"No! No matter how low the standards are, these manuscripts are still useless. Publishing these manuscripts will only make people laugh!"

In the not very bright editorial office, Uchiaki Chiaki couldn't help but look up from the computer screen and said a little despairingly.

Yesterday, many comic book authors were invited to send in manuscripts, and some even sent several drawings.

The authors who draw notebooks cannot just draw notebooks. Many people still have dreams and they usually draw some normal short stories.

If these short stories can be published by Chaoyang Weekly, even if Chaoyang Weekly has a pitiful reputation, it will be a valuable qualification for them.

Chiaki Uchi is the youngest editor in the editorial department. She is only 27 years old. She is the best at using computers in the editorial department and is also the fastest in reviewing these email submissions.

But it has been almost three hours since she went to work in the morning. She has lowered her review standards a lot, and still cannot find a usable manuscript. She can only keep sending "Thank you for the manuscript, but what's wrong with it?"

Replies like "What are the shortcomings?"

"I found two stories that were okay, but the characters and storyboards were too bad."

Kazuo Watanabe also sighed.

Many doujinshi authors look good when drawing the fanfics, but if they draw normal comics, the characters will become very strange.

As for storyboarding, it is a big problem that is difficult to solve.

The requirements for storyboards in fan fiction are quite low. As long as the characters are censorious enough, readers can tolerate junk storyboards in the work, because readers only need to look at the censorious scenes, and the middle process can be figured out based on their rich experience.

But serious comics are different. For serious comics, the author needs to use at least good storyboards to convey the storyline. If the storyboards are too poor, it will look incomprehensible and make people have no desire to read.

"Let's take a look again. If the author is too good, it will not be our turn to invite him to publish the manuscript."

Miyazawa Taira is the oldest editor in the editorial department. He is nearly 58 years old. Although he is anxious at this time, he is still very calm.

"There is really no better choice, so I can only pick out two or three people, give them some suggestions, and let them redraw it to see the effect."

Watanabe Akiko also sighed.

Ever since the news spread that "Small Town" was about to end, the impact was actually worse than outsiders imagined.

Even those authors who had failed in other big weekly magazines and finally came to them to try their luck are almost gone.

In the past two months, the number of manuscripts they received has dropped significantly again.

Originally, the quality of the submissions was not high, and I used to be able to barely select a few from them to publish, but now I almost have no choice at all.

If this were not the case, they would not go to the comic expo together to attract people.

After a brief complaint, the editorial office fell into silence again.

After a while, Uchigi Zhijing suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

She quickly looked up and saw a young man standing at the door.

"Hello, what's the matter with you?"

Uchigi Zhijing stood up and walked over, asking politely.

There are seven editors in the Chaoyang editorial department, and each of them does more than just editing. Uchiaki Chiaki is the youngest. If guests come to the editorial department, she is also responsible for receiving them.

"Hello, I'm here to submit an article."

Higashino Hirosawa said, while looking at the somewhat gloomy editorial department.

This editorial department really exudes the atmosphere of the times, just like Chaoyang Weekly.

"Submission?"

Uchiaki Chiaki looked at Higashino Hirosawa with empty hands, a little confused.

"I saved it in the mailbox. I wonder if I can borrow a computer to use it."

"Of course, please come this way."

Of course, Uchiaki Chiaki would not refuse. It was already rare for people to come and submit articles for their magazine.

Higashino Hirosawa came to the computer, logged into his mailbox, and downloaded all the first five episodes of Baseball Heroes in the attachment to the computer.

"You want us to look at the drawings now and give you our opinions?"

Uchigi Zhijing asked.

This young man has already uploaded the drawing to his mailbox. If he is just submitting an article, there is no need to come to the editorial office in person.

"Yes, this is also the purpose of my coming here."

Higashino Hirosawa nodded.

"No problem, but I need some time. You go sit here first, drink tea and wait for a while. There are magazines here, you can read them as you like."

Not far from the entrance to the editorial department, there was a small cubicle for receiving guests. Uchiaki Chiaki took Higashino Hirosawa over and sat down. After making him a pot of tea, he returned to the computer and opened the drawing downloaded by Higashino Hirosawa.

