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Chapter 288 I Can Only Think of Some Ways (8000 words)
Higashino is not in a good mood right now.

He found that he still underestimated the importance of "Unnatural Death" to Urashima Press.

The completion request I put forward yesterday is really difficult. Hosokawa Koharu is now the team leader, and he can only be regarded as having a little say in the editorial department, but as long as he does not take the position of deputy editor-in-chief, the importance of Hosokawa Koharu It's not that big.

To be honest, it doesn't matter if other comic authors change their editors, but Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu have been partners for nearly two years, and the relationship has always been at the level of old friends. Cheerfully don't care, right?
Higashino Si pondered, and decided to call his old partner Hosokawa Koharu first—at least find out the situation before going to war.

the other side--

The moment he saw Higashino Division calling, Hosokawa Koharu was actually a little dazed.

She was just about to hand over the manga author, but Higashino Division just called.

Looking at the familiar number, Hosokawa Koharu hesitated for a while, but still connected the phone: "Hello? Mr. Higashino?"

"Well, editor Hosokawa, I just got the news from the editor-in-chief Urashima. You have been transferred to Mingsha to be her editor-in-chief?"

Meisa Kuromiya is Higashinoji's apprentice (as she claims to be), and it is not a big news in Urashima's editorial department, so there is not much problem with Higashinoji's title.

What was more touching than this Hosokawa Koharu was that Higashino Division hadn't forgotten his 'former editor', and immediately called to inquire.

We must know that in Japan, the job of editing in this industry basically only needs to be transferred, and the editors and creators will not have much work communication. Very few.

Hosokawa Koharu was a little bit emotional, but when he thought that he was no longer the editor of Higashino Division, he sighed a little uncomfortable: "That's right, the handover work has been done here, and you, Higashino-sensei, will be in charge of the editor Oshima in the future." gone."

Urashima Publishing House still attaches great importance to her, and she still holds the position of team leader, but the editor in charge of Higashino Division has been replaced by another one.

"Really? But I still feel that editor Hosokawa is my golden partner. I can't accept the sudden change of editor. Is it because "Unnatural Death" is about to end?"

Higashino Division simply asked the topic clearly.

"No. Uh. Forget it. In fact, I can't hide it from you, Mr. Higashino." Hosokawa Xiaoharu smiled bitterly, and told Higashino all the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that yesterday, when Koharu Hosokawa went to the editor-in-chief's office to talk with the editor-in-chief Urashima, a senior leader happened to come over to inspect the editorial work status, and when he heard that "Unnatural Death" was about to end, he immediately said that "Unnatural Death" was about to end. "Death" can't be finished so early, I ordered Hosokawa Koharu to negotiate with Higashino Division, and try to push it back.

And Hosokawa Koharu knew that Higashino Division would not change his decision, so he tried to negotiate with this senior leader.

As a result, negotiations broke down and she was removed and replaced by a new editor.

Hearing this causal process, Higashino was speechless for a while.

Hosokawa Koharu is too stubborn, so he can't back down a little bit, just give in. At most, he can just push all the blame on him.

After all, this is the situation that Higashino Division unilaterally wants to end, and she only needs to be a narrator.

But if you think about it from another angle, Higashinoji found that Hosokawa Koharu was actually covering for him by doing this. Hosokawa Koharu took the initiative to take the blame, and it seemed that he didn't want Higashinoji to suffer this grievance alone.

It's like now, most of the editors think that Hosokawa Koharu may be drifting away, and dare to challenge the leadership. He really doesn't know how to write, and Higashinoji, the manga author who requested to end it, doesn't get much attention. Or Said it was to blame.

"I already understand the general situation." Higashinoji nodded: "Let's talk about the details when I come to Tokyo."

"Hey? Come to Tokyo and talk again? Wait a minute, Mr. Higashino, this is just an ordinary job rotation. I'm fine."

Higashino couldn't help but shake his head when he heard the words full of grievances - no, you have something to do, and it feels like something is not normal.

It's very simple.

Higashino is one of the hottest manga writers at the moment, whichever editor catches it can quickly climb up by relying on Higashino's performance. After all, the editing industry is most concerned with the performance of the authors' works.

Hosokawa Koharu was resigned, which is also equivalent to her deputy editor-in-chief, and even the way of editor-in-chief was cut off-in Japan, women have always been in a weak position in the workplace.

