Chapter 76 Please, Mr. Oda
Hearing Assistant Okita’s sincere request, Oda Shingo also became serious.
Oda Shingo just finished the initial configuration of the computer. He quickly typed some words on the computer with both hands. He also operated it a few times with Assistant Okita on his back. Then he looked at him: "Tell me, why did I make it clear that I would defeat the enemy with all my strength?" "
"I don't know if it's weird to say this, or if it's a superficial statement." Assistant Okita went to pour another glass of water, sat down again and frowned, "When I didn't enter the web department, I worked in the administration department. I’m not outstanding, I’m yelled at and scolded every day.”
"..." Oda Shingo leaned on the bed without saying anything, with his closed notebook on his body.
"I am the kind of person who is marginalized and dispensable. Mr. Oda, you know, the paper media is in a recession right now. As long as there is a wave of layoffs, I will become a poor guy holding a cardboard box..."
"..."
"It was Minister Mikami who chose me among many people when he established the web department, and even asked me to be his assistant a month later, which prevented me from being laid off. So, he was really kind to me. ”
Oda Shingo opened the notebook and showed it to Assistant Okita.
Okita was stunned and saw a line on the brand new notebook: "It was Minister Mikami who prevented me from being laid off because I was mediocre." ]
"Ah, Mr. Oda, what I said is true." Assistant Okita immediately understood what Oda Shingo meant and hurriedly explained.
Oda Shingo had just typed the text in advance, and it happened to match what Assistant Okita said, which was full of irony.
"I really couldn't be laid off at that time. My wife was seriously ill at that time. Although the surgery fee was paid for with savings, the recovery period was long and required various expensive medications." Assistant Okita was afraid that Oda Shingo wouldn't believe it. Quickly explain the situation in detail.
Oda Shingo swiped his hand on the touch pad of his notebook.
A new page that I had typed just now appeared, and there was also a line on it: [My family is seriously ill, and the great virtuous man Sanshang minister saves people from fire and water. ]
"... Mr. Oda, please stop making fun of me. I know this seems like a story in a comic, but Minister Mikami really helped me." The frowning Assistant Okita pushed the bridge of his nose. glasses, "Although he didn't directly lend me money, he gave me a promotion and a salary increase. With my ability, I'm really not qualified to be an assistant."
"Okay, so how did he struggle?"
At this time, a reminder bell dinged.
[Mr. Oda, Miss Yukaku Namikaze is coming in. ]
"Ah, that's my assistant, let her in, thank you."
Namikaze Youkaku carried a big bag and walked into the ward. When he saw someone in the room, he was slightly stunned: "Assistant Okita?"
"Ah, hello." Assistant Okita stood up and bowed. His identity and age meant he could not bow to Namikaze Yukaku, but he was still very humble since he was honest.
Namikaze Yukaku quickly changed to honorifics and returned the greeting: "Ah, thank you very much for coming to visit Oda-kun."
"Namikaze-kun, have you brought your manga tools?"
"...Brought it." Namikaze Yukaku began to take out the contents of the bag and put them on the bedside table for Oda Shingo to access.
The bag was not fully opened and there were still things inside, but it was not suitable for Assistant Okita to know.
"Thank you, Namikaze-kun." Oda Shingo asked Namikaze Yuzuru to sit by the window and wait, then turned to Assistant Okita, "Just now we talked about the struggle of Minister Mikami? If you don't mind, please continue."
"Ah, of course. Seven or eight years ago, although the paper media industry was in decline, the physical comics were still not much worse. But Minister Mikami has long reminded that the physical sales method of comics cannot meet the new era."
"Well, Minister Mikami is very far-sighted."
Assistant Okita patted his leg: "But at that time, not to mention the senior management of the company and the main magazine department, even the people in the advertising department, operations department and even the administrative department were very traditional. At that time, Minister Mikami put forward many suggestions to deal with the new era. But they were all rejected for various reasons.”
