Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?.

Chapter 258 Please! Supplement "RED" urgently needs manuscripts

"No!" When Oda Shingo heard Saburo Mikami say that the director of the supplement department of "RED" was visiting, he immediately refused.

He didn't want to meet the director of the supplement department. He could tell with his bare feet that the other party was definitely here to ask for his work.

Before joining Springfield Books, Shingo Oda did his homework carefully.

In addition to its main magazine "Champion", which has a market share of more than 10%, Springfield Books also has two supplements, "PRICESS" and "RED".

The supplement "RED" is slightly different from the monthly magazine "RED" published by Akita Shoten on Earth, and is a bimonthly comic.

But the performance is a headache. The market share is less than 2%, which is even lower than Springfield Books' other supplement "PRICESS". At least they have a market share of nearly 3%.

When Saburo Mikami heard Oda Shingo's refusal, he said with a tone that he had expected it: "I understand. Now the employees of Champion worship you as a god. They don't even need to take a second look at RED."
"It's nothing, I'll hang up now." Oda Shingo wanted to continue working.

[Wait, Shingo.] Mikami Saburo tried hard to introduce.

Oda Shingo actually didn't want to listen.

How can we describe RED with such a small market share? Half-dead? Just barely surviving?

But "RED" survived by relying on its tenacious vitality.

Yes, it depends on the tenacious vitality - advertisements for safety products, delayed ejaculation products, and pleasure products.

There is a saying that goes, life has its own way.

There are no males in Jurassic Park, so the female velociraptors can change into males. In order to eat human delicacies, wild wolves can change into huskies.

Borderline + bloody + adult advertisements, this is the way out that the supplement "RED" has found.

When Oda Shingo received a call from Mikami Saburo yesterday, he immediately wanted to refuse.

The market share is so low, I won’t do it no matter how much you beg me!

But on the other end of the phone, Sansaburo Mikami said slowly: "Shingo, this director is a woman. I would like you to try to meet her."

"...What is your relationship with her?" Oda Shingo figured it out immediately. How could he not ask this? Who isn't a bystander?

[She was my first love in junior high school.]
"No wonder……"

[Secret love.]
"Pfft..." Oda Shingo said in a disappointed tone, "Secretly in love with her? Then why are you doing anything for her?"

[She was my white moonlight back then... You should understand that a man's first secret love is usually not beautiful, but unforgettable.]
"...Does she know that you had a crush on her back then?"

[I guess so……]
"..."

[Please, Shingo. According to the current development situation, RED may not survive until the end of this year. She is really trying hard to save her publication!]
Oda Shingo understood how difficult it was to save a building that was about to collapse. Especially without a master who could repair the sky, it would be difficult to save RED magazine.

Thinking about how much Mikami Saburo had always been nice to him, Oda Shingo could only agree: "Okay, let her be the lobbyist, I'll listen."

[Thank you very much! ] Saburo Mikami quickly made an appointment with Shingo Oda for tomorrow afternoon.

After hanging up the phone, Oda Shingo sighed.

Fujido Kaoru and Namikaze Youzuru both looked at him curiously.

Oda Shingo gave a brief explanation.

Namikaze Youhe felt that he was a little unhappy, and quickly comforted him: "Is this a good thing? At least it proves that you are quite powerful, Shingo!"

"No, no, I'm... forget it." Oda Shingo didn't talk about his buddy's personal affairs.

Then, Oda Shingo steadily pushed forward the dual comics plan and did not let Fujido Kaoru start drawing "Spy Play House" immediately.

"Namikaze, Toudou, and Mikami, the three of you will continue to go back to school for special training for a month. Then our studio will resume the intensive work of drawing comics."

"Hi!" The three girls agreed immediately.

Shingo Oda provided them with reference according to his previous comics training plan.

Namikaze Youhe suddenly said: "I have enough credits and I am applying for early graduation."

She has always been a loner and doesn't fit in with other students, so she has taken a lot of courses since her freshman year.

