Chapter 213. Can you squeeze in? (4400 words)
"The AKB office has settled the matter... But there's something else I'd like to ask Ms. Hasegawa... I've heard that you seem to have turned down a lot of anime or movie Japanese dubbing... Even some TV series theme songs refused to sing? ”
Riko Hasegawa's matter is over, and it's not a big deal.
Tsukasa Higashino wants to know more than AKB why Riko Hasegawa keeps declining audition invitations.
The other party said before that he would only dub the works of Tsukasa Higashino... But at that time, Higashino Tsukasa only thought that Riko Hasegawa was saying polite words, and he didn't pay too much attention to it.
After all, the other party is very talented, and he can become popular when he finds an opportunity, so he doesn't have to be attached to him at all.
As a result, Higashino Tsukasa didn't expect that Riko Hasegawa really had the intention of fulfilling her promise recently. Not only did he turn down many invitations from famous firms, but he also had an expression of 'I'll follow you, even if you don't want me to help, it's okay, I'll follow you'.
This left Tsukasa Higashino a little speechless.
Obviously, the other party can get a lot of good performance opportunities if he finds a famous office, not to mention casual when he is famous, but there is also a great opportunity...
This matter was taken advantage of by Higashino Tsukasa unilaterally, and he felt that it was not appropriate, so he thought about asking Riko Hasegawa what she thought.
"I promised Higashino-sensei before." Riko Hasegawa lowered her head shyly and whispered directly.
Then she was afraid that Higashino Tsukasa would misunderstand, so she hurriedly added: "Even if you don't have a role, it's no problem, I can run my family's sukiyaki shop, and I will definitely not cause trouble to you, Mr. Higashino." ”
"......" Tsukasa Higashino.
Even if you don't have a character...? Then there's really no problem.
Besides, since the other party has said so, then Higashino Tsukasa really has nothing to say.
Tsukasa Higashino groaned, but replied thoughtfully, "I'll trouble Miss Hasegawa when I have an anime adaptation or other work on my side." ”
Tsukasa Higashino chatted with Riko Hasegawa for a while before sending her out the door.
The whole thing here is over.
As for whether there is an anime adaptation from Urashima Press...
This Higashino Tsukasa is not worried.
His manga monograph sells well, and the plot is particularly suitable for adaptation, so I think there will be a lot of things to do in the near future.
Just like that, a day passed directly-
As the president of AKB Office said, there were negative announcements about Riko Hasegawa and various negative rumors were clarified.
They worked very efficiently, and they also made a special trip to find a well-known newspaper to report on the incident, saying that it was caused by the mistakes of the internal staff, and the staff member has now been dismissed, and they expressed their sincere apologies for the rumors caused by this time and the victim of the "Midnight Bell" production team, and guaranteed that this kind of damage to the image of others will not happen again.
This is a very convincing piece of news.
Because the publisher is the AKB office, Riko Hasegawa's old employer.
They stood up at this time, which naturally made the discussion about Riko Hasegawa on the Internet fall silent all of a sudden, and many people said, 'My youth is back', and there is no need to worry about the production team of "Midnight Bell" finding a voice actor with bad conduct.
After this turmoil, the popularity of "Midnight Bell" has reached a higher level, and it continues to maintain a high box office and continue to go up, which can be regarded as gratifying.
Putting aside "Midnight Bell", the editorial department of Urashima Publishing House also attaches more importance to Tsukasa Higashino.
As the author of the pillar of the leading kanban, the performance of Tsukasa Higashino is in everyone's eyes.
Even if he is one of the top ten people in the history of "Bitter Cold", it is no problem.
Not to mention the excellent performance of "Unnatural Death" this time -
"'Unnatural Death' is expected to hit the average of 1.5 million copies..."Seeing that Tsukasa Higashino's "Unnatural Death" has already reached 670,000 copies in just four days, ranking first in sales on the public trust list, as the editor of Urashima Publishing House, Oshima Tomoto couldn't help but mutter.
At the beginning, he was the first to review "Midnight Bell" with Hosokawa Koharu.
At that time, he only thought that Tsukasa Higashino was a good drawing of horror manga, and if he cultivated it well, he should be able to be a small pillar in Urashima Publishing House, and it was a little difficult to defeat Suzuki Yu, who jumped ship and left.
What people didn't expect was that a year later, Tsukasa Higashino not only became the pillar of Urashima Publishing House, but even pressed the other two major publishing houses to the ground and rubbed them repeatedly.
Now it is even more necessary to hit the average sales of 1.5 million volumes...
This is indeed something that I haven't seen in Urashima Press for a long time.
