"Hurry up and suppress it!"
In a small studio in Osaka, Takeshi looked at the post that was at the top of the forum and angrily said: "If the Pokémon post stays at the top, our bonus will fly away!"
Takeshi leads an online promotion group. Today they received a new assignment to promote The Young Emperor. Kira Kira Animation Studio hopes that The Young Emperor will be famous.
At first it was very easy. Takeshi never imagined that a group of surprises would suddenly appear and quickly take the top spot.
"Boss, this won't work. That post has too many 'likes.'"
"Yes, we don't have enough accounts. Damn it! What's wrong with this Pokémon? All the posts are very popular. We spent a whole night suppressing them, but then it took a photo of us and blew up again!"
"Is someone bothering us?"
Several team members spoke up, and Takeshi's expression turned cold. They have thousands of accounts on the forum, and usually advertising is always successful. This time, something is really wrong.
He looked at the post, and the number of comments continued to increase. There were dozens of replies almost every second, something impossible under normal circumstances.
"Find out who's bothering us!"
Takeshi confirmed that the other party must have a brush and quickly asked someone to check it. It wasn't difficult for them to find out the result. They knew the accounts of some famous bands.
However, after a while of checking, a team member suddenly shouted.
"It's the Red Alliance, not the organization that promotes, it's the Red Alliance!"
"Red Alliance?!"
Takeshi was stunned and then took a deep breath. The Red Alliance was an organization of civilian hackers circulating on the internet. 'How could they participate in online advertising?'
"Stop, don't even try!"
Takeshi shouted hastily. They couldn't afford to offend the Red Alliance. Although the hacker group didn't do anything illegal, they did use many minor tricks.
"Too late, we've been discovered!"
"Boss, it's serious, our account has been stolen!"
The forum's disposable accounts for this advertising group began to disappear rapidly. Takumi,
from Sakura Garden Community,
witnessed the disappearance of The Young Emperor post on the forum, and then it was occupied by the Detective Conan post.
"What's going on?"
The first one is still "Pokémon of My Mind," but now Takumi no longer considers it simple fan art. Obviously, a network war has just broken out.
'Who can do this?' Takumi thought of someone.
"Miyuki, are you Browse the internet?"
He took out his mobile phone and called. The voice on the other end was a little surprised.
"Mirai-sensei, did you see it? Yes... That The Young Emperor was cleaning up the forum tonight; we cleaned it up a bit."
Indeed, it was Miyuki.
"Did you draw the image in that post?"
"It's not like that. There are few of us, so we can only find a post to promote it. It can serve as bait to attract the attention of those promoters and then steal the account."
Miyuki replied and then said: "But the owner of this image is very famous. There's a forum online that publishes fan works of your works. He's an active member of the forum. Mirai-sensei, haven't you noticed?"
"Is that true?" Takumi asked, surprised. 'He had never heard of the forum.' "What's that forum called?"
"Mirai-sensei's House."
After getting the answer, Takumi found Mirai-sensei's House online. This forum has an independent server, equivalent to a website, and has 4,998 registered members!
The forum is divided into several modules: "Detective Conan Fan Works Publication Area," "Inuyasha Fan Works Publication Area"... All of Takumi's works appear there.
And the content of these modules is even more surprising, from comments on various works to additional novels, images, videos, and even games.
Although most of the things are very simple and vulgar, the members' enthusiasm is very high. Takumi made a preliminary calculation and found that the number of fan works published every day exceeded 100.
"How is that possible!"
Takumi asked a little confused. This forum shattered his previous idea. He thought the development of fan works in this world would take a long time, but the situation was not like that.
'Isn't Mirai-sensei's House the equivalent of a small fan organization?'
'Why didn't Alice tell him?' The next day, Takumi caught up on the matter and asked Alice, but Alice was also surprised.
"Does such a forum exist?"
She frowned slightly and said: "I don't know it. Shouldn't it be a for-profit forum? If it is, it's a copyright infringement. I would certainly know."
All of Mirai-sensei's House works are free and have little impact. Alice is not very convinced.
However, Takumi has a different opinion. He wants to take over Mirai-sensei's House. This forum has great potential. If properly utilized, it could become part of his fan development.
So Takumi asked Miyuki to find and contact the forum administrator. As for the method she used, Takumi didn't care at all. He finished drawing Saber's image while working and gave it to Alice.
"Okay."
Alice was very satisfied with the quality of the drawing: "This drawing can be used as a cover."
She put away the drawing and asked Takumi: "Fate/Stay Night's serialization will begin on March 12th. Is that okay with you?"
