Chapter 88 Magic City

Magic Capital, the economic center of the Dragon Kingdom.

Here, the elites from all walks of life in the Dragon Kingdom are gathered.

Similarly, in the Dragon Kingdom comics world, the status of the magic capital is very important. Except for the special place of RB Island, the magic capital comics world is the benchmark of the Dragon Kingdom comics world.

After more than three hours of high-altitude flight, Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin no doubt felt much more secure in their hearts.

It's just that it may take a while for that airsickness to go away.

As soon as they walked out of the airport, Pang Feng and Song Jiayu, who were used to seeing big scenes, looked as usual, while Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin looked around.

After leaving the airport, I saw a familiar scene as soon as I went out. On buses and subway passages, there are many advertisements from all walks of life.

Real estate information, high-end restaurants, celebrity endorsements, and of course there are also comic characters who are popular in the magic capital.

Chu Yu walked all the way with a curious look on his face.

Soon, the group of four came to a hotel that didn't seem cheap after nearly an hour's drive.

"This is the hotel arranged by the Dragon Star Award Committee. Except for us, the authors of the ten works that entered the second round of selection after the first round of selection and the staff of the comic company behind them are all invited here." Editor-in-Chief Pang Feng clearly knew these matters well.

After arriving here, Pang Feng made a phone call, and soon, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather collar walked out of the hotel elevator with a smile on his face.

"Friends from Los Angeles, welcome! I am a staff member of the Dragon Star Award Selection Committee, responsible for your accommodation, hospitality and safety issues in Los Angeles before the selection meeting. My name is Lin Yong."

While talking, Lin Yong looked at Chu Yu and the other four with his eyes, and he was also muttering in his heart.

Although Chu Yu and Zhao Qinyin didn't wear school uniforms, they put on their usual casual clothes, but their ages could be seen at a glance.

Two seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys and girls, with a middle-aged man, plus a young man.

There is clearly something wrong with this combination.

The other cartoon teams that Lin Yong entertained today usually consist of five or six people. The cartoonists will definitely be present, and of course the editors. The senior management of the cartoon club may or may not come depending on their arrangements. As for the cartoon assistants or others Whether the comic creative team has the opportunity to come, it all depends on the arrangement of the comics.

But no matter which team?

Haven't seen anyone under the age of 20, let alone one or two?

"Uh, I don't know, everyone, who is the author of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories, Teacher Shui Xin?" Lin Yong asked suspiciously.

"By the way, it was my mistake!" Pang Feng said.

Look at Chu Yu and others to introduce them one by one.

"This is Song Jiayu, the deputy editor-in-chief of our Cuttlefish Comics Club."

"This is Zhao Qinyin, the comic assistant of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories."

Finally, Pang Feng looked at Chu Yu.

"This one is the author of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories, Shui Xin. Real name, Chu Yu!"

Hearing this, Lin Yong was stunned for a few seconds, and then he looked at Chu Yu's eyes carefully, and the dignified expression in his eyes became more intense.

There has always been a phenomenon in the Dragon Kingdom comics industry.

That is the creative talent of young people, and their creative talents are often more abundant.

Many old cartoonists, when they were young, were full of ideas, and their masterpieces were frequently published. But after the age of 30, the submission of manuscripts is like squeezing water out of a sponge. Although it can be squeezed out, the plot of the comics is always a little less spiritual.

Therefore, the major companies in the Longguo comics industry pay special attention to the cultivation of young cartoonists.

Although the first round of the Dragon Star Awards has ended for two weeks, the popularity of the work about the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance has not dissipated in the magic capital, and even in the entire Dragon Kingdom.

In the comic exhibition venues all over the country, cos about Shedaba and Kenshin often show up, which can always cause a lot of commotion. Various comic groups in the magic capital, the fan creation about Rurouni Kenshin's memory during this period also There are endless.

Although in terms of influence, it is still much inferior to the hot serialized works in the journals of the Seventh Capital of the Magic City.

