"Hanzawa Naoki" is the only pillar manga of Toshima Publishing House, and the resources obtained when the single book is sold are of course very rich.

The promotion on the cover of the magazine, the poster promotion in the hot area of the bookstore, the poster promotion on the subway...

I have to say that in a sense, Toshima Publishing House is even more concerned about the sales of "Hanzawa Naoki" than Tsukasa Higashino.

After all, only the sales of a single book represent everything, if the sales of a single book are average, then the previous achievements will be dissipated - it is empty words if you can't sell for money.

What relaxes Toshima Press is... They had done a reader survey on the sales of Higashino's single book before.

More than 70 percent of readers are willing to pay 400 yen for a single copy of "Naoki Hanzawa".

This boosted their morale.

There are so many readers who are willing to buy it, even if the proportion will fall by then, and the sales of "Naoki Hanzawa" should not fall behind.

The Internet, media, and magazines are also optimistic about "Naoki Hanzawa", and everyone thinks that "Naoki Hanzawa" can get good results.

Except for one person...

That's Horikoshi Hanpei, who submitted to Toshima Publishing House to no avail.

He brought his "Research and Search Team" to the Fudao Publishing House, and the result was only a meeting with the editor, and then there was no more... The reception editor of Toshima Publishing House directly pushed him away half-on-the-spot.

No publishing house dares to accept such an author's work under such a large public opinion effect.

Horikoshi Hanpei is now equivalent to everyone shouting and beating.

And when I heard that the sale of my single book was forcibly canceled, but Tsukasa Higashino's "Naoki Hanzawa" had already begun to prepare for the sale of a single book.

Horikoshi Hanpei was so angry that he almost didn't spit out a mouthful of blood.

He felt that the reason why he was like this now was mainly because Tsukasa Higashino proposed the three principles of manga, and if it weren't for Tsukasa Higashino, he wouldn't be like this.

As a result, his own works couldn't be sold, but Tsukasa Higashino's "Naoki Hanzawa" was sold?

It's simply amazing!

So Horikoshi Hanhei thought that there was a mistake in the sales of Higashino Division's "Hanzawa Naoki", and it was best that it couldn't be sold at all.

That is, in Horikoshi Hanpei's thinking.

The first volume of Tsukasa Higashino's "Naoki Hanzawa" has finally gone on sale after two weeks of warm-up.

The whole sales process, in Hosokawa Koharu's words, is that-

"That's going too well, isn't it?"

Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help muttering as he looked at the rising sales data from bookstores across the country.

It really went so well... From delivery to snapping up, the entire sales process of "Naoki Hanzawa" was smooth and incredible.

You must know that when the general pillar comics are released, the sales will stop a little, and the sales will gradually tend to be stable.

But "Naoki Hanzawa" is completely different.

It's been going straight up.

In just an hour's rush stats, "Naoki Hanzawa" had already broken the 40,000 copies mark for the first volume - even Tsukasa Higashino's "Unnatural Death" didn't do that kind of thing.

But "Naoki Hanzawa" did it.

Not just did it, but it went over and over...

"This is probably the strength of a genius," Hosokawa Koharu muttered to himself.

Honestly, she wants to go out and see what's going on in the bookstore right now.

But after hesitating for a long time, Hosokawa Koharu still suppressed the thoughts in his heart and continued to start monotonous and repetitive statistical work - the manpower of the sales department next door was no longer available, so he had to ask some of their editors to help.

In the editorial department of "Heshi", this kind of thing happens from time to time, after all, no matter how much the manpower is replenished, it is natural to get busy as soon as it comes to the sales day of the single line.

But it's a bit rare to be busy like this.

Even the editor-in-chief of Urashima personally went down to help calculate the data... This can also be seen from the hot situation of Tsukasa Higashino's manga sales.

In Hosokawa Koharu's estimates, if nothing else, the sales of the first volume of "Naoki Hanzawa" this time will definitely exceed 2.5 million copies... It's two or three notches higher than the period of "Unnatural Death".

That is, when Hosokawa Koharu was in full swing and working hard, in the bookstore about a kilometer away from the Toshima Publishing House, Yosuke Oshio was surprised by the situation in the bookstore.

People spontaneously lined up in a row and took the initiative to stand in front of the single book of "Naoki Hanzawa"...

