Am I reading their replies wrongly?
They mentioned that they did do an in house test... the artist performed well and hence went through the onboarding process, and then got their first client. Only then did they ghost the client, which is not Jiang nor the client's fault?
Since our reply is lost in the thread, we will Quote it here.
Hello! The artist you worked with was a new artist we had found and were trialing! They failed their trial due to poor communication. All our artist go through a trial period to test if they are suitable for our standards. Sadly you happened to be their test commission.
then about the 3 cents thing, it should be a hyperbole that was first brought uo by the person they are replying to. They arent literally paying their artists 3 cents or undervaluing them. I checked and these artist's rates on Jiang's site is similar to the personal sites...
To clarify some things, because we see a lot of misunderstanding and assumption.
1. Each artist is vetted internally - we commission them privately for assets and spend our own money and time to make sure they appear reliable before going through our lengthy onboarding process
2. A lot of artists we look at are ones that people request a lot through our mihuashi proxy service. So we accept a few external requests, and see how they handle external commissions first, before inviting them to be an internal artist.
3. To be an internal artist, it is not so simple. You need to fill out an application, pass a review, sign a contract, record promotional material, and go through a 30 day+ trial phase where you get 1 commission to see how you can handle it. If at any point either party feels it is not a good fit, the trial is cancelled and money is refunded and Jiang Atelier eats the loss.
4. Fanguu never actually worked with us or paid for any service. She put in a Vgen waitlist request. We went through out normal procedure, which includes opening a ticket with them in our discord that has a live translator to consult with the artist. NO MONEY WAS REQUEST OR PAID. The artist, who had been very punctural before, suddenly stopped replying, and seemed disinterested. We did not like the artist's sudden attitude, so we ended the trial, removed their services, and did not proceed with them.
5. Fanguu's request is from May 2025, which is before we made major management changes and internal reorganization.