"We hope that Higashino-sensei's new work will carry the banner of a new magazine."

Yokichi Osawa did not hesitate to express his thoughts.

In his opinion, the development of the online market is still unclear, and there is no problem in letting go of some resources to assist Tsukasa Higashino.

And he felt that with the strength of their Urashima Publishing House, he could compete with Tsukasa Higashino even if he entered later, so he didn't have to care at all.

Of course, Furuta Shinji next to him had the same idea, and the two of them looked at Tsukasa Higashino, hoping that he would make a statement.

But... And they know it.

This task is not easy, even if it is Tsukasa Higashino, in the face of so many excellent authors who have been serialized for 20 years and 30 years, it is estimated that it is a little difficult to parry, right?

Even if Higashino would agree, he would hesitate...

"I see. Leave it to me. ”

Higashino Tsukasa directly agreed, but he didn't hesitate at all.

Sensing Higashino's confident tone, Osawa Hekichi and Furuta Shinji couldn't help but be stunned.

Even if it's a workplace conversation, Tsukasa Higashino should symbolically shirk it...

As a result, Higashino Tsukasa directly agreed?

The two of them did not expect it.

On the other side, Higashino Tsukasa ignored their thoughts.

He has always been a steady comic book author, and he will basically be careful about the benefits that are sent to him, but this time is different-

The terms of cooperation given by Yokichi Osawa and Shinji Furuta are indeed tempting.

You can imagine this.

All the manga serialized under Urashima Press and Fuji Press can be searched through Tsukasa Higashino's webtoon reading platform, and then you can see...

This is bound to attract many fans of "Chill" and "Thriller" to visit the site.

In terms of joy, it's like the other party feeding the cake directly to his mouth.

If he doesn't take a bite of this, then he really can't stand Osawa Heji and Furuta Shinji.

But think about it in this way... Higashino found that Osawa and Furuta Shinji were still too contemptuous of the online market in this era.

That's just as well.

They have all been in the physical paper book publishing industry all their lives, and you suddenly jump out and make them care about the Internet industry... It's unlikely, just by thinking about it.

It's like if you ask someone who has eaten sweet tofu brain all their life to suddenly try salty tofu brain... They're definitely going to be a little uncomfortable.

Of course, Yokichi Osawa and Shinji Furuta didn't know what Tsukasa Higashino was thinking.

However, Tsukasa Higashino has already agreed, and they will not hesitate.

"In that case, let's wish us a happy cooperation, Higashino-sensei."

Osawa stretched out his hand and took the initiative to shake it with Tsukasa Higashino.

"Well, nice to work with."

After shaking hands with the other party, Tsukasa Higashino stayed for a bite to eat, and discussed the future with Osawa and Yokichi.

According to Yoshiyoshi Osawa and Shinji Furuta, the merger of the two publishers is probably next week.

During this merger, the editorial boards of the two manga divisions thought about launching a new manga magazine.

As the main publication, the new manga magazine will be held by Tsukasa Higashino as the general, and will fight against the new manga magazine released by Shiniwazuki Publishing House.

At the same time, Urashima Press's "Bad Cold" and Fuji Press's "Trembling" were retained, and they were divided into two separate periodicals, and those serialized in the new manga magazine were not serialized enough to remain in "Bad Cold" and "Trembling".

In this way, the serialization of the remaining authors of Urashima Press and Fuji Press will not be disrupted.

As for the editor-in-chief of the old "Bad Cold" and the old "Trembling"... It's a lot easier to choose.

After all, after the merger of Urashima and Fuji Press, the size of the editorial department will be doubled, and the editor-in-chief will not be short.

From what they said, Tsukasa Higashino probably understood... They estimated that the planned merger had been planned for a long time, otherwise it would not have been so familiar and methodical.

And when Tsukasa Higashino asked what their literature department should do...

Osawa Yokichi and Furuta Shinji are a little difficult to answer.

After all, there is a pillar of Higashino Tsukasa in the comics department, and the two of them can still have some room to operate.

But on the side of the literary department, even if the two of them merge, they will still be weaker than each other - this is a simple hard power gap that cannot be changed.

Can't they tear apart Tsukasa Higashino in half, half of it in the comics department as the door god, and half in the literature department as the door god, right?

They couldn't think of any good solution for the time being, and Higashino didn't continue to ask, but just got up and said goodbye after eating the meal in a proper manner.

