Started as a comics editor

Chapter 43 Good news...

When people are faced with completely unacceptable facts.

There are usually five stages.

But when Su Deqiang refreshed the webpage countless times, verified his network countless times, and confirmed that everything was fine, the comic disappeared.

He smoothly entered the second stage, transitioning from denial and disbelief to anger.

"...Beast! Fucking beast!"

Su Deqiang let go of the mouse, slumped in his chair, and clenched his fists.

This is truly an unfinished work! It really died just when the story was getting better!
After the comic had an excellent start and put forward an extremely interesting and attractive setting... it ran away!

This is people! ?

I have to wait another week, maybe two weeks before I can see the next issue...

and many more.

wrong.

its not right.

Su Deqiang was thinking about it when he suddenly realized something was wrong. He sat up straight again, looked at the screen in front of him, and briefly recalled why he was here...

During the summer vacation, he got up early in the morning to avenge the poor development of the "Girl to Boy and Sword", but because the next issue of the manga has not been released yet, he set his sights on the comic award advertised by Ou Congquan.

Comic Award.

?

Su Deqiang spent a little time and finally remembered why he came here in the first place. At the same time, he also remembered a very important thing, which is that this is not a magazine serialized work, nor is it a work serialized on a website.

This seems to be a submission... a one-off submission for a comic award.

So whether it's a week or two, this manga called "Fate/Zero" may not be updated.

After all, he had heard that works that were still being serialized would participate in comic awards.

They are all complete works.

Otherwise, why would we award the prize? Should we wait until the comic is finished serializing?
and so……

“…Beast!”

Su Deqiang slowly widened his eyes, staring at the screen in disbelief, cursed again, and then quickly grabbed the mouse, wanting to see if there were any other instructions besides "To be continued" for this comic, such as a serialized magazine, the next update time, etc.

But, nothing.

The comic just started and then ended neatly, leaving only the words "To be continued".

No!

After Su Deqiang repeatedly confirmed that he didn't find what he wanted...he was completely defeated.

If he just waited for a week, two weeks or even a month, he wouldn't break down.

After all, comics are different from other entertainment products... This special medium is destined to have an extremely long update time. Weekly updates are already the limit. Cartoonists have to work around the clock to keep up. Basically, as soon as the manuscript of one issue is submitted, they have to draw the storyboards for the next issue immediately to barely catch up, and this is when everything goes well.

It's really not something that ordinary people can afford.

Therefore, in this parallel world, most comic magazines are still biweekly or monthly.

This way, there will be a lot more free time. For example, "Big Comic" where Tang Yao works is a biweekly magazine, and some of the serialized works in it still have manuscripts in reserve.

Readers like Su Deqiang are actually used to waiting.

Although he was very anxious just now, really very anxious, he couldn't wait to see the follow-up.

But after automatically putting it into the serialized work deep in his heart, he could still understand why the work was interrupted at the appearance of the heroic spirit.

Rather, this first issue has so much content that it is unexpectedly conscientious!
but.

All of this is based on the fact that this comic is a serialized work and we can clearly know when the next issue will be updated.

If readers don’t know when the next issue of this comic will be updated, it will not just be anxious.

"That's not the case, is it? You're not going to put up a half-finished comic award, are you? It should be serialized, right? Give me an exact time! Please! Even if you say the comic will be serialized after the website is officially launched?"

this moment.

Su Deqiang entered the third stage - bargaining.

He returned to the homepage of the website and began to search through it, trying to find even a single sentence about the manga "Fate/Zero".

But there is definitely no such thing.

After all, the appearance of "Fate/Zero" here was ultimately a decision made by Zhao Fangsheng on the spur of the moment... because this comic was so excellent, and he wishfully thought that the magazine serialization was blocked by Ding Yillong, and Tang Yao had no choice but to recommend it to Shang Tao.

Since the story had already happened, Zhao Fangsheng decided to let readers take a look first and put it on the list of publications to see how readers would accept it. Zhao Fangsheng and Ding Yilong both felt that this work would definitely be serialized in the magazine and would definitely not think of adding any explanation.

But the problem now is that readers are too accepting...

It's ridiculously high.

"There's really nothing???"

Su Deqiang looked every corner of the website but couldn't find any explanation.

He didn't believe it, so he clicked on the introduction page of the comic "Fate/Zero" again, glanced at the author's name, and after thinking about it, opened the chat software and clicked on the pornographic pictures he had been playing with... No, it was a group of like-minded people. He was not willing to give up and planned to ask other like-minded people if anyone had heard of this cartoonist.

Does anyone know anything about the Fate/Zero manga?

But as soon as he opened the group, before he had time to type his question, a flood of messages popped up.

"Guys!! Urgent!!! Has anyone heard of a third-rate painter?"

"I want to ask this too!! It's urgent!!"

"Yeah, does anyone know which manga artist's pseudonym this is? I don't think anyone who can draw something like that is unknown! This is pure genius! The human head balloon! And that Fate/Zero, where is it going to be serialized?"

"Same question, his work is really interesting! I was about to criticize him, but after seeing it, I was completely conquered by the work of that third-rate painter!"

"Huh? You all saw it too...?"

"That category is so obvious, how could I not read it? I was just looking for fun, but I didn't expect to discover such an interesting cartoonist! He's a real genius!"

"It's really beautiful! So does anyone know who the third-rate painter is?"

"...You don't need to ask. We've already discussed this. Which serious manga artist would come up with this name? I guess no one except the editor knows. As for 'Fate/Zero', we haven't found any relevant information yet, and the Bunshin Manga Award's social media account hasn't mentioned it either."

"Huh? So 'Fate/Zero' isn't finished yet...it won't just be one chapter, right?!"

"At the moment, it seems there's only one issue. As for when the next issue will be, or whether it will be serialized, it's completely unknown... If we consider it a work that's entered into a manga award, then that should be the end of it, right?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Following the kindhearted fellow's answer, ellipsis began to appear crazily in the group chat.

Then, all kinds of words like "What the hell" and "What a joke" popped up, and the whole group exploded.

And Su Deqiang... also exploded!
……

boom--

after an hour.

Literary Museum.

The office where Vice President Zhao Fangsheng was located was suddenly pushed open.

Shang Tao ran in hurriedly.

"……What's wrong?"

Zhao Fangsheng looked up at Shang Tao, who was sweating profusely, feeling guilty and anxious. He frowned and asked, "Is there a problem with the comic award work that was released in advance?"

"..."

Shang Tao was panting slightly. When he heard what Zhao Fangsheng said, the guilty look on his face became more obvious. He hesitated for a long time before whispering back, "It's not a problem..."

"Just tell me if you have any bad news."

Zhao Fangsheng put down the documents in his hand and said calmly, "Don't be secretive."

He is not only in charge of the new media department, so he is not like the readers who wait early in the morning for the works released in advance of the comic award, and of course he cannot pay attention to readers' feedback.

"Um, President, it's not really bad news...it's good news."

"Good news? What good news?"

"..."

Shang Tao glanced at Zhao Fangsheng, then said guiltily, "The good news is that readers aren't paying attention to the controversy surrounding Ou Congquan's drawings in this issue, and the strategy of releasing the comic award-winning works in advance has been successful..."

Zhao Fangsheng knew he hadn't finished speaking yet, so he asked, "And then?"

"And... there's some bad news."

Shang Tao said with a sad face, "The bad news is... two of the works that were released in advance were too popular! Or to be more precise, "Fate/Zero" was too popular! It seems that no one reads the other works! And readers' attention has shifted to the comic awards and our new media department!"

Zhao Fangsheng: “…”

(End of this chapter)