On the same day, after the release of the second issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump" in November, Koshihiro Suzuki, the editor-in-chief of "Flowers and Dreams", held a meeting with the top management of the White Springs Society.

In the afternoon of the same day, Qin Han received a call from Baiquan Society. The other party accepted his previous proposal, and the two parties also agreed on a time to officially sign the contract.

And when Qin Han finally implemented the contract of "Beautiful Girl of Light" and closed an important matter, in the editorial department of "Weekly Shonen Sunday", some people were not in a good mood.

Since the first Thursday in November, the editors of Weekly Shonen Sunday have made it a habit to buy a copy of Jump every week. The person who can make them make such a change is naturally Qin Han, who once again became a blockbuster with "Midfield Core".

During the lunch break, a few editors heated up their lunch boxes in the microwave and sat in the lounge while eating while flipping through the "Weekly Shonen Jump" they had just bought in the morning.

Skipping "Oolong Police Station", which debuted first because of the 25th anniversary, and saw that the manga in second place was not "Dragon Ball", but "Midfield Core", and several Sunday editors were so surprised that they almost choked on the food in their mouths.

"Ahem, ahem...... It seems that it is not a good habit to read things while eating......" one editor patted his chest and said, "However, the arrangement of the jump editor is really unexpected." Unexpectedly, they actually put Qin Han's cartoons in second place. In other words, the first place in the readers' popularity vote of the last issue of "Weekly Shonen Jump" was "Midfield Core". ”

"Qin Han's momentum is really fierce. When the new manga first appeared, it won the first place in the popularity vote. And judging from the content of the second issue of "Midfield Core", it is still very interesting and exciting. In the next jump, even if this manga loses to "Dragon Ball", the ranking will definitely remain high. ”

"In time, I'm afraid this comic will grow to the extent that it is comparable to "Baseball Heroes" and even surpasses......"

"It seems that at the beginning, the idea of the editor-in-chief of Inomata was correct. Compared to the price paid, the benefits of recruiting Teacher Qin Han to our Sunday are much more......"

"Deputy Editor Konishi, this time ......"

At this time, the deputy editor-in-chief of the company they were talking about, Isamu Konishi, happened to walk into the lounge.

Isamu Konishi placed the mug next to the electric kettle and took out a packet of instant coffee from the pantry. As he did what he was doing, he asked, "What are you talking about when you mentioned my name just now?"

"Ah, nothing, a little bit of trivia at work......"

A few editors made a perfunctory call, you look at me, I look at you, all of them have a "slippery" expression.

After a while, the editors made excuses and left the break room with their lunch boxes.

Isamu Konishi didn't care about any of this.

After he finished brewing his coffee, he went to the couch and found the "Weekly Shonen Jump" that the editors had just left on the coffee table.

"Hmph, a bunch of unproductive guys, who don't do their jobs well, and pay attention to other magazines all day long. After that, I have to find an opportunity to reprimand them so that these guys understand what 'focus' means. ”

Isamu Konishi looked at Kanyoshi Ryotsu, who had thick eyebrows on the cover of the jump, smiled disdainfully, and then opened the magazine.

When he saw that "Midfield Core" actually appeared after "Oolong Police Station", he finally couldn't stay calm.

"Popularity ranked first! Qin Han actually got the popularity ranking first!"

Thinking of what he used to say, he was not optimistic about the cool words of "Halftime Core", combined with the previous editors' avoidance of it, as if he was afraid of angering himself, but he was secretly looking at the jokes, Konishi Yong's face turned blue and white for a while, and the coffee cup in his hand suddenly slipped and fell to the ground.

The editors in the office heard the sudden sound of broken cups and the screams of Isamu Konishi in the lounge, and some hurriedly ran to check, while others showed gloating looks.

Tokuo Takahashi couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at this scene.

"The office fight between the Konishi faction and the Inomata faction is really ugly......"

Suddenly, Tokuo Takahashi's mobile phone rang.

He picked up his phone and looked at it, and found that it was Shinji Minekura who finally replied to the message.

Inspired by the popularity of "Midfield Core", Tokuo Takahashi realized that the general environment of Toei has changed, and football is likely to become the next sports hotspot comparable to baseball.

So he began planning a new football comic for Weekly Junior Sunday to counter The Midfield Core.

And the author of this manga, Tokuo Takahashi, fell in love with Shinji Minekura.

Because his manga "Dragon Warrior" was cut in half, Shinji Minekura was indignant and decided to leave Jump. This kind of experienced and powerful cartoonist, but with bad luck, coupled with the new hot theme he has planned, Tokuo Takahashi believes that this is definitely a golden combination that can succeed in one fell swoop.

So, for the past week, he has been trying to contact Shinji Minekura.

However, the other party may have been depressed after the comic was cut in half, so he didn't respond for a long time.

But today, there is finally news.

"Tonight, Honda Big Fishing House. ”

In just a few words of information, Tokuo Takahashi was very excited.

The Honda Great Fishing House is a tazakaya on this street that specializes in a variety of fresh fish dishes, and is popular with Shogakukan and Shueisha editors, as well as many manga artists.

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After nightfall, the Honda big fishing house was full of people, so it was not lively. However, at this time of year, most of the customers in the store are ordinary office workers, and the editors of the two magazines have to leave work a few hours later.

However, not all of the guests are unrelated to the manga industry.

Sitting at the innermost table are four manga artists, including Shinji Minekura.

The four of them are all the kind of second- and third-tier cartoonists who have never succeeded, and the remuneration they get is just enough to make ends meet. Shinji Minekura is one of the best people who can appear on "Weekly Shonen Jump" and serialize it.

At this time, while drinking, several people scolded the jump editorial department for being impersonal, having no vision, and only knowing how to blindly cater to the reader's taste, and then scolded Minekura Shinji's former editor-in-charge Hiroto Hamaguchi, who forgot his righteousness when he saw profit and forgot his righteousness, and ran to be the editor in charge of Qin and Han without hesitation.

Minekura Shinji didn't say anything, just drank silently. The orange lights in the izakaya were just like his mood, like a sunset that was about to fall into darkness.

At this time, Tokuo Takahashi walked into the izakaya with his briefcase, and then went straight to the table of Minekura Shinji, unceremoniously took off his shoes, and sat on the tatami mat.

"Takahashi-san, you're pretty early. "Minekura Shinji secluded road.

"I didn't have the idea of working overtime on Sunday, so I came early. Tokuo Takahashi said.