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Chapter 165 Xiangbei Reversal and New Year's Party
Due to the height advantage of Xiangyang players, coupled with the coordination of the top center Huaxing, Xiangyang leads Xiangbei by 11 points.

Xiangyang's coach and general Fujima Kenji is very satisfied.

On the Xiangbei side, because of the mentality and the pressure of facing the height of the Xiangyang players, they did not show their strength.

After Xiangbei has Mitsui Hisashi and Miyagi Ryota, its strength is not as good as it was in the friendly match with Lingnan.

Miyagi 168's height was suppressed miserably by Xiangyang; when Mitsui was being defended tightly, he also wanted to shoot three-pointers to defuse the crisis, which led to missed opportunities; into the downwind.

As for Yingmu Huadao, he is not worth looking forward to.

Morido Yamamura watched "Slam Dunk" and nodded silently. Xiangbei hasn't gotten used to it yet, and he has very little experience in the game. It is conceivable that he will not be able to show his strength against the strong enemy Xiangyang.

Huaxing came to the basket again, his body bent, ready to jump up and shoot.Akagi was stiff all over, and jumped up, stretching out his big hand.

But he didn't expect that this was a fake move, Huaxing turned his body sharply, preparing to break through Akagi.

Xiangyang has already led by eleven points, and the entire basketball hall is full of cheers of "Flower shape!" and "Xiangyang!"

The supporters in Xiangbei were silent, watching this scene nervously.

At this moment, a person appeared behind Hua Xing, picked out the basketball with his hand!

Huaxing's attack was stopped, this person is Rukawa Kaede!

Every time Xiangbei is downwind, the first person to stand up is always Kaede Rukawa!
He started to counterattack, ignoring Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others, Rukawa Feng bypassed Xiangyang's defense alone and came to the basket.

But when they got to the basket, two Xiangyang players with a height of 190 centimeters or more jumped up, and all of Rukawa Kaede's attack paths were blocked!

As if facing a wall, he looked extremely small.

Sakuragi Hanamichi, Mitsui Shou and the others are all letting Rukawa Kaede pass the ball.

Rukawa Feng ignored it, facing the iron wall, he changed his movements several times in the volley, and finally shot into the basket from Xiangyang's armpit!
"The ball is in!"

"Amazing!"

Xiangbei has finally broken through from zero to two, and the status quo of being suppressed by Xiangyang has been changed!

Rukawa Kaede's cheerleaders also cheered at this time!

"Rukawa Maple!"

"Rukawa Maple!"

"LOVE!"

"Rukawa Maple!"

Rukawa Kaede, who joined Xiangbei because he was close to home, is currently the most stable and reliable one in the team.

Yamamura Morido nodded.

When Sakuragi and the others questioned Rukawa Feng why he didn't pass the ball, Rukawa Feng said: "You guys are as hard as a rock, of course I can't pass it to you."

This sentence made the other people's anger explode!
Forget about Yingmu Huadao, they are not trusted anymore!
Because of this, the state of Akagi and the others finally adjusted back!

Facing Hanakata, Akagi showed his strength and used a fly swatter to block Hanata for the first time.

Sakuragi Hanamichi followed closely, and successfully intercepted the basketball with a fly swatter.

He broke through to Xiangyang's basket and was ready to perform well, but he failed to shoot and was successfully tipped by Rukawa Kaede, which made the opponent show off again.

After reading today's manga, Morimichi Yamamura felt more and more anticipation in his heart.At the beginning of the New Year in [-], he still liked "Slam Dunk".

"Rukawa Kaede's performance became the driving force for the counterattack, the feeling of stiffness disappeared, and the morale of Xiangbei rose accordingly. Facing Xiangyang's long-standing team, Miyagi's fighting spirit was also ignited."

Yamamura said to himself: "The content of the next chapter must be a counterattack! I really want to see it sooner!"

He glanced at the time, it was seven o'clock in the afternoon, and said to himself: "It's time."

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to hear the phone ring.

"Hello, is this Yamamura Morimichi-sensei? I'm Yuda, who came to pick you up from Shueisha, and I'm downstairs at your house."

"Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

Shancun hurriedly put on his coat and ran downstairs.

Shueisha's New Year's meeting is here again. On Christmas Day in December, Yamamura's new manga has passed the serialization meeting and will be published on January 1.

Four or ten minutes later, Shancun arrived at the gate of the hotel without any delay.

Here is still the previous style, the street is full of black Toyota Crowns, and many industry elites in suits and leather shoes are chatting freely.

Shancun, who was wearing a gray down jacket, just walked in with a calm expression.