To be honest, this is the first time I've seen this kind of scene, because when he usually comes to the bookstore, he doesn't line up at all, he just takes two books and pays for it and leaves.

"Do young people nowadays attach so much importance to entertainment?"

As a middle-aged salaryman in his forties, Yosuke Oshio muttered softly, but quickly retracted his words.

After all, he also wanted to buy a single copy of Higashino's "Hanzawa Naoki" when he came over this time - since the last time he read the manga magazine brought back by the big salt bear, he has been thinking about the "Hanzawa Naoki" on it.

I finally took half a day to come over to buy a single book, but I still had to queue up.

It's really...

Yosuke Oshio shook his head helplessly and stood at the end of the line.

And then...

Then he heard a voice behind him: "Come on!" Come on! I can't lose to those unscrupulous bosses! When I'm done, I'm going to finish the task they've given me! I'm going to climb on top of them! A tooth for a tooth, double the reward! ”

"Yes! Leader Fujisawa, our group hasn't lost yet! Come on! ”

Yosuke Oshio, who was standing for a good time, couldn't help but glance back when he heard this series of voices.

The people who spoke were two young men, who seemed to have just joined the company, and their faces were relatively young and immature.

At this time, these two people were flipping through the latest episode of "Hanzawa Naoki", their eyes were bright, and they seemed to be in a very excited state.

This made Yosuke Oshio also speechless for a while.

How can you look at a comic like being beaten with chicken blood? Excited?

Compared to Yosuke Oshio's speechlessness, the bookstore clerk in charge of collecting money on the other side was not so frightened.

On the contrary, he was almost used to it.

After all, he has seen this meeting a lot.

Every time it's basically "Hanzawa Naoki" serialized to the latest episode, there will always be so many salarymen who pay to look down at the comics, and jump up when they look at it, full of enthusiasm.

Some salarymen say they are quitting their current jobs.

There are also some like the young man just now, who said that they want to make contributions in the company, and finally climb to the head of the current leader, and double the dedication...

I don't know if these salarymen started drinking in the afternoon and went crazy, anyway, these bookstore staff are used to it.

Seeing off the two guests, Yosuke Oshio waited in line for about five or six minutes before finally arriving at him.

Looking at the four words "Hanzawa Naoki" on the cover, as well as Hanzawa Naoki with a gloomy expression and looking at the front of him, Yosuke Oshio took the two copies without hesitation.

One he wanted to buy for his son, and the other for himself.

The reason why I bought an extra copy to give to my son... This is because he wants to tell the big salt Kumaichi that he has worked hard to understand each other as a father.

"That's safe."

Tucking the paper bags of the two single books into the briefcase, Yosuke Oshio turned to look at the bookstore behind him.

The queue did not decrease, but because it was close to the afternoon, the students of the school were dismissed, and the bookstore was more crowded.

"It's a very good work..."

Compared to the entertainment product of manga with colored glasses in the past, Yosuke Oshio now finds that he can gradually understand the culture of young people now.

And the bridge of all this is "Naoki Hanzawa" in his hands...

Da Shioyosuke nodded contentedly, then turned and walked towards home.

......

The outside sales of "Naoki Hanzawa" can be said to be in full swing, but as the editor-in-chief of Shiniwazuki Publishing House, Seo feels a lot of pressure.

Originally, he still held the glimmer of hope that "Hanzawa Naoki" was just a beautiful reader survey data, and the real sales results would not be very good...

But now it looked like his hope was about to burst.

The big hit of "Naoki Hanzawa" will definitely put more pressure on the manga magazine "Chiyo" of Shiniwazuki Publishing House.

As long as Tsukasa Higashino is not like Horikoshi Hanpei, who has a neurotic operation as soon as his brain is hot, the sales of his "Hanzawa Naoki" will definitely be able to climb the ceiling of Japanese manga sales.

But...

"That's the ceiling for Japanese manga sales..."

Editor-in-chief Seo couldn't help but mumble to himself.

Why is the ceiling called the ceiling? It is precisely because it is difficult for people to touch that it is called a ceiling.

If anyone could casually touch the ceiling of Japanese manga sales... Then the ceiling should not be called the ceiling at all, isn't it more appropriate to call it 'floor'?

But Tsukasa Higashino surprised Editor-in-Chief Seo with his own strength.

He just has the ability to be the ceiling of Japanese manga...

