Tokyo life starting with painting

Before Higashinoji could speak, Hosokawa Koharu, who was hearing something a little off next to him, had already taken the initiative to speak: "Chief Editor Furuta, is there anything worthy of concern? I'm not sure yet."

She hadn't heard of anything to be concerned about at Yanjiao and Mozhu.

After all, just her work at Urashima Publishing House made her concentrate on it, so of course she didn't pay attention to these things.

"It's quite normal for Editor Hosokawa to be unclear. After all, I just got the news here." Shinji Furuta waved his hand, and then muttered: "Teacher Higashino, the release date of your next single book seems to be consistent with Iwakaku Publishing House. Mr. Komori had a conflict."

As soon as he said these words, both Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu looked astonished.

The two of them are not fools, and of course they understand what this means - isn't this just about fighting in the ring?

And it’s also a battleground for single book sales.

"Iwakaku Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore have not been very comfortable in the past few months. The sales of single books and volumes have been suppressed by Mr. Higashino several times."

Furuta Shinji said cheerfully, his expression was somewhat gloating - Suzukiha, the pillar of his family, had never beaten Higashino, and naturally he did not want to see the two publishing houses, Iwakaku and Mozhu, beat Higashino.

In addition, Yanjiao Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore are also well-known brother publishing houses in the industry. The number one sales volume of single books and volumes on the Oricon list is always the monopoly of these two publishing houses, which cannot even be squeezed out.

Other comic book authors from less well-known publishers are not even qualified to participate in the war as cannon fodder, which can be said to be extremely miserable.

Seeing them defeated at this time, Furuta Shinji was naturally very happy.

However, when Shinji Furuta explained it, Higashinoji clearly felt that Hosokawa Koharu seemed to have some reaction to Iwakaku Publishing House.

Just when Furuta Shinji wanted to say something, a polite greeting suddenly came from behind the three of them: "Is this Mr. Higashino from Urashima Publishing House?"

The three of them looked back and found that at some point, two middle-aged men were already standing at the dining table not far behind them.

"It's Chief Editor Yamano of Iwakaku Publishing House and Mr. Takeshi Komori." Hosokawa Koharu explained to Higashinoji from the side: "The Mr. Komori that Editor-in-Chief Furuta mentioned just now is the male without glasses."

As the editor-in-chief of three major publishing houses, she naturally knows these chief editors and famous comic book authors.

"Long time no see, Editor-in-Chief Furuta, Editor Hosokawa." Editor-in-Chief Yamano glanced at Hosokawa Koharu one more time and said politely: "It's really remarkable that Editor Hosokawa can discover a manga author like Mr. Higashino. That's what I concluded before. It's too abrupt, I'm sorry, I hope you don't mind."

He was very polite in his words, but Hosokawa Koharu's expression was a little stiff: "It's nothing, Chief Editor Yamano, I don't really care about that incident before."

Seeing Hosokawa Koharu's appearance, Higashinoji couldn't help but glance sideways at Yamano, the editor-in-chief of Iwakaku Publishing House.

This is a middle-aged man.

Unlike Shinji Furuta, who is in a mid-life hair crisis, his hair is well maintained, his eyes are energetic, and his uniform is neatly ironed.

It's just that the corners of this man's eyes are a little depressed, and he looks a bit sinister. This is very close to the feeling of a Japanese samurai, but he wears glasses, which invisibly dissipates the sinister feeling.

And it can be seen that Hosokawa Koharu and the other party should have an unpleasant past.

At least Hosokawa Koharu's face looked ugly now, and her thick eyebrows were shaking disobediently.

"I heard that Editor Hosokawa was scolded by Editor-in-Chief Yamano when he attended a publisher's party as a new editor, and the scolding seemed to be particularly severe. This resulted in Editor Hosokawa sitting on the bench for a long time, and few manga authors dared to submit articles to her."

Furuta Shinji added in a low voice that after all, he was also present when Chief Editor Yamano scolded Hosokawa Koharu last time. This is a fact.

After hearing this, Higashino suddenly realized what he was saying.

It turns out that there are old and new grudges.

Looking at the appearance of his editor-in-chief, Hosokawa Koharu, Higashinoji groaned, then looked at Editor-in-Chief Yamano, and made a certain decision without even thinking about it.

