Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 121 Hot Kumamon Peripherals

For Dong Yesi, it doesn't matter whether his identity is fully exposed or not.

After all, I didn't do anything wrong, so there was no need to hide it.

If you want to expose it, let the media reporters expose it.

As long as it doesn't interfere with their normal life with Higashino Chihaya, they can expose how they want, and it has nothing to do with Higashino Tsukasa.

Compared with such insignificant matters, Higashino Division cared more about the good news reported by Hosokawa Koharu.

""The Lonely Gourmet" received 724 votes on "Green Leaf"? Surpassed the record of "Midnight Ring" with 696 votes? "Midnight Ring" sold 15 copies in a single week? Cumulatively sold 25 copies in two weeks? Oricon ranked third in comic sales during the week?"

Higashino was quite surprised when he heard these two pieces of news.

I'm really surprised.

First of all, "The Lonely Gourmet", which surpassed the previous record set by "Midnight Ring" with 696 votes, which is quite shocking.

You must know that the reader statistics before "Midnight Ring" directly broke the record in the publishing history of Urashima Publishing House, and this is equivalent to Higashino Division breaking the record again.

"The Lonely Gourmet" is in the monthly magazine "Green Leaf", and "Midnight Bell" is in the weekly magazine "Aversion to Chill". Although the two works are not in the same magazine, even so it is already terrifying.

Because whether it's "Bad Chill" or "Aoba", the maximum number of support votes counted by each comic is only [-] votes.

This is equivalent to that 70.00% of the readers who read "Green Leaf" support "The Lonely Gourmet".

This is already a terrifying ratio.

After all, it is not for nothing to say that it is difficult for everyone to agree. It can be supported by 70.00% of the readers.

"What I didn't expect was that "The Lonely Gourmet" broke the original record and climbed even higher."

But Higashino Division tried to look at the problem from another angle.

As a horror comic, "Midnight Ring" will drive away some readers in a sense.

And "The Lonely Gourmet", no matter young or young, is basically very satisfactory.

Even if a high school student can't understand the difficulties of social animals in "The Lonely Gourmet", he will still be attracted by food.

As for whether "The Lonely Gourmet" can break through [-] votes in the end, Higashino has no idea if the support rate reaches [-] votes.

Because in my impression, there doesn't seem to be any comic that can get [-] votes.

On the other hand, "Midnight Ring" directly won the third weekly sales in the comics. In other words, according to last week's book sales statistics, "Midnight Ring" is weaker than one or two old classic comics.

There is no way around this. Those old classic comics have been serialized for a year or two, and they have a large fan base. As soon as a single book is released, many fans will buy it. It is normal that "Midnight Bell" is temporarily inferior.

However, since "Midnight Bell" has won the third place in the sales volume of the Oricon comic single line this week, Higashinoji estimates that "Midnight Bell" has already been tagged with Akamaru's mark.

The so-called Akamaru is actually a feature of Oricon. If the sales volume of a topic or a work rises rapidly, there will be a sign of Akamaru's rapid rise.

"Earlier, the editor-in-chief Urashima planned to visit your home, Mr. Higashino, and to inform you of the news directly, considering that you are still in Kumamoto Prefecture, so I had no choice but to let it go."

While talking, Hosokawa Koharu glanced at the surroundings of Kumamon brought by Higashinosi.

The black, chubby Kumamon looks very cute, and she fell in love with it immediately. She also lamented that Higashino’s talent really does not know how his brain grows. When Kumamon designed it, "Midnight Bell" "The update has not been interrupted.

"It's really good news." Higashino nodded with a smile: "All this is thanks to the help of Editor Hosokawa. I thank you very much for the front page."

Hearing what Higashino said, Hosokawa Koharu's first reaction was to open his mouth, then he glanced at the left and right sides, and after not finding the editor, he said in a low voice; "Please don't say that again, Mr. Higashino."

Yes, she didn't like Higashinoji saying that.

Perhaps Dongyesi didn't know, but not only reporters, but also many colleagues invited her to dinner recently, and they all wanted to know from her how she cultivated a talented writer like Dongyesi.

Seeing the curious expressions on the faces of those senior seniors, Hosokawa Xiaoharu almost didn't choke to death.

