Mr. Higashino doesn't want to deliver the manuscript, right?

This thought came to the bottom of Oshima's mind, but quickly shook his head and erased it.

You must know that Tsukasa Higashino's comics have never been serialized because of anything since their debut, which is Tsukasa Higashino's golden signboard. He can't just smash his own sign because of this simple personnel change, right?

Besides, Hosokawa Koharu is not coming back...

The more Oshima thought about it, the more unlikely it became, so he shook his head, feeling that he was probably too sensitive and overthinking.

After all, I just got the news and became the editor of Tsukasa Higashino, and then I was immediately informed that he was a nanny, who was entrusted by Hosokawa Koharu, and when the time came, I had to return Tsukasa Higashino directly... So I started thinking about it.

And the author of Tsukasa Higashino has always had a sense of time, and he rarely does anything to delay his manuscripts, and the editor of Oshima is very confident in Tsukasa Higashino.

So the next thing is to take the initiative to call Tsukasa Higashino to ask for the manuscript, or wait for Tsukasa Higashino to call and go to his house to pick up the manuscript?

Generally speaking, a mature editor will naturally take the initiative to call the author and ask about the status of the manuscript.

But Tsukasa Higashino is different... He's already a mature printer, just like there's a saying out there called 'keyboard, you should learn to be mature, it's time to learn to code your own words', and a mature manga writer like Tsukasa Higashino doesn't need to rush at all, and will spit out the original manuscript continuously.

The most important thing is that Tsukasa Higashino is the author of the pillar of Urashima Publishing House, and unlike other manga authors, he has just taken over Tsukasa Higashino, so it would be a little inappropriate to call him rashly to urge.

So the Oshima editor was going to wait a little while for Tsukasa Higashino to take the initiative to call.

And then two hours passed—

"No call!"

I really didn't call...

The Oshima editor touched his head: "This is not scientific." ”

Higashino-sensei really didn't call?

In the past, when he chatted and farted with Hosokawa Koharu, Higashino Tsukasa would often take the initiative to call, and his differential treatment was inevitably too different from that of Hosokawa editors, right? It's almost no news.

Could it be because I'm a male editor?

The more Oshima waited, the more unconfident he became, and he was obviously a little cranky.

But soon he picked himself up again.

"According to general logic, it shouldn't be like this, and Higashino-sensei is a mature author, of course, he will weigh the pros and cons... It won't do him any good to suspend the publication. ”

Thinking about it this way, Editor Oshima came to confidence again, and he felt that he could do it again.

"That's right! I want to have confidence in Higashino-sensei! ”

He muttered to himself.

Subsequently... Another two or three hours passed.

"I didn't call... There was no intention of calling at all. ”

Oshima Editor stared at the company's landline phone with red eyes, and the whole person felt a lot haggard.

Just now two calls came, but those two calls had nothing to do with him, they were calls from other authors who came to deliver their manuscripts.

He couldn't help but scratch his hair and glance at the time again.

It's already five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and if it drags on any longer, it will be evening, and I'm going to get off work.

"Let's take the initiative to call." The editor of Oshima was going to shout 'I want to believe Higashino-sensei,' but it was already five or six o'clock.

The editor Hosokawa next to him was also not there because he was going to talk about the handover.

Oshima's editors can only pull out a phone call book from their desk.

This thing is in the hands of every editor.,It's mainly the contact information of each comic book author who is serialized in "Bad Cold", and the name of Tsukasa Higashino is of course on it - Tsukasa Higashino's name is very conspicuous, and it is directly placed in the first place on the first page, which can be regarded as the treatment of the author of the pillar, so it is particularly easy to find.

Oshima quickly found the contact information of Tsukasa Higashino, and dialed the phone a little uncomfortably in his heart.

He was afraid that Higashino wouldn't even answer the phone now.

But fortunately, Tsukasa Higashino didn't disappoint the Oshima editor this time, and without waiting for the blind speaker to sound twice, he immediately connected the phone: "Hey? Who is it? ”

His tone was also quite kind, which made the editor more or less confident again.

Editor Oshima exhaled slightly: "Hello, Mr. Higashino, I'm the editor in charge of you temporarily, Tomoto Oshima. ”

"Ahh It turned out to be an Oshima editor. Tsukasa Higashino over there made a sudden voice: "The editor-in-chief of Urashima has already told me about the editor of Oshima... Please advise me afterwards. ”

The other party greeted with a smile, which made the Oshima editor even more relieved.