Takumi nodded. He had several chapters in hand and had no pressure.
"Is the editorial department available?"
he asked. Yesterday was Sunday and today is March 2nd. Other departments should have started working: "I'll accompany you to the Weekly Shōnen editorial office."
Takumi followed Alice to the editorial office. It had been a long time since he had set foot in that place. The editorial office has changed a lot.
The most evident is that the walls are covered with Detective Conan posters, and there are also some from Inuyasha and Five Centimeters Per Second.
"Mirai-sensei...".
The editors were working, and upon seeing Takumi enter, they all looked surprised and stood up: "Mirai-sensei, what are you doing here!"
"Quick, Sun-san, go get some water!"
"Why should I go, Mirai-sensei? What's your new manga about? The editor-in-chief is too stingy. He still hasn't told me!"
Except for some editors who had met two days ago, the rest seemed very enthusiastic and full of anticipation for the new manga.
"Ahem, ahem..."
But when Kurosawa approached, coughing, the other editors immediately dispersed.
"Well, ignore them." Kurosawa smiled at Takumi: "You must have something to talk about. Let's go to the conference room to talk."
He led Takumi to the conference room. This time, Takumi had come to talk about something. He signed an open copyright contract for the manga Pokémon with Hinotori Publishing.
"I'm aware of this." Kurosawa nodded: "I've notified other mangaka. Several people in our department are ready to participate." It seems there are also several mangaka in the female manga department who want to draw.
The copyright for Pokémon belongs to all of Hinotori Publishing, and both the male and female departments can use it. Boys prefer Pokémon battles, while girls should be good at describing stories about people and Pokémon...
Takumi not only opened the copyright but also ceded some settings, such as those for battles and badge collection, as well as the personalities and living habits of Pokémon.
He suggested that mangaka first publish original manga as short stories, taking advantage of the impact of animation broadcasts, and thus sales would not be too bad. But only manga that satisfy readers can be launched in medium and long series.
"Don't worry, we won't waste your content." Kurosawa thought Takumi was worried about the proliferation of Pokémon themes.
"I'm not worried about that." But Takumi shook his head and said: "I'll review it carefully, and I won't let it pass if it doesn't...".
"You'll review it?"
Kurosawa was surprised: "How come I hadn't heard about this?"
He had only heard that Pokémon had opened its copyright, but not that Takumi still retained the right to review. If the right to review is still in Takumi's hands, he can let anyone draw it if he wants, and it's not considered open copyright at all.
"Well, I need to review it." The animation production department is already underway. Takumi hesitated for a moment: "Editor-in-chief Kurosawa, from now on, let me decide the content of Weekly Shōnen...".
"Please inform the editors that serialized manga ranked after the tenth position in this week's Weekly Shōnen will be removed next week."
The improvement of Weekly Shōnen's and Weekly Shōjo Manga's quality cannot be delayed. Genji gave power to Takumi. He was willing to be the executioner.
"You..."
Kurosawa stood up. He thought Takumi was crazy and talking nonsense.
"Listen to him." But Alice, sitting aside, spoke: "My father has ceded control of the company to Takumi."
Kurosawa was stunned.
He looked at Alice. Kurosawa now knew this woman's identity. As Genji's daughter, Alice would not lie.
"I'll call the president."
Kurosawa felt that this matter was too exaggerated. He asked Genji skeptically: And the result was the same as Alice had said.
After hanging up, Kurosawa frowned. He looked at Takumi and remembered the first time he saw him, when he was still a simple-looking teenager.
Kurosawa never imagined that the teenager would one day become his boss.
Surprise, regret, complexity...
Kurosawa's gaze changed several times, until it finally transformed into a kind of relief. He didn't understand why Genji had made that decision, but he believed in the elder.
Hinotori Publishing is his home and his career. Genji chose Takumi because he believed he could lead Hinotori Publishing down a better path.
"Okay." Kurosawa nodded and said: "I'll let them know, but Takumi, do you know the risks of doing this?"
"Weekly Shōnen" reduced 10 articles by half. 'How much impact would this have on mangaka and some readers?' Kurosawa wanted Takumi to recognize this situation.
"I know." Takumi nodded: "Tomorrow night I want to meet with the mangaka of the company... all the mangaka."
He wants to confront these mangaka.
- - - -
Thanks for reading!
We reached our goal! With your support on Webnovel (500 Power Stones) and Patreon, this week we'll have 5 chapters a day on Webnovel and 10 chapters a day for Patreon subscribers.
Read +120 advanced chapters of this novel on my patreon
@Patreon/iLikeeMikee
Thanks again for your support!