Zongman: Why is your comic full of knives?

Chapter 36

Afternoon.

After school

"Damn it! Didn’t you say you wouldn’t even buy a dog? How come it’s gone again!?"

After coming out of the bookstore, Tanaka’s face was distorted and he was very depressed.

For this comic, he ran out of the classroom before the teacher called for the end of class. Maybe he would be asked to go to the office tomorrow?

In addition, he rejected the invitation of two good friends to sing karaoke at noon! It is said that a girl will come this afternoon!? If he develops a deeper relationship with the girl, maybe he can get a girlfriend and get out of being single!?

Knowing this, the young man resolutely embarked on another journey for the pursuit in his heart.

However...

"Damn it! I have come this far, and it is still not enough! ?"

The young man was sad.

You may be unfamiliar with this Tanaka, but you should have an impression of the three junior students that Nangong met on the way to school this morning.

Rongsheng was promoted to the first grade, which means that he is already a mature man!

Those things that make him look childish should be thrown away!

The toys that he packed and sealed during the holidays, which recorded every bit of his life from childhood to adulthood, are Tanaka's determination to let go of the past!

Growth is like this, and it always comes at a price!

Among the many synonyms for"childishness", magical girls are the most typical one.

"That's something girls like."

In fact, when girls are in fifth or sixth grade or in junior high school, they probably won't like the"magical girls" who grew up with them when they were young. They are more obsessed with stars, makeup, clothes, bags and other things.

This also makes the status of magical girls more embarrassing.

Tanaka didn't like magical girls since he was a child. He was naive and childish. If the world was really so beautiful, wouldn't the world be peaceful long ago?

"It's just a trick to fool kids."

If he doesn't like magical girls, why would Tanaka spend time, money and energy to buy them?

"Damn it! Why do you have to draw magical girls when you have such a beautiful style!!"

It just hits his XP perfectly!

This damn beauty!

Even if you hate the theme of magical girls, you can't help but want to buy a copy for your collection!

Passing by the subway station, looking at the posters used for promotion, Tanaka couldn't help but complain, then buried his head in the map displayed on the navigation in his hand, and hurried to the next bookstore.

This time, because there is a phone number for this store on the Internet, Tanaka specially called it first for consultation!

After getting a definite answer, he chose to go.

This time, he is determined to get it!......

Tanaka walked into the bookstore.

With a quick glance, he quickly found that"Magic Circle" was in the center position today!

After all, this is also a candidate for the Shueisha Tezuka Award.

No matter how negative the online reviews are, the past reputation and strength are there, everyone is willing to take the book, and even give it a good position. If it were a smaller publishing house, facing this overwhelming rhythm, no matter how good the content is, there is a risk of sudden death.

I can only say that this is the difference between large and small companies!

"Great!"

Tanaka clenched his fist, excited.

He took two quick steps forward and stretched out his hand.......

""Hmm!?" x3 confused voices rang out almost at the same time.

Tanaka glanced around and showed a surprised expression on his face.

"Tabata-kun...And Shihara-kun? Why are you here!?"

Damn it! In order to avoid meeting acquaintances, I deliberately chose this place that takes half an hour to get to by subway!!

Why did I still meet acquaintances!?

It had to be these two guys!!

Needless to say, these two are of course the two new friends that Tanaka made in school after entering high school.

They are also the trio that Nangong Mu saw in the morning.

Facing Tanaka who took the initiative, the two men had stern faces, but their eyes were wandering.

"I...I live nearby"

"I...I came to visit my sister!"

Tanaka was stunned, then became furious:"Sister? You actually have a sister! ? Why have I never heard you mention her after being friends for so long!!"

Tabata also asked angrily:"Don't you treat brothers as brothers? Don't you trust our character! ?"

Trust? Don't you know what kind of people you are! ?

But before Zhiyuan could speak, the proprietress of the bookstore said with a fake smile:"Sir, please keep your voice down"

"Also, if you don't plan to buy anything, could you please not block other customers?"

"Smith Marseille!"

""I'm so sorry!"

