Tokyo life starting with painting

The leader who strongly requested the transfer of Hosokawa Koharu is named Odakajiro. In fact, his experience is not that long. He is a young man in his mid-twenties.

The reason why he can sit in the leadership position at such a young age is that no, it cannot be considered a leadership position. Jiro Odaka is the deputy director of the Human Resources Department and is responsible for a certain degree of personnel transfer at Urashima Publishing House. In a sense, he can only be described as a quasi-leader.

And the reason why he can sit in this position is because he has a good brother-in-law, who is the vice president of Urashima Publishing House. Many people want to sell him face.

If I have to say it, this guy is actually a related household. Simply because his brother-in-law is in a high position, he can get some authority to give orders.

This is actually a very common thing in the Japanese workplace.

Those things like 'the youngest police officer in history' and 'the youngest president in history' were published in newspapers.

Most of these people have family backgrounds in the police or financial circles, and their families can promote them to high positions with just words.

That's how it is in Japan.

Editor-in-chief Urashima was only a little wary of his brother-in-law, and of course he had no intention of currying favor with a young boy like Odakajiro.

That is to say, the atmosphere in which people around him only valued his brother-in-law and no one valued him at all made Otakajiro particularly sensitive.

Moreover, in the eyes of Jiro Otaka, "Unnatural Death" is a work that cannot be completed. Even if Higashinoji, the author, applied to Koharu Hosokawa for completion, he could not simply agree.

He immediately asked Hosokawa Koharu to reject Higashinoji's request, but he didn't know what medicine the female editor had taken wrong, and she actually argued with him.

This made Otakajiro feel offended.

As I have said many times before, in Japan, the status of women in the workplace is very low. Even if they go to court, the chief judge of the court will favor male testimony when choosing between male and female testimony. This is often seen in news or TV works. This kind of bridge.

Even a female editorial team leader contradicted him face to face, even plausibly. This somewhat frustrated Otakajiro.

He was a little overwhelmed, even unbelievable, and his expression immediately changed.

After Hosokawa Koharu left, he directly contacted the personnel department and transferred Hosokawa Koharu directly.

——This is a small thing.

At least that's how it looks in Otakajiro's eyes.

After all, he just transferred Hosokawa Koharu from Higashinoji's position as editor. After all, since Hosokawa Koharu cannot convince Higashinoji, then let other editors persuade Higashinoji to continue drawing.

And he didn’t fire her or directly kick her out of Urashima Publishing House. There’s no need to worry about it at all.

Originally, Otakajiro thought so.

but

"Unnatural Death is off this week?"

When Otakajiro got the news, he showed a bit of disbelief.

"Unnatural Death" is on hiatus? And it’s still suspended for no reason?

No, there should be a reason.

"Is it because of that female editor?" Otakajiro suddenly thought of Hosokawa Koharu, but soon he frowned and shook his head.

The editable transfer will not affect Higashinoji's interests.

To use an inappropriate analogy, even if Higashinoji does not serve as editor, as long as he submits the manuscript and "Unnatural Death" continues to be serialized, he will still make money, he will still be the Higashino printer, and he will still be Urashima Publishing The author who is a pillar of the society.

This is a very simple reason. Toyoshi can just lie down and make money. After all, fundamentally speaking, the appointment of the editor has no interest in Higashinoji.

Otakajiro decided to ask the editor-in-chief Urashima about the specific situation. He took the phone over and dialed directly.

The call was quickly connected, and at the same time the voice of Editor-in-Chief Urashima came: "Hello? Vice Minister Ogao, what can I do for you?"

Editor-in-chief Urashima was already in a depressed mood, and he no longer followed any unspoken workplace rules, so he directly started greeting the 'vice minister'.

Otakajiro's heart sank when he heard the other party's tone.

Could it be true that it has something to do with him?

He didn't think too much and asked simply: "Chief Editor Urashima, I heard that "Unnatural Death" will be closed this week. Is it true?"

"That's right. This news has been sent to the human resources department." Urashima's editor-in-chief listened to Otakajiro's somewhat eager questioning voice. He actually smiled instead of getting angry and asked happily.

The subtext of his words was obvious.

Since the news of the publication's suspension has spread from the editorial department to the human resources department, basically the senior management should know about it.

