"Is the office okay lately?"

was seriously praised by Asako Hirohashi, and Hideki Hanyu temporarily felt a sense of responsibility, and couldn't help but ask about the arts on the clouds.

"When I went to the training room the day before yesterday, I met Terabayashi Sang of Warner Pioneer, and I didn't know where I heard about our firm getting investment, saying that there was a business that wanted to cooperate with us."

"Si Lin Sang, is it the one who just joined Warner Pioneer at the beginning of the year, the head of the neon music department Si Lin Chao? What can he do with us, should Warner Vanguard want Yoko Minamino and their record appointment? ”

Hideki Hanyu asked curiously.

"I thought so at the time, but Si Lin Sang denied it, and just said that he would come to me for a detailed discussion in a few days, and he didn't know what to do." Asako Hirohashi is also confused.

"Whatever he wants to do, let's talk about it when I get back from Hyogo Prefecture."

Since he didn't know what to do, Hideki Hanyu didn't bother to care.

"Oh yes, since Hanyu-san is going to Hyogo Prefecture, let's bring Yoko Minamino back by the way, and I'll send someone over from the province."

"No problem."

Hideki Hanyu, who was in a good mood, took on the task refreshingly.

Saying goodbye to Asako Hirohashi, Hideki Hanyu rushed to the Shogakukan to meet Eiri Kitahara.

When traveling, he is the person in charge who contacts the most diligently, for fear that he will disappear as soon as he runs away.

"This is a gift I specially brought to Kitahara-san, is it cute?"

At the Shogakukan, Hideki Hanyu gave Eri Kitahara a small monkey puppet that he brought back from Gunma Prefecture.

"It's cute, it's rare that Hanyu-san still remembers me when he goes on a trip." Eri Kitahara took the puppet, looking a little tired.

"Has Kitahara-san been busy lately?"

Hanyu Hideki didn't expect him to be there, and the other party was so busy.

"Of course I'm busy, it's not because of Hanyu-san's editorial article, but people ran away because of such a big stir, do you know how much media I've helped Hanyu-san deal with these days?"

Eri Kitahara looked haggard.

"Is that an exaggeration?"

"Even the Ministry of Health and Welfare was alarmed, can it not be an exaggeration! Didn't Hanyu-san just set up an office, so please arrange an agent for yourself, I'm already busy working as a writer in charge of Hanyu-san. ”

"I'll think about it, in addition to giving gifts this time, I want to tell Kitahara-san that I'm going to accompany my younger siblings to Hyogo Prefecture to watch a baseball game next, is there anything I need to deal with now?"

Hideki Hanyu felt that what Eiri Kitahara said made sense, and as he became more and more famous, he needed someone to take care of his external affairs.

However, it is a little inappropriate to put it in the office, and I will call Yada Yoshihiro in a while to help recruit someone for the cloud culture that is still an empty shell.

"There's really one thing that Hanyu-san needs to deal with, about that self-released Pokemon."

Eri Kitahara seemed to remember something and began to rummage around on the table.

"Is that book selling better?" Hideki Hanyu looked expectant.

Eiri Kitahara rolled his eyes when he heard this.

"Hanyu-san thinks too much, it's the editor of the weekly junior day who is very interested in Pokemon, and I hope to talk to Hanyu-san, huh...... It's this Gennori-san Kumagaya. ”

Eri Kitahara said, handing a business card he found to Hideki Hanyu.

"Okay, I'll get in touch with the other party."

Taking over the business card, Hideki Hanyu found that this Kumagai Gennori's position at "Weekly Shonen Sunday" was not low, and he was a senior editor.

Although "Weekly Shonen Sunday" belongs to Shogakukan, it does not belong to the same system as Eiri Kitahara, and Hideki Hanyu has never dealt with it before, so he didn't expect the other party to take a fancy to Pokemon.

It can only be said that the inertia of fate is really big, and the manga of the Pokemon in the previous life was issued by the Shogakukan, and now he grabbed the idea in advance, and the result is turned back.

