Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 329 NHK Red and White Song Battle (8000 words)
"Hansawa Naoki" is the only pillar manga of Fushima Publishing House, and the resources obtained when selling the booklet are of course very rich.

The promotion on the cover of magazines, the promotion of posters in the hot area of ​​bookstores, the promotion of posters on the subway.
It has to be said that, in a sense, Fushima Publishing House is even more concerned about the sales of "Hansawa Naoki" this time than Higashinoji.

After all, only the sales volume of the booklet represents everything. If the sales volume of the booklet is mediocre, then all the achievements made before will be dissipated.

What makes Fushima Publishing House feel relaxed is that they have done a reader survey on the sales of Higashinoji's single volume before.

About 70.00% of the readers are willing to spend [-] yen to buy a single volume of "Hansawa Naoki".

This boosted their morale.

With so many readers willing to buy it, even if the proportion will drop by then, the sales of "Naoki Hansawa" should not be left behind.

The Internet, media, and magazines are also optimistic about "Naoki Hansawa", and everyone thinks that "Naoki Hansawa" can achieve good results.

except one person
That is Horikoshi Hanpei who failed to submit an article to Tomishima Press.

He brought his "Research and Search Team" to Fudao Publishing House, but as a result, he only met with an editor, and then there was nothing else. The reception editor of Fudao Publishing House directly pushed him away halfway.

No publishing house dares to accept such an author's work with such a large public opinion effect.

Horikoshi Hanpei is now equivalent to everyone shouting and beating.

And when I heard that the sale of my booklet was forcibly canceled, Higashinoji's "Naoki Hansawa" had already started preparing for the sale of the booklet.

Horikoshi Hanpei was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

He feels that the reason why he has become like this now is mainly because Higashino Division put forward the three principles of comics. Without Higashino Division, he would not be like this.

As a result, his own work could not be sold, but Higashinoji's "Hansawa Naoki" was sold?

That's it!

So Horikoshi half-heartedly thought that the sales of "Hansawa Naoki" by Higashino Tsukasa had gone wrong, and it would be best not to sell them at all.

That is in Horikoshi Hanpei's thinking.

The first volume of "Hansawa Naoki" by Higashino Division has finally been released after two weeks of warm-up.

The entire sales process, in the words of Hosokawa Koharu, is——

"Isn't this too smooth?"

Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help muttering to himself looking at the rising sales figures collected from bookstores across the country.

It was indeed too smooth. From delivery to sold out, the smooth sales process of "Naoki Hansawa" made her feel incredible.

You should know that when the general Taizhuzi comics are released, the sales will pause for a while, and the sales will gradually stabilize.

But "Hansawa Naoki" is completely different.

It's been going up in a straight line.

With just one hour of expedited statistics, "Hansawa Naoki" has already broken the sales mark of [-] copies of the first volume-even Higashinoji's "Unnatural Death" did not do this kind of thing.

But "Hansawa Naoki" did it.

Not just did it, but exceeded it.
"This is probably the strength of a genius," Hosokawa Koharu muttered to himself.

To be honest, she wanted to go out and see the situation in the bookstore right now.

But after hesitating for a long time, Hosokawa Koharu suppressed the thoughts in his heart, and continued to start the monotonous and repetitive statistical work-the manpower of the sales department next door was no longer available, so he had to ask some of their editors to help.

In the editorial department of "Heshi", this kind of thing happens from time to time. After all, no matter how many people are replenished, it is natural to get busy as soon as the booklet is on sale.

But it's a bit rare to be so busy now.

Even the editor-in-chief Urashima personally came down to help calculate various data. From this, it can be seen that the sales of Higashinoji's manga are booming.

According to Hosokawa Koharu's estimate, if nothing else happens, the sales of the first volume of "Hansawa Naoki" will definitely exceed 250 million copies this time, two or three grades higher than the period of "Unnatural Death" .

That is, when Hosokawa Koharu was busy and working hard, in a bookstore about one kilometer away from Fushima Publishing House, Oisho Yosuke was surprised by the situation in the bookstore.

People lined up spontaneously and took the initiative to stand in front of the booklet of "Naoki Hansawa".
To be honest, this is the first time Dayan Yangjie has seen this kind of scene, because when he usually comes to the bookstore, he has never been in a queue at all, and he can just pick up two books and pay the money and then leave. There is still a queue, as if some kind of signing event is being held.

