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Chapter 313 Shouldn’t You Be The One Suffering (8000 words)
It can be said that Hosokawa Koharu has been busy these few days, unable to find the southeast, northwest and north.

Because after the emergency internal meeting a few days ago, the editor-in-chief of Urashima immediately announced a piece of news that the entire editor of Urashima Publishing House did not expect-the upcoming merger of Urashima Publishing House and Fuji Publishing House.

To be honest, when he heard the news, Hosokawa Koharu only felt that there was something wrong with his ears.

Because Fuji Publishing House has always been their deadly rival, how can we say that they merged after the merger?
If that news surprised her, the next one was even spookier.
Urashima Publishing House and Fuji Publishing House will jointly launch a new manga magazine to compete with Shiniwazuki Publishing's new manga magazine "Chiyo".

This is a bit dreamy.
It's like gangsters from both sides are fighting to seize the territory. The Urashima group has the advantage and has eaten up a lot of the Fuji group's territory. Then suddenly the leaders of both sides stand up and say that we are actually a gang. We have been fighting wrongly for a long time, and we should work together. To occupy a larger territory.

It was so dreamy.

It makes people feel at a loss.

Not only the editors at Urashima Press, but also the editors at Fuji Press.

After fighting for a long time, they were stopped by their superiors. They were a bit at a loss with knives and baseball bats in their hands.

but
Merging with Urashima Press is not a bad thing in a sense.

Fuji Publishing House has been overwhelmed by Urashima Publishing House all year round, holding the mood of "join if you can't beat it", and the editorial staff below have no objection to the merger.

You can even say this bluntly. There are actually several editors in Fuji Publishing House who are fans of Higashino Division.

Now that there is a chance to meet Dong Yesi, these editors who have long wanted to jump back are looking forward to it.

In fact, most publishing houses in Japan now have more or less fans of Tonoji.

After all, he is now the leader of the Japanese manga industry.

that's it.

The merger of the two publishing houses is moving slowly but surely.

As for the faction of the publishing house
This is certainly unavoidable.

The upper-level directors are mainly divided into the former Urashima Publishing House and the former Fuji Publishing House.

But this division does not affect the lower-level personnel below.

After all, everyone is an editor (salary worker) who is paid to do things, and the upper-level scrambles have nothing to do with them at the bottom.

Therefore, in this noisy atmosphere, the name of the merger of Urashima Publishing House and Fuji Publishing House was also finalized.

Urashima Publishing House and Fuji Publishing House are collectively called Fushima Publishing House, which is also part of the names of their respective publishers.

Immediately afterwards, the manga serialization candidates and the name of the magazine for the new magazine were all finalized.

The new manga magazine of Tomishima Publishing House is called "Heshi", and it can be said that the head of the needle is right with the "Chiyo" of Shiniwazuki Publishing House.

And the comic author who took over the first issue of "He Shi".
"Sure enough, the main author who took over is Mr. Dongye."

Looking at the candidates on the front page, Kana Nemoto, the former editor of Fuji Publishing House, looked at Koharu Hosokawa on the other side with some envy.

"Leader Hosokawa, congratulations, Mr. Higashino has successfully won the position of general."

Ben Kana walked to the side to congratulate.

This is indeed something worthy of congratulations. After all, everyone in Fushima Publishing House now knows that "Heshi" is a manga magazine strongly promoted by Fushima Publishing House.

Logically speaking, it would more or less dissatisfy the writers of the comics who were serialized with Higashino Division at the same time if Higashino Division was appointed by the editorial department in this way.

Everyone draws manga, so why are you the default?Is it because you have more hands and feet than us?

But Higashino Division is different.

All manga authors know Higashinoji's achievements, even if Suzuki Yu, the current pillar of Fuji Publishing House, gave a speech, she would probably happily clap her hands and congratulate Higashinoji.

no way--

It is completely lack of strength.

Higashinoji's work is just good.

There is nothing to doubt.

"Now that the specific matters of the new magazine have been determined, let's start quickly, editors, prepare for the receipt of manuscripts."

On the stage, Shinji Gutian, who has officially become the deputy editor-in-chief of "Heshi", greeted the editors below to accept the manuscript.

He is in a good mood now. After all, the merger went smoothly unexpectedly because of Higashino Division, and there was almost no trouble.

In the past, he was very envious of Urashima Publishing House having such a real author, but now——

This author also belongs to him!
He was very happy, so he looked at Xiaochun Hosokawa on the other side, and said hello: "Editor Hosokawa, editor-in-chief Urashima just wanted to ask you for something."

"I see."

Hosokawa Koharu, who was about to get up to collect the manuscript, stopped, nodded and turned to the office of the editor-in-chief Urashima.

