Full-time cartoonist - #20 - Chapter 20 Cooperation and Vetoing

Kazuhiko Toshima failed to be elected editor-in-chief of Jump, but he was not as sad as Akira Toriyama and Hibiki Higashino thought.

The third generation editor-in-chief, Shigeo Nishimura, and the fourth generation editor-in-chief, Goto Hiroki, have the mindset of publishers in the old era. They value paper magazines and do not approve of business models such as manga radio dramas, animation, and copyright peripherals.

In fact, in the 1970s and 1980s, Jump’s character image was used by other companies, but the editorial department did not react.

It wasn’t until Kazuhiko Torishima, an alternative who didn’t like comic magazines, brought the power of “Dragon Ball” to discuss with animation and toy companies that everything changed.

This is also the reason why Goto Hiroki hates Torishima Kazuhiko.

However, the upper echelons of Shueisha could see the importance of Torishima Kazuhiko.

His ideas make more money!

At the forced request of the previous editors-in-chief, Nobuhiko Horie became the editor-in-chief.

But on the other hand, at the company-wide level, the upper management demoted Torishima Kazuhiko and promoted him to Horie Nobuhiko’s direct superior.

So Torishima Kazuhiko still has the right to speak.

When he heard that “Bungeishunqiu” and “Weekly Shonen Jump” were cooperating to serialize last year’s Naoki Award-winning work “The Sun Murder Incident” in the jump comic, he immediately became interested.

“Literary Spring and Autumn” was his Bai Yueguang. The first company he wanted to work for after graduation was “Literary Spring and Autumn”!

He has loved reading since he was a child and has no dislike for popular literature.

Murder in the Sun is an interesting piece of work that has its victims killed in unexpected ways.

When he first read the mystery, he was hooked and said that this was a work of mystery literature.

I have to go join in the fun.

…

“You… don’t talk nonsense.” Akimiya Akemi looked around and whispered.

Higashikata nodded and became serious, “Teacher Akimiya, what can I do for you?”

“It’s the Torishima editor looking for trouble.” Akimiya Akemi handed Hibiki a mobile phone.

The mobile phone in 1993 was the Motorola MicroTAC, which cost $2,500.

Neither beautiful nor compact.

But it’s much better than the big brother in Hong Kong movies, and you can take it with you everywhere.

Dongye Xiang was very envious. Even if it was inconvenient, it was already very good.

After taking the phone and looking at the business card once, he remembered Torishima Kazuhiko’s phone number. After dialing it, he was connected to the other party.

“I’m Hibiki Higashino.”

“I finally contacted you. It was so difficult.”

This is a characteristic of the times. Hibiki Higashikata is not a goddess who doesn’t reply to messages on WeChat for a long time.

Torishima Kazuhiko is not a licker, he is Higashino Hibiki’s boss.

“Sorry, I’m at school now.”

“I can’t explain clearly on the phone. See you at the same place?”

“What time is it?”

“The sooner the better.”

Higashino Hibiki looked at Akimiya Akemi, saw her nodding, and replied: “See you in two hours.”

After hanging up the phone, Higashino Hibiki returned the phone to Akimiya Akemi and asked for her number.

“What’s the old place?” Qiugong Mingmei was curious.

“A family restaurant,” Hibiki Higashino waved his hand, “I’ll leave it to you to ask for leave, Mr. Akimiya.”

…

When we arrived at the “Pole Pole” restaurant, it was just noon. Torishima Kazuhiko had already arrived, and there was a young man sitting next to him.

Fluffy hair, skinny figure.

The two people talked endlessly, and it felt like they met too late.

“Mr. Torishima, long time no see.” He held the storyboard of “Soul of the Chess”. This was also an opportunity. Much better than submitting to the editorial department alone.

“Oh! Higashino, I finally see you,” Toriyama Kazuhiko stood up and said with a smile: “I heard from Toriyama Akira that you work very hard on drawing comics without affecting the quality of the work. He is very grateful that I can find you like this. assistant.”

“Thank you very much. Toriyama-sensei taught me a lot.”

After a brief hello, Torishima Kazuhiko began to introduce that the person he was chatting with was named Yamamura Morimichi. He was a cutting-edge writer who had won the Naoki Prize and had a bright future.

Higashino Hibiki is very enthusiastic, but Yamamura Shoudao lacks interest.

“I’m just a high school student.” He said disappointedly: “I thought Mr. Torishima would find me a good partner… I really misjudged you.”

“Although Higashino is a high school student, he is a very good painter. He even worked as an assistant under Akira Toriyama. He will not bring down your work.” Toriyama Kazuhiko explained.

Higashino Hibiki generally understood. Torishima Kazuhiko hoped that he would cooperate with Yamamura Morimichi. Yamamura was the original artist and he was the painter.

But why?

I have no shortage of good works, so why should I share money with others?

According to what he meant, Yamamura Morimichi’s works have been serialized and published, and he owns at most part of the copyright in the comics.

For other newcomers, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but for Hibiki Higashino, he absolutely cannot agree to it.

“You are a young man. In the manga industry, most of the best painters are in their thirties, so it is difficult to have a common language with you,” Torishima Kazuhiko was still trying to persuade.

“A two-person partnership must complement each other, promote each other, and develop healthily. So I think Dongye is very suitable for you.”

Higashino Hibiki agrees with this statement. He used to like “One Punch Man” very much.

Whether it’s Mr. One, who created the interesting soul of the original work, or Mr. Yusuke Murata, who drew the perfect curves of Hell Fubuki and beautifully painted the characters, they all have top-notch abilities in different fields.

Just because of poor communication, Murata had his own ideas, which led to the collapse of the protagonist’s character in the later stages of the work.

The comics, which were in full swing, were also poured cold water on them, and they were rarely discussed after that.

Apart from reading Hell Fubuki’s book, Higashino Hibiki never paid attention to this work again.

Yamamura Morimichi asked: “Does he have any works? Is it this “War between Gods and Humans”? Hibiki Higashino, it is indeed!”

He found the work submitted by the original owner in Torishima Kazuhiko’s handbag, and looked at it with great interest.

Torishima Kazuhiko looked at Hibiki Hibiki and saw Hibiki nodding, but did not stop him.

It’s a good thing for Higashino Hibiki. After seeing “The Battle of Gods and Humans”, Yamamura would not agree.

It is not a good thing to reject Bird Island by yourself. It would be better if he could owe him a favor.

really……

“What kind of rubbish plot?” Yamamura Morimichi sneered, “It’s simply an insult to my eyes.”

After hearing this, Torishima Kazuhiko secretly thought that was bad.

After winning the Naoki Prize and being praised by peers, media, and critics, this person has become arrogant and arrogant.

“What on earth do you think?” Yamamura threw away “War between Gods and Humans”, stood up and said to Kazuhiko Toshima, “Let me cooperate with the person who drew this kind of manga?”

“That’s too much!” Torishima Kazuhiko kept swallowing his anger, but finally couldn’t bear it anymore, “Apologise to Higashino-kun!”

“There is no need for him to apologize,” Higashino Hibiki packed up “The Battle of Gods and Humans” and said calmly: “I can’t cooperate with people like Yamamura, so I’ll let you worry about it, Mr. Torishima.”

“I’m sorry, Higashikata,” Toriyama Kazuhiko apologized, “I made you feel wronged. I was too reckless and spoke for myself.”