1983 Past Life Manga King

Seeing this, Jiro asked in amazement.

“Wow, did you do ten chapters?”

“I didn’t know I did this much.”

Saying that, I looked back at Seon-hee.

He said he only drew two or three for the cover, so he drew so many.

“It’s too much of a waste, so I can use it as a special illustration after the book.”

“Is that okay?”

“of course.”

Saying so, I looked at the cover.

“Wow, it’s hard to choose just one. What kind of teacher do you like?”

“I feel the same way.”

“Then how about this?”

It is a scene in which the main character watches the sunset from an empty rooftop.

It is a strange feeling that I do not know what it is, but if the color of the red sunset is included, it will give a strange aftertaste.

“It’s fine. How about the others?”

All the fishermen gathered and looked at the pictures, and in the end, the picture chosen by Jiro received the most votes.

“Then let’s do this.”

***

A lounge on the 5th floor of the Mitsuda Shoten building.

There, Shingo Sudo, editor of Weekly Shonen Hero, and Jin Saito, head of the publishing department, were screaming with enthusiasm.

“Because it’s okay to have more than 40,000 copies.”

“Hey, this is my friend. Is 40,000 copies a joke? That’s because the 20,000 copies I’ve mentioned now are too many.”

“It’s a fact you told me that the sales of Boy Heroes have increased because of Samsara.”

“When did I say it was because of Samsara? He said that the number of readers in their 20s and older seems to have increased.”

“So, that’s what it means.”

“What are you talking about? Right now, the number one work is a man of sincerity. Then it might be because of that cartoon.”

“With common sense, can the sales go up like that as soon as it is serialized? 160,000 copies already, 160,000 copies.”

“Then, is it common sense that it’s because of Samsara? It should sound like a horse. Also, the samsara ranking has recently risen a bit, and samsara is also suitable for adults, so at least 20,000 copies were sold.

it was decided So that’s how I know it.”

“Hey, this is not my decision alone. This is the conclusion I came to after hours of discussion with the staff at the editorial meeting. But where are you going to cut it in half like that?”

“If you guys have a meeting and notify each other, do I have to say ‘Yes, I understand’ and print it out according to the decision?

“No matter what you say, you are so sloppy…”

“You do it in moderation. What was it before? Those cartoons where monsters are the mainstream. Well, anyway, I don’t think that’s what it would be. I didn’t think about shooting 30,000 copies in the first half of the year.

I? What was the result then? uh?”

His expression is distorted when the head of the publishing house cuts the editor’s words off at once and brings up a painful old story.

“······that’s.”

“Damn, 12,000 copies were returned and all of them were scrapped. Because of that, the company suffered a lot of losses, so don’t you know that I wrote it in my apology? I’m also dragged by the manager

I’ve been swearing for hours At the end of the day, it was almost sent to Osaka.”

“Again, are you talking about that? You said you were sorry before.”

With that said, the editor-in-chief turned away from the head of the publishing department.

To be honest, I was completely responsible for the incident. Of course, the vice president helped me at that time, and it was a bit overshadowed, but after that incident, it happened frequently.

Talking about it made it more difficult to deal with the head of the publishing house.

“The mood of magazines has improved these days, and the number of sales has increased significantly. So don’t be too hasty. And the sales department is also working hard, so I’m lucky

If not, I don’t know if I can reprint.”

“·················ogue.”

***

– Samsara’s latest episode ranking has gone up a lot.

As soon as Jiro finished greeting on the phone, he brought up Samsara.

But did the rankings go up?

“How high are you?”

– 4th place.

End

“Yeah? Is Samsara fourth?”

I was surprised by the sudden news.

Samsara, who had been hovering around 9th or 10th until now, suddenly came in 4th.

Did the readers of Samsara change during the battle between Fasiencia and the man of sincerity?

However, the fisherman who was working seems to have heard the contents of the phone call and looked at me with their heads flashed. Was the news of Samsara’s 4th place quite welcome to them as well?

They quickly high-five each other and like each other.

– Like me, the editorial department is noisy because of this. Two of my works made it into the top 5, and my employees are envious of them. haha.

Jiro smiles as if he’s in a good mood.

– Oh, and the book Samsara will finally be published soon.

“How long are you planning to publish the first edition?”

– He said that a few days ago, the head of the publishing department and the editor-in-chief had quite a fight over this. So at first it was decided about 20,000 copies, but because of today’s results,

The head of the house went to the publishing house. I think it will increase by at least 10,000 copies.

“Then, 30,000 copies?”

– I’m guessing that’s probably the case.

“It’s pretty specific.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

– I heard it from the manager.

I don’t know for sure, but I’m sure it’s right.

Anyway, if the current standard manga monograph price is around 300 yen, 10% per volume, or about 30 yen, remains. The recent exchange rate is close to 3.6 times.

I know, but in that case, 108 won per book and 30,000 copies would be 3.24 million won?

324 million.

Did I mention that the withholding tax is 10%?

After subtracting this and that, would it be a little over 250 million won?

It’s not a small amount of money, but it’s not a lot of money by my current standards. To put it bluntly, it’s less money than the money I’ve ever received from Jeon Sang-gil’s studio.

In fact, the publication of 30,000 copies is just that level by the standards of the Japanese manga industry.

However, you don’t have to be disappointed.

It’s only the first book sales, and it’s not even the number of copies issued in the first week.

If Samsara becomes more popular in the future, there is room for additional sales, and there is also Pasiencia.

