Tokyo life starting with painting

"Watch the Kohaku Uta Battle performance live?"

Konoe Ryoka and her two friends were relaxed at first when they heard the news from Higashinoji, and then they were a little surprised.

Among them, Takahashi Yumi, who likes to play the most, jumped up and held Higashinoji's hand: "Really? Mr. Higashino? Can you really go to watch the Kohaku Uta Battle live?"

Her face was full of excitement, as if she had already thought of the scene when she watched the Red and White Song Concert that night.

As mentioned before, the Red and White Song Battle is equivalent to the Japanese Spring Festival Gala. It is natural for little girls like Takahashi Yumi to yearn for the stars on it and feel excited.

"Well, I talked with people from NHK today. They are willing to prepare some tickets for me. If I have time, Yumi and Aoi, you can ask your parents to come with you."

Anyway, it’s just a few tickets, and Xiao Yuyan, as a member of the program team, will definitely not be short of tickets.

So Higashinoji simply sold a small favor to the parents of Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara.

"How are you doing? Do you want to go?" At this point, Higashino asked Takahashi Yumi.

"Go ahead! I'm definitely going! Aoi must be going too, right?"

Takahashi Yumi nodded excitedly, then turned around and looked at Fujiwara Aoi beside her.

"Don't make decisions for me casually," Fujiwara Aoi said hard once, but quickly bowed to Higashinoji: "Thank you, Higashino. I should be able to go, but I still need to ask my parents."

"I understand." Higashino nodded.

Both Yumi Takahashi and Aoi Fujiwara said that the Kohaku Uta Battle can free up time in the evening, so the next step is to watch Konoe Ryoka.

Higashinoji turned his head and looked at Konoe Ryoka on the other side - Why are you still hesitating here even though your two friends have agreed?

Konoe Ryoka was still thinking, but when Higashinoji looked at her like this, her originally calm mood was disturbed.

She was really hesitating, because during the New Year, her father would always call her back to Aomori Prefecture in advance, where there was a small family gathering - the Konoe family had a long history after all, and had all kinds of relatives.

So Konoe Ryoka will probably have to go back then.

Compared to dealing with that group of relatives.

Konoe Ryoka actually wanted to stay in Tokyo and spend the New Year with Higashinoji, Takahashi Yumi, and Fujiwara Aoi.

But this is just a thought for Konoe Ryoka. What else can she do in the end? It’s not like we can only go back to Aomori Prefecture.

It's just that Konoe Ryoka here hasn't spoken yet.

Over there, Yumi Takahashi looked over curiously: "By the way, Lianghua, what are you going to do?"

Well.

"I want to go back." Konoe Ryoka was about to answer Takahashi Yumi.

But before she could say anything, Higashinoji, who had been observing here, said with a smile: "What are you talking about, Yumi, of course Ryoka will go to the Kohaku Uta Battle with us."

Then Tonoji happily patted Takahashi Yumi: "What are you talking about, Yumi. Of course Lianghua will stay. We have both confirmed our relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, so naturally we will celebrate the New Year together."

"That's it." Takahashi Yumi nodded, showing an expression of sudden realization.

She had an "I understand" expression on her side, while Konoe Ryoka on the other side was panicked: "No, that, I might want to take it back."

"Don't worry, Lianghua."

Higashinoji stretched out his hand and cheerfully interrupted Konoe Ryoka's words:

"I understand what you mean. You are a little worried about not adapting to the atmosphere of the Kohaku Uta Battle, right?"

"No. I'm not like that."

"Then you are probably worried that your going to the scene will affect my performance? Don't worry, I won't get nervous and stage frightened because of such a trivial matter."

"No." Konoe Ryoka was speechless when she was intercepted by Higashinoji on the way.

She was about to collect her thoughts before saying something, but Fujiwara Aoi next to her couldn't help but said: "Higashino-san, you mean you will appear in the Kohaku Uta Battle?"

"Yes." Higashinoji nodded: "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't be able to get the ticket for the Kohaku Uta Battle."

When he finished saying this, he turned to look at Konoe Ryoka and sighed slightly: "Hey, luckily Ryoka will come over to watch me sing on stage, otherwise I will be lonely throughout the New Year. Think about it They all feel a little lonely.”