"Do young people nowadays value entertainment so much?"

As a middle-aged salaryman in his 40s, Yosuke Oshio muttered softly, but quickly retracted his words.

After all, he also wanted to buy the booklet of Higashinoji's "Naoki Hansawa" when he came here this time—since he read the manga magazine brought back by the big salt bear last time, he has been thinking about "Naoki Hansawa" on it.

After finally taking half a day to buy the booklet, I still have to wait in line.

This is really
Oshio Yosuke shook his head helplessly and stood at the end of the line.

then
Then he heard a voice behind him: "Come on! Come on! I can't lose to those unscrupulous bosses! After dinner, I'm going to complete the tasks they gave me! I'm going to climb on top of them! Double the reward!"

"Yes! Captain Fujisawa, our team hasn't lost yet! Come on!"

Dayan Yangjie was standing upright, but when he heard this series of voices, he couldn't help but look back.

The speakers were two young men who seemed to have joined the company not long ago, and their faces were relatively young and immature.

At this time, these two people were flipping through the latest chapter of "Hansawa Naoki", their eyes were piercing, and they seemed to be in a very excited state of mind.

This made Dayan Yangjie speechless for a while.

Why does reading a cartoon feel like getting bloody?Excited?
Compared to Oshio Yosuke's speechlessness, the bookstore clerk who was in charge of collecting the money on the other side was not very frightened.

On the contrary, he was almost used to it.

After all, he saw this scene often.

Basically every time when "Hansawa Naoki" is serialized to the latest chapter, there will always be a few salarymen who pay to look down at the manga, and jump up after watching it, full of enthusiasm.

Some salaried workers said they were quitting their current jobs.

There are also some, like the young man just now, who expressed that they would make contributions in the company, and finally climb to the head of the current leader, and repay them double.
I don't know if these salarymen started drinking in the afternoon and went crazy, anyway, these bookstore employees are used to it.

After seeing off the two guests, Dayan Yangjie waited in line for another five or six minutes, and finally arrived.

Looking at the words "Naoki Hansawa" on the cover, and the Naoki Hansawa who looked in front of him with a gloomy expression, Yosuke Oshio took two copies without hesitation.

He wanted to buy one for his son, and one for himself.

The reason why he bought an extra copy for his son is because he wants to tell the big salt bear that he, as a father, has worked hard to understand him.

"That's safe."

Stuffing the paper bags of the two booklets into the briefcase, Oshio Yosuke turned to look at the bookstore behind him.

The number of people queuing did not decrease, but because it was approaching the afternoon, the school students were out of school, and there were more people gathered in the bookstore.

"It is indeed a very good work."

Compared with the past when he viewed manga as an entertainment product with colored glasses, Yosuke Oshio now finds that he can gradually understand the current youth culture.

And the bridge of all this is "Naoki Hansawa" in his hands.
Dayan Yangjie nodded in satisfaction, then turned and walked home.

The sales of "Hansawa Naoki" can be said to be in full swing, but as the editor-in-chief of Shiniwazuki Publishing House, Seo feels a lot of pressure.

Originally, he still held the hope that "Hansawa Naoki" was just a good reader survey data, but the real sales results would not be that good.
But now it seemed that his hope was about to be dashed.

The big sales of "Hansawa Naoki" will definitely put more pressure on the manga magazine "Chiyo" of Shiniwazuki Publishing House.

As long as Higashino Tsukasa does not have a crazy operation like Horikoshi Hanpei, the sales of his "Hansawa Naoki" will surely climb to the ceiling of Japanese manga sales.

but.
"That's the sales ceiling of Japanese manga."

Editor-in-Chief Seo couldn't help muttering to himself.

Why is the ceiling called a ceiling?It is precisely because it is difficult to be touched that it is called the ceiling.

If someone can easily touch the ceiling of Japanese manga sales, then don't call the ceiling a ceiling at all. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it a 'floor'?

But Higashino Division surprised Editor-in-Chief Seo by virtue of his own strength.

He just has the ability to become the ceiling of Japanese manga
To be honest, Horikoshi Hanpei also had this opportunity but
"That guy."

Editor-in-Chief Seo couldn't help but sigh again.

