1986, Create a Miss Tokyo Ichiban

Chapter 54: Upgrade of Photo Retouching Master
Shueisha Comics Department.

Editor-in-chief Kusunoki was watching Daisaku Kono lecture the employees below.

"Yokota, are you sure every bookstore has hung our two banners?"

"Yes, editor-in-chief, we worked as a team of two to take charge of one area. We ran for three days and asked all the shop owners to hang up the banners!"

Daisaku Kono looked at Miss Takeuchi again.

"So Takeuchi, regarding the subsequent printing, how is it going now?"

Takeuchi Nao replied excitedly.

"The printing department has promised to start printing at any time, as long as these books can sell well."

Kusunoki and Kono looked at each other with a smile. Miss Takeuchi was indeed too young to believe such perfunctory words.

However, what they need is this perfunctory attitude from the other party.

Back in the editor-in-chief's office, Nanmu lit up his pipe again.

"It was agreed that the first printing of each book would be [-] copies, but the total number of the two books was only [-]. It seems that Onodera is so stubborn that he didn't read these two books at all!"

Kono smiled and flattered him: "The main reason is that the editor-in-chief is so judgmental about the reactions there. They look down on the nature of cartoonists and they are already terminally ill!"

"No one really raised any objections over there?"

Daisaku Kono smiled even more cheerfully: "How is it possible? There are young people who are young, energetic and open-minded. Editor Inaba Sadaya has raised objections."

Nanmu smiled: "What's the result?"

"He was treated as a faction traitor by Onodera. It seems that he was already moving office supplies yesterday, apparently to the used book department."

Kusunoki nodded and looked at Daisaku Kono with a half-smile: "Has this young man been convinced by you?"

Kono nodded: "He seems to be Miss Takeuchi's senior, so I asked Takeuchi to come forward and organize a dinner party last night. In the future, we may consider recommending him when we adapt comic books to novels."

Nanmu sneered in a certain direction.

"Two books of this level only cost [-] copies. Haha, they will be gone in a week at most. Onodera is committing suicide!"

In fact, Editor-in-Chief Nanmu’s prediction was somewhat different, and from the third day onwards, calls from various places to urge the goods continued to come in.

Bookstores all over Tokyo seem to have sold out.

Editor-in-Chief Onodera, who is focusing most of his energy on promoting a new work by an old author, doesn't even care much about the sales figures of "Say I Love You in the Center of the World" and "Love Letter".

He is now focused on using this new book to slap this guy Kusunoki in the face.

You, a cartoonist, actually dare to point fingers at me in the field of novels. I will let you see what are the truly popular novels!
Board meeting.

The atmosphere is solemn.

The headmaster's data page was thrown directly into Onodera's face.

"After the first printing of [-] copies was made as determined by the meeting, you informed us to print [-] copies?"

Onodera is wiping sweat.

"I can notify the printing factory to start work at any time. Forty thousand copies is actually quite a lot for a newcomer."

Director Zhongze reprimanded angrily: "Baga, I'm asking you why you dare to disobey the decision made by the process meeting!"

"Director, the printing task is too tight. We also need to print a new book "Kashima Snow Forest" to seize time."

"Shut up!"

Nakazawa saw clearly that Onodera had become so arrogant that he ignored his orders and gave the printing share of "Call for Love in the Center of the World" and "Love Letter" to his old author for the "honor" of the novel department.

The reason is to compete with Nanmu.

"You invested so much energy that you sold [-] copies of "Kashima Snow Forest" in three days, while "Calling for Love in the Center of the World" and "Love Letter" were out of stock on the third day!"

"If the dealers hadn't sued me, how long would you have kept it secret?!"

Onodera knelt down in fear and made a standard Dogeza apology. "Director, please give me a chance!"

"That's enough! As long as your struggle with Kusunoki can promote the development of our company, I will turn a blind eye," Nakazawa didn't mean to look at Onodera at all, "But if anyone dares to harm the interests of our company, That is absolutely not allowed! The novel department has asked Deputy Chief Editor Kawada to take care of it temporarily, so you can go back and wait for notification."

"Please~!" Onodera broke into a cold sweat and wanted to continue to plead.

But Chief Nakazawa had already strode away.

Kawada, who had been respectful to Onodera before, led the people away without looking back, claiming that he was going to urge the printing factory to start work.

After entering December, a pair of Condor Heroes appeared in the world of pure love novels in the island country.

Ye Nohua and Bai Noqian have a large number of readers of their novels, but there are also some dedicated fans.

Fans from both sides are quarreling over which is the most classic, "Call for Love at the Center of the World" or "Love Letters".

Especially in those colleges and universities that have a lot of extracurricular reading time, fans of "Call for Love in the Center of the World" and "Love Letters" are even more divided.
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"Why are there so many letters today?"

Zhang Yu Nobumasa, who sighed deliberately, squinted his eyes at his wife.

Bai Xiang, on the other hand, was not convinced and looked away from her readers' letters.

There is no way, it turns out that there are more letters from Qinyin's father today.

Maybe she shouldn't have provoked her husband yesterday because of her many letters.

Kotone, who had just finished her homework, was packing her schoolbag.

She actually likes to see the competition between the two tool men.

The title of a well-known cartoonist and pure love writer is enough for his parents to establish themselves in the island country.

After winning the last time in the billiards hall, Qinyin got a skill upgrade card.

She used it to upgrade the [Photo Retouching Master] skill.

Now the number of pictures she can retouch every day has become [-].

Previously, Qinyin's father had to work on nine to ten manuscripts every day because of his dual-screen work, and he had to work six days a week.

Qinyin's mother, on the other hand, only drew two pictures a day because she was submitting to the bimonthly magazine.

The two of them took up Qinyin's [Photo Retouching Master]'s full share every day, and sometimes had to postpone the draft for a long time.

But after the upgrade of [Photo Retouching Master], after deducting what the tool's parents need, she still has more than 20 pictures left in her hand every day.

Moreover, the retouching ability of the intermediate version of [Retouching Master] has also been greatly enhanced. For example, editor Takeuchi recently called to express his gratitude and said that the images of Kotone's father's recent comics have a slightly more realistic feel.

Qionin held the latest issue of shoujo manga yesterday, and she found that she could actually feel a hint of Shancai's emotions from the picture.

No wonder Teacher Miyamoto recently praised that her paintings have made great progress and have begun to have a soul of their own.

As Qinyin packed her schoolbag, she kept looking at her mother, her eyes a little cautious.

Because in her prop space, there is another [Sailor Moon-Artwork Card], and this is the result of today's December lottery.

Forget it, let’s talk about it in a few days!
The family is not short of money for the time being, and Bai Xiang's mother's milk tea shop is also very profitable.

Qinyin packed her schoolbag and was about to go back to her room, but she was suddenly stunned the next second.

Because in the middle of her schoolbag, she found a pink letter! ! !

Looking at the childish handwriting, it was obviously the work of a boy from the elementary school.

Damn~!

Sayuri, you idiot, is this the result of your promise to help me guard against death?

　There is another chapter in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)