Chapter 186: Small Pressure of 60,000 Is Not a Big Problem

Tonoji hung up the phone call from Kijo Aiko.

Aiko Kijo over there is very grateful to Higashinoji.

Because without Higashinoji, Ryuichi Yoshimine would not notice her, and there would be no subsequent series of operations.

According to Kijo Aiko, she will aim for a scholarship after entering college and will never hold back her alma mater.

Higashinoji responded to her statement with a "Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Because even Higashinoji didn't expect such a dramatic thing to happen.

I have to say that this just proves the saying that ‘novel needs logic, but reality does not need logic’.

But the results are good.

Aiko Kijo went to college, her youth should not be considered a regret, and she also painted relatively satisfactory works.

So it can be said to be a win-win.

What Higashinoji has to do next is also very simple.

It took me two months to polish the painting "Summer is Over".

The amount of this project is not large. After all, Tonoji has two months to take his time.

The production team of "Midnight Ring" is also in full swing.

Now it's time to draw the original background.

After all, what Higashinoji and other original painters drew was just a blank drawing, and the background above was completed by professional background painting.

After the background is painted, the color comes, and after the color comes the soundtrack.

Once the soundtrack is finished, it’s time for the voice actors to dub the music.

All of this has nothing to do with Higashinoji. He handed over the last original painting to Nobuhiro Motohashi, which can be regarded as solving the matter of "The Ring".

He has also read the half-finished manuscript of "The Ring", and it makes people feel very excited.

That's pretty good.

Higashinoji was very satisfied, and his attention shifted from the production of the "Midnight Ring" animated film to the comics he was currently serializing.

Needless to say, "The Lonely Gourmet" has a leisurely atmosphere, fresh food, and tortures the stomachs of Japanese friends all the time. It can be regarded as initially achieving Higashinoji's small goal.

The one worth mentioning now should be "The Winner Is Justified".

"The Winner Is Justice" has now been serialized to more than 20 chapters.

Based on two episodes per episode in Japanese dramas, the first season of "The Winner is Right" has a total of twelve episodes, and it is almost finished now.

From the first chapter to the last chapter, it has firmly occupied the first place in the readers' praise of "Abominable Cold".

However, for Higashinoji, he is still a little dissatisfied with the results of "The Winner is Justice".

After all, he has many names on his head. He is the author of "The Bell", the designer of Kumamon, and he also has some popularity in oil painting.

These things will provide him with better data.

That's why Higashinoji was a little dissatisfied.

Of course, if this is heard by the editor who has been in charge of him, Hosokawa Koharu.

Then I guess Hosokawa Koharu will be so angry that he will spit out blood - you are not satisfied with this?

Just to maintain the number one rating among readers for more than 20 consecutive weeks is already a very remarkable achievement.

Not to mention that "The Winner Is Justice" has attracted social attention for a period of time, which in a sense has become popular in the industry.

At least Hosokawa Koharu always looks at the results of "The Winner is Justice" with great satisfaction and giggles with satisfaction.

Putting aside Hosokawa Koharu's satisfaction, there is only one thing that makes Tonoji slightly happy.

That is, his accumulated fame points have exceeded the 1.5 million mark and are slowly creeping towards 2 million points.

This is estimated to be half of Kumamon’s New Year marketing.

Nowadays, Kumamon Bear has really become the symbol of Kumamoto Prefecture. Even before the Shinkansen was opened to traffic, people are taking special flights to Kumamoto Prefecture for sightseeing. This seems to be the reason why the air tickets to Kumamoto Prefecture are cheaper than the Shinkansen. It's inside but no matter what, if it's on fire, it's on fire.

Kumamoto Prefecture’s marketing around Kumamon is expected to increase a lot this year.

When the time comes, the money will be distributed to Higashinoji

This must be very amazing. Higashinoji can just cling to the money tree of Kumamon and spend his whole life lazily.

Of course, Chihaya Kumamoto also contributed to this.

However, compared to these miscellaneous things, Higashi Yesi is more willing to give it a try now and strive to continue to make his name known to the Chinese side.

“The next step is to consider how ‘The Winner Is Right’ will end.”

Tonoji held his chin and began to think.

Next is the finale of "The Winner Is Justice", which is naturally the best part of the entire comic.

