Chapter 248 Aren’t There Still Rich and Traitorous Old Thieves?

Horiuchi Marue's words struck a chord in everyone's mind. If the weekly jump sales drop by 50% next week, it will not only cause monetary losses, but also damage the credibility accumulated over the years. This is crucial. of!

The sales volume of Weekly Jump has dropped, which shows that the quality of comics is not as good as before. This may not be a big problem for small and medium-sized publishing houses, but the golden brand of Weekly Jump will not be as good as before, and Kodansha and Shogakukan will also take advantage of the opportunity. .

Even if they are rivals, Shueisha has to admit that Kodansha and Shogakukan are indeed becoming more and more popular. Although the two works "Fairy Tail" and "Inuyasha" are not phenomenal comics, they are still good works.

One of the main themes that Weekly Jump insists on is "friendship", "effort" and "victory". However, the overall number one this week is the love harem-oriented "Princess".

This is not to say that Mr. Kentaro Yabuki’s work "The Hideout Princess" is not good at all. If the work is not excellent, it will not be qualified to be serialized in Weekly Jump.

Being able to be serialized in Weekly Jump is an affirmation in itself. It's just that the current weekly jump makes them feel mixed, as if they are hearing silent ridicule from others.

"Um...isn't there Mr. Togashi?"

Matsuzawa Kazuki said hesitantly that they had expected that this would happen to Dragon Ball. After all, Shueisha still had Yoshihiro Togashi.

The comic "Hunter" is no worse than a phenomenal comic. If it weren't for the update, it would have become a phenomenal comic by now.

When encountering difficulties at the moment, Kazuki Matsuzawa immediately thought of Yoshihiro Togashi, the manga master who can now support Shueisha's golden signature.

"Yes, Matsuzawa-kun, you are right. We still have Mr. Yoshihiro Togashi and the full-time hunter that is being serialized. But this time, whether Mr. Togashi can last for one month or two months, who knows? "

Junichi Ishimoto had a bitter smile on his lips, with no sarcasm in it. He just explained a fact lightly. Matsuzawa Kazuki's face turned red when he heard this.

A few people in the conference room also shook their heads secretly. Kazuki Matsuzawa was right. This situation can completely drag Yoshihiro Togashi, who is playing mahjong, out of the series. For the sake of so many years of kindness, I believe the other party. Will also be willing to stand up.

But as Junichi Ishimoto said, even if Yoshihiro Togashi stood up, he could only pick up the pen and serialize it for about a month or two at most.

During this period of time, Shueisha's sales are indeed fine, and it is very likely that the sales will be very good, but there are still seven full months left in this year. Even if Togashi Yoshihiro serialized it for two months, after two months, There are only five months left in this year...

The distant water cannot save the near fire, and it is impossible to force Yoshihiro Togashi to serialize it, because the two parties have already signed a contract. If the force is too much, Yoshihiro Togashi, as a comic master, can even now completely stop the fire. Accept Shueisha's request.

"At this point, we can only ask Mr. Togashi to help."

There was a trace of sadness between Horiuchi Maru's brows, and his tone was quite helpless when he spoke.

If possible, Horiuchi Marue doesn't want to use this trump card, and things like favors should be used once and less, but there is nothing that can be done about it.

If the sales of Weekly Jump were reduced by 50%, I believe that various reports and news on TV would appear the next day.

Thinking of this, Horiuchi Marue felt a headache again. He stretched out his hand and gently rubbed his temples. After a while, he calmed down and faced everyone and continued: "We still have one to two months left. During the buffer period, we have to prepare for the worst and treat the remaining time as one month.

During this period, I hope that you can vigorously explore new talents with good potential. In addition, Kamushi-sensei will be left to Editor Iida. I will also bother Editor-in-Chief Matsumoto to ask Togashi-sensei to serialize it. Please try his best to ask Tomi Teacher Jian can make the serialization time longer. "

"Okay, President."

Everyone shouted in unison, now only using this plan can the current crisis be solved.

During the serialization of Hunter, we might be able to unearth a very good newcomer who can carry the cauldron. Although this possibility is very small, we still have to try.

Editor-in-chief Matsumoto, Ayano Iida and others knew that Horiuchi Marue really placed all his hopes on the God Lord. As long as the plot of Dragon Ball can return to the level of the first three chapters, then all the current problems will disappear.

In fact, there is another option, which is to ask Kubo to lead people to continue drawing comics like Death during this period. This method is the safest.

Unfortunately, Kubo Taito has made it clear that he will no longer draw long-form comics such as the God of Death, and will only try to create short-form everyday comics.

After knowing Kubo's will, even Horiuchi Marue, the president of Shueisha, chose to respect him.

Kubo has now become one of the Tarzan Beidou characters in the comics industry, and with the pen in his hand, he has supported the glory of Shueisha for more than ten years. It can be said that his contribution to Shueisha is very huge.

In fact, when the Bleach serialization reached its later stages, Shueisha changed Kubo's contract to the same contract as Togashi Yoshihiro's. This was Shueisha's respect for Kubo.

Horiuchi Marue glanced at everyone and said, "Well, do you have any questions you would like to ask? If not, this meeting will be dismissed."

There was silence in the conference room. Horiuchi Marue nodded upon seeing this, stood up from his seat and walked out slowly.

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After the meeting, Shuji Matsumoto returned to his office immediately, picked up his cell phone and dialed a number.

After a while of ringing, the call was successfully dialed. Shuji Matsumoto even heard the sound of playing mahjong through the phone, his face became serious, and he sincerely requested to the other end of the phone: "Teacher Togashi, I On behalf of Shueisha, I have something important to ask of you, please!"

Straight to the point, without a trace of muddiness, Matsumoto Shuji was completely asking the other party in a low profile at this time.

After a while, Shuji Matsumoto still didn't hear the reply from the other party, but the phone still showed that it was connected. At the same time, there was no sound related to mahjong on the other end of the phone, only the familiar sound of smoking.

He waited patiently for Yoshihiro Togashi's reply. Even though the two parties were separated by the phone and could not see each other's expressions, Shuji Matsumoto still had a serious expression on his face.