Ke Xuezhuo's son-in-law

Chapter 28 A date forgotten by someone
  Since the ghost slayer came back that day, Mouri Kogoro's enthusiasm for him has increased to a new level, and he calls him to go to the supernatural scene with him every day.

Mouri Kogoro felt that it was a great deal to get such a generous commission just by visiting the so-called haunted house.

But he didn't know that most of the so-called haunted houses were real, and there were real ghosts.

Ordinary people cannot deal with ghosts, and ghosts cannot directly harm people.

They need to create some bizarre movements to cause fear and psychological turmoil in the target, exposing their flaws before they can possess them.

Killing ghosts requires acting, props, and points to buy, so since the second time, he has rejected the other party on the grounds that he is busy.

Mouri Kogoro was disappointed after going there several times, but he still didn't believe there were ghosts in the world. Finally, one time he opened a ghost house and his mouth became crooked the next day. It was probably caused by the ghost blowing wind.

It was this crooked mouth that caused him to end his ghost-hunting activities.

"Dad, I will go to the amusement park with my classmates. You can figure out what to do for dinner."

"Oh, I know."

……

Fujiwara was currently at the magazine discussing the signing with the comics editor.

"Fujiwara-kun, we are very interested in your submission of 'Death Note'. Did you create this comic independently?"

"Of course, if I didn't draw it, could it be someone else?"

Hearing Fujiwara Hoshikai's rebuttal, the editor-in-chief smiled and explained the reason for asking. It turned out that the works submitted by the editorial department must be original. As for those non-original works, the editorial department was worried that once serialization started, there would be intellectual property disputes with the original authors. And there are all kinds of endless lawsuits, so when you accept the manuscript and sign the contract, you have to check whether the comic is original by the author.

Fujiwara thought for a while. There are no authors in this world that he knew well in his previous life, so their works are unlikely to appear. Therefore, there is no problem for him to be a copywriter.

"It's all my own creation, I can guarantee it."

"Our creative concept is to create independently, and then our agency will be responsible for distribution. We plan to serialize it in the comic world once a week. If the subsequent reader experience and market feedback are good, we will publish it as a single volume."

"Okay, as far as I know, there will be a profit if the book exceeds 50,000 in a week, right?"

Before he came, he had investigated various points of cooperation between this magazine and comic book authors.

"Yes, that's right, but 50,000 copies is not a small amount, and many established authors are unable to achieve this goal when opening new themes. Ten points per week is only suitable for super popular comic books."

"I think I can give it a try."

"Oh, it seems Fujiwara-kun is quite confident. Well, our legal department will bring a draft of the contract later, and we will talk about it later."

"Ah."

Fujiwara handed the other party the next three words of his own.

There are two forms of comic publishing. One is the finished product, which is released as a completed manuscript. What readers get is a complete story, and they don’t need to wait at all, so they don’t have to worry about waiting for a weekly magazine. However, this kind of comic has a short story. With few characters, there is little chance of becoming popular.

Another type is serialization, which many newcomers and veterans in the industry choose to accumulate a large number of fans and IP through long-term serialization, and then put the works on the screen through adaptation and other methods.

It's just that this method tests the author's long-form ability, and blind persistence may not necessarily bring long-term popularity.

These methods make no difference to Fujiwara Hoshikai. His comics are not drawn by himself, and the logical lines of the stories are not designed by him. He only needs to move his fingers to buy in the system mall, and he can continuously obtain comics. The whole set is handed over to him. edit.

After reading the last three chapters, the editor changed his attitude in the morning, and also believed that the manga could be published as a standalone volume. However, since Fujiwara Hoshimi is a newcomer and the theme of this volume is using super powers to punish bad guys, it is different from the works that the editorial department has handled in the past. In order to avoid market conflicts, I plan to try serialization in comic magazines to see the response.

The two parties signed a contract in the afternoon. The two parties agreed that if a single book is released and exceeds 10 yuan in a single week, % of the sales will be distributed to Fujiwara Hoshikai in the form of dividends.

"Okay, I agree." Although 10% seemed like a small amount, when he thought that his future sales might be far less than that, he put aside his doubts and walked out of the comics club happily.

Today is Saturday, and Fujiwara seems to have no other plans, so he plans to catch up on his sleep and treat himself.

When he reached the door of his house and was about to go in, Azusa Enomoto from across the street stopped him.

"Fujiwara-kun~"

"Huh?" Fujiwara Xinghai turned around in surprise and found an unknown girl calling his name.

"who is she?"

Azusa Enomoto, who was wearing casual clothes, was looking at Fujiwara Hoshimi expectantly with her fingers crossed.

Last week, the other party made an appointment with her to go to the amusement park. She happened to be free today, so she made special preparations.

Fujiwara crossed the street with doubts, came to the girl, and asked puzzledly, "Who are you?"

Seeing the other party pretending not to recognize him made Azusa Enomoto feel inexplicably funny.

"Haha, I'm Enomoto. Can't you recognize Fujiwara-kun?"

She usually doesn't wear much makeup when she goes to work, but today she put on light makeup for a date and combed her hair to the left. Although there must be some changes from usual, it's not unrecognizable, right?
  "Are you Azusa Enomoto?"

When Fujiwara heard the other person calling herself Enomoto, he immediately thought of the waitress at the Polo Cafe who was usually funny to him.

In his impression, Azusa Enomoto is a kind and gentle young lady, and yesterday he even praised her that she would look better if she let her hair down.

But the most critical question is, Azusa Enomoto doesn’t look like this.

"Pfft~ That's right. Fujiwara-kun praised me yesterday. Can't you recognize me now?"

Azusa Enomoto covered her mouth with a proud look and smiled, "Fujiwara-kun's reaction is so exaggerated."

"Are you really Enomoto Azusa? You are not the same person with the same name, right? Why do I think you are joining forces with the real Enomoto to punish me?"

A living person turns into a face that is different from before the next day, which is more or less weird.

"Oh, Fujiwara-kun, why don't you believe it? I am really that Azusa Enomoto."

"Uh uh uh uh uh uh uh..."

Through constant testing, Fujiwara basically confirmed the fact that the other party was Azusa Enomoto, but he still couldn't accept the sudden change of face.

"Sorry, you have really changed a lot. I need some time to adapt."

"Well, I'll wait."

……

The two took the tram to Dorobika Paradise.

Dorobite Tropical Amusement Park, where it all began.

Kudo Shinichi was drugged and reduced in size by Gin, a famous killer of the black organization, which opened up the endless cases that followed and the increasingly complicated Dream of Red Mansions.

If Gin had been braver and killed Kudo Shinichi with one shot, there might not have been any messy cases later.

(End of this chapter)