Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 131 The last item

There is a silver-white high-rise building in Chiyoda District, Tokyo, called Shueisha Building, where the famous "Weekly Shonen Jump" magazine is located.

There is a luxuriously decorated office on the top floor. Behind the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes is standing behind the window, looking at all the living beings downstairs.

This man in neon regular office attire is named Shigeo Nishimura. He is now the chief editor of Shueisha's third editorial team and is mainly responsible for "Weekly Shōnen Jump".

That's right, this person is the famous third generation in the history of "Weekly Shonen Jump"!
"Jump" magazine is in his hands, gradually reaching its peak in the 80s!
From the establishment of the magazine in 1968, through the efforts of Naganoki, and through the marginalization of "Boys as Generals" and "Shameless Academy", it only took three years for the magazine to successfully exceed 100 million sales. When the first generation retired in 73, the magazine's sales had already reached the top of Neon!

Even last year, after the third generation took office, the magazine encountered a big crisis.

A female cartoonist named Rumiko Takahashi completely detonated the female market with "Fukusei Yatsura", which combines many elements such as science fiction, campus, love, etc. , hard work, victory” tone.

However, all this is not a problem for Nishimura Shigeo.

Although he accidentally discovered that the teenage girl market also has huge potential, which may subvert the current status of "Jump", he believes that under his leadership, this magazine will definitely have a more brilliant future!

"boom!"

Just as Shigeo Nishimura was dreaming about the future, the door to his office was violently pushed open.

"Torishima, how many times have I told you to knock on the door when you enter my office!"

Nishimura didn't even need to look back, he knew who was coming in?
After all, no one in the entire magazine, except the eccentric Toriyama Hehiko, dared to break into his office without knocking on the door.

"Why? Why did you reject my proposal?"

Sure enough, the person who came was none other than Torishima He Yan.

Although he was still angry at this time, he still came to the door first, knocked on the open door, and then asked Nishimura Shigeo.

However, this behavior looks like a provocation no matter how you look at it.

"What proposal?"

Nishimura Shigeo finally turned around.

As Nishimura, who fought alongside the [-]st generation Naganoki, he was not very old and was in the prime of life.

"Long live that newcomer serialization!"

"Oh, you mean that person from Hong Kong?"

"I have never heard that our society selects cartoonists based on their nationality?"

Torishima Hehiko was quite rude to the editor-in-chief Shigeo Nishimura. In fact, the relationship between the two has never been good.

Because of his ability to cherish Toriyama Hehiko, he has a strong working ability, so he has been working in the magazine, but his temper is really bad and he is very disliked.

"I didn't say it was because of his nationality, right? Our magazine has introduced American comics after all!"

"then you……"

"What I care about is that hiring him will violate our magazine's 'exclusive contract'!"

As soon as these words came out, even Torishima Heyan, who strongly supported Li Wannian, fell silent.

The so-called exclusive contract refers to the newcomer exclusive contract system of "Weekly Shonen Jump" magazine, that is, all newcomers must sign an exclusive contract to ensure that they will fully cope with the serialization of "Jump".

And signing this contract still means that the author is no longer allowed to publish his works in other comic magazines.

"I think you also know that Banzai has many comics serialized on Hong Kong Island. This is a serious violation of our exclusive contract!"

"But that's a comic magazine from Hong Kong, not Neon!"

"What's the difference? Aren't they all comics?"

Torishima Heyan was speechless for a moment. Of course he knew that this exclusive contract was not good for Li Wannian, but he valued Li Wannian's talent and thought that since he was serializing comics overseas, he should be able to exploit the magazine's loopholes.However, Nishimura broke the rules and did not agree to Li Wannian joining at all.

Seeing such a talent fall into the hands of others for nothing, this kind of behavior of siding with the enemy made Torishima He Yan feel angry.

"If you let such a talent join Kodansha, you will definitely regret it in the future!"

"Kodansha? No, Kodansha won't want him!"

"what?"

This news from Nishimura surprised Torishima Hehiko. With the help of a master like Osamu Tezuka, Kodansha would actually abandon Li Wannian?

"I heard that the editors at Kodansha all think that the Hong Kong Islander's new comic does not fit the tone of their magazine, and they are not optimistic about the market for this comic, so they will not want him!"

Torishima didn't think Nishimura's words were false. After all, Nishimura knew everything about what happened within his competitors!
"That means no one wants him?"

"That's right, in a place as big as Neon, there is no reason for him to have a foothold. Let him go back to Hong Kong Island!"

After hearing this, Torishima Hehiko couldn't help clenching his fists. He felt unworthy for Li Wannian. He obviously had such a good talent, but he couldn't get the applause he deserved because of things other than comics.

"Hey!" All the anger in Torishima He Yan's heart turned into a long sigh.

"Hey!"

"Mr. Tezuka, why are you sighing?"

On the other side, Li Wannian came to Tezuka Osamu's home this time.

The two of them were sitting in the yard outside the house, watching the bleak winter wind blowing away the few withered leaves on the branches.

"There is news from Kurihara that Kodansha has rejected you!"

"That's really a pity!"

Li Wanchang sighed, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.

"How come I don't see any pity on you?"

"Mr. Tezuka, do you think that if I reveal to Kodansha that Shueisha is also contacting me, will they change their minds?"

Li Wannian asked Tezuka Osamu with a smile.

"Of course not. Even though they are competitors, the exchange of information at the upper level is still very timely. Maybe they already know your information!"

"Commercial espionage?"

"Who knows then?"

Seeing that Tezuka Osamu stopped talking, Li Wannian did not continue to ask questions, but slowly placed the teacup on the coffee table beside him.

"It seems that I only have the last way left!"

"What? Elementary school hall? I can also introduce it to you over there!"

"There are a lot of your students in the elementary school, so I won't join in the fun with them!"

"If you don't consider the three major publishing houses, what is your last option?"

"Mr. Tezuka, can you contact your editor for me?"

"You still want to contact Kurihara?"

"No, I'm talking about the editor of Black Jack!"

(End of this chapter)