"Yo, long time no see."

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw Mr. Arai holding champagne and chatting with others.

Arai waved and greeted Yamamura Morimichi.

Shancun's face drooped, and he didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Continuing to walk in, in the hall inside, he saw Yoshihiro Togashi who was smiling strangely.

"Teacher Fujian." Shancun approached and greeted respectfully.

Although Togashi Yoshihiro's "Level E" is an experimental work, it fully demonstrates his talent.

The plot is elusive, but it is coherent. Every time I read a new plot, the mountain village is hooked.

This kind of work that doesn't care about the rules of manga and is unconstrained, makes Shancun especially admire.

"You... oh, it's Mr. Yamamura, hello." Yoshihiro Togashi suppressed his smile, his eyes flickering.His introverted personality committed another crime, and he didn't know what to talk about.

He looked aside, there was a group of people crowded together, Fu Jian quickly pointed and said, "Mr. Yamamura, the center there is Mr. Akino Bird."

"Niao Qiuye?" Shancun was surprised, what was a group of people doing around him?
Fujian explained: "There are music CD distribution companies, art book publishers, animation production companies, film companies, game companies, Bandai employees, DVD disc distribution companies... In short, all capitalists are looking for profits."

The mountain village was shocked. It turned out that Niao Qiuye had grown into the focus of the New Year's party without knowing it.

The benefits of his works have made people in the whole circle drooling, hoping to get a piece of the action.

"It's really amazing," he said with emotion, "I watched Tiao Akino grow up, but in an instant, he became a radiant person."

"Yeah," Fu Jian nodded.

On the side, Kazuki Takahashi, the author of "Yu-Gi-Oh," watched this scene. Facing these big shots, he shrank in the corner, looked at Higashi Higashi who was being harassed by countless people, and closed his eyes.

This kind of scene made him very annoyed just looking at it.

He really didn't want to face it.

……

Higashino put the business card in his arms, and answered other people's questions sentence by sentence.

"Tori Akino-sensei, "Slam Dunk" has been serialized for a year, when will it be animated?"

Higashino did not answer, and the others smiled and remained silent. The animation company executive immediately understood that before he knew it, "Slam Dunk" had already decided on an animation company.

All of a sudden, his face turned red, but luckily he had champagne in his hand, which was a cover-up.

"Please do let me know if you need sponsorship," said another. "I'll do what I can."

"That's right! Form an animation production committee! Like "eva"!"

"Everyone works together."

Everyone looked at Higashino eagerly.

"I don't care about that." Higashino replied.

Although the ratings of "eva" are not good, the sales of its peripherals and discs are amazing.

And this part of the benefits has been divided up by the sponsors.

A gluttonous feast also made these companies set their goals on other animations. "Slam Dunk" is even more of a focus.

"These are all judged by Sasaki-san." Higashino took a sip of champagne, and walked out of the crowd with the excuse that he hadn't eaten and was hungry.

Toei and Shueisha are not short of money, and "Slam Dunk" will not lose money. Naturally, there is no need for an animation production committee, and it is a fool to divide the profits among others.

These people thought of themselves as fools, and Higashino didn't bother to deal with it. Looking at the mountain village and the cramped Togashi Yoshihiro, he walked towards those two people.

……

"Mr. Fu Jian," Higashino greeted, "And, Mr. Yamamura, good evening."

"Hello," Tomihiro Yoshihiro breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tori Akino teacher, hello," Yamamura Morido nodded, "The painting of "Slam Dunk" is very wonderful, as expected of you, and the progress is getting faster and faster. The solemn feeling in the painting style was caused by "Soul of Chess" , transformed into the vigor of high school students, which is closer to basketball cartoons."

Higashino Hibiki was taken aback, looking at Yamamura Shoudao in a daze.

What's up with this guy?It's fine if you don't mock yourself, but now you have said so many good things,
Being flattered by him, Higashino felt uncomfortable all over.

Yamamura Shoudao also covered his mouth.

"Oops, I've been with Kikuchi Hidemi for a long time, and I'm used to complimenting Akino Tori."

He felt that his personality had become lower, and he lost in an instant.

"Thank you...thank you," Higashino thanked uncomfortably.

"Uh-huh."

There was a cold scene between the two.

"Tori Akino-kun," Tomihiro Yoshihiro interrupted the embarrassing atmosphere, he pushed Higashino Hibiki with his arm gossipingly, with an inquiring look on his face: "You are very popular recently."

"What's hot?"

"The matter with Takeuchi-sensei," Fu Jian's expression became excited, "Is the matter between you and Takeuchi-sensei true? I'm really curious!"

