Tokyo life starting with painting

Chapter 139 The setting of the male protagonist is not good (4200 words)

Shinji Furuta also knows why his group of manga authors can't beat Higashinoji.

Can a human be compared with a printer?

However, before he left, he repeatedly said that if Higashinoji had the idea of ​​joining Fuji Publishing, please call him immediately. The employees of Fuji Publishing would welcome Higashino.

Even though he knew that Higashinoji had submitted a new draft, he didn't care at all and was still very perseverant, which really shocked Higashinoji.

It’s no wonder that Shinji Furuta was able to take so many people to Fuji Publishing House to establish a new weekly comic magazine. He still has this skill.

Similarly, before leaving, Shinji Furuta also asked Higashino about the situation and type of new comics.

These things are all insiders in the industry. As long as Furuta Shinji has some connections, he can find out about it immediately, so Higashinoji didn't care and simply told him the type of manga.

"Professional comics? About lawyers?" Shinji Furuta looked surprised.

He did know that there was a professional comic series in "Abominable Cold", but why did Higashino suddenly take the risk of changing the category?

Wouldn’t it be nice to continue drawing horror comics?

The most important thing is that their Fuji Publishing House's new works by Shumotofuji will soon be serialized, and Shumotofuji's new works are also professional-type comics, and they are also professional-type comics about lawyers.

Isn't this a rush to compete with Higashinoji?

The same subject matter, the same professional comics!

Shinji Furuta didn't hide the type of works of his family's Shumotofuji, and told Higashinoji with a little worry.

Then came Higashinoji's cheerful smile and his expectant voice: "Well, this is such a coincidence. It is an honor for me to compete with Mr. Shumotofuji in the same type of comics."

There was absolutely no trace of timidity on the other person's face, which made Furuta Shinji even more confused - this person was too confident. Could it be that all printers are so confident?

Or is it that Higashinoji is actually very confident in his comics?

But this isn’t right either.

Fuji Publishing also specially invited a team of lawyers to explain their experience in court debates for Shumoto Fuji's professional cartoon about lawyers.

The purpose is to create a popular comic again and lift up Shumoto Fuji, who was previously suppressed by Higashinoji.

Is it possible that the stall that Higashinoji set up halfway can overthrow their team of senior chefs?

How could this not be possible? It might actually be possible.

The previous "Midnight Ring" and "The Lonely Gourmet" were like this. Maybe Shumotofuji really can't beat Higashinoji this time?

Of course, Shinji Furuta was not stupid enough to say something as stupid as, ‘Can you show me the storyboard of Mr. Higashino’s draft?’.

He just touched his remaining hair a little uneasily, half-bowed to Higashinoji in thought, and then left.

Is your head really bald?

Shinji Furuta couldn't help but think about it.

Watching Furuta Shinji leave, Higashinoji also exchanged greetings with Okano Ryoko before turning around and leaving.

"Teacher Gangno, that student just now must be Higashinoji, right?" the teacher next to him asked curiously.

"Well, it's probably the editor-in-chief of Fuji Publishing who wants to poach Higashino-san." Ryoko Okano nodded, took a sip of water from the tea cup, and said vaguely: "Recently, many people want to interview Higashino-san."

"Tsk, tsk, Higashikata-kun is so awesome." Another male teacher stood up and sighed loudly: "I don't know if the kid in my family who just entered junior high school can be as impressive as Higashino-kun."

"That's going to be a little difficult, Daimon-sensei."

"That's right, haha."

The teachers laughed and discussed.

Higashino Tsukasa has always been their talking point. After all, the other party is considered the current face of Kitajuku.

They can almost expect that the number of students enrolling in Beijijuku next year will increase by a large number.

After Higashinoji left, he did not go back to the classroom directly. Instead, he found a quieter place and called Hosokawa Koharu.

Although it was not necessary, Higashinoji still thought it would be better to tell Hosokawa Koharu that Furuta Shinji came to poach him, so that if it was brought up later, it would be a bit bad if he didn't say anything.

He called, and about five seconds later, Hosokawa Koharu answered the phone: "Hello? Teacher Higashino?"

At this time, Hosokawa Koharu was repeatedly looking through the draft storyboards of Higashino Tsukasa's "The Winner is Justice".

She wants to proofread it one last time to confirm if there are any typos or uncomfortable parts in the storyboard arrangement.

The sudden call from Higashinoji undoubtedly interrupted her work progress.

"Well, it's me. There is something I have to tell Editor Hosokawa after thinking about it."

