Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 307 Creation Is Like Giving Birth (4000 words)
I don't know who said this...

Creating is like giving birth.

The process is difficult and painful.

As a cartoonist and editor, Hosokawa Koharu believes in this sentence.

Because she had read many manga authors for a long time before submitting a manuscript with difficulty. The difficult process was no less difficult than giving birth to a child.

But in Higashino Tsukasa, Hosokawa Koharu has never seen a pig liver expression similar to other authors' "difficult childbirth".

Yes.

Higashino Division does not seem to be giving birth at all. He is more like reaching out and taking it out, and the formed work comes out. There is no need to be busy with "prenatal education concept" like other authors, repeatedly asking about the role of a doctor edit.

Especially this time.
Higashinoji's production process this time was too fast, and he came up with the idea of ​​the work in a week, which felt like "it was born all at once while the editor was not paying attention".

You must know that the ending work of his last work "Unnatural Death" has not yet been finished.

"Mr. Dongye, did you really draw the draft of the manga storyboard?"

Hosokawa Koharu sat down and quickly suppressed the surprise in his heart.

No matter how fast Higashino grows, she must fulfill her duties as an editor.

And she has also been the editor of Higashino Division for two years, and the other party's sudden attack can no longer catch her off guard like before.

"It's finished. I hope editor Hosokawa can come to my house in the near future. I want to discuss some new works with editor Hosokawa."

"Okay, I understand. In fact, I have time today. I don't know if Teacher Dongye can spare time?"

After checking the itinerary, Hosokawa Koharu spoke.

"Then I will trouble Editor Hosokawa."

The two of them finalized the discussion of the new work in a few words.

Seeing this speed, the editor Oshima next to him was envious.
When I was in charge of Dongye Division, I couldn't receive the manuscript for four or five days, and I couldn't see Dongyesi.
In the end, it was Hosokawa Koharu Higashino who took the initiative to call.

This made Editor Oshima couldn't help but sigh and shake his head.

More and more, he felt that the reason was that he was a male editor.

Hosokawa Koharu didn't pay much attention to this colleague's opinion, after she made an appointment with Higashino Division, she glanced at her watch and continued to work with her head down.

In this way, it was not until after three o'clock in the afternoon that Hosokawa Koharu picked up the briefcase on the other side and walked out.

About half an hour later, Hosokawa Koharu came outside Higashino Division's apartment and rang the doorbell.

After a few seconds, the door was opened.

At the same time, a very familiar face of Hosokawa Koharu appeared in front of her.

"Qianhao, good afternoon." Hosokawa Koharu greeted politely, glanced inside, and asked casually, "I'm here to ask Mr. Dongye to accept the manuscript."

Before she finished speaking, she realized something was wrong.

Higashino Chihaya in front of her didn't call out to Higashino as usual, "Ashi Asi, Haru who has an office affair with you is here."

Instead, he blinked those big peach blossom eyes, and looked at her seriously for a while: "Are you here to look for A Si?"

What is this trouble again?
Hosokawa Koharu had question marks all over his face.

She has a question mark on her face, while Chihaya Higashino on the other side is a little unbelievable——

Another very beautiful girl!

As early as when she was going to Beiyi School, she had been keenly aware that her brother's interpersonal relationship was not normal.

The most important of these is.
There are so many beautiful girls!

It's really too much!

Not to mention Konoe Lianghua's girlfriend.

Fujiwara Aoi and Takahashi Yumi have their own advantages and disadvantages in appearance, one is quiet and calm, and the other is lively.

There are already a lot of these threesomes, but now there is another woman who is a civil servant with a capable temperament.

This made Higashino Chihaya secretly lament that her younger brother does have two brushes, and while so many women are turning around,
It also made Higashino Chihaya worry about whether her younger brother would become the kind of merciless boy.

If it was the former Higashino Chihaya, he would definitely not think Higashinoji was that kind of person.

But she couldn't understand Dong Yesi now.

He is especially good at making girls happy, even her extremely smart elder sister is coaxed around by Dong Yesi, let alone others.

So when she saw Hosokawa Koharu for the first time, she was a little wary.

But Chihaya Higashino guessed that the other party should have a close relationship with him after hearing that the other party could call him by his name.

"Asi is in the living room. Please come in."

