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Does Mr. Higashino not want to submit the manuscript?

Editor Oshima subconsciously had this thought in his mind, but quickly shook his head and wiped it away.

You must know that Higashinoji's comics have never been serialized due to anything from their debut to the present. This is Higashinoji's golden signature. He can't ruin his reputation just because of this simple personnel change, right?

Besides, it’s not like Hosokawa Koharu won’t come back.

The more Editor Oshima thought about it, the less likely it seemed, so he shook his head, thinking that he was probably too sensitive and overthinking.

After all, I had just received the news that I had become the editor of Higashinoji, and then I was immediately informed that he was a nanny, taking care of it on behalf of Hosokawa Koharu. When the time came, I would have to return Higashinoji directly, so I started to think wildly.

Moreover, the author Higashinoji has always had a good sense of time and rarely delays manuscripts. Editor Oshima has great confidence in Higashinoji.

So the next thing is to take the initiative to call Higashinoji and ask for the manuscript, or to wait for Higashinoji to call and go to his house to pick up the manuscript?

Generally speaking, a mature editor will naturally take the initiative to call the author to inquire about the status of the manuscript.

But unlike Higashinoji, he is already a mature printer. Just like there is a saying outside that says, "It's time for you to mature on the keyboard. It's time to learn to code by yourself." A mature comic author like Higashinoji doesn't need to be pushed at all. I will also spit out original manuscripts continuously.

The most important thing is that Higashino Tsukasa is the mainstay author of Urashima Publishing House. Unlike other manga authors, he has just taken over Higashino Tsukasa. It would be inappropriate to call him rashly to urge him.

Therefore, Editor Oshima prepared to wait for a while, waiting for Higashinoji to take the initiative to call.

Then two hours passed——

"No call!"

There really was no call.

Editor Oshima touched his head: "This is unscientific."

Teacher Higashino really didn’t call?

In the past, when he was chatting and spanking with Hosokawa Koharu, Tonoji would often take the initiative to call him. His differential treatment was too different from that of Editor Hosokawa, right? This is simply no news.

Is it because I am a male editor?

The longer Editor Oshima waited, the less confident he became, and he was obviously a bit cranky.

But he soon regained his energy.

"According to general principles, it shouldn't be like this. Moreover, Mr. Higashino is a mature author. Of course, he will weigh the pros and cons and suspending the publication will not be good for him."

Thinking of this, Editor Oshima felt confident again, and he felt that he could do it again.

"That's right! I have to have confidence in Mr. Higashino!"

He muttered to himself.

Then another two or three hours passed.

"No call, no intention of calling at all."

Editor Oshima stared at the company's landline phone with red eyes, feeling quite haggard.

There were two phone calls just now, but those two phone calls had nothing to do with him. They were calls from other authors coming to submit manuscripts.

He couldn't help but scratch his hair and looked at the time again.

It's already five or six in the afternoon, and if it continues until the evening, I will have to get off work.

"It's better to take the initiative to call." Editor Oshima originally wanted to shout, "I want to believe Mr. Higashino," but it was already five or six o'clock.

Editor Hosokawa next to me was also away to discuss handover matters, so he was not here either.

Editor Oshima could only take out a telephone contact book from his desk.

Every editor has this thing. It mainly contains the contact information of each comic author who is serializing "Abominable Chill". Of course, Higashinoji's name is also on it - Higashinoji's name is very conspicuous, so he was immediately put on it. Being ranked first on the first page is considered the treatment of a leading author, so it is particularly easy to find.

Editor Oshima quickly found Higashino Tsukasa's contact information, and made the call with some uneasiness in his heart.

He is now afraid that Higashinoji won't even answer the phone.

Fortunately, Higashinoji did not disappoint Editor Oshima this time. He immediately picked up the phone before the blind tone sounded twice: "Hello? Who is this?"

His tone was also quite kind, which made Editor Oshima feel more confident.

Editor Oshima let out a breath: "Hello, Mr. Higashino, I am your editor-in-chief for the time being, Oshima Sapien."

"Ah, it turns out it's Editor Oshima." Higashino Tsukasa over there made a sudden sound: "Chief Editor Urashima has already told me about Editor Oshima, so please give me some advice."

The other party greeted him with a smile, which made Editor Oshima feel more at ease.

