Tokyo life starting with painting

The editorial circle in Japan is very small, and the circles of several giant publishing houses are even smaller.

Everyone has an up-and-down relationship, and there is cooperation and competition, so it is difficult to hide some things even if you want to.

Just like the resignation of editor-in-chief Seo this time.

It was just a rumor at first, but by the end, basically all the editors at the giant publishing house knew about it.

He is indeed resigning.

After all, during Seo's tenure as editor-in-chief, the weekly manga magazine "Chiyo" never defeated Tomishima Publishing's weekly "Wayo" in one issue.

The upper-level directors of Yanzhu Publishing House will pay special attention to this, and are also very dissatisfied——

Even if the opponent has a killer weapon like "Naoki Hansawa", you can't just produce such undesirable results.

You must know that the comic authors in our comic magazines, except for Higashinoji, basically suppress each other.

There's only one Higashinoji on the opposite side, so you can't beat him?

Why?

Is Higashinoji a god?

In addition, when Horikoshi Hanpei was in charge of Editor-in-Chief Seo, he caused an incident that resulted in "malicious creation of a cruel cement murder case". This led many upper-level directors to judge that Chief Editor Seo was not capable of managing the entire " Chiyo" Editorial Department.

After all, Editor-in-Chief Seo's position in Iwazuki Publishing House is quite embarrassing, as he is a middle-level person in charge, neither high nor low.

Whenever something goes wrong with a comic magazine, the first person they look for is a person in charge like him.

Therefore, his departure is basically a foregone conclusion.

As for why he resigned after the Chinese New Year, this is Higashinoji's guess. He is not a god, so it is impossible for him to accurately know the personnel changes of Iwatsu Publishing House. of

And to resign during the Chinese New Year, it feels a bit like stepping out of a job. After all, it doesn’t even allow people to have a stable Chinese New Year. It really doesn’t make sense.

Yanzhu Publishing House should not be in such a hurry.

But to be on the safe side, Higashinoji asked Yano Ryuichi to pay special attention to Editor-in-Chief Seo's movements, lest anyone else get there first.

"Editor-in-Chief Seo, I'm sorry for calling you out during the annual holiday."

"No, it's okay, Mr. Ishimaru." Seo Daigo looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It seems that the Board of Directors has made up its mind to remove itself.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have called himself during the Chinese New Year and asked him to make a special trip to Yanzhu Publishing House - you know that he was shopping with his daughter just now and now he had to make her wait outside the editorial office.

The middle-aged man in front of him is named Masaho Ishimaru, and he was the board member who recommended Seo Daigo to become the editor-in-chief.

The good-natured look he had when he recommended him has changed, and now he looks a bit serious.

The other party will call him over for one thing.

"Editor-in-Chief Seo, you should understand that I have something to inform you when I call you here this time, right?" Masako Ishimaru said.

"You can probably guess it." Seo Daigo raised his head with a calm expression: "Is Mr. Ishimaru talking about resigning?"

Seo Daigo doesn't make a fuss or make a fuss, because he has long passed the hot-blooded era before, and his resignation is basically a certainty, so even if he makes a fuss, it will be useless, so he still remains calm at this time. mentality.

"Chief Editor Seo, I know you are an outstanding talent, and I also want to retain you as the chief editor of Iwatsu Publishing House. However, the results you have achieved in your job are not satisfactory. This is your You made a mistake, do you admit it?”

It `s my mistake?

After hearing this, Seo Daigo raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but quickly closed it slowly.

He remembered that he had asked his trusted colleagues to help investigate the matter of editor-in-chief Hanpei Horikoshi.

Yes, Seo Daigo is weird.

Why did Horikoshi Hanpei spend a whole chapter describing the "Cement Murder Case", but Horikoshi's editor was indifferent and submitted the manuscript directly.

You must know that it is a whole episode, with a total of twenty-three pages. No matter how blind the editor of Horikoshi Hanpei is, he will not be so blind.

This matter is full of doubts and must be investigated carefully.

After investigation, Seo Daigo discovered that it turned out that the editor in charge of Horikoshi Hanpei was an editor from the old Iwakaku Publishing House. The reason why he submitted the problematic manuscript was actually because someone in the board of directors instructed him to do so.

