I'm a pirate in Tokyo

Wu Sheng awkwardly returned to the lobby to have dinner with everyone at GM Tokyo.

The other contestant who was present just now, Miss Jiuzhu, has returned to her previous elegance and dignity. She nodded to him with a gentle smile, as if nothing happened just now.

As expected, no one in the adult group was bad at acting. Wu Sheng relaxed. Just now, he was worried that everyone would misunderstand her if she ran out with red face and red eyes. Unexpectedly...

So he smiled and nodded, and then apologized repeatedly to the others waiting for him to eat, saying that he had received a call from the comic editor and so on.

Sanji was the only one standing next to him, with an expression that said he had seen through everything.

The one-night business operation passed smoothly, and today is another full day. GM Tokyo's name has become more and more famous, and the reservation is already a week away.

After the business is over, Chef Renzi and Sous Chef Ohana will continue to research new dishes, while others will stay in the restaurant to clean up. The two high school students Sanji and Takekatsu still take the first step.

On the way, Sanji put his arm around his neck and said with an unhappy look on his face: "Tell me, when did you attack Miss Kuzumi? Why can't I see any signs?"

"Brother, I didn't do anything to her..." After a busy day, Wu Sheng thought of the embarrassing scene in the afternoon and was too lazy to argue with him, unable to explain.

Believe it if you love it, but you won’t believe it if you don’t!

"Haha." Sanji looked at him like a scumbag and didn't ask any more questions, "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret for both of you. Although Chef Renzi didn't say that you can't have a workplace romance, we'd better be careful.

"

"If it weren't for your incompetence, we would definitely be fine." Wu Sheng thought to himself as he looked at Sanji, who was talking to him about the harm of love in the workplace.

"By the way, after the serialization is confirmed tomorrow, are you really not going to resign? Are you too busy?" Walking to the subway station, Sanji stopped preaching and got down to business.

"My storyboard is almost at the end, why am I so busy?" Wu Sheng said nonchalantly.

"I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about Nami." Sanji stopped and said seriously: "After the official serialization and your own trial drawing, the requirements must be different, right? Won't you help share her workload?"

"Well, after the official serialization, cartoonists will hire assistants, usually more than two, so there is no need to worry about her workload." Wu Sheng also stopped and explained to him.

The two of them happened to stop in front of a drink vending machine. Wu Sheng was also thirsty, so he took out his coins and asked him what he wanted to drink.

"Coke."

There were two "pop" and "pop" sounds, and the two cans of happy water fell down.

Wu Sheng handed out a bottle, opened the cap with a pop, drank half of the bottle, burped, sighed comfortably, and did not leave. He leaned against the wall and said to Sanji: "

At that time, we will also require editors and assistants to hire girls."

"That's it, then I'll be relieved." Sanji also took a sip of the drink. He had already noticed Nami's dark circles under her eyes and her hands stained with ink, but he couldn't stop a person from working hard for his dream, right?

"Yes, I also said that I would help with blackening and so on, but she said that painting was her job and she didn't want me to interfere, otherwise the value of her existence would be gone." Wu Sheng sighed helplessly.

"Ah, are you so stubborn?" Sanji sighed.

"I'm afraid now that she doesn't even want to hire an assistant." Wu Sheng drank the rest of the Coke in one gulp and threw it into the trash can.

"No way?"

"Hiring an assistant is also very expensive, and you also need to prepare a workshop and so on. It costs about 500,000 yuan a month."

"500,000?!" Sanji was shocked.

"I checked online and found that the daily salary of an ordinary comic assistant is 10,000 yen. If you work four days a week, it will cost 160,000 yen a month, and two assistants will cost 320,000 yen. You also need to prepare to rent a workspace.

,well, you know."

"Wait a minute, didn't you say that cartoonists earn over ten million? Five hundred thousand is nothing, right?"

"You earn tens of millions a year, can you do multiplication? Besides, we are newcomers, so our annual serial income is around 7.5 million." Wu Sheng looked at him helplessly.