Kensuke Komemon, the male protagonist, was first forced into a desperate situation. He even used his house, luxury speedboat, and luxury car to pay off his debts. If he loses this lawsuit with Xianyu Chemical, he will have nothing.

Not only did he have the reputation of being undefeated, he even had to pay for his pants in the end.

However, Gumeimen Research was at a disadvantage from the beginning and entered a very unfavorable situation. If you want to win this lawsuit, you must persuade a female scientific research director of Xianyu Chemical to appear in court to prove that Xianyu Unknown elements chemically discharged can indeed cause harm to the human body.

This can be said to be a desperate situation. We want people from the enemy forces to switch sides without even losing their jobs.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is harder than reaching the sky.

Higashinoji believes that as long as the plot of the finale is well drawn, the sales of the single book "The Winner is Justice" will inevitably rise sharply, and there is no way to stop it.

He began to think and ponder.

On the other side, in addition to Urashima Publishing House, Chief Editor Yamano of Iwakaku Publishing House is now full of sorrow.

As mentioned before, there are three most famous publishers of comic magazines, namely Iwakaku Publishing House, Mozhu Publishing House and Urashima Publishing House.

Among them, Yanjiao Publishing House mainly focuses on hot-blooded boy comics, while Mozhu Bookstore mainly focuses on science fiction and girl comics.

Although they are divided into two publishing houses, the group behind them has already entered into a joint venture at the beginning of last year, so they can be regarded as one family.

As for Urashima Publishing, due to the lack of excellent manga scripts, it has actually been deteriorating since last year.

But judging from the current data, Urashima Publishing, which seemed to be about to be squeezed out last year, is now miraculously breathing a sigh of relief.

Even the single book sales of "The Winner Is Justice" and "Midnight Ring" have vaguely suppressed the long-term serialization of their mainstay works by these two major publishing houses.

To be honest, when editor-in-chief Yamano received the news, he was very surprised and even a little overwhelmed.

It’s not a problem to say ‘impossible’ in this era if horror comics and lawyer-type comics can suppress hot-blooded and science-fiction comics.

Yes, it's just impossible.

The reason is also very simple.

That's because these two comic themes have no market advantage at all.

Whether it is horror comics or lawyer-type comics, there is no advantage in the market when it comes to passionate comics and science fiction comics.

Because the most popular theme of Japanese comics in this era is robot comics, and the so-called robot comics are actually comics in which the protagonist drives a giant robot to fight.

For China, the more famous works are probably "EVA", "Light Envoy", and "Dragon Fighter".

Since the 1980s, Japanese robot comics have been growing vigorously, and there is no stopping them at all. The market is booming.

As the saying goes, a hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers bloom.

The abnormal development of the Japanese comic market has led to the proliferation of robot comics in the market. The monotonous comic scripts have also led to the lack of excellent animation scripts, which has also caused the comic industry to enter a cold winter.

But even in the cold winter, there is still a market for robot comics in the market.

This also means that although they are also affected, overall it is not that serious.

But Urashima Publishing House is different. As a publisher that specializes in horror comics, its sales have been declining since entering the cold winter period. It once made people think that it would withdraw from the ranks of the three major publishers of comic magazines.

"But since Mr. Higashino next door joined Urashima Publishing House, this phenomenon has gradually stopped."

Editor-in-Chief Yamano looked at the statistical table in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

This person was a complete wild man. He suddenly appeared and suddenly broke the deadlock at Urashima Publishing House.

The reason why I say this Higashi Yesi is a wild man.

That's because Editor-in-Chief Yamano has never even heard of the name Higashinoji before, and he doesn't even know who the author is.

After all, in the Japanese comics industry, only those people come and go.

A publisher's comic magazine can serialize at most twenty works - that is, more than twenty comic authors.

How many comic magazine publishers are there in total in Japan?

When calculated, there are actually only a few hundred comics and a few hundred comics authors. After going back and forth, I will naturally understand them all.

Therefore, it was the first time for Chief Editor Yamano to meet such a wild author like Higashinoji.

And in the opinion of Editor-in-Chief Yamano, Higashinoji’s path to fame is also quite bizarre.

