Editors train authors, and editors answer questions for confused authors and tell them what they should do.

This is a common occurrence in any publishing house.

Everyone feels normal.

In fact, it is abnormal for authors who have not asked the editor and are not confused.

Therefore, the editors of Urashima Publishing House who were present felt that Hosokawa Koharu must have contributed a lot, which is why Higashinoji, a "baby", was so ambitious that he directly ranked "Abominable Cold" at the top of the readership rating.

But--

Did I train Mr. Higashino?!

Hosokawa Koharu was dumbfounded.

Doesn’t she still know whether she trained Higashinoji?

Nothing at all!

Higashinoji never asked her anything about comic creation. She just felt like a big salty egg, being forcibly carried around in the sky by Higashinoji's fighter jet.

After the incident was over, others still thought it was her fault as a fighter pilot.

But in fact, Tonoji has already implemented the unmanned automatic navigation function, so where is the need for her!?

Hosokawa Koharu just feels like a simple pendant!

"Editor Hosokawa? What's wrong? What's your experience in training Mr. Higashino?"

The editor next to me continued to ask curiously.

"Uh..." Hosokawa Koharu opened her mouth.

This...how should she answer this?

She feels that her greatest success is the discovery of the work "The Ring", and there is really nothing else to brag about.

"You can discuss these discussions later." Editor-in-chief Urashima naturally would not let the editors below continue to discuss each other. After reminding him, he announced the next result——

"Kuromiya-sensei's "Between Dolls" ranks second among readers."

This result was not beyond the editor’s expectation.

After all, "The Cold" has always received such favorable reviews from readers. Basically, "Among the Dolls" comes first. Since it was won by "Midnight Ring" this time, the second place must be "Dolls" by Mr. Kuromiya.

"between".

Next, Editor-in-Chief Urashima announced the reader's favorable rating and nominated several serialized comics to be on the list of halved observation periods. Then he coughed and continued:

"Here are the sales figures for this issue of "Cold."

coming!

All the editors felt inexplicably nervous.

The sales of each issue of "Abominable Chill" have continued to decline from the glory days of three million copies per issue to 1.9 million copies per issue, and this number continues to decline.

I don't know what the situation will be like this week.

If Editor-in-Chief Urashima doesn't speak, no one below will dare to speak.

It's like a classroom that was noisy after class, and suddenly someone said, "The teacher is here," and then the whole classroom fell silent.

Under this depressing silence, Editor-in-Chief Urashima finally spoke:

"The sales volume of this issue of "Cold" is 1.92 million copies, which is slightly higher than last week."

quiet--

First there was deathly silence.

Then came the indescribable cheers and surprises from the editors.

"1.92 million copies?"

An improvement of a full 20,000 volumes?

Although it is indeed not a big achievement, but——

"Has the continued downward trend stopped? Is there even a slight improvement?"

None of the editors including Hosokawa Koharu thought of it.

They were even prepared to be scolded severely by Editor-in-Chief Urashima.

But when they learned that the downward trend had stopped and that overall sales had even slightly improved, they felt inexplicably happy.

It seemed that the big stone in my heart that had been suppressed was suddenly lifted halfway.

Because when the editor-in-chief Urashima announces the sales volume of the weekly "Cold", they always feel downcast, and it is difficult to hold their heads high like they do now.

Amidst all the excitement, there are still relatively calm people.

This person is Isamu Sanada.

As a senior editor with 30 years of experience, he was not as excited as other editors. Instead, he asked the question that everyone wanted to know the most:

"Chief Editor Urashima, may I ask why "Abominable Cold" did not continue to fall in this issue?"

As soon as he asked this question, the others became more awake. They turned to look at Editor-in-Chief Urashima, and they all wanted to know the answer.

The sales of "Cold" have been declining. This is something that many practitioners in the industry know. Why did it suddenly stop?

There must be a reason for this.

As for the reason, the excellent comics recently serialized by "Abominable Chill" are...

"Is it because of Mr. Higashino's "Midnight Ring"?" Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but asked in a low voice.

Yes, the biggest difference between "Cold" and previous installments is that "Midnight Ring" is currently being serialized.

But she didn't dare to say anything even halfway through her words.

After all, just talking about it makes people feel too fantastic.

That's the weekly "Abominable Chill"!

One of the three major Japanese comics magazines, even if it is in decline, it can't be affected so much by one comic, right?

but--

"That's right! It's "The Ring"!"

This time Editor-in-Chief Urashima answered without hesitation.

"I deliberately collected the responses from readers this time, and 20% of the voting responses were 'I hope to see the latest episode of "The Ring" soon. And "I was recommended to watch "The Ring"'

The response letters from readers also accounted for 13%..."

Once the specific data was laid out, the editor below had nothing to say.

It seems that readers of "Midnight Ring" really have a love-hate relationship with this comic...

This is the first time they have seen a comic with such a strong readership.

"I seem to have seen what "Cold" looked like in its glory days..."

After hearing these data, Isamu Sanada couldn't help but sigh.

Once upon a time, "Abominable Cold" actually had several mainstay horror comics, and readers bought "Abominable Cold" just for those mainstay comics...

Later, the outstanding works of "Abominable Cold" were discontinued, and sales continued to decline... I have been trying hard to find the mainstay comics...

Nowadays, "Midnight Ring" suddenly appeared, and it only took two chapters to take up the banner of "Cold"...

Sanada Isamu still sighed a little.

"So the senior management and I decided to give Koharu Hosokawa, the editor in charge of "The Ring", a salary increase. I hope Editor Hosokawa can continue his efforts and guide Mr. Higashino to create better works."

Editor-in-chief Urashima naturally announced the decision to give Hosokawa Koharu a salary increase.

But this made Hosokawa Koharu even more dumbfounded.

What does it mean that I continue my efforts and guide Mr. Higashino...?

I also want to guide you...but Mr. Higashino doesn't need my guidance at all...?

But...

The salary increase is really great.

No one dislikes money. Hosokawa Koharu is also a woman and her expenses are quite large.

So even though she had a lot to say, when it came to her lips, it still turned into——

"Yes, thank you, Editor-in-Chief Urashima, I will definitely keep up the good work."

no way...
Chapter completed!