Not to mention that Dong Yesi, who was dug by her, was picked peaches just like that. It is impossible for her to be 'all right' as she said.

Higashino Division understands this truth, and it is impossible for the person involved, Hosokawa Koharu, not to understand.

Higashino Division did not continue to say anything to Hosokawa Koharu, but just comforted her, saying that he would come to the Urashima editorial office soon, and then hung up the phone.

"Teacher Tono"

Looking at his mobile phone, Hosokawa Koharu opened his mouth.

How should I put it, I was really touched.

Could it be that this is the bond between famous editors and famous authors in some comics or novels?
I thought it was a bluff.

So there really is such a thing?

She was moved here, but the editor-in-chief Urashima on the other side took the initiative to call her.

"Editor Hosokawa, I called Higashino-sensei just now and told him about your transfer, Editor Hosokawa."

As soon as he entered the editor-in-chief's room, the editor-in-chief Urashima immediately had a showdown.

"Uh, I'm sorry for causing you trouble, Editor-in-Chief Urashima." Koharu Hosokawa bowed his head to Editor-in-Chief Urashima and apologized.

The editor-in-chief Urashima has always been on her side, and she said a lot of good things for her yesterday. She really can't complain about the middle-aged man in front of her who wants to make "Aversion to Chill" bigger and better. thought.

"The main reason is that you, editor Hosokawa, were a little impulsive this time." Editor-in-chief Urashima shook his head: "At that time, you should have left the matter to me. But now that something has happened, we can only try our best to remedy it."

Saying that, the editor-in-chief Urashima let out a long sigh.

He was the last person to see Higashino Division breaking up with Urashima Publishing House.

Now he is caught in the middle, quite a posture of being mixed doubles. This is too uncomfortable.

It can only be said that I am a bit unlucky as the editor-in-chief. I was poached by Suzuki Yu some time ago, and this kind of thing happened again during this period.
It's not easy for "Aversion to Cold" to improve!

You can't force me to kneel down in front of the logo of Urashima Publishing House to admit my mistake like the former editor-in-chief?

Do you know how hard it is for Mr. Higashino to find an author who doesn't delay his manuscripts, and whose works are all popular?

No. Perhaps these high-level officials actually knew about it, and the person they looked down upon was not Higashinoji, but Hosokawa Koharu——

After all, in their eyes, this is a simple personnel change, replacing Koharu Hosokawa as the editor in charge of another manga author. Every editor basically goes through two or three times.

It's just that what they probably didn't expect was that Higashinoji would have such a close relationship with Hosokawa Koharu. If something happened here, Higashinoji would have rushed over there.

This is where it gets the most headaches.

So at this time, the editor-in-chief Urashima could only think about being a middleman, fulfilling Higashinoji's request as much as possible, and restoring Hosokawa Koharu's editorial status—this was his idea.

Editor-in-Chief Urashima's idea was a lot of concessions, and Koharu Hosokawa was very grateful. She nodded and said, "I understand, Editor-in-Chief Urashima."

After comforting Hosokawa Koharu, the editor-in-chief Urashima began to think about how to stabilize Higashinoji.

After all, this is the most critical point. As long as Higashinoji can stabilize his emotions, then everything will be fine.
but--

"It's difficult." Editor-in-Chief Urashima rubbed his temples.

He had never encountered this kind of thing when he was an editor before, but now he has to worry about this kind of thing when he is the editor-in-chief.

The feeling of being caught in the middle and being mixed doubles really made his scalp tingle.

Finally, editor-in-chief Urashima sighed heavily.

As an editor-in-chief, he felt he was taking on too much of the burden.

Time passed by every minute and every second, just as the editor-in-chief Urashima was thinking, the door of the office was knocked again, and at the same time it was the voice of an editor.

"Is the editor-in-chief Urashima here? Higashino-sensei wants to see you."

"Please come in."

The editor-in-chief Urashima who reacted took the initiative to say hello, and at the same time sat upright.

Higashinoji who walked in was not smiling as usual, but had a calm expression instead.

This made Editor-in-Chief Urashima's heart skip a beat, but he still maintained a smile on his face, and shook hands to say hello to the other party.

