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So judging from the 4000 copies of "Suspect X" in the first week, the second week should be slightly lower, for example, between 3500 and 3800.

So, what is the reason?Is it the drainage of the forum?

But now it has only been serialized for three issues, logically speaking it shouldn't be...

Just as he was thinking, Yakutsu Goichi's voice came from the microphone again, "Mr. Akihara, there is a special situation, and I will tell you here."

"Please say."

"According to the feedback from several bookstores, some readers tend to curse when they buy books, and some people will ask the bookstore clerk if they have the book "Death of a Mystery Novelist" for sale when they buy "Suspect X."

He added: "But it's very strange. I checked the books on the market, but I couldn't find the book "Death of Mystery Fiction"."

When Hiroto Akihara heard these words, he subconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth. Of course you can't find the serialized ones on the Internet.

But having said that, it is really the effect of forum drainage...

Hiroto Akihara coughed and did not answer this question, he didn't want to reveal that he was the author of "Death of a Mystery Novelist" yet, so he asked again: "President Yasuhiro, what is the estimated sales for this week? "

An Jiujin hesitated for a while, but still said: "According to the data feedback of the past two weeks and yesterday's first-day sales, we may be able to sell 5000 copies this week."

Hiroto Akihara nodded. According to this trend, the 3 copies of the first edition can be sold out within two and a half months at the earliest, and he can quickly get his funds back.

"By the way, President Yasuhiro, how is the preparation for the signing event? How about the venue and schedule?" Hiroto Akihara asked another question.

"At present, it is almost completed. We will arrange the signing activities at the Yamazaki Bookstore in Setagaya District first, and then go to bookstores in other areas to sign the sales." Akutsu Goichi said again in a sincere tone: "Mr. Akihara, when the time comes please."

"You don't need to be so polite, after all, this is our common interest," Akihara Hiroto replied with a smile, "What about the time?"

"I'll pick you up in the morning the day after tomorrow. Just put on a formal suit." An Jiujin replied just then.

Hiroto Akihara replied "Understood", ended the call, and was going to the kitchen to eat bread for breakfast.

……

The time will soon be the morning of the day after tomorrow.

Hiroto Akihara changed into a suit, sat in the business car driven by Goichi Akutsu, and drove towards Setagaya.

Looking at the receding scenery in the rearview mirror, Akihara Hiroto thought about a question, that is, how many people will come to this signing event?

To be honest, he is still a little unclear about his current position.

When "New Novel" was serialized, with the help of Mantanshe's platform and the help of book reviewers, the "ZOO" series did have 10,000+ readers and fans, and he was also called a so-called "horror genius" .

But I didn't expect that after leaving Mantanshe and turning to self-publishing, it would be so difficult to sell [-] copies of the book, so I had to constantly rack my brains to use various methods to attract traffic.

However, Hiroto Akihara still has a guess in his heart, that is, many of his original readers and fans do not know that he has terminated his cooperation with "New Novel", and may think that he is still in the incubation period and has not published a new book.

After all, in this era, the Internet channels are not well developed, and there are no Weibo and Twitter channels to spread news quickly. The main body still can only rely on newspapers and TV.

Hiroto Akihara thought for a while, and then asked a question to Akutsu who was driving.

"President Anjiu, regarding this signing event, how did you arrange the specific promotional work before?"

This point still needs to be asked clearly. After all, the stronger the publicity, the more readers who know that they will release a new book, and the easier it is to attract fans.

Ajiujin Gangichi still looked ahead, but still replied: "We put up posters in more than 30 cooperative bookstores, and arranged for people to station at the same time. A total of [-] leaflets have been distributed one after another."

"Teacher Akihara, don't worry, judging from the current sales volume and my personal experience, there will be at least hundreds of readers who will come over to ask for your autograph."

Hiroto Akihara nodded, but did not speak.

For hundreds of readers, it's not too small, but it's not too many either. It can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

However, Hiroto Akihara is still a little skeptical, thinking about whether Anjiu Bookstore will find someone here~

I read the news in my previous life. A cartoonist from Neon held a book signing event. As a result, there were only a dozen real readers who came that day, which surprised the publishing house responsible for organizing the book signing event.

In order to prevent the cartoonist from being depressed, the publishing house immediately arranged a "trust", and organized bookstore clerks and family members of the publishing house employees to come to the scene to sign books for sale.

But the most embarrassing thing is that during the signing process, the cartoonists asked a few questions casually, and found that most of these people had never read their own cartoons.

The cartoonist didn't say anything, and just continued to sign his name honestly.

After the signing session ended, the cartoonist and staff bowed, and while saying "thank you", they also expressed the hope that they would not do this next time, which made the publisher very embarrassed.

Hiroto Akihara was still a little nervous, worried that he would end up like that manga artist.

After all, there are too many factors involved in the signing event, and no one can say the exact number of people.

But forget it, let's take a rest for a while, and recharge our batteries for the signings and so on.

Hiroto Akihara finished the communication, leaned his body on the passenger seat, and closed his eyes.

The car continued to drive forward, and after more than 30 minutes, it arrived at today's destination, the Yamazaki Bookstore in Setagaya District, and Akihara Yuto also woke up at this time.

Looking at the scene at the entrance of Yamazaki Bookstore, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and asked Akutsu Goichi who was also a little unbelievable.

"President Anjiu, are these the hundreds of people you mentioned?"

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Yamazaki Bookstore is located on a six-lane street in Setagaya.

Logically speaking, in order to maintain the balance between rent and income, the street where the bookstore is located generally does not have a particularly large flow of people.

But on the street Akihara Hiroto and An Jiujin Gangyi saw at this moment, there was a line of more than 50 meters long.

This line started at the entrance of Yamazaki Bookstore, and then extended towards the other side of the street, presenting an "L" shape as a whole.

And in this team, it also includes people of all ages.

There are young men in formal clothes, middle school students in plain clothes, intellectual women in dresses, and quite old people...

It can be said that all age and gender structures are covered.

……

Akihara Hiroto and Yasuzu Tsuyoshi who were sitting in the car looked at each other.

Hiroto Akihara asked: "President Yasuhisa, do you mean that there are hundreds of people every hour?"

After all, the book signing has not yet started, and there is already such a long queue at the door of the bookstore, roughly estimated to be more than 200 people.

If it is estimated according to the whole day, at least thousands of people should come to the scene to sign the sale.

An Jiujin just laughed awkwardly.