Started as a comics editor

Chapter 22 Influence
The latest chapter in which Mr. Ou gambled his career has indeed brought unprecedented shock to readers.

But this kind of shock is not what readers want.

After all, although there is a mature system here, it is not the Japan of Tang Yao's previous life.

This sudden turn and explosive development are still too new to the readers of this world.

It's a complete rotten job.

So the readers’ anger...even exceeded Tang Yao’s imagination.

Readers have begun to take their anger out on the comics awards.

The planning department of the Literature Museum had a good idea. Taking advantage of the release of the new issue of "Big Comic" and the release dates of other magazines within the company, they asked cartoonists with serialized works to promote the "Bunshin Comics Award", which is particularly valued within the company, on their personal social media accounts.

This can not only use the excellent works that are already serialized to endorse the award, but also use cartoonists with excellent works to advertise the comic award.

look.

In our company, teachers whose works are serialized in the magazine all recommend this award.

You should also be interested in the works that appear in the awards they recommend, right?
And if you want to become a cartoonist, why not try these awards recommended by veterans?
What a great idea.

But right.

There's a problem with our own mainstay comics.

This is a bit bad. "Big Comic" is the best-selling and most important magazine in the magazine, and Mr. Ou's "Girl, Boy and Sword" is the most popular work in "Big Comic".

This magazine ranks among the top five in sales in the industry, and it is easy to imagine how many of its readers come for "Girl, Boy and Sword".

Now that "Girl, Boy and Sword" has done this, almost all the readers are defeated!

They first went to reply to Teacher Ou’s social account, and within two hours the number of replies reached tens of thousands.

Then, probably because the last blog post by Mr. Ou was about the comic award, other cartoonists also posted similar advertisements at the same time.

So when the angry and frustrated readers found that Mr. Ou had not shown up, they simply went to the social media of other cartoonists and cursed them without thinking!

These emotional reactions are very troublesome... In the end, readers even organized themselves and went to blog posts related to the comic award to criticize them on a large scale!

The comic award, which had nothing to do with the topic, did not gain any popularity due to Mr. Ou’s magical operation, but instead got caught in the crossfire.

The readers who were calmer cursed Ou Congquan and Wenxinguan under the blog posts of other cartoonists.

Those who didn't calm down just cursed everyone! They even cursed the comic award! And it got more and more intense!

[Your top cartoonist draws that kind of shit, and you still hold a cartoon award!]

Such remarks began to spread rapidly.

soon.

Many cartoonists who posted advertisements discovered this and were confused.

The result was that it was not even noon.

The entire editorial office began to ring with a burst of phone calls.

Editor-in-Chief Ding, who had just arrived at the editorial department, was called away by an emergency call at the same time as the phone rang, and his face looked very ugly.

At first, no one knew what exactly happened.

But when the editors answered the phone and heard the complaints from the cartoonists who were asked to post advertisements, they realized something.

problem occurs.

Many editors looked towards the workstations near the door.

Tang Yao's workstation.

"If you want to delete the blog post, go ahead, but I don't recommend it. I haven't received any notification... Besides, it's not you or your work that's being criticized, so just pretend you don't see it."

Tang Yao was also answering the phone, and the person on the other end of the line was another cartoonist she was responsible for - Shao Changqing.

Obviously.

His personal social media accounts were also affected.

Tang Yao was very calm. After giving him a suggestion, she hung up the phone and leaned back in her chair tiredly.

Although I know there will be blood and gore.

But at the beginning, the blood splattered on himself.

It was still beyond Tang Yao's expectations.

What a hassle.

"Editor Tang... Tell me, did that old thief Ou plan a twist later?"

At this time.

Kang Ming saw Tang Yao put down the phone and asked cautiously.

"If you mean the next chapter, there's no reversal."

Tang Yao turned her head and said, "I went to confirm it when I first saw the storyboard. At that time, my relationship with him was not that strained. He also told me a little about the subsequent developments. The escape segment will last for five or six episodes, and finally he will let the male protagonist appear again and be resurrected as a spirit... And after the male protagonist appears, he is not much better. He seems to want to portray his true self or something like that. This situation will not improve for at least two months.

This is also the reason why I repeatedly asked him not to draw it like this. If he could cleverly reverse it, I would not be unacceptable.

But he obviously didn’t think about that.”

Kang Ming hesitated and said, "Then the final slogan you gave..."

"I'm just giving the readers a little hope out of professional ethics. I can't interfere with the specific drawing process, nor do I really want to interfere."

Tang Yao casually replied, "If he insists on having his own way, then it's none of my business... I suspect that Mr. Ou will most likely insist on having his own way. After all, it's difficult for arrogant people to wake up unless there are some external factors."

"That means readers will have to eat shit for two months..."

Kang Ming glanced at his phone, then his expression turned as if he were dead: "Sure enough, I'd better let the readers destroy him."

"Actually, the pressure from readers is secondary. This time, the comic award was forced to take the blame. The pressure from the top management will probably come soon. Let's see them."

Tang Yao stood up and prepared to go buy something to eat, saying, "You should go eat too. You just arrived and can't change the current situation at all. It's useless to think about it."

……

at the same time.

The fourteenth floor is where the new media department is located.

A conference room.

New Media Director Shang Tao stared at Ding Yillong who was sitting opposite him, breathing heavily, and looked like a volcano about to erupt.

The Director of Planning and the Director of Operations sitting next to him weren't much more pleased. After all, everything was on track, with the Wenxin Comics Awards and the website about to launch, and suddenly this heavy blow came down, and no one would be happy about it.

