Full-time cartoonist - #65 - Chapter 65 Autograph Session

“Dongye, let’s play together!”

Akimiya Akemi opened the door and found that Nishimura was talking. Kitamoto was helpless on the side, watching him play tricks.

“He is not in the dormitory now.” Akimiya Akemi explained: “He hasn’t been home for a long time. He went home during the winter vacation.”

“It’s such a pity, I haven’t seen Higashino for a long time,” Nishimura lowered his head, “What on earth is that guy busy with? I want to go to Tori Akino-sensei’s autograph signing with him…”

Kitamoto nodded.

Hibiki Higashino, a beauty from all over the world who used to be very kind to others and could talk to everyone, has become a little cold in the past year.

He was a little worried that Higashino Hibiki had lost contact with many of his friends, and he was worried that his friendship with him would also be disturbed.

“Tori Akino-sensei’s autograph signing…” Akimiya Akemi covered her mouth in surprise. She suddenly realized that something interesting was going to happen.

I want to see it.

Seeing the two northwest people leaving melancholy, she also became interested.

…

Hibiki looked at his clothes in the mirror. It was a very ordinary style in winter.

The upper body is a black windbreaker and a white sweater, and the lower body is jeans.

Ichiro Higashino’s original suggestion was to change into a crisp suit to look more like a successful person.

It was rejected by Higashino. She usually had no idea, but she was very determined at this time. From a female aesthetic point of view, the author wearing a suit would detract from the display of his talent.

When it comes to writers and cartoonists, they rarely dress like mechanical workers. People with creative jobs should be more casual and casual.

Higashino Hibiki walked to the entrance, where Higashino Hibiki and Higashino Ichiro were waiting for him. They looked at Higashino Hibiki with happy smiles.

“You have to pay attention to rest in the future, you know?” Dong Yexi adjusted Dong Yexiang’s collar, looking at his deteriorating skin color, and said with a distressed tone.

“Yes, Mom.” Higashikata nodded.

“I’m going.”

Then he nodded to Higashino Ichiro and walked out of the room.

Looking back at the two people who saw him off, Hibiki waved goodbye.

He just came back yesterday and was leaving again early this morning.

Choosing to draw comics and finish school means giving up a lot.

Until the end, my sister Higashino Mei has not returned home for the holidays and has not seen her for a long time.

Higashino Hibiki took Shueisha’s special car with regret and headed towards the signing place.

…

jump studio.

Nobuhiko Horie looked at the new year’s report with a somewhat uncomfortable expression.

In July last year, under the strong request of Yoshihiro Togashi, “Yu Yu Hakusho” was finally completed in a desperate manner.

The negative impact of the completion of this extremely popular work was immediately apparent.

Jump’s sales dropped by about 250,000.

Since the serialization of “Fist of the North Star”, the curve that has been on an upward trend finally has a gap.

“Fortunately, with “Dragon Ball” here, the negative impact is not as big as expected.” Nobuhiko Horie knows very well that most of Jump’s super sales now rely on “Dragon Ball”.

“Rurouni Kenshin”, which has been serialized for more than half a year, or “The Arrival of the Son”, are not as influential as “Dragon Ball”.

“As long as “Dragon Ball” is being serialized, there will be no problem.”

He relaxed a little.

Then I remembered something and picked up another report.

“The ratings of “Soul of Chess” are 15.3%.” His eyes lit up. Such good results were beyond his expectation.

“Soul of the Chess”, which is not a comic about passionate battles, cannot be the mainstay of Jump. It can at most become the backbone.

Just as he thought, “Soul of Chess” has never been able to achieve the popularity of a masterpiece.

The animation’s current ratings of 15.3% was something he did not expect.

Horie Nobuhiko glanced at Sasaki and asked: “Is the sales of the single volume of “Soul of the Game” still going smoothly?”

“There is no feedback yet,” Sasaki replied. He adjusted his glasses and said to Nobuhiko Horie: “It’s just that I still feel that the 100,000 first edition is still too few. According to the level of “Soul of the Game”, there should be an additional 200,000 copies.”

“You are still struggling with this,” Horie Nobuhiko sighed, “After all, Tori Akino is a newcomer, and 100,000 copies is already very high.”

Even with Jump in 1995, it is rare for the first comic book to have sales of more than 500,000 copies.

There are only a few copies of more than 1 million copies.

Therefore, in Nobuhiko Horie’s opinion, the 100,000 copies of the first edition of the single volume of “Soul of the Game” are completely sufficient in a short period of time.

The situation will then be analyzed in detail to determine the number of reprints.

This will prevent inventory from being overstocked.

Seeing that he still had this attitude, Sasaki shook his head.

After he sat down, he began to prepare for the reprint of “Chess Soul”, so that he would not be too busy by then.

“You will regret this.”

He glanced at Horie Nobuhiko and thought to himself.

…

After all, driving is fast. After more than half an hour, Hibiki Higashino arrived at the autograph signing venue.

This is a large bookstore, divided into two floors. Hibiya Hibiki looked at it. The flow of people coming and going was very high. I don’t know how many people came because of me.

“Teacher Tori Akino, we have already contacted the organizer.”

Hibiya Hibiki expressed his gratitude to the staff waiting for him, tidied his clothes, calmed his thoughts, and rushed to his autograph signing location.

When passing by the first floor, he also saw other writers holding book signings.

There were only a few people in front of them, and they could still chat among themselves.

“What are you doing on the second floor? There are so many people here.”

“I heard it’s a book signing event for cartoonists.”

“Hey! This kind of reading is indeed more attractive.”

“I can’t draw.”

Passing by in a hurry, Hibiki ignored their expectant looks and walked along the stairs to the second floor, where a long queue had already formed.

It reminded him of the book signing for Teacher Chai Menwen’s “White Paper on Love” for a moment.

The crowd is still rolling in, but the mood is different now.

He looked at these readers, most of them were children, all of them were very excited, waiting expectantly for the official start.

I have already bought the single volume in my hand, and the cover of Fujiwara Sawei and Shindo Hikaru is particularly eye-catching, making Hibiki feel dazed for a moment.

“Oh, I have now completed my original fantasy.”

Thinking of this, Higashikata walked towards the stage against the crowd.

The noisy voices around him seemed to be cheering for him.

Higashino Hibiki’s steps are getting bigger and bigger, and he can’t wait anymore.

“Higashiya! Sure enough, you’re here too!”

Higashikata looked over and saw that it was Nishimura.

He waved his hand, asking Hibiki to stop.

Half an hour before the official start, Higashino Hibiki put away his excitement and walked up to Nishimura Kitamoto.

“I knew you would come to the “Soul of Go” signing event,” Nishimura said proudly, “You are a man who defeated me in Go, so you will definitely like this work.”

“However, you are late. Go and line up at the back. I will meet Mr. Tori Akino first. If you envy me, go ahead! Hahaha!”

Thanks to Yue Hua for the 1500 point reward.