Chapter 71: Obon (2)
Although what the Hibiscus Society says is basically the truth, and there is also evidence, if you want people to believe it, you have to have the skill to speak in addition to the facts. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Essentially, everyone prefers to trust their own judgment rather than what others say.
Therefore, when the Hibiscus Club makes a statement, it is better to let its readers feel respected in terms of intelligence, or to make them feel that they are smart, so that it is easier to be trusted.
In fact, this approach is effective, and after reading this statement, Komi Kawa Ninko's original thoughts changed a little, and she jumped out of preconceived notions and thought more actively and deeply.
That's what Hibiscus needs to think.
"Indeed, if the Hibiscus Society really wants to let the original cartoonists make way for the new cartoonists, it will not be possible to expel cartoonists like Koyama Takamasa, you must know that the two or three things in the girls' high school are the best-selling works of the Hibiscus Society, and stopping it will definitely cause everyone's dissatisfaction."
"Also, it's really impossible for them to take the initiative to stop so many comics at once!" As a senior reader, although there is only a junior high school, Komikawa still has her own understanding and ideas about manga magazines, and she knows that any normal manga serial magazine will not stop publishing so many works at one time, which will undoubtedly cause a large loss of popularity, and even cause permanent closure if you are not careful.
"Thinking about it this way, it's not that the Hibiscus Society expelled those cartoonists, but that they wanted to go to a better publishing house and betrayed the Hibiscus Society? And it was a sudden departure without any prior notice, which almost led to the end of Seemaril! ”
The two signed documents of Koyama Takama attached to the back of the statement made her even more convinced of her judgment.
It must be so, yes, Komikawa "easily" judged who was telling the truth.
The three irrationalities pointed out in the statement of the Hibiscus Society are indeed very effective in refuting the words of Koyama Takama and others, and as long as the reader has the ability to make normal logical judgments, it is easy to know who is saying the truth and who is deliberately misleading the reader.
Komigawa bit her lip, she was a little reluctant to believe that the author of the two or three things in the girls' high school could do such a thing as running away from the Hibiscus Society...... Taking a step back, as a reader, it was acceptable for Koyama Takama to leave the Hibiscus Society, but after that, he distorted the facts and bitten the Hibiscus Society, which was too much for her to imagine.
As an upright and excellent student, after changing her perspective and looking at things from the standpoint of the Hibiscus Society, she felt more and more that Koyama was really annoying.
Originally, she just thought that the author of the girls' high school should not do such a thing, but now it has become the work of a person like Koyama Takamasa in the girls' high school.
So the question is, will she continue to support Simarielle, who lost two or three things in the girls' high school and was also the victim of the incident?
She should be, at least until the end of the unheard name, she will continue to buy Sealaire's.
And what about girls' high schools? She felt that she should give up, but she was a little reluctant, Xiaoshan hated it, but she still liked this work very much.
If Miyahara knew that some readers would have such thoughts, he would definitely encourage or stimulate them, and then let them go further and further on the path of justice from love to hate.
Well, this is for their good, so that they can understand a new realm of life.
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While this statement by Hibiscus saved a reader who was about to be lost, there was also a conversation taking place on the other side of the incident, that is, on the side of Miura Shosha, the initiator.
The names of the two sides of the conversation were Kikuhei Miura and Minato Sakurai.
Kikuhei Miura, it is not difficult to guess from the name that he is the president of Miura Shosha, and as for Sakurai Minato, he is the editor of the Harama Hibiscus Society, and now the editor-in-chief of the new shoujo manga Ladlily of Miura Shosho Shosha.
Now in front of them was a copy of the current issue of Sealyl.
"Originally, we wanted to follow Shueisha to squeeze Hibiscus Society again, but judging from the movement of the past half month, Koyama Taka's statement should be a spontaneous act, not out of Shueisha's instructions, otherwise there would not have been any movement at Shueisha after this statement."
"President Miura", Sakurai Minato's tone was respectful, and he issued a statement in the newspaper to support Koyama Takamare's idea, and after leaving the Hibiscus Society, he was not only very concerned about Simimar's situation, but also concerned about Koyama Takama's movements, so he knew it as soon as the girls' high school resumed and Koyama denounced the Hibiscus Society.
Then he made up his mind to follow Shueisha behind him to denounce the Hibiscus Society, and it was best to form a wave of public opinion, so that he might be able to attract some popularity to Latlity.
As a new magazine, Ladlily currently has a print run of only 20,000 copies, so it doesn't sell well every issue...... It's not their problem, as long as it's not a new magazine founded by a giant like Shueisha, it's hard for a new magazine to get attention right away, and it's hard to get sales.
In addition, Miura Books used to make mystery and suspense comics, and the publicity effect of girl manga among their own readers was not ideal, so they hit the original Simiel's readers.
After Koyama Takama spoke out, they wanted to use Shueisha's influence to compete for the popularity of Hibiscus Society.
But the result was not ideal, Koyama Takama just showed his face and then died down, and it was difficult to form a climate by relying on the propaganda of Miura Shosha alone.
"Shueisha probably won't care about a small publishing house like Hibiscus Society, they don't bother to spend such effort, this is a mistake in my judgment." Sakurai Minato scolded Koyama Takama and Shueisha in his heart at the moment for being pig teammates, and with Shueisha's influence in the industry, if they wanted to do that, it would be easy to make Hibiscus stink.
According to his assumption, the Hibiscus Society should be full of negative news at this time.