"It's about personnel arrangements."

When she passed by Furuta Shinji, the other party suddenly said something.

Personnel arrangements?
Hosokawa Koharu was stunned.

Didn't she already join the editorial department of "He Shi"?Is it possible to downgrade her?
"I'm sorry." Hosokawa Koharu didn't think about it, and walked into Urashima's editor-in-chief's office after a half-bow.

At this time, the editor-in-chief Urashima was sorting out various forms.

Since a new manga magazine is about to be released, he has to reconsider the table of contents, cover, and side-page credits. He is also very busy.

But as soon as Hosokawa Koharu came in, the overwhelmed editor-in-chief Urashima raised his head and said with a smile, "Editor Hosokawa, you're finally here."

"The deputy editor-in-chief Gutian called me here, what's the matter?"

Hosokawa Koharu was a little strange.

"It's a good thing to ask Editor Hosokawa to come over."

The editor-in-chief Urashima smiled, then put down the form in his hand, and asked her, "Do you have any plans to downgrade and become the editor-in-chief of "Aversion to Chill"?"

"Downgrade to become the editor-in-chief of "Aversion to Chill"?"

Hosokawa Koharu was stunned for a while, and then managed to recover.

When she came over, she had already thought about many possibilities, but she didn't expect that the other party called her to come here mainly to downgrade the matter of being the editor-in-chief.

She still holds the position of team leader in "He Shi", which is naturally not as high as the editor-in-chief.

Even if "Bad Chill" is no longer the main manga magazine of Fushima Publishing House, the position of editor-in-chief is still much higher than that of a team leader like her.

For Hosokawa Koharu, this is not so much a downgrade as a promotion.

"After the merger, our old Urashima Publishing House's "Aversion to Chill" and the old Fuji Publishing House's "Thriller" are short of editor-in-chief candidates. I value editor Hosokawa very much, so I recommend this position to you."

Editor-in-chief Urashima politely explained the reason.

In his opinion, this is a good thing to jump to his level, and Hosokawa Koharu should not refuse.

But
Hosokawa Koharu immediately thought of a question.

She was downgraded after "The Chill".
Who is in charge of Higashino Division who joined "Heshi"?
Seemingly seeing Koharu Hosokawa's thoughts, editor-in-chief Urashima explained: "Mr. Higashino, we will re-select an editor to be in charge. Upgrading the editor-in-chief is an opportunity for Hosokawa editor after all. It depends on how you choose. .”

If Hosokawa Koharu voluntarily became the editor-in-chief of the editorial department of "Aversion to Chill", even Division Higashino would probably not have any objections.

After all, this was Hosokawa Koharu's own choice, no one forced her.

Hearing what editor-in-chief Urashima said, even Koharu Hosokawa couldn't help but struggle a little.

If she chooses to downgrade, she will be able to become the editor-in-chief of "Aversion to Chill"
That location is incredible.

Even if it is in decline, "Aversion to Chill" is still a first-class comic magazine.

It took her two years with Dong Yesi to reach the position of team leader, and now she has this rare opportunity.

If she gave up, she would be a fool without a doubt!

Thinking of this, Hosokawa Koharu raised his head and spoke softly.

"Editor-in-chief Urashima, I have decided. I still want to be the editorial leader of "Heshi", and I also want to be in charge of Mr. Higashino."

After saying this, she couldn't help rubbing her face—well, she's just a fool.

Actually gave up!
She regretted what she said, but she didn't mean to change what she said.

regret at most
I really regret it.

"Hey?"

Even Urashima's editor-in-chief was stunned by Hosokawa Koharu's answer.

"Editor Hosokawa, you have to think carefully. This is an excellent opportunity. You can be directly promoted from team leader to editor-in-chief."

He couldn't help but speak.

Uh.
Hosokawa Koharu opened his mouth and shouted in his heart, 'Yes, such a rare opportunity!Why didn't I agree quickly? '.

But when the words came to his lips, it became again: "I have made up my mind, Editor-in-Chief Urashima, you don't need to persuade me."

When he said this, Hosokawa Koharu no longer knew what he was talking about.

It felt like my mouth was not my own at this moment, and I couldn't control what I said.

struggle!It's a real struggle!

Editor-in-chief Urashima doesn't know Hosokawa Koharu's current psychological thoughts.

He just sighed a little - he deserves to be an editor who has cultivated such a famous author as Higashino Division!

Sure enough, the angle of looking at things is different from that of ordinary working women!Not moved by power at all!
He couldn't help shaking his head, and praised: "As expected of editor Hosokawa, but this decision is likely to affect your editing career for the rest of your life, I suggest you think about it carefully."