"Huh? Do you have enough credits?" Oda Shingo was a little surprised.

After checking her ability through the system, she found that her drawing skills had already surpassed 92 without any notice, which was definitely a satisfactory main drawing ability. Oda Shingo began to wonder if he had delayed her performance.

Namikaze Yuzuru is an honest child, she draws whatever Oda Shingo asks her to draw. Even when she was assisting in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", she never complained.

I believe that if Oda Shingo asked her to pose Guanyin sitting on a lotus, she would do it without hesitation, which would make Oda Shingo blush.

"Then go through the graduation procedures and see if there's anything I can do for you?"

"..." Namikaze Youhe thought for a moment, "Come with me to handle the formalities. I don't like talking to outsiders."

Oda Shingo naturally agreed.

So, Fujido Kacheng and Mikami Yuko began special training at the academy. The former was to further consolidate the basics, while the latter was to add icing on the cake to 93's painting skills.

It is better to do it today than to wait for a better day, so Oda Nobuo accompanied Namikaze Yukaku to the school.

After all, it is his alma mater, so he is familiar with it.

If you want to graduate early, the procedures are a little complicated. First, you need to get the evaluation letter from your teacher.

This was actually very easy to do, because Namikaze Yukaku's class instructor turned out to be a fan of Oda Shingo.

"Namikaze-kun, could it be that Oda-sensei is your..." the teacher asked tentatively.

Namikaze Yuzuru glanced at Oda Shingo and did not answer directly, but a smile appeared on his face.

She actually laughed?! The teacher was shocked.

Then I had to go to the teaching affairs department of the previous year to print out the grades from the management system. This was a problem because the relevant teacher was not there.

Management teachers in Japanese universities are completely different from those in China. They often work between multiple campuses and appear in different places at different times of the week.

However, there were kind teachers who reminded us that we still needed to go to the Student Affairs Department to get a settlement. For example, if we had rented a dormitory, we needed to have a conclusion of vacating the dormitory or a zero report.

All of a sudden, most of the day had passed and there was still no progress.

The complicated procedures and lazy management system made Oda Shingo quite resentful, but Namikaze Yuzuru accompanied him with a smile throughout the whole process.

No, it should be said that she was very happy when Oda Shingo accompanied Namikaze Yuzuru and ran around.

"Thank you for your hard work today." Before resting, Namikaze Youzuru thanked Oda Shingo, but did not bow. Instead, he whispered in his ear: "If you feel uncomfortable, you can call me..."

Then she ran back to her room blushing.

Oda Shingo: “?”

The next day in the afternoon.

Ding dong - the doorbell rang.

A visitor introduced by Saburo Mikami came to visit the studio.

"Sorry for disturbing you by visiting me. I am..." Ran Takano, the director of the "RED" supplement, bowed.

Even with makeup, the traces of time on the face of this female visitor are hard to hide. She has short hair and wears a white work suit, which makes her look very capable.

Namikaze Youzuru politely responded, "Teacher Oda has already told you, please come in."

Takano Ran entered the studio with the gift, and behaved well without looking around. She changed her shoes and followed Namikaze Youhe inside.

"Welcome, welcome." Oda Shingo knew she was coming and came over to greet her immediately.

Gao Yelan quickly bowed and said a few polite words, then presented the gift with both hands: "It's just a small gift, I really can't afford it, please accept it."

Oda Shingo took it with both hands: "This is your kindness, I will accept it first."

Although he was being polite in the Japanese way, Oda Nobuo really wanted to say: Just come, why are you bringing anything with you?
However, his words when accepting the gift were very clever. They were polite but also hinted at other meanings in advance.

Normally when receiving a gift, one would respond with something like "I'm sorry to have caused you to spend money" or "I'm so sorry to have troubled you." However, what Oda Shingo said is official language that has been around since the Warring States Period in Japan.

Similar to the attitude a daimyo would have towards his samurai.

The rational Shingo Oda did not want to agree to RED's request for submission.

(End of this chapter)