Tokyo life starting with painting

Tamura looked at Higashinoji.

Higashinoji also looked at Tamura.

The two looked at each other.

The atmosphere also became heavy and stiff.

Hosokawa Koharu looked at this scene and opened his mouth, just about to say something.

next moment--

"come on."

Tamura nodded to Higashinoji and whispered encouragement.

He seemed to want to smile politely at Higashinoji, but his smile froze when he reached his lips. After hesitating for a while, he could only nod at Hosokawa Koharu next to him, and then planned to leave.

But at the moment before leaving, he turned back and glanced at the Urashima editorial office behind him with a very serious and complicated expression, and then he really left.

There is no hoarseness or exhaustion as imagined, nor is there any slap in the face or reversal drama in the novel.

Tamura didn't make any fuss and simply left, as if he had never been there in the first place.

"What will Mr. Tamura do next?"

Watching the other party's leaving figure, Higashino suddenly asked.

Hosokawa Koharu didn't expect Higashinoji to suddenly ask this question, so he was stunned: "Maybe I will work part-time or be a manga assistant. The manga author is like this. If there is no serialization, you can only do these part-time jobs."

This is how people are, no matter how they live, they are still alive, but the way of living is different.

Finally, Hosokawa Koharu added:

"Teacher Higashino, I hope you won't let this matter affect your creative mood."

"Midnight Ring" has just started. Don't let this incident make Toyoshi lose all his fighting spirit and even stop painting "Midnight Ring".

After all, he was the one who defeated Tamura. At his age, he would naturally be more inexplicably sentimental than an adult.

But what Hosokawa Koharu didn't expect was that Higashinoji just shook his head:

"I have no intention of giving up "Midnight Ring". And I will not regret taking away Mr. Tamura's serialization qualification."

Hosokawa Koharu was stunned again.

Indeed, Higashinoji looked calm and his tone was calm. What just happened seemed not to affect his state of mind at all.

Of course.

Because Higashinoji also needs this serialization opportunity.

Tamura’s family has children who need to go to school, and he also has Chihaya Higashino at home.

So Tonoji will not give up this opportunity no matter what.

For Tamura, Higashinoji may say sorry, but he will never regret it.

The Tamura incident was just a small episode. Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu began to talk about vested interests in "The Ring".

The price given by Urashima Publishing House is 11,000 yen per page of the original manuscript.

This is not too high for Urashima Publishing House. After all, as the top three manga publishers in Japan, if you can serialize it here, you have to sharpen your head and squeeze in. It would be a great pleasure for other less famous publishing houses to give them three to five thousand yen.

The manuscript of "Midnight Bell" submitted by Higashinoji this time has a total of 48 pages, which translates to--

Five hundred and twenty-eight thousand yen.

Note that the 520,000 yen is just the price of the original manuscript, and does not include the possible sales of single books and animation scripts in the future.

As long as Higashinoji can maintain a stable and continuous serialization, it is not an exaggeration to say that the future is promising.

He went through the contract briefly, and after finding no problems, he signed directly under his pseudonym and his real name.

In this way, Higashinoji and Urashima Publishing House reached a consensus.

Hosokawa Koharu, who had been watching his actions next to him, also breathed a small sigh of relief.

In fact, she is not as smooth as she seems on the surface.

After all, she is a new editor, having just graduated from college, so she naturally lacks experience in handling things.

but

As an editor! She still has the responsibility to guide Tonoji!

So she looked at Higashinoji, her eyes were level, her tone slowed down, and she asked patiently:

"By the way, Mr. Higashino, is there anything you don't understand about comic creation? After all, you are a new author, so it is normal for you not to understand some processes."

"Huh? No, what's wrong?"

Higashinoji glanced at Hosokawa Koharu strangely.

He was still sorting out the specific information about the contract just now, when he was caught off guard when he heard Hosokawa Koharu suddenly ask a question.