Fortunately, Higashino Division did not express any rejection. After shaking hands, he immediately said:

"Editor-in-chief Urashima, let me just open the skylight and speak clearly. I hope that editor Hosokawa can continue to serve as my editor-in-chief."

This is indeed quite straightforward.

However, the transfer here has just come down, so Hosokawa Koharu was transferred back. This is obviously impossible.

So editor-in-chief Urashima also shook his head in a bit of embarrassment: "Editor Hosokawa's reassignment is a bit difficult to deal with for the time being, but I'm also working hard. I hope Mr. Higashino can wait for a while."

To be honest, he can be regarded as the most humble editor-in-chief.

Who has ever seen the editor-in-chief talk to the author in such a deliberative tone—except for Urashima, there is probably no one else.

Even Tsukasa Higashino, when he heard what Urashima editor-in-chief said, he took an extra look at him for no reason.

He's not a fool. Hearing what editor-in-chief Urashima said, he naturally understood that the other party was also caught in the middle.

So it doesn't make much sense to embarrass the editor-in-chief of Urashima here
Thinking of this, Higashino groaned, and didn't continue to make things difficult for the other party. He nodded and got up and said, "I understand. Editor-in-Chief Urashima."

You have to hit the right person when you hit someone. Since it doesn't make much sense to output to the editor-in-chief Urashima, then Higashinoji will not waste his energy for no reason.

And Dong Yesi himself thought of a good way to solve this problem.

Therefore, after a friendly greeting with Editor-in-Chief Urashima, Higashino Tsukasa turned and left after thinking about it.

This decisive movement of getting up made Editor-in-Chief Urashima look surprised.

He was already ready to say good things and agree to the other party's conditions.

In the end, Dongyesi just left?

Editor-in-Chief Urashima was silent for a while, then shook his head as if thinking of something: "Mr. Higashino doesn't seem to be the kind of unreasonable person."

But fortunately, since Higashinoji is so reasonable, he will also help out, and Hosokawa Koharu will definitely become his editor again.

He made up his mind and at the same time called Editor Oshima over.

The Oshima editor who often chatted with Koharu Hosokawa was in a dizzy state of mind at this moment.

He also thought about being the editor-in-chief of Higashino Division once, but that was just thinking about it in a dream. He never thought that his fantasy could come true.

This really feels like a pie in the sky. No, it's like a golden pie in the sky.

It wasn't until he was called into the office of editor-in-chief Urashima that this dreamlike feeling barely dissipated.

He smiled and greeted editor-in-chief Urashima: "Editor-in-chief, what's the matter, do you need me for anything?"

"Well, I have something to tell Editor Oshima."

Editor-in-chief Urashima couldn't help shaking his head when he saw Editor Oshima's cheerful face, as if he had found a treasure.

Although I don't want to hit the other party, I still have to tell the plan.

He began to tell editor Oshima the situation word by word, including his plan to replace Hosokawa Koharu back to Higashino Division as editor.

then
Then Editor Oshima's expression first changed from a smiling face with his mouth closed, to a pale face, and then from a pale face to a numb expression.

Look!

I knew it!

There is no such thing as a pie in the sky in this world!In the end, isn't it necessary to hand over the affairs of Higashino Division to Hosokawa Koharu?
Editor Oshima felt helpless in every possible way, even a little bit reluctant.

But when facing his boss, editor-in-chief Urashima, he still managed to force a smile: "I understand, then Mr. Higashino will leave it to me to take care of it for the time being."

"I will definitely take good care of Higashino-sensei's "Unnatural Death" and "The Lonely Gourmet" during this time."

The editor-in-chief Urashima also understood that he was suffering in his heart now, so he patted the other party's shoulder lightly: "Don't worry, stabilize the specific situation of "Unnatural Death". portion."

"Yes!"

It's a surprise to be nominated by the editorial team leader, at least it's not a babysitter for nothing.
Editor Oshima accepted his fate, left the office at the same time, and began to check the date when Higashino Tsukasa submitted the manuscript.

Then he found out
It seems that Mr. Dongye handed in the manuscript today?

Then why didn't he hand in the manuscript just now?

Editor Oshima was slightly taken aback.

An unlikely thought popped into my mind.

Could it be that Mr. Higashino doesn't want to submit the manuscript?
　Sorry for the lateness!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)