"Wang Tian, what are you doing here?"
Chen Ze followed the voice and saw a man in his fifties walking over. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked very refined.
When Wang Tian saw him, his expression immediately turned flattering.""Chief editor, I'm just here to educate some newcomers who have just entered the industry and let them know what respect for seniors is.”
There was only one person in China who Wang Tian called " chief editor ", and that was the current chief editor of Lotte Society, Shi Jieren.
When the cartoonists saw Shi Jie, they greeted him carefully. Although many of the people here weren't artists of the Lotte Society, with the power of the Lotte Society, it was easy for them to be banned if they offended Shi Jie.
"The ceremony is about to begin. Why aren't you going back to your seat? What are you doing here?”
To Chen Ze's surprise, Shi Jie seemed to be on his side. He frowned and said to Wang Tian. It seemed that Shi Jie had a lot of influence in the Lotte Club. Wang Tian nodded repeatedly after hearing his words and returned to his seat without saying a word.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Chen. It was our magazine's staff who was rude just now.”Shi Jieren apologized to Chen Ze with a smile and sat down beside him.
"This is nothing." Chen Ze shook his head. Since he had already apologized, he naturally wouldn't take it to heart. However, looking at Shi Jie, it seemed like he had something to say to her.
"I've seen Mr. Chen's masterpiece, Slam Dunk. It's one of the few masterpieces in recent years. After being nominated by the organizing committee, I think the best newcomer will definitely be in Mr. Chen's pocket.”
"Chief Editor Shi must be joking. Who gets the Best Rookie award? It's not like I have the right to decide. I can't guarantee the outcome.”Chen Ze said.
"Actually, the decision has always been in Mr. Chen's hands, but it depends on what Mr. Chen chooses.”Shi Jieren whispered.
"What do you mean?" Chen Ze asked when he heard the hidden meaning in Shi Jie's words.
"I wonder what Mr. Chen thinks of your new animation magazine agency?”Shi Jieren suddenly changed the topic to the magazine agency.
"The new animation magazine agency is a newly opened small magazine agency. It's in danger of going bankrupt at any time. As far as I know, if it wasn't for you coming up with the idea to serialize it online, this magazine company would probably have gone bankrupt.”Before Chen Ze could answer, he took the initiative to answer.
Shi Jie spoke bluntly in front of Lin Lan. Although his words were unpleasant, they were the truth. Lin Lan's expression turned ugly when she heard this, but she could only snort.”He shouted.
"I've seen many of these magazines in my thirty years of editing. Now, most of them were nowhere to be found.”Shi Jie said," On the other hand, our Lotte Society has been firmly in control of comics for twenty years. There are many talented people in the society, and we are very energetic. This kind of magazine company is what a genius like you should join, Mr. Chen.”
Even a fool like Chen Ze would understand what Shi Jie meant. He wanted to recruit her into the Lotte Club!
Recalling what Lee Ming-yang had said at Dynasty's Forbidden City yesterday, he should also vaguely remind himself to follow the current most powerful trend, Lotte Society.
When Lin Lan heard this, she also became nervous. She had already guessed that Li Mingyang wanted to recruit Chen Ze yesterday, but now that she heard it in person, she was still nervous.
The bet between her and her father, her own dream, all of these were things that Chen Ze could only hope to fulfill. However, in the face of the competition from the Lotte Club, Lin Lan knew that there was nothing she could do.
Lotte Club was the largest club in China, and there were many talented people in the club. There is a proverb that only ten buckets of painting in the world are used, and eight buckets are used by people who are happy. The benefits and fame of her new animation magazine agency could not be compared to them. Faced with such temptation, it was hard to imagine that anyone would refuse.
"Mr. Chen, as long as you're willing to join our Lotte Club, your treatment at the new animation magazine will be doubled. We'll settle the penalty for breaching the contract. Studio, solo art exhibition, whatever you want.”Shi Jie threw out the conditions that he had prepared long ago. With the conditions that he had offered now, he felt that even a fool would know what to choose, so he looked at Chen Ze with confidence.
Chen Ze heard Shi Jie's words and looked at Lin Lan beside him. She looked at him nervously, and there was even a hint of pleading in her eyes. She wanted to say something, but she held it back. She just looked straight at Chen Ze, waiting for his final decision.
"Chief Editor Shi, your offer is so generous that I can't refuse.”Chen Ze's words made Shi Jieren laugh confidently, but Lin Lan's face immediately turned pale.
"But I still have to reject you. I'm a person who likes to go with the flow. I'm used to staying at the new animation magazine agency and don't want to move.”Chen Ze shook his head. His words had turned the situation around.
Of course, the reason why Chen Ze didn't want to go to Lotte Club wasn't just because he didn't want to move. Lotte Club's strict hierarchy and the fact that it had once banned him made him unwilling to go there.
More importantly, Lin Lan treated him very well. When he was still a newbie in the comics circle of this world, she was the one who dug him up and gave him a chance. Otherwise, he would have given up on comics long ago. Even if it was Lin Lan, he couldn't jump ship.
Another thing was that he had submitted a paper to Lotte Society, but they did not accept it. Of course, Chen Ze had no intention of eating such a thing.
Shi Jie didn't expect Chen Ze to reply like this.""Mr. Chen, have you thought about it? The benefits of joining our Lotte Club are twice as much as yours. I believe you have experienced the consequences of going against our Lotte Club some time ago.”
"Chief Editor Shi, are you threatening me? I'm sorry, but I don't like threats. And do you know who I hate the most in the history of China? Lu Bu!”Chen Ze said indifferently.
"Good, good, good!" Shi Jieren was so angry that he laughed when he heard Chen Ze's words." Young people have backbone. Unfortunately, they don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. In the history of Chinese comics, there have been countless geniuses who became famous with one drawing but eventually fell. They're all like you, Mr. Chen. They think they can do whatever they want just because they have some talent. In the end, he didn't even know where he was now.”
"Thank you for your reminder, Chief Editor Shi. I will be careful not to become like them.”Chen Ze smiled.
"That's good. Since Mr. Chen refuses to accept my invitation, I hope to see you here again next year at this time!”
The conversation between Shi Jieren and Chen Ze was held in the main hall, so the news of Chen Ze rejecting Shi Jieren's invitation quickly spread throughout the hall.
The manga artists in the hall admired Chen Ze's choice, but they also didn't understand and felt pity for him.
They admired Chen Ze for daring to reject Shi Jieren. After all, he was backed by Lotte Society, the overlord of the comics industry. A mangaka who dared to reject them was really brave.
What they couldn't understand was that Chen Ze had actually given up on the double pay and refused to join the Lotte Club. After all, the Lotte Club was the highest place in the hearts of all the cartoonists in China. Many cartoonists would want to join the Lotte Club even if they had to lower their salaries. However, Chen Ze had actually rejected such an offer. This was really incomprehensible to them.
However, when they saw Chen Ze's boss, Lin Lan, who was a beauty, they immediately understood what was going on. It turned out that the kid loved beauties and not the country.
Just like that, the scandal between him and Lin Lan spread throughout the entire comics industry at an exponential speed. Everyone gave him a thumbs up and said that there was a young mangaka who refused to join Lotte Society for his beautiful boss.
It was a pity that Chen Ze and Lotte Society already had a conflict. After this battle, the conflict between the two sides intensified. Lotte Society would definitely go all out to deal with Chen Ze. A genius like him would probably fall just like that.
At the thought of this, they looked at Chen Ze regretfully.
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