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Chapter 109 Mascot Creation Invitation (Ninth Update!)

On the other hand, the work of Urashima Publishing House has reached a fever pitch.

"What? The promotion for the booklet of "Midnight Ring" hasn't been released yet? Hurry up over there! There is still a reprint scheduled!"

"A newspaper wants to interview Mr. Higashino himself? I'll notify Editor Hosokawa later and let her make up her mind."

Editor-in-chief Urashima was in charge of the propaganda department and the statistics department, and his throat, which was already healed, felt a little uncomfortable.

He had expected the busy scene in front of him long ago, but he didn't expect it to come to this point

The era when the publicity and distribution department and the statistics department were in continuous rotation was still something that happened in the [-]s. At that time, Japanese comics entered the golden industry period, and good comics emerged one after another. Manga magazine publishers are all affected to a certain extent, but Urashima Publishing House is the worst one.

Almost even the name and banner of the three major comic publishing houses were taken away by Fuji Publishing House, which came from behind.

But now

"It should be Fuji Publishing House that is in a hurry"

Thinking of the high price paid by Fuji Press to poach the author of Urashima Press's Taizhuzi manga "The Man Reflected in the Camera", the editor-in-chief Urashima felt a heart attack.

Yes, at the beginning, the manga of "Aversion to Chill" was "The Man Reflected by the Camera", and the author of the manga was not the current Higashinoji, but another manga author whose pen name was Ju Fujimoto.

After the completion of "The Man Reflected in the Camera", this tree Fujimoto was poached by Fuji Publishing and became their pillar author. It is said that animation is already in planning.

At that time, the editor-in-chief Urashima was so angry that he couldn't sleep well for several days.

Moreover, the follow-up promotion of Fuji Publishing House spread out, saying that the editor of Urashima Publishing House had no eyes and let Shu Fujimoto go.

Editor-in-chief Urashima was really disgusted.

Fortunately, Hosokawa Koharu was upbeat and kidnapped Dong Yesi back for him.

Now it's his turn to disgust Fuji Press.

At that time, Fuji Press boasted that Kimoto Fuji might be the next-generation horror manga artist in the 21st century, and Naurashima Publishing House now has Mr. Higashino as the strongest horror manga author in the 21st century.

Touting that the daily sales volume of Jumoto Vine reached [-] copies, Urashima Publishing House retaliated by pulling out Higashinoji's big truck that sold [-] copies a day and crushed Jumoto Vine.

Anyway, Fuji Publishing House and Urashima Publishing House have deep grievances. It is normal for this kind of propaganda method to be full of gunpowder, and it is more topical.

In particular, Higashino Division not only competed in "Aversion to Cold", but also in the new monthly "Aoba", and the first issue of "Aoba" steadily overwhelmed Fuji Publishing's monthly magazine "Hefeng".

This made the editor-in-chief Urashima feel that if he had a good teammate, he could hug his thigh and take off at will-you must know that the first-day sales of Fuji Publishing's monthly magazines were higher than those of Urashima Publishing House.

Looking at the busy publicity department and statistics department in front of him, the editor-in-chief Urashima felt very comfortable.

It's so comfortable to have my own manga writer

He never wanted to live the days when the author of "Aversion to Chill" couldn't come up with a pillar. It was so difficult.

While he was still thinking, a staff member from the Publicity Department next to him suddenly handed over a form.

"This is it?" Editor-in-Chief Urashima paused, glanced at the submitted form, and then regained his spirit: "Invitation letter for making a mascot? Are you looking for Mr. Higashino?"

Higashino Division is now the pillar of Urashima Publishing House. The editor-in-chief of Urashima didn't dare to be careless, so he read the invitation letter submitted.

After reading the proposal, his expression became very strange.

It's not that the other party set a low price and disrespected Dong Yesi, on the contrary, the other party asked a high price, and it was a price that completely regarded Dong Yesi as a pillar.

but

"Looking for Mr. Higashino as the main writer? Create a mascot?"

What kind of genius is the head of publicity and distribution of this company?Let the author of "Midnight Ring" draw a mascot?

"No." Editor-in-Chief Urashima shook his head.

People cannot be generalized. Before that, he felt that Higashino Division could not draw comics other than horror comics.

But what about reality?

Higashino Tsukasa's "The Lonely Gourmet" is unimaginably excellent. Although the statistics have not yet come out, editor-in-chief Urashima believes that "The Lonely Gourmet" will definitely shine.

but

"Invited by the Kumamoto prefectural government?"

Editor-in-Chief Urashima glanced at the name of the inviting party on the proposal, and his expression was so weird that he couldn't hold it back.

Kumamoto Prefecture is located at the western end of Japan and in the center of Kyushu Island. It is considered a famous historical city in Japan and a good place for sightseeing. Its economic strength is not bad in Japan.

But that is where the county government asked Dong Yesi, a manga author, to cooperate?

Is he just a cartoonist?Although he has art skills, shouldn't the Kumamoto prefectural government hire those painters or designers to design mascots?Why did you think of looking for Higashino Tsukasa? No, the invitation letter also said that other painters and designers were invited.

It's just that the unexpected impact of the news made the editor-in-chief Urashima somewhat surprised and confused, so he subconsciously ignored it.

Ok

Editor-in-Chief Urashima thought for a moment, took out his mobile phone and called Hosokawa Koharu:

"Hello? Editor Hosokawa? Ah yes, it's me. Can you come to the Publicity Department? I have something to discuss with you."

About 5 minutes later, Hosokawa Koharu's baby-fat face appeared, and she seemed out of breath: "Editor-in-Chief Urashima, what can I do for you?"

She was still confirming the total sales volume of "Midnight Ring" in a single day, and she was called by the editor-in-chief Urashima before the statistics were completed, so she naturally couldn't care less about her image.

"Look at this." Editor-in-Chief Urashima took the mascot creation plan from the side.

Hosokawa Koharu took it and looked up.

After about 2 minutes, she raised her head in surprise: "Editor-in-Chief, this?"

"As you can see."

The editor-in-chief Urashima waved his hand, and his voice was a bit weird: "The Kumamoto prefectural government sincerely invites Higashino-sensei and several other painters to go to Kumamoto Prefecture to create mascot images, but Higashino-sensei is still a minor, right? What do you think?"

This is too outrageous.

"I know that, but is this really what Kumamoto Prefecture means?"

Hosokawa Koharu read the document several times, even scanned the seal on the official document several times, and asked inexplicably after confirming that it was not a prank.

She was a little dazed.

"What do you think? Or editor Hosokawa, what do you think?"

Editor-in-Chief Urashima also looked at her, also a little dazed.

(End of this chapter)