Tokyo life starting with painting

"Editor Hosokawa, well, that person over there, please be nicer to Mr. Higashino."

"Editor Hosokawa, I haven't seen Mr. Higashino for a long time. How is it? Have you asked him how he is doing recently? By the way, if you are under too much pressure, let him take a break from publishing for a while and take a rest."

"Edited by Hosokawa"

When Hosokawa Koharu returned to her seat, her face was confused.

She had already imagined that Higashinoji would reveal these miscellaneous things after the NHK interview, but who knew it would actually come to this point?

Early in the morning, many people asked her to inquire about her welfare, and some people even sighed and asked her if Higashino planned to take a break from publishing temporarily.

Yesterday's NHK interview was watched by many people from the editorial department. Although they did not have red eyes and shed tears like Riko Hasegawa and Ryoka Konoe, they still felt for a while - how could such a word be so tragic? !

Higashinoji is indeed the author of Hosokawa Koharu, but he is also the manga author of Urashima Publishing House. Rounding it all off, Higashinoji can be considered their author. When Higashinoji encountered these things, they felt a little uncomfortable.

So they all came over to ask and talk symbolically, which was just a formality to show that we were on good terms with each other.

This left Hosokawa Koharu a little speechless. She understood that these editors actually just wanted to make friends with Higashinoji. If there is an event in the future where manga authors collaborate, they can drag Higashinoji along with them. But this is too explicit. Acting Not even a show.

Hosokawa Koharu dealt with it one by one, and then spread out the "Japan Cool Music" magazine he just bought outside and scanned it.

This newspaper is particularly popular among Japanese youth. It has a logo system and its main content is divided into three types of logos. It is a great success, hot and popular.

Great success belongs to the mainstream of popular music in the current Japanese market. Hot means the current popularity of the music, and popularity means the number of people listening to the music continues to rise.

The more logos you get, the more popular the song is.

Hosokawa Koharu opened the magazine and took a quick look——

The green-yellow lemon cover comes into view.

It is no surprise that Higashinoji's "Lemon" can be said to have easily achieved success, popularity, and popularity in the magazine.

Below is an introduction to the lyrics of "Lemon", as well as an introduction by the author Higashino Tsukasa, which can be said to be very detailed.

The only thing that gave Hosokawa Koharu a headache was that the following introduction to Higashinoji was also described in the word "miserable".

Because of the death of his parents, the song "Lemon" expresses the memory of the deceased, and because of the reflection on his previous helpless situation of selling paintings, the reflection in "Lemon" has to be said. Higashino Tsukasa, a well-known manga The names of the author and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology are really useful.

At the end of its review of the song "Lemon", the music magazine pointed out that "Lemon" has an amazing momentum now and looks like it will top the weekly chart next week.

However, this magazine is quite smart and does not say anything to death, leaving a little room for discussion.

But even so, Hosokawa Koharu is also very satisfied.

When Higashinoji was praised, she felt quite comfortable, and she felt like, "Look, that's my cub."

Then the magazine pointed out that Yukie Oura, who also just released a new song, has been in a sluggish performance recently. Her new song "Bye Bye Bye" ranked fifth on the distribution list, and the physical CD was released. However, this result is really mediocre for Yukie Oura. I hope she can have more success. Better performance, sweeping away the decline.

"Oura Yukie" Hosokawa Koharu will naturally not forget this arrogant singer who treated her and Higashinoji very rudely.

She also made a special trip to several newspapers and magazines that had good relations with Urashima Publishing House to expose the fact that Oura Yukie ignored Higashinoji.

Although it didn't seriously damage Yuki Oura's vitality, it was enough to make her sick for a while - this was a good blow to Higashinoji!

Hosokawa Koharu no longer pays attention to "Lemon". It is really impressive to break into the weekly distribution list. It can bring many readers to "Unnatural Death". However, this impact is only temporary. Could it be that Higashinoji can still rely on "Lemon" "Is this song always a winner?

Even professional musicians in many music magazines maintain a pessimistic view - after all, Higashinoji is just a comic book author, and it is generally impossible to think about it.

"Now we have to look at the sales of "Unnatural Death" next week." Hosokawa Koharu thought to himself.

Indeed, as she thought, the problem now is how to use the popularity of the song "Lemon" to sell "Unnatural Death" to two million single copies and volumes.