Although she likes to socialize, you have to ask me how I raised Higashinoji

Then I don't understand it at all.

But she can't say that she is completely freeing Higashinoji - if she says that, other editors will definitely feel that Hosokawa Koharu is perfunctory for them.

but if you don't say

So what can we do?

It is true that Hosokawa Koharu has never trained Higashinoji, and the other party does not need to worry about whether it is the delivery or the quality of the completion.

Even when Hosokawa Koharu was sometimes slow to receive manuscripts, Higashino Tsukasa would take the initiative to come to Urashima to publish social articles, looking even more anxious than being an editor.

It is simply the conscience of the industry.

Hosokawa Koharu sometimes feels an inexplicable sense of crisis because he is too competitive.

Perhaps Higashino Tsukasa didn't know, but the current Urashima editorial department secretly nicknamed him Higashino Printing Machine.

Some people joked that Higashinoji was a printing machine that would automatically spit out high-quality manga manuscripts from its mouth no matter where it was left.

Some editors also made fun of Hosokawa Koharu, telling her to pay close attention to Higashinoji's movements, so that she wouldn't be poached by others after finally cultivating a pillar author.

After all, the current "Aversion to Cold" and "Aoba" are inseparable from Higashinoji.

Maybe something like Tree Ben Teng will happen.

Of course, Higashino Tsukasa didn't know about the jokes of the editor of Urashima Publishing House. Hearing that Hosokawa Koharu told him not to say that again, he just thought that the other party was a little embarrassed, so he smiled and just perfunctory.

After chatting in the editorial department for five or six minutes, Higashino left.

Hosokawa Koharu also has something to do, so of course Higashino is too embarrassed to continue disturbing her.

Before leaving, Hosokawa Koharu also suddenly asked Higashino: "Mr. Higashino, since you don't care if your identity is exposed, why don't you contact those news media in the name of our Urashima Publishing House and give you an exclusive interview?"

After all, this is also beneficial to the reputation of Urashima Publishing House. The name of Kumamoto Kuma Designer Higashinoji has spread throughout Japan.

"Okay." Dong Yesi nodded, he never cared about such things, and it had already been exposed, so it would be better to burn the fire even more.

"Then next week's Saturday, how about it?" Hosokawa Koharu thought for a while and decided on the specific time.

Higashino does not have to attend classes on Saturdays and Sundays, so he is naturally free to accept interviews.

Higashino Division agreed to the request and left Urashima Publishing House.

This time, because of Hosokawa Koharu's reminder, Higashino Division really felt some gazes.

Presumably these are the reporters she was talking about.

But Higashino didn't care, he quickly left Urashima Publishing House with his shoulder bag.

Anyway, I will be interviewed by Urashima Publishing House on Saturday, so there is no point in caring about them anymore.

Return to Tokyo for the next day.

Today Higashinoji is going to go to Beiyi School for class.

Although Higashinoji has Yoshimine Ryuichi's approval, if he keeps delaying going to school, it will make it difficult for Yoshimine Ryuichi.

Higashino's EQ isn't that low yet, so no matter what, he has to go to school today.

As for why he didn't go directly to Beiyijuku yesterday, it was because he had just returned home, and there were still many chores at home that Dong Yesi had to solve.

For example, Chihaya Higashino likes those Kumamoto Prefecture specialties and toys. It is not easy to find a place for these things.

Yesterday, Dong Yesi was busy until seven or eight o'clock in the evening before stopping.

"Then I'm going to school." Higashinoji said hello to Higashino Chihaya, and then closed the door and left for Beiyijuku.

After two weeks of busy work, Higashino felt that going to school was quite comfortable at this time. After all, he only wanted to think about studying when he was studying, and he had to think about various things when he was working.

But—this idea changed completely when Higashinoji walked to the door of Beiyijuku.

Congratulations to our school student Higashinoji for winning the design of the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture! "Big white banner, Higashino Division only felt that the whole person was a little bit unwell.

The Japanese use white as a symbol of solemnity, so they usually give a white banner when celebrating, and the white vertical banner, but Dongyesi looked at it and the black characters on a white background looked like an elegiac couplet.