"Hello, Mr. Higashino, it's nice to meet you." Editor-in-chief Yamano spoke proactively, and at the same time introduced Mr. Higashino: "I am Yukio Yamano, the editor-in-chief of Iwakaku Publishing House, and this is Mr. Ken Komori next to me."

"Well, nice to meet you two." Higashino nodded cheerfully.

He seemed quite easy to talk to, which made Editor-in-Chief Yamano let out a sigh of relief, and stated his purpose very simply: "Teacher Higashino, the release of the single volume of your work "The Winner Is Justice" should be on Monday three weeks from now, right? "

"That's it. May I have any advice from Chief Editor Yamano?"

"Is there any room for negotiation about that date? Your "The Winner is the Right" conflicts with the release date of our stand-alone book "Mazinger Mecha S" written by Ken Komori-sensei."

Editor-in-chief Yamano stated the purpose of his visit: "There is no need for such competition between our two companies. It is better to stagger the release dates of each of the individual books in order to seek the best sales for each other."

This is actually a very common thing in publishing houses. After all, delaying the release date of a single book by a day or two will not affect anything, and it can also avoid competitors. Only a fool would not do it.

According to Higashinoji's smooth and smooth character in the past, it was normal for him to agree to this win-win situation.

But today Higashino seems to be a fool.

In response to Editor-in-chief Yamano's request, Higashino smiled politely and shook his head: "Editor-in-chief Yamano, I think it is normal to compete with each other in the comics industry. As a saying goes, competition can bring about mutual progress. I am looking forward to working with you. Let’s fight against Komori-sensei.”

When he said these words, Hosokawa Koharu next to him was stunned, and then his eyes were inexplicably filled with mist of emotion. Next to her, Furuta Shinji couldn't help but be stunned when he listened to Higashinoji's words.

None of them expected that Higashi Yesi would directly bump into him.

Even Editor-in-Chief Yamano felt that he heard wrongly or thought that Higashinoji was joking, but looking at Higashinoji's expression, it didn't look like a joke.

"Teacher Higashino, this is unnecessary, such competition is not beautiful," Chief Editor Yamano said with a smile.

"Yes, I know, I understand." Tonoji nodded to express his understanding, but also said: "But if I have to change the sales date of the single volume, it will have a certain impact on the serialization, so I can only hope that Chief Editor Yamano How about we take a step back and delay it for two or three days?"

What he said was completely soft-spoken. Compared to scolding, this kind of soft-nail made Chief Editor Yamano feel like he had no place to use his strength.

You must know that Ken Komori's animation has been scheduled for a long time. There is only one day between the release date and the TV release of the animation. It is impossible to adjust this time. If it is adjusted, the sales volume of the single book will inevitably be affected.

But at the same time, Yukio Yamano felt a little uncomfortable.

Originally, he came here to discuss with Higashinoji.

After all, he also considered the possibility that even with animation and front page promotion, it would not be able to beat Higashinoji.

If Touyoshi could voluntarily withdraw from the competition, this would undoubtedly be what he would like to see.

But judging from the current situation, Higashinoji is determined to have a collision with them.

Of course he felt a little uncomfortable.

However, Higashino gave him soft nails, and he was too embarrassed to just tear his face open, which would be ungraceful, so he could only shake his head regretfully and said: "It seems that we can't reach a consensus, Higashikata" Teacher. Then let’s compare the sales volume of the single book.”

In response to this, Higashinoji also sighed, looking very helpless: "Okay, I understand. Since Editor-in-Chief Yamano insists on giving results in a separate book, I can only accept the challenge."

His behavior of complaining first made Editor-in-Chief Shanye almost fuming with anger.

Haven't you always said you wanted to compete?

How come you tell me that I have to publish my results in a separate book?

Editor-in-Chief Yamano glanced at Higashinoji again and felt that this bite was full of soft nails and he could no longer stand up to reason.

So he could only say to Higashinoji: "Teacher Higashino, Mr. Komori will be animated for promotion next. To be honest, you may be under a lot of pressure to win."

Higashino also smiled and said: "Really? It just so happens that I have always felt that there is still some pressure in life. This pressure feels just right and I am motivated again."

Shinji Furuta on the side couldn't help but coughed several times when he heard Higashinoji's words.

He finally figured it out. Higashinoji was probably venting his anger on his editor.

But I have to say that Higashinoji's communication and conversation skills are indeed very strong. Forcing the other party to eat this soft nail must have made Yukio Yamano very depressed.