At that time, it won’t be Editor-in-Chief Urashima who will bear the pressure, but Otakajiro.

You must know that although the marketing volume of "Abominable Cold" does not account for the vast majority of Urashima Publishing's marketing volume, it is definitely the most critical and mainstream component of Urashima Publishing's marketing volume.

Otherwise, why is Urashima Publishing House known as one of the three major comics companies?

"Is it because of the editor's transfer a few days ago? Or is Mr. Higashino simply unwell?" Jiro Otaka ignored the subtext of Chief Editor Urashima and continued to ask.

Editor-in-chief Urashima, who can be considered a quasi-high-level person, certainly does not have the qualifications to take action. We still need to ask the matter clearly here.

"Deputy Minister Odaka, I have said it before, Mr. Higashino is different from other authors. He wants to finish, so it is not something we can discuss. Especially on the transfer of Editor Hosokawa, I have said it several times ”

Editor-in-chief Urashima reminds me that he has always been very clear about his positioning.

Similarly, Editor-in-Chief Urashima has long known that Higashinoji is not an author he can control. If he really wants to negotiate, he will just negotiate with Higashinoji on behalf of the leadership.

After all, "Abominable Cold" is now too dependent on Higashinoji.

However, Otakajiro, who is in the human resources department, doesn't understand this and insists on making random noises and doing stupid things, so that he can wipe his ass. Editor-in-chief Urashima certainly doesn't have a good temper.

You asked me to wipe your ass and when things get too big, I'll be waiting to collect your body!

Editor-in-chief Urashima said this, and Otakajiro on the other side was also a little dazed.

He relied on his brother-in-law to get into this position and had certain authority, but if it harmed the interests of the company, his brother-in-law would not help him and would only kick him out.

This is obvious.

Otakajiro panicked all of a sudden. He didn't expect that just by transferring an editor, his position might not be saved.

"How dare Mr. Higashino do this? He maliciously suspended the publication. Are you not afraid that I will go to court? I remember there is a stipulation in the contract, right?" He murmured to himself.

And after hearing this guy's words, Editor-in-Chief Urashima on the other side couldn't help but rub his temples.

In other words, this guy's sister is a brother-supporting demon, otherwise he would have scolded her - she is really stupid and bad!

What's the point of going to court?

Although there are stipulations in the contract, Mr. Higashino also has countless excuses to make.

For example, he feels unwell, can't think of a good plot, and feels aches all over. As long as he gives some force majeure reasons and shows that he is not malicious in suspending publication, there is nothing Urashima Publishing can do.

After all, in terms of creation, the creator has the final right of interpretation. Higashinoji said that he suddenly suffered from schizophrenia and could no longer draw "Unnatural Death". Urashima Publishing here had nothing to do with him.

This is considered the creator's privilege, no matter how rogue you are, it doesn't matter.

And Urashima Publishing House would not be so stupid as to offend its own mainstay author.

However, for the sake of his colleagues, Editor-in-Chief Urashima did not say too harshly.

He gave the other party a reminder: "Otaka-kun, I think it would be better for you to apologize to Mr. Higashino or Editor Hosokawa now, with a more sincere attitude."

After finishing speaking, Editor-in-Chief Urashima added: "Otherwise, in the end, you will just obey the orders of the top management and apologize. You still have a bright future. Don't ruin your future because of this kind of thing."

Of course, these words were lies to comfort Otakajiro. In the opinion of Chief Editor Urashima, Otakajiro's future was probably gone.

After this incident, the people above him will probably have a bad feeling about him. After all, he climbed up through the ranks through connections, but instead of doing a good job, he turned a good situation into this -

These words brought Otakajiro back to his senses.

Apologizing is easier said than done.

Especially Hosokawa Koharu, strictly speaking, is below him.

He hung up the phone and sat in his office chair to think, but before he could think for long, someone suddenly called from the other side.

It was a call from the executive committee of Urashima Publishing House.

Higashinoji is in a pretty good mood now.

He didn't just start fishing without doing anything as the outside world thought.

He conscientiously drew two chapters of "Unnatural Death" in advance, and at the same time received news from the editor-in-chief Urashima.