"..." Sanji was speechless. The expenditure was 500,000 a month, 6 million a year, 750 minus 600. Then wouldn't the remaining amount be only 1.5 million?

750,000 a year for one person? That’s enough for a full-time job in a convenience store

I have an income of 3 million, okay...

For a while, Sanji looked at Wu Sheng without saying anything, with an expression on his face that said, "Are you trying to harm an underage girl?"

"Hahaha, did it scare you?" Wu Sheng laughed and comforted: "Don't worry, she knows all this."

Then he continued: "Publishing a single book and turning it into an animation is the beginning of making money. Before that, it was just to maintain a living. I am just worried that her potential miserly personality will explode and she will not spend the money."

"I thought that after you started serializing, you would no longer care about the income here." Sanji said with a facepalm, finally understanding why Wu Sheng continued to work even after being serialized.

"Life is not that easy, bastard." Wu Shengjian made it clear and waved to him to say goodbye, "The seeds we planted have just sprouted."

"Tsk." Sanji clicked his tongue in displeasure, "Why are you pretending to be mature?" He muttered a few words on the spot, and then went home.

...

An hour after school ended the next afternoon, Sanji went to work early, but there was still no news from Hattori.

Wu Sheng did not tell the small gang that he met the new palace owner Crowe, so he did not rush for a day or two.

In reality, there are a lot of things waiting for them to deal with. What everyone is most concerned about now is whether the comic series can be successful. Life is also very important. Deal with things one by one. Only by being stable can you win!

After school, Wu Sheng did not wait at school, and walked to GM Tokyo with Nami. As soon as they walked out of the school gate, they saw Luffy Zorobrook waiting for them outside the school gate.

Wu Sheng took two steps forward and asked with a smile: "Nami is here to wait for news. What are you doing here? Are you not going to the club activities?"

"At this critical moment, we must wait together!" Luffy said carelessly. He didn't go there just to eat!

"This is the moment when this month's hard work is rewarded!" Brooke also said: "As a senior, I must be by your side to cheer you up at this time!"

"It's good to take a day off, so you can combine work and rest," Zoro said.

Nami looked at the three people who said "I have to be here today" with disgust, and hesitated: "Ah... you will disturb everyone's work in the past, right?"

"We don't have to go in and wait outside the door." Luffy said nonchalantly: "Just remember to bring me a cake to eat."

"You're all here, how could I not let you in?" Wu Sheng said.

A group of five people walked toward GM Tokyo in a mighty manner. When they walked downstairs, they saw the young lady who had stayed for a long time from yesterday changing potted plants and arranging flowers on the first floor as usual.

Wu Sheng naturally went up and said hello: "Miss Kuzumi, good afternoon."

"Ah, Takeda-kun, good afternoon." The young lady turned around and saw him, showing a gentle smile.

Then he looked past him to see the four people behind him, and then looked back at him, indicating that he could start explaining.

Wu Sheng pointed to the four of them with some embarrassment: "Haha, they are worried about our comics and want to come over and wait for the news together. Don't worry, I will let them wait on the terrace on the second floor. It will not affect the business preparations."

"Haha, okay, then you go up quickly. In fact, it's okay for them to wait in the lobby. Everyone at GM Tokyo wants to hear your good news." The young lady covered her mouth and said with a smile, Wu Sheng did it at GM Tokyo.

It has been a month, and everyone admires this outstanding, steady and handsome young man and is ready to help him celebrate.

"Okay, I'm sorry to bother you." Wu Sheng apologized, then went out and took a group of people to the second floor.

"Haha, Takeda, you're here? So many friends?" Kyono looked at the five people coming up with a smile, "It seems that this is indeed a crucial battle!"

"Uncle Kyono!" Luffy happily approached, "Long time no see!"

"Haha Luffy, why don't you come here to play during this time?" Kyono happily talked to Luffy.

"When did he become so familiar with Mr. Kyono?" Wu Sheng asked Nami, who said she didn't know either.