Not only killed himself but also implicated "Chiyo".

Even now "Chiyo" has not found a work that can replace "Investigation and Search Team".

This made the editor-in-chief Seo wish he could find Horikoshi Hanpei, grind up his meat bite by bite and eat it.

What a MMP!How can there be such a bad author?
Editor-in-Chief Seo complained in his mind for a long time, but finally withdrew his mind and turned to thinking about what to do with "Chiyo".

If he has been unable to find a work that can replace "Investigation and Search Team", then he may really have to take the blame and resign.

Because the board of directors at New Rock Publishing House won't be waiting long for him.
Moreover, the position of editor-in-chief of the "Chiyo" manga magazine is also eyeing many people. I don't know how many people are waiting for him to take the blame and resign.

This can be regarded as internal and external troubles.

However, Xinyanzhu Publishing House was originally the product of the merger of Yanjiao Publishing House and Mozhu Bookstore, and it is normal for people to be inconsistent.

"It's really difficult."

Editor-in-Chief Seo shook his head helplessly, and could only continue to think of ways.

His temperament has always been relatively positive.

Compared with the editor-in-chief Seo, Horikoshi Hanping on the other side is not the case.

He looked at "Naoki Hansawa", which was getting more and more discussed, and recalled the long queue in front of the bookstore today, and he was so angry that he smashed all the magazines on the wall against the wall.

Asshole! "Hansawa Naoki" is so popular!

Doesn't this comparison make it even more obvious that he is nothing at all?

Horikoshi Hanpei became angrier the more he read the online comments, so he simply turned off the computer and turned on the TV instead.

However, as soon as he turned on the TV, he heard the TV host smilingly holding the booklet of "Naoki Hansawa" introducing: "Today we are going to introduce the manga "Naoki Hansawa."

Looking at the four artistic characters of "Hansawa Naoki", Horikoshi Hanpei only felt that his vision was a little distorted, and an uncontrollable anger rushed to his heart, which made him feel a little pain in his abdomen, and even wanted to vomit.

He used to update the weekly comics for a long time, but he had some physical problems. Recently, he became very angry, which caused him to sometimes feel dizzy for no reason.

Under such circumstances, Horikoshi Hanpei suppressed his anger, turned off the TV, and at the same time slammed the remote control on the coffee table, and turned to the balcony.

He went to see the scenery!
That's all right! ?Will he still be dominated by "Hansawa Naoki"?
But what a coincidence.

Today's Fushima Publishing House just did a hot air balloon promotion project—it was a publicity promotion project floating in mid-air with a huge Japanese vertical banner hanging under an ordinary hot air balloon, saying "The well-known manga "Hansawa Naoki" is on sale" Way.

This vertical banner can be seen from a long distance, and of course Horikoshi Hanpei saw it at a glance.

Looking at the words "Hansawa Naoki", Horikoshi Hanpei felt his blood pressure soar inexplicably, and then he couldn't help it anymore, his body softened, and he was so angry that he passed out.

However, as the person involved in all this, Higashinoji didn't know that Horikoshi Hanpei passed out at home.

Compared to that, he is now looking at the two middle-aged men in front of him with some surprise.

"You mean... you want to invite me to participate in NHK's Kohaku Uta Battle program?"

"Yes, Higashino-sensei."

One of the middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes continued: "We NHK Red and White Uta Hezhan sincerely invite you to participate in the Red and White Uta Hezhan program."

The other party came to him suddenly, and to be honest, Higashino Division did not expect it at all.

The so-called Red and White Song Battle is actually equivalent to the Japanese version of the Spring Festival Gala, but it is different from the Spring Festival Gala in that the Red and White Song Battle is mainly divided into the red group and the white group for both men and women. Songs, and a music program to decide the winner.

Higashinoji originally wanted to stay at home and wait for the good news of the sale of "Naoki Hansawa" from Koharu Hosokawa. As a result, he just stayed at home, and the people from NHK TV came to him on his own initiative.

But Higashino was not too surprised.

After all, it is now approaching the end of the year, and it is almost time to sort out the list of the Red and White Songs.

But red and white song battle
This sounds a bit interesting.

So whether to agree or not?

Higashino couldn't help thinking.

　Thanks to Universo and Zhifeifei for their rewards!Thank you so much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)