The three of them bowed, and at the same time noticed that several people had appeared behind them. They looked at the only three single books left on the table. They looked at each other. The tacit understanding they had developed since the beginning of the school year made the three of them attack at the same time, reaching for different targets!

Smiles appeared on the faces of the three young men.

"Boss, check out!"

Outside the x3 bookstore, the three of them looked at each other with a copy of Madoka in their hands and fell into silence.

The morning scenes flashed before their eyes.

The joy of getting the book was gone, and instead the melancholy of the cigarette afterwards lingered in their hearts.

It was Zhiyuan who broke the silence first.

"that......My sister is still waiting for me to send the comics to her. I'm leaving first."

"By the way, my friend who asked me to help buy"Magic Circle" is still waiting for me. See you later."

That was true, but their eyes fell on Tanaka at the same time, and they didn't seem anxious at all.

"Well, my cousin's birthday is the day after tomorrow. Don't little girls like magical girls? I was thinking of buying her a book as a gift."

After saying that, the three of them looked at each other.

Their eyes were filled with tacit understanding, and the friendship between the men was sublimated.

"Since everyone is busy,......See you tomorrow?"

"See you tomorrow!" x2After saying that, the three of them turned around at the same time and left in different directions......

Although the opinions on"Magic Circle" on the Internet are almost all negative.

But not everyone cares about that kind of thing.

Whether it is out of trust in Shueisha, or curiosity about this so-called"genius cartoonist", or simply support for Shueisha, many people choose to buy a copy.

So the sales are not as bad as imagined.

After the students got out of school, the sales increased a lot.

However......

"What is the current total sales volume?"

Facing Yinsha Jianzhang's nervous question, the staff member said with some headache:"Yinsha editor, the sales statistics of new books are not that simple."

"Not to mention that not even a day has passed yet, so there is no place to count. Even if the data is collected after a day, it will take time for us to count."

""Oh oh."

Yinsha saw Zhang absentmindedly looking at the time and nodded.

Seeing her like this, the man knew that he had said nothing again, and a helpless expression appeared on his face.

"How about recording a sound, and when the editor of Yinsha asks about it again half an hour later, just play it for her?"

"Xiao Yinsha, please don't make things difficult for others."

Yinsha saw Zhang come back to his senses and saw Minano Chan who appeared beside him at some point, with a look of surprise on his face.

Then he spoke nervously:"Editor-in-chief Minano, why are you here?"

"Because I didn't see you at my workstation, I asked around and found you."

"Um, is there something wrong?"

"A little bit." Minano nodded. Although her face was younger than her age, she showed a completely different maturity."But now, compared to what I need you to do, your problem is bigger."

"Eh!?"

Minano explained,"Although I understand your concern about the success of the work of the first teacher you are responsible for, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

"Besides, the editor-in-chief and I are not stupid. We have the confidence to take such measures, which shows that we are optimistic about this work."

"Phew."

Even the editor-in-chief and the editor-in-chief are so optimistic, it seems that there should be no problem!

"Of course, no matter how optimistic you are, without market verification, you will never know what kind of results you will achieve in the end."

"？？"

Yinsha saw Zhang's heart, which had just been relieved, suddenly became tense again.

Minano Chan seemed not to notice and spoke to herself:"But no matter what the result is, it's best not to have too high expectations for the sales on the first day."

"Go home and have a good rest today."

"The next few days might be very hard, yo?"......

At 8:10 p.m.,

Yinsha saw Zhang and didn't know how she got home. She only remembered that out of respect for Chief Editor Minano, she followed his advice and chose to go home after work.

In her mind, she kept replaying what Chief Editor Minano said to her.

After a while,

Yinsha saw Zhang gave up thinking.

"These big shots always like to say these complicated words, can't they just be more straightforward and clear?"

Riddler is so annoying!

He turned on the phone and logged into the forum.

He ignored the 99+ message in the upper right corner.

Don't ask, if you ask, it's a 24-hour high-intensity confrontation!

Only she can bully her author!

Although in fact, she is the one who is bullied every time......

After reading a few posts out of boredom, Yinsha saw that Zhang suddenly became a little confused.

"By the way, why are there so few people discussing Madoka Magica today?"