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

Chapter 96 Young man, you are drinking poison to quench your thirst!
"Yes, Mr. Xiaoshan arranged this gambling party. The key is the subscription situation of the two works." Director Mikami looked at the interface of his mobile phone: "'Harem Steel Fist' and 'One Punch Man' should have been put on sale. It's hard to tell who will win for now."

Minister Baigui also checked the webpage records: "The collection of "Harem Steel Fist" exceeds 16, and "One Punch Man" is close to 15!"

Gotada Takeshi glanced at Oda Shingo with pride: "Oh, it seems I started first?"

"Collection does not mean high subscription. It depends on the readers' preference." Oda Shingo said calmly.

The atmosphere at the scene became a little tense, and everyone took out their mobile phones. However, only the notebook taken out by Assistant Okita could display the background subscription summary more accurately.

This gamble is closely related to everyone present.

We are here to help, Mr. Gou Tianwu must not lose, otherwise the Hyakki department will not have a good impression! The assistants who came to help in two batches were also very nervous.

The exquisite dishes from the izakaya began to be served, and everyone began to eat and chat.

Vice President Xiaoshan was the most relaxed, constantly inviting people around him to eat this and that.

"Mr. Hyakki, are you well prepared?" Vice President Oyama asked in a low voice, taking the opportunity to lean closer to speak.

"Don't worry, I have been running this magazine department for ten years, so I have no problem with my connections." Minister Baigui said confidently.

Not only did he ask several cartoonists to direct traffic to "Harem Steel Fist", he also asked them to post an online announcement together at 8 o'clock tonight, asking readers to support it more.

Although many readers don't buy into this, there are still many die-hard fans who only obey the author. This time, it will be no problem to bring in at least 3,000 subscriptions.

I have more collections than you, a higher subscription base than you, and everyone in the industry is my friend, how can you fight me?!
Minister Hyakki looked at Mikami Saburo and Oda Shingo with pride.

But Saburo Mikami looked worried, but Nobuo Oda was eating with his two sisters heartlessly.

"This eel is expensive! You must eat it!" Oda Shingo gestured to Namikaze Yuzuru to pick it up.

Then, across from her seat, he called out to Fujido Kasumiku not to put down his chopsticks: "Eat the expensive ones, don't touch the seaweed or rice balls! Let's have the tempura!"

Humph! Country bumpkin! Both the head of the Hyakki Department and the vice president of the company, Xiaoshan, complained in their hearts: It's just a very ordinary meal, why do you act like you have never seen the world?

However, Assistant Okita and Director Mikami were moved to tears.

Minister Mikami looked at me and said: Okita-kun, it would be a good idea to pay Oda Shingo the royalties as soon as possible!

Assistant Okita nodded vigorously to Minister Mikami: Minister, you have never seen them dig bamboo shoots from the green belts as side dishes!
Being a cartoonist is really not easy!

Tian Gangwu's assistants were restrained, after all, they were afraid of leaving a bad impression.

So, Oda Nobuo took advantage of the fact that Vice President Koyama paid the bill and only ate the expensive food.

"You've just recovered from your injury, so don't eat too much." Only Namikaze Youhe reminded him.

While eating and chatting, Deputy Minister Xiaoshan suddenly said, "Okita-kun, it's almost ten minutes past eight o'clock. What's the subscription number shown on your backend?"

Assistant Okita looked a little unhappy.

He hesitated for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The number of subscriptions for Harem Steel Fist is about 2300, and the number of subscriptions for One Punch Man is about 1900."

Both comics were considered hits for the web department, but the latter fell behind.

"Oh!" Chief Hyakki was excited and patted Gouda Takeshi beside him vigorously, "Well done!"

Gouda Takeshi laughed and looked at Oda Shingo with a provocative look.

Mikami Saburo looked at Oda Shingo with a worried look. Namikaze Yuzuru and Fujido Kaoshi also put down their chopsticks.

"Hey, what are you standing there for? Keep eating!" Oda Shingo called out to the people around him, "Don't worry, let the subscription fly for a while."

He was able to know the identities of several semi-professional cartoonists in advance, so he was naturally well aware that Minister Baigui had summoned well-known cartoonists in the industry to attract traffic.

Since there is a group of big guys pulling the strings, it is normal to take the lead in the early stages.