Higashino Hibiki's expression became weird. Why is Fu Jian so happy about his scandal with Takeuchi?
Looks like an outsider, wanting to see his own jokes.

"Say it quickly." Fu Jian urged.

"Of course it's fake," Higashino patted him on the shoulder, "If Mr. Tokino falls in love with Mr. Takeuchi in the future, please don't care about me, just go ahead."

"How could I fall in love with someone else," Fu Jian muttered.

But seeing Higashino Hibiki's determined expression, he himself became unsteady.

At the age of 30 this year, he still likes to play games, play mahjong, eat, drink and have fun, and has not yet thought of finding a girlfriend.

But this time, he hesitated.

Higashino ignored him, looked around, found Kazuhiko Torishima, and walked over.

"Oh, Tori Akino-kun, I'm looking for you too." Torishima Kazuhiko said, "There is one thing I want to trouble you for."

Higashino replied: "Please tell me."

……

The New Year's party officially started, and the attendants poured champagne for everyone. Under the auspices of the bottle, Kazuhiko Torishima began to speak.

"The most important magazine of "Shueisha" must be jump," Kazuhiko Torishima raised his head, his tone heavy, "Last year's "Weekly Shonen Jump" was the most dangerous moment in 20 years. "

He recalled: "I was ordered to reverse the sharply declining sales, but I actually wanted to refuse. Because this is a very difficult thing. With the development of the times, reading comics is no longer a rare entertainment content. To reverse It’s very difficult to move with the tide of the times.”

There was applause at the scene, Higashino quietly watched him pretend.

"From 650w, 600w, at the lowest point, jump's circulation dropped to 450w. This is really a shocking number!"

"But fortunately, despite the pressure, I finally did it!" Torishima Kazuhiko clenched his fists, "Up to now, Jump's weekly circulation has returned to 510 million copies!"

There was thunderous applause, and the jump is safe, so that everyone can make money.

Kazuhiko Torishima was so high-spirited that he almost said, "I am the king of the world"!

He changed the jump.

"All of this is inseparable from the writer's efforts. I thank everyone for their dedication over the years." Kazuhiko Torishima mentioned some benefits, such as the increase of the annual contract fee and the distribution of bonuses.

"Also, in a critical moment, save Jump's work, "Slam Dunk"!"

Everyone stared at Higashi Higashi with jealousy and envy, greed and longing.

"Thank you, Mr. Akino Bird, for your dedication."

"Yes."

"Really amazing."

"The sales volume of the single volume of "Slam Dunk" is said to have reached 260 million copies."

Many people whispered to each other.

Torishima Kazuhiko's lips moved slightly, and until the end, he did not say yes to Higashi Higashino's right to "determine the completion of the work independently".

He is not trying to break the contract, but what he says here, other writers will have opinions.

After Kazuhiko Torishima's speech, Yoshihisa waited for the applause to subside before continuing: "Next, Mr. Akino Tori, on behalf of the writer, will lead everyone to toast."

Higashino held up the champagne, and as he moved, the others also held up the champagne.

"Cheers!" Higashino said loudly.

"Cheers!" Everyone said in unison.

Next is free time.

In front of the buffet table.

"In previous years, I was the representative of the writer," Akimoto shook his head, "but this year, I became this brat."

Araki Hirohiko next to him held the milk and looked at Higashino with a smile: "After all, he is the current leader of Jump, and the work "Slam Dunk" is incredible."

"Well," Akimotoji nodded, and he said with emotion: "I saw another talented writer. In him, there is a shadow of Akira Toriyama. I am really old."

"Teacher, you are always strong," Araki said with a smile: "On Jump, only we enjoy the serialization, and they are still far behind."

"Hahahaha." Akimoto laughed.

……

Sensing the focus of other people's eyes on him, Higashino was calm and composed.

Unexpectedly, Kazuhiko Torishima asked himself to be the representative of the writer, Higashino Hibiki wanted to refuse at first.

In the end, he was soft-spoken and had to agree. He didn't even have time to eat dinner.

Walking up to Hirohiko Araki and Akimoto Osamu, Higashino picked up the plate, picked up the fried noodles and seafood, stacked them high, sat down beside him contentedly, and ate happily .

"Eat less at night," Araki said, "It will affect your sleep, it will make you gain weight easily, and it's not good for your stomach."

"En," Higashino nodded, but continued to feast without putting down his chopsticks.

Araki shook his head.

According to his experience, Higashino Higashino, who is only 20 years old, is really old.

These are bad living habits, and he looks heartbroken.

"When you are old, you will know the seriousness."

　Thank you for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)