Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?.

Chapter 245

"The cross-line devil is here again!"

"It's obviously an adventure comic, how come it ranks first on the comedy comics list? How can we survive like this?"

"It's over. I have no face left. If this goes on for a long time, will the annual comedy comic be awarded to this big devil?"

"I hate the devil! I hate myself for not living up to my expectations!"

A group of cartoonists in the comedy comics circle are wailing.

The comic fans watched the fun with great joy and made sarcastic remarks such as "Please make sure to work hard".

Of course, it's just for fun and a joke.

Oda Shingo has dominated the comics circle for several times, and there is no doubt about his ability anymore.

The bigwigs from the horror comics list, urban comics list, and hot-blooded comics list all expressed that they are under a lot of pressure!
Fortunately, there are happy people after all.

The romance comics charts are all about singing and dancing.

If there was a banquet, they would definitely be celebrating with a toast.

"Hahaha! Let Oda Shingo make trouble. I don't believe he can get to us this time!"

"That's right! The last Parasyte had a heroine, but this time it's a group of stinky men's adventure in Egypt, I don't believe it can be related to love!"

"That's right, among all the lists, we are the safest!"

A young love cartoonist suddenly got interested and circled Oda Shingo: "Hehe! Big devil, if you have the guts, come and take a look at our love list! @Oda Shingo"

"!"

"!!"

"!!!"

"Fuck! Are you looking for death? Why are you circling him?!"

"Get out of here! Damn it! You don't want to cause trouble at Mount Fuji, but you want to cause trouble at Tokyo Bay! Why do you have to provoke him when you can just provoke anyone else!"

Many romance cartoonists suddenly felt their hair stand on end.

"What are you afraid of? If he draws a love story, the story of JOJO will collapse. How dare he draw it?"

"This...seems to make sense."

"Indeed, no matter how I think about it, JOJO and love don't really go together."

Although a group of romance comics artists were a little nervous, after thinking about it carefully, they were generally relieved.

After all, years of experience have told them that JOJO's style and romance really don't match!

Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. Although we don’t have any heroes, the big devil won’t come.

They were worrying about nothing and comforting themselves here, while on the other side, Oda Shingo had returned from Springfield Books.

The agreement was reached very smoothly at that time.

From the moment President Haruta Sadako mentioned "Sister Yukino", the conversation between the two immediately became much more harmonious.

This is not a comparison of how hostile they were before, but it's like there's a bond, so they can accept the other party's conditions more tolerantly.

It is obvious that Haruta Sadako has a good relationship with Mrs. Yukino, and Oda Shingo also owes a lot of favors to her.

As a result, the two parties quickly reached a letter of intent.

"This meeting with you, Ms. Haruta, feels like a spring breeze."

The other party supported Oda Shingo's pioneering ideas.

At the same time, Haruta Sadako also very tactfully reminded him to take care of his health.

"Although you are young, don't overwork yourself. Sister Yukino cares about you very much, so don't let her worry too much about this."

Oda Shingo didn't think much about it and focused his main energy on negotiating business terms.

The conditions offered by President Haruta were also very good. They only required exclusivity for the peripheral products and did not demand a one-time authorization. Instead, they allowed a market commission-based plan.

Moreover, the commission was calculated not based on profit but on sales, which made Oda Shingo very satisfied.

Many new authors do not know how false the calculation of "profit" commission is. They sign the contract just because they see that the commission rate of profit can be as high as 20%, but they do not know that this amount may be less than 2% of the sales.

For example, there was a cartoonist who drew animals that lived hundreds of millions of years ago. His comics were popular for a while, and special effects films were also popular, so his peripheral products sold quite well.

But after he happily spent a lot of money in advance and even joined the golf club as a premium member, he was dumbfounded when the licensing fee came at the end of the year.

"Mashaka..." I thought I would get a high commission if the peripherals sold well, but in the end I only earned a few tens of thousands of yen.

With a thick stack of installment bills in his left hand and a thin commission check in his right hand, the cartoonist burst into tears.

