On the other hand, the work of Urashima Publishing House has reached a white-hot stage.

"What? The promotion of the single book of "Midnight Bell" has not been rolled out yet? Speed up over there! There are still reservations for reprints here! ”

"There are newspapers and media that want to interview Higashino himself...? This... Inform the editor of Hosokawa later, and let her have an idea. ”

Urashima, the editor-in-chief, commands the propaganda department and the statistics department, and his throat, which is already good, is a little uncomfortable.

He had expected this kind of busy scene in front of him before, but he didn't expect it to come to this point...

The era of the publicity and distribution department and the data statistics department... It's still been more than nine years.,At that time, Japanese comics entered the golden industry period.,Good comics emerge in endlessly.,And then to the current trough of Japanese comics.,Not only Urashima Press.,The other two major comic magazine publishers have been affected to a certain extent... It's just that Urashima Publishing House is the worst one.

Almost even the names and banners of the three major manga publishing houses were taken away by Fuji Publishing House, which came later.

But now...

"It's Fuji Publishing House that's in a hurry..."

Thinking that Fuji Publishing House had paid a high price to poach the author of Urashima Press's pillar manga "The Man Reflected in the Camera", the editor-in-chief of Urashima felt angina.

Yes, the original "Bad Cold" taizhu manga was "The Man Reflected by the Camera", and the author of the taizhu was not the current Higashino Division, but another manga author with a pen name Tsuki Fujimoto.

After finishing "The Man Reflected in the Camera", this tree vine was dug up by Fuji Publishing House and became the author of their pillar, and it is said that the animation is already being planned.

At that time, I was really angry with the editor-in-chief of Urashima and couldn't sleep well for several days.

And the follow-up Fuji Publishing House's propaganda spread, saying that the editor of Urashima Publishing House had no eyes and let go of the tree vine.

The editor-in-chief of Urashima was really disgusted.

Fortunately, Hosokawa Koharu was angry in the back and kidnapped Higashino Tsukasa back for him.

Now it's his turn to disgust Fuji Press.

At that time, Fuji Publishing touted that Shumoto Fuji might be the second-generation horror manga artist of the 21st century, and Naurajima Publishing House now has Higashino Sensei as the strongest horror manga author of the 21st century.

Touting that the sales of Shumoto Fuji reached 25,000 copies in a single day, then here Urashima Publishing House also used color to pull out the big truck of Higashino Tsukasa that sold 40,000 copies in a single day and grind Shumoto Fuji again.

Anyway, Fuji Publishing House and Urashima Publishing House have a deep grudge, and this kind of propaganda method is full of gunpowder, and it is more topical.

In particular, Tsukasa Higashino competed not only for "Bad Cold", but also for the new monthly magazine "Aoba", and the first issue of "Aoba" steadily suppressed the monthly magazine "Zephyr" of Fuji Publishing House.

This made the editor-in-chief of Urashima feel that he had a good teammate who could really take off casually with his thighs - you must know that in the past, Fuji Press's monthly magazines sold more on the first day than Urashima Press.

Looking at the busy Propaganda Department and the data statistics department in front of him, the editor-in-chief of Urashima was in a very comfortable mood.

It's so comfortable to have your own pillar comic book author...

He doesn't want to live the kind of days when "Bad Cold" can't get the author of the pillar out... It's so hard.

Just as he was still thinking, the staff of the publicity department next to him suddenly handed over a form.

"What is this?" The editor-in-chief of Urashima glanced at the submitted form, and then came to the spirit: "Mascot making invitations?" Looking for Higashino-sensei? ”

Tsukasa Higashino is now the pillar of Urashima Publishing House, and the editor-in-chief of Urashima did not dare to be careless and read the invitation submitted to him.

After reading the plan, his face became very strange.

It's not that the other party offered a low price and didn't respect Tsukasa Higashino, on the contrary, the other party's bid was very high, and it was a price that completely regarded Tsukasa Higashino as a pillar.

But...

"Looking for Higashino Sensei to be the main writer? Create a mascot? ”

What the hell is the head of publicity and distribution of this company? Let the author of "Midnight Bell" draw a mascot?

"No," the editor-in-chief Urashima shook his head.

People can't be generalized, and he thought that Tsukasa Higashino couldn't draw other manga except horror manga.

But what about reality?

Tsukasa Higashino's "Lonely Foodie" is unimaginably good, and although the statistics have not yet come out, the editor-in-chief of Urashima believes that "Lonely Foodie" will definitely be a sight to behold.

But...

"Kumamoto prefectural government invite?"

The editor-in-chief of Urashima glanced at the name of the inviter on the plan, and his face was so strange that he couldn't hold it at all.

Kumamoto Prefecture, located at the western tip of Japan and in the center of Kyushu Island, is considered a historic city in Japan, and it is also a good place for sightseeing, and its economic strength is quite good in the whole of Japan.

But it was the county government there that asked Tsukasa Higashino to cooperate with the manga author?

He's just a comic book drawer, huh? Even though I have art skills, shouldn't the Kumamoto Prefectural Government look for painters or designers for things like designing mascots? How did you come up with the idea of looking for Tsukasa Higashino... Oh, no, the invitation also said that other artists and designers were invited.

It's just that the unexpected news impact made Urashima editor-in-chief a little surprised and confused, so he subconsciously ignored it.

Well...

Urashima editor-in-chief thought for a moment, took out his mobile phone and called Hosokawa Koharu:

"Hello? Hosokawa edited? Yes... Yes, it's me, can you come to the Publicity and Distribution Department? I have something to discuss with you. ”

About five minutes later, Hosokawa Koharu's baby-fat face appeared, and she looked out of breath: "Editor-in-chief Urashima, is there anything to find me?" ”

She was still confirming the total sales of "Midnight Bell" in a single day, and she was called by the editor-in-chief of Urashima before she finished counting, so she naturally didn't care about her image.

"Look at this." The editor-in-chief of Urashima took the mascot creation plan from the side.

Koharu Hosokawa took it and looked up.

After about two minutes, she raised her head in surprise: "Editor-in-chief, this...?" ”

"As you can see."

Urashima waved his hand, and his voice was a little strange: "The Kumamoto Prefectural Government invites Mr. Higashino and several other painter teachers to go to Kumamoto Prefecture to create mascot images... But Higashino-sensei is still a minor, right? What do you think? ”

This is also outrageous.

"I do know... But... Is this really what Kumamoto Prefecture means? ”

Hosokawa Koharu read the document several times, and even swept the seal on the official document several times, and asked in disbelief after confirming that it was not a prank.

She's a little dazed.

"What do you say? Or rather... Editor Hosokawa, what do you think? ”

The editor-in-chief of Urashima also looked at her, and he was also a little confused.