Tokyo Tycoon, Start as a Writer

Chapter 64: Powerful Counterattack
In the coffee shop, Kobayashi Midori was looking at her phone, her mouth wide open in shock: "Professor Kiyono is really bold..."

"He is a very upright person without any black spots." Kiyoaki Matsueda said with emotion.

"Hehe, I was scolded many times for being late for his class before, and I scolded him many times in my heart." Kobayashi Midori smiled a little embarrassedly and stuck out her tongue, "Next time I go back to school, I have to apologize to him..."

"Don't worry about the apology for now, Editor Kobayashi, you should get to work," Kiyokatsu Matsueda reminded her.

The young editor blinked and looked at him motionlessly.

The eyes are clear and stupid.

After all, we are people from the 3G era and don’t understand the traffic routines of the 4G era.

Literature has always been a small circle. Even if you become the leader in this circle, it will not cause much sensation among the general public.

If you want to increase your influence, you have to break the circle.

How important is breaking the circle for literature?

As I said before, the largest audience for paper books is students, but unfortunately, students’ purchasing power is the weakest.

The group that controls most of the society's wealth is the middle-aged and young office workers.

This group of people can't even sit down and read books, and they won't even pay attention to major events happening in the literary world.

To attract this group of people, you don’t need them to love literature, you just need to let them follow the trend and buy a book, then the sales volume will be record-breaking.

Here are two real-life examples.

After "The Three-Body Problem" broke out of its circle, if you don't understand a few Three-Body jokes on the Internet, you'd be embarrassed to chat with stupid netizens.

Before Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize, 12 out of Chinese people did not know him. In the year after winning the Nobel Prize, the sales of his works were higher than those in the previous years since his debut. In his last live broadcast, he sold books in two hours.

Kiyoaki Matsueda considers himself lucky.

His debut work coincided with a large-scale attack of negative articles, which successfully made him famous.

Before the first single volume was published, it was attacked by half of the literary seniors and there was also a big fight between two university professors. The heat caused by this wave was much higher than when it won the New Trend Award.

You must seize this tremendous wealth!

"Go back and talk to Editor-in-Chief Matsushita and ask him to push forward the issue of tomorrow's supplement!" said Kiyoaki Matsueda with a serious face.

"Ok?"

Kobayashi Midori was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what he said.

A magazine supplement refers to the addition of content to the original issue during the magazine's sales period, usually a remedial measure when the current issue's sales are poor.

This month's sales of "Xinchao" have indeed reached the point where it needs a supplement to make up for it.

And one point is very important. The sales of the September issue of "Eggs and High Walls: Part 2" have plummeted. If Mishima's works were published at this time and the magazine was revived, its reputation would undoubtedly be greatly improved.

Especially now, many senior literary masters are still praising Tachibana Toshio.

After the supplement, the comparison of sales data before and after will be a slap in their faces!

When she thought of their dusty and dirty appearance, Kobayashi Midori couldn't help but smile and stood up excitedly: "I'll do it right away..."

"Wait a minute, there's one more thing. Go to the publicity department and ask them to release the first chapter of "Tide of Love" during this wave of traffic..."

"You want to recreate the "Dancing Girl" operation again?"

“It’s useful, isn’t it?”

"Very much agree!"

Kobayashi Midori smiled happily.

Her whole spirit and energy are now refreshed and she is instantly full of energy.

After walking out of the cafe, she trotted into the Shinchosha headquarters building in her high heels, her steps brisk, like an elf with transparent wings.

"Editor-in-Chief Matsushita!"

"Ah, it's Xiaolin, come in."

Editor-in-chief Panasonic looked up and saw the young editor rushing in with high spirits.

"You have also been paying attention to the public opinion on the Internet, right?" Kobayashi Midori asked, panting, her face very rosy.

"Of course, I also know what happened to Professor Kiyono." Editor-in-Chief Matsushita smiled with relief.