That is to say, Chihaya Higashino seems to be out on something and is not with Higashinoji now.

Otherwise, she would definitely get angry after hearing this - what's going on? Have you forgotten your sister when you have a girlfriend? Isn’t my sister a human being? Will your sister let you spend the New Year alone?

However, regardless of Chihaya Higashino's thoughts, Higashinoji's words were very damaging to Konoe Ryoka next to her.

She looked at Higashi Yesi cautiously, and then thought that Higashi Yesi might be "alone" during the Chinese New Year without her by his side, and she felt a little distressed at the moment.

She originally planned to go back to Aomori Prefecture, but now it seems she may not be able to.

"Let's talk to father." Konoe Ryoka made up her mind.

But what she didn't know was that her serious and determined look was directly caught in Tonoji's eyes.

It's rare for my girlfriend to have her own opinion. This is indeed rare.

Since Konoe Ryoka made her choice based on her own thoughts, he, as her boyfriend, had to help her no matter what.

He planned to call Konoe Tsushima privately after Konoe Ryoka returned and tell him that Konoe Ryoka would not be going back this year.

Higashinoji estimated that Konoe Tsushima would jump up in excitement by then.

After all, the other party has always cared about Konoe Ryoka. Now that his little cotton-padded jacket is about to be worn by someone else, Konoe Tsushima will definitely be very anxious.

but

Higashinoji is still confident of persuading the other party.

Even if he couldn't be persuaded in the end, there would be nothing he could do.

If you can't be convinced, then you can't be convinced. The worst case scenario is that you can keep Konoe Ryoka. Your girlfriend has such a soft temper, how can she still resist you?

Konoe Tsuima is far away in Aomori Prefecture. It can be said that distant water cannot save close fire. Moreover, he has company and other matters to deal with, so it is impossible for him to come to Tokyo no matter what.

So Higashinoji didn't actually panic.

The worst case scenario is to just break up the relationship over the phone, and wait until they meet in person to butter up the father-in-law. This is what middle-aged men do.

After figuring out this key point, Touyoshi calmly called Xiao Tamahiko.

He also had to inform the other party about participating in the Red and White Song Battle.

As for convincing Higashino Chihaya?

Does my sister still need to be persuaded?

As long as Higashinoji uses some tricks, Higashino Chihaya will definitely agree directly.

After all, Higashinoji knows Higashino Chihaya very well.

The next thing was much simpler. Takahashi Yumi and Fujiwara Aoi went home respectively.

Only when Konoe Ryoka was planning to go back next door, Higashinoji called her out specifically, saying that her father would find a solution on his own, so she didn't have to worry at all, and she didn't need to contact Konoe Tsushima.

This made Konoe Ryoka feel a little relieved, but at the same time she was a little embarrassed.

I originally planned to convince my father by myself, but in the end I had to help Higashinoji.

"Asi seems to be very confident in convincing my father."

Before leaving, Konoe Ryoka took a serious look at Higashinoji and said softly.

"Of course." Higashinoji answered righteously and sent Konoe Ryoka directly out the door, while not forgetting to warn:

"Don't worry, after I convince your father, remember not to contact your father, and don't answer the phone calls from your father. At most, he will just say something like hoping you pay attention to your safety. I will take the initiative to call you about these things. I discussed it with him in the past.”

"I understand. Aji." Konoe Ryoka nodded obediently.

Even though there seemed to be something wrong with what Higashinoji said, she subconsciously ignored it because she believed in Higashinoji too much.

This may be in response to the saying, "People's IQ will decrease when they are in love."

However, what Konoe Ryoka didn't know was that Higashinoji had a mentality of 'if you can't convince, then break up' to 'persuade' Konoe Tsuima.

If words can’t convince, then ‘physical distance’ can convince you.

After sending Konoe Ryoka away as well, Higashinoji waited for Higashino Chihaya who had just returned home.

Just as Higashinoji thought, when he heard that he might participate in the Kohaku Uta Battle, Higashino Chihaya immediately agreed with both hands and decided to go to the Kohaku Uta Battle site to see the situation.

——She used to be in the classical music department, and there might be some music authors she likes on site, so of course she doesn’t plan to miss it.

Seeing his sister taking the initiative to jump into the pit without even needing to fool him, Higashinoji was very happy that the other party trusted him, but he was also a little worried.

