"One million five hundred and eighty thousand! one hundred and fifty hundred thousand!"

In the jump editorial department, an editor who had just received a call from the marketing department shouted excitedly.

Others gathered one after another, and even the editor-in-chief, Kazuhiko Torishima, who was in an independent office, was alarmed.

"Sales flash report?"

"One million five hundred and eighty thousand?

"Hongo, did you hear me wrong? ”

The editor called Hongo shook his head and said firmly: "There is absolutely nothing wrong, I have confirmed it again and again, it is 1.58 million!"

"No, the sales are really so good?" someone gasped when they heard the number.

"In this issue, Dragon Ball is closed, and according to the forecast, the sales of our magazine should drop a lot. Even because of the start of serialization of Mr. Qin Han's new work "Midfield Core", it has attracted new readers. However, under the trade-off, the sales volume can be the same as the previous period, which is the best result. ”

"yes, if the popularity of a new manga is going to start exploding, you have to wait for a month or two of serialization to accumulate something. I didn't expect that as soon as "Midfield Core" debuted, the momentum was so fierce. ”

The editors were talking about it one by one, their faces full of joy.

Since Ryuzo Toshima entered the game, "Weekly Shonen Jump" has begun to have bad luck, and sales have declined a little. Later this year, the news that "Fist of the North Dipper" and "City Hunter" have reached the end of the series and are about to end, and many people are even more worried about the future of "Weekly Shonen Jump".

Now, the long-term depression and slump of the jump editorial department, the breath held in the chest of each editor has finally been swept away because of the birth of "Midfield Core"!

After being happy for a while, a group of people found that Hiroto Hamaguchi was still sitting at his desk, stunned and didn't know what he was thinking.

They quickly gathered around and congratulated, "Well done, Hamaguchi." ”

"These days, you're working late every day to get home, it's hard work. ”

"I remember, just about the poster, you should go to Teacher Qin Han's house to communicate several times. The hard work was not in vain. ”

At this time, Kazuhiko Torishima said to his subordinates, "Does anyone want to have a drink?

The editors applauded and scattered to pack up their things and get ready to leave work.

Kazuhiko Torishima looked at these subordinates who looked like they had taken a big advantage, and couldn't help but smile and shake his head: "A group of unorthodox guys. ”

He patted Hiroto Hamaguchi on the shoulder: "Good job, Hamaguchi." However, from the beginning of a manga to the successful completion, it is a long thing that lasts for years or even decades. Don't let up in the future...... You've been in the newsroom for almost the past few days, and you haven't been home much. If you don't want to drink, go back and rest early. ”

"I see, editor. Hiroto Hamaguchi nodded.

When Kazuhiko Torishima walked away, he gently wiped the corners of his eyes.

Just now, when I heard the sales report, Hiroto Hamaguchi was so excited that he almost shed tears, and the hard work of these days was finally not in vain!

Before Kazuhiko Torishima left, he was just trying to calm down.

"Bird Island Editor is right, the manga serialization has just begun, and it's been a long battle. And for me, the editor-in-charge of "Midfield Core", the increase in magazine sales is only one aspect. The most important thing is that this manga is still in the reader's popularity poll of this issue of the magazine, which can be ranked first...... "Dragon Ball" is now extremely popular, and it is basically an invincible existence, and the new "Midfield Core" is impossible to win it. "City Hunter" and "Fist of the Big Dipper" have entered the end of the serialization, and both the audience's enthusiasm for reading and the author's creative passion are gradually decreasing. And "Saint Seiya" is the most powerful ...... among the four kings of jumping"

"Fortunately, in this issue of the magazine, "Dragon Ball" is suspended, and maybe, "Midfield Core" can win the first place in the popularity vote!"

Hiroto Hamaguchi was not whimsical. In fact, in the history of "Weekly Shonen Jump", there are almost countless examples of manga debuting and getting a high ranking in the popularity poll.

When a new manga appears, Jump Shueisha will promote it accordingly, and the cover of the current issue of the magazine will also use the characters of the new manga. In addition, additional coloring pages are attached.

All kinds of preferential measures, coupled with the freshness of readers' first serialization, so the first issue of the manga serialized on Jump is often able to get a very high ranking.

At the beginning, when the comic "Dragon Warrior" began to be serialized, it also won the fourth place. But now, it is still facing the end of being cut in half.

Although the popularity vote in the first phase does not mean that there are many people, if it can be ranked first, it is also a good sign.

Hiroto Hamaguchi dragged his tired body and walked home with a relaxed mood.

At this time, the author of the invincible Dragon Ball, who is at the apex of many manga in his mind, is buried in a garage filled with the smell of metal and engine oil.

Akira Toriyama now lives in Kiyosu City, adjacent to Nagoya, which is not only his hometown, but also the birthplace of Oda Nobunaga, the famous Sixth Heaven Demon King of the Warring States Period.

Nowadays, in this small city with a population of less than 70,000, if you ask the citizens who are famous in Kiyosu City, the names of Akira Toriyama and Oda Nobunaga will definitely be mentioned.

However, Akira Toriyama returned to live in the countryside where "birds don't" in the eyes of outsiders, not to enjoy the feeling of returning home, but just to be clean.

A few days ago, because the weather suddenly turned cold, Akira Toriyama caught a cold. So he took this opportunity to simply take a week off to catch his breath.

For professional cartoonists who have no rest in the middle of the year and their sleep time is squeezed to the limit, with the opportunity to rest, of course, they should seize it as much as possible.

Akira Toriyama's cold was not serious and he recovered quickly. However, he did not want to return to work immediately.

It's a rare opportunity, how can you not play more?

This famous cartoonist is very interested in mechanics and has a lot of research, so there are those exquisite and interesting vehicles with a great sense of design and imagination in the comics.

Among the various machines, Akira Toriyama has a lover of motorcycles.

This comic god who is not bad for money has many motorcycles at home, from Harley to BMW to Honda Yamaha made in Toei.

It's just that his usual leisure time is scarce, and even if he buys so many motorcycles, he doesn't have time to fiddle with them.

To be able to spend the whole day in the garage tinkering with his car like today, covered in engine oil, holding a wrench and screwdriver, is a supreme happiness for Akira Toriyama.

So even at night, he didn't want to leave.

At this time, Akira Toriyama's assistant came to the garage with a publication as thick as a brick in his hand: "Toriyama-san, a sample of this issue of JUMP is here." ”