Mr. Higashino is indeed a reasonable author, at least he didn’t scold him directly like Editor Oshima imagined.

He was relieved and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Higashino has accepted me as the temporary editor, I also want to fulfill the responsibility of the editor. Can I go over and pick up the manuscript of "Unnatural Death" now?"

After saying this, Editor Oshima kept smiling and waited for Higashinoji's reply.

And Higashinoji over there did not hesitate at all, and quickly responded: "Sorry, Editor Oshima, I just came back from traveling, and the manuscript of "Unnatural Death" is not ready yet. Can you please wait a moment? ?”

Higashikata's voice sounded a little embarrassed.

Why?

Not ready?

Editor Oshima was stunned when he heard Higashinoji's words.

This is the first time I've heard of it.

In the past, when Hosokawa Koharu received manuscripts, he basically just made a phone call and agreed on a time. After all, is it really possible for a printer like Higashinoji to not have the manuscript ready?

But to be honest, I really didn’t have that much time to prepare when I just came back from traveling. I still have a lot of things to pack.

Editor Oshima cannot deify Higashinoji anymore. I really think he has the ability to spit out the manuscript from his mouth.

So he quickly asked: "The deadline for "Unnatural Death" is the day after tomorrow. Can Mr. Higashino hand over the manuscript to me before the day after tomorrow?"

When a publishing house prints a magazine, it needs to send the original manuscript and specific design to the printing factory first, and it also takes time from printing to release. The deadline is something that barely stays on this timeline.

After hearing this, Tonoji over there did not hesitate and replied politely: "Sorry, Editor Oshima, I will try my best to complete the manuscript before the deadline."

Editor Oshima took the opportunity to exchange a few words with Higashinoji. After the whole exchange, he felt very comfortable.

Because Higashinoji is so good at talking, in a sense, it completely satisfied all his fantasies about the author as an editor.

Be polite, courteous, don't embarrass others, be reasonable, and speak in a controlled manner.

This kind of early fame and no arrogance of the author is too rare.

"Sure enough, Mr. Higashino can still believe it."

Editor Oshima gained confidence again, muttered cheerfully, and turned around to prepare for receiving the manuscript tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

He felt that he still had to make a good impression when meeting for the first time, so he planned to take out his formal suit that he had not worn much and was going to use it for a blind date.

Although it's not a blind date, meeting Higashinoji is equivalent to having a half-kiss!

Make sure you make money!

He thought happily.

A grown man is as happy as a little girl who wants to meet her boyfriend.

Then--

"No call. He didn't call."

If we say that in the past two days, Oshima Sapien was like a little girl waiting for her sweet first love, smiling at everyone, looking like she was taking a shower of spring breeze.

So today's Homo sapiens Oshima is like a sensitive and irritable middle-aged woman who has entered menopause.

He stared at his landline phone on the table, feeling melancholy for a moment.

As an editor, he certainly knew that waiting for news from the author wouldn't work, but no matter how many times he called in the past two days, Higashino always fooled him with a cheerful smile.

It's an emergency. There's a notice from the school asking him to show up. It's not convenient right now. There's not much time. There's still a little time left.

In short, there are various reasons.

But what made Editor Oshima the most helpless was that when Higashino said these words, there were sounds of playing mahjong from time to time.

"bump!"

"Don't eat mine!"

These are the voices of several girls.

This gave Editor Oshima a bit of a headache.

You're already playing mahjong, but haven't you had time to prepare the manuscript for "Unnatural Death"?

But it was difficult for Editor Oshima to expose the other party. After all, Higashino had this attitude, and it was obvious that he did not want to submit the manuscript.

And it's not easy for him to accuse the other party, because Higashinoji's attitude towards him is very friendly, he talks with a smile from beginning to end, and there is never any rude words.

"It's better to call." Although he didn't have much hope, Editor Oshima still picked up the phone and called Higashinoji.

"Hello? Editor Oshima?"

"Teacher Higashino, today is already the deadline. How is the manuscript of "Unnatural Death" going?"

"Ah, you are talking about the manuscript of "Unnatural Death"." Higashinoji over there made a sound of realization: "I'm sorry, Editor Oshima, can you give me a little more time? Just give me a little more time. I can definitely finish it. of."

