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Chapter 5 Three Major Publishing Houses

Perhaps the most famous Japanese publishing houses in Higashinoji's previous life were Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan, which are called the "three major publishing houses of manga".

As for why Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan are only designated as the "three major magazines" of the "manga" type of magazine?

This is because it is impossible for a Japanese publishing house to rely on a single "comic magazine publishing" to maintain the operation of the entire publishing house. In order to obtain more profits, the "three major publishing houses of manga" will not only publish manga magazines, but also publish other types. bibliography.

For example, the Shogakukan in Japan in the previous life, this publishing house mainly obtained profits by publishing educational books for elementary school students. Comic publishing can only be said to be one of the channels for obtaining profits.

In the final analysis, the 'Three Great Shrines' were not considered the most profitable publishing houses in Japan in Higashinoji's previous life. They were at most famous in the 'manga' industry.

Unfortunately, this world is a parallel world.

There is no Shueisha, no Kodansha, and no Shogakukan here.

As a matter of course, there is no hot-blooded juvenile mantouzi weekly "juvenile jump".

Closer to home.

In the parallel world of Higashinoji, the three publishing houses that replaced the "three major publishing houses" were Yanjiao Publishing House, Mozhu Bookstore, and Urashima Publishing House.

Among them, Yanjiao Publishing House can be regarded as a collection of Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan. It focuses on juvenile comics such as reasoning and passion.Mozhu Bookstore prefers to publish sci-fi and romantic girl comics.

And the last Urashima Publishing House—this is the publishing house where Higashinoji submitted "Midnight Ring" a few days ago.

This publishing house mainly targets suspense reasoning and horror comics.

Its weekly magazine "Aversion to Chill" and monthly magazine "Forbidden Space" are well-known horror comic production magazines in Japan.

It's just that the days of Urashima Publishing House have not been easy recently.Their Pillar Comics series "Man Reflected in the Camera" has just ended recently, and it coincides with the cold season of comic scripts, and there are no high-quality horror comics at all.

Now they just took a breath, all the resources were tilted, and they pushed a horror comic called "Between the Dolls", trying to make it a pillar.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the quality of this "Between the Dolls" is not up to the standard at all, and the quality can only be said to be fair.

As a result, the overall sales of manga magazines under Urashima Publishing House are also declining.

This is the so-called brand effect.

When it comes to "One Piece", "Hokage", and "Dragon Ball", some people think of Shueisha, and thus think of the weekly magazine "Jump", but what if these pillar manga are lost?

This is bound to affect the influence of comic magazines.

But even so, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and Urashima Publishing House is still one of the three major publishing houses of manga, there is no doubt about it.

But recently, a company called Fuji Publishing House has sprung up suddenly, and there are faint signs of sharing a corner with the "three big companies" in manga magazines.

But that was only a sign.

The choice of Higashino Division is still Urashima Publishing House, one of the three major publishing houses.

After all, Urashima Publishing House has the qualifications of the three major publishers, and there are many publishing resources and channels. Investing in Urashima Publishing House is definitely profitable.

As for whether Dong Yesi has confidence in "Midnight Bell" in his hand?

This is a bit of a joke.Of course he has confidence.

"Midnight Ring" is so famous, and when it was released in Japan, the box office beat all the movies of the same period.

With a budget of 12 US dollars, it won a global box office of 860 million pounds, ranking first in Japan's local box office

It can be said that he was carrying a knife and killing everywhere in this village in Japan, and he couldn't find any opponent to fight at all.

Maybe Higashino can use "Midnight Bell" to squeeze out Urashima Publishing's current manga "Between the Dolls"?

Besides, two or three days have passed since the submission time. There should be news from Urashima Press

While thinking in his heart, Higashino Division glanced at Chihaya Higashino who was sitting opposite.

At this time, Higashino Chihaya was holding her mobile phone, flicking on the Snake game.

She played it very seriously, and her body was still swaying to and fro following the movement of the greedy snake on the screen.

In Japan in 2003, mobile phones have long been popularized. It is the kind of flip phone with an oval body and looks very old-fashioned and bulky.

Higashino Chihaya and Higashino Division originally each had a mobile phone to communicate with each other.

However, Chihaya Higashino's cell phone was broken by her accidentally, and she never took it for repair, so Higashino Division gave Chihaya Higashino his cell phone to use, and there was also his homeroom teacher's phone number stored on it.

If Higashino Chihaya had something to do, he could call him.

This is also the bottom line of Higashino Division.

Otherwise, it is really worrying to leave her alone at home.

"Then I'm going to school, Miss Chihaya, you should stay at home."

Higashino Division finished eating everything and said hello.

"Well, I see." Higashino Chihaya reached out to drive away Higashino Si: "Asi, go to school quickly! I will protect this family."

As she spoke, she nodded vigorously, as if she wanted to add some courage to herself.

But just in case, Dong Yesi also checked the locks of the doors and windows, and turned to the entrance after finding no problems.

It's almost time to go.

ding ding ding-

At this time, the telephone landline placed in the shoe cabinet by the door rang.

Ok?

Higashino Division reached out to connect the phone and asked, "Who?"

Ever since the Higashino family was in trouble, there were no calls they wanted to make.

The old friends of Higashino's parents in the past also seemed to have disappeared from the world. Except for showing their faces at the funeral, they were never seen again.

Japan has always been a society of human relations. Unless you are really close friends who are inseparable, otherwise, friends are generally like this.

Most of the people who can continue to make calls to Higashino's house are salespeople who sell newspapers or health care products.

"Excuse me, is this Higashino-sensei?"

A young woman's voice came from the other end of the phone.

Teacher Dongye?

After a while, another voice came from the phone:

"I'm Koharu Hosokawa, editor of the weekly manga magazine "Bad Chill" affiliated to Urashima Publishing House. Is this Higashino-sensei?"

Hosokawa Koharu?

Edited by Urashima Press?

Higashino's spirit perked up.

Has the "Midnight Ring" submitted a few days ago finally come to an end?

"I'm Higashinoji, the author of "Midnight Ring", may I be the editor of Urashima Publishing House?"

He asked in return.

"Well, I am the editor of Urashima Publishing House. This time I will contact you about the specific matters of "Midnight Ring"."

(End of this chapter)