Full-time cartoonist.

Chapter 265 Editing handover and serialization of "Death"

"What did mother say?" Qiugong Mingmei asked curiously.

In the unfamiliar room, Akemi Akimiya was a little nervous.She leaned against the head of the bed, against Higashi Hibiki, feeling the familiar people, letting herself relax.

Higashino leaned close to her ear, breathing hot, "I want a baby."

After saying these words, Higashino could feel that Akemi Akimiya's body froze, then softened again after being hot.

She seemed to have no strength, and was about to shrink into the bed.

"Yeah." Akemi Akimiya nodded shyly.

After more than a year of marriage, the two of them are still the same as before, maintaining the freshness of sex.

Higashino feels like he'll never get bored, but maybe it's just that he hasn't had the seven-year itch.

Before going to bed, Akemi Qiu Gong braided two braids, one on the left and the other on the right, worried that her hair would be overwhelmed and messed up.

At this time, under the dim desk lamp, Akemi Akimiya's skin was smooth, her cheeks were flushed with pure beauty.

Higashino's heart felt hot.

"Miss Qiugong, let me help you undress."

……

On the second day after moving, Higashino greeted the neighbors of the two neighboring villas with gifts.

The family name is Miura, and the family is Miyano. They are both families with two children.

They were alienated, and lost the harmony between the Higashino family and Nakajima's mother and daughter when they were in a high-end residential building.

Higashino didn't care, and returned home after putting away the gift.

Mrs. Miura looked at Higashihiro's back curiously, "Mr. Yoshino's villa is next to it. It was renovated during that time. I thought he would come to live there, but I didn't expect it to be a young man."

Mr. Miura closed the door, "Who knows? It's none of our business."

……

Higashihiro's Red Maple Villa has three floors, covering an area of ​​600 square meters.

The first floor has the living room, dining room and kitchen.

The studio is also there. Assistants and editors will come to Higashino’s new comic series in the future. It is more convenient to put it on the first floor.

The second floor is a study room and bedroom, a baby room prepared in advance, and a small studio. The Dongye couple occasionally get inspired and will record it here.

The third floor is the rest and entertainment area, sports room and storage room.

In the storage room are the storyboards and manuscripts of "Soul of Chess" and "Slam Dunk", as well as figures, toys and letters from readers sent by the manufacturers.

Oda and the others would occasionally send figures of Hibiki Higashino’s works, and most of the 80-square-meter room has already been placed.

In the 600-square-meter villa, most of the space has not been used, but it will be useful in the future.

Not long after the move, Sasaki brought Yoshida Koji to the door.

"Wow," Yoshida Koji looked at the villa, "It's such a big house, as expected of Mr. Akino Tori. In the future, the manga artist I'll be in charge of must also allow him to afford the villa."

Sasaki glanced at him, nodded and said, "You have to keep this idea."

After ringing the bell, the two walked into the main entrance of the courtyard, and the gate of the villa was open.

"It's so clean." Koji Yoshida sighed as he entered the hall.

"Because I just moved in." Higashino replied with a smile.

The Yoshida Koji in front of him has not changed much from the last time we met, and he has the youthful feeling of a freshman college student.

He invited Yoshida and Sasaki to sit down on the sofa, made some tea and asked casually, "Yoshida-kun, how are you doing with Mr. Fujiken?"

"I've learned a lot." Koji Yoshida put his legs together and was very nervous. "I still have a lot to learn about this job as an editor."

"At first, I thought that the job of editing was to cooperate with the cartoonist. After urging and receiving the manuscript, I discussed the development of the plot with the cartoonist. It feels like a very romantic profession."

"It is now found that just doing these things is not enough."

"In addition to comics, our editors also need to pay attention to many other entertainment products to capture market trends and provide inspiration to authors at any time; study what readers like, make a table and feed back the data to cartoonists."

"Excavate the talent of the cartoonist and fill his vacancy."

"In short, I still have a lot to learn."

Higashino nodded with satisfaction. He believed that there are two kinds of manga artists, one is gifted and has a keen intuition. The works they draw are very popular with readers.

One is the data type, which studies the interests of readers, and the content is closer to the trend.

When "One Piece" became popular, even "Naruto" had to learn the style of "One Piece".

Because it is recognized by the market.

These two kinds of authors need very professional editorial assistance.

Higashino sometimes adjusts the content of the comics due to the times, and at this time, he has to ask the editor.

Sasaki has been doing very well.

Now that Koji Yoshida can realize this and take the first step, he will always grow up.

Higashino felt that his next editor should be the new editor in front of him.

……

The three of them chatted for a while, Sasaki handed over the work, and the person who will contact Higashi Higashino in the future will be Yoshida Koji.

"Tori Akino-sensei, can I visit your studio?" After the conversation, Yoshida raised his hand and said loudly.

"You don't have to be so restrained." Higashino nodded with a smile, "Of course it's fine."

He stood up and led the two into the studio.

There are five work desks in the studio, three of which are empty.