Actually, the popularity is higher now, but I personally focus more on samsara. Working on a story is more difficult, but it makes

Because fishing is fun.

Seonhee, who works there, is also putting more effort into Samsara.

There aren’t many works to compare with, and I like the apocalyptic atmosphere of the end of the century (although it doesn’t feel like the end of the century by my standards).

Because.

– Oh, I forgot the questionnaire ranking.

“Are you in second place again?”

– ······Yeah. That’s right. But the margin is 43 votes.

“Still, it’s narrowed down a lot.”

– However, as the number of questionnaire postcards has increased compared to before, the gap has narrowed further. It is said that the fun of Fasiencia is also better than before.

However, a man of sincerity… because it’s so powerful

That was something I had to admit.

Seriously, these days, all of the pictures of the height have risen tremendously. Seriously, if this is the case, I wonder if I should do a doping test.

– Are you done with the manuscript over there?

“Yeah. I will send it by international airmail in a little while.”

Now, Jiro is also gradually reducing the number of people visiting the studio and changing the method to send manuscripts from this side instead.

Of course, since I am in charge, I may have to come once a month or twice depending on the situation.

Anyway, since I’ve been in charge of two works, I decided to do that because it’s money to go in and out of Korea and Japan every week, but the job as an editor is too arduous.

– Well then, we’ll get back to you.

“Yeah. work hard.”

After hanging up, her hands are soaked in sweat.

I raised the power of the fan spinning in front of me a little more.

Wii ing.

A heavy fan makes a loud noise and sends a strong wind.

July is also coming to an end, and the heat is even more rampant.

The fans in the firebox are spinning with a loud noise, but the heat doesn’t escape well because of the structure of the house.

Thanks to this, the smoke from a passing disinfectant car sometimes enters the firebox.

They want to close the door, but they can’t because there are a few people who believe that smoke can only get inside to disinfect the room.

Anyway, I was gasping in the heat, and then Park Sang-sik came into the studio with a large tray.

“Come on, everyone get together.”

“uh? Isn’t that red bean bingsu?”

“Yeah. Come on over and eat one.”

“Wow! It’s red bean bingsu!”

Also, my favorite is Kyunghee.

“uh? But why are you here at this hour?”

“Why, it’s vacation.”

Saying that, he was stabbing the ice mountain hard with a spoon.

“Ah······.”

One semester has already passed. Time is right.

Anyway, what’s wrong with Park Sang-sik giving patbingsu to everyone? I thought about it, but when I found out that there was a sister in the studio, I quickly understood.

Then yes.

My sister has more time to study in the studio because she is studying for the high school GED next month. I mean to help with the studio work, but I’m going for a final inspection.

It was to get help from Seon-hee to study.

She was only a freshman now, but in Kyunghee’s language, she had already mastered the 3rd grade course.

because it would be

“Oh, the head.”

Everyone laughed as they watched Kyunghee pounding her head and eating.

***

Follow me.

An employee who was reading a comic book at his leisure while having a cup of coffee at lunchtime answered the call.

“Yeah. Weekly Boys is a hero.”

– ·········.

“Yeah? Samsara monograph? I do not know. Because I’m not in charge… Oh, hold on. Hey, Akagi-san!”

Giro, who threw an oolong tea into the editorial department’s office while looking at the manuscript, lifted his head.

“Yeah?”

“Samsara’s book, when is it coming out?”

“A paperback? I do not know. The exact date has not been set yet.”

Hearing this, the employee nodded his head, and he immediately released his hand that was blocking the receiver and said:

“Hello? Ah yes. The exact publication date of the Samsara monograph has not been set. Ah yes. Yes. Thank you.”

The employee who hung up the phone started reading the comic book again.

But after a while the phone rings again.

This time, another employee who came in from outside heard the call and answered the call in a hurry.

“Yes, Weekly Hero Suzuki. Yeah? What is the publication date of the Samsara monograph? Please wait. There, Akagi-san. Are you in charge of Samsara?”

The employee who answered the phone found Jiro again.

Jiro, who had been sitting on his seat, jumped up from his seat and looked at him and answered.

“Yeah.”

“When is Samsara’s book coming out?”

“It has not been decided yet.”

“Oh yeah?”

Then he picks up the phone again and explains.

“Sorry, but the exact date has not been set yet. Yes. Yes. Ah yes. Thank you.”

Saying that, he hangs up the phone.

Seeing that, Jiro tilted his head.

“It’s great. What happened all of a sudden?”

Then he smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

But that wasn’t the end.

Shortly thereafter, several more phone calls rang, mostly from readers asking about the release date of Samsara’s monograph.

“What the hell is this?”

Jiro, who muttered like that, immediately wrote on the bulletin board of the editorial department the words ‘Samsara monograph release date undecided’ in large letters, and then rushed to the editor-in-chief.

It was because I remembered seeing the editor-in-chief chatting with the team leaders in the break room earlier.

And Jiro, who arrived in the break room, opened the door wide.

“The editor!”

As they enter the break room screaming, the editors and team leaders, who have been in conversation for a long time smoking heavy cigarettes, look back with surprise.

“Akagi, why are you doing this all of a sudden? Is your ass on fire? Why are you so fussy?”

“The two works are doing well these days, so I guess I’m crazy.”

“Wow, I was lucky to have a new topic. envy, envy.”

The team leaders look at Jiro and giggle.

But regardless of the atmosphere, he went straight to the editor and said:

“Come on, Editor-in-Chief!”

“What is it? Is there really a fire somewhere?”