"The situation is in our favor now, we should fight back!" Kobayashi Midori was excited, "Editor-in-Chief Matsushita, please initiate the supplement procedure now and put the new September issue on the shelves tomorrow!"

"This……"

For a moment, Editor-in-Chief Matsushita fell into deep thought.

The current public opinion attacking Mishima has just been covered up. If we are busy issuing additional issues at this time, and fail to save the sluggish sales of "Shincho", there will probably be another wave of ridicule.

Seeing his hesitation, Kobayashi Midori immediately added: "You have also seen the public opinion today. Their purpose is very clear, that is, to directly bring Mishima down to the ground and completely destroy our Second Editorial Department!"

Having said this, she clenched her fists tightly.

"Now that Professor Qingye is gone, we finally got some external help. Why do we have to let others bully us?"

"Xiao Lin, doing this is equivalent to slapping the film in the face..." Editor-in-Chief Matsushita looked embarrassed.

The editor's suggestion was too radical. It was tantamount to asking him to lead the second department to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the first department. It was a bit too crazy.

"Editor-in-Chief Matsushita, haven't you been bullied enough by the studio over the years?" Kobayashi Midori asked excitedly.

"I……"

Editor-in-Chief Panasonic opened his mouth, speechless.

After so many years in Xinchao, the second department has never stood up straight and has always been inferior to the first department.

Due to the deep inferiority complex in his heart, he felt a little lacking in confidence when he was asked to go head-to-head with a film.

"Now is our best chance!" Kobayashi Midori's eyes were firm and her emotions were high. "For Mishima, for all the editors of the second department, and to fight for this breath, please ask Editor-in-Chief Matsushita to initiate the procedure for the additional issue! If the sales of the additional issue are not good, I am willing to guarantee it with my professional life!"

After she finished speaking, she still looked at her boss with burning eyes. In the Japanese workplace, this behavior is already a serious violation of the boundaries, and experienced people in the workplace basically do not do this.

Only a motivated newcomer like her would have such an impulse.

So young and passionate!
In comparison, Editor-in-Chief Matsushita couldn't help feeling ashamed of his own cowardice and at the same time he was in awe of her.

"Yes, I understand!"

The editor-in-chief stood up and bowed slowly to the junior editor: "I will take care of the supplement now, and it will definitely be published tomorrow!"

Kobayashi Midori breathed a sigh of relief, and a lively smile blossomed on her lips: "Also, it's time for us at Shincho to fight back. We can't just stand by and watch others slander our authors, right?"

"Of course, Japan's number one pure literature publisher is not to be trifled with!"

■

Ginza, Nekomodo Bar.

The sunlight shone on the logs, turning them into beautiful amber. Yuko Kiyono lay on the bar, staring at her phone with hazy eyes.

The atmosphere in the store is quiet, and the afternoon sun shines brightly, giving people a sense of security as if they were immersed in warm water.

The shop owner had a classic round face and was staring at her with gentle and kind eyes. After a slight smile, he silently filled her empty glass with whiskey.

Kiyono Yuko raised her head and looked at her drunkenly: "Arun, how old are you?"

Arun raised a smile and asked, "Even if she is a woman, you shouldn't ask her age casually."

"She looks about the same age as me, but her temperament is more like my mother..." Kiyono Yuko curled her lips.

Arun raised his hand and slapped her on the head without any hesitation: "I'm not interested in your father!"

"What a coincidence, I'm not interested in my dad either!" Kiyono Yuko opened her mouth to complain as if she had found a confidant.

"Stop!" Arun rolled his eyes at her. "It's your father again who has no regard for family affection and has belittled you in public, right? Please, Miss Qingye, I've heard you say this eight hundred times, please let me go..."

"But he is really too much!" Kiyono Yuko couldn't help but clenched her fists and chattered, "After my mother passed away, I was his only relative, and he didn't support me at all? It's okay if he doesn't support me, but there's no need to scold me like this. Although I can't write serious literature, I can write popular literature with ease. What right does he have to say that I can only be a second-rate writer..."

