Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 58 Invitation from "Weekly Shonen Sunday"

"Is the office all right?"

After being seriously praised by Asako Hirohashi, Hideki Hanyu's sense of responsibility temporarily increased, and he couldn't help asking about Yunshang Entertainment.

"When I went to the training room the day before yesterday, I met Terabayashi-san of Warner Pioneer. I don't know where I heard that our firm has attracted investment. He said that he has business and wants to cooperate with us."

"Silin Sang, is that the head of Neon Music Department, Si Linchao, who just joined Warner Pioneer at the beginning of the year? What can he do with us? Doesn't Warner Pioneer want Yoko Minano's record appointment?"

Hideki Hanyu asked curiously.

"I thought so too at the time, but Terabayashi-san denied it. He just said that he would come to me for a detailed discussion in a few days, and he was so mysterious." Hirohashi Asako was also at a loss.

"Whatever he wants to do, let's talk about it when I come back from Hyogo Prefecture."

Since he didn't know what to do, Hideki Hanyu didn't bother to care.

"Oh, by the way, since Hanyu-san is going to Hyogo Prefecture, let's bring Yoko Minano back by the way, and I'll send someone over if I can save myself."

"no problem."

Hideki Hanyu, who was in a good mood, readily accepted the task.

Saying goodbye to Asako Hirohashi, Hideki Hanyu rushed to Shogakukan to meet Eri Kitahara.

When traveling, he, the person in charge, was the one who contacted the most diligently, for fear that he would disappear if he ran away.

"This is a gift I specially brought to Kitahara-san, isn't it cute?"

In the Shogakukan, Hideki Hanyu gave Eri Kitahara a little monkey puppet brought back from Gunma Prefecture.

"It's very cute. It's rare that Hanyu-san still remembers me when he goes on a trip." Eri Kitahara took the puppet, looking a little tired.

"Is Kitahara-san busy recently?"

Hideki Hanyu didn't expect the other party to be so busy when he wasn't here.

"Of course I'm busy. Isn't it because of Hanyu-san's editorial article that caused such a big commotion but people ran away? Do you know how many media I have helped Hanyu-san deal with these days?"

Eri Kitahara looked exhausted.

"Is it so exaggerated?"

"Even the Ministry of Health and Welfare has been alarmed, can you not be exaggerating! Hasn't Hanyu-san just established an office, please arrange for an agent for yourself, I am already very busy as a writer in charge of Hanyu-san."

"I will think about it. In addition to giving gifts this time, I want to tell Kitahara-san that I will accompany my younger siblings to watch a baseball game in Hyogo Prefecture. Is there anything I need to deal with now?"

Hideki Hanyu felt that what Eri Kitahara said made sense, as his fame grew, he needed someone to take care of his external affairs.

However, it is not appropriate to put it in the office. I will call Yoshihiro Yada later to help recruit someone for Yunshang Culture, which is still an empty shell.

"There is really one thing Hanyu-san needs to deal with, about the Pokemon book that was released at his own expense."

Eri Kitahara seemed to remember something, and started to rummage on the table.

"Did the sales of that book improve?" Hideki Hanyu looked expectant.

Eri Kitahara rolled her eyes at the words.

"Hanyu-san thinks too much. The editor of Weekly Shonen Sunday is very interested in Pokemon. I hope I can talk to Hanyu-san. Well... this is Kumagai Gennori-san."

As Eri Kitahara said, she handed a business card she found to Hideki Hanyu.

"Okay, I will contact the other party."

After receiving the business card, Hideki Hanyu discovered that Gennori Kumagai was a senior editor of "Weekly Shonen Sunday", and his position was not low.

Although "Weekly Shonen Sunday" is affiliated with Shogakukan, it does not belong to the same system as Eri Kitahara. Hideki Hanyu has never dealt with him before, and he did not expect that the other party would take a fancy to Pokemon.

It can only be said that the inertia of fate is really great. The manga of Pokemon in the previous life was published by Xiao Xuekan.

Arriving at the floor where "Weekly Shonen Sunday" was located, Hanyu Hideki soon saw Kumagai Gennori.