At the same time, Oda Shingo has already studied "Harem Steel Fist" and he is quite confident.

Minister Baigui asked with concern: "It's 8:10 now. According to custom, the second chapter of the VIP version should be released after it is put on the shelves, right?"

Gouda Takeshi immediately responded: "Yes, we have prepared three more chapters!"

"Good! Very motivated!" Minister Baigui was very pleased. This week, Gotada Takeshi was able to maintain the pace of one update per week, and even had three VIP updates at the end, which was enough to satisfy people.

It’s worth it that I mobilized so many resources for you!

After hearing this, Assistant Okita was moved and checked the background upload records of Oda Shingo in advance. His expression immediately improved a lot.

Everyone continued to eat and occasionally toasted each other.

Oda Shingo responded appropriately, without showing any sign of fear that young people would show, which surprised the vice president and others.

At 8:20, Minister Hyakki suddenly said provocatively: "Oda-kun, young man, you only have two assistants. You have been updating every day before. It must be very hard."

Oda Shingo had food in his mouth and could only nod silently, looking like he was doing fine.

But in the eyes of Minister Baigui, this was a sign of guilty conscience.

"Hehehe, I wonder how many chapters you have prepared?" Minister Baigui pressed on.

Oda Shingo continued chewing, put down the chopsticks in his right hand and raised his index finger.

"Oh, only one chapter. Well, that's understandable. After all, we have few people and insufficient experience... huh?" Minister Baigui's teasing words were abruptly cut off.

Because he watched with his own eyes as Oda Shingo raised his index finger with his right hand, and slowly, the other fingers also stretched out.

He showed a slap to Minister Hyakki!

No, no way? Five more?! Except for Oda Shingo and his group, Vice President Koyama couldn't believe it.

Everyone present was an expert, and they knew that updating an episode involved a lot of content and was simply impossible to complete in a short period of time. How did he manage to update five episodes with only two assistants?
But before they could close their mouths in surprise, Oda Nobuo stretched out his left hand again, also with five fingers spread out, and placed it on his right hand.

Five on each side, this is how ten is represented in Japanese!
The Japanese habit of expressing numbers is very different from that of China. Their methods of expressing one to five are the same, but six to ten are expressed with both hands.

"All of it is released in one breath." Oda Shingo smiled and made a joke.

"Ten, ten more chapters?! Impossible!" Gouda Takeshi almost slammed the table and jumped up.

Minister Baigui stopped him and winked.

Yes, yes, yes. If we work hard to catch up, maybe we can produce ten chapters, but the plot, storyboards and graphics will all collapse.

"Drinking poison to quench thirst! You are still young! Your self-destructive rapid update will only lead to an avalanche of subscriptions!" A smile appeared on Gouda Takeshi's face again. He said this in a sermon-like manner and then sat down steadily.

Minister Hyakki laughed, while Vice President Koyama smiled.

Gotada Takeshi asked again: "Oh, Okita-kun, could you please check the subscription status in the backend?"

His subscriptions will collapse! An avalanche of decline! Gotada Takeshi was certain.

After hearing what he said, Assistant Okita opened the backstage. After taking a closer look, he looked back and forth twice in disbelief, with a strange expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Minister Mikami was quite a distance away from him and couldn't wait to ask.

"It seems... I've caught up with you."

"How much is the subscription?" Saburo Mikami's eyes lit up.

The others also stretched their necks subconsciously.

“《后宫钢拳》三话，订阅数分别是《后宫钢拳》约3100、2700、1600，《一拳超人》3000、2900、2900、2900、2800、3200！3300！3000、2900、2900！”

The subscription rate of the later episodes of "One Punch Man" is higher than that of the first episode because there will always be readers who jump to subscribe and only click to subscribe when the plot reaches its climax.

But all the subscription numbers are very close, indicating that the reader stickiness is very high! The comics have been updated for ten chapters, and there is absolutely no collapse!

When these numbers came out, almost everyone's jaw dropped. It was as if Gotada Takeshi was choking, he opened his mouth wide, unable to breathe, and stared at his opponent with bulging eyes.

Only Oda Shingo chewed a squid tentacles and said in a gurgling voice: "I am young, drinking poison to quench thirst, drinking poison to quench thirst, that's all!"

(End of this chapter)