Tsukasa Higashino isn't in a good mood right now.

He found himself underestimating the importance of Unnatural Death to Urashima Press.

The completion request he put forward yesterday is indeed a bit difficult for a strong man, Hosokawa Koharu is now a team leader, and he can only be regarded as having a little say in the editorial department, but as long as he does not stand in the position of deputy editor, Hosokawa Koharu's importance is not so great.

To be honest, it doesn't matter if other manga authors change to editors, but Tsukasa Higashino has partnered with Hosokawa Koharu for nearly two years, and the relationship has always been at the level of old friends, so it's impossible for him to watch his old friend be wronged and not care about it with a happy face, right?

Higashino Tsukasa groaned, but decided to call Hosokawa Koharu's old partner first-at least to find out the situation first.

On the other side –

The moment he saw the phone call from Tsukasa Higashino, Hosokawa Koharu was actually a little dazed.

She was just about to go to the handover of the manga writer, but Tsukasa Higashino made a phone call.

Looking at this familiar number, Hosokawa Koharu hesitated for a while, but still connected the phone: "Hey? Higashino-sensei? ”

"Well, editor Hosokawa, I just got news from the editor-in-chief of Urashima, and you have been transferred to Mingsha's side as her editor-in-charge?"

Kuronomiya Akisa is a disciple of Tsukasa Higashino (she calls herself), and it's not big news in the Urashima editorial department, so there's not much of a problem with Tsukasa Higashino's title.

Compared to this... Hosokawa Koharu was even more moved by the fact that Tsukasa Higashino had not forgotten himself as the 'former editor-in-charge', and called to inquire as soon as possible.

You must know that the work in the editing industry in Japan is basically as long as the editor is transferred, the editor and the creator do not have much work communication, at most it is a little drink, and there are very few people who take the initiative to call and care about the work of the editor.

Hosokawa Koharu was a little emotional, but when he thought that he was no longer the editor of Tsukasa Higashino, he sighed a little uncomfortably: "That's right, the handover work here has been done, and in the future, Mr. Higashino, you will be in charge of the editor of Oshima." ”

Urashima Publishing House still attaches great importance to her, and she also holds the position of team leader, but the responsibility of Tsukasa Higashino has been replaced by another one.

"Really? But I still think that editor Hosokawa is the golden partner with me, and I can't accept the sudden change of editor over there... Is it because of the end of "Unnatural Death"? ”

Tsukasa Higashino simply picked out the topic and asked.

"It's not... Belch... Forget it, in fact, I can't hide it from you, Mr. Higashino. Hosokawa Koharu smiled bitterly and told Higashino Tsukasa everything about the situation.

It turned out that yesterday, when Hosokawa Koharu went to the editor-in-chief's office to talk with the editor-in-chief of Urashima, a senior leader happened to come over to inspect the state of the editor's work, and after he heard that "Unnatural Death" was about to end, he immediately said that "Unnatural Death" could not be finished so early, and ordered Hosokawa Koharu to negotiate with Tsukasa Higashino and strive to push it back.

And Hosokawa Koharu knew that Higashino Tsukasa would not change his decision, so he tried to negotiate with this senior leader.

As a result, the negotiations broke down and she was withdrawn? Get a new edit.

Hearing this causal process, Higashino Tsukasa was also speechless for a while.

Hosokawa Koharu, this is too iron-clad? You can't just take a little back, just take it soft... At most, just push the pot all on him.

After all, this is the situation that Higashino Tsukasa unilaterally wants to end? All she needs to do is be a narrator.

But if you think about it from a different perspective? Higashino Tsukasa found out that Hosokawa Koharu was actually covering for him by doing this, and Hosokawa Koharu took the initiative to go up and take the blame? It seems that he is unwilling to let Higashino Tsukasa suffer this grievance alone.

It's like now, most editors think that Hosokawa Koharu may be floating? How dare you argue with the leadership? I really don't know how to write dead words.,And Higashino Division, the comic author who asked for the end, didn't pay much attention to it... Or rather, blame.

"I understand the general situation." Tsukasa Higashino nodded: "Let's talk about it when I come to Tokyo." ”

"Huh? Let's talk about it in Tokyo? Wait a minute... Higashino-sensei, it's just an ordinary job alternation... I'm fine. ”

Listening to this aggrieved words, Higashino Tsukasa couldn't help but shake his head - no, you have something? And it doesn't feel like anything ordinary.

It's very simple.

