Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 311 Discuss Countermeasures (8000 words)
"Editor Dalin, how is it? With you coming forward, Mr. Higashino should be willing to join our Xinyanzhu Publishing House, right?"

Facing the question from his colleagues, Obayashi Yizheng could only laugh dryly, and apologized:
"No, I'm sorry, Editor Nakatani, it's my inability to bring Mr. Higashino over."

"Hey?"

After hearing what Obayashi Yizheng said, the editor Nakatani who was asking him next to him turned his head, a little surprised.

"The comic magazine of our Xinyanzhu Publishing House will definitely squeeze the sales of "Aversion to Cold", and the sales of Mr. Higashino will definitely be squeezed by then. Logically speaking, Mr. Higashino should not take the initiative to join us Here?"

Editor Zhonggu didn't expect it.

They are now merging the two publishing houses. Among other things, there is definitely no shortage of excellent authors. After all, the combined number of pillar authors of the two publishing houses must be much more than that of Urashima Publishing House.

The excellent quality of works will inevitably lead to an increase in magazine sales.

As the sales of their magazine increased, the sales of "Aversion to Chill" would inevitably be affected, and if "Aversion to Chill" was affected, Higashinoji's new works would of course also be affected.

But Higashino Division was unmoved by their invitation.

This is really
"Maybe Mr. Higashino is confident in the quality of his works." Dalin Yizheng recalled the expression of Higashino just now, and replied subconsciously.

"This is not a matter of confidence in the quality of the work. I said something inappropriate. Even if Mr. Higashino's new work is really good-looking. However, the overall sales decline of "Aversion to Chill" magazine will definitely affect him. This has nothing to do with the quality of the work, it's simply a matter of the publisher's heritage."

Dalin Yizheng just nodded silently after hearing this.

Yes.

This has nothing to do with the quality of the work.It is simply a matter of the background of the publishing house.

To use an inappropriate analogy, Higashino Sihara’s weekly magazine "JUMP" and Xiao Xiaokan have joined forces——

Can you imagine? "Detective Conan", "Doraemon" and "Naruto", "One Piece" and "Dragon Ball" are serialized in the same magazine.
This situation is simply a group of demons dancing wildly, and has nothing to do with the quality of comics in other magazines.

It's simply a matter of competition.

After all, no matter how strong you are, can you compare to such a large group of excellent authors?

The number of good works alone can drown your manga magazine.

Unless the quality of Tonoji's work can really crush all the comics in their magazine.

But does Tonoji have this ability?
Editor Nakatani finally understood why Dalin Yizheng said that Higashinoji was confident.

If you don't have confidence, you won't make this choice.

"Sensei Higashino deserves to be the only ceiling in the Japanese manga industry today. Among other things, this confident aura alone can be said to be terrifying."

Editor Zhonggu sighed.

But confidence is self-confidence.

Editor Nakatani estimates that the situation will not change much by then-unless Higashino Division draws another manga of a dominant level similar to "Unnatural Death".

As for the fact that Obayashi Yizheng didn't bring over Higashino Division, the editor-in-chief probably wouldn't blame him.

After all, who would have known that Higashino was so confident about his new work?

And it's not a loss if you can't pull Higashino Division.

Compared to that, their editorial department, which has now doubled in size, should think about the name of the new publication and the situation of serializing manga.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

According to the address given by Osawa Hekichi, Higashino came to the front desk of the restaurant. Under the guidance of the waiter, he successfully met the other party in a private room.

But what surprised him a little was another person present - the editor-in-chief of Furuta Shinji of Fuji Press.

How could he be here?

It stands to reason that Furuta Shinji should not be regarded as half of the enemy of Urashima Publishing House?

After all, it was he who poached Suzuki Yu and took away the pillar author of "The Man Reflected in the Camera" by Urashima Publishing House, which caused difficulties in the operation of the manga department of Urashima Publishing House.
but
Higashino raised his eyebrows subconsciously, and then looked at Osawa Hekichi on the other side, probably knowing it.

"Mr. Higashino, hello." Furuta Shinji stood up and reached out to shake hands with Higashino.

"Hello, Editor-in-Chief Gutian."

After shaking hands with Furuta Shinji, Higashinoji sat down under the greeting of Osawa Kokichi.