Mr. Higashino is really a reasonable author.,At least it's not as Oshima Editor imagined.,It's a few times to go straight to him.。

He was relieved, so he said with a smile: "Since Mr. Higashino has accepted me as the temporary editor-in-charge, then I also want to fulfill the responsibility of the editor-in-charge... Can I go over and pick up the original manuscript of Unnatural Death now? ”

After saying this, the editor of Oshima kept a smile and waited for Tsukasa Higashino's reply.

And Tsukasa Higashino over there didn't hesitate either, and quickly replied: "I'm sorry, Editor Oshima, I just came back from a trip, and the original manuscript of "Unnatural Death" is not ready... Could you please wait a minute? ”

Tsukasa Higashino's voice sounded a little embarrassed.

Ay?

Not ready?

When the Oshima editor heard Tsukasa Higashino's words, he was stunned for a moment.

This is the first time I've heard of...

In the past, when Hosokawa Koharu received the manuscript, he basically made a phone call and agreed on a time... At the end of the day, a printer like Tsukasa Higashino... Is there a situation where the manuscript is not ready?

But to be honest, I really didn't have that much time to prepare when I just came back from a trip, and I still have a lot of things to pack...

Oshima can't deify Tsukasa Higashino either, I really think he has the ability to 'spit out' the original manuscript out of his mouth.

So he quickly asked: "The death line of "Unnatural Death" is the day after tomorrow, can Higashino-sensei hand over the original manuscript to me before the day after tomorrow?" ”

Publishing houses need to send the original manuscript and specific design to the printing house first, and it takes time from printing to sale, and the dead line is something that can barely step on this timeline.

Hearing this, Tsukasa Higashino over there did not hesitate, and replied politely: "I'm sorry, Editor Oshima, I'll try to finish the manuscript before the death line." ”

The editor of Oshima took the opportunity to exchange a few words with Tsukasa Higashino, and after the whole exchange, he only felt very comfortable.

Because Tsukasa Higashino is so good at talking, in a sense, it completely satisfies all his fantasies about the author as an editor.

Polite, polite, not embarrassed, reasonable, and speaking in a measured manner...

This kind of fame is early, and there is no arrogance at all, and the author is too rare.

"Sure enough, Mr. Higashino can still believe it."

Editor Oshima felt confident again, muttered happily, and turned around to prepare for the receipt of the manuscript tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

He felt that he still had to make a good impression when he met for the first time, so he thought about taking out his suit that he hadn't worn much and was going to take for a blind date.

Although it's not a blind date, seeing Tsukasa Higashino is equivalent to half a kiss on one!

Steady profits, no losses!

He thought to himself.

A big man is as happy as a little girl who wants to see her boyfriend.

And then—

"Didn't call... He didn't call..."

If two days ago, Oshima Homo Sapiens was like a little girl waiting for her sweet first love, smiling at everyone, looking like a spring breeze.

Today's Homo Oshima is a sensitive and irritable middle-aged woman who has entered menopause.

He stared at the desk phone he had placed on his desk, and for a moment fell into melancholy.

As an editor, of course, he knew that it was not okay to wait for the author to hear from him, but no matter how he called in the past two days, he was fooled by Higashino Sile with a smile.

What's the emergency?,There's a notice from the school to let him show up.,It's inconvenient now.,There's no time.,It's a little bit close...

In short, there are all kinds of reasons.

But what made Oshima's editor most helpless was that when Higashino Tsukasa was saying these words, there was still some mahjong slapping sounds from time to time.

"Bump!"

"Don't eat me!"

It's the voice of a couple of girls.

This gave the Oshima editors a bit of a headache.

You've been playing mahjong yet, and you haven't had time to prepare the original manuscript of "Unnatural Death"?

But Oshima editors are not good at debunking each other... After all, Tsukasa Higashino came out with this attitude, but it was obvious that he didn't want to deliver the manuscript.

And it's not easy for him to blame the other party, because Tsukasa Higashino has a friendly attitude towards him, and he talks with a smile from beginning to end, and there are never any unkind words...

"Let's call." Although he didn't have much hope, the editor of Oshima picked up the phone and called Tsukasa Higashino.

"Hello? Big Island editor? ”

"Mr. Higashino, today is already a dead line... What happened to the original manuscript of "Unnatural Death"? ”

"Ah, you said the original manuscript of 'Unnatural Death'." Tsukasa Higashino over there made a voice that suddenly realized: "I'm sorry, Editor Oshima, can you give me a little more time, just give a little more time, it will definitely be done." ”

Oshima editors often hear comic book writers who delay their manuscripts say that the first day says they will definitely be able to complete it, the second day they say they are still close to progress, and on the third day they say that they will be able to catch up with it if they have a little more time...

