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Chapter 287 Why did you say you offended Higashinoji (4000 words)

Before receiving the call, Hosokawa Koharu was in a pretty good mood.

But after answering the phone, she was speechless. It took her a long time to understand the meaning of Higashinoji's words: "Teacher Higashino, do you mean that the plan is over?"

According to her relationship with Higashinoji, they usually refer to each other as 'you' and 'me', but this time they directly used the honorific 'you'. You can imagine her current confusion.

It was indeed quite confusing because in the morning she was still discussing with Editor Oshima whether Higashinoji would finish the book. At that time, Hosokawa Koharu still had a sense of luck, but in the afternoon Higashinoji gave her a full blow. Base hit.

The ball was too fast, and Hosokawa Koharu was a little unable to catch it.

"Yes, it is indeed planned to be over." Higashinoji replied with a smile.

"Unnatural Death" has entered the final stage, and there are about five chapters left. In other words, it can be completed in one single volume, which means it will be completed in a little more than a month.

For a national-level manga like "Unnatural Death" to be completed, it would take at least a month for Hosokawa Koharu and his editorial department to prepare it.

Fortunately, on the other hand, Hosokawa Koharu has also cooperated with Higashinoji for too long, and she is more receptive to Higashinoji's wild ideas than others.

She thought about it for a while, then took the initiative to speak: "Teacher Dongye, although I have told you many times, you may be a little tired of it, but I still have to tell you the gains and losses."

She couldn't stop Higashinoji from wanting to end it. After all, this was Higashinoji's wish.

But as an editor, you must tell Higashinoji one by one about your gains and losses. Only then can you fulfill your job responsibilities.

"The situation of "Unnatural Death" cannot be compared with the previous "Midnight Bell" and "The Winner is Justice". It can be regarded as the first work of Mr. Higashino to break into the sales ceiling of Japanese comics."

Hosokawa Koharu continued: "So, finishing "Unnatural Death" is not something I can decide in one sentence. I hope Mr. Higashino can understand this."

Higashinoji naturally understood what the other party said. "Unnatural Death" is now the only national-level comic produced by Urashima Publishing House. With "Unnatural Death", Urashima Publishing House's "Abominable Cold" can be said to have made a lot of money. attracted the attention of Japanese comic lovers.

To be blunt, even if you don't read comics and don't know the comic magazine "Abominable Chill", you will definitely be familiar with the name "Unnatural Death".

This is just like Japan's "Doraemon" and "Chibi Maruko-chan" back then.

The work "Unnatural Death" is no longer just for Higashinoji personally, it can now affect the entire Urashima Publishing House.

It's really not that easy to finish.

If Higashinoji insists on ending it, the higher-ups may put pressure on Hosokawa Koharu.

Maybe the team leader who has not yet taken the position of Rehu will have to step aside to make way for someone else.

but

"If Mr. Higashino wants to finish this, he still has to help."

Hosokawa Koharu shook his head, thinking so.

She didn't know what the relationship was between other editors and her own authors, but it could be said that she had a half-life relationship with Higashino Tsukasa.

At least two-thirds of the credit for Hosokawa Koharu's success today can be attributed to Higashinoji's continuous good works.

The relationship between her and Tonoji is more like that of family and friends than business partners.

No matter what others think about burning bridges across rivers, at least Hosokawa Koharu cannot do it.

"So I want to ask Mr. Higashino one more thing. Do you really plan to finish "Unnatural Death"?"

Hosokawa Koharu did not force Higashinoji, but asked rationally.

"Yeah. I still plan to finish it. But Editor Hosokawa, you don't have much problem there, right?"

After Higashino answered, he added another question.

Hosokawa Koharu's position is different from his own. If the other party insists on ending it, Hosokawa Koharu on the other side may be under a lot of pressure.

"On my side" Hosokawa Koharu paused, then laughed: "No problem. How could there be a problem? Don't worry, I will negotiate for you later, Mr. Higashino."

"Yeah?"

"That's right, "Unnatural Death" has been completed. That's a full fifty chapters. The result this time is pretty good, Mr. Higashino, at least it lasted until the length of the novella."

Hosokawa Koharu joked with a smile and changed the topic.

"It's not bad, at least there's progress." Higashino agreed.

The two chatted for a while, and then Hosokawa Koharu hung up the phone, stood up and looked towards the editor-in-chief's office.