Higashino's face remained unchanged, while Furuta Shinji showed a smile on the other side: "I thought Higashino-sensei would be surprised that I was here. I didn't expect Higashino-sensei to be so calm."

"It can't be regarded as calm." Dong Yesi smiled sideways.

"Today, Yanjiao Publishing House merged with Mozhu Bookstore. I was also thinking about how Urashima Publishing House would make a move. I didn't expect President Osawa to think of joining forces with Fuji Publishing House."

Yes, Furuta Shinji is here, there must be an invitation from Osawa Kokichi, and the reason why the other party invited Furuta Shinji, an "outsider", must be to discuss the issues of the now merged Iwazuki Publishing House.

After all, the three major comic publishing houses like Urashima Publishing House may not be able to withstand the squeeze of each other.

Not to mention Fuji Publishing, a manga publishing house that has risen in recent years.

At that time, the manga department of their publishing house is estimated to be eaten up by Yanzhu Publishing House.

In other words, the interests of the current Urashima Publishing House and Fuji Publishing House are the same.

"As expected of Mr. Higashino, being able to understand the situation so quickly has made it easier for us to speak."

Osawa Hekichi nodded with a smile, took a sip of sake and continued cheerfully: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Higashino, our two publishing houses actually have plans to merge."

Ok?
When Osawa Hekichi said this, Higashino couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

He expected that Osawa Hekichi would cooperate with Fuji Publishing House, but he did not expect to adopt the same method with Yanjiao and Mozhu Publishing House.

But this is too hasty, right?Mergers between publishing houses are not just decisions.

Seemingly seeing Higashino Division’s thoughts clearly, Furuta Shinji from Fuji Publishing next to him explained:
"Actually, we have more or less understood the movements of Yanjiao and Mozhu Publishing House a long time ago. Similarly, the two sides have also been discussing the merger. It was probably October last year. The two of us The publishing house has received the news."

When he said this, Higashino couldn't help sighing a little.

Should I say something worthy of being an old fritter who is at the pinnacle of the publishing industry?

Surprisingly, he had already guessed about today's situation, and he was ready for a backhand.
Sure enough, few people who can get to this point are fools.

It is quite difficult for an incompetent and furious villain like the one in the novel to appear in reality.

but
In fact, Higashino Division vaguely guessed this situation.

He put his hands on the table and said thoughtfully:

"Hearing what editor-in-chief Gu Tian said, I probably have a solid idea in my heart. No wonder someone from the New Century Art Association took the initiative to invite me to join a while ago."

Yes.

Before heading to Aomori County, the vice-chairman of the New Century Art Association came to his door and wanted to make Higashinoji the honorary vice-chairman. At that time, Higashinoji was still a little puzzled.

After all, his reputation in Tokyo is indeed not small, but it was more or less hasty to be the honorary vice president when he came up.

Then Higashino searched some information about the New Century Art Association on the Internet, only to find that the publishing houses standing behind the New Century Art Association were actually two competing publishing houses, Urashima and Fuji.

Moreover, Higashinosi also discovered that the group of painters who maliciously left the New Century Art Association joined the new association, and there were two major publishing houses, Mozhu and Yanjiao, standing behind them.

This can be said to be tit for tat.

It is estimated that as early as that time, Fuji and Urashima Press had already had the idea of ​​merging?
However, they did not rush to move, but waited.

Osawa Kokichi and Furuta Shinji were a little surprised by Higashinoji's eyesight, they didn't expect him to even notice such details.

"The New Century Art Association is a springboard for our publishing house to enter the traditional art world. It is a good place to generate profits. However, when Yanjiao and Mozhu Publishing House discovered it, they poached many painters."

Furuta Shinji explained next to him.

At the same time, he was also a little helpless: "Not only the New Century Art Association, but even many excellent comic authors under our Fuji Publishing House have been poached away."

At the beginning, he was the one who was looking for the authors of the three major publishing houses of comics, but now the times have completely changed.

Xinyanzhu Publishing House turned back and poached many authors from his family.

If this continues, his family's weekly magazine "Thriller" is about to have an author fault.

In desperation, Fuji Publishing House wanted to seek cooperation from their old rival, Urashima Publishing House.