Higashino Chia looked up and down, stretched out his hand and said.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Chihaya."

Listening to Higashino Chihaya's proficient use of honorifics, Hosokawa Koharu also subconsciously used honorifics.

"You can call me Chihaya." Higashino Chihaya scratched her head - the other party called her 'Miss Chihaya', which made her feel very uncomfortable.

"Ok."

Although Hosokawa Koharu was full of surprises, he followed Higashino Chihaya into the room.

At this time, Dong Yesi was waiting for her in the living room.

As soon as he saw Higashino Division, Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but smile.

This smile is from the heart, as if old friends meet, and it is natural to smile.

But when Hosokawa Koharu's bright smile entered Chihaya Higashino's eyes, it made her feel even more strange.

It was too much fun laughing.
While preparing tea beside her, she secretly looked here.

Chihaya Higashino's eyes naturally failed to escape Koharu Hosokawa's detection - she has been working hard in society for two years, and she is no longer the kind of novice she used to be. Of course, she can detect this kind of scrutiny.

So she approached Higashino Division, and asked him directly instead of asking about the storyboard of the manga draft.

"Teacher Dongye, did something happen to Chihaya? It feels very different."

"That's a long story."

Higashino didn't expect that Hosokawa Koharu didn't care about the draft storyboard at the first time, but cared about his family, so he smiled subconsciously and explained to her.

This includes Chihaya Higashino's treatment process, and now the other party has basically adapted to the social situation.

"So this is ah."

Hosokawa Koharu nodded thoughtfully, and then smiled at Higashino Chihaya.

Higashino Chihaya on the other side also smiled and nodded at her when she saw this.

It is a good thing that the other party can recover smoothly, and Hosokawa Koharu is sincerely happy for Higashino Division.

Later, she was going to introduce herself to Chihaya Higashino again, in order to avoid some possible misunderstandings.

As for now
"So, Higashino-sensei, can I have a little look at the storyboard of your new manga draft?"

Hosokawa Koharu asked.

Higashino Division's status in Urashima Publishing House is now different than before. After she has seen the storyboards of his manga drafts here, she will bring them to Urashima Publishing House to study with other editors and even the editor-in-chief.

Not an exaggeration.

If Higashino went to Urashima Publishing House, some new editors who had just entered the industry and had little experience would stand up and bow to him, respectfully calling him "Mr. Higashino".

This is the case of 'Authors Influencing Publishers'.

But there are too few authors who have made it this far, and it is rare for one or two to come out in more than ten years.

Not to mention that paper magazines have been going downhill now.

Hosokawa Koharu made a request here, and Higashinoji over there naturally didn't hesitate, and simply took out the draft of "Naoki Hansawa".

Seeing this familiar draft storyboard, Hosokawa Koharu was slightly taken aback: "This is... the draft storyboard that Mr. Higashino showed me after "Midnight Bell" was finished?"

"Yes." Higashino nodded with a smile.

"I remember the two of us chose "The Winner Is Justice" together at that time." Xiaochun Hosokawa picked up the draft storyboard and raised his eyebrows.

No wonder Higashino Division can come up with works so quickly.

It turns out that I brought the previous ideas to the present to draw.

Hosokawa Koharu expressed his understanding.

And as far as the storyboard of the draft of "Hansawa Naoki" she had seen before, the plot is also very exciting.

The other party will take it out again. Hosokawa Koharu is not surprised either.

She began to look carefully.

After all, I haven't watched it for a long time, and I was a newcomer at the time, maybe I didn't see the more exciting aspects of "Naoki Hansawa"? '

Then Hosokawa Koharu found out.

The plot of this draft storyboard is not much different from the draft that I saw last time.

But
"The angle of the narrative has changed."

Hosokawa Koharu looked up at Higashino Division, with some surprise on his face.

Yes.

"Well, it combines the drawing methods of the previous comics." Higashinoji nodded.

In the past, he basically only described the story from the perspective of the male protagonist-this is a bad habit brought by Dong Yesi from the comic "Midnight Ring".

Yes, it is a bad habit.

"Midnight Ring" is a horror movie, the main object of description is of course the protagonist.

However, if the narrative is only based on a single perspective, it is easy to cause the characters of other supporting roles to be not distinctive enough.

It's just that this bad habit was covered up by Higashinoji's excellent painting skills at that time, so Hosokawa Koharu didn't notice it.