If there had been Internet at that time, this incident would surely have been passed down as a "good story".

And because the agreement is valid for 30 years, even though the comics and animations have been reprinted many times, the animal character design is still popular, but it still cannot bring the author the expected benefits.

This is the issue of calculating profit when signing an agreement.

There are many ways to calculate profit or loss, but if one is a little unscrupulous, the cartoonist will suffer a great loss.

But when capitalists settle accounts, they always smile slyly.

Calculating commissions for others is not just like taking a few tickets out of your pocket, but it is also a huge pain of cutting flesh from your own body!
I won’t give you that much!
This is just like buying anime blind boxes or graphics card blind boxes now. Others put the things in with their eyes open. As a buyer, do you think that the seller is blind or you are stupid?

In contrast, sales volume is not easy to account for and is easy to be checked. Therefore, even though the commission on sales volume is often only one-tenth of the profit, many smart contractors choose the commission on sales volume.

Therefore, President Haruta directly expressed his intention to sign a contract with a commission on sales, which was a very good attitude.

Oda Shingo also reciprocated the favor and made it clear that he could maintain the same preferential policies as before on the licensing of peripheral products related to his works.

Before leaving, the president also brought a lot of snacks and gifts for Oda Shingo, which made him feel very comfortable.

Back on the small second floor, Oda Shingo divided the snacks among them.

"I like this Ms. Haruta!" Fujido Kaoru licked her fingers to show her attitude.

If she hadn't deliberately leaned over to lick her fingers, Oda Shingo would have believed it.

I always feel that her action seems to have a hidden meaning.

"You should read less messy books." Oda Shingo didn't know what to say, so he could only retort with this sentence.

"I haven't looked at it for a long time. After all, I've seen the real thing on your side." Fujido Kaoru said in a low voice, and glanced at Oda Shingo with eyes that were full of green light and full of the feeling of autumn spinach.

Only after Namikaze Yuzuru glanced at her coldly did Fujido Kaoru walk away.

"Shingo, this piece of fish grilled with oyster sauce is delicious." Namikaze Yuzuru fed it to him personally.

Oda Nobuo was a little flattered and quickly took it and ate it himself.

He had already decided to keep his distance until he became successful in his career. After all, who would want to fall in love when they were drawing comics?
But Namikaze Youhe just stayed by his side, watching him eat snacks and giving him a few tissues.

"I forgot to wipe you clean last time, and someone stole your food." Namikaze Youhe's voice was also deep.

Oda Shingo: “?”

Coincidentally, he saw a message that a cartoonist had tagged him.

Hmm? Love list?
"This is a provocation! A blatant provocation!" Oda Shingo quickly stood up to show everyone the arguments of the cartoonists on the love list.

Then, he clenched his fist like a mustache and made a call.

"We need JOJO to be more exciting and make the enemies disappear into thin air!"

"Jojo will lead our studio to victory after victory!"

"Now the first goal: let the love list fall!"

"Eh? Love list?" Yuko Mikami stopped writing.

Fujido Kacheng and Namikaze Yukaku read books more than comics, but Mikami Yuko is an in-depth researcher of regular comics.

She felt that JOJO and romance comics had nothing to do with each other, and asked in surprise: "Which character is going to fall in love?"

"In order to enhance the contrast, naturally, you should not fall in love."

"Jonathan Joestar?"

"Ahem, twilight romance can only serve as a diversion."

"Abdul is old too. Who else is there... Jotaro? Kakyoin? They're the best fit..."

"Cough cough cough cough cough..." Oda Nobuo almost choked to death.

Could it be that Yuko Mikami has read a lot of BL comics? At least comics with a couple in mind? On Earth, there are many fan fictions that pair these two characters together.

Yuko Mikami's eyes suddenly widened: "Ah, could it be Polnareff?!"

Oda Shingo made a BINGO gesture and smiled: "Yes, it's Bobo!"

The title of this chapter deleted by Shenhe: The devil who crosses the line to grab the list is here again!
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