However, only the editors-in-chief and presidents of the two companies knew about this matter, and they did not notify the editors below.

"But I still didn't expect it." Osawa Hekichi exhaled, shook his head and said, "I didn't expect the other party to be so decisive. They merged suddenly today, and they didn't give us any time to react."

Furuta Shinji nodded beside him with a solemn expression.

This sudden merger incident really caught them off guard.

"According to the news I got, Yanjiao and Mozhu Publishing House will be renamed as New Yanzhu Publishing House. They have already planned to launch a new magazine "Chiyo" next week."

Furuta Shinji further explained: ""Chiyo" is a comic magazine that combines their two previous signature comic magazines "Niqing" and "Hana Sakura."

"Niqing" from the old Iwakaku Publishing House, and "Hana Sakura" from the old Mozhu Bookstore, these two weekly manga magazines have led the trend of Japanese manga for a period of time. Magazine.

There are only eight or nine comic writers in the two major weekly comics combined.

And the new comic magazine "Chiyo" after the merger of the two major publishing houses is the stage for these eight or nine authors. Just think about it and you will know how much competition pressure this comic magazine has.
It is estimated that authors who are not at the small pillar level (average volume sales of 60 to [-] copies) will not be eligible to be serialized on it.

The competitive pressure is high, and it also brings super high-level quality.

Urashima and Fuji Publishing House, which are scattered now, are absolutely unable to defeat each other.

"So our two agencies have also decided to launch a new weekly manga magazine."

Osawa Kokichi said without hesitation: "Combining the strengths of Urashima Publishing's "Chill" and Fuji Publishing's "Thriller" is the only way to keep the market."

What he said was indeed very reasonable.

If Urashima Press merged with Fuji Press, the situation should improve considerably.

After all, the quality of the current cartoons of "Bad Chill" can only be said to be above average, and the quality of the last few comic works surveyed by readers can only be said to be below average.

If there are works from Fuji Publishing House to fill in, it can indeed compete with Xinyanzhu Publishing House.

"That's why I called Mr. Higashino over here."

While Higashinoji was thinking, Osawa Hekichi over there explained his thoughts:
"We plan to have your new manga, Mr. Higashino, be promoted to the first issue of the new weekly manga. That is to say, the cover and front color page of the first issue of this magazine will all be dominated by your manga, Mr. Higashino."

"Phase one.?"

Higashino Division subconsciously tapped the table with his fingers.

He had thought that the stage of "Hansawa Naoki" would be huge.

But I never thought it would be this big.

This is no longer a simple struggle between comic magazines.

It's a competition among publishers.

It is also a competition among the top publishing houses in the industry.

It's like when the two armies are fighting, Higashinoji's manga is selected as the general, responsible for the main task of killing the enemy.

"I know Mr. Higashino may feel a lot of pressure." Osawa Hekichi looked at Mr. Higashino, and put forward his own conditions: "But if Mr. Higashino is willing to take on this responsibility, Urashima Publishing House and Fuji Publishing House are willing to assist you Establish a platform for reading online comics."

Ok?
When Osawa Hekichi talked about this, Higashinoji finally showed a look of surprise.

Higashino Studio is currently busy establishing an illustration exchange website and a web comic reading platform, so only internal employees should know about it.

Why did this matter go straight to Osawa Hekichi's ears?
"Mr. Higashino, the Japanese publishing industry is not as big as you imagined. You want to create an online media manga reading platform. In fact, many people know about it."

Furuta Shinji interjected beside him.

This is also true.
Tonoji nodded.

The whole of Japan is only the size of a palm, and it takes a few hours to fly from the north to the south of Japan by plane. It is not surprising that Furuta Shinji and his publishing house bosses know about it.

But judging from their appearance, it is obvious that they don't care much about online media reading.

Otherwise, after knowing the news, he would not have given this opportunity to Dong Yesi for nothing.

This is also of course.

Who would have thought that in a few years, paper manga magazines would gradually decline, and at the same time, online media manga would gain momentum?

In this case, let Urashima Publishing House and Fuji Publishing House take advantage of their ignorance and borrow their resources to expand the influence of the online comic reading platform!
　Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life - I finished writing [-] words.Immediately took a shower and lay down on the bed.Rest early, everyone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)