Does he think Higashino Chihaya is a little too dependent on him?

He agreed to some things as soon as he said yes, and didn't even think about it as long as it was brought up by him.

"It must be an illusion, right?"

Looking at Higashino Chihaya busying at the stove, Higashinoji murmured to himself.

Most of the things on his side have been solved, while Hosokawa Koharu on the other side worked until the last second and only took a short break just now.

To be precise, the editors of the comics department of Tomishima Publishing House have just barely gotten some rest.

Their statistics have been collected until now.

As we all know, the sales department of Japanese publishing houses has liaison and cooperation with many bookstores.

The publishing house will disclose some industry information to the bookstore, and the bookstore will have dedicated counting employees to count the number of books in the library after the sales end of the day.

In this process, the bookstore clerk will make a form and send it to the sales department of the publishing house. Then the sales department will compile the statistical data. This is the origin of the book sales data.

Originally, even if the sales data were kept until the final statistics, there would be no problem, and the workload would not be so heavy.

but

""Naoki Hansawa" broke a lot of records."

Looking at the data sheet in front of him, as a member of the old Urashima Publishing House, Editor Oshima couldn't help but look at Hosokawa Koharu beside him.

He was a little stunned.

Although I have always been shocked by Higashinoji's results, the results of "Naoki Hansawa" this time are too good.

Moreover, the sales of "Naoki Hansawa" have been going smoothly, unlike when the first volume of "Unnatural Death" was sold, it was suppressed by the sales of Iwakaku Publishing House.

This time, there was no problem with the sales of "Naoki Hansawa" at all. He just wrote the word "Invincible" on his face, and rumbled over it, killing many little shrimps along the way. Xiaoyu, sold 40,000 volumes in the first hour.

This is equivalent to predicting that the average volume of this comic will definitely reach 2.5 million copies or more.

It’s totally okay to say ‘monster level’.

As for some editors from the old Fuji Publishing House nearby, they were completely shocked when they saw this result.

After all, they had never seen this kind of sales when they worked at Fuji Publishing. Even if they had seen it, it would have been five or six years ago when print media was still very popular.

They were in a little daze.

On the other side, Shinji Furuta, the former editor-in-chief of Fuji Publishing House, looked at this result and clicked his tongue.

He finally knew how he had lost to Urashima Publishing House before.

When he regarded Higashinoji as his opponent, he also thought that he might defeat Higashinoji.

But now that he has become a teammate, he realizes that his idea is really naive.

How can this be achieved? Isn't it better to just lie down and wait for death?

He sat on his desk and sighed, while the editor-in-chief Urashima next to him patted him on the shoulder with a slightly proud expression on his face: "How is it? Editor Furuta, you have to treat me to a drink this time, right?" "

Editor-in-chief Urashima made a bet with Furuta Shinji on whether Higashinoji's "Naoki Hansawa" could reach the level of 2.5 million volumes.

Originally, Furuta Shinji thought that the result of this drink would have to wait for one or two volumes.

But no one expected that "Hansawa Naoki" had just released the first volume, and he had already lost the bet.

"Okay, okay, I'm willing to admit defeat. You can pick a place."

Shinji Furuta replied with a complicated mood.

Editor-in-chief Urashima was of course very happy to see his old rival from the old Fuji Publishing House being silenced by the manga author from his own old Urashima Publishing House.

But now they are also colleagues.

Editor-in-chief Urashima didn't want to directly rip people off, so he said, "Let's go to Ginza. I know there is a good store. The lady boss is very good-looking."

"Why is the boss lady so good-looking? Editor-in-chief Urashima, let me remind you first, I have a wife."

"Then you mean not to go?"

"Go! Of course you go! I'll call my wife."

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The two chief editors were playing tricks on the other side and seemed to be in a good mood.

As for Higashinoji's editor, Hosokawa Koharu is naturally similar.

She thought of what Higashinoji said before the serialization of "Hansawa Naoki".

We want "Naoki Hansawa" to become the truly No. 1 manga in Japan.

Two and a half million sales.

This is definitely a good start!

Even Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but begin to imagine that after Higashinoji became the number one editor in Japan, he, as an editor, might be called a 'famous editor'.

Will that day be far away?

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