"It's okay, Sakurai-san, don't blame yourself too much, this matter has been deviated from the beginning, and it has been very different from our expectations so far." Kikuhei Miura said.
Originally, Miura's idea was to dig up some cartoonists and editors to cause the closure of Simiel, they knew very well the financial situation of the Hibiscus Society, once the Hibiscus Society was suspended, the Hibiscus Society would soon fall into financial crisis, if the Hibiscus Society fell into the verge of bankruptcy, they would have the opportunity to buy the Killire at a very small price, so that they could not only get a whole class of editors, but also take the brand of Killire's shoujo manga.
Although its popularity is not too high at present, it is a shoujo manga that has existed for 20 years, and there are 100,000 readers, and Miura Books will resume publishing as soon as possible before its popularity is exhausted.
The feasibility of this plan was very high, but it was unimaginable that Muhiscus was not shocked to the point of suspending its publication, but took the opportunity to expand its sales two months later.
"Is an old publishing house worthy of an old publishing house? It's a bit scary to think about the fact that you can quickly pull out new people to get through the crisis when you encounter such a thing. Miura Kikuhei said with emotion, he was actually thinking at the moment, if Miura Books encountered such a thing, would they be able to survive the crisis like Hibiscus Society? The answer made him a little lost and suspenseful.
"Didn't Sakurai-san hear of these people when he was at Shueisha?" Miura thought for a moment, and then said the names of the two manga artists, "Hyakme Kishizu and Akira Hayami Amber Lord?" ”
He looked at Sakurai Minato with a hint of suspicion in his eyes at this time, did this guy know that there was such a cartoonist in the Hibiscus Society and didn't report it?
Sakurai Minato also found the deep meaning in the president's eyes, he didn't want to be suspected for no reason, so he hurriedly said, "I haven't heard of it, Hyakmu Ghost Jing won't say it first, this amber master is obviously a pen name, but I didn't find a manga artist with such creative ability in the Hibiscus Society before...... This Hyakumui Ghost Jing can actually complete sixty pages of original manuscripts every half month, this outrageous speed, if there were such people in the Hibiscus Society before, I can't be unaware, so I judge that they are very likely to join after we left the Hibiscus Society, these two people supported the four comics, and these four comics won enough time for Simiel to react, so they were now able to fill the gap in the comics and successfully get out of that situation. ”
"As for the collective pen names Ryunosuke Akasaka and Sento Isuzu, one of the main writers I know, Aida Seiichi, a manga artist with good drawing skills but mediocre talent, and the rest are all manga assistants who are not worth paying attention to."
Sakurai Minato has actually said these words more than once, but as a "demoted general", although he was recruited and poached, he understands that he must explain in detail when he should explain.
"Newcomers and miscellaneous soldiers? That's how they survived the crisis? Kikuhei Miura sighed, and the seemingly unsolvable situation was easily solved by the Hibiscus Society.
"You can't treat them as newcomers, and that kind of ability doesn't necessarily have for veteran cartoonists." Sakurai Minato said that it is good that a general weekly manga artist can complete 20 pages of original manuscripts on time, and it is not impossible for people to draw 30 pages, but it is relatively rare, and Hyakme Onijing can publish two works at the same time in half a month for a total of 60 pages, and as for Hayami Amber, he can complete 80 pages of storyboards, so how can he treat them as novices.
If he knew that these two people were actually one person, he really didn't know how he would feel.
"yes, why don't people like that go to Shueisha Shogakukan instead go to Hibiscus Society?" Miura is not very jealous that the Hibiscus Society can get such a talent, but there is still resentment and envy.
If he can get Seamaril, and the original manga artist, he believes that Miura Shosho will soon be able to maintain the sales of shoujo manga to 50,000 copies, instead of releasing a new half-dead manga like now.
"Not only them, but the style of the Hibiscus Society has also changed, according to the news from the law firm, Yuichi Miyahara fell ill after the incident, and now the Hibiscus Society is in charge of his son Miyahara Shizu? Sakurai-san, do you know him? ”
Sakurai Minato shook his head and said, "I can often see Miyahara Shizuna, he often follows Miyahara Yuichi's ass, but he is just a high school student, I don't think he is of any use, except for Kubo Yoshishi and Miyahara Yuichi, there are still capable people in the Hibiscus Society, but now that the Hibiscus Society has rejected the lawyer over there, it is difficult for us to get detailed information." ”
Kikuhei Miura raised his head and pointed at Killill on the table with his chin, "Didn't they say they were going to take this matter to court, did the manga artist over there get the news?" ”
"No, what about the company? Although we have not received any news from the court, the statement of the Hibiscus Society has made the cartoonists a little ...... Some anxiety. ”
Sakurai is full of resentment, wouldn't it be good for the Hibiscus Society to accept compensation honestly, why do you have to go to court, which makes the cartoonists panic.
"Let them rest assured, a little liquidated damages Miura Books can still afford to pay, and they may not be able to win, I am going to organize a small group of lawyers, we all know the situation on the Hibiscus Society, how much money can they come up with to fight the lawsuit? You're going to have to appease the hearts of the cartoonists, no problem. Kikuhei Miura said.
"I see, President." Sakurai smiled, his worries about this matter are indeed limited, Hibiscus Society has a dark eye on Miura's side, but this side knows everything about them, and in the case of unbalanced financial resources, this lawsuit is fought.
What Sakurai Minato didn't know was that he was relieved too soon, and Miura Shosha was not among the targets of Hibiscus's prosecution, and editors like him were the key targets.