However, the first round of selection of the Dragon Star Award for only four weeks can set off such waves in the Dragon Kingdom comic industry, which has fully proved the commercial value of this work and the wide audience.

And at the beginning, many cartoonists in the magic capital comic industry would have a sense of superiority after dinner with the entries of the Dragon Star Award.

But after the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance was serialized on the official website of the Dragon Star Awards, this behavior has basically dissipated.

It is true that many cartoonists in the magic capital saw this work and felt that they were not qualified to comment on this work with a high profile.

Originally, the entire magic capital comic industry did not understand the situation in Luo Province, and most people thought that Shui Xin was at least a middle-aged cartoonist over the age of 30.

In this case, although Shui Xin's strength is very strong, it will not attract too much attention from the comic giants in the magic capital.

After all, the inspiration period for comic creation is about to fade away.

But if Shui Xin is really the teenage boy in front of him.

Lin Yong understands!

There is no doubt that this person's value in the eyes of the giants in the magic capital comic industry will increase several times after the Dragon Star Award is awarded!

"Teacher Shui Xin, right? Look up for a long time!" Lin Yong stretched out his hand towards Chu Yu.

After shaking hands with Chu Yu, he shook hands with Pang Feng, Song Jiayu, and Zhao Qinyin in turn.

The few people didn't talk too much, Lin Yong immediately led the four to their respective rooms, told them to pay attention to safety, don't run around and get lost in the magic capital, and then left.

The Dragon Star Award Ceremony will be officially held at a venue near this hotel at eight o'clock tomorrow evening.

At that time, not only the cartoon team members of the ten award-winning cartoons will be present, but also some well-known cartoonists from the magic capital will be invited as guests.

There will probably be thousands of people in the entire venue, and the entire venue will be broadcast live.

"Huh" Chu Yu was a little tired after flying the plane for so long.

Soon, he fell asleep in bed.

In the afternoon, Chu Yu was awakened by a sudden knock on the door.

"Who!" Chu Yu opened the door.

Outside the door was a bearded man with black-rimmed glasses.

Although he had already heard some rumors about Shuixin, there was still a hint of surprise in his eyes when he saw that the person who opened the door was really such a young boy.

"Hello, it's Teacher Shui Xin!" The bearded man said with a smile.

"Is something wrong?" Chu Yu's eyes rose with alertness.

"Uh, don't get me wrong, Teacher Shui Xin." The bearded man first handed Chu Yu a business card.

Chu Yu looked at it.

Shanghai Tianji Comics Co., Ltd. comic editor Zhu Shang.

"Teacher Shui Xin is as rumored, young, promising, handsome and handsome, just as the information on the business card shows, I am a comic editor of Tianji Comics, one of the seven major cities in the magic capital. I am here this time, only on behalf of Tianji. I would like to extend an invitation to you, Teacher Shui Xin, if Teacher Shui Xin intends to come to the Magic City to develop the secret in the future, I will not let you down!"

After speaking, Zhu Shang didn't bother Chu Yu too much, and after a few polite words, he left.

"Heavenly Secret?" Chu Yu shook his head.

"Will Tian Ji, one of the seven major cities in the magic capital, actually take the initiative to invite me?"

"It's amazing!"

Chu Yu thought about it, but put this business card away, maybe it will be useful in the future!

Soon, Chu Yu became sleepy and was about to resume his sleep.

But not yet asleep.

There was another knock on the door.

Outside the door, there was a woman of about twenty-seven or eight-year-old with a beautiful appearance, wearing a professional western skirt.

"Mr. Shui Xin? Hello." The woman looked at Chu Yu and smiled.

After an hour or so.

Chu Yu's whole person is completely sleepy.

In his hands, there are always about a dozen business cards.

Seven major comic companies in the magic capital, Phoenix, Xuangui, Tianji, Qiye, Orange Cat, Aoba, and Water Hedgehog.

Almost all comic editors have proposed cooperation intentions to him.

Even some comic companies have two or three comic editors in the same company.

