Early in the morning, in the editorial office of "Weekly Shonen Jump", the editors who clocked in at work gathered in the pantry, drinking fragrant coffee to dispel sleepiness and talking about gossip about work and life.

"Why didn't Nakano come? He won't be late. ”

"It's Wednesday, and I'm afraid Nakano is on his way to Narita Airport right now. ”

"Oh, I see. I was so envious that I was able to travel once a week at public expense. ”

"Do you really think that this kind of life of going by plane on the same day, coming back by plane on the same day, and arriving home in the middle of the night is very enviable?"

"Anyway, if I'm Nakano, then it's worth it to be a little tired every week and run around. ”

The Nakano in the mouths of these editors is the editor in charge of "Dragon Ball" today.

Akira Toriyama grew up in the countryside of Aichi Prefecture and was a rural boy in Benge. Later, when I became a manga artist, I came to Tokyo and was very uncomfortable with the crowded and busy fast-paced life of a big city.

So he became famous, and after he had money, he moved back to his hometown in Nagoya, and lived a leisurely life with his wife enjoying the idyllic tranquility every day.

Well, with the pressure of Dragon Ball's serialization, his life is not very leisurely.

Among the cartoonists in the entire Dongying, I am afraid that only Qin Han, who is open, can ensure the completion of the comic serialization while still having plenty of time to do other things.

Akira Toriyama is not interested in high-tech in the Internet era, and he does not use fax machines or e-mail.

Therefore, every week's original manga manuscript has to be specially sent by the jump editorial department to Nagoya to retrieve it.

Although the Jump editorial department has to send someone to Nagoya once a week, which requires valuable time and a lot of travel expenses, since it is a great god like Akira Toriyama, he can only coax and make offerings, and he does not dare to complain at all.

"At least, now that the Nagoya City Government has built a highway for Akira Toriyama to run directly to the airport, Nakano won't have to worry about missing his flight due to traffic jams when he goes to pick up the originals, so he has to stay overnight there. ”

"Being able to be the editor in charge of a well-known manga artist like Akira Toriyama, Nakano is the envy of everyone even if he has to suffer a little. ”

"Speaking of well-known cartoonists...... Teacher Qin Han's editor-in-charge has not been decided yet?"

"I don't know. After Tokuo Takahashi resigned, the editor-in-chief of Torishima never followed up again. ”

"That guy Takahashi is simply Lu Bu of our jump editorial department! It's just a matter of resigning, and he actually joined the "Weekly Junior Sunday"!"

"Forget it, there is an idiom in Huaxia that tells everyone to have their own aspirations. Takahashi was also not angry that he had the idea of abandoning "Saint Seiya", so he left. ”

"Let's think about ourselves. You say, who is most likely to become the editor in charge of Teacher Qin Han. It's a great job, a once-in-a-decade experience!"

Qin Han is not only a popular cartoonist, but also has a good reputation in the industry for "never delaying the draft".

If you are responsible for such a person, you will have a lot less negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, and impatience, and maybe you can live a few more years.

"I guess it's Goto. He is now only responsible for one comic, and he is relatively free. ”

"Not necessarily. Goto is in charge of a small number of serialized manga, but he is following up with four potential newcomers. If one of the newcomers wins an award and makes his official debut, Goto will immediately get busy. ”

"What about Jing Nan? He is now the editor in charge of Mr. Inoue Yuhiko, but he doesn't have a comic that can be called a big hit, and he doesn't have a newcomer who needs to follow up, so he's very idle. ”

"Speaking of idleness, there are people who are more idle than Jingnan. ”

After saying this, a group of editors invariably cast their eyes on a young man who had not spoken, but just held a coffee and looked out the window.

This young man is called Hiroto Hamaguchi.

At this time last year, he was also the editor in charge of Ryuzo Toshima, the most promising young manga artist in Weekly Shonen Jump.

He was originally high-spirited, hoping that with his own efforts, together with Toshima Ryuzo, the manga "Thunder Swordsman" would become more and more popular, and even surpass those dazzling predecessors and become one of the new Jump Four Heavenly Kings.

But with the imprisonment of Ryuzo Toshima, everything has changed.

Although Toshima Ryuzo is self-inflicted because of his private life, he has nothing to do with Hiroto Hamaguchi.

However, if something like this happens, including manga, magazines, merchandise, animation licensing, etc., Shueisha has lost billions of yen at once, and someone must be responsible.

Kazuhiko Torishima's previous editor-in-chief of JUMP was about to step down, so in the matter of Toshima Ryuzo, he carried most of the blame, which can be regarded as making the last contribution to the editorial department.

As for the rest of the responsibility, it is natural for Hiroto Hamaguchi to bear it.

The editor-in-chief of others is behind the blame, and you, the editor-in-charge who has direct contact with the parties, still want to stay out of the matter?

As a result, Hiroto Hamaguchi lost all of last year's prize money and lost more than half of his income. And since then, he has not had any important work, and he is responsible for only one cartoonist who is ranked 18th on "Weekly Shonen Jump" and is about to be cut in half to make room for Qin Han's "Midfield Core".

Most of the rest of the time, he's just dealing with a steady stream of new submissions.

This kind of hopeless day is really a bit difficult.

Hiroto Hamaguchi regrets that he blamed himself for being too immersed in the success of "Raiden Swordsman" in the first place, and why he didn't pay much attention to the changes in Toshima Ryuzo's life.

If Toshima Ryuzo hadn't framed Qin Han out of jealousy, if he had been able to restrain himself in his private life, maybe this young and promising cartoonist would not have ended up like this.

Hiroto Hamaguchi also considered quitting, but he was reluctant to take such a stable job with a good salary. What's more, he loves comics and loves working in the publishing industry.

There is no substitute for the joy of discovering a potential newcomer, or helping a cartoonist grow step by step, and finally achieving success.

Because he is not favored at work now, it seems to have entered the cold palace, so Hiroto Hamaguchi is completely transparent in the editorial department, and he has not intervened in the topics discussed by his colleagues before.

At this time, seeing that other people were brushing and looking over, Hiroto Hamaguchi felt a little at a loss.

"You ...... What are you watching me do?"

"Hamaguchi, this time, maybe you will become the editor-in-charge of Teacher Qin Han. ”

"How could it be. Hiroto Hamaguchi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "In the past, Toshima Ryuzo framed Teacher Qin Han, and I was also responsible for negligence. The editor-in-chief of Torishima will definitely not choose me. ”