If in the past, when Urashima Publishing House was glorious, it had a record of 1.5 million copies sold... Even more than 1.5 million copies, the real sales ceiling of the single manga book of Urashima Publishing House's "Bad Cold" is 2.5 million copies per volume.
But that was only in the glory days of the past.
By the time Suzuki Yu arrived, the average volume sales of 8.9 million copies were already at the pillar level... When looking at the sales of two or two million volumes and two million volumes of other publishing houses, Urashima Publishing House could only salivate with envy.
But now it's different!
Urashima Press has completely stood up!
The era of robot hot blood comics is over, and it's time for us to turn over again.
And the one who brought about this change was Tsukasa Higashino, the author of "Midnight Bell" that he watched last year.
"Hey, I'm sorry." Tomoto Oshima sighed.
At that time, it would be nice if he could be ruthless and snatch Higashino Tsukasa from Hosokawa Koharu's hand.
Isn't Tsukasa Higashino's performance all his?
This is indeed a bit of a pity.
"I just don't know how many tens of thousands of volumes Mr. Higashino can rush this time... 1.5 million copies, at most, is estimated, and Mr. Higashino has to maintain the quality of the manga plot all the time... It's not that easy to rush. ”
The editor of his colleague, who was drinking a drink after work with him, sighed and said: "To maintain a high-intensity serialization, at the same time, we must also consider various things such as animation, cinema, and TV drama in the future... In this case, the quality is also maintained... In particular, Mr. Higashino doesn't seem to have hired an assistant, right? Isn't that scary? ”
Truly.
Ordinary comic book writers are estimated to have lost their hair now just thinking about these things, after all, people's energy is limited, unless you are a printer, otherwise it is impossible-
"Higashino-sensei is a printer... It's the first time I've ever seen someone draw a comic like this... I heard that his oil paintings were recently exhibited at the National Gallery... If you say he's not a printer, I'm honestly not convinced. ”
Another colleague editor also added.
Although the Art Creation Awards, which Tsukasa Higashino participated in at the beginning of the year, were stolen from the limelight by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, there was also a lot of attention.
When the name of Terbi is gold reward came out, everyone only felt that this development was a little inexplicably familiar.
Tsukasa Higashino's name is once again on the top of the gold award, along with his painting "Summer is Over".
The result really makes people feel unexpected and reasonable, and the O'Henry-esque ending.
But soon, some contestants reported to the competition committee whether they could remove Tsukasa Higashino from the level of young authors.
After all, his level completely suppressed the level of his age group, which is not fair at all.
As soon as this sentence came out, many people responded, saying that Higashino's level was too illegal and unfair - he should be allowed to participate in other adult competitions.
There are even some people who directly doubt that it was Tsukasa Higashino who asked him to paint on his behalf.
Because whether it is "Tokyo Sunset Impression" or "Tokyo", which won a double gold medal at the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards, or "Summer is Over" now, Higashino Tsukasa has shown a level that he should not have at his age.
At that time, this matter was quite a big trouble, and it was all spread to the editorial department of Urashima Publishing House.
However, as the organizers, the Tokyo Five Academies of Fine Arts did not pay attention to such deliberate mischief, and the Five Academies of Fine Arts only drew up an announcement, hoping that the contestants would look at their works rationally.
After all, with the gold and silver awards, there are only more than ten awards at most.
What if Tsukasa Higashino really drew it on behalf of someone else? Kick him off the top of the bounty, and it won't be your turn to win the prize.
This is indeed the truth, but the explanation of the five major art academies in Tokyo was naturally not recognized by these young participants.
These young people who lost at the art creation awards were shy, and the achievements of Tsukasa Higashino were sour.
Some people simply felt that it was impossible for him to draw manga and design Kumamon at the same time, and at the same time perfect his oil painting skills.
Drawing comics and painting are two different things entirely.
No matter where it is, people are like this, there is always a hatred of the rich.
You are richer than me, you must have a ghost, you must have done something unspeakable, otherwise how could you be richer than me?
Rumors like these are rife even today.
"These people are still too young to see Higashino-sensei draw by himself, so that's why they say that."
Oshima laughed and took another sip of wine.
Rather than paying attention to these, it is better to pay attention to the next single volume sales of "Unnatural Death".
The number of copies sold in the following single book will be an important point of divergence in determining whether "Unnatural Death" will reach the average sales of 1.5 million volumes.
If the expected goal can be achieved, it means that the theme of "Unnatural Death" is stable, and Tsukasa Higashino has become one of the top points in manga sales, and maybe it can also lead the comic genre of "forensics" to take off, and maybe it can also mix the name of the father or the first person of professional manga in Japan - no matter what country it is.
If you can't achieve the expected goal, then you can only hope that Tsukasa Higashino's next manga can bring better performance.