Taken Komori, who was next to Yamano Yukio, shook his head and sighed in his heart.

After working for a long time, we still have to confront Higashinoji head-on. Isn't this no different from the starting point?

They both nodded and said goodbye.

When Hosokawa Koharu, who was standing next to him, saw this scene, he couldn't help but come up and said: "Teacher Higashino, you shouldn't be like this. In fact, it's quite good to agree to Editor-in-Chief Yamano's proposal to change the sales date. At least there is no need for such vicious competition."

After all, no one can tell how much overlap there is between Higashinoji’s readers and Komori Ken’s readers.

When two pillars compete, the interests of both people must be lost.

In addition, there is still a question whether Higashinoji can beat the animated Ken Komori.

You must know that it is an animation and will be updated continuously for twelve episodes, which lasts for a whole period.

Unlike last time, Akisa Kuromiya was just an OVA, updated for two or three episodes and then it was over.

So there is absolutely no need for Tonoji to do this.

Hosokawa Koharu also didn't understand.

Why is it that Higashinoji, who has always been very sensible, seems to have taken some medicine today? This is no longer an ironclad problem.

It's simply a metal head made of titanium alloy.

What happened?

"Teacher Higashino is probably venting his anger for Editor Hosokawa." Shinji Furuta explained for Hosokawa Koharu: "Last time, Editor Hosokawa came here to attend a party after he just joined Urashima Publishing House. Wasn't it because of the old man Yamano? Did the boy get a scolding?"

"is that so?"

Hosokawa Koharu opened his mouth, but was speechless for a moment.

She looked at Higashinoji, her mouth moved, and she was a little moved, but she quickly shook her head vigorously and sighed deeply: "Teacher Higashino, actually you don't have to do this."

Regarding Hosokawa Koharu's words, Higashinoji waved his hands, noncommittal.

Higashinoji is actually a very pure person. No matter how you provoke him, he will just laugh happily and push you into the pit at the critical moment.

But if you touch one of his friends, Toyoji won't mind pushing you into the pit from the beginning.

After all, he has been collaborating with Hosokawa Koharu for a long time. The other party promised him to serialize "The Lonely Gourmet" on Aoba, and even won him a place on the first color page.

To be honest, Higashinoji received a lot of care from Hosokawa Koharu.

If he didn't stand up and vent his anger on Hosokawa Koharu at the critical moment, Higashinoji would feel like a pure bastard.

So he simply pushed Editor Shanye into the pit.

After all, we’re not in a publishing house. How could you still take out a knife and kill me from nowhere?

On the other side, Hosokawa Koharu also calmed down and began to think about what to do next.

Although he was very moved, as an editor, Hosokawa Koharu felt that his first consideration should be the interests of Higashino Tsukasa, the manga author.

So Hosokawa Koharu thought for a while, then took out the phone, and while looking through the call log, he whispered: "I'm going to call the editor-in-chief Urashima now and ask him to adjust the release date of your work, Mr. Higashino." We don’t need to join in the fun and compete in this arena.”

In response, Higashinoji stopped Hosokawa Koharu: "There is no need to adjust it later, Editor Hosokawa."

"But"

"I am confident that I can defeat Mr. Komori." Tonoji waved his hand and said, "The plot of "The Winner is Justice" is about to reach its climax, which will inevitably increase the sales of the single book."

That's right, his "The Winner Is Justice" has already reached the final stage. When the original manuscript is released for serialization, this will definitely increase the sales of the single book.

"But Mr. Komori has animated promotions?" Hosokawa Koharu was speechless, but quickly retorted.

"It's just animation promotion, it doesn't matter." Higashinoji smiled cheerfully.

Even Hosokawa Koharu doesn't understand how he can still laugh.

This situation is very urgent.

"What do you mean it's just an animation to promote the opponent? But Ken Komori, his comics are also very good."

Ken Komori's robot comic "Mazinger Mecha S" is the hottest robot theme on the market today, and the completion quality is also very high.

Regarding Hosokawa Koharu's words, Higashinoji just shook his head indifferently:

"That's okay."

"My comics are much better than his."

It was Higashinoji’s very simple words.

But it made Hosokawa Koharu feel like she had taken a reassurance.

When she looked at Higashinoji's face, she even had an inexplicable illusion——

Should...can win, right?