Her heart was pounding.

Is it really that easy to end "Unnatural Death", which has squeezed into the ranks of comics?

She was a little unsure, but still planned to give it a try.

With this thought in mind, Hosokawa Koharu stood up and walked into the chief editor's office.

At the same time, Higashinoji here also put down his mobile phone, feeling a little unsure about the ending of "Unnatural Death".

He is not an employee of the editorial department, but he also knows that "Unnatural Death" is important to Urashima Publishing, which currently lacks high-quality comics.

Similarly, Higashinoji also knows that in his previous life, the mainstay comics such as "Naruto", "One Piece" and "Dragon Ball" were more or less delayed by the publishing house.

After all, at this level, your comics are no longer your comics to a certain extent - this is normal.

"I hope things go well for Editor Hosokawa." Higashinoji murmured.

After dealing with the matter of "Unnatural Death" that was about to come to an end, Tonoji didn't hesitate and lay down to rest after a simple wash.

We will go to see windmills tomorrow and then return to Tokyo the day after tomorrow. Of course we need to recuperate.

The next days passed quickly.

It's nothing more than resting, getting up, and going to see the Aomori windmills.

But to be honest, the windmills here are very different from the windmills in Higashinoji's impression.

It is a standard metal white windmill with very narrow blades and looks very thin and solid. It is not like a Dutch windmill that comes with its own wind wheel, and it also comes with its own body, which makes it look thick.

But even so, the densely erected windmills made Higashino feel very good - at least there were a lot of them, which made him quite satisfied.

Chihaya Higashino was also very happy and even took a photo with Yumi Takahashi and the others, looking very excited.

After visiting the Aomori Windmill, Higashinoji and the others had lunch there and experienced the fun of picking apples before setting off back to the hotel.

That's what he said, but in fact, only Higashinoji returned to the hotel.

The remaining girls, including Chihaya Higashino, rushed out together to buy Aomori Prefecture's specialties.

After all, there was still one night left, and their desire to shop could no longer be suppressed.

Higashinoji returned to the hotel alone and started packing his things.

Change of clothes, mobile phone charger, check wallet, check for leaks and make up for them

After Higashinoji's inspection work was completed, Higashino Chihaya and the others were almost back.

Among them, Konoe Ryoka and Fujiwara Aoi bought the least things and could be considered the simplest.

Aoi Fujiwara changed her lenses to new ones because her glasses were no longer powerful enough. She also bought some apple-filled snacks from Aomori Prefecture to take home to her parents.

Konoe Ryoka changed into a new bra and bought some snacks for the car. She didn't buy any specialties, but her eyes were more or less dodgey when she secretly showed Higashinoji the bag.

I guess my breasts are a bit bigger, I'm sorry.

But Higashinoji clearly didn't care.

They are all lying on the same bed, and they usually sleep with each other in their arms. There are already many places that should be touched or rubbed, so there is not much point in dodging.

However, considering Konoe Ryoka's face, Higashinoji turned to look at Higashino Chihaya and Takahashi Yumi.

The two of them were more exaggerated, carrying large and small bags in their hands.

Takahashi Yumi was coaxed by the store to buy a lot of specialties, such as snake oil and salted vegetables.

But these are nothing.

The most important thing is that she also bought a stuffed doll, the mascot of Aomori Prefecture.

This thing is more or less weird than Kumamon. It has an apple blossom, the prefectural flower of Aomori Prefecture, on its head. Its whole body is blue, and its tail is still a beech leaf. The overall look is very strange. .

At least Higashinoji doesn't think this thing is cute.

But Yumi Takahashi was obviously in a good mood. She hugged the thing and said she wanted to sleep with it at night.

As for Chihaya Higashino on the other side.

She looked a little proud. When Higashinoji looked over, she showed him the contents of the bag and was still mumbling: "Look, Asi, this is for you to eat, and this is for you to wear." , this is for you.”

To be honest, Higashinoji is quite grateful that his sister has such thoughts.

But there are some things that he obviously doesn't need.

What are these boxer briefs with cartoon apple designs and apple-scented soap?

Higashinoji felt that Aomori Prefecture might have trouble with apples, and everything would be related to apples.

Obviously no boys would wear apple-print boxer briefs.

It took them until midnight to sort out their belongings. During this period, it was not easy for Tonoji to help. After all, they had some personal belongings that he, a boy, was not allowed to see.

