Putting the phone down, Higashino took a deep breath before spitting it out again.

He remembered the good news that Hosokawa Koharu had informed him just now - "The cumulative sales of the single book of "Midnight Bell" have reached 20,000 copies... And there's an upward momentum. ”

A single book is priced at 400 yen, and each volume sold brings Tsukasa Higashino 40 yen.

In just two hours, I earned 800,000 yen, which is a considerable amount even if I pay taxes... Sure enough, it's not wrong to say that the sales volume of a single book is the main source of manga authors.

Thinking of this, Tsukasa Higashino also smiled slightly.

"Midnight Bell" got such a good result, even Tsukasa Higashino would be happy.

It's like if you worked hard for the first month, earned a small amount of money, and inexplicably wanted to show off in the group of classmates - this is the mentality that ordinary people should have.

Tsukasa Higashino is just an ordinary person who knows a little bit about art, and naturally he is the same as everyone else in this regard.

You must know that "Midnight Bell" has only been on sale for two hours now, which is already 20,000 copies. That's at least 100,000 copies a week.

This is already a hot work on "Bad Cold" - you must know that several single books released in the same period are still struggling with thousands of copies.

And Hosokawa Koharu also hinted in his words that the reprinting of "Midnight Bell" may continue.

In other words, the follow-up achievements of "Midnight Bell" will be higher, and this is just the beginning.

Tsukasa Higashino was already satisfied.

The name of "Midnight Bell" may be on the sales list of Japanese manga single books...

The public trust list, also known as the Oricon list, is also known as the O list.

In Japan, the statistics of the public trust list are equivalent to authority, which is equivalent to an indicator to measure whether a work is accepted by the public.

"Midnight Bell" will definitely be on the list.

Tsukasa Higashino was relieved.

There is no problem with "Midnight Bell", and now let's see the reaction of "Lonely Foodie".

......

"It's really good, the poster of Xiao Zhenzi at the back of the single book of "Midnight Bell" is so cute."

Yumi Takahashi held the gift poster behind the single book of "Midnight Bell" and couldn't put it down.

Although Aoi Fujiwara next to him didn't speak, he also recognized Yumi Takahashi's words.

Tsukasa Higashino's painting is really good, and Sadako barely crawls out of the TV with teeth and claws, and looks very cute.

"I've finished watching "Midnight Bell", so it's time to watch "Aoba" next... It seems that Higashino-sensei's manga is a frontispiece, right? ”

Yumi Takahashi flipped out the "Aoba" in the paper bag, looked at it at a glance, and then was directly dumbfounded.

She reached out and picked it up, took a closer look, and then said a little incredulously: "Why is the protagonist of Higashino-sensei's new manga an uncle?" And it looks dull. What is the saying...? What are you doing...? ”

"It's a dumbfounded!"

Fujiwara Aoi interjected and replied, sticking her head over curiously: "Uncle protagonist? ”

Then, she saw the middle-aged uncle on the cover who was looking ahead with his mouth open and looking very confused.

This... Can Uncle Mune also be the protagonist of the manga?

Aoi Fujiwara was a little confused and didn't understand Tsukasa Higashino's intentions.

But after all, it's a manga by Tsukasa Higashino, and Aoi Fujiwara still has some expectations in his heart, so he didn't say much at this time.

"Open it and take a look." She urged Yumi Takahashi on the side.

"Don't worry..."Yumi Takahashi didn't reply, and raised her hand to open the new monthly magazine "Aoba" of Urashima Publishing House.

Since "Aoba" is a new monthly magazine that has just been launched by Urashima Publishing House, as a "special issue", this time the number of pages is more than 500 pages, and Yumi Takahashi turned several pages in a row, and then I saw the colorful headline - "The Lonely Gourmet".

"The Lonely Gourmet...? Did Higashino-sensei really draw a food manga? Yumi Takahashi muttered to herself.

But... Something is wrong.

Aoi Fujiwara and Takahashi look at the middle-aged man in a formal suit with a briefcase on the cover walking through the streets of Tokyo, looking up.

The painting is very well drawn...

But something is still wrong.

"Shouldn't this kind of food cartoon just put the fancy food on the cover?" Yumi Takahashi muttered quietly.

"The main thing about the manga is to read the content..."Fujiwara Aoi was a little unconfident, and defended Tsukasa Higashino.

“... That's just as well—" Takahashi nodded.

Comics, the main thing is to look at the content.

But if Tsukasa Higashino really doesn't know how to draw food manga... Even if you look at the content, what can you do?

Yumi Takahashi continued to climb down.

Both of them have great expectations for Higashino Division, and naturally they don't want him to directly plant a big heel in this new journey.

But Tsukasa Higashino's opening cover doesn't match the content a little bit... Naturally, this made the two of them feel bad.

Just don't be scolded too badly by the media or magazines...

Both thought so.

But look at it... The two of them were hooked.

The main character, Goro Inokashi, is anxious when dealing with difficult customers, and the dialogue is full of Japanese humor.

followed by Inokatou Gorou's helplessness and resignation to real life,

Immediately after the visit to the store by Goro Inokashi, three long shots and three 'knock, knock, knock' indicate that the story of finding food has officially begun.

And at the end, Goro Inohashira enjoyed the delicious food, and the action of feasting was as if he had played a wonderful hymn!

A wonderful hymn to the wounds of reality and the healing of food.

But—

Yumi Takahashi looked at it and made a bitter face, she looked sideways at Aoi Fujiwara, who was swallowing saliva frequently, and whispered: "Aoi... I'm so hungry..."

Oh, yes... I don't know what's wrong... Watching Goro Inohashi enjoy such delicious food, Yumi Takahashi only felt that she was so hungry that she couldn't stand it, as if she hadn't eaten for several days.

"What's wrong with being hungry? You don't forget that you can lose weight... It's late at night! Aren't you afraid of growing meat? ”

Fujiwara Aoi slapped Yumi Takahashi's fat buttocks, but she was actually a little hungry and couldn't stand it.

That's right... Tsukasa Higashino's painter is also amazing.

The salt-grilled mackerel with grease on the surface is charred yellow, with a slight burnt aroma that seems to be able to smell them through the paper.

As Gorou ate, they only felt as if they had actually eaten the salt-grilled mackerel in their mouths.

This feeling of having nothing in their mouths but feeling like they have eaten something - it is torture for their stomach pouches!

But even if you want to eat...

It's already so late, where are you going to find something to eat?

Fujiwara Aoi and Takahashi Yumi glanced at each other, and watched with anger and hatred as Goro Inaotou feasted.

The excitement is Uncle Gorou in the manga, they don't have anything...