Generally speaking, if a new author wants to serialize, he or she must participate in the monthly Newcomer Award in a comic magazine. This method first confirms the popularity, and then submits it to the serialization meeting after getting the first place. This confirms whether it can be serialized.

It can be said that there are very few authors like Higashinoji who pass the serialization conference as soon as they submit a manuscript.

Totally stupid.

The key is this kind of stupidity, which has recently beaten the mainstay comics of Yanjiao Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore to the point where they can hardly hold their heads up.

After all, what Higashino does is a bit complicated.

Not only does he do comics, but he can also paint and design mascots.

These things brought huge traffic to Tonoji, far more than just a single "comic".

There is a saying that goes well: animations look down on comics, TV series look down on animations, and movies look down on TV series. This is a long-standing chain of contempt.

That’s why Editor-in-Chief Yamano felt very sad

The other party's comics and Kumamon peripherals are selling like hotcakes, so there is no shortage of money at all, and they must not be poaching.

If you don't want to eat the soft one, then get the hard one.

Find some people to write some soft articles, or dig up some dirty stuff about Higashino to expose.

This is doable.

After all, in addition to comic fans, Higashino also has many fans from Kumamon himself.

If some of his scandals can be dug out, then the comics he serialized will surely be affected.

Editor-in-Chief Yamano thought so, and he did so.

But every one of the paparazzi reporters he paid to find looked embarrassed and hesitant when they came back.

Go ask why Chief Editor Yamano just found out that Higashinoji's parents met a murderer when they went out and died immediately, leaving him alone to take care of his sister. The situation was extremely tragic.

Under such circumstances, he used comics to support the whole family, and he and his sister Higashino Chihaya managed to survive.

To be honest, when these words were spoken, even the paparazzi reporters sounded a little inexplicably impressed, thinking that Higashinoji was a man, like a Showa man.

The only thing that can barely be considered a black spot is probably that he broke up with his girlfriend.

But breaking up is just a common thing. Who hasn’t had a girlfriend as a student? Never broke up?

Even if she wanted to dig deeper, Higashinoji's ex-girlfriend Asami Mamanaka firmly shook her head and said that the other party had nothing to do with her - and even Higashinoji had helped her a lot.

This grassroots comic author who rose from hardship sounds very inspiring.

If Editor-in-Chief Yamano hadn't been looking for scandals about Higashinoji, he would have been moved to the point of endorsing the words of these paparazzi reporters.

Now, Chief Editor Yamano really has no choice.

Higashinoji's bone is too hard to crack.

He won't eat anything soft or hard, just like a hedgehog that can't find a place to bite.

Since off-board moves don't work, you still have to look at the unique skills inside the board.

The sales volume of the single volume that overwhelms Higashinoji from the front must at least suppress Higashinoji, so that he will not quickly establish his position in the comics industry.

For this reason, Editor-in-Chief Yamano specially called in the main authors from the brother publishing house Mozhu Bookstore to help refer to the works of their main authors.

He turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man in his twenties and thirties wearing glasses sitting next to him, and asked with a hint of worry: "How is Mr. Komori? Are you sure you can surpass Mr. Higashino in the next single book sales?"

This middle-aged man’s name is Taken Komori, and he is one of the two main authors currently available from Iwakaku Publishing House.

"Yeah, it should be no problem." Ken Komori responded, pushed up his glasses, and thought seriously: "The release of my next single volume of the comic coincides with the start of the animation in January, and the animation will help promote it. I feel that it will be released soon. There is no problem in selling a single book over Mr. Higashino's "The Winner Is Justice"."

He seemed to be thinking very seriously and what he said was very sensible.

"The sales of the previous single books were only outnumbered by "The Winner is Justice", which exceeded 60,000 copies. With the help of animation, the difference should not be big."

Animation to help promote the book will indeed improve the sales of single books.

"Okay, I understand. In the magazine, I will also slightly arrange the order of serialization and the promotion of the first color page. If I can successfully suppress Mr. Higashino, then at this year's publishing house party, Mr. Komori will also be regarded as a face to our Iwakaku Publishing House. ”

"I'll try my best."

Takeru Komori smiled reluctantly, but in fact he was still a little bit dissatisfied in his heart.

Because it is a top comic book author like him who can most intuitively feel the gap between himself and Higashinoji.

that gap

a bit big.

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