tokyo writer

"No, it's right for you to work hard." Akihara Yuto waved his hand, although he signed the day's letter, at least he was still sitting.

On the other hand, Maki Satake and other staff not only had to stand all the time to maintain order, but also kept bowing and smiling. It was hard to think about.

At this time, Satake Maki suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "Mr. Akihara, what should you do with your dinner?"

Hiroto Akihara was about to walk in, but he didn't expect to hear this question.

He was startled, but immediately replied: "For dinner, just have cup noodles."

Satake Maki shook her head, "Cup noodles are too unhealthy, President Yasuhisa asked me to take care of you." She thought for a while, and then said, "Mr. Akihara, why don't I make you a dinner before leaving?"

Hearing this suggestion, Akihara Yuto directly refused, "Editor Satake, go home early, or your family will worry."

Satake Maki's expression became a little dissatisfied, but she knew that she was wearing a helmet, and she was not afraid of being discovered by Akihara Yuto.

She thought for a while, and then said, "Then, can I make you an extra bento in the evening?"

"No, let's talk." Akihara Yuto finished speaking, then turned and walked into the courtyard gate.

Satake Maki was even more unhappy, and silently said a few words "this idiot" in his heart.

Just when she was about to drive away on the motorcycle, a familiar voice came from a distance, "Be careful on the road."

Hearing this sentence, Satake Maki's expression became happy.

She started the engine and headed off in the other direction.

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Akihara Hiroto didn't know anything about the girl's worries. He returned home, hung the clothes he had gone out on the wall, and then boiled a pot of hot water and made a cup of instant noodles.

Looking at the water vapor rising in front of his eyes, Akihara Hiroto fell into thought.

Based on the current data and the data from this autograph session, the sales volume of the first edition of 3 copies has been reduced by 1 copies, and the remaining 2 copies can be sold within 2 copies if there is no accident. Sold out within a month.

Perhaps even faster.

According to what Satake Maki said, there are still several book signing tours to be held. If each event can play a certain role in publicity and promotion, it will undoubtedly increase the exposure of the book.

In addition, the drainage of the forum is still slowly fermenting. There are only three serializations now, and there are still three serializations that have not been released.

Akihara Yuto raised his head and glanced at the alarm clock hanging on the wall. When he saw that the time for soaking was about the same, he opened the lid of the cup and ate the instant noodles.

He continued to think while eating.

After the 3 copies of the first edition are sold out, I can get back part of the funds.

After deducting the dividends, expenses and other expenses to Anjiu Bookstore, it is conservatively estimated that I will get more than 5 million yen.

If you have so much money, do you want to invest your own money to vote for a newspaper advertisement?

As long as the new sales income brought by the newspaper is greater than the advertising expenditure, then I will not lose money.

After all, judging from previous life experience, "Suspect X" can sell at least one million copies!

Hiroto Akihara finished his instant noodles and sorted the garbage. He walked to the mailbox at the door and fetched the magazines he had recently subscribed to.

In order to better understand the trends of the four major publishing houses and the sales volume of magazines, he specially subscribed to a "Publishing Statistics Weekly" that implements the ABC system, which counts all current books and magazines with a circulation of more than 1 copies.

Hiroto Akihara opened the book, and further checked the top five literary magazines currently ranked.

The best-selling book is Toei's "Tokyo Youth", with a circulation of 25 copies per week, firmly occupying the No. 1 position in the literary world.The second best sellers are Jingfansha's "Spring of Literature" and Mandansha's "Tokyo Literature", both of which have a circulation of 18 copies per week.

The next in the list is "April Youth" by Kejiaoguan, whose sales dropped to 11 copies, a drop of about 1 copies from the average weekly sales last month.However, "New Novel" has only 10 copies, and it is declining at a speed visible to the naked eye almost every week.

Hiroto Akihara fell silent, there was something wrong with this data.

The sales of "Tokyo Youth" and "Spring of Literature" have not changed much, and it is not surprising that the sales of "New Novel" have declined, but why has the sales of "Tokyo Literature" increased so much?And "April Youth" actually dropped?

Hiroto Akihara thought for a long time but couldn't figure out why, so he stood up and walked to the phone, and called Hideki Awazu, the editor of "April Youth".

After waiting for a while, hearing the voice of someone picking up the microphone, Akihara Yuto said, "Editor Awazu, I'm Akihara Yuto."

A somewhat surprised voice came from the microphone, "Mr. Qiuyuan, what's the matter so late?"

"I want to ask a question, I don't know if it is suitable for you to let me know." Akihara Hiroto hesitated for a while, but still made this request.

After all, the relationship between him and Hideki Awazu is a bit embarrassing, and they can only be regarded as enemies or competitors of Mandansha.

Hideki Awazu was puzzled for a while, but still replied: "No problem, just tell me first, and I will tell you if it is convenient for me to disclose."

Hearing the other party's agreement, Akihara Hiroto asked: "Can you tell me, what is the reason for the change in sales of "Tokyo Literature" and "April Youth" in recent weeks?"

In fact, knowing this is of little use to Akihara Hiroto at the moment, but he believes that it is still necessary to obtain intelligence about competitors.

Awazu Hideki didn't expect this to be the problem. After thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing to hide, and said, "You mean the sales of "April Youth" have declined, while the sales of "Tokyo Bunga" have increased, right?"

After a pause, he added, "Actually, this has something to do with you."

"Is it related to me?" Akihara Hiroto was a little surprised, and was even a little confused for a while.

It's been more than 2 months since I ended my cooperation with Mandanshe, how could I get involved again?

Awazu Hideki continued: "Do you still remember Mr. Miyagawa Yosuke?"

Akihara Hiroto frowned, thought for a while, and recalled the name.

Isn't this the reasoning writer I saw in the stage play before?The other party also wrote a book review for his "Poetry of Xiangyang", which helped increase the sales of "New Novel".

He turned into the microphone and replied, "Is it Professor Miyagawa from Waseda University? I met him once at Tokyo Women's University. But what does it matter?"

Awazu Hideki gave a wry smile, and explained to Akihara Yuto.In his explanation, Akihara Hiroto gradually understood the cause and effect.

This Miyagawa teacher has a disciple named Keito Nakata, because he was dissatisfied that the teacher wrote a book review for Akihara Yuto, but did not write for himself, so he decided to jump to Mandansha and use his own article to defeat Akihara Yuto.

Because the circulation of "New Novel" reached 20 copies at that time, Keito Nakata decided to go to "Tokyo Bunga", which had a lower sales volume at that time, and set the goal that "Tokyo Bungei" surpassed "New Novel".

But what Keito Nakata didn't expect was that after he jumped to "Tokyo Literature" and released the serialization, Hiroto Akihara left "New Novel" instead, leaving him with nothing to do.

Isn't this funny?Akihara Hiroto couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

Hiroto Akihara thought for a while, and then said: "Editor Awazu, I probably understand the reason why the sales of "Tokyo Literature" have increased. But what does it have to do with "April Youth?"

Awazu Hideki sighed, "Mr. Akihara, Mr. Nakata is the signature writer of our "April Youth". Once he left, the serialization of related works stopped, and at the same time, he took away a group of readers."

"By the way, having said that, have you ever considered that we will show the greatest sincerity in terms of publishing another work in "April Youth" in terms of manuscript fees and royalties?"

Akihara Yuto weighed it for a while, but still refused on the grounds that he was busy.After all, in two months, 2 million yen will be available, and he really doesn't like the manuscript fee for "April Youth".