In particular, the Kumamon logo designed by Higashino was added to the back of the white cloth, which made him feel even more weird.

But forget it.

Tonoji shook his head.

He had already known and understood some of the propaganda methods of Beiyi School, so Dong Yesi didn't care much and walked directly to the school.

As soon as he walked in, Higashino Division clearly felt the eyes of the crowd looking at him from time to time.

When many students saw him, their eyes lit up and they gathered together to discuss quietly.

This is also within the expected range of Higashino Division.

He had thought about his own reputation in Beiyijuku after Kumamon became popular before, and there was also a double gold award in the Tokyo Youth Painting Award before, so it was not surprising that it only caused discussions among students.

Just like that, he stumbled back to his class, and Higashino sat down at his desk with his shoulder bag in his hand.

Then he was stopped by Hou Yuanzhong, the only friend in the class.

"Hey! Dongye! You are famous this time."

"Not at all." Higashinosi smiled and patted Hou Yuanzhong's hand on his shoulder away.

"Why not! Do you know how famous you are now? Some of my classmates when I was in middle school heard that I was studying in Beiyi School, and they all asked me about you! There are a few others that I thought were special before. The pretty girl asked me for your contact information. Do you know how exaggerated it is?"

Hou Yuanzhong made exaggerated gestures: "In just a few days, my circle of friends has suddenly expanded. My former uncles and aunts—even my mother is a little curious about your Kumamon design. Can you get out of the surrounding area in time?"

Yes, Hou Yuanzhong is going to be depressed these days.

Parents used to compare him with the children next door, but now they simply compare him with Higashinoji.

Even if he got good grades in the recent exams, his parents would say, 'Can't you be on par with Higashinoji, who is in your class?What's the matter with you'——Anyway, Hou Yuanzhong was really tortured to the point of bewilderment.

But these are not the most important things.

There are also quite a few women who want to ask when Higashino's "Kumamon Bear" will be released, such as key chains and the like.

They really liked that stupid and cute bear so much that it was out of the circle.

The Japanese rice circle is different from the rice circle in Higashinoji's previous life. Japanese people are particularly mobile.

As soon as he got the chance, he asked Hou Yuanzhong. These days, girls who have a little relationship come to ask him, ranging from his aunt in his 30s to girls of the same age in his teens.

After doing it, Yuanzhong felt that his peach blossom period was coming.

"Is it so exaggerated?" Seeing Hou Yuanzhong's face full of doubts about life, Higashino just laughed twice.

"You're still laughing" Hou Yuanzhong shook his head speechlessly.

"Sorry, your experience is really interesting." Higashino waved his hand with a smile, and then took out a large bag of Kumamon accessories from his shoulder bag.

He had considered this situation a long time ago, so he brought a lot of Kumamon around.

"This is the test work of Kumamon produced by those manufacturers. I took some back. Anyway, I don't want to give you part of the money, Houhara-san."

"Really?" Hou Yuanzhong's expression became agitated. Without saying a word, he drew a part of the past, and his mouth was still thanking: "Dongye! You are indeed my good brother! I will never forget you!"

Then he folded his hands together and prayed with a funny expression on his face: "Whether it's praying to God Bodhisattva or God Jesus, it doesn't work to ask God Dongye!"

"That's what you said." Dong Yesi glanced at this guy: "Why are you taking so much away?"

Hou Yuanzhong took a lot of Kumamon's goods, although it was nothing compared to Higashinoji's big bag, but it was worth more than a dozen people.

So Higashino Division was also a little curious.

"Of course it's useful. My girlfriend has been thinking about Kumamon's products all the time, and there are also Sato, Kusakabe, Nakagawa and the aunts my mother knows from the school next door."

He said it like a few treasures, which made Higashinosi feel amused, so he joked: "You are indeed in your peach blossom period, and there are aunts in their 30s."

"Tsk, don't say that." Hou Yuanzhong gave Higashinoji an uncomfortable look, then pouted, and whispered to him, "Look around and you'll know how popular 'Kumamon' is these days."

Ok?

Dong Yesi was taken aback when he heard his words.

Then he suddenly looked around.

The students in the surrounding class seemed to be looking at the bag of Kumamon accessories in his hand.

And the expression——

All very eager?

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