Ken Komori is still very self-aware, and he also knows that the gap between him and Higashinoji's single-line sales is very big.

Because he has been drawing comics for five or six years, he has several animation works, and he has accumulated a lot of popularity.

A rough calculation of seniority, he is actually considered a senior of Higashinoji.

But what if you are a senior?

Ken Komori shook his head speechlessly.

Higashinoji has been rising all the way since mid-year last year. I don’t know how many seniors have been crushed to death along the way. Even Suzuki Ha, who was fighting against him, is still suppressed and has not turned over.

I am often unable to compare with Higashinoji in terms of single-book sales, and I will always be left with a distance.

As for what he just said, "Small pressure of 60,000 volumes"...

That's the whole story.

Editor-in-chief Yamaye must have heard it too.

Sixty thousand volumes are not a small gap.

Although there is a blessing of animation promotion... Higashinoji's manga "The Winner Is Justice" seems to be at its peak. If you really want to fight, you still don't know who wins and who dies.

"It's unlucky." Komori Ken sighed, looking helpless.

If his next single book hadn't happened to run into the release date of Higashinoji's single book, otherwise, would it be his turn to be sacrificed?

As for the others?

There are not many other ideas.

I just hope to win Higashinoji in sales this time.

After all, Editor-in-Chief Koyama is right. If Iwakatsu Press does not even have an author who beat Higashinoji... it would be a bit embarrassing.

"The next one is the publisher's gathering."

Komori Ken, who was over thirty years old, muttered to himself, and touched his head again, helpless.

First, the publishing house gathered, and then compared the sales of single-books with Higashinoji... This is really one after another.

......

"A gathering of publishers?" Higashinoji, who was carefully painting the most important plot of "The Winner is Justice", received a call from Koharu Hosokawa, and he didn't understand her meaning.

But under the explanation of Koharu Hosokawa, Higashinoji gradually understood what the publisher's author gathering meant.

In fact, it is a gathering twice a year in the comics industry. Famous authors from major publishing houses will attend a drink and gather to deepen their understanding - at least so it is promoted to the outside world.

In fact, this is just a scene for readers who love comics, and it looks like a comic publishing house is a family, which attracts some entertainment news topics and also attracts the attention of comic readers.

This is not harmful to major publishing houses to attract traffic, so it will be held once or twice a year.

Last year, Higashinoji didn't participate because his "Midnight Bell" had just finished, and later he went to talk about the specific matters of the "Midnight Bell" animated movie.

"Is that true? I can meet the authors of other publishers...well, I can go and participate."

Higashinoji is quite interested in comic authors from other publishers. Of course, he will not give up if he has the opportunity to meet and make friends in person.

The agreed time was two days later. Without strict clothing requirements, Higashinoji did not deliberately buy any suits or ties.

So in the past two days, he still lived exactly the same as before.

During the day, he polished "Summer is End" in the school studio, and at night he painted the original manuscript of "The Winner Is Justice" and "The Lonely Foodie" at home.

After a while, it was soon time that Higashinoji and Hosokawa Koharu had agreed on.

This time, Koharu Hosokawa did not ask someone to pick him up, but instead drove over to pick him up.

But... when I saw Koharu Hosokawa for the first time... Higashinoji couldn't help but look at him frequently.

Because today's Hosokawa Koharu looks a bit subverting Higashinoji's previous impression of her.

She obviously had no dress code and had a special formal dress for work. And Higashinoji also realized that she was dressing up carefully, not because she was beautifully drawn, but deliberately tracing her thin eyebrows.

Paired with serious formal attire, it shows an inexplicable masculinity.

"Teacher Higashino seems to be quite surprised?"

When Higashinoji was sitting in the passenger seat, Hosokawa Koharu took the initiative to ask.

"It's indeed a little surprised."

Hosokawa Koharu's outfit made Higashinoji somewhat uncomfortable, and it was better to be the Hosokawa editor of the usual.

Regarding Higashinoji's answer, Hosokawa Koharu also showed a little self-deprecating look and said the reason: "Actually, there is nothing surprising... Women who don't dress up like this always give people a feeling of being unreliable. The editorial department doesn't need to talk about it. This time, it's a gathering between publishers, so of course I have to put on makeup."

Her answer made Higashinoji look a little understanding.