Looking at the back of Higashino Tsukasa leaving, Osawa Heji and Furuta Shinji couldn't help but glance at each other.

"Higashino-sensei is really a person who can easily refresh my cognition." Osawa Yokichi smiled: "I thought he would hesitate, but he agreed without hesitation." ”

"This shows that Higashino-sensei has confidence in his new work..."

Furuta Shinji couldn't help but joke: "Our Fuji Publishing House's "Trembling" has always been pressed and beaten by him, and he didn't even have a chance to look up. ”

Oh, yes...

Only the opponent knows the opponent better, and it's not like he Furuta Shinji hasn't studied the manga of Tsukasa Higashino.

It's really not comparable.

Even if Suzuki Yu practiced hard painting skills and painting skills later, he still couldn't beat Tsukasa Higashino's comics.

That's what an opponent is... Now I'm a teammate...

Furuta Shinji groaned and continued to ask, "President Osawa, do you know about Higashino-sensei's new manga...?" Although I have a lot of confidence in him, the competition with Shiniwazuki Publishing House is not so simple..."

"I just got the news today that Higashino-sensei's new manga is called "Hanzawa Naoki", which is a standard professional manga."

Osawa told the other party the news of Tsukasa Higashino's new manga.

"Professional comics?" Furuta Shinji opened his mouth, and it took a while for him to react, and he couldn't help laughing: "This is too confident, right?" ”

Yes... It's too confident.

"If this "Naoki Hanzawa" can also become a hit... Then Mr. Higashino can really be said to be able to lead an era..."

Furuta Shinji muttered to himself.

Every era has a leader.

It's like the newspaper cartoon "Miss Conch".

It's like the national animation "Cherry Maruko".

These comics have created achievements that many of their contemporaries have not been able to achieve.

If Tsukasa Higashino can do it... That's pretty remarkable.

"Editor-in-Chief Gutian, you're thinking too far." Osawa Heji shook his head and sighed again: "Now we should face the difficulties in front of us. ”

The new Iwatsuki Publishing House is menacing.

That's what they should be thinking about.

As for whether Tsukasa Higashino can get to that far... It doesn't have much to do with their publishing house.

"President Osawa is right." Furuta Shinji nodded in agreement, not taking the time to think about it anymore.

Their side has already lined up their troops, and then it's up to the New Iwatsu Publishing House to make a move.

.......

Two days after Tsukasa Higashino went back, he plunged directly into "Naoki Hanzawa".

He wants to sharpen this long-prepared comic a little sharper, and when it comes to the official competition, it will be easier for him to use it to stab people.

The first episode of "Hanzawa Naoki" has a total of fifty-five pages, and the most important thing is the facial profile of the hero and the villain.

In order to restore the feeling of 'exertion' in the Japanese drama, Tsukasa Higashino spent a lot of time, not only finding a lot of realistic character portraits to copy, but also letting Fujiwara Aoi and Takahashi Yumi keep a face and copy for a long time... Not even Ryoka Konoe escaped his brushes.

After drawing about a hundred scrap sketches, he finally figured out how his facial expression was 'forced' but not stiff.

This process made Aoi Fujiwara and Yumi Takahashi bitter, after all, the conditions given by Tsukasa Higashino were very inexplicable, 'the facial expression was forceful, but it was not allowed to be unnatural'...

They had been wearing a stinky face for several days, and their facial muscles were sore.

This made Higashino Tsukasa also sigh a little.

He hasn't asked Aoi Fujiwara and Yumi Takahashi too much... God knows how much Sakai Masato suffered for the sake of this feeling in the first place?

There may also be some people who think that the facial expressions of the actors in "Naoki Hanzawa" are a bit too excessive, and the performance is too 'hard' - but this actually depends on the country.

The TV dramas in Japan are basically this kind of 'Yan Yi' interpretation style.

After that, Higashino Tsukasa took some time and directly called Higashino Chihaya and Konoe Ryoka out, and asked them to be Hanzawa Naoki on the one hand, and Asano branch manager on the other, standing on both sides of the street lamps in the park.

Higashino Chihaya refused to be the villain Asano Branch, and Higashino Tsukasa had to coax and trick her into telling her that Asano Branch President was actually a good person, and Hanzawa Naoki was a villain, and Hanzawa Naoki would bully Asano Branch, a 'good man', and let him sit down.

