Tokyo life starting with painting.

Chapter 9 The Game of Capital

"What's going on?" Seeing Satoshi Oshima shaking like an epileptic, and then suddenly yelling, a curious editor became suspicious.

Could this Sapiens Oshima have taken too many drugs?

Trembling, yelling, exactly the same complications as those hallucinogenic addictive drugs.

A group of them gathered around, intending to take Homo Oshima and send him to the hospital when the situation was wrong—of course, they just thought about it, who would do such an offending thing?

"It's the manga's problem, not Oshima's editor's problem."

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Hosokawa Koharu first threw out the answer to the question: "This manga, it can be regarded as the manga I am in charge of, it is a bit scary, and then the editor Oshima will."

While talking, Hosokawa Koharu looked at Satoshi Oshima.

"Scared by horror comics?"

This made the editors of the weekly magazine "Aversion to Chill" look at Satoto Oshima with a smile.

Horror comics editor was frightened by horror comics, this is the first time I've seen it.

As for Homo sapiens Oshima?

Satoshi Oshima bit the bullet and said nothing.

There is nothing to say, I was really scared, and there is no shame in being scared.

The sense of substitution that can't wait to pull people into it is terrifying to the feeling that oppresses the heart. To be honest, Satoshi Oshima felt a little excitement in addition to being afraid.

He still wants to watch it.

This guy is kind of masochistic.

After all, the cover of this work is so depressing, isn't the content inside even more exciting?

Some people are like this, the more afraid they are, the more they want to do it.Otherwise, how could there be such a facility as a roller coaster?

But before that

Homoto Oshima looked at the group of editors who surrounded him, and he felt gloating in his heart.

Look and see!It's good for you to have a look.

He is very confident in this "Midnight Ring", and this group of editors who like to read jokes will definitely be similar to him in the end.

"Editor Hosokawa said so, I also have a little interest in this manga, if you don't mind, can I read it?"

An old senior editor next to him raised his hand.

His name is Isamu Sanada, and he has worked in the editorial department of Urashima Press for nearly 30 years and has witnessed many excellent horror manga.

He was originally going to be transferred to be the editor-in-chief, but Isamu Sanada will retire in a few years, so the people at the publishing house suppressed him, but Isamu Sanada's salary and benefits are all based on the standards of the editor-in-chief of the publishing house.

As soon as he raised his hand with such seniority, naturally no one spoke up below.

Everyone watched as he took over the original manuscript of the midnight bell and flipped through it.

His gaze stayed on the first page.

Ancient wells, dead leaves.

A distorted figure flickered in front of his eyes.

Slender, pale, twisted limbs.

A wraith climbing out of the TV.

A vicious look.

finger with nails pulled out

At the moment when he saw a woman crawling out of the TV and put her hand on his shoulder——

The contraction of the heart accelerated, the blood pressure soared, and the adrenaline made Sanada's face turn red.

He couldn't help but tilted his head back, took a deep breath, and when he came back again, his complexion was slightly blue.

"If the plot quality of this comic is half of the quality of his cover art, it will be a good comic."

Isamu Sanada grasped "Midnight Bell" firmly, and managed to avoid smashing it like Satoto Oshima, and commented directly.

After commenting, Isamu Sanada looked at the large wall-mounted TV at the same time.

He finally understood why Homo Oshima was a little afraid of TV.

To be honest, he feels like turning off the TV right now.

No no.

I can't wait to lock the TV with an iron chain.

The editor next to him was a little surprised by Isamu Sanada's comment.

Directly using comic artists to link with the plot of the comics can only show that the author of "Midnight Ring" is really good at drawing.

After all, horror comics pay more attention to the sense of substituting the plot. Even if you are not very fine in drawing, readers will not care too much.

"Editor Hosokawa, if you don't mind, can you let everyone read the original manuscript of this manga? Don't waste everyone's time, just read the first page."

Isamu Sanada knows how to behave, he naturally knows that Hosokawa Koharu has no writers under him, and as a new editor, he has been sitting on the bench.

That's why he asked Hosokawa Koharu's opinion again and again, which also told other editors that the editor of this work is Hosokawa Koharu, don't just want to snatch a good work when you see it.

After all, it is a Japanese workplace. In order to improve performance, many people can do anything.

It is also normal to suppress newcomers with the airs of the seniors.

Generally speaking, for someone like Hosokawa Koharu, it takes at least half a year to become a real leader.

"Ah, of course it's okay." Hosokawa Koharu glanced at Isamu Sanada gratefully.

People have talked about this, if she still doesn't understand, then she is really a stupid woman.

As a result, the manuscript of "Midnight Ring" began to be circulated.

Then--

Bang! ! !

The male editor who had just laughed at Satoshi Oshima the most ruthlessly fell off the bench and stared at the manuscript of "Midnight Ring" in shock.

Bang! ! !

The veteran editor who has been in the industry for five years looked at the comic "Midnight Ring", and soon his face was distorted. Hosokawa Koharu remembered that his face was usually smiling in the past.

The sound of beating the manuscript kept coming out.

10 minutes later—

"It's probably like this."

Urashima, the editor-in-chief of the weekly "Bad Chill", chained the TV, and then looked back at "Midnight Ringer" at hand.

The original manuscript of "Midnight Ring" was brutally "handled" by different editors within 10 minutes, and was either rubbed or thrown.

Even the surface of the paper was crumpled.

Fortunately, Hosokawa Koharu had copied the manuscript of "Midnight Ring" before, otherwise it would be rude to bring such a manuscript to the original author.

"What's your opinion on the submitted "Midnight Ring"?"

Editor-in-Chief Urashima asked.

He is also one of the victims of Higashinoji's horror comics, and now he feels scared even with a big TV around him.

But he was the editor-in-chief anyway, and he didn't show timidity at all on the surface, but his feet had slowly moved away from the TV.

None of the editors in charge below spoke.

Usually, this stage should be a stage of picking thorns, but no one can find anything wrong with the comic "Midnight Bell".

"I don't think there is much pressure on "The Ring" to pass the serial meeting, and the front page can be arranged"

Veteran Isamu Sanada thought about it and said: "If it is promoted, it may be more popular than our previous Taizhuzi manga "Shadow Reflected in the Camera" by Urashima Publishing House."

After hearing this, the editor below took another look at Isamu Sanada.

Isamu Sanada is proposing to transfer promotional resources to create momentum for "Midnight Ring".

"But if this is the case, what should the author of Taizhuzi's comic "Between the Dolls" do?"

Sanada Yong didn't speak, just looked at the editor-in-chief.

No matter how old he is, he is still an editor in charge. If he really wants to make up his mind, it depends on the editor-in-chief.

"Let's tilt some resources first, and if "Midnight Ring" can produce manuscripts of this quality in the follow-up, then decide whether to use it as a pillar comic."

Editor-in-chief Urashima quickly made up his mind.

As for the manga "Between the Dolls"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it can't provoke the mainstay of Urashima Publishing's weekly "Aversion to Chill", so there is no one here to stand up and sing the opposite tune like in the novel.

Besides, it is just a chance to try the comic "Midnight Ring". If its quality is average, it is better to continue with "Between the Dolls".

The tactics of capitalists are quite normal.

(End of this chapter)