn't want to reveal his identity. Okay, Anyhow, An Teng, please contact the author first. Also, since the author doesn't want to reveal his identity, try not to let more people know about it."

When Squad Leader Morita saw it, he felt more confident.

Who doesn't have a mobile phone these days?

The only explanation is that I don't want my mobile phone number to reveal my identity.

The circle of cartoonists is only so large, and having a mobile phone number can basically confirm your identity.

"Yes, I understand!"

An Tengwu returned to his workbench and quickly sent an email to the author.

However, the author named Toriyama Ming did not seem to be waiting for the email. He waited for a long time and there was no email reply.

There was no other way, An Tengwu could only continue reviewing the manuscript and wait.

…

Sakura City High School.

After school, Higashino Hirosawa came to the game club again.

Abe-senpai is the only one in the game club, Aida-senpai is probably busy with other things.

"Higashino-kun, you are here. I told Aida that her laptop will be left to you for the time being and will be returned to her after the comic exhibition is over."

Abe Gao pointed to Aida-senpai's computer on the table and said.

"Thank you, senior. You're welcome then."
To be continued...