Perhaps the most famous Japanese publishing houses in the Celestial Empire in Tsukasa Higashino's previous life were Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan, which were known as the 'Three Great Manga Societies'.

As for why Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan are just the 'three major societies' that are specifically referred to as magazines of the 'manga' genre?

This is because it is impossible for a Japanese publishing house to maintain the operation of an entire publishing house by relying on a single 'manga magazine publishing', and in order to make more profits, the 'three major manga publishers' will publish not only manga magazines, but also other kinds of books.

For example, in the previous life of Shogakukan in Japan, this publishing house mainly made profits by publishing educational books for elementary school students, and manga publishing can only be said to be a channel for profit.

In the final analysis, the 'three major publishers' were not the most profitable publishers in Japan in Higashino's previous life, and they were at most prominent in the 'manga' industry.

Unfortunately, this world is a parallel world.

There are no Shueisha, no Kodansha, and no Shogakukan.

So of course, there is no hot-blooded teenager comic weekly "Youth Jump".

Straight to the point.

In the parallel world of Tsukasa Higashino, the three publishers that took the place of the 'three major publishers' were Iwakaku Publishing House, Mozuki Shoten, and Urashima Publishing House.

Among them, Iwakaku Publishing House can be seen as a collection of Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan, focusing on shonen manga that are popular with the public, such as reasoning and blood. Mozhu Bookstore is biased towards publishing science fiction and romance shoujo manga.

And the last Urashima publishing house, this is the publishing house where Tsukasa Higashino submitted "Midnight Bell" a few days ago.

This publishing house is mainly aimed at suspenseful mystery and horror genres.

Its weekly magazine "Bad Cold" and the monthly magazine "Forbidden Space" are among the most famous horror manga production magazines in Japan.

It's just that Urashima Publishing House hasn't had a good time lately. Their pillar comic series "The Man Reflected in the Camera" has just ended, and it coincides with the winter of comic scripts, so there is no high-quality horror comic that can be used at all.

Now they are just holding on to their breath, tilting all their resources, and pushing a horror comic called "Between the Dolls", wanting to make it a pillar.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the quality of this "Between the Dolls" is not up to the standard of the pillars at all, and the quality can only be said to be acceptable.

As a result, the overall sales of manga magazines under Urashima Publishing House are also declining.

This is called branding.

When it comes to One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball, some people think of Shueisha and thus the weekly magazine "Jump", but what if you lose these pillar manga...?

This will inevitably affect the influence of comic magazines.

But even so, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and there is no doubt that Urashima Publishing House is still one of the three major publishing houses of manga.

But recently, there is a company called Fuji Publishing House, which has risen to prominence, and there are vague signs of sharing a corner with the 'three major publishers' in manga magazines...

But that's just a sign.

Tsukasa Higashino's choice is still Urashima Press, one of the three major publishing houses.

After all, the qualifications of the three major publishers of Uradao Publishing House are there, and there are many publishing resources and channels, and Urashima Publishing House is definitely sure to make a profit.

As for whether Tsukasa Higashino has confidence in the "Midnight Bell" in his hand...?

That's a bit of a joke. Of course he was confident.

"Midnight Bell" is famous there, and when it was released in Japan, the box office beat all the movies of the same period.

With a budget of $120,000, it won the global box office of 8.69 million pounds, the first box office in Japan...

It can be said that in this village of Japan, he kills everywhere with a knife, and he can't find an opponent who can fight at all.

Maybe Tsukasa Higashino can still use "Midnight Bell" to squeeze down the current pillar manga "Between Dolls" of Urashima Publishing House?

And it's been two or three days since the submission time... Urashima Publishing House should also have news...

Tsukasa Higashino thought in his heart, and then looked at Chihaya Higashino, who was sitting opposite.

At this time, Chihaya Higashino was pinching his mobile phone and tinkering with the snake game.

She played very seriously, and her body was still crooked to and from the movements of the snake on the screen.

In Japan in 2003, mobile phones have long been popularized, and they are the kind of flip phones with an oval body and an old-fashioned bulky look.

Chihaya Higashino and Tsukasa Higashino originally had a mobile phone each to communicate with each other.

However, Higashino Chihaya's mobile phone was broken by her mistake, and it was never repaired, so Higashino Tsukasa took his mobile phone to Higashino Chihaya to use, and his homeroom teacher's phone number was stored on it.

If Chihaya Higashino has something, he can call him.

This is also the bottom line of Tsukasa Higashino.

Otherwise, it's really uneasy to leave her alone at home.

"Then I'm going to school, Sister Chihaya, you have to stay at home."

Tsukasa Higashino finished everything and said hello.

"yes, I see." Chihaya Higashino stretched out his hand to drive Tsukasa Higashino: "Ace, go to school!" I'll take care of this home. ”

As she spoke, she nodded vigorously, as if she wanted to give herself some courage.

But just in case, Higashino also checked the locks of the doors and windows, and found nothing wrong before turning around and coming to the entrance.

It's almost time to go.

Ding Ding Ding –

At this moment, the telephone landline placed in the shoe cabinet next to the door rang.

Well?

Higashino reached out and answered the phone and asked, "That one?" ”

Since the death of the Higashino family, there have been no calls willing to call.

The old friends of Higashino's parents in the past are also like evaporating from the world, except for the funeral where their faces are revealed, they are no longer seen.

Japan has always been a humane society, unless it is really inseparable and close friends, otherwise, friends are probably like this.

Most of the people who can continue to call Higashinoya are salesmen who sell newspapers or health products in the surrounding area.

"I'm sorry, but is it Higashino-sensei?"

On the other end of the line came the voice of a young woman.

Higashino-sensei?

After a while, another voice came from the other side of the phone:

"I'm Koharu Hosokawa, editor of the weekly manga magazine "Bad Cold" affiliated with Urashima Publishing House, is it Higashino-sensei?"

Koharu Hosokawa?

Editor of Urashima Press?

Tsukasa Higashino was in good spirits.

The "Midnight Bell" submitted a few days ago, has it finally come to fruition?

"I'm Tsukasa Higashino, the author of Midnight Bell, am I the editor of Urashima Press?"

He asked rhetorically.

"Well, I'm the editor of Urashima Press. This time, I will contact you about the details of "Midnight Bell". ”