But when it came to painting "Unnatural Death", Higashinoji had already noticed it himself.

Sometimes, through the description of some supporting roles, it can make the work more flesh and blood.

For example, San Mao in "Unnatural Death", the father in the Happy Cake Factory, and the Maori police officer who is afraid of trouble
Appropriate side description is conducive to the progress of the story.

Not to mention a large-scale workplace drama such as "Hansawa Naoki", which requires a variety of villains to appear.

It is necessary to shape these villains. This naturally requires other angles to describe.

And a long time ago, the first version of "Hansawa Naoki" that Higashino showed to Hosokawa Koharu happened to lack these factors.

Higashinoji is also a human being, so there will naturally be shortcomings when he just draws manga.

But he's improved now, and he's improved it drastically.

So there is this second edition of "Hansawa Naoki".

Originally, Hosokawa Koharu felt that the plot of "Hansawa Naoki" was a bit monotonous, after all, he always looked at the problem from the male protagonist's perspective and proceeded the story.

But looking at the improved version in his hand, Hosokawa Koharu was quickly fascinated.

She read the fifty-page draft storyboard word by word, frame by frame.

The comic begins with a brief introduction to the background.

Naoki Hansawa stayed in the Osaka Nishi Branch, known as one of the four major branches of the bank, as the head of the financing section.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this position can be said to be at the level of social elites. (Equivalent to the president and minister level of a local company.)
But in the giant bank Tokyo Chuo Industrial Bank, Naoki Hansawa is just an ordinary employee.

And the story starts right here.

From when Naoki Hansawa noticed something was wrong at the Nishi-Osaka Iron and Steel Works, to Mitsuto Higashida succeeding in defrauding a loan of [-] million yen, and then Naoki Hansawa confronted his immediate boss.
This process can be said to be progressive, and the atmosphere is very tense.

Especially the last scene outlined by Higashino Division with superb painting skills——

Hansawa Naoki confronted Asano branch manager.

The light hit Hansawa Naoki's profile.

It made his already dark and deep eyes appear even deeper.

He looked at the branch manager Asano in front of him, it was the people in front of him who pushed him to this point.

"Hansawa, you have no way out. Unless you recover the [-] million yen loan."

"If I recover the loan, I want you to kowtow to me and admit your mistake."

"That depends on whether you have the ability!"

"It's really down and out! Banze!"

Listening to the other party's words, Naoki Hansawa, who was already planning to leave, just paused, without even looking at the boss behind him, and left resolutely from his back.

Up and down!
Don't bow your head!

The weak beat the strong!

The combination of these factors is this "Naoki Hansawa".

Coupled with Higashino Division's new perspective of describing the story, Hosokawa Koharu inexplicably felt the blood heat of the hero Naoki Hansawa in the work.

It feels very strange, as if she has become Naoki Hansawa in the work, never bowing her head in the face of many injustices.

This "Naoki Hansawa" is really exciting.
It makes people goosebumps!
In Japan, the vast majority of people are office workers, and everyone is working for their own company. However, under Japan's lifetime employment system, no matter how much unfair treatment they encounter in the workplace, they will only I can pinch my nose and swallow into my stomach.

Humbled.

nothing to do.

Work hard, but also be criticized and scolded.

This "Hansawa Naoki" directly overthrows all of these, and directly declares that "the next overcomes the upper"!Naoki Hansawa, the male lead, slapped the boss's bad face severely.

That's enough to resonate!
The splendor of the plot even surpassed "Unnatural Death" in her opinion.

Hosokawa Koharu watched carefully for about five or six minutes before closing the draft storyboard contentedly.

"Editor Hosokawa, how do you feel?"

"It's a wonderful manga. It will definitely be a hit! Mr. Higashino."

Hosokawa Koharu let out a breath, and praised bluntly.

As an editor, 'certain', 'certain' and 'necessary', these words are basically banned words.

After all, an editor can only represent one person's point of view, not everyone's point of view.

Whether it can be popular or not depends on the choice of the market.

but--

Just this time.

Hosokawa Koharu is sure.

The quality of "Hansawa Naoki" deserves this evaluation.

　Thanks to Yu Shu He Wu and Safari Lone Wolf for their rewards!Thank you so much!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)