In addition to the Seventh Congress of the Magic City, other small and medium-sized comic companies in the Magic City also have comic editors who come to try their luck, and the terms of the commitment are also very generous.

"What's the situation?"

Chu Yu never imagined that he had only been here for a few hours.

The Dragon Star Award Ceremony is only a day away. How many invitations from these comics companies have been received?

Chu Yu felt like a sweet pastry for a while, and everyone wanted to take a bite.

In fact, Chu Yu was right.

Judging from the situation of the winners of the Dragon Star Award over the years, basically such people can eventually go very far in the Dragon Kingdom comics industry.

In addition, after Lin Yong left with Chu Yu and others, he was bragging with friends in the comics industry, leaking Chu Yu's age information, and the water contract exposed by some magic capital personnel who were connected to the comics industry in Los Angeles was about to be released. Expired message.

A young comics genius and it seems his contract is about to expire.

After hearing the news, it is normal for the editors of the various comic companies to come to the door to hand over a business card.

This situation is not unique to Chu Yu, and other Dragon Star Award contestants have also received invitations from these people more or less.

However, it is not as exaggerated as Chu Yu!

At night, Chu Yu and Su Yan exchanged messages.

"How is it? Have you been to the magic capital yet?"

"Arrived early, and now I am visiting a senior of my cuttlefish. Chu Yu, you can't guess the situation of my senior in the magic capital!"

"I haven't been in touch with her for two years. I've never known her situation. I really didn't expect that she actually helped us in the first round of the Dragon Star Awards. The cartoonist Tang Xin's editor in charge of cartoons."

After Chu Yu read it, he hurriedly typed.

"what's the situation?"

"In other words, at the end of the Dragon Star Award selection, Tang Xin's canvassing behavior was instructed by your senior who wanted to help you?"

"How can it be so complicated, Tang Xin's behavior is purely her personal behavior. But I can only sigh that this world is really small."

That's true, but Chu Yu didn't bother to sigh with emotion.

"These are trivial things. You also know our purpose. Remember to sneak into the conference tomorrow. Otherwise, wouldn't I be embarrassed if you didn't come on stage when I called your name on stage?"

"You can rest assured. Tomorrow's Dragon Star Award Ceremony, the special guest invited by the organizer is Tang Xin. I will mix in with my seniors and it will be over."

"That's fine! You can do it yourself anyway."

Soon, the day passed.

Although the authors of the ten entries all live in this hotel, they have little contact with each other. The only thing they have in common is that they all have a contact, Lin Yong.

In the afternoon, everyone left the hotel one after another and came to a venue not far from the hotel.

Here is the venue of the Dragon Star Award Ceremony.

In any case, the Dragon Star Award is the most influential comic award except for the more influential awards in Magic City.

And based on so many years of experience, the selection of the Dragon Star Award is also called the selection of the seven preparatory camps in the magic capital by outsiders.

The reason for this name is because over the years, all the cartoonists who can enter the second round of the Dragon Star Award selection and get the top five places, basically the final destination is one of the seven major cities in the magic capital.

The Seventh Magic City is such an existence. The sales channels are all over the country, and the comics elites emerge in an endless stream, and even if there are one or two particularly outstanding cartoonists in the development area outside the Magic City, such guys are also because of the Dragon Star Award. It was exposed and was finally taken under the command of the Seventh Great Demon City.

And this year, there are two or three such typical examples.

Shui Xin, the author of Rurouni Kenshin's Memories, Zhang Yun, the author of Fiery Feather, Sun Ji, the author of Battle Spirit, and others are undoubtedly the focus of the awards.

Although most people agree that this award should be the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance, but before the results come out, anything is possible.

Outside the venue, a group of comic fans gathered at the scene wearing all kinds of cos costumes.

Among them, the beautiful ladies and sisters of COS Shedaba are quite numerous at a glance, attracting passers-by to take pictures.

And most of the cos Kenshin's are fat houses, not to mention the use of Feitian Yujianliu, even a group of people who may be struggling to jump half a meter can still wave the prop sword in their hands to pose, relatively It's much more irritating to the eyes.