All this depends on the plot of the sixth episode of Higashino Division.
See if this sixth episode can take on the good foundation of the first five episodes.
Oshima Sapigo doesn't know Tsukasa Higashino, but when this kind of manga sales ceiling can be reached, even he, an outsider, is a little inexplicably nervous.
If this pressure is placed on Tsukasa Higashino... I wonder what will happen to him?
......
"The plot of the sixth episode? Oh... That's perfectly fine. Higashino answered the phone and replied with a smile: "I'm already preparing the seventh episode now, it's quite easy... There's no pressure. In addition, I would like to congratulate the editor Hosokawa on his promotion, I heard that you have been successfully promoted to team leader? ”
“... Upgrading the team leader is just a trifle... Tomorrow I'll go to Higashino-sensei to pick up the manuscript. Hosokawa Koharu recorded on the paper: "I also want to congratulate Mr. Higashino, your new work is a big hit... Since there's no pressure, that's the best. ”
Although Hosokawa Koharu said so, in fact, she is also quite stressed now.
The editor-in-chief of Urashima has made a request for 1.5 million volumes to be sold, and he wants to reach that level... It's already a masterpiece in comics.
It's a bit difficult.
But Hosokawa Koharu has confidence in Tsukasa Higashino.
After all, after a year of cooperation, she has never seen Tsukasa Higashino collapse in the plot.
And as long as it doesn't collapse, there is absolutely no problem with the average sales of 1.5 million volumes.
Tsukasa Higashino chatted with Hosokawa Koharu for a while, and then began to think about the next plot of "Unnatural Death".
Mikoto Mitsumi's Unnatural Death Research Institute received a commission from the police, and the police invited them to the scene of the collective charcoal suicide to investigate. There were four bodies at the scene of the mass charcoal burning suicide, and Maori, as a criminal police officer, claimed that this was not a homicide case, but a suicide case, because the police wanted the case to end as soon as possible.
The police's overly indifferent and inactive attitude made Mikoto Mitsumi feel very uncomfortable, but this is a situation that is often seen when the Japanese police carry out cases - the relatives of the deceased want to close the case quickly, and the police have other matters to deal with.
In this situation, Mikoto Mitsumi decided to dissect it.
The autopsy results showed that three of the four bodies were carbon monoxide poisoning, which could be inferred as suicide, but one of the high school girls had a different autopsy result of hemoatrium and obvious symptoms of 'freezing to death'. However, the detective Maori felt that this was simply unreasonable, and the victim was found in the house where he committed suicide by burning charcoal, and according to common sense, he should have killed himself.
But it wasn't until later that Mikoto Misumi found a distress note in the stomach of the girl's body - a discovery that led her to confirm that the incident was a suicide.
However, as a criminal policeman, Maori did not report this correctly, and only superficially mentioned the faint possibility of his killing.
The police's repeated indifference and inaction made Mikoto Mitsumi unable to bear it anymore.
She raised her head and said with a very complicated expression: "What about the girl's message for help?" She was not saved while she was alive, and should we turn a blind eye even after she died? ”
This is a phrase worth reflecting on.
When this sentence was asked, even the director of the Institute of Unnatural Death, who has always advocated that more things are better than less, was silent for a long time.
After Mikoto Mitsumi asked this sentence, she invited her subordinate Rokuro to Arilu Hot Spring to investigate under the pretext of soaking in hot springs, and the matter suddenly became clear at this point. It turned out that Mikoto Mitsumi had already discovered the clues.
After a series of investigations, Mikoto Mitsumi and Rokuro locked up a refrigerated truck, and also found evidence left by the deceased on the refrigerated truck.
But at this time, the door of the refrigerated truck was closed, the cold air was discharged, and the icy air robbed them of their body temperature, and even the murderer sent the refrigerated truck directly into the lake in order to eliminate Mikoto Mitsumi and Rokuro.
In the cold waters, oxygen is constantly being robbed, and the water is constantly rising... Mikoto Misumi confides in Rokuro...
It turned out that she had also experienced charcoal burning suicide before.
But she luckily didn't die because of this, so she was very serious about the truth of this kind of group suicide...
The next sixth, seventh and even tenth episodes are actually the process of gradually shaping the character of Mikoto Mitsumi, and it is also the mental journey of the character Mikoto Mikoto.
It can be said that without the content of a few words, the role of Mikoto Mitsumi will not be too full.
The episode "Unnatural Death" is considered to be Tsukasa Higashino's favorite, Mikoto Mitsumi and Dr. Nakado use their scientific knowledge to communicate with each other, and the process of finally discovering clues is indeed very exciting.
Tsukasa Higashino was very confident in this plot, so he naturally started to draw the original manuscript.
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