Chapter 148 Inside Story

"If "Y's" is involved, wouldn't it be better for you to go directly to Teacher Shen?"

After Yan Fei ordered a milk tea and a dessert, she also expressed her doubts.

"Oh, you said this... I think it's because of the nature of the job. The job of a cartoonist is to draw good cartoons, not anything else."

"That's right, then what?"

"So, I don't want to distract Teacher Shen because of these things. He just needs to draw the manga well. I can take care of other things." Wang Wenhong said.

"What's the reward?" Yan Fei asked suspiciously, she didn't believe that Wang Wenhong was such a caring person.

"I've said it all, I want to enter the field of view of the three major publications. Of course, if you really want to repay, it's not impossible. If the editor-in-chief of "Comic Future" or "Manga Fly" talks to you, you should ask them in front of them. Just touch me, and it's OK." Wang Wenhong said softly.

Yan Fei looked at Wang Wenhong more suspiciously, "Are you really so kind?"

"Am I a villain?" Wang Wenhong rubbed his forehead helplessly.

"That's hard to say." Yan Fei pouted.

"Don't worry, I'm not in the mood to poach Mr. Shen, I just want to become the editor of "Comic Future" or "Manga Fly". However, with my current qualifications, I have no chance to enter these two magazines, so I can only find another way. Let these editors turn their attention to Y's. If Y's gets the last laugh and I play a part in it, I'll have a bigger résumé. Put it this way, you get the idea?"

Wang Wenhong looked helpless.

Yan Fei picked up the milk tea, took a sip, and then suddenly realized: "Is there any vacancy in the editorial departments of these two magazines?"

Wang Wenhong's face tightened, and an embarrassed smile appeared on his face, "Bian Yan, you can guess all of this...what should I say about you?"

At Ye Hexu's book signing event, he overheard Ye Hexu's editor mentioning it.

"I'm not a fool... You should have gotten some clues, using the information asymmetry between the two of us to perform some mysterious actions." Yan Fei sneered.

Wang Wenhong waved his hand, "You really wronged me. Even if I tell you everything, you can't do some things. After all, we have different styles of doing things."

Yan Fei nodded, it was true, at least she never did anything about poaching other people's assistants.

"Then tell me, what did you find out?" Yan Fei asked.

"You know the judging rules for the third stage, right?"

"Well, seven magazines are voting."

"General." Wang Wenhong shook his finger, "To be more specific, the seven magazines voted for five works multiple times, and eliminated them at the end until one of the works got more than 4 votes."

Yan Fei remained silent. It was indeed the first time she knew these contents.

"What do you think is the biggest difficulty facing "Y's"?"

Yan Fei shook her head.

Wang Wenhong sighed,

"The editors-in-chief of the magazine who participated in the voting may not have read all five volumes of "Y's" comics."

"How is it possible?" The first thought that popped into Yan Fei's mind was that Wang Wenhong was talking nonsense, "How could the judges have never seen such a high-level award at the Comics Festival?"

"It is the highest award, yes, and even to ensure fairness, certain precautionary measures have been taken. For example, if the works of some magazines participate in the third stage, their voting qualifications will be replaced by other magazines. And the ones who replace them The magazine is randomly selected from the candidate magazines.

"The editors-in-chief of the three major publications and the four magazines with a sales volume of 1.5 million copies may have read all the comics in the competition, but the editors-in-chief of the randomly selected magazines may not necessarily have read all the works.

"The popular works of the three major publications, as the vane of the comics market, the chief editors of many magazines will let their authors imitate, and even wish to analyze every storyboard of these works clearly. However, they treat " The attitude of Y's is completely opposite, and they even deliberately avoid "Y's."

Yan Fei held the milk tea cup tightly with both hands, she suddenly thought of a situation, "Jealous?"

"That's right. Their magazine may be at the same level as "New World", or even better than "New World". When they see a blockbuster work like "Y's" suddenly appearing in a second-tier magazine, they will have a feeling Rejection from the heart. This may just be their subconscious behavior, but in some ways, this is indeed very detrimental to small magazines.

"You should know by now why the three major journals have won the most awards in the past ten years, right?"

Yan Fei's palms were clenched with sweat.

If the editor-in-chief of the candidate magazine has never read comics other than the three major magazines, when it comes to selection, it is indeed possible to follow the crowd and follow the trend.

It's not that they did it deliberately, but they haven't read the comics of other magazines, and they don't know the quality of the comics. In order to cover up their ignorance, they can only follow the crowd.

It sounds unbelievable, but if you think about it carefully, it is indeed possible, because the comic festival is not only judging the "Newcomer Award", there are other awards that need to be judged, including the most eye-catching "Annual Best Long-form Comic Award".

The entries for this award are almost the best of all magazines. It is necessary to give a conclusion on which manga can win the award and why the other manga is not selected.

During the one-week meeting time, it is almost impossible to read all the entries, and they can only choose the key comics to read.

Thinking about it this way, Wang Wenhong's rhetoric is not unreasonable, but——

"How do you know so clearly?" Yan Fei was puzzled.

Wang Wenhong took a bite of dessert, the corners of his mouth curled up, "I remember I told you that I went to night school, right?"

"Yeah." Yan Fei nodded.

"My teacher in the evening school used to be the editor-in-chief of a second-rate magazine. However, that magazine has closed down, so he temporarily works as a lecturer in the evening school. Last week, he drank too much and was bragging At that time, he said that he had participated in the voting for the manga festival, so he leaked the information."

Yan Fei rubbed her forehead, this guy is really lucky.

"What are you going to do?"

"That's my business." Wang Wenhong said quite confidently.

"Tell you, if you dare to ruin the reputation of "Y's"..."

"Don't talk nonsense, okay? I still want to cooperate with Teacher Shen!" Wang Wenhong interrupted Yan Fei, "Besides, you are insulting me."

"That's because you've done 'dirty' things." Yan Fei didn't show any mercy to Wang Wenhong.

"If you and Mr. Shen are satisfied with the results of the comic festival, then once the three major magazines poach you and Mr. Shen, you must mention me, even if you don't really recommend it." Wang Wenhong urged, "This is my condition. Of course, if you think I have made any small moves at that time, you can also refuse."

"Are you so sure that they will look for me?" Yan Fei asked suspiciously.

"Not sure. If I were the editor-in-chief of the three major journals, I would definitely be interested in the editor-in-charge of "Y's". Of course, I won't be too firm in poaching you, but there will always be a sense of temptation. Just in case' What about a blind cat meeting a dead mouse?" Wang Wenhong said afterwards.

You are a dead mouse!

Yan Fei gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "Yes, but only if...you can't use 'dirty' methods."

"Dirty...dirty?" Wang Wenhong rubbed his nose, "That...can you change the word? I don't need to use shady methods."

"make a deal."

Yan Fei lifted up the milk tea and touched Wang Wenhong's coffee cup, which seemed to have finalized the matter.