Entering the venue, Chu Yu, Zhao Qinyin, Song Jiayu, Pang Feng and others took their seats according to the number plate given by Lin Yong.

At a glance, the entire scene where Chu Yu and others were located should be where the ten participating comic creation groups sat.

In front, there are the judges sent by the seven major cities of the magic capital to participate in the conference. The rest of the positions are for some guests invited by the conference and fans who enter the venue.

But today, it is clear that after watching the audience, the overwhelming advantage of fans is undoubtedly the fans of Rurouni Kenshin Memories.

The banners and cos costumes raised by people around the world are all related to the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance.

Then there are the fans of Blazing Feather. Although it is not as many as the number of fans of the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance, it should not be underestimated.

"You say, which work is the most likely to be awarded this time?"

Beside Song Jiayu, several colleagues from Yun Province and Yue Province discussed together.

"Then there's no need to say that? You can be sure, it's the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance that hasn't escaped!"

"No, I think Blazing Feather still has a big chance! Although the first round was only second, but after entering the second round, the two works are still very different."

"In comparison, Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance is fifty points, Fiery Feather forty points, and Battle Spirit thirty points. The gap between them is not big. After all, the seven major comic companies in the city add up to seventy points. The points, plus the votes of the 137 participating comic book clubs in various provinces, a total of 207 points will be allocated to each work. If nothing else, maybe your Yunxing works and our Yuexing works. Is there any chance of winning?"

"Don't think so well? Aside from these factors, I'll just talk about the quality. Among the nine works, is there enough for this work?"

As they talked, more and more people were discussing. At this time, they also noticed Chu Yu and the others.

After all, the people in this area are basically the people who entered the second round of the manga clubs.

"Hey, which work are these contestants?" A man asked Chu Yu and the others.

"Uh, it's the manga that you discussed a lot before, the creator of the manga of Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance." Song Jiayu was the first to speak.

"I'm the comic editor of this work, the deputy editor-in-chief of Cuttlefish Comics, Song Jiayu!"

The few people across from "Rogue Kenshin" were stunned for a few seconds when they heard the words, but they reacted immediately.

As soon as Song Jiayu said this, almost all the people around who heard this sentence looked at him.

"Oh, I've been looking back for a long time." The other party immediately became polite.

In the front row of Chu Yu, it is the five cartoon teams from Qin Province that were selected into the top ten works. As the overlord of the Dragon Star Award in previous years, they actually lost to the Rurouni Kenshin Remembrance in the first round of selection, so After hearing Song Jiayu's words, he couldn't help turning his head and looked at the four of them.

It's just that they didn't see anything!

On the contrary, Song Jiayu, who was on the side, blew with his comic colleagues from other provinces.

Said how he discovered Shui Xin with his eyes and pearls, and how he and Shui Xin discussed the plot together, and then he completed this work perfectly.

Chu Yu, Zhao Qinyin, and Pang Feng looked strange.

A thought came to mind.

Why does this guy have such a thick skin?

From start to finish, what else did you do besides the reverse?

In front of three well-informed people, it is indeed impossible for ordinary people to say such a thing without changing his face.

Of course, in the eyes of people from other provinces who don't know the inside story, Song Jiayu has already left the shadow of an excellent comic editor in their eyes at this time.

For a time, Song Jiayu became the center of those around him.

Soon, the awards ceremony will begin.

On the stage, a female host took the stage, and on the huge screen on the stage, there were ten egg-shaped options that could be clicked to open, marked with numbers from one to ten. .

At this time, Song Jiayu gradually stopped his bragging journey!

The whole place went quiet.

Chu Yu swept his eyes everywhere, but did not see where Su Yan was? After all, there are too many people.

"Hello everyone, I'm Han Die, the host of this awards ceremony, and now I announce the official start of the Dragon Star Awards ceremony!" The female host said when she took the stage.

The whole place boiled at once.

(The two chapters have been updated together! I will end this story as soon as possible and start the serialization of the next work! Otherwise, the pace will be too slow!)