Editor Oshima often hears this from manga authors who put off drafts. On the first day, they say they can definitely finish it. On the second day, they say they are still close to progress. On the third day, they say they can definitely catch up with a little more time.

But he didn't expect that one day he would hear such words from Higashinoji's mouth that could only be said by a writer who was procrastinating on his manuscript.

With no other choice, he could only respond to Toyesi. After hanging up the phone, he stood up and walked to the editor-in-chief's office.

Editor-in-chief Urashima has been feeling a little uneasy lately. Although he has repeatedly requested that Hosokawa Koharu be appointed as the editor-in-chief of Higashino Division, the leadership has never given any feedback.

This makes people like him who are caught in the middle very uncomfortable.

Although it is uncomfortable, the work that needs to be done still needs to be done well.

In a few days it will be the release date of "Chill" again.

If last year was the year when "Cold" regained the dignity of the three major comics companies, then this year is the year when "Cold" returned to its peak.

The weekly "Abominable Chill" has recovered from its continuous decline to the current recovery, and even has a vague tendency to suppress other major publishing houses. At least half of the credit for all this can be attributed to Higashinoji, who continues to produce high-quality works.

"Unnatural Death" takes this craze even higher.

And because the plot of "Unnatural Death" has recently reached its climax, many readers are looking forward to the next development, so Higashinoji's situation can be said to be very serious.

"But I can also understand Mr. Higashino's feeling of wanting to end it."

Editor-in-chief Urashima sighed.

When Tsukasa Higashino was unwilling to make a sequel to "The Ring", editor-in-chief Urashima had already discovered it.

Higashino Tsukasa is the kind of author who really wants to create good works. Each of his comics is completed neatly and neatly, without any sloppiness at all - this kind of thing is a rare thing in the comics industry, and there are many After comics authors become famous, they desperately want to maintain their serialization qualifications, because as long as they maintain their serialization qualifications until the single volume is published, the comics author can make a lot of money.

That's real money! It's a temptation that no comic book author can resist.

But Higashinoji just doesn't take the usual path.

No matter what comic it is, I will never hesitate when it’s time to end it, and I will never continue it.

To be honest, Editor-in-Chief Urashima admires this kind of person who has no interest in money and only wants to pursue a higher level.

All he could say was try to help.

"It's useless to think about it so much. The most important thing now is the serialization of "Unnatural Death"."

It seems that Editor Oshima has been giving feedback these days that Mr. Higashino did not turn in the manuscript on time?

Just when Editor-in-Chief Urashima was about to go out to inquire about the specific situation.

There was a knock on the door of his office, and as he was being welcomed in, Editor-in-Chief Urashima heard what the other person said.

"Chief Editor Urashima, Mr. Higashino's "Unnatural Death" may be temporarily suspended this week."

This could be described as an opening lightning strike.

Editor-in-chief Urashima didn't even react.

After a while, he understood the meaning of Editor Oshima's words and couldn't help but frowned.

He had never expected that Higashinoji would delay the manuscript.

".What is the specific situation?" Chief Editor Urashima asked.

Editor Oshima had no choice but to tell Chief Editor Urashima word for word what had happened in the past few days.

Higashinoji's attitude was very clear. He obviously didn't want to submit the manuscript. He said, "Don't you want it to end?" Then never let it end’.

After listening to Editor Oshima's explanation, Chief Editor Urashima felt a slight pain in his head.

He never thought that Toyoji would adopt such a method.

And it just so happens that I'm still stuck on a dead line.

"What should we do next? Chief Editor Urashima?" Editor Oshima asked from the side.

He can be regarded as a victim who was innocently involved. If the editor-in-chief Urashima blames him for poor communication, that would be really bad luck.

Editor-in-chief Urashima rubbed his temples: "There is no other way. We have to hand over the scanned data to the printing house today. The publication of "Unnatural Death" can only be temporarily suspended."

"Do we really want to suspend the publication?" Editor Oshima was stunned.

Normally, he would never ask such stupid questions. After all, it was the leader who made the decision.

However, "Unnatural Death" is suspended.

This can be said to be the first-class event in "Cold".

That is a national-level comic.

If it really stops publishing, it will have a huge impact on "Aversion to Cold".

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Editor-in-chief Urashima shook his head.

Who knew that a person who usually doesn't do pigeons can be so powerful once he gets up?

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