Listening to her complaints, Arun smiled helplessly.

That’s right, this Yuko Kiyono is the daughter of Professor Kiyono of Waseda University.

She is 28 years old this year and is a glamorous and beautiful woman.

Two years ago, she had a literary dream and prepared for five years to break into the field of pure literature. However, she was kicked back by her own father and did not even enter the door of pure literature.

She was very unwilling and did not back down.

She turned to the field of popular literature and began writing romance novels.

Unexpectedly, because I had never been in love, I became very good at writing about love. I published three books in two years and all of them performed very well.

Her writing style has the delicate and aesthetic advantages of a woman. The emotions in the book are passionate and sad, which is very attractive to female consumers.

After the success of three consecutive novels, she became somewhat famous in the industry.

Why does this female writer of romance novels who is talented, lucky and well-paid have no luck in love at all... Every time Arun sees her, he thinks about this question in his heart.

"Now he is so different. He doesn't care about his own daughter, but he cares so much about a student! Humph, I don't know if it is his illegitimate child... That guy, what's his name, Mishima, right? Don't let me see him on the street..."

Yuko Kiyono gritted her teeth and rubbed her hands together, as if she was ready to beat him up as soon as she saw him.

Ah Run looked at her with some tiredness: "You may not be able to beat her..."

"Humph! I don't like him anyway!"

Kiyono Yuko looked disdainful and gnashed her teeth as she said, "He's a guy whose marketing is more important than his actual ability. Although 'Dancing Girl' is good, it's definitely his peak! Wait, the sales of this new book will definitely explode. I must buy it tomorrow and mock him as soon as possible..."

It is understandable that she dislikes Mishima.

After all, the fatherly love that should have belonged to her was taken away by Mishima. In a sense, it was equivalent to Mishima performing NTR on her.

As a writer of romance novels, she really loves and hates the NTR genre...

"Maybe you can ridicule him now." Inside the bar, Arun smiled and handed over his phone. "The official Twitter account of Shinchosha has posted a post, along with the first chapter of 'Tide Sao'. Want to take a look?"

"Look how I spray him to death!"

Yuko Kiyono snatched the phone and clicked on the tweet from Shinchosha.

Faced with the fact that its contracted writers were collectively attacked by literary predecessors, Shinchosha did not back down. Instead, it published a long article to refute the slanders of both parties one by one, and posted the first chapter of "Chaosao", inviting the public to appreciate it together.

[Uta Island is a small island with a population of 1400 and a radius of less than 4 kilometers...]

Men like you know nothing about love stories. Just wait and see how I will criticize you to death like old man Qingye did... With the mentality of finding fault with everything, Qingye Youko continued to read on.

But as she watched, she couldn't take her eyes away.

This guy called Mishima, his writing skills completely overwhelmed her. After reading a few hundred words, she was convinced and lost her temper at all... Of course, this only means that his writing skills are great, it doesn't mean that the love plot is also great!
"How is it?" Arun joked, "Have you thought about how to criticize him?"

"Hmph! It's only the first chapter. When I buy the new book tomorrow, I will definitely scold him to death!" said Kiyono Yuko with a fierce expression.

But no matter how you look at it, there's a sense of bluffing in it.

Arun saw through it but didn't say anything. Her rosy little lips curled up slightly, thinking to herself that she might end up becoming a little fangirl.

The long tweet from Xinchao’s official Twitter account successfully gathered the traffic that had been buzzing for the entire day, and focused the attention of both parties on the novel “Chaosao”.

His gorgeous writing style has won countless people applaud.

The waiting time is extremely torturous.

Fortunately, time is fair and everyone who waits is suffering.

On September 10th, when the sky was just getting light, queues began to form in front of bookstores all over Japan.

The bookstore employees were shocked by the scene when they came to work.

A heated discussion about literature is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)