Ding Yillong was stared at by three people, and beads of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead.

He actually just figured out the situation and knew...what his beloved teacher, Mr. Ou, had done.

Although Tang Yao placed the manuscript on his desk as usual.

But he...didn't look.

You can say you are confident, you can say you trust Teacher Ou, or you can say you are not interested... Anyway, he didn't watch it.

In fact.

a few minutes ago.

He then realized that readers rushed all cartoonists who promoted the comics award.

“It’s really terrible.”

At this time, Zhao Fangsheng, the vice president of the Literature Museum, who was sitting in the first seat, put down the magazine in his hand, gently rubbed his eyebrows, and looked at Ding Yilong: "No wonder the readers are so excited."

Wenxinguan has a typical centralized organizational structure. Simply put... Vice President Zhao Fangsheng is the direct superior of everyone present.

"Editor-in-Chief Ding, I need an explanation. Do you know how much effort our entire new media department has put into this website and this comic award?"

Shang Tao, the new media director, finally lost his temper when he heard this and growled, "Why? Why would you do something like this right when the website is about to launch and the comics award is about to begin? We had this discussed long ago, right? We told you the launch date long ago, didn't we? Now readers are furious, and this has completely affected the comics award and the upcoming website. What should we do? Is the comics award still going to happen?"

"I……"

Ding Yillong's forehead was covered with sweat. The main pressure certainly did not come from the new media director, but from the evaluation of the vice president.

In fact.

If only there is the new media department.

He could get angry like crazy, after all, he was from the content department, and the other party was just a newly established department.

But it’s different when the vice president sits there and gives a bad review, especially since this parachuted vice president has a rather prominent background.

However, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't utter a word.

Because this incident was indeed beyond his expectations.

And he didn't even read the manuscript! I have no idea what happened!
So he held it in for a long time before finally saying, "I need to ask the editor-in-chief about this..."

New Media Director Shang Tao was furious when he heard this, and he couldn't help but slam his hand on the table. "You're the editor-in-chief! What the hell is this? Don't you know anything about it?"

Ding Yillong's eyes wandered.

"It's pointless to talk about it. The question now is how to eliminate the impact."

Finally, the director of the planning department interrupted Shang Tao and helped Ding Yilong out: "Ding Yilong, we need to have a clear idea of ​​how Mr. Ou plans to develop the plot. Is there a twist?"

This time.

"I……"

Ding Yillong was sweating profusely.

The side effects of arrogance and conceit began to appear at this moment.

He hesitated but couldn't explain clearly.

"It doesn't matter how things develop next because it's two weeks away."

The director of operations looked a bit disgusted at Ding Yilong's expression, but he still spoke up to explain, "And today's emotional readers won't care about this. After all, the most important work in the company just happened to publish a controversial plot, and it just happened to coincide with the comic award and website launch. There's no way to change this. I think it's better to postpone the comic award and website launch.

"Girl, Boy, and Sword" is the most important work in the company, and readers' feelings must be taken into consideration. Forcing it online now will only hurt both sides."

"I disagree."

The director of operations had just finished speaking.

Shang Tao flatly refused: "The promotion and preheating have reached the final stage. I cannot accept it. Because of this inexplicable reason, all the efforts of everyone in my entire department have been wasted."

"I understand how you feel, but..."

"I absolutely disagree, Editor-in-Chief Ding! You should have something to say!"

Shang Tao suddenly turned his head and looked at Ding Yillong, who had been silent since the beginning.

He knew very well that he, the new media director, was the common enemy in the eyes of these "old men" and that for the common good, they would definitely speak up for Ding Yillong.

So he chose to bypass everyone else and go straight to Ding Yillong.

Everyone else looked at him.

In fact.

This incident was indeed caused by the content department.

But from the very beginning, Ding Yillong, who is in charge of the content department, didn't say a word.

"..."

Facing so many eyes, Ding Yillong wanted to be strong.

But unfortunately, he really hasn't paid attention to Ou Congquan's works recently. After all, the other party is a pillar of the station and has always been ranked far ahead in the reader survey.

Who could have thought that he would suddenly do this!
Vice President Zhao Fangsheng, sitting at the top, sized Ding Yilong up, then narrowed his eyes and suddenly spoke, "Stop arguing. I know everyone's opinions. Shang Tao, you and Ding Yilong should discuss whether there's any way to suppress the readers' dissatisfaction and negative impact. Then, we can assess the impact on the comic award and the website launch. If they're acceptable, we'll hold the event as normal. If not, we'll postpone it."

Shang Tao looked embarrassed: "But, Vice President, how should we..."

Zhao Fangsheng flipped open the magazine on the table again and said calmly, "If you ask me for advice, my suggestion is... first, use this issue of AORI to appease the readers, but we need to confirm the subsequent plot development with Mr. Ou."

Shang Tao was stunned: "AORI?"

Zhao Fangsheng didn't say anything, but just pushed the magazine in his hand over.

But he didn't push it to Shang Tao, but to Ding Yillong.

Ding Yilong was also stunned for a moment, but nervously picked up the magazine and looked at the last page of "Girl, Boy, and Sword" with the AORI confirmed by the editor, which was the promotional slogan - [Next chapter! The collection of all evil! A sudden turn! Is it a dream? Or reality?]

"..."

What the hell?
Ding Yillong was stunned again, then subconsciously looked up.

As soon as he looked up, he noticed the cold gaze of Vice President Zhao Fangsheng.

"It seems that not only do you not understand the subsequent plot developments... you haven't even seen AORI! Then go ask your editor-in-chief."

(End of this chapter)