After the two came to a waiting room, Hanyu Hideki asked straight to the point, "I heard that Kumagai-san is very interested in my Pokemon?"

"Yes, I think the story of Pokemon is very good. The reason why Hanyu-san inserted so many pictures in the book proves that Hanyu-san also realized that the story of Pokemon cannot be expressed only by words, so manga is the best for this story. Good carrier."

Kumagai Xuandian's tone is very sincere, and he obviously likes Pokemon very much.

"Thank you Kumagai-san for your approval." With such a compliment, Hanyu Hideki always had to be polite.

"I have seen all the illustrations of Pokemon. Hanyu-san's drawing skills and style are very suitable for manga creation. If Pokemon manga can be serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday, I believe readers will like it."

"Serialization?" Hideki Hanyu felt dizzy when he heard it.

Serializing comics in Neon is not an easy task. Thinking about not being able to go anywhere in the future, and drawing comics at home all day, he is absolutely unwilling.

And there is also a very serious problem, once the Pokemon is registered in "Weekly Shonen Sunday", the Xiaoguan will become the joint copyright owner, and the peripherals related to the relevant content will be shared by the Xiaoguan.

Before he released it at his own expense, he didn't want to share the copyright of this part. Now it is naturally impossible to hand it over for serial comics.

Moreover, cartoonists in this era have almost no say in the adaptation of their works.

At that time, once the work is going to be animated, he may not know it after the animation is finished, not to mention the unified planning of the content according to his ideas.

Thinking of this, Hanyu Hideki lost all interest, "Kumaga-san, I'm really sorry, I don't have the idea of ​​manga Pokemon."

Hearing this, Kumagai Gennian immediately became a little anxious, "If Hanyu-san has any concerns, you can tell them."

Kumagai Gennori is a person with a sense of urgency. Others think that at this time, Weekly Sunday relies on Takahashi Rumiko's lucky star boy and Adachi Mitsuru's baseball hero, overshadowing his rivals "Weekly Shonen Magazine" and "Weekly Shonen Jump". It looks like it wants to restore the glory of the former overlord.

However, as the senior editor of "Weekly Shonen Sunday", he saw the hidden danger under the brilliance, and that was the backwardness in the training of newcomers.

Especially compared with "Weekly Shonen Jump", the sales volume of the opponent in the 70s actually occupied the first place in the industry, and it was dominated by new manga artists.

Although the status of newcomers is not stable enough, making it difficult to sustain sales, what happens when these cartoonists mature?

Toriyama Akira, Hojo Tsukasa, Takahashi Yoichi, Cheda Masami, look at these new cartoonists under JUMP who have begun to show their fangs, who can resist "Weekly Shonen Sunday" in the future?

Therefore, Kumagai Gennori was so eager when he saw Hideki Hanyu's Pokemon and discovered the potential of this work in manga.

And in Kumagai Gennori’s view, as a picture book writer, Hanyu Hideki is an excellent artist and has such a good story idea. It’s a pity not to be a part-time manga artist.

But Hideki Hanyu's answer was destined to disappoint Gennori Kumagai, "Kumagai-san, I'm not interested in drawing manga."

"Why? If Hanyu-san comics Pokemon, his income will definitely not be lower than that of creating picture books."

Xiong Gu Xuan Dian saw that persuasion was unsuccessful, so he could only lure him with benefits.

"I am very satisfied with my current income." Hideki Hanyu remained unmoved.

That's right, once the manga became popular, it would be very profitable to publish a single book, but he didn't make the dumpling of "Pokemon" just because of the income from the manga.

You must know that there are games first and then comics, and comics first and then games, the distribution of benefits is completely different.

Unless Xiao Xiaoguan is willing to give up all copyrights and not interfere with any adaptation rights, then he might consider it.

But this kind of thing that breaks the rules of the industry is obviously not possible with his current status.

Therefore, despite Xiong Gu Xuandian's persuasion in every possible way, he remained unmoved.

"I'm very sorry, but I'm not interested in Pokemon manga."

　Thanks for the reward of riding a crane on Huangshan a.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)