After grasping this thread, it is easy to peel off the cocoons and grasp the source.

It turns out that from the very beginning, some people in the board of directors were very dissatisfied with his repeated defeats in the battle between "Chiyo" and "Wayo".

In addition, as a standard neutralist, he was not from Yanjiao Publishing House or Mozhu Publishing House, which also made many directors want to arrange their editors to the position of chief editor.

Therefore, Horikoshi Hanpei's problematic manuscript was concealed from the public and published in Chiyo.

When he learned about this, Seo Daigo was of course very angry.

It is true that he has not defeated Tomima Publishing House head-on. This is his dereliction of duty. He can admit it or obey the arrangement and resign.

But it’s a bit too disgusting for you to insist that I resign with the blame on my shoulders!

Seo Daigo was angry at first, but later he felt powerless.

This was a clear attempt to force him to step down. Even if he was fired for making such a big mistake, no one would say anything.

So what's the use of resisting personally?

Seo Daigo thought so and lowered his head helplessly.

When Ishimaru Masako saw that he had no intention of expressing his opinion, he was a little stunned, and then he knocked on the table: "Chief Editor Seo, do you admit that everything is your fault?"

As a director, he asked the other party personally, but the other party didn't say a word. What was he doing? Losing his temper?

Seo Daigo raised his head again, glanced at Masahiro Ishimaru, and finally sighed deeply.

Yes, what are you insisting on? Not everyone is "Naoki Hansawa" in Mr. Higashino's comics. How could anyone really resist their boss? What's the use of being aggrieved and angry?

Office workers have a gentle Shiba Inu personality. Even if someone kicks them, they will run away with their tails between their legs.

He was thinking this and just raised his head to say: "I'm sorry."

Seo Daigo, who had already raised his head, stopped talking and was even a little stunned.

It turns out that between lowering my head and raising my head, everything changed.

At the same time, there was a stern voice from a young man: "If you two want to put all the responsibility on me, then I can't accept it. I once submitted the financing report to Asano Branch Manager, and he also He said that if something goes wrong, he will take full responsibility."

Seo Daigo was stunned.

This is clearly a scene from Higashinoji's "Hansawa Naoki". Faced with the aggressive attitude of the head office's investigation, they want to put all the blame on Hansawa Naoki.

After experiencing countless psychological struggles, Hansawa Naoki couldn't bear it and refused to take all responsibility.

Looking at Hanzawa Naoki, who had a gloomy expression and still didn't give up the argument, Seo Daigo felt that something in his heart was touched.

He finally understood why "Naoki Hansawa" was regarded as an excellent national work by so many office workers. The reason was that it truly described the inner feelings of office workers when they were bullied, scolded, and unreasonably blamed by their superiors. Feeling aggrieved and helpless.

This completely resonates with his current mood.

After hearing Hansawa Naoki's declaration: "I will definitely recover the 500 million!", Seo Daigo let out another breath.

On the website, Seo Daigo would often see posts from some office workers saying that they "resigned after watching "Naoki Hansawa"".

At that time, he thought it was just a simple rumor. After all, he had entered the work stage and was no longer a child. He could just endure some grievances at work and let it go.

But from Seo Daigo's point of view now, it doesn't feel like a rumor anymore.

because

"I admit that I may be partly responsible, but Kusaka, the editor in charge of Horikoshi Hanpei, should also be partly responsible, right?"

Seo Daigo took the risk.

He was going to resign anyway, so at least he had to tell everything in his heart before leaving.

Perhaps this is the mentality of wearing shoes if you are barefoot.

At this moment, Seo Daigo felt that even if he was like 'Naoki Hansawa', he would have no problem blaming his boss head-on.

Thinking of this, he looked confident and calm, and the timid look just now completely disappeared.

"Editor Kusaka did not properly review Horikoshi Hanpei's manuscript, which led to an increase in bad reviews for "Chiyo". Since the board of directors has made a decision to let me resign, it is natural that editor Kusaka should also resign, right? Even the person in charge of comics What role can an editor have if the content of the author’s work cannot be confirmed?”

Seo Daigo's words made Ishimaru Masajo also stunned.

He called Seo Daigo here just because he wanted him to be scolded, not because he wanted to hear his rebellious words.

