Chapter 206 Cartoonists Association Appreciation Conference
"Moxi Moxi, ah, Shogakukan... I'm sorry, it's a great honor to meet you. But if you don't mind, please talk to my editor Mikami first Contact Sanlang, because I’m too busy working on manuscripts right now. Yes, it’s the director of the web department of Qunying Society. I’m very sorry. Please contact me more.”
This is the third phone call Oda Shingo has hung up on.
The high-tempo newspeak of "Parasite" has steadily maintained the previous popularity of public opinion.
The performance of Qunyei Club is improving, Oda Shingo has become a hot celebrity, and many brother comic clubs are starting to become jealous.
Oda Shingo received some calls about this.
"Teacher Oda is so popular right now." Todo Koucho said from the side.
"Concentrate on your work and learn from Namikaze Yukaku." Oda Shingo glared at her.
Todo Xiangcheng curled his lips: "Hmph, in your eyes, Youhe is the best, right?"
"Yes, I just like to be good." Oda Shingo ignored her.
Todo Xiangcheng pouted. Namikaze Yukaku, who was painting without looking back, had a smile quietly appearing on the corner of his mouth.
Next, Oda Shingo operated the mobile phone.
I'm really too busy, so I plan to change it to a non-contact non-reminder mode.
The update volume of 150 pages per issue means that more than 20 pages of manuscripts have to be completed every day, which is simply terrifying for ordinary cartoonists.
Even if Oda Shingo has the support of system acceleration and the speed of copying the original work in his head, it is still a very hard workload.
But then another call came.
Since he hadn't put down the phone yet, he picked up the phone: "Moxi Moxi, huh? Springfield Bookstore?"
Oda Shingo was stunned and looked at Mrs. Yukino who was reviewing the manuscript not far away.
Mrs. Yukino glanced at him but didn't respond.
"Ah, hello, editor of Springfield Bookstore. If you have time, please add my line. My line number is Sunshine Demon King..."
He quickly hung up the phone, and Oda Shingo smiled at Mrs. Yukino: "How about it? I'm very polite to your people, right? I gave it back to Line."
"..." Mrs. Yukino rolled her eyes back, "I didn't let anyone contact you."
"Ah?" Oda Shingo was stunned.
Mrs. Yukino said calmly: "You are not a freshly baked Waseda wagashi. Why did I have someone contact you so early?"
She heard what Oda Shingo said just now about liking girls who are obedient.
"Hey..." Oda Shingo really wanted to say, am I so worthless?
Mrs. Yukino looked at the manuscript and asked softly: "If I don't let someone come over in advance to win you over, will you really not go to Springfield Bookstore?"
"If I were really kicked out by the Qunying Society, wouldn't you send someone to win me over?"
It was quiet for a while.
Oda Shingo snickered proudly in his heart, it seemed that Mrs. Yukino didn't know how to fight magic.
But a few seconds later, Mrs. Yukino smiled at him: "I don't believe that after leaving Qunying Club, you will choose another comic club."
Her smile is still so beautiful and full of confidence.
But at the same time, Mrs. Yukino gave Oda Shingo a rare wink.
Oda Shingo was stunned for a moment, and soon he was in a good mood.
I understand it very well. Seeing such a beautiful woman smiling at me would make anyone else run away with her. Not to mention that the other party treats me really well.
A hero has a hard time being a beauty, but I am a hero.
"By the way, why is Mr. Oda's line number called Sunshine Demon King?" During the meal, Todo Kouchi suddenly asked.
It is a Japanese custom that many traditional beauties do not speak when eating. Even if you speak, you have to put down your bowl and chopsticks, like Mrs. Yukino. Todo Xiangcheng always chatters while eating because he follows his father in talking.
This made the four of them a frequent topic of conversation at the dinner table.
Before Oda Shingo could answer, Namikaze Yukaku said: "Is he transformed from Oda Nobunaga's Sixth Heavenly Demon King?"
Namikaze Yukaku often looks at Oda Shingo's line number in a daze, but is too embarrassed to send messages.
Sunday is the seventh day of the week, so she thought about this problem.
"Absolutely." Oda Shingo smiled.
In fact, this line number existed in my previous life.
But at that time, he was quietly called the Sunday Demon. Oda Shingo also accidentally learned that it was because he often had to work overtime on Sundays.
On the third day, the popularity vote results came out.
"Parasite" still ranks first in popularity votes, more than twice as much as "notouch" in third place.
The performance level of "notouch" is declining. Perhaps the author Adachi is trying to make changes to win over the fans, and wants to surpass Oda Shingo.
But new exploration often means high risks, but it lost the favor of some fans and fell to third place.
It’s a new week and a new issue of “Jump” is released.
Early in the morning, queues began to form in front of the bookstore.
The shop owner opened the door confidently: "Fortunately, I prepared "Jump" in advance. There is a convenient purchase channel here! Ah, they are all buying "Jump", right?"
Comic fans poured in, each holding a copy and starting to check out.
Then buy drinks and sit on chairs.
Since there were not enough chairs, I sat directly on the protruding edge of the floor-to-ceiling window, which served as a seat.
The shop owner was already used to it.
On that day, the sales of "Jump" reached a new level!
Subscription to the electronic version of the website exceeded 250,000 in 24 hours! The background shows that 92% of comic fans watched "Parasite" immediately after subscribing!
And 28% of comic fans read the page multiple times!
Statistics show that the total online reading time of comic fans reading "Parasite" has reached 64% of the total reading time of the book!
"Jump" generally has more than 470 pages.
Since "Parasite" takes up a huge 150-page serial, the most recent issues of "Jump" have exceeded 500 pages.
Especially since these two issues have reached 650 special printed pages!
But the parasitic beast accounts for more than half of the time with less than a quarter!
The influence of this comic can be said to be terrifying.
After Vice President Xiaoshan got the statistical table, he looked at it for a few times, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
The old president smiled and shook his head with regret: "If "Parasite" didn't contain bloody elements, I'm afraid it would already be a national-level comic."
Oda Shingo Studio.
Ding ding, Oda Shingo’s cell phone rang.
It was Saburo Mikami calling: [Nobugo, have you received a phone invitation to the Cartoonists Association's Appraisal Conference? ]
"Oh? I don't answer calls from strangers recently. I'm too busy recently. By the way, I won't go to this competition. If I have half a day, I might as well draw comics in the studio."
[Strange, I didn’t receive a phone invitation, but Okita received a personal invitation from you and me at the same time. ]
"What?" Oda Shingo could hear a bit of worry in his words.
[In previous years, they would call me first to invite and thank me, but this year they just sent the invitation letter. ]
"..." Oda Shingo sighed, "You mean, they don't value us? Or, they don't want us to go?"
[Yes, I estimate the latter is more likely. After all, I am still the web director of Qunying Club. ]
“Vice President Xiaoshan’s hand can already reach out to the Cartoonists Association?”
[In fact, everyone knows that there will be some problems in the selection process. However, the Cartoonists Association has frequently had objections to selections in recent years, and many people in the industry also feel that there are big problems. ]
Oda Shingo snorted: "I didn't want to go at first, but if this is the case, I have to go and see it!"
(End of chapter)