2 Cooperation

Although I think the work is very pleasing to him, it's useless if it doesn't suit the magazine editor's appetite.

Chu Yu's consciousness was immersed in system space, and seeing a piece of the earth plane floating in system space showing a blocked state, Chu Yu felt very itchy.

Because unlocking these works requires world points with different values.

And the only way to earn world points, according to the system, is for Chu Yu to become a cartoonist and get them by promoting comic works on the earth plane. The hotter the work, the more world points you get. Of course, that's the ideal.

The reality is that this system gave a reward to newcomers when the system was linked, and the freely submitted work The Garden of Words faces an awkward situation where no one accepts within ten days of submission.

In this respect, Chu Yu was also very helpless.

Forget it, if the editors of those three magazines don't like it, they can publish it on the Internet for free.

In any case, as long as the work is disseminated in this world, no matter what channel is used, as long as someone reads it and thinks it's beautiful from the heart, then there will be a worldwide point, but when compared to the serialization of magazines, the dissemination of the masses. That's a long way off.

After sighing, Chu Yu's consciousness made a noise as the class bell rang and he left the system space.

At that moment, the phone in Chu Yu's pocket suddenly vibrated.

Chu Yu picked up the phone and looked at it, his eyes suddenly condensing.

A text message came from the phone.

"Hello, this is Su Lu, editor of Cuttlefish Comics. This magazine intends to cooperate with your submitted work, and I now invite you to come to the magazine for an interview tomorrow morning at 10 am. The location is... "

Although Chu Yu wanted to keep her expressionless and calm, he finally pretended to say, "This is the expected result."

But the unbearable smile on his face betrayed him. After all, the work he had copied over a dozen days had been recognized by a few people, making him truly incapable of keeping a low profile.

After waiting ten days, I finally waited.

Then, a few seconds later, Chu Yu discovered that the whole class was looking at him intently.

In front of Chu Yu, a math teacher, an old man in his fifties, looked at him with a negative expression.

The smile on Chu Yu's face solidified.

　...

Ten o'clock the next morning.

Chu Yu went alone to the office of the Cuttlefish Comics Club, located on the 18th floor of a building in the city center.

After explaining his intentions, led by the young woman at the front desk, Chu Yu walked through the noisy office area and entered an office.

The office area is small, about ten square meters, with an office chair and a desk.

Various materials and sketches were laid out in a mess on the table. A woman with black framed eyes lowered her head and looked intently at the sketches in front of her.

Her reading speed was very slow at first, then it got faster and faster, but in the end she flipped through the work with difficulty.

"No, there's too much difference in level!"

The woman shook her head.

"Hello!" Chu Yu interrupted her just in time.

Because Chu Yu saw that she was ready to start the next job.

That's very concentrated, I've been here for two minutes, you haven't noticed me yet?

"Wow!" Su Lu was a little surprised.

Raising his head, a delicate white face faced Chu Yu, with doubt in his eyes.

"Are you?"

"Let me introduce myself first." Chu Yu doesn't hate people who take their work seriously.

"Real name Chu Yu, pseudonym... Shui Xin."

"I received a text message from you yesterday..."

"Are you Professor Shui Xin?" Su Lu's eyes widened, seeing Chu Yu from head to toe.

"Are you a man?"

A hint of shame appeared on Chu Yu's face.

"Uh, do I look like a woman?"

"Ah! Sorry,

I didn't mean it like that, but I always thought that Professor Shui Xin who drew The Garden of Words was a girl. After all, it was a comic of that style, and the pseudonym was also..." Su Lu also waved her hands hastily. The pseudonym is also very feminine, right?

Chu Yu knew what Su Lu meant.

To be honest, it's reasonable for the other party to have this kind of thinking. After all, in the Dragon Kingdom, most male cartoonists prefer to reason, build suspense and fight against the real comics, which are similar to the juvenile comics such as The Garden of Words that exist in manga magazines for women.

As for the pseudonym "Shui Xin", it's a homophonic "casual".

After all, Chu Yu is very involved in adopting a pseudonym. After a long period of involvement, he chose this name casually.

"Oh, by the way, when we first met, I was Su Lu, editor of Cuttlefish Comics." Su Lu realized that she had been around for a long time and hadn't introduced herself to Chu Yu.

"Please sit down!" Su Lu's face straightened and he pointed to the chair next to him.