It turned out that Otakajiro, who was in charge of personnel transfer, was dragged to a meeting and was scolded severely at the meeting.

This surprised Tonoji somewhat.

Although he had previously expected that Urashima Publishing House would value him very much, he held a special meeting for "Unnatural Death"

This was indeed something he didn't expect, let alone criticizing Otakajiro, the quasi-leader, in the meeting.

But what Higashinoji didn't expect was that Otakajiro actually took the initiative to visit him later, and bowed his head to admit his mistake.

His attitude was extremely sincere, his eyes were red, and he almost didn't want to sit down to serve him.

Although Higashikata didn't like this person very much, it was clear that he came here to plead guilty, so even he couldn't turn him away with a cold face.

The most important thing is that after being scolded, Otakajiro came to plead guilty. This was obviously the behavior of the senior management of Urashima Publishing House who wanted to be on good terms with Higashinoji.

Although Higashinoji has made enough money, there is no need to break up with Urashima Publishing House just because of a big Takajiro.

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"Urashima Publishing House is too focused on the sales of "The Cold"," Higashino said as he watched Otakajiro leave, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

The first thing the other party came to visit was to apologize, and the second thing was to tell him that Editor Hosokawa had resumed his status as editor-in-chief.

Regardless of face or reason, Urashima Publishing House has shown the utmost sincerity.

This is only the first week of hiatus.

Originally, Tonoji was prepared for a protracted war and took a break of ten or twenty weeks.

Obviously, Higashino underestimated the influence of "Unnatural Death".

But even so, Higashinoji has not changed his intention to finish "Unnatural Death".

Yes.

The decision to end "Unnatural Death" will never change no matter what we say.

While Higashinoji was thinking about this, Hosokawa Koharu on the other side did not expect that things would unfold so dramatically.

Otakajiro made a private appointment with her and took the initiative to apologize to her.

That was the kind of leadership figure that the deputy director of the human resources department could fire her from.

This kind of person actually takes the initiative to apologize to his little editorial team leader

Hosokawa Koharu suddenly thought of the turmoil caused by the suspension of "Unnatural Death" this week.

Do you still rely on Mr. Higashino in the end?

"I really want to thank Mr. Higashino so much."

Hosokawa Koharu was a little moved.

Although she was in trouble because of the ending of "Unnatural Death", Higashinoji would come to help in time at the critical moment.

She kept this kindness in mind and did not continue to say anything.

Just as Hosokawa Koharu was thinking this, Editor Oshima on the other side looked over and asked curiously: "Team Leader Hosokawa, are you ready to receive the manuscript?"

"Ah, yes, I have this plan. Mr. Higashino just called me and said that the manuscript of "Unnatural Death" has just been completed. Because of the suspension of publication, I want to go and pick it up quickly."

Hosokawa Koharu responded politely.

"Really?" Editor Oshima felt uncomfortable after hearing this.

When I'm with him, Higashinoji's "Unnatural Death" is always in the past continuous tense.

But once Koharu Hosokawa was replaced, "Unnatural Death" became the present perfect tense. The difference in treatment was too obvious.

Editor Oshima sighed deeply: "It seems that only Team Leader Hosokawa can win Mr. Higashino."

"Don't make such a joke on me, Editor Oshima."

"Team Leader Hosokawa doesn't know how many tricks Mr. Higashino has tried to avoid handing in the manuscript. Forget it, I won't disturb Team Leader Hosokawa and you can accept the manuscript."

"Then I'm rude."

Hosokawa Koharu replied, then picked up her bag and prepared to leave the Urashima editorial office.

But before she could take a few steps, a voice came from behind her: "Editor Hosokawa, you are here. It just so happens that President Osawa seems to have something to ask you."

ah?

Hosokawa Koharu subconsciously stopped and when he turned his head, an incredible emotion or disbelief surged in his heart.

President Osawa is looking for her?

Find her a small editorial team leader?

That is the real person in charge of Urashima Publishing House. He is completely different from someone like Otakajiro. He is the core of the entire operation of Urashima Publishing House.

What else can the other party do to find her?

Hosokawa Koharu subconsciously thought of Higashinoji.

But she couldn't ask, so she could only nod and follow Editor-in-Chief Urashima to the president's office.

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