The encounter with Hasegawa in the restaurant was just a coincidence for Ai Fei. After the incident was over, he threw this matter behind his neck. In the next time, he had to worry about the publication of the next issue of "Crayon Shin-hshin" and "jump"!

After being there once, Osamu Tezuka didn't have any further information, which made Sakai Nanma complain that he shouldn't treat others with such an irresponsible attitude.

Ai Fei didn't care: the manuscripts were quite abundant - just sleeping for a few hours every day did not seem to have any impact on his body, which made his creation reach a peak. The only thing that made him feel a little dissatisfied was that the sales of "jump" was not as good as he imagined. There was only a total of 45,000 copies of the first batch of prints, and it was even sold at the end of the month, which also affected the enthusiasm of the agency sales point - compared with "Crayon Shin-chief", it was really slower!

Just when he and Sakai Nanma were anxious about sales, the second applicant came to his office: "I am Touyu Ankang, who once called you on the phone. This is my work, please review it." Facing the editor-in-chief who was a few years younger than him, the young man named Touyu was not surprised or nervous at all, as if he was already familiar with Ai Fei and his experience.

Ai Fei took his manuscript and looked through it. It was obvious that this young man named Niaoyu was definitely influenced by himself. Almost all the characters and lines in the works had the prototype of comics that can be seen in later generations. This can be seen from the characters' expressions, drooping eyelids, sharp divine light, and frowning brows. It can even be said that this young man has gone further than himself!

After just looking at it, Ai Fei decided to keep him: "Your name is..."

"Bird Island is healthy."

"It can be seen from your works that in the drawing of characters and scenes, there is a very mature and sophisticated thing that does not belong to the current era. Can you tell me about your experience?"

"Hi Yi! I graduated from Shizuoka University's Art Department in 1948. I have always worked in a design company. I saw your newly published "Crayon Shin-shi". Oh, I am also a loyal reader of Ai Feijun. From your works, I found that I could copy and master this novel painting method very skillfully. So I considered the creation of comic works. However, there was no systematic story, so I could only use some sporadic fragments for my own appreciation. Later, I noticed that Ai Feijun published a recruitment advertisement in his magazine, so I came here without any liberalization."

"I understand! Then what about Niaoyujun's original job?"

"If I could work in Ai Feijun's animation studio, I would leave the design company immediately!"

"So?" Ai Fei held his cheek and thought for a while: "Hey, Sakai Kan?"

"Hi!"

"You are also considered to be the senior of Torishima. Oh, let me introduce you to you. This is Sakai Shimajun, the only employee in the animation studio so far. He is also your senior. Regarding the operation and operation of the studio, as well as some of the employees, let Sakai Jun explain to you."

"Hi!" Niaoyu Ankang immediately stood up: "For the first time we met, please take care of me, I am Niaoyu Ankang."

"Please take care of me, I am Sakai Shima." The two young men met for a while, walked aside, and Sakai Shima told him.

Listening to Sakai Nanma's whispering explanation, Ai Fei stood up from his seat and walked slowly for a few steps: If Torii could join in, it would undoubtedly be good news. Although the traces of copying can be clearly seen from his works, there is no need to worry. With a little guidance from such a professional, he will become an existence that is not inferior to Sakai Nanma.

"Dingling!" The phone rang: "Hey, this is the "jump" animation studio."

"I'm sorry, I'm disturbing! I'm Hasegawa Yuemon, and I'm downstairs of your company now. Can I go up there?"

"Huh?" Ai Fei's mind turned around and he probably guessed the purpose of Hasegawa. He just made a fuss when he was stunned. He made a decision: "Well..., okay. You can come up."

"Hi! Then I'll be disturbing!"

Soon, Hasegawa and his group arrived. In addition to him, there were two more people. One of them was a photographer, holding an old-fashioned spotlight camera in his arms. Why do you still need to take pictures?

Hasegawa apologized as soon as he met: "I'm sorry, I should have visited the door after contacting Ai Feijun, but Ai Feijun's words in the restaurant made me really unable to raise the courage to contact him, so I had to come to the door suddenly. Please forgive me!"

"Since you have come, don't apologize for why and how come you come! In fact, since I parted with Mr. Hasegawa in the restaurant, I was also very upset about my rudeness!"

Hasegawa laughed: "Then use the interview with Asahi Shimbun as a supplementary report?"

Ai Fei nodded with emotion: "So, will we start now?"

"That's annoying!" Hasegawa also returned to his true colors, sat down opposite his desk, and took out a pen and a few pieces of paper from his pocket: "Ai Feijun, many readers even smiled knowingly after seeing your first published "Crayon Shin-chief", oh, this also includes me. May I ask, is this what you deliberately pursue?"

"It's not really a deliberate pursuit. I remember that when I attended the novel award held by the Takashi, Mr. Edogawa Ranbu, a judge, once said that the biggest feature of my works is to discover and explore some not-to-noticed summary and details in life. This is also what I pay attention to when creating comic works. "Crayon Shin-chief" is a boy who can be seen everywhere in Japan. Unlike the children in the families of many readers, he has not been affected by too much war, or, as the author, I deliberately avoided the psychological impact on the children because of the war when creating a character like Shin-chief. This is also the original intention of creating a character like Shin-chief. I hope that through the story of him and his family, I can bring a short-lived pleasure and ease to the Japanese people who have suffered from the pain of war, which is quite good, based on the current results."

"So... are there any prototype characters in the character "Crayon Shin-chan" when it was created?"

"No. I imagined this character."

"Okay..." Hasegawa made a quick record on the paper: "Next question. Since your novel won the first-class honor for the grand prize, many people have never heard of you having new writing works again - I mean the emergence of pure novel works. They all hope to see you have a new work. Do you have such plans?"

"Not yet. The publishing of comics and sales has made my time tight, and it is difficult for me to have time to sit down and consider the creation of the novel. So, I can only say sorry to this part of the readers."

"What a pity! Many people know you through novels. Now if you hear that you will not be able to create novels for the time being, you should be very disappointed? Fortunately, in addition to novels, Ai Feijun has entered a peak period for the publishing and sales of comic works. Before I came here to interview you, I had done some homework, mainly about your animation studio and magazine. It seems that the sales of magazines have reached a very large number now? Is that right?"

"The current results are not very large, and they can only be considered to have some fixed readership. The most important thing is that my works are currently only sold in Tokyo and Osaka. There is still a long way to go before they are released nationwide. If that day really comes, it can be considered huge!"

"..." Hasegawa smiled gently: "Ai Feijun still has great confidence in his work as always! So, how is the effect of the newly published "jump" on the market?"

"It can only be considered ordinary. It is not as good as I imagined."

"Why does this happen?"

"The first reason is that the story published in "Jump" is different from "Crayon Shin-chief". The latter is a single story unit. Readers can see from the beginning and the end can only wait for a one-month period, and then they can see the content behind it. While "Jump" is a bit different. In this magazine, there are three stories that readers can see, namely Dragon Ball, Machine Doll and Doctor Cat. The two behind are like "Crayon Shin-chief", both take a relaxed route and the story is not consistent.

It is very strong, almost every one can be read separately and become an independent story. Dragon Ball is a purely continuous comic work with extremely strong continuity. If you miss one, it will cause the story to be unsmooth. There is also a very important reason. Readers are not very adapted to this serialized way of telling, which causes certain troubles. This situation should be solved soon--the climax of "Dragon Ball" can be presented to readers soon."
Chapter completed!