To be honest, Horikoshi Hanpei also had this opportunity... But...

"That guy..."

Editor-in-chief Seo couldn't help but sigh again.

not only killed himself, but also affected "Chiyo".

Even now, "Chiyo" has not found a work that can replace "Research and Search Team".

This made the editor-in-chief of Seo eager to find Horikoshi Hanpei, and minced his meat and ate it one bite at a time.

What an MMP! How can there be such a pitted author?

Editor-in-chief Seo complained in his head for a long time, but in the end he retracted his thoughts and turned to thinking about what to do next in "Chiyo".

If he can't find a work that can replace "Research and Search Team", then he may really have to take the blame and resign.

Because the board of directors of the Shiniwazuki Publishing House won't be waiting for him for long...

And there are many people in the position of editor-in-chief of the "Chiyo" manga magazine, and I don't know how many people are waiting for him to take the blame and resign.

This can be regarded as internal and external troubles.

However, the new Iwatsuki Publishing House was originally a product of the merger of Iwakuka Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore, and it is normal for people to be uneven.

"It's a bit tricky."

Editor-in-chief Seo shook his head helplessly, and could only continue to think of a way.

His personality has always been more positive.

And compared to the editor-in-chief of Seo, this is not the case with Horikoshi Hanpei on the other side.

He looked at "Naoki Hanzawa", which was constantly being discussed, and recalled the long queue in front of the bookstore today, and he was so angry that he smashed the magazines in his hand directly on the wall.

Bastard! "Naoki Hanzawa" is so popular!

Doesn't this comparison make it even more apparent that he is not the same thing at all?

The more he watched the online comments, the more angry he became, so he simply turned off the computer and turned on the TV instead.

However, as soon as he turned on the TV, he heard the TV host smiling and holding the single book of "Hanzawa Naoki" to introduce: "Today we are going to introduce the comic "Hanzawa Naoki"..."

Looking at the four artistic words of "Hanzawa Naoki", Horikoshi Hanpei only felt that his vision was a little distorted, and an irrepressible anger rushed to his heart, making his abdomen vaguely painful, and even wanted to gag.

He has been updating weekly comics for a long time, but he has some physical problems, and he has been in a big rage recently, causing him to sometimes feel dizzy inexplicably.

In this case, Horikoshi Hanpei held back his anger and turned off the TV, while slamming the remote control on the coffee table and walking to the balcony instead.

He went to see the scenery!

It's always okay, right!? It's not going to be dominated by "Hanzawa Naoki" anyway, right?

But it's not a coincidence.

Today's Toshima Publishing House has just done a hot air balloon promotion project - it is a way of promoting the promotion of ordinary hot air balloons with a huge Japanese vertical banner hanging under the "well-known manga "Hanzawa Naoki" is selling well".

This vertical panel can be seen from a long distance, and of course Horikoshi Hanpei can see it at a glance.

Looking at the four words of "Hanzawa Naoki", Horikoshi Hanpei only felt that his blood pressure had soared inexplicably, and then he couldn't help it anymore, his body was weak, and he was so angry that he fainted to death.

However, as a party to all this, Higashino Tsukasa didn't know that Horikoshi Hanpei had passed out at home.

Compared to that, he was now looking at the two middle-aged men in front of him with some surprise.

"You're saying... Want to invite me to NHK's Red and White Song Campaign? ”

"Yes, Higashino-sensei."

One of the middle-aged men in a suit and leather shoes continued: "We at NHK sincerely invite you to participate in the Red and White Song Battle. ”

The other party suddenly came to the door, and to be honest, Higashino Tsukasa didn't expect it at all.

The so-called Red and White Song Battle is actually equivalent to the Japanese version of the Spring Festival Gala, but unlike the Spring Festival Gala, the Red and White Song Battle is mainly divided into red groups and white groups for both men and women, and the music program in which the two groups sing songs against each other and decide the winner.

Tsukasa Higashino originally wanted to wait at home for the good news of the sales of "Naoki Hanzawa" from Hosokawa Koharu... As a result, I just stayed at home, and I was approached by someone from NHK TV.

However, Higashino was not too surprised.

After all, it's approaching the end of the year, and it's almost time to sort out the list of Red and White Song Battles.

But... Red and White Songs Fight Together...

That sounds like a bit of an interesting thing.

So yes or no?

Tsukasa Higashino couldn't help but think.