"What's the matter? Is there something wrong with the draft storyboard?" Hosokawa Koharu turned over the draft handed over by Higashinoji with one hand and pressed the phone with the other, a little absent-mindedly.

Then, Higashinoji's next words made her eject from the chair and stand up:

"What? You mean the editor-in-chief of Fuji Publishing House just went to your school to look for you?" Her eyes widened, and her original absent-minded expression disappeared: "Teacher Higashino, where are you?"

Sure enough, he is so ambitious! I knew that Fuji Publishing House would definitely take action against Higashinoji.

She didn't even bother to read the manuscript anymore, and simply put down the draft storyboard, planning to drive to Higashinoji's place now and face to face with the editor-in-chief of Fuji Publishing House - dare to poach the most powerful single seedling in our village? This is really unbearable.

"Uh." Higashinoji obviously didn't expect Hosokawa Koharu to be so excited. He was stunned for a moment, and then replied kindly: "Editor-in-chief Furuta has left now. I did not agree to his request for poaching."

Editor-in-chief Gu Tian?

Hosokawa Koharu had a strange look on her face. She was originally the kind of little girl who easily thought about things, but now she couldn't help but hear Higashino calling Furuta Shinji that way.

Is it possible that Teacher Higashikata is really moved?

But she couldn't ask directly, so she could only think about this and that. Finally, she felt aggrieved and asked Higashinoji: "What do you think about Mr. Higashino?"

"Huh?" Higashinoji was stunned when he heard her aggrieved voice, but he quickly came to his senses and comforted with a smile: "What do you think? Editor-in-chief Furuta is pretty good, but didn't I say that before? ?I won’t change jobs, you can rest assured about this, Editor Hosokawa.”

But soon he jokingly said to Hosokawa Koharu on the other end of the phone: "I considered that Editor Hosokawa was trying to get me the serialization qualification, so I rejected him directly. Editor Hosokawa, please don't let me down."

silence--

There was a long silence.

Just when Higashinoji was wondering if he had said something wrong, Hosokawa Koharu over there finally spoke: "Don't worry! Higashino-sensei! I will definitely let "The Winner Is Justice" get the serialization qualification!"

Her voice was so full that Tonoji was so shocked that his ears hurt.

"If I can't do it, I'll take the blame and resign!"

Hosokawa Koharu seemed to be so moved that he even took the blame and resigned at the end of the story.

"Well, it doesn't have to be so serious." It was originally a joke, but Tonoji didn't expect Hosokawa Koharu to be so serious all of a sudden.

"Don't worry! We will definitely succeed!"

After Hosokawa Koharu said this seriously, he cut off the call.

She was going to find the editor-in-chief Urashima. After all, she had completely listened to what Higashinoji said before.

Seeing that he was still fighting for the qualification to be serialized, Tonoji directly rejected Fuji Publishing.

If you can't produce corresponding results, wouldn't you be completely sorry for the other party? !

Hosokawa Koharu also thought about how he was a new editor and now many manga authors have come over to ask about it. This kind of treatment was also brought by Higashino Tsukasa.

Even if you don’t succeed, you have to succeed!

After all, Hosokawa Koharu is still a young man. He has been in society for less than a year, and he easily gets angry. He simply walked to the editor-in-chief's desk with Higashino Tsukasa's new work "The Winner is Justice".

"Uh." Editor-in-chief Urashima had just finished his work and planned to go downstairs to buy something to satisfy his hunger. Now he was also stunned when he saw Hosokawa Koharu coming over in a menacing manner.

Hosokawa Koharu has a ferocious look, which can't be said to be ferocious, but he looks menacing anyway.

This makes it seem like Koharu Hosokawa is the editor-in-chief of Inquiry, but he is acting as a subordinate editor?

He had a puzzled look on his face and couldn't help but pull his chair behind his desk and asked, "What's the matter? Editor Hosokawa?"

"Teacher Higashino gave me a new work. Although it is only a draft storyboard, its potential cannot be underestimated."

"Oh?" After hearing what Hosokawa Koharu said, Editor-in-Chief Urashima was a little surprised: "Didn't he just finish "The Ring"? Is he going to start serializing it again?"

Of course, the editor below also heard the conversation between Chief Editor Urashima and Hosokawa Koharu.

They also looked surprised at seeing a ghost.

Isn't this too scary? Didn't "Midnight Ring" just finish? Why are you starting to serialize new comics again?

The printing machine spitting out paper is not that exaggerated, right?

