Tamura looked at Tsukasa Higashino.

Tsukasa Higashino also looked at Tamura.

The two looked at each other.

The atmosphere also became heavy and stiff.

Hosokawa Koharu looked at this scene and opened his mouth, just about to say something.

The next moment-

"Come on."

Tamura knew nodding to Tsukasa Higashino and whispered a word of encouragement.

He seemed to want to smile politely at Higashino Division, but when the smile reached his mouth, he froze, hesitated for a while, and could only nod to Hosokawa Koharu next to him, and then planned to leave.

But at the moment before leaving, he turned his head and glanced at the Urashima editorial office behind him with a very serious and complicated expression, and then he really left.

There is no imaginary hoarseness, exhaustion, and no slap in the face or reversal drama in the novel.

Tamura is not noisy or noisy, and simply leaves, as if... I've never been here in the first place.

“... What will Tamura-sensei do next? ”

Looking at the other party's departing figure, Higashino Tsukasa suddenly asked.

Hosokawa Koharu didn't expect Tsukasa Higashino to suddenly ask this, so he was stunned for a moment: "Maybe go to a part-time job or be a manga assistant, the comic author is like this, and if there is no serialization, you can only work part-time." ”

People are like this, no matter how they live, they are alive, but the way of living is different.

At the end, Hosokawa Koharu also added:

"Higashino-sensei, I hope you don't affect your creative mood because of this matter."

"Midnight Bells" has just started, don't let this matter make Higashino Tsukasa have no fighting spirit, and he doesn't even want to paint "Midnight Bells".

After all, it was he who overthrew Tamura, and at his age, he would naturally have more inexplicable sentimentality than adults.

But what Hosokawa Koharu didn't expect was that Tsukasa Higashino just shook his head at this:

"I have no intention of giving up on Midnight Bells. I won't regret taking away Mr. Tamura's serialization qualifications. ”

Hosokawa Koharu was stunned again.

Indeed, Tsukasa Higashino looked calm and his tone was steady, and what happened just now didn't seem to affect his mentality at all.

Of course.

Because Tsukasa Higashino also needs this serialization opportunity.

Tamura's family has children who need to go to school, and he also has Chihaya Higashino at home.

So no matter what, Tsukasa Higashino will not give up this opportunity.

For Tamura, Tsukasa Higashino may say sorry, but he will never regret it.

The Tamura affair is just a small episode, and Tsukasa Higashino and Koharu Hosokawa begin to talk about the matter of vested interests in Midnight Bell.

The price given by Urashima Press is 11,000 yen per page of the manuscript.

This is not too high in Urashima Press.,After all, as one of the top three comic companies in Japan.,To be serialized in this.,It's going to sharpen your head and squeeze it in.。 If other publishing houses are not very famous, it would be a great blessing to be able to give 35,000 yen.

The original manuscript of "Midnight Bell" submitted by Tsukasa Higashino this time has a total of 48 pages, which is converted to -

528,000 yen.

Note that the 520,000 yen is only the price at which the manuscript was sold, and does not include the money that may be sold in the future for a single book or an animated script.

As long as Tsukasa Higashino can stabilize and continue to serialize, it's not too much to say that the future is promising.

He roughly glanced at the contract, and after finding no problems, he directly signed his pen name and real name.

In this way, Tsukasa Higashino and Urashima Publishing House reached a consensus.

Hosokawa Koharu, who had been watching his actions from the side, also breathed a sigh of relief.

She's not as comfortable as she seems.

After all, she is a rookie editor, just graduated from college, so she naturally lacks experience in handling things.

But...

As an editor! She still has the responsibility to guide Tsukasa Higashino!

So she looked at Higashino Tsukasa, her eyes were flat, her tone slowed down, and she asked patiently:

"By the way, Higashino-sensei, is there anything you don't understand about manga creation? After all, you're a rookie author, and it's normal that you don't understand some processes. ”

"Huh? No, what's wrong? ”

Tsukasa Higashino glanced at Hosokawa Koharu strangely.

He was still sorting out the specific information of the contract just now, and he was caught off guard when he heard Hosokawa Koharu suddenly ask.

