Started as a comics editor

Chapter 18 Wenxin Comic Award

Although Tang Yao suspected that her sister did it on purpose, she had no evidence and could only let her go for the time being.

After Tang Xun helped her measure her size, he poured her another glass of water, told her to go to bed early, and went to bed.

Tang Yao also turned off the headlights and turned on the desk lamp, continuing to prepare to earn her first pot of gold.

In fact, situations like the one just now were not uncommon in Tang Yao's memory, although Tang Xun had a cold face and seemed to not care about anything.

But it is not difficult to guess what the girl is thinking. Perhaps because she feels that she is currently unable to make money, she works very hard to take care of her sister in life, not to mention food and clothing.

She silently remembered those trivial aspects that both the original Tang Yao and the current Tang Yao felt were unimportant or difficult to take care of, and then put them into action in a way that was not close but extremely effective for her sister.

There is no way. Whether it is the current Tang Yao or the previous Tang Yao... they are not very good at this kind of thing.

After all, it is not an easy task for a girl in her twenties to support herself and her younger sister.

It’s more like it’s remarkable that you’ve persisted until this point and haven’t collapsed yet.

She had no time to worry about things that would make her life more comfortable but would not improve her life.

Tang Yao could feel her sister's kindness, but this also made her more determined to abandon those useless things...making money also became her strongest idea.

To some extent.

Tang Yao couldn't quite tell whether her current strong desire to make money came from her present self or from her original soul.

"Well... there's actually no difference."

Tang Yao stretched out her hand and gently rubbed the warm rim of the cup with her fingertips. Thinking of the everyday comedy that could only happen when the two sisters were together, she smiled softly.

She couldn't figure out what a soul was, if it was just a collection of memories.

At this moment, she is the real Tang Yao.

So it doesn’t matter whose idea it was, because the purpose is the same.

That's making money.

"Let's just paint."

Tang Yao picked up the water glass, took a sip, and then began to think about the storyboard of "Fate Zero".

The desk lamp stayed on until two in the morning.

Tang Yao put down her pen, looked at the full storyboard, finally stood up and stretched, slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and turned off the desk lamp.

Although the room is a bit small, it still has a window facing the balcony.

At this moment, moonlight is shining through the window.

Tang Yao turned around, walked to the bed with the help of the dim moonlight, and then looked down at the lower bunk.

The girl lay quietly on the bed, her sleeping face peaceful.

Tang Yao smiled, but didn't rush to climb onto the upper bunk. Instead, she squatted down, reached out her hand and gently lifted the girl's hair, saying softly, "Don't worry, I'll definitely make money."

As Tang Yao squatted down.

The bright moonlight pouring in from the window fell on her, hazily, as if a thin veil was covering her fair and charming face.

……

the next day.

When Tang Yao got up, unlike the last time she stayed up late, she didn't have a headache this time.

She didn't even feel like staying up late.

She climbed out of bed in great spirits, stretched her body with some surprise, and then came outside.

It remains unchanged for thousands of years.

Tang Xun had already changed into her school uniform, prepared breakfast, and was waiting for her to come out.

"Xun, it's okay to take a break every now and then. You can go out to eat, or I can buy breakfast on the way."

Tang Yao looked at the steaming century egg and lean meat porridge on the table, and looked at the girl with some worry as she had no idea when she got up. After hesitating for a moment, she gave her some advice.

"..."

Hearing this, Tang Xun looked up at her sister with an expression that said, "What are you talking about?"

Tang Yao saw the expression on the girl's face, hesitated for a moment, and did not continue to persuade her.

After breakfast, the two sisters went out one after the other.

Speechless all the way.

Tang Yao came to the editorial office. As soon as she entered, she found that the editorial office was more crowded than yesterday. Even the two editors in charge of the Night Owl Cartoonists were there.

But because they were not very familiar with each other, she just said hello briefly.

In fact, she is not very familiar with the entire editorial department...

This can be seen from the fact that the first friend she made was Li Xue.

She is not a person who keeps people at a distance.

Even on the most chaotic first day, she did not resist communicating with people, or rather, compared to communicating with Miss Li, she was more familiar with how to deal with men.

But unfortunately, maybe she came at the wrong time.

On her first day, she was assigned to the extremely difficult Ou Congquan and the master of delaying submissions, Shao Changqing. Then she found that the editors around her all looked at her with sympathy, as if she might not stay in the job for long. Occasionally, when they came to talk to her, it was to ask for contact information, which had nothing to do with work.

Those days were the most chaotic time for Tang Yao. She was busy sorting out her emotions after work and had no time to chat with others.

Even if she wasn't confused, she actually had no interest in replying to messages that had a clear purpose but were forced to have no topic.

So I missed the opportunity to communicate with other editors.

After that, there will be no more chance.

Because the editor-in-chief Ding Yillong yelled at her.

But Tang Yao would never tolerate the editor-in-chief. Just like yesterday, she pointed out the problems one by one and refuted them one by one. The two of them had a very unpleasant argument.

And then... then even the information I was looking for with no topic to talk about was gone.

