Chapter 531 Love Brain

The debate over whether Hojo Kyosuke is the owner of the Ningyo Printing Machine or the "Manga Master System" has been temporarily put aside because there are more important things now.

Tetsuya Shimomura looked at the comic in his hand, frowning, unable to make a judgment.

Whether comics have connotations, whether they can convey emotions to people, whether they reveal certain truths... all these questions can only be considered after a work can actually survive. To determine whether a work is excellent and whether it can survive in a cruel market, whether it is interesting or not is the only criterion.

"Detective Conan", should I say it is worthy of Mr. Hojo? The opening chapter is excellent, with "Heisei Sherlock Holmes" as the title without reservation, and the protagonist's talent as a detective is fully demonstrated in just a few pages. After that, a foreshadowing that is far-reaching at first glance is laid, giving motivations to the protagonist's subsequent actions.

The character of the heroine is also very good. She looks gentle and sweet, but she is actually a karate master who can break wire poles with one punch.

Dr. Frankenstein, the detective novelist father, the incompetent policeman, all are the ingredients for a great comic.

If this was a work by a newcomer, Tetsu Shimomura would not hesitate to recommend him to participate in the magazine's Newcomer Award and directly guarantee that he would win.

But here's the problem. The person who came up with this comic is not an unknown novice, but Mr. Hojo Kyosuke, who has already made a name for himself in the world of comics and mystery novels.

Although the first few cases are interesting from my own point of view, there is no doubt that true mystery fans will have doubts when they see such works: "This kind of work was really painted by that Hojo teacher." Isn't it because he sold his pen name?"

As a celebrity, enjoying the benefits of fame inevitably comes with many shackles.

Thinking like this, Tetsuya Shimomura expressed these worries one by one. During the process, he also took out the popular detective comic "Shuichi Immortal" from the "Shounen Magic" next door as an example.

"Even this kind of comic that honestly engages in real-life reasoning, as long as the case is slightly simple, will be immediately scolded by letters. The author, Mr. Okawa, has wanted to stop publication more than once, but because of the good results, he was persuaded by the editor It will still be serialized. I saw readers’ desire for mystery-themed comics, and thought that this was your area of ​​expertise, so I asked you if I could draw a mystery-themed comic.”

Editor Shimomura slowly said that this is also a major function of editors, who are extremely sensitive to market trends. But he was not the only one who could see this, and he immediately took out a pile of documents on the table and pushed it towards the opposite side.

Hojo Kyosuke took it and took a look and found that they were all mystery comics, but they had all been cut in half. They were attempts made by "Weekly Shonen High" during this period.

It turns out that there are already so many cannon fodder, no wonder Shimomura is so cautious, he has a clear understanding in his heart.

"Your manga is good in everything, but it doesn't look like a mystery manga." Tetsuya Shimomura said.

Isn’t this a joke, I don’t know? Do you think I think he is a mystery comic?

Hojo Kyousuke complained in his mind, and then a smile appeared on his face.

After understanding editor Shimomura's worries, he no longer had any worries at all.

Is mystery comics a dead end? Fortunately, "Detective Conan" is not a mystery comic at all. As someone who has witnessed the popularity of this comic for more than 20 years and its crazy money-making, Hojo Kyosuke clearly knows who is reading this comic.

In addition to the original readers who couldn't let go of their feelings, there were also love brains, elementary school students, two-thorned apes, and CP party members waiting to fill in the gaps... Anyway, few people really expected him to have any more difficult cases.

In his previous life, Hojo Kyosuke knew a friend from a publishing house who was responsible for children's book series, mainly Ultraman and Detective Conan. In terms of specific content, he wanted to simplify these two IPs into books that children could understand. In an era when physical books were declining, his friend's publishing house relied on books like this to survive, and its life was quite prosperous.

In addition, there are a large number of viewers who loyally watch the Conan movie every year. Talk to them about Sherlock Holmes, and they will tell you that there really is such a person in Britain, and he is a very powerful detective. As for why they watch cartoons, it is of course because their husbands are in cartoons. Not only is Kudo Shinichi who has become smaller and wants to protect you, but there are also Shuichi Akai, Rei Fukiya, Kaitou Kid, etc. There are all kinds of handsome guys, regardless of whether they have brain problems or not, there is always one you like.