There are two tables close to each other at the window, which are full of tools, which can be seen to be in use at a glance.

Akemi Akimiya was drawing manga, Higashino Hibiki was helping her just now.

"Mr. Sasaki, welcome." Hearing the sound, Akemi Akimiya looked up. She wanted to stroke her hair, but found that there was a lot of ink on her hand, so she just did it. "Who is this?"

Sasaki introduced: "It's Yoshida-kun, the editor who will be in charge of working with Mr. Akino after taking over from me."

He introduced Akimi Akimi to Koji Yoshida, "This is Akemi Higashino, the wife of Mr. Akino Tori."

Yoshida bowed deeply and said hello.

Akemi Akimiya tilted her head in surprise, Koji Yoshida had medium hair and was dressed in fashion. Seeing him on the streets of Shibuya, Akemi Akimiya would think he was playing rock and roll.

In the end, Yoshida was unexpectedly polite.

"Hello, Yoshida-kun." Fortunately, Akemi Akimiya reacted quickly and was not rude.

……

Yoshida looked at the work table with stars shining in his eyes.

Yoshida: "Slam Dunk" came out from here~

Higashino waved his hand: This is but nothing.

Looking at the half-finished manuscript on the work table, Yoshida asked Higashino in surprise: "Tori Akino-sensei, is this a new work you are preparing? May I have a look?"

Higashino shook his head helplessly, he glanced at Sasaki, and said in his eyes, why are you editors like this.

Sasaki was a little embarrassed, he explained, "What I'm finishing is Mr. Akemi Akimi's manga, "Sakura Mission."

Akimi half-raised her hand and nodded.

"Sorry." Yoshida Koji apologized disappointedly.

……

After the editorial handover, some time passed.

Higashino, who has been watching "Weekly Shonen Jump", finally saw that manga on the front page——

"grim Reaper"!
At this point, the three pillars of the future jump are all gathered!
At the beginning, the results of "Reaper" were not good. Higashino paid attention to it for several weeks, and it only had the popularity of ordinary newcomers' works.

Before entering the world of corpses and souls, "Reaper" was indeed almost meaningless, it was all fragmented chapters, story after story.

Higashino didn't pay much attention to it.

……

"Kubo-kun," editor Asada came to Kubo's studio and asked him to look at Xiaozheng's results. "This time, Xiaozheng's ranking has risen, and he is ranked 10th. Keep this score and work hard with the goal of 30 volumes."

The small positive ranking is the foundation of "Weekly Shonen Jump", but there is also a disadvantage, that is, it is not conducive to slow-moving works.

Therefore, jump has protection time for new works, and the ranking within 10 chapters does not affect the serialization of manga.

After 10 chapters, the results will be cut in half if the results are not satisfactory.

The results of "Reaper" did not meet the expectations of Takano Asada, but it was also better than "Zombie Fan".

Perhaps serialized for many years.

"30 volumes? Do you want to paint for 6 years?" Kubodai was very embarrassed. He is an impatient person and likes novelty. His expectation of "Reaper" is to end in three years.

After Editor Asada left, Kubo's expression turned ugly.

"Is it just 10th? It's in double digits..."

Newcomer Masashi Kishimoto is No.2, and Eiichiro Oda is also at the pinnacle of his debut. The first manga is the pillar of jump.

Only he, who is about the same age, was cut in half in the last comic, and he is still working hard not to be cut in half.

"What's the difference between me and them?"

For a moment, he recalled the New Year's party at the beginning of the year.

At that time, he was not good at communication, he did not greet his seniors, and did not want to receive their condescending eyes.

This kind of inexplicable self-esteem makes the current Kubodai feel a little bit of regret.

"If it was at the New Year's party..."

He thought of Bird Akino Mirai.

"If you can ask a question or two, you may learn a lot."

But the proud Kubo Tairen would not contact the editor and ask Higashi Higashino for advice.

……

The time soon came to July, and the sun was in full bloom.

Higashino is particularly boring.

After he crossed over, he was drawing comics every day, and he had long since lost his hobbies.

He used to be busy drawing comics, but now that he is free, he doesn't know what to do.

"You can start a new serialization." Akemi Akimiya suggested looking at the restless Higashino.

Higashino shook his head again and again, "After the serialization, I will be busy again."

He was wasting his time.

"I've decided," Higashino stood up and announced, "I'm going to go fishing with my father!"

……

Higashino Ichiro often fished by the Arakawa River, rain or shine.

After hearing that Higashino Hibiki was also interested, he was very happy.

Immediately drove Higashino Hibiki to the river.

"Father, you are so black!" Higashino couldn't help being dumbfounded when he saw Higashino Ichiro again, and suspected that he had black blood for a while.

"The sun is strong in summer, and it will be fine in autumn." Higashino Ichiro didn't care.

This is the self-cultivation of fishermen.

Half an hour later, they arrived at their destination.

His fishing friend, Mr. Yoshino, was fishing. Higashino Ichiro looked at the bucket beside Yoshino and shook his head mockingly, "You're air force again."

(End of this chapter)