Moreover, the bad things Kusaka's editor-in-chief did were ordered by members of their board of directors. Why is it Seo Daigo's turn to point fingers here?

Masazu Ishimaru's expression quickly turned cold and he said, "Are you questioning the decision of the Board of Directors? Editor-in-chief Seo? We will naturally make arrangements for the handling of editor-in-chief Kusaka."

"Of course there will be arrangements? I want to know what kind of punishment there is? No. I probably won't hear about any punishment, because I also heard from the human resources department that the editor in charge of Kusaka was not only not punished, but was promoted to the editorial team leader Yes. Is this also the decision of the Board of Directors?"

Since you are resigning anyway, let’s make everything clear!

At least you can't let yourself go so unclearly! Still taking the blame for something inexplicable!

Seo Daigo has decided to fight thoroughly today! If you go down, you will go up! So what?

It was wrong for him to argue with Masaho Ishimaru, and it was already considered a quarrel later on.

Their voices were so loud that even the entire editorial department of Chiyo could hear them clearly.

Listening to Seo Daigo's words that pointed directly at Masajo Ishimaru's pain point, the editors outside were stunned.

Especially the editor-in-chief Kusaka who was named by Seo Daigo.

His face is now earth-colored.

After Seo Daigo directly revealed that he had connections with certain people on the board of directors, which ultimately caused the sales of "Chiyo" to drop.

He even covered his face and didn't even dare to raise his head.

You must know that this is the editorial headquarters of "Chiyo", and all editors want to increase the sales of "Chiyo" to a higher level.

As a result, a mole suddenly appeared here.

Some editors nearby wanted to kill editor-in-chief Kusaka.

Similarly, these editors couldn't help but open their mouths wide with disbelief on their faces when they heard Chief Editor Seo's unfailing voice.

Those are the upper-level directors!

You, the editor-in-chief, dare to go against him? Isn't this looking for death?

You must know that even if Seo Daigo resigns from the position of editor-in-chief, he can definitely continue to work in the editorial department of "Chiyo" as an editor-in-chief.

His argument with Masazu Ishimaru now was equivalent to cutting off his own escape route.

Is this necessary? Have you watched too much "Naoki Hansawa"?

But many editors finally found out.

It turns out that it was not entirely Editor-in-Chief Seo’s fault that Horikoshi Hanpei’s problematic manuscript was published in the magazine.

These editors looked at each other and wanted to say a few words to Seo Daigo.

But just looking at each other, no words came out.

There is no shortage of people like Naoki Hansawa in the world, but not everyone is Naoki Hansawa.

They cannot risk their careers for an editor-in-chief who is leaving.

So most people stayed silent.

Only Seo Shizuru, who was standing outside the editorial department, waiting for his father, had red eyes and whispered "Come on."

This debate between the editor-in-chief and the staff lasted for a long time

It wasn't until Seo Daigo's figure appeared at the door of Masazu Ishimaru's office that the atmosphere calmed down completely.

Everyone looked at Seo Daigo in unison.

Seo Daigo who walked out of the office did not look like a loser, but rather proud and looked many years younger.

He smiled and said hello to his daughter, and walked out without looking at the editorial office of "Chiyo" again.

All he had to say has been said.

Since you think it's my fault, then let it be my fault!

But don’t forget it either! Mr. Higashino's "Naoki Hansawa" is not such an easy opponent to deal with! Just because I can't do it doesn't mean you can! I want to see who can handle this mess!

Don't come back to me after being beaten by Higashinoji with a black nose and a swollen face!

"Dad, you resigned?" Seo Shizuru glanced at his father and couldn't help but speak.

"Don't you want me to resign?" Seo Daigo smiled and reached out to touch Seo Shizuru's head: "Talents like me are actually needed everywhere."

As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and showed it to Seo Shizuru: "Believe it or not, as soon as the news of my resignation spread, many people asked me to go to their place. Maybe there will be someone there right now." Ready to make a call."

He joked with an optimistic attitude, but he was still under a lot of pressure.

After all, it was a pleasure to scold him just now, but now he is unemployed.

It would be too difficult to find a satisfying job again.

Seo Daigo thought so.

Then

He heard his cell phone ring.

"Well"

Seo Shizuru and Seo Daigo looked at each other and couldn't help but open their mouths.

Did you really get a call?