Arriving on the floor where "Weekly Shonen Sunday" is located, Hideki Hanyu soon meets Gennori Kumagai.

After the two arrived at a reception room, Hideki Hanyu asked straight to the point, "I heard that Kumagai-san is interested in my Pokemon?" ”

"That's right, I think the story of Pokemon is very good, and the reason why Hanyu-san inserted so many pictures in the book proves that Hanyu-san also realized that words alone cannot express the story of Pokemon, so manga is the best carrier for this story."

Kumagai Gennori's tone was very sincere, and he obviously liked Pokemon very much.

"Thank you Kumagai-san for your recognition." People praise him like this, and Hideki Hanyu always has to be polite.

"I've read all the illustrations of Pokemon, and Hanyu-san's art and style are very suitable for manga creation, and if Pokemon manga can be serialized in the weekly Shonen Sunday, I believe it will be liked by readers."

"Serialized?" Hideki Hanyu was a little big when he heard it.

It's not an easy thing to serialize comics in Neon, thinking that he can't go anywhere in the future, and he can't go anywhere all day long, and he doesn't want to do it a hundred times.

And there is a very serious problem.,Once Pokemon is logged in "Weekly Shonen Sunday", Shogakukan will become a co-copyright owner, and the peripherals related to related content will be divided into Shogakukan.

Before, he didn't want to share the copyright of this part of the self-funded release, but now it is naturally impossible to hand it over for the sake of serialized comics.

And cartoonists in this era have almost no say in the adaptation of their works.

At that time, once the work is going to be animated, he may not know after the animation is finished, let alone the content and everything will be planned according to his ideas.

Thinking of this, Hideki Hanyu suddenly lost interest, "Kumagai-san, I'm really sorry, I don't have the idea of caricaturing Pokemon. ”

When Kumagai Gennori heard this, he immediately became a little anxious, "Hanyu-san can say anything about it. ”

Gennori Kumagai is a person with a sense of distress, and others think that at this time, Weekly Sunday relies on Rumiko Takahashi's Fukusei Boy and Ada Mitsuru's baseball heroes to overshadow the opponents "Weekly Shonen Magazine" and "Weekly Shonen Jump", and it looks like he wants to restore the glory of the former overlord.

But as a senior editor of "Weekly Youth Sunday", he saw the hidden danger under the glory, that is, the backwardness in the training of newcomers.

Especially compared to "Weekly Shonen Jump", the sales of the other party in the 70s actually occupied the first place in the industry, and it was dominated by new cartoonists.

Although the state of newcomers is not stable enough, which makes it difficult to sustain sales, but what happens when these cartoonists mature?

Akira Toriyama, Tsukasa Hojo, Yoichi Takahashi, Masami Sadada, look at these new manga artists under JUMP who have begun to show their fangs, who will be able to resist "Weekly Shonen Sunday" in the future?

That's why Gennori Kumagai was so eager when he saw Hideki Hanyu's Pokemon and discovered the potential of this work in comics.

And in Kumagai Gennori's opinion, Hideki Hanyu, as a picture book writer, is very good at drawing, and with such a good story idea, it's a pity not to be a part-time manga artist.

But Hideki Hanyu's answer was destined to disappoint Gennori Kumagai, "Kumagai-san, I'm not interested in drawing manga. ”

"Why? If Hanyu-san comics Pokemon, his income will definitely not be lower than that of creating picture books. ”

Kumagai Gennori saw that persuasion could not be successful, so he could only lure him with profit.

"I'm happy with my current income." Hideki Hanyu remained unmoved.

That's right, once the comics become popular, it is very profitable to release a single book, but he is not a dumpling of "Pokemon" for the sake of comic income.

You must know that there is a game first and then a comic, and there is a comic first and then a game, and the distribution of benefits is completely different.

Unless Shogakukan is willing to give up all copyrights and not interfere with any adaptation rights, then he may consider it.

But this kind of thing that breaks the rules of the industry is obviously not possible with his current status.

Therefore, despite Kumagai Gennori's persuasion, he was never moved.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in Pokemon comics."