After saying this, he said thoughtfully again:

"As the editor-in-chief Urashima, I understand editor Hosokawa's thoughts very well. I know that you must stay in "Heshi" because you want to win the title of Japan's number one manga with Higashino-sensei, and then become a famous editor. But Now everyone doesn't know what the finished "Naoki Hansawa" looks like, so I also hope that you will not be blindly confident."

Why?No. [-] in Japan?Become a famous editor?

It's not that I don't have this idea.

I am. That simple blunt mouth.
Hosokawa Koharu opened his mouth to say something, but he couldn't express it.

The editor-in-chief Urashima naturally didn't want to listen to her continue talking, he still had a lot of work at hand, so he smiled and waved his hand, signaling Hosokawa Koharu to go out and consider downgrading to editor-in-chief.

Looking at the closed editor-in-chief's door, Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help thinking.

Japan's No. [-] manga "Hansawa Naoki"?

It is indeed a very attractive name, can Mr. Higashino do it?

No. [-] in Japan is easy to say, but difficult to do. Compared with that——

"There is also Teacher Dongye's manuscript to be collected."

Hosokawa Koharu glanced at his watch, and then he realized that he left the editorial department directly.

Dong Yesi's original manuscript was drawn two days ago, which was told to her by the other party.

It's just that at this time, Hosokawa Koharu's mind was more or less short-circuited by a large amount of information, and he felt a little unable to turn around.

It wasn't until she reached the door of Dongye's house that she came back to her senses.

It's time to accept the manuscript!Can't continue to think about some messy things!

She shook her head, throwing all these messy thoughts out of her mind, then reached out and rang the doorbell.

"Editor Hosokawa, are you here to pick up the manuscript? Please come in."

In just two or three seconds, the door opened, and Higashino welcomed Hosokawa Koharu into the room.

The two greeted each other and drank tea. Then Higashino handed over the manuscript of "Hansawa Naoki" to Hosokawa Koharu.

"Then let me have a look at Higashino-sensei's works."

Hosokawa Koharu took Higashinoji's manuscript with both hands, looked at the manuscript that had been drawn with colored pens, and began to flip through it page by page.

On the other side, Dong Yesi looked at her sideways, with his eyebrows raised slightly.

Hosokawa Koharu didn't speak, neither did Higashinoji.

Such silence lasted for more than a minute, and Higashinoji, who had been observing, suddenly spoke.

"Editor Hosokawa, do you have something on your mind?"

"Huh?" Hosokawa Koharu was stunned for a while.

"It's written all over his face, and he's not usually so restrained. Is there something wrong?"

Higashino pointed to his face, and then to Hosokawa Koharu.

It wasn't until this moment that Hosokawa Koharu realized that his face seemed to be tense all the time.

"I'm very sorry, I was rude!" Hosokawa Koharu hastily bowed and apologized.

"It's just a trivial matter." Dong Yesi smiled: "So editor Hosokawa, if you have any concerns, you should tell them and listen to them. I can also help you solve your problems."

Uh.
Originally, personnel transfers within the editorial department could not be told to outsiders of the editorial department.

But looking at Higashinoji's expression, Hosokawa Koharu hesitated for a while, and told him everything.

Similarly, it also includes being downgraded to editor-in-chief.

There was a reaction she didn't expect.

Higashino Division didn't show much anger, but just showed an expression of sudden realization: "Really? Isn't this a good thing? Editor Hosokawa has been promoted."

"Hey? Higashino-sensei, you're not that"

Hosokawa Koharu wanted to ask Higashinoji if he wasn't angry?

After all, when she was transferred away, Higashino Division had trouble with the serialization.

The nature of this time was similar, and it turned out that Dong Yesi didn't get angry.

"If it was Editor Hosokawa's choice, of course I wouldn't be angry." Higashino waved his hand with a smile: "As a friend, I should send my best wishes."

"Teacher Tono"

Hosokawa Koharu was a little moved by Higashinoji's attitude.

But the next moment——

"Besides, shouldn't the person who should be disappointed and angry be Editor Hosokawa?"

Higashino asked with a smile.

"Hey? How do you say that?"

Hosokawa Koharu was stunned.

Regarding her question, Higashinoji just smiled, and said directly: "Because of the position of editor-in-chief, editor Hosokawa has missed the manga "Hansawa Naoki" that can get the number one in Japan, shouldn't it be Are you uncomfortable?"

confidence.

Indescribable confidence!

Listening to Higashino Division's words, Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but glance at "Hansawa Naoki" in his hand, his expression was a little dazed
Is Japan number one?
　Originally, I thought about [-] words, but I still had a cold, but I couldn’t sleep well in bed, and I woke up in the middle of the night. I decided to write another chapter.

　　Otherwise, I will dove twice this month.

　　God forbid!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)