"What is the specific content of Mr. Higashino's new work?" Editor-in-chief Urashima was not surprised for too long, and asked the most critical question in a deep voice.

Yes, this is what he needs to care about as editor-in-chief.

"This is the draft storyboard Mr. Higashino gave me." Hosokawa Koharu placed the draft storyboard of "The Winner is Justice" in front of the chief editor Urashima.

It would be better to just use words to describe it, so it would be better to let Editor-in-Chief Urashima see it directly.

Editor-in-chief Urashima took the draft of the storyboard without hesitation and simply opened it.

"The winner is justice"? The name doesn't sound like a horror comic like "The Ring".

He groaned and continued to turn to the back.

Tsubokura is a young man who is timid by nature.

He is clumsy and can't do anything well.

The owner of the car wash shop often scolded him and used physical violence against him.

Faced with such a high-pressure life, Tsubokura finally couldn't help it. He raised his eyes coldly, looked at the shop owner who was nodding and bowing to the customers, and said softly: "I will definitely kill you."

But Tsubokura had no idea that this incident would lead to him being imprisoned - the owner of the car wash shop was really dead.

Taking this as an opportunity, Editor-in-Chief Urashima also saw the appearance of Machiko Dai, the heroine who is a lawyer.

Machiko Dai was Tsubokura's defense lawyer, but she lost miserably in court. She was distraught when she saw her innocent client being sent to prison and sentenced to ten years in prison.

"Please don't give up, I will definitely acquit you!" Machiko Dai looked at Tsubokura in the prison with her eyes full of passion.

She is a lawyer with a strong sense of justice, who firmly believes in the truth and has the passion of a young person.

But she also knew that it was basically impossible to overturn a case that had already been decided by the court. Not to mention that Tsubokura had already surrendered and pleaded guilty. She could not think of any way to help him win this case.

In this situation, which was on the verge of despair, she decided to entrust the help of Kensuke Komemon, a lawyer who maintained the undefeated record of Miki Law Firm a year ago, after being prompted by her female senior, Kimie Sawachi.

The heroine who just suffered a defeat, the lawyer with an undefeated record?

This quickly gave the story a sense of survival from a desperate situation.

More importantly, Higashinoji renders the atmosphere very well.

Although the story seems serious, it is still very light-hearted overall.

There is even a clip of the interaction between Machiko Dai and a male extra in the car who refuses to give up his position and talks nonsense.

"I want to say, can you give up your seat to this old man? The old man next to me is already old." Machiko Dai blushed and said to the male costar in front of her.

"So?" The male sidekick raised his head.

"Don't you think it's natural for those with stronger physical strength to give way to those with weaker physical strength?"

"Yes, I agree." The male sidekick nodded in agreement with Machiko's words, but he quickly changed the topic: "But when you are young, you have physical strength, but when you are old, you lose physical strength. Is it really appropriate to generalize like this?"

ah?

Dai Machiko looked puzzled.

"For example, I am 38 years old now, but I also have the possibility of suffering from severe heart disease, right?"

"Huh? I'm sorry." Machiko Dai was suppressed by the other party's very reasonable attitude and apologized in a low voice. Then she was a little strange: "Do you have a heart disease?"

"No."

"Ah?" Dai Machiko's face was really baffled.

No, you didn't. Why do you still talk so much and are so confident?

She was about to get angry, but was interrupted by the other party's words.

"Although the old man next to you looks 60 years old, he carries a fitness bag with him. Judging from the size of the bag, he must be a very powerful expert."

The man paused and said, "Compared to my poor health, his health is much better, so I judge that there is no need to give up my seat to him. Do you have any other opinions?"

This fast-paced debate knocked Machiko Dai completely speechless.

Editor-in-chief Urashima thinks this plot is the most interesting in the first half of the manga.

Really fascinating.

But the only thing that can be considered a shortcoming is the setting of the male protagonist, right?

Most of the male protagonists with undefeated records are full of justice, believe in the truth, are as passionate as the heroines, and are duty-bound to overturn the case for others.

In other words, these characters have been drawn badly, and there is really nothing new.

Indeed, the current quality is already very good.

But if we look at the quality of Tonoji's "Midnight Ring" and "The Lonely Gourmet", then this setting of a righteous male protagonist is simply a stain and totally unacceptable.

However, since the male protagonist hasn’t appeared yet, it can only be said to be his speculation.

"Now we can only see if there are any surprises in the second half."

Editor-in-chief Urashima thought and looked behind.

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