The editors in the same department had rarely contacted her again, probably because they thought she was troublesome. Later, Li Xue did say something incomprehensible to her about high-ranking women, the differences in office rank, and the characteristics of difficult women.

But Tang Yao didn't listen carefully at all.

Anyway, the end result was that he was not familiar with the entire editorial office.

I didn't even recognize all of them.

However, she still remembered the faces of most of the editors.

And with so many people coming here so early in the morning, it was obvious that something had happened.

really.

Not long after Tang Yao sat down, Ding Yillong also came. He was in good condition today, at least he was not obviously drunk, but his face was still very sour, and he glared at Tang Yao when he came in.

Tang Yao glared back, not giving in at all.

What are you staring at?

I'll tell you what I did wrong.

Do you think you can pressure me?
the other side.

Noticing that Tang Yao had no intention of looking away, but was staring straight at him, Editor-in-Chief Ding couldn't hold it in any longer and took the initiative to look away.

He came to his workstation and clapped his hands towards everyone: "Come here, I have something to say."

All the editors stood up upon hearing this, and Tang Yao also pulled out her chair and stood up.

However, considering their relationship, she did not move forward, but just stood at the outermost edge, and standing next to her was the new operator Kang Ming.

"Ms. Tang Yao...what are you doing?"

Kang Ming realized that it was Tang Yao next to him, and subconsciously called out her name, but then he seemed to feel that it was disrespectful, so he added a respectful title...

"You can just call me Tang Yao... I guess it's about the comic award."

Tang Yao replied in a low voice.

As soon as she finished speaking, Ding Yilong also spoke: "The opening date of the Wenxin Comic Awards has been set. It will be next Monday. I need you to inform the cartoonists you are responsible for and ask them to help promote the new issue on social media after it goes on sale. Although it is not mandatory, in order to achieve the above goals, I ask that you do your best.

Anyway, the cartoonists you are responsible for will also promote their works after the magazine is released, so they should mention this in passing."

"Also, this Wenxin Comic Award is different from the Novice Award. Besides the judging panel, you should also pay more attention to it. According to the new media department, the website will open up a self-submission function after the comic award. You can usually keep an eye on the works in the youth group. If you come across a suitable one, you can contact them. Although I personally think it's meaningless and will only affect the magazine, but since the top management has decided, let's give it a try."

Speaking of which.

Ding Yillong curled his lips, seeming to disagree with the online serialization.

Saying these now is just a mention.

The head of the content department has expressed such an attitude, and the other editors are not fools, so they can almost sentence the website to death.

After all, no one wants to be unlucky.

After the comics award, those cartoonists who serialized comics on the website and hoped to get the opportunity to serialize comics in magazines can only wait for death.

Unless... the editor-in-chief is replaced.

Think of this.

Tang Yao couldn't help but shook her head slightly, although the magazine's top management had a good idea - first rely on comic awards to build momentum for the website, and then take advantage of the situation to open up the function of independent submission to let the website take off in one step, while retaining the possibility of online serialization and even subsequent charging, while also being able to screen out capable and thoughtful cartoonists for the physical magazine.

But unfortunately, the editor-in-chief of the most important youth magazine in the company does not take it seriously.

After the comic award craze has passed, even if someone submits their own work on the website and the drawings are quite good, there will be no chance of them being published in physical magazines.

Unless it's ridiculously good.

But this is quite difficult for a new website.

Just when Tang Yao was thinking about something.

"Tang Yao! I'll contact Teacher Ou myself, you're not needed."

Ding Yilong's voice rang out again, carrying with it obvious resentment and anger: "Also, Teacher Tang is sure you can't contribute anymore, right?"

Tang Yao came back to her senses: "Sure, I've found a replacement..."

"I'm not interested in the work of that third-rate artist you found!"

But Tang Yao hadn't finished speaking yet.

Ding Yilong interrupted her directly and said bluntly, "I'm not interested in knowing who you found. Just go through the normal entry route! Don't use the special author's quota! And don't tell me if you have any questions!"

"Oh……"

Tang Yao nodded calmly.

The so-called special authors are nothing more than a means to ensure fairness.

After all, it is really too much to let a famous cartoonist bully people who work for love.

Therefore, those special works will directly enter the final round of review, and the relevant awards will also be independent.

As for the normal way to participate...that depends on the trick that Wenxinguan's new media department came up with - readers' voting rights.

Simply put, works that take the normal entry route need to accumulate a certain number of reader votes before they can enter the judging round.

This is also to build momentum for the website.

But what difference does this make to Tang Yao?

just.

Tang Yao's indifferent attitude was obviously not what Ding Yillong wanted to see.

He looked at Tang Yao, who seemed confident, and a look of disgust crossed his face. "You have such a low level of skill, yet you dare to ask Teacher Ou to teach you, repeatedly? I'm really looking forward to seeing how far this work favored by a low-level editor like you can go. Don't let it even make it to the judging rounds. I also hope you won't ruin a cartoonist with your own poor skills and inexplicable self-confidence."

Tang Yao ignored him.

Not up to standard...?

(End of this chapter)