It's just that he didn't expect that one day he would hear this kind of thing from the mouth of Tsukasa Higashino, which only the author of the manuscript procrastinated.

In desperation, he could only respond to two sentences of Higashino Division, and only after hanging up the phone did he stand up and walk to the editor-in-chief's office.

......

Recently, the editor-in-chief of Urashima felt a little uneasy, and although he repeatedly asked for Hosokawa Koharu to be the editor-in-charge of Tsukasa Higashino, the leadership has never given a feedback.

This makes it very uncomfortable for someone like him to be caught in the middle.

It's hard to be uncomfortable, and the work that needs to be done still needs to be done.

In a few days, it will be the release date of "Chill" again.

If the last year was the year when "Bad Cold" regained the dignity of the three major comic societies, then this year is the year when "Bad Cold" returned to its peak.

"Bad Cold" Weekly has gone from a declining trend to a current rebound, and even vaguely suppresses the momentum of several other major publishing houses... At least half of the credit for all of this can be attributed to Tsukasa Higashino, who continues to produce high-quality works.

"Unnatural Death" raises this craze even higher.

And because the plot of "Unnatural Death" has reached its climax recently, many readers are looking forward to the next development, so the situation of Tsukasa Higashino can be said to be very important.

"But I can understand Higashino-sensei's mood when he wants to finish."

Urashima sighed.

When Tsukasa Higashino was reluctant to paint a sequel to "Midnight Bell", the editor-in-chief of Urashima had actually found out.

Tsukasa Higashino is the kind of author who really wants to create good works, and he finishes each manga cleanly and neatly, without dragging his feet at all - this kind of thing is a rare thing in the manga industry, and many manga authors are desperately trying to maintain their serialization qualifications after becoming famous, because as long as they maintain their serialization qualifications until the single book is published, manga authors can make a lot of money.

That's real money! It's a temptation that no manga writer can refuse.

But Higashino just doesn't take the usual path.

No matter what kind of manga it is, I will never hesitate to finish it, and I will never continue to draw it.

This kind of person who has no sense of money and just wants to pursue a higher level... To be honest, the editor-in-chief of Urashima is actually particularly admired.

He could only say that he could help as much as he could.

"It's useless to think about it so much, the most important thing now is the serialization of "Unnatural Death".

It seems that Oshima editors have been giving feedback these days that Higashino-sensei didn't turn in the original manuscript on time...?

Just when the editor-in-chief of Urashima was about to go out to inquire about the specific situation.

There was a knock on the door of his office, and as he welcomed people in, the editor-in-chief of Urashima heard the other party's words.

"Urashima-in-chief, Higashino-sensei's 'Unnatural Death' may be temporarily suspended this week."

This can be said to be the opening lightning strike.

Urashima's editor-in-chief failed to react.

After a long while, he understood the meaning of Oshima's editor's words, and couldn't help but frown.

Tsukasa Higashino will drag the draft... This was completely unexpected.

“... What's going on? Editor Oshima asked.

The Oshima editor could only helplessly tell the editor-in-chief Urashima what had happened in the past few days, word by word.

Tsukasa Higashino's attitude is very clear, obviously he doesn't want to deliver the manuscript, and he says, "Don't you want to finish?" Then never let it end'.

After listening to the explanation of the editor of Oshima, the editor-in-chief of Urashima vaguely felt that his head hurt a little.

He never thought that Tsukasa Higashino would actually take such a measure.

And it just happens to be stuck in the dead line...

"What's next? Editor-in-chief of Urashima? The Oshima editor asked next to him.

He can be regarded as a victim of innocent involvement, if the editor-in-chief of Urashima blames him for poor communication... That's a lot of bad luck.

Urashima, the editor-in-chief, rubbed his temples: "There's no way, I'm going to hand over the scanned data to the printing house today, and the publication of "Unnatural Death" can only be temporarily suspended." ”

"Do you really want to close the publication?" The Oshima editor was stunned.

Normally, he would never ask such a stupid question, after all, it was the leader who made the decision.

But "Unnatural Death" was suspended...

This can be said to be a first-class event in "Bad Cold".

It's a national comic.

If it's really closed... The impact on "Bad Cold" is not ordinary.

"There's no way around it."

Editor-in-Chief Urashima shook his head.

Who knows that a person who usually doesn't pigeon can be so great once he gets pigeons?