The current average sales volume of "Unnatural Death" is 1.53 million, which basically does not fluctuate much.

To reach the Japanese manga ceiling of two million, an additional 470,000 sales will be needed

Can the song "Lemon" bring this number of readers to Higashinoji?

Even Hosokawa Koharu couldn't say for sure.

But no matter what! This is indeed the best chance for "Unnatural Death" to hit the sales ceiling.

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To be honest, this is the first work of Hosokawa Koharu I have seen in my life.

She once again admired Higashinoji.

There is no way that Mr. Higashino is indeed very capable, I really can’t accept it.

But if I miss this opportunity, I don’t know how long it will take Higashinoji to write a popular song like "Lemon" again.

"Ask me for my autograph?" Tonoji, who was scanning the notebook, said without looking back.

Of course it was Takahashi Yumi who asked for his autograph.

But what kind of wind is she blowing? Haven't you signed autographs for her many times?

In the past, Yumi Takahashi asked Higashino Tsukasa for his autograph during "The Ring", and then again for "The Righteous One", and then again for the "Midnight Ring" animated film.

Anyway, I probably signed my name seven or eight times here and there.

Tonoji almost wondered if this guy had sold all his autographs - someone actually bought it on the Internet for 4,500 yen (tax included) per autograph.

"It's those fans of Yukie Oura that time!" Yumi Takahashi chuckled mischievously: "After listening to "Lemon", they all lost their fans of Yukie Oura. They said that Mr. Higashino, your singing is better, so they asked I want your signature."

Then Yumi Takahashi put her hands on her hips and said, "I spent a lot of effort to get them to rebel!"

Rebellion is okay.

"Really?" Higashinoji was a little funny, but at the same time a little touched.

Although Takahashi Yumi is usually naive, she still stands by her at critical moments.

Not bad, really good.

He took out a pen from the table next to him and signed Yumi Takahashi's name with a swipe of his hand - and also gave a message in artistic fonts below, which can be said to be full of sincerity.

"Thank you, Mr. Higashikata, hehe. It's not in vain that I told Lianghua that."

"What's wrong with Ryoka?" Higashinoji was signing his name when he suddenly heard Yumi Takahashi talking about Konoe Ryoka and raised his head and asked suspiciously.

What kind of trouble has this guy caused to himself?

"It's nothing!" Takahashi Yumi suddenly shrank her head guiltily and covered her mouth to show that she didn't say anything.

This look of something haunting made Higashinoji's face gradually change, and his cheerful expression at first slowly turned serious.

Seeing Higashinoji's face gradually change, Takahashi Yumi also panicked and said hurriedly: "I really didn't do anything! I just let Lianghua play with the ball."

"Playing ball?" Higashinoji couldn't understand what Yumi Takahashi was talking about anymore.

He put the signed signature board aside and looked at Yumi Takahashi, waiting for her to explain.

Takahashi Yumi has a carefree personality.

Higashikata didn't even bother, he just stared at her calmly without saying a word, and she directly and aggrievedly told Higashino that 'you can rub it and you won't get angry'.

This brain circuit was completely unexpected by Higashinoji.

But to be honest, what Yumi Takahashi said makes sense. Men will not be angry as long as a girl coaxes them.

Yumi Takahashi did a good job in this matter, but Ryoka Konoe was a little too conservative in some aspects, which was not good.

After all, Konoe Ryoka could be shy for a while just by holding hands.

At the end, Takahashi Yumi still lowered her head and apologized softly; "I'm sorry, don't blame me. If you want to blame, blame Aoi. She brought it up first!"

Yumi Takahashi clearly understands the so-called death of her teammates but not herself. She directly puts the blame on Aoi Fujiwara.

This made Touyesi also burst into laughter: "Why should I blame you? I should be grateful instead."

Higashikata stopped talking.

But Higashinoji couldn't directly say thank you to her. Otherwise, if this guy's mouth spreads this kind of thing everywhere, wouldn't his reputation as 'Higashino, comic genius, rising oil painting star, Japanese pop music mainstream, father of Kumamon, Tsukasa' be ruined?

Of course this is not possible.

So Tonoji's expression relaxed a little, and he spoke in a calm tone: "Okay, Yumi, I don't blame you, it's just this kind of thing."