"Mr. Kyōno, they will only stay here until we have dinner. If there is no news by then, they will go back first." Wu Sheng and Kyōno said.

"OK, no problem! Go and change your clothes quickly. Ohana is late because she has something to do today.

, there are still a lot of ingredients that have not been processed, please go and help."

"Okay, then they will trouble you."

Wu Sheng handed his cell phone to Nami, and Hattori would call him to report the latest news.

Then he went in and changed his clothes. When he saw him coming, Ohana, who was sweating profusely, shouted quickly, "Takeda is here! Come on, come on, or these ingredients won't be processed before opening!"

"OK." Wu Sheng quickly joined.

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At this time, in the JUNK Weekly editorial department, the serialization meeting was already halfway through.

"Next is "Death King's Notes". The author is a newcomer composed of two high school students. They are in charge of our team's uniform department, and they are also my first recommended newcomers."

"I've heard about this. They submitted themselves to submit articles, right?"

"I have never participated in any submissions for the Newcomer Award."

“I don’t have any resume or works in the past.”

"For high school students, time is also a problem. We already have cartoonists who are talented high school students, so we don't need this anymore, right?"

The editorial team leaders immediately started discussing it, and it seemed that they were not very optimistic about "The Death King's Notes".

The fat Aida waited for their discussion to stop before he started to speak: "I know everyone still has doubts about whether the author is a high school student, but I must state that both of them are in the top ten of their grade. This comic is 50 pages

According to them, the original painting was completed in about 2 weeks.

They have investigated everything before submitting the article, made full preparations, and submitted the article only after confirming that they can balance serialization and studies."

Aida paused, looked around to make sure they were listening, and continued: "They have never been exposed to comics before. It seems that they wanted to draw comics after hearing about Teacher Ajou Mumenha. Except

In addition to the 50 pages of original drawings for the first episode, there are also complete storyboards for episode 9 and a rough storyboard for episode 10. When I looked at it, it was no less than the draft everyone is seeing now."

"If you put it this way, there is no doubt about their talent, but they are only in the first grade of high school now, right? If they are introduced now, they will definitely be compared with Shinzuma and Ajou Mumenha, right?" Opposite him, a short-haired editor held the manuscript in his hand.

, said without opening it to read.

"I remember you said the same thing when you wrote "Trap" by Ajou Mumenha, right?" Another long-haired editor retorted.

"Ah, wordy, I just think they are still young and the works may not need to be released now. This issue has several new comic works by teachers." the short-haired editor replied.

Aida slammed the table and said loudly: "That's not the case. The economic situation of the authors of "Death King's Notes" is not good. If they are not serialized this time, they may go to other magazines to submit articles. This

The loss to us is too great!”

Seeing everyone arguing endlessly, the silent editor-in-chief spoke: "Okay, no need to argue!"

Aida quickly sat down, and the editor-in-chief continued: "As long as the comics are interesting, I finished reading all 20 episodes of this comic the night before. It's so good that I don't look like a newcomer. Compared with them, other cartoonists in this issue

There is still a little bit left, and "Notes of the Death King" will be included in the serialization."

Aang Tian was overjoyed when he heard this and replied: "Okay!"

"Well, here is..."

...

An hour later, at 5:30 pm, the team leaders of the editorial department walked out of the conference room.

Aida looked at Hattori who was staring at him as soon as he came out, smiled and nodded.

Just kidding, if a comic of this caliber doesn’t pass the serialization conference, he’ll be eaten up on the spot!

Hattori was overjoyed when he saw this. He quickly picked up the cell phone on the table and dialed Wu Sheng's cell phone.

But it wasn't Wu Sheng who answered the phone, but a girl's voice: "Hello, hello, this is Nami Fukada."

"Ah, hello Fukada-kun, where is Takeda-kun?"

"He is working part-time and has no time to answer the phone. Is Mr. Hattori calling to inform us of the results?" Nami asked directly, she was actually a little anxious.

"Yes, congratulations, you have been included in the series!"