"It wasn't until five years ago that Minister Mikami proposed to create a web department following the example of Gakushokan, and even voluntarily gave up the opportunity of being the head of the advertising department and began to make plans to establish a brand new web department!"
"You enter the game with your own body and just hope for victory." Oda Shingo said with emotion, but there was still no change in the expression on his face.
"I can only roughly guess the meaning of the Chinese you speak. Mr. Oda is really knowledgeable." Assistant Okita further explained, "When we established the new web department, there were many difficulties."
"..."
"Not to mention that funding was being challenged at every turn. There was no office space, and the rental space was severely criticized for being too expensive. As a result, the ministry failed to be successfully established for two consecutive years."
"Then how did Minister Mikami solve it?"
"Minister Mikami simply made a bet with the main magazine department and the advertising department! He said that if he was given a budget sufficient for web operation expenses, he would not need to rent a house and work in the basement with his team!" A lively Yukaku Namikaze was listening next to him, His eyes widened.
This is the first time I heard that there are formal departments working in the basement. A very small number of them are the administrative departments or field departments of old clubs, and they live in the basement of office buildings.
"In the basement?" Oda Shingo remembered that he met them on the top floor, but according to the introduction at the entrance of the building, the web department was indeed the basement.
"If the results are really better than the advertising department and the magazine department, let them go! If they can't compare, the web department will stay in the basement!"
"...The other party agreed?"
"Yes, after some mediation, the other party agreed to the gambling agreement. The management also hopes that the two departments will agree, because this will save a lot of money in renting venues outside."
"Then... the result goes without saying, right?" Oda Shingo knew the outcome of the bet without even using his brain.
Because the web department was created a few years ago, but it's still in the basement. Minister Mikami’s pioneering achievements are self-evident.
Namikaze Youkaku also showed a surprised expression beside him.
"I made you laugh." Assistant Okita rubbed his head in embarrassment: "But this bet is still valid! Many old employees in the web department and I vow to fight together with Minister Mikami! We have to work layer by layer, starting from the basement. Climb up!"
"Is your ministry really willing to fight with the minister?"
Assistant Okita clenched his fist: "Yes! The newcomers in our department may not understand the minister very well, and everyone else is following him wholeheartedly!"
"..." Oda Shingo closed his notebook and tilted his head to think.
If you were Chief Mikami, how would you run the web department?
Thinking back to how he was squeezed when he signed the contract, and the way he looked like he was so aggrieved by the pressure... It seems that he can bully Mikami again!
"As I just said, please defeat Takeda Takeda in the new comic series, at least not weaker than them!" Assistant Okita got up from his chair, followed the traditional Japanese Doge seat, and asked very seriously, " Please! Oda-sensei!”
"..." Oda Shingo looked at the extremely serious Assistant Okita, waited for a while, and then said calmly, "I don't promise you anything."
Assistant Okita raised his head in surprise: "Teacher Oda..."
Oda Shingo waved his hand: "I'm tired. If you have nothing else to do, you can go back."
Namikaze Yukaku was standing by but stopped talking.
Why does she think Oda-kun gives people such a cold feeling today? It's okay to promise Assistant Okita, it's what you should do.
"Ah, I'm sorry for disturbing Mr. Oda's post-operative rest." Assistant Okita quickly apologized, nodded to Namikaze Yukaku, then packed his bag and left.
At the door, he also bowed to Oda Shingo: "Teacher Oda, just ask me if you need me! Please have a good rest and work hard with us to defeat the enemy! Please."
Oda Shingo said no more, just watched this honest man leave.
Namikaze Yukaku closed the door and after the ward returned to silence, Oda Shingo opened his notebook and started working with a handwriting drawing board.
"Oda-sensei, you...don't agree to Assistant Okita? I, I think he is sincere in asking." Namikaze Youkaku asked tentatively.
Oda Shingo raised the brush in his hand into the air, his eyes always fixed on the drawing board on his stomach, and said calmly:
"I never defeat my enemies because of others, but because..."
"The one who desires victory most is myself!"
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(End of this chapter)