After Chu Yu sat down.

"I'm not talking nonsense and I'll get straight to the point." Su Lu looked at Chu Yu and said.

"Mr. Chu Yu..., this comic book company received your submission for The Garden of Words eight days ago, and the reviewer of this work is me."

Su Lu looked at Chu Yu, with the language organized in his mind.

"To be honest, after reading this work, I personally think it's fully qualified to be serialized in our Cuttlefish Comics Club's 'Manying' comic book in terms of story, structure and style!"

"Hmm!" Chu Yu nodded repeatedly on the surface, but complained in his heart.

Isn't that what this is about? Why are you talking about it?

Didn't you ask me to sign the contract? Remove the contract!

"But..."

Su Lu suddenly changed his tune.

Chu Yu breathed lightly.

Had things changed?

"After presenting this opinion to the editor-in-chief at the serial meeting three days ago... it was rejected."

"Rejected?" Chu Yu frowned slightly.

"Well, doesn't the editor-in-chief think that the Garden of Words will work?"

"It's not like it won't work." Su Lu said.

"It's just too short!"

Can't it?

Too short?

For a while, Chu Yu's expression was a little unnatural.

"There are many periodicals in this manga agency, but the most famous is the manga periodical Manying."

"Manying", "Tianyin Comics" from Tongfengyu Comics and "Fire Dragon Comics" from Longya Comics are also known as the three main comic magazines.

"Its sales channels cover every large, medium and small city in the province, with sales of more than 300,000 yuan per phase."

"The comics serialized in it have at least 20 chapters or more."

"But Professor Shuixin, your garden of words and leaves ended up with only seven words."

"and so...."

"Is that why you thought that, as a short story, the commercial value of The Garden of Leaves wasn't high, so you didn't agree to its serialization?" Chu Yu's frown gradually tightened and he sighed slightly.

Surely, how could things go so smoothly!

Chu Yu is not an unreasonable person. Although he thinks that the manga The Garden of Words is very good, he has nothing to say when the manga agency doesn't choose his work for commercial reasons.

After finding out, he could see it.

It's a shame about this job...

"So Miss Su Lu, you asked me to come today just to inform me personally that my work has been eliminated?"

"You can just send a text message for that sort of thing, so I don't have to skip class and come to this meeting!" Chu Yu shook his head and said.

"Have class?" Su Lu was stunned. For Chu Yu's age, she realized that she was a student, but she hadn't expected the other party to skip class.

But Chu Yu only complained casually and had no intention of blaming Su Lu. After all, the other party had helped him get the opportunity, even though he hadn't succeeded!

"In that case, let's stop there for today!" Chu Yu stood up and prepared to leave without getting confused.

"Wait...."

"I haven't finished talking yet!"

Behind him, Su Lu's voice came out.

Chu Yu turned around and looked at Su Lu.

"Teacher Shui Xin, you're very impatient!"

Su Lu looked helpless.

"Although the editor-in-chief disagrees with the serialization of The Garden of Words in Man Ying..."

"But I still think this work is excellent. After discussing it with the editor-in-chief, he agreed that this work can be serialized in another periodical "Ink Shadow" from our comics agency."

"Today I asked Professor Shui Xin to come and discuss this matter with you."

"The professor's contribution to the Garden of Words will be serialized but if the professor wants, our comics club is willing to serialize the professor's work in Ink Shadow..."

"I just don't know what Ms. Shui Xin thinks about it!"

In front of Chu Yu, Su Lu's expression was serious.

Ink Shadow?

Chu Yu thought for a moment.

This is another manga magazine from the Cuttlefish Comics Club, which publishes some short comics, but the quality of the work it publishes is basically average. Compared to the Cuttlefish Comics Club's exclusive comics, Ink Shadow is undoubtedly much less influential. The sales volume of each periodical is in the tens of thousands.

But do I have a choice?

Chu Yu smiled bitterly.

He now has treasure, but no key to the treasure.

A work in the comic system is in a state of blocked sleep, waiting for him to unlock the world points gained from the spread and popularity of the Garden of Words.

Although Ink Shadow's sales volume is average, it's better to serialize Garden of Words than for Chu Yu to upload his works for free to the Internet to gain popularity!

Then Chu Yu was back in his seat in just three seconds.

He looked at Su Lu with a smile on his face.

"I think we can discuss the specific details of the cooperation!"