Japan has always been a society that favors boys over girls, and this is even more so for some famous large companies.

For example, there are very few female editors in Urajima Publishing House, and the storage staff who are responsible for printing simple jobs are indeed women.

It seems that Koharu Hosokawa has always had some understanding of this kind of gender discrimination.

The two of them had a few words along the way.

When Hosokawa Koharu asked Higashinoji how to develop "The Winner is Justice" next, and Higashinoji replied with a smile on his face and that when Hosokawa Koharu almost stepped on the accelerator and directly hit the cement pole next to the road.

"Ah? Are Teacher Higashino planning to finish again?" Hosokawa Koharu was stunned.

She was just asking casually, but she didn't expect Higashinoji to take the initiative to reveal a big piece of information to her.

First, "Midnight Bell", and now, it is particularly popular among male and female readers. The popular serialized "The Winner Is Justice"...

Higashinoji seemed to not care about popularity, fame and other things...it was finished.

"I can understand the last time "Midnight Bell", after all, the plot has almost been finished... But this time "The Winner is Justice" is a unit drama. Teacher Higashino can draw a few new stories, so why should I finish it so simply?"

Holding the steering wheel again, Hosokawa Koharu looked at the road ahead seriously and asked without looking sideways.

"We can indeed draw some more stories." Higashinoji nodded.

"The Winner Is Justice" has a second season, so he can draw more than fifty episodes and complete them after a whole year of serialization.

But to the second season of "The Victor is Justice"... this is not what Higashinoji wants to see.

So Higashinoji said again: "Editor Hosokawa, do you think it's already satisfying to just keep the top picks in "Qi"?"

"Ah...?Yes... after all, they are both the number one." Hosokawa Koharu was completely stunned. And at the beginning, didn't she and Higashinoji aimed at the first place in "The Cold"?

"Those are the things that happened before, and I think we should have bigger goals now."

Higashinoji said in a very inflammatory manner, which made Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but meditate.

Higashinoji has now stood firm in the first place in "Aversion to Chill", including Urashima Publishing House's monthly magazine "Aoba" also occupied the first place by Higashinoji's "Lonely Foodie"... and in this case, we have to go up...that's-

"Do you want to suppress the other two major publishers in terms of single-line sales?" Hosokawa Koharu, who had already thought it through, said in surprise.

It is not only the reader's praise rate that can measure a comic author's performance.

The sales volume of single-line books is the same.

Since Higashinoji has been killing with a knife in the monthly magazine "Akiha" and no one can stop him... he naturally has to consider the fight with the other two publishing houses.

But...

"Can this be done?" Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but whisper.

Yes, although "The Winner Is Justice" is very popular, the two major publishers of Iwakao Publishing House and Mochi Bookstore are not fuel-efficient... Even if Higashinoji has already won the first place in the Ori Credibility List comic book sales two or three times, there are risks of being poached from time to time.

It is really difficult to stabilize the sales volume of single volumes, after all, it is the throne of single volume sales...everyone wants to get it.

"So we have to constantly challenge other comics. The progressive potential of "The Winner is Justice" is actually visible to both of us and we can't hold our throne yet, so I want to challenge with other comics with potential."

Higashinoji expressed his thoughts.

yes.

We can't just stop at "The Winner is Justice", but we must constantly challenge other comics and make the entire comic industry look his color.

If this continues... Maybe others will mention Higashinoji like Miyazaki?

This is a small goal Higashinoji wants to achieve at present.

After all, if you do this job, you have to climb up - if a person loses his dream, what is the difference between it and salted eggs?

Hosokawa Koharu was so passionate about Higashinoji. After all, she is a young man, and as Higashinoji's editor, she has the same interests as him. Higashinoji's goal naturally has to be her goal - I also have the dream of becoming a famous Japanese editor!

But she soon realized.

Shouldn’t the editor myself be an incitement to Higashinoji’s role?

Why did he turn around here and become Higashinoji incite and encourage her?

This is not right!

So she turned her face upright and opened her mouth to regain the initiative as an editor: "I think Teacher Higashino's words make sense, but in fact I think so too...ah... it's here."

While she was discussing the sales volume of single volumes with Higashinoji, the car had already arrived at the venue.

This made Hosokawa Koharu's face turn red.

She, the future editor, hasn't finished speaking yet! Why have you arrived at the venue now?
To be continued...