Tsukasa Higashino as one of the hottest manga authors at the moment? Whichever editor catches it, which editor can quickly climb up the ladder by relying on the performance of Tsukasa Higashino... After all, the editing industry is the most dependent on the performance of the authors' works.

Hosokawa Koharu was dismissed, which is also equivalent to her deputy editor-in-chief, and even the road of editor-in-chief has been cut off - in Japan, women have always been in a weak position in the workplace.

Not to mention the Higashino Tsukasa that she dug up single-handedly? She couldn't have been 'fine' as she said she would have been.

Do you understand this? It's impossible for Hosokawa Koharu not to understand.

Higashino didn't continue to say anything to Hosokawa Koharu, just comforted her? After saying that he would come to the Urashima editorial office soon, he hung up the phone.

"Higashino-sensei..."

Looking at your phone? Hosokawa Koharu opened his mouth.

How to say it... It's a bit impressive indeed.

Could it be that this is some comic or medium? Is there a link between editors and authors?

I thought it was bluffing.

So there really is such a thing?

She's moved here? On the other side, the editor-in-chief of Urashima took the initiative to call her.

"Editor Hosokawa, I called Mr. Higashino just now and told him about your transfer."

As soon as he entered the editor-in-chief's room, the editor-in-chief of Urashima had a direct showdown.

"Uh... I'm sorry for the trouble Isashima. Hosokawa Koharu bowed his head to Urashima and apologized.

The editor-in-chief of Urashima has always been on her side, and she helped her say a lot of good things yesterday, and she really can't afford to complain about the middle-aged man in front of her who wants to make "Bad Cold" bigger and better.

"Mainly, this time, you are indeed a little impulsive." Urashima shook his head: "At that time, you should have left the matter to me... But now that it's happened, the two of us can only do our best to fix it. ”

As he spoke, the editor-in-chief of Urashima let out a long sigh.

He was the last person to see Tsukasa Higashino fall out with Urashima Press.

Now he's caught in the middle, and he's kind of a mixed doubles... It's too uncomfortable.

I can only say that I am a little unlucky as the editor-in-chief, I was poached Suzuki Yu some time ago, and this time there was another thing... If Tsukasa Higashino runs away... So who did he go to cry to?

It's hard for "Bad Cold" to get better!

You can't force me to kneel down in front of the logo of Urashima Press and admit my mistake like the previous editor-in-chief, right?

Do you know how difficult it is to find an author who does not delay the manuscript and all the works are popular?

No... Maybe these high-level officials actually know, and the person they look down on is not Tsukasa Higashino, but Hosokawa Koharu-

After all, in their eyes, this is a simple personnel change, replacing Hosokawa Koharu with the editor in charge of other manga authors... Every editor basically goes through that two or three times.

It's just that what they probably didn't expect was that Tsukasa Higashino and Hosokawa Koharu would have such a close relationship... As soon as something happened here, Higashino Tsukasa had already rushed here.

That's where the biggest headache comes in.

So at this time, the editor-in-chief of Urashima can only think about being his own middleman, and Tsukasa Higashino will try his best to meet any requests, and he will restore Hosokawa Koharu's identity as an editor - this is what he thinks.

Editor-in-chief Urashima This can be said to be a conceding idea, which makes Hosokawa Koharu also very grateful, she nodded and said, "I understand, Urashima editor-in-chief." ”

After pacifying Hosokawa Koharu, Urashima began to think about how to stabilize Tsukasa Higashino.

After all, this is the most important point... As long as you can stabilize Tsukasa Higashino's emotions, then everything is easy to say...

But—

"It's hard." Urashima rubbed his temples.

He had never encountered such a thing when he was an editor before, but now that he is the editor-in-chief, he has to worry about this kind of thing.

The feeling of being caught in the middle and being mixed with doubles really made his scalp tingle.

Finally, the editor-in-chief of Urashima sighed heavily.

As an editor-in-chief, he felt that he was carrying too much of a burden.

As the minutes ticked by, as the editor-in-chief of Urashima pondered, there was another knock on the door of the office, and at the same time the voice of an editor.

"Is the editor-in-chief of Urashima here? Higashino-sensei wants to meet you. ”

"Please come in."

The editor-in-chief of Urashima, who reacted, took the initiative to greet him, and at the same time sat down.

It was rare that Tsukasa Higashino, who walked in, did not smile as usual, but instead had a calm expression like water.

This made the editor-in-chief of Urashima sigh a little in his heart, but he still maintained the smile on his face and took the initiative to shake hands and say hello to the other party.