After the love brain is over, there is still the CP party. Excuse me, do you prefer Xinlan Lian or Ke Ailian? Mouri Kogoro and Fei Eri, Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha, Kuroba Kaito and Nakamori Aoko, Kuroba Kaito and Koizumi Anko, and the two-dimensional CP Takagi Wataru & Sato Miwako, etc., no matter what you want to talk about CP is fine, even if you want Lan Ai Lian, it’s not impossible to arrange.

If you want to say that the plot of each movie is very exciting, it is definitely not the case, but the love between Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan has firmly grasped the hearts of the people. Girls may not contribute to the box office of "The Devotion of Suspect X", but they will definitely drag their boyfriends to watch the unparalleled love between Mao Lilan and Kudo Shinichi.

After all, there is no such thing as a mystery fan.

Oh, that’s not right, there are still some. Real mystery fans are busy studying which cases in Conan are suspected of plagiarism. But this weak voice will soon be buried in the vast sea of ​​​​people.

Thinking of this, Hojo Kyosuke, who was originally worried that this comic would be acclimatized, was relieved. Since all general mystery comics are dead, there must be no problem with my love science fiction action mystery comic.

"Shimomura, if you don't read this work as a mystery comic, do you think it will be successful?" he asked with a smile.

"Isn't it a mystery comic?"

Tetsuya Shimomura was stunned, but isn't this just a mystery comic? What else could it be considered as a mystery comic?

"Just treat it as an ordinary plot manga, or simply read it as a romance manga." Hojo Kyosuke said casually.

"Romance comics?"

Shimomura Tetsuya's voice became much louder. Isn't this what he has been waiting for Hojo Kyosuke to draw? Based on himself, he is directly invincible.

"Well, look at it from a different angle, maybe you will discover a new world."

Hearing this, Tetsuya Shimomura stopped talking. After sorting out his thoughts, he lowered his head and started reading again. Having known each other for so long, he had enough knowledge of Hojo Kyosuke's wisdom to know that he was a person with extraordinary IQ and EQ, and that he could not regard him as an ordinary high school student or an autistic cartoonist who drew with his head covered.

The first time he received the other party at home, Hojo Kyosuke's maturity and stability left a deep impression on him. Later, he participated in animation production, negotiated to increase the share, withhold animation copyright... and a series of other things, this young man was very experienced. outrageous. Under that young face, there is a dirty social heart that has been tempered in society for a long time.

Love comics?…

With that in mind, he focused on the comics.

Um?

Something is wrong, very wrong...

Wait, is this really a comic like the one I read before?

As he watched, Shimomura Tetsuya's eyes opened wider and wider, and he really saw the door to the new world just like Hojo Kyosuke said.

There is nothing wrong with the setting of You Tongran. It is an enduring theme of romance novels. The only problem is that there are too many people in the painting and it is too difficult to write new ideas. But it doesn’t matter. Have you met the childhood sweethearts of high school students and elementary school students?

Even if I become smaller, I will stay by your side and protect you. After I finally realized how important you are to me, I never had the chance to say that I like you because I was worried that you would be hurt.

Although we are close at hand, our thoughts can only be conveyed through an unanswered phone call. The girl's sensitive and delicate thoughts were always unable to be expressed when facing her wooden childhood sweetheart, but now she can whisper them to the elementary school students who don't understand anything.

Watching Mao Lilan confide in Conan, leaning on the bed holding her knees and crying alone, not only did Conan want to shout out that I am Kudo Shinichi, but the readers were about to dig out their shoes with their toes, and they wanted to rush to the author's house and pull them out. He grabbed his collar and ordered him to jump from elementary school to high school immediately.

This feeling of seeing each other but not knowing each other is like scratching an itch when something is missing, and it just scratches the reader's itch.

Although the comic that Hojo Kyosuke took out only had the first few chapters, there was also a slight text outline of the subsequent plot, as well as some fragmentary pictures. For example, one of them is:

The moonlight pours down from the window. On the blue-gray bed, Mao Lilan in pajamas sits against the wall with her knees in her arms, muttering "Xinyi, where are you?", the cold moonlight shines on her eyes, making her It seems so distressing.