"Uh, really not? Are you sure?" Hosokawa Koharu coughed and took on the editor's appearance to teach: "For example, you don't know how to unfold the second chapter of "The Ring"."

"Ah, don't worry about Editor Hosokawa, I know how to draw the plot of the second episode."

Higashikata waved his hand, seemingly unconcerned.

If the plot starts to get stuck in the second episode, how can we continue to draw it? Isn't this a joke?

"Are you not stuck on the manuscript at all?" Hosokawa Koharu didn't believe it, she asked hurriedly, looking incredible.

Higashinoji is just a newcomer, just like himself. How can he be so reassuring that there won't be any problems?

"There's no draft. I've almost finished drawing the second episode. I'll show it to Editor Hosokawa next time I come over."

Higashinoji was puzzled.

Why did Hosokawa Koharu suddenly become anxious?

"Then do you need a manga assistant? Urashima Publishing House can help you contact an excellent manga assistant to help you draw backgrounds and so on."

Hosokawa Koharu was anxious.

She didn't know why she was anxious.

Maybe it's because Higashinoji's performance is so reliable and impeccable that she, a new editor, can't sit still——

I am the editor who wants to guide you! How could you not let me guide you?

"No need. I'm used to drawing by myself."

Higashinoji became more and more strange, and he looked at Hosokawa Koharu.

Higashinoji's main skill, 'Empathy', can only work if he draws it himself, so he basically doesn't hire any assistants.

"So, do you have any difficulties, Mr. Dongye? Let me know and I might be able to help you."

She couldn't help but speak.

Isn't this something wrong? ! Why is there no problem with Higashikata?

There must be something wrong with you, right? If you have no problem, how can I slap the confused author like the famous editor in the TV series?

She looked at Higashikata with hope.

"Uh" Higashinoji wanted to answer 'no', but looking at Hosokawa Koharu's appearance, he felt that even if he didn't have any difficulties, the other party would forcefully create some difficulties for him.

So he was silent for a while, and then said cheerfully: "Not yet, but if there are any difficulties, I will immediately call and ask Editor Hosokawa how to solve it."

"Ah, okay."

This answer did not satisfy Hosokawa Koharu, and she sighed with regret.

It seems that the road to becoming a famous editor is still far away.

She roughly sorted out the manuscript of "The Ring", looked at the time and said:

"Then the next submission time will be next week, Mr. Higashino. Is that okay?"

"Ah, that's no problem."

Higashikata nodded.

He has almost finished drawing the second episode of "Midnight Ring", and he can start drawing the third episode quite quickly, so of course there won't be any problems.

"Okay. That's the end of the work. But Mr. Higashino, you can ask me if you don't understand anything. I'm an editor and I know a lot."

Hosokawa Koharu closed the briefcase and said a little reluctantly.

This look is a bit humble, as if he is begging Higashinoji to ask a question.

After she finished packing her things, she looked at Higashikata and regained some of her energy: "Let's go eat, Mr. Higashino. I wish us a happy cooperation."

This seems to be the tradition of Urashima Publishing House. After reaching a cooperation with a new author, the editor will treat him to a meal and connect with him at the table.

This is undoubtedly a very adult approach, and Koharu Hosotani has always wanted to do something with an adult atmosphere, so he seems a little excited.

She has always suffered from the fact that she has no authors under her, and she usually can only watch her fellow senior editors take their authors out to dinner - she is extremely envious.

Now that I have finally caught an author, why don't I take him to the wine table to communicate with each other?

How can this be! ?

Then the next moment——

Her cheerful face fell.

Because that’s what Higashinoji answered.

"Sorry, I still have some things to deal with at home, so I can't accompany you today. I'd better treat Editor Hosokawa to a meal some other time."

This was too social, and it almost choked Hosokawa Koharu to death if he kept his pace.

She looked at Higashinoji, and inexplicably felt that this amiable young man was more of a social person than she was.