"I promise I won't do it again next time!" Takahashi Yumi breathed a sigh of relief, her pitiful look immediately disappeared, and she added.

"No." Higashi Yesi waved his hand and said seriously: "Next time, you have to increase your efforts."

"Huh?" Takahashi Yumi looked up in surprise.

"Look, the closer relationship between Lianghua and I is equivalent to the closer relationship between me and you and Aoi?"

"That's the truth"

"Don't you want to see Lianghua and I get closer?" Higashino asked again.

"Is that so?" Takahashi Yumi showed a look of realization: "I understand! Does it mean that Aoi and I will also be rubbed by Mr. Higashino?"

You know a hammer.

Higashinoji was caught off guard by her thoughts that jumped to the Milky Way, and before he could speak, he heard Takahashi Yumi's voice again.

"Forget about mine, Aoi's one can fly on a plane. Even if you touch it, Mr. Higashino, you won't feel it."

It sounds a little disgusting to hear this voice.

Tonoji glanced at Yumi Takahashi sideways, feeling that if he didn't stop this guy, she would tell all about her friend's physical development.

He stretched out his hand to stop Takahashi Yumi from continuing to speak, and then asked Takahashi Yumi to forget everything he just said - he shouldn't have thought about relying on this guy to push Konoe Ryoka.

As soon as Takahashi Yumi was settled by Higashino, she raised a new question: "Teacher Higashino, what are you doing?"

She had just been watching Higashino seem to be looking through something like network data, so she asked curiously.

"I'm looking at the network distribution and download curve of "Lemon"." Higashino replied to Yumi Takahashi, turning his head.

"Do you still need to watch it? "Lemon" must be the best of this week." Takahashi Yumi answered simply.

She is a fan of "Lemon" and will take a look at the online data from time to time.

Now the daily distribution downloads of "Lemon" have reached about 8,000, which is simply terrifying.

You must know that this is a paid download website. Each download of "Lemon" will bring in 400 yen in revenue. In other words, the song "Lemon" can generate more than 3 million yen in revenue every day. It is said that it is like sitting on a train. It’s not an exaggeration to rush up.

It ranks third on the distribution chart, and on the other side of the Oricon weekly digital singles chart, "Lemon" has quietly ranked at number 35.

But this is not enough

Nowadays, many music magazines and musicians generally believe that "Lemon" has a high probability of winning the weekly crown this time. However, it will be difficult to win consecutive weekly crowns after the weekly crown. It can only last for a month or two. After all, pop music changes. The speed is still very fast.

But in Higashinoji's impression, Kenshi Yonezu's "Lemon" will start the road to conquer the annual distribution charts, and truly dominate the digital singles rankings of the distribution charts and Oricon charts.

Although he is a low-end version and cannot compare to Kenshi Yonezu, his requirements are not high. He only needs to be the top player for three or four months in a row.

By then, "Unnatural Death" will be able to take advantage of this popularity and reach an average sales volume of two million volumes.

This is what Higashinoji thinks.

However, Tonoji did not tell Yumi Takahashi about this idea.

After all, this thing is too fantasy and smells like something out of a novel, and Takahashi Yumi probably won’t believe it either.

"No matter what, just try your best."

Tonoji has done what he needs to do, and now he has to accept the results.

Higashinoji groaned, then glanced at the rankings, and then he saw Yukie Oura struggling underneath him.

this person

Even Higashikata couldn't help but feel a little funny.

Yes, he was just gloating about his misfortune, and there was nothing unspeakable about it.

Higashinoji knew about the release of Yuki Oura's new song "Bye Bye Bye".

He also probably understood that the other party was probably preparing this new song, so he deliberately put "Lemon" on the other side

But she probably didn't expect that "Lemon", which she had rejected before, would kick her off the distribution list.

"The mission of kicking him has been completed."

Higashinoji muttered, and then he completely forgot about Yukie Oura and didn't care about him at all.

After all, he still has the "Unnatural Death" single book to prepare, so how can he have so much time to pay attention to Oura Yukie?

Besides, the other party should be convinced after losing this time. It’s unlikely that Oura Yukie became angry and furious and fired at Higashinoji, right?

It's impossible no matter how you think about it.

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