Outside her door, there was a big-headed elementary school student with a pillow under his arm. The little pervert originally planned to trick Mao Lilan into sleeping with her by being coquettish and cute, but when he walked outside the door, he heard crying inside.

Separated by a door, only the readers can understand the feelings of the two people apart from them.

Even Tetsuya Shimomura, an old man whose son is in high school, can feel the pain.

hiss……

Is it possible that this is really a romance comic?

If you think about it carefully, in Mr. Hojo's mystery novel "The Devotion of Suspect X", didn't the protagonist kill someone because of love? Without that heavy and suffocating love, this work would not be so popular.

hiss……

Could it be that it is also a love novel?

Wait, wait, if you think about it again, "Attack on Titan", Mikasa and Eren, Captain and Eren, Eren and... following this line of thinking, "One Punch Man"... Uh, this A bit embarrassing...

With his mind open, Tetsuya Shimomura felt that the world had become extremely bright.

Sure enough, love is the eternal theme of mankind!

Fall in love while fighting wars, fall in love with lawsuits, fall in love by conquering the world, fall in love with inventions, fall in love in other worlds... Life is all about falling in love!

Mr. Hojo, what a genius!

"You are truly a genius, Mr. Hojo!"

Shimomura Tetsuya raised his head, his eyes full of reverence.

"No, editor Shimomura's constant guidance is also very important." Hojo Kyosuke said modestly.

"If you don't limit your attention to mystery fans, this comic can be said to be simply excellent."

Tetsuya Shimomura sounded excited. It is true that the status of mystery novels in the neon literary world is unique, but they are comics magazines, and they are still shonen comics! What do teenage boys and girls care about? Apart from killing, killing, killing, there is only XXXX, and the audience is much larger than that of mystery fans!

Every genre has its own target group. Many works have been criticized because their target group is too obvious. Tetsuya Shimomura initially viewed the comic "Detective Conan" from the perspective of reasoning as a reader, but now that he has changed his perspective, he suddenly realizes that the world is vast and there is much to do!

"In this case, the promotion strategy needs to be slightly adjusted. If I were to serialize it before, I would have focused on the Holmes of Heisei, but now..."

The editor-in-chief looked extremely excited and had already planned a promotion plan.

Hojo Kyosuke looked at the old man in front of him and smiled gradually.

That's right, don't worry so much, just think about how to make my work more popular and make me earn more money.

Then the two discussed the plot for a while, mainly for Hojo Kyosuke to tell editor Shimomura. The more the old man listened, the more excited he became. With so much content, how many years would it take to serialize it! This can completely become the new pillar of the magazine!

Excited and excited, he suddenly reacted.

Why does it feel like Mr. Hojo has already drawn the content behind, otherwise how can it be so vivid?

"Hojo, you guys, have you really only completed these?" He asked, patting the drawings on the table.

"Didn't you see the timestamp? How much do you think I can draw in one morning!" Hojo Kyosuke said unhappily.

"Oh, that's right..." Shimomura Tetsuya reacted and stopped struggling. Maybe this is genius? Just like what Hojo teacher said in the interview before, he just saw another world.

After discussing for a while, Shimomura Tetsuya suddenly said worriedly:

"But this may not be good for your reputation, Hojo..."

After all, it is a bit impolite to fall in love under the guise of mystery comics, especially since the first readers must be looking for the name of Hojo Kyosuke as a mystery novelist.

"Will it affect sales?" Hojo Kyosuke asked back.

"This... maybe it will be better?"

Shimomura Tetsuya couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Black and red are also red. There is traffic when there is controversy. Those who are not interested in Hojo Kyosuke and mystery novels may buy it to see what's going on after seeing the quarrel.

"Then what's the problem?" Hojo Kyosuke also smiled.

"There is still a problem. This time I can increase your manuscript fee again." Editor Shimomura smiled brilliantly.

"It doesn't matter if the manuscript fee doesn't increase. It would be best if the royalty rate increased by a few percentage points."

"This... we still need to discuss it in a meeting."

The two of them laughed and laughed again, and the atmosphere was much better than at the beginning, until there was a knock on the door.

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