Fortunately, Higashino did not express any rejection towards this, and after shaking hands, he immediately spoke:

"Editor-in-Chief Urashima, I'll just open the skylight and say something. I hope that editor Hosokawa will continue to be my editor-in-charge. ”

This... It's pretty straightforward, indeed.

However, the transfer here has just come down, so I transferred Hosokawa Koharu back... This is clearly unlikely.

So the editor-in-chief of Urashima also shook his head a little embarrassed: "The transfer of editor Hosokawa is a little difficult to handle for the time being, but I am also working hard, and I hope that Mr. Higashino can wait a little." ”

To be honest, he can be regarded as the most humble editor-in-chief.

Who has ever seen the editor-in-chief speak to the author in such a consultative tone - except for Taurashima, then it is estimated that there is no one else.

Even Higashino Division, when he heard the words of the editor-in-chief of Urashima, he inexplicably glanced at the other party.

He is not a fool, and when he heard the words of the editor-in-chief Urashima, he naturally understood that the other party was also a person caught in the middle.

So even if it's hard to be the editor-in-chief of Urashima here, it doesn't make much sense...

Thinking of this, Higashino Tsukasa also groaned, and did not continue to make things difficult for the other party, nodded and got up and said, "I understand." Editor-in-Chief of Urashima. ”

Hitting people also has to hit the right people, since it doesn't make much sense to output to the editor-in-chief of Urashima, then Higashino Tsukasa will not waste his strength for no reason.

And Higashino Tsukasa himself thought of a good way to solve this matter.

Therefore, after saying a friendly hello to the editor-in-chief of Urashima, Tsukasa Higashino also thought about turning around and leaving.

This decisive action of getting up made a look of surprise appear on the face of the editor-in-chief of Urashima.

He was ready to say all the good things and agree to the other party's conditions.

As a result, Tsukasa Higashino just left?

Urashima was silent for a moment, and then shook his head as if he had thought of something: "Higashino-sensei doesn't seem to be the kind of person who is unreasonable..."

But it's okay... Since Tsukasa Higashino is so reasonable, then he will also help out, and he will definitely make Hosokawa Koharu his editor again.

He made up his mind and at the same time called the editor Oshima over.

The Oshima editor, who often chats with Hosokawa Koharu and talks nonsense, is dizzy at this time.

He also thought about being the editor in charge of Tsukasa Higashino once, but that was just thinking about it in a dream... He never imagined that his fantasy would come true.

It's kind of pie-in-the-sky... No, it's the feeling of gold cake falling from the sky.

It wasn't until he was called into the office of the editor-in-chief of Urashima that this dreamlike feeling barely dissipated a little.

He smiled and greeted the editor-in-chief of Urashima: "Editor-in-chief, what's wrong, do you have anything to look for me?" ”

"Well, there's something to tell the Oshima editor."

The editor-in-chief of Urashima couldn't help but shake his head when he saw that the editor of Oshima was full of joy and seemed to have picked up a treasure.

Although I don't want to hit the other party, I still have to tell the plan.

He began to tell Oshima the situation word by word, including the intention to re-replace Hosokawa Koharu with Higashino Tsukasa in charge.

And then...

Then the expression of the editor of Oshima first changed from a smile on his face and his mouth could not be closed, to a face like a dead face, and then from a dead face to a numb expression.

Look!

I knew it!

There is no pie-in-the-sky beauty in this world! In the end, you still want to hand over the affairs of Tsukasa Higashino to Koharu Hosokawa?

The Oshima editor was helpless and even a little reluctant.

But when facing his boss, Editor-in-Chief Urashima, he still barely squeezed out a smile: "I understand, then Mr. Higashino will leave it to me to take care of it for the time being..."

"I will definitely take care of Mr. Higashino's "Unnatural Death" and "Lonely Gourmet" during this time."

The editor-in-chief of Urashima also understood that he was very bitter now, so he gently patted the other party's shoulder: "Don't worry, stabilize the specific situation of "Unnatural Death", and I will count you as the next time the editorial team leader is nominated." ”

"Yes!"

Editorial Team Leader Nomination... It's a bonus, at least it's not for nothing...

Editor Oshima accepted his fate and at the same time left the office to check the date of Tsukasa Higashino's submission.

Then he found out...

It seems that Higashino-sensei... Is it due today?

Then why didn't he just hand in the manuscript together?

The Oshima editor was slightly stunned.

An unlikely thought came to my mind.

Could it be that Mr. Higashino doesn't want to deliver the manuscript?