Hearing this, Chihaya Higashino became the president of the Asano branch with a proud face... Her smug look of 'no matter how close her girlfriend is, she can't kiss her sister'... It really has a bit of the flavor of the Asano branch manager.

And the Konoe Ryoka next to her also imitated the expression of Naoki Banzawa for a few days, her face was tense, and she looked very serious... Although with her beautiful face, it looks like a malicious pretending to be cute.

But Tsukasa Higashino didn't care about that.

As a professional painter, he had plenty of imagination.

Light, heat, color... When the head of the Asano branch and Naoki Hanzawa confronted each other, his facial muscles relaxed...

He largely imagined it through this semi-simulated scenario.

And it didn't take long to draw the ideal original.

"Asa Asa, the president of the Asano branch is really a good person, right?" Looking at the original manuscript drawn by Tsukasa Higashino, Chihaya Higashino asked with excitement on his face.

This time she played a good role, at least not as clumsy as Kumamon, and she looked very silly, so of course she was a little concerned.

"Well, he's a person who cares about his family."

Higashino replied hesitantly.

Strictly speaking, there is no distinction between good guys and bad guys in "Naoki Hanzawa".

The reason why the Asano branch manager partnered with Higashida Mitsuru to cheat the loan was also because he owed 50 million yen in arrears, and if he did not cooperate, then his family would fall apart.

But for Naoki Hanzawa and those who work hard, President Asano is indeed a bad person, and the arrears he owes and he have ruined other people's families... It is completely unwashable.

Chihaya Higashino is now smiling happily, and when the identity of the Asano branch president is revealed... I'm afraid I don't want to take out his younger brother and beat him up.

On the side, Ryoka Konoe, Yumi Takahashi, and Aoi Fujiwara were rubbing their faces.

In the past few days, in order to cooperate with Higashino Tsukasa to draw comics, it can really be said that they have exhausted all their skills - what 'strained faces', 'strained faces, crying', 'although strained faces, they look very unwilling'...

When they heard these requests from Higashino Division, they were actually confused.

It turns out that there can be so many changes in expression with a tense face?

"Mr. Higashino, is this "Naoki Hanzawa" really that good-looking? I've been reluctant to ask you to read the manuscript... Don't let me down. ”

Yumi Takahashi spoke.

Compared to the original manuscript of Tsukasa Higashino, she still prefers to buy comic magazines and read them, so she has been holding back not to read the original manuscript of Tsukasa Higashino's "Naoki Hanzawa".

"Don't worry, this comic is probably the best work I can draw so far."

Tsukasa Higashino smiled and nodded.

Especially the first word.

He is very meticulous with his brush, and in addition to the frontispiece, he uses the painting techniques used by many professional painters... The shadows were not cut through the dot paper, but he drew them one by one.

Don't say anything else.

When the quality of this painting is released, it is estimated that many people feel that they are looking at wallpaper.

"Is that an exaggeration? Is it better than Unnatural Death? Fujiwara Aoi was more rational, and after listening to Tsukasa Higashino's words, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ask.

If there are any masterpieces of Tsukasa Higashino now, it is estimated that most people will answer "Unnatural Death" and "Midnight Bell".

After all, one is a debut work, and the other is a ceiling masterpiece.

But Tsukasa Higashino's tone now has a feeling that he can surpass these two works...

This made Fujiwara Aoi couldn't help but ask.

"If nothing else."

Higashino replied with a smile and a nod.

"Unnatural Death" still has some pictorial flaws, but by the time "Hanzawa Naoki" has made up for it.

He's done his best...

The next thing to see is what the reader thinks.

Tsukasa Higashino put "Naoki Hanzawa" in the manga file bag, and then exhaled in satisfaction.

On his side, he finally finished drawing the original manuscript of the first episode of "Hanzawa Naoki".

This knife is sharpened to a particularly sharp point.

Tsukasa Higashino felt a little excited when he saw it, and wanted to call Hosokawa Koharu and say, 'A tooth for a tooth, double the return'.

It is difficult to ensure that those young employees who have just entered the society call their bosses directly after reading this cartoon.

"But it doesn't have much to do with me..."

Tsukasa Higashino coughed dryly, selectively skipping the question while focusing on new ones.

"Next, it's up to Shiniwazuki Publishing House, Urashima Press, and Fuji Publishing House."

Oh, yes.

The new magazine of these two publishers... I guess I'm almost ready.