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

Chapter 86: Gambling Party, See You There

On Monday, the Qun Ying Society held a regular meeting.

Although Monday is the first day of the working week, for many magazine editors there is no such thing as a day off.

Quiet.

The meeting was very quiet.

The president recently went to the foundation's headquarters for a meeting, so Vice President Noritaka Koyama presided over the regular meeting.

"This week, the decline in sales of Jump magazine has decreased, with over a million copies sold during the week. But we need to ask, why is the net profit still negative?" a director spoke in an accountable tone.

He drummed his fingers as he spoke.

Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta-ta…

The beating changed with his tone, sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, as if forcing the person's heartbeat to change accordingly.

At the very least, it will make people feel uneasy.

Another director also rapped on the table, making a tapping sound while speaking in a stern tone: "What other expenses can be saved? Tea? Coffee? Hot water? Which department is wasting the budget?!"

Several eyes were cast towards Saburo Mikami from the web department.

Saburo Mikami was already used to such treatment; he just pushed his glasses up and picked up the cup to take a sip of tea.

He had a feeling in his heart that after getting used to the oppression from Oda Nobuo, facing this group of old guys would be a piece of cake!
"Mikami-kun! I think the web department must have done a lot of work and worked very hard!" A director said earnestly, "But how is the profit? I know that the revenue of our magazine department has been maintained, but what about yours? Do you want to add some budget? Sometimes, a slight mistake can lead to a sudden change in profits."

He also kept tapping the table with his fingers, making a sound like forcing a palace to abdicate.

I don't believe you, you old man are so bad! San Shang Saburo watched the other person's performance quietly.

In an old stock corporation, there are naturally divisions among factions. Saburo Mikami belongs to the president faction, while Hyakki of the main publication department belongs to the vice president faction.

To put it simply, the president is a native and the vice president is a member of the headquarters' heavenly faction.

But at the same time, the company also involves alumni from Tokyo University of the Arts and alumni from Kyoto Seika University, which makes things very complicated.

But what is certain is that due to pressure from the headquarters, the position of the president is somewhat unstable, and some directors have begun to lean towards the vice president.

Perhaps a power struggle may break out at any time.

The failure of the web department, which the president has placed a heavy bet on, could be the beginning of the collapse of everything.

Another executive director said, "Director Mikami, I have always wondered how much profit we can get from investing such a large budget in the web department every year."

"Hi! The current revenue situation of the web department is in line with the plan of the five-year development phase plan..." Minister Mikami brought out the execution case that had been used many times.

Because the birth of the web department is an investment that cannot be rushed. From the time the department was established three years ago, it was indeed said that it would take five years.

"No! I don't want to hear about five years! What I want is results! Results that can be seen with the naked eye!" The director got angry and slapped the table.

Minister Mikami stopped explaining the execution case and looked at him expressionlessly.

I won't have any conflict with you until the president comes back.

Even if there was the initial success of "One Punch Man", he didn't plan to talk about it at this time.

Mikami knew very well that the other party was just looking for a fight with him and would not give him any chance to reason.

"Okay, okay, we are in a meeting." Vice President Noritaka Koyama asked the hot-tempered director to sit down, "Each department should start reporting on their recent work one by one!"

The meeting continued with the vice president's seemingly mediating efforts.

The whole process was tense.

End of the meeting.

The directors left one after another.

The ministers of various departments also gradually left.

"Mikami, Hyakki, let's have a small drinking party next weekend, Saturday! I'll book the pub."

After the meeting, Vice President Noritaka Koyama called over Saburo Mikami and Hayato Hyakki and said to them with a smile, "Each of you should bring a few friends with you, and have friendly exchanges while looking at the subscription results."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Sankami Saburo bowed.

"I will invite Takeshi Gouda and several of his assistants!" Hayato Hyakki's face trembled and he glanced at him.

Saburo Mikami was certain that Chief Hyakki must have known about this arrangement.

"By the way, next Saturday is the day when the two works you bet on will be put on the shelves for first pre-order, right?" Koyama Noritaka slapped his forehead as if he had just remembered it and said cheerfully: "Then Mikami-kun, you bring the cartoonist of "One Punch Man" with you. How many assistants does he have? Come together!"

San Shang Saburo didn't speak for a few seconds. After thinking carefully in his mind, he spoke: "Mr. Xiaoshan, our bet really embarrassed you. How will the first bet be won? Are you going to decide it on the spot?"

Vice President Noritaka Koyama nodded and said, "Let's meet at 8pm. We'll start with a drink and both works will be put on sale together!"

Minister Baigui replied, "Okay! Let's take a look together so we can communicate. But we just need a time limit."

The vice president thought for a moment and said, "Until 2 a.m. Well, this time is a bit early, but let's do it this time! The six-hour race will decide the winner!"

Saburo Mikami watched the two of them singing the same tune, and kept reminding himself to be cautious.

If he had been like that before, he would have agreed. But now, he had a friend who was more worthy of discussion.

"Sir Koyama, I don't know whether the artist Oda Shingo is free, and this matter is directly related to his comics after all. Excuse me, but please wait a moment." Now he put on an expression of "Oh, I can't make up my mind" and went out of the meeting room with his mobile phone.

Minister Hyakki shouted at Mikami Saburo who was walking out, "Hey, hey! Mikami, are you scared? If you lose, you will just stay in the basement and lose some budget. Look at how scared you are?"

It sounded lightly said, but Sankami Saburo snorted inwardly.

The web department won and can move out of the basement and replace the magazine department on the third floor of the building.

But if the web department loses, not only will they have to stay in the basement, but their budget will also be slashed! They might even become a defeated department without any budget!

Saburo Mikami ignored him and went outside to call Oda Shingo.

In the meeting room, Minister Baigui said impatiently: "This Sankami Saburo is so nagging!"

Vice President Norihiro looked out the door and said solemnly, "If he is a smart man, he will back off."

But within a minute, Saburo Mikami came back.

"Thank you very much for the invitation, Mr. Koyama!" Saburo Mikami bowed deeply to him.

Vice President Xiaoshan frowned.

Is he going to refuse?

The chief of the Hundred Ghosts yelled, "Mikami Saburo, when did you become so spineless? You don't even dare to drink a glass of wine?"

"Minister Hyakki, when have I ever been afraid?" Sankami Saburo straightened up, his face was indeed freezing cold.

He took out his cell phone and switched it to speaker mode. "This is a direct conversation between Oda Shingo and the two of you. Lord Koyama, I apologize for your rudeness."

Soon, Oda Shingo's voice came from the phone: "Is this Mr. Koyama and Minister Hyakki? I'm sorry for not being able to talk to you in person."

Although mobile phone conversations are extremely impolite, from the perspective of both parties, they are still quite polite.

Vice President Noritaka Koyama was very high-ranking and polite even when talking on the phone: "Oh, is that Oda Shingo? I'm glad that Qunying Society has a young talent like you!"

Minister Baigui snorted, thinking that he was just a newly debuted cartoonist and was not worthy of his attention at all, let alone having a conversation with him on the phone.

"Oda Shingo is deeply grateful for your kindness and concern, Mr. Koyama. As for Minister Hyakki and his cartoonist Gotada Takeshi, I also have something to say..."

Oda Shingo's voice came out clearly from the phone, and the voice suddenly became sonorous and powerful.

"Next Saturday! See you there!"

"People are having a drinking party, and comics are on the shelves!"

"The bet is settled, if you're scared, go home!"

It will be available on the shelves at midnight on Saturday! Dear readers, please remember to support us. I love you (づ￣3￣)づ╭～

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