"Uh... Is there really none? Are you sure? Hosokawa Koharu coughed, took out the appearance of an editor and taught earnestly: "For example, you don't know how to unfold the second episode of "Midnight Bell"..."

"Ah, don't worry about this Hosokawa editor, I know how to draw the plot of the second episode."

Tsukasa Higashino waved his hand, seemingly unconcerned.

If the plot starts in the second episode, how can you draw it? Isn't that a joke?

“... Don't you have any jams at all? Hosokawa Koharu didn't believe it, and she asked hurriedly, looking incredulous.

Tsukasa Higashino is just a newcomer, the same as himself, how can he be so reassuring... No problem at all?

"I don't have a draft, I'm almost done with the second sentence, so I'll show it to Editor Hosokawa next time."

Tsukasa Higashino was inexplicable.

Why is Hosokawa Koharu suddenly in a hurry?

"Do you need a comic assistant? Urashima Publishing can put you in touch with a great manga assistant to help you draw backgrounds and so on. ”

Hosokawa Koharu is in a hurry.

She didn't know why she was in a hurry.

It may be that Higashino's performance is too reliable and impeccable, but she, a rookie editor, can't sit still-

I'm going to guide your editors! How can you not let me guide you?

"No need. I'm used to drawing on my own. ”

Higashino became more and more strange, and he glanced at Hosokawa Koharu.

Tsukasa Higashino's main skill, 'Empathy Don't', only works if he draws it himself, so he basically doesn't hire any helpers.

"Is there any difficulty with Higashino-sensei? I might be able to help you by speaking up. ”

She couldn't help but speak.

No... Isn't that right?! Why doesn't Tsukasa Higashino have any problems at all?

You've got to have a little problem, right? If you're okay all the time, how can I be like the kind of famous editor in the TV series, and wake up the confused author with a slap?

She looked at Tsukasa Higashino with a look of hope on her face.

"Uh..."Tsukasa Higashino wanted to answer 'no', but looking at Hosokawa Koharu's appearance, he felt that even if he didn't have difficulties, the other party would force him to make some difficulties.

So he was silent for a while, and then said happily: "Not yet, but whenever there is any difficulty, I will immediately call and ask the editor Hosokawa for a solution." ”

"Ahh All right. ”

This answer didn't satisfy Hosokawa Koharu too much, and she sighed with some regret.

It seems that the road to becoming a famous editor is still far away...

She roughly sorted out the original manuscript of "Midnight Bell", looked at the time and said:

"Then the next submission will be set for next week, Mr. Higashino. No problem, right? ”

"Ahh That's fine. ”

Tsukasa Higashino nodded.

The second episode of his "Midnight Bell" is almost finished, and the third episode is quite fast, of course, there will be no problems.

"Good. Then that's the end of the work. But Higashino-sensei, if you don't understand anything, you can really ask me, I'm an editor, and I know a lot. ”

Hosokawa Koharu closed the briefcase and said a little reluctantly.

This appearance is a little humble, as if begging Higashino to ask a question.

When she finished packing up her things, she looked at Tsukasa Higashino again, and regained a little spirit: "Let's go eat, Mr. Higashino." I wish us a happy cooperation. ”

It seems to be a tradition at Urashima Publishing House, where after working with new authors, the editor treats them to dinner and connects at the dinner table.

This is undoubtedly a very adult approach, and Hosoya Koharu has always wanted to do something with an adult vibe, so he looks a little excited.

She has always struggled with the lack of authors under her hands, and can usually only watch her senior editors take their authors to dinner - envious to death.

Now it's hard to catch an author, which doesn't take him to the wine table to contact feelings...?

How is this possible!?

And then the next moment -

Her elated face froze.

Because that's what Tsukasa Higashino answered.

"I'm sorry, I still have some things to deal with at home, so I can't accompany me today, so I'll invite the editor Hosokawa to eat another day."

It's too social, and if you advance and retreat in moderation, you almost choke Hosokawa Koharu to death.

She looked at Tsukasa Higashino, and inexplicably felt that this amiable young man was more like a social person than her...