Just like that, the time came to the last day.

Higashino checked out of the room, consciously carrying large and small bags of specialties and heading straight to the station.

Perhaps it was because they were tidied up too late yesterday, so Konoe Ryoka and the other girls fell asleep and rested as soon as they got in the car.

This is probably the quietest time they have had in the past few days.

Higashino took a look, shook his head with a smile, took out a magazine and started reading.

The entire carriage was still very quiet, except for the occasional cough from other passengers, there was basically not much movement.

But before Higashinoji could enjoy the quiet time, his cell phone, which was in his pocket and set to vibrate mode, buzzed.

Telephone?

Called at this time?

Higashino glanced at the number on the phone screen and raised his eyebrows.

Chief Editor Urashima

Seeing this unexpected name, Higashino sighed, then stood up and walked to the connection of the carriage to answer the phone.

After all, it is rude to other people to answer the phone in the carriage. There is a special cubicle here on the Shinkansen where you can make or answer the phone.

"Hello? Chief Editor Urashima?"

"Ah, Mr. Higashino, hello, I have something to tell you." Editor-in-chief Urashima's voice sounded normal, but the more it sounded like this, the more Higashino felt something was wrong.

Because generally speaking, I usually contact the editor-in-chief, Hosokawa Koharu, and if anything happens, I contact Urashima Publishing through Editor Hosokawa.

Today, I suddenly changed to the editor-in-chief Urashima. If you tell Higashinoji that nothing unexpected happened, Higashinoji will definitely not believe it.

In addition, yesterday Higashinoji communicated with Hosokawa Koharu about the ending of "Unnatural Death"

"What I'm about to say next may be a little hard for you to accept, Mr. Higashino, but I still hope you can listen to me. Editor Hosokawa is no longer your editor in charge. We have transferred her to Mr. Kuromiya's editor in charge. .”

Koharu Hosokawa became Akisa Kuromiya's editor?

After hearing this, Higashinoji's eyebrows that were still twitching suddenly relaxed, and he asked calmly: "Why?"

Well.

Editor-in-chief Urashima, who was in charge of speaking here, felt helpless in his heart when he heard Higashinoji's suddenly cold tone.

But what can we do?

This personnel transfer is not something he, the editor-in-chief, can make the decision about, and Editor Hosokawa yesterday

Editor-in-chief Urashima shook his head helplessly: "Anyway, I hope you can come to Tokyo to talk about the specific situation, right?"

"no problem."

As soon as he finished speaking, Editor-in-Chief Urashima heard a blind tone.

Obviously, it was Tonoji over there who hung up the phone directly.

The somewhat menacing attitude of Higashinoji made Editor-in-Chief Urashima a little helpless.

A temporary change of generals is a stupid move, let alone replacing the golden pair of Hosokawa Koharu and Higashino Tsukasa.

Of course, this was not something done by Editor-in-Chief Urashima, because he, as a bystander, knew the situation between Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu.

"Why did Editor Hosokawa suddenly come in yesterday to argue about the ending of "Unnatural Death"?"

Editor-in-chief Urashima shook his head helplessly.

"Unnatural Death" is now the lifeblood of Urashima Publishing House, and it is at least half of the credit for the rising sales of Urashima Publishing House.

Those in the leadership are not blind. Of course they understand the importance of "unnatural death".

Hosokawa Koharu suddenly bumped into him, and then argued for a long time. He was unwilling to negotiate with Higashino on behalf of the publishing house to continue serializing "Unnatural Death", so of course he was stabbed.

——Of course. After all, Editor Hosokawa is an editor in charge. Even if she becomes a team leader, she is essentially an upper-middle-level employee. People in the leadership will not think that she is indispensable to Higashinoji. .

"I can only say that he is still relatively young." Editor-in-chief Urashima shook his head.

If this matter were discussed with him first and then negotiated by him, even if it failed, Hosokawa Koharu would not be removed from the position of editor of Tono Division.

"Are you going to leave the rest of the negotiation task to me again?"

Editor-in-chief Urashima looked helpless.

He didn't want to offend Higashinoji - after all, he was strongly opposed to kicking out Editor Hosokawa.

Feeling uncomfortable? Why did you say you offended Higashino?

I have to say that Chief Editor Urashima still admires Hosokawa Koharu.

At least as a working woman, it is indeed very rare for her to be able to do this for her own comic book authors.

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