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"There are so many five chapters, is this a long submission?"

Only now did Uchiaki Chiaki clearly see the number of drawings written by Higashino Hirosawa, and she couldn't help but feel surprised.

Higashino Hirosawa was so young that Uchiaki subconsciously thought that he was here to try his luck in short stories.

Chiaki Uchiki immediately opened the first episode of Baseball Heroes.

"Why does this style of painting look a bit retro? And this storyboard is very special!"

Of the first two or four pages of the first episode of Baseball Heroes, only one page contains dialogue.

The study cabin for three people takes up three entire pages.

But what makes Uchiaki Chiaki strange is that she doesn't think there is anything wrong with the contents of these three pages at all. Instead, she finds it very interesting to draw like this.

She read on quickly, and the more she looked, the more surprised she became.

The painting style is slightly retro, but the picture is very clean and tidy, without any unnecessary dialogue, and the storyboards are particularly excellent.

In this short chapter, three characters with distinct personalities have already appeared on the page.

The twin brother Kazuya is diligent, has excellent grades, is good at baseball, is extremely popular, and is very popular with girls.

The twin brother Tatsuya is lazy, unpopular, average in all aspects, a bit lustful, and not very reliable.

Minami Asakura is an accomplished, beautiful, popular and attentive girl next door.

Uchiki Chiaki couldn't help but click on the second episode.

She quickly finished the second episode, and then read the third, fourth, and fifth episodes non-stop.

She couldn't help but read the five-episode sketches in one sitting.

For most comics, you can't tell whether the comic will be popular just by reading the first few chapters.

But after baseball hero Uchiaki Chiaki read it, he felt that as long as the quality of this comic was maintained, it would definitely become popular!

After reading these 5 episodes, she can't wait to know more storylines in the future.

She couldn't bear it any longer, so she stood up quickly, printed out the drawing, and called over Kazuo Watanabe, Akiko Watanabe and senior Miyazawa Taira.

"Chaoyang Weekly, there may be hope!"

She said excitedly and handed the drawing to the three of them.

The three of them are all veteran editors and have more experience than Uchiaki Chiaki.

Like Uchigi Chiaki, they all became more and more surprised the more they looked at it.

"In addition to the relatively retro style of painting, the painting and storyboards are amazing! The narrative technique is also very mature, and the story is very relaxed and interesting!"

Kazuo Watanabe couldn't help but sigh.

"Isn't the retro style just right for our weekly magazine? This is not a shortcoming at all!"

Watanabe Akiko looked excited.

Although I am a little disrespectful to the two seniors in the weekly, no matter how you look at it, the author of this baseball hero is more outstanding in every aspect.

"This comic is indeed very suitable for us. If we can maintain the quality of serialization, it will definitely help the magazine tide over the difficulties, and expanding sales will not be a problem. However, Uchigi, are you sure the author is just a young man?"

Miyazawa Ping looked at Uchiaki Chiaki and asked.

As he is old, he prefers this retro style of painting. In his eyes, this is a work that perfectly suits his taste.

But for such a work, Uchiaki Chiaki said that a young man submitted it, and Miyazawa Taira couldn't help but be suspicious.

Not to mention the retro style of painting, the painting skills and storyboarding are beyond what a young person can do.

And although the style of this work is a bit retro, in Miyazawa's eyes, it can be submitted to those popular weekly magazines, and there is no need to go to their Chaoyang Weekly, which is about to close down.

Therefore, Miyazawa Ping was very suspicious that there was something wrong with the origin of these drawings.

It was most likely stolen from somewhere.

If Chaoyang Weekly publishes stolen works, the magazine will have no choice but to close down early, and its lifelong reputation will be ruined in the end.

Miyazawa Hei devoted his life to Chaoyang Weekly. The magazine could go bankrupt, but he could never accept it because it published stolen works, made news, and finally closed down in disgrace.

"Ask him directly!"

Uchigi Zhijing didn't think too much.
To be continued...