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"For a newspaper, the most important thing is profit. If your report can make the editor feel that the profit is greater than the business of Mantanshe, then it will naturally be published."

Keito Sakaguchi was confused when he heard this suggestion.

The benefits are greater than Mandanshe?Impossible?

The chief reporter saw Keito Sakaguchi's confusion, and explained: "The newspaper office is most concerned about the sales of the newspaper, so if your report can attract the attention of the public and help the newspaper sell well, then publish it. , I will take the initiative to explain to the editor-in-chief.”

Sakaguchi Keito understood what the chief meant, that is, the news that needs to be reported should be more exciting, "Chairman Nishizawa, what should I do?"

The chief reporter did not answer, but asked, "Does that Mr. Akihara have any titles or awards now?"

Keito Sakaguchi replied: "The other party is called a 'thriller genius' by some book critics, but in terms of awards, he only won the Silver Award of the Mantansha Literature Award once."

"No, that's not enough." The chief reporter shook his head, "The people are not convinced by the book reviewers' so-called geniuses. After all, there are not a few book reviews who charge money to do things. If the other party can have a national heavyweight award, then the people Only then will he be recognized as a genius."

He paused, and then added: "Do you know that the Mystery Writers Association Award and the Newcomer Award for Mystery Literature will be announced soon?"

Keito Sakaguchi replied: "It seems that the preliminary screening has just ended, and the results of the awards will be announced next month."

"That's right, if that Mr. Akihara can win one of these two awards, we will have a lot of leeway."

The chief reporter smiled and continued, "At that time, you can write an article "Akihara Hiroto: A Genius Writer Suppressed by Mantansha", and I can give you a whole page of 9000 words for you to use. .”

"But the premise is that Mr. Akihara participated in this selection and won the prize, right?"

Although Keito Sakaguchi was a little moved, he still showed a wry smile after careful consideration.

The two awards organized by the Mystery Writers Association include new writers and experienced writers across the country. It is undoubtedly difficult to break through and win awards?

But maybe it can?

[Chapter 132.132 Something is wrong! ]

Chiyoda District, Akihara Yuu's family.

Hiroto Akihara sat at the table, looking at the newspaper in his hand that there were more and more reports about the award of "Rookie Award for Mystery Writers", feeling a little uneasy.

Before that, he didn't pay too much attention to this award. After all, Kikuchita told himself at that time that there must be no problem with the gold award of the Mandanshe Literature Award.

So I relaxed, just adapted a foreign work, and submitted it to this award organized by the Reasoning Writers Association.

In my opinion, anyway, there was a gold award at the time, and it would be best to get this additional award, even if I didn't get it, it wouldn't affect the overall situation.

But to his surprise, due to the backstabbing of Takei Kohei and Kihara Daigo, he only won the silver award of the Mantansha Literature Award in the end.

After all, although the Silver Award is better than the Bronze Award, it is still a consolation award in essence.

And this has also made many book reviewers evaluate their own "thriller literary genius" as a term that is not worthy of the name.

If I had known this earlier, I should really have tried some works by Miyabe Miyuki or Matsumoto Seicho, so that I would definitely be stable, instead of worrying like I am now.

Hiroto Akihara sighed, and let go of his worries about the award.

After all, I had already made a choice at the time, and I had to accept it no matter what.

Just as he was thinking, the phone rang suddenly.

Hiroto Akihara stood up, went to the entrance to answer the phone, and soon heard Goichi Akuhara's voice, "Teacher Akihara, are you free this afternoon? Please come to Ajiu Bookstore, we are going to have another regular meeting here." .”

"Okay, I understand." Akihara Yuto replied casually, and hung up the phone.

……

At 2 p.m., Anjiu Bookstore, office on the second floor.

Hiroto Akihara pushed open the door of the office and sat down on the sofa.

And the rest of the Anjiu Bookstore, including Ajiujin Gangichi, have already taken their seats.

As soon as An Jiujin coughed, he said, "The purpose of this meeting is to report the results of the past two weeks since the last reprint."

"According to the last book review of "Inference Literature", the sales volume of "Suspect X" successfully sold 1 copies last week, which is double the average level of the previous few weeks. And in the most recent week, the sales volume It also reached 3 volumes."

"According to the current situation, it will only take about 6 or 7 months for the 8 copies of the reprint to be released." An Jiujin said with a smile.

For him, everything is slowly getting on the right track. If there is no accident, after the second batch of 6 copies are sold out, Anjiu Bookstore can still get a net profit of about 1 million yen.

Most importantly, because of the word-of-mouth effect of "Suspect X", more and more people have come to him to publish it at his own expense.

Akihara Hiroto was not so happy, his mind was full of doubts.

No, 1 copies were sold last week relying on book reviews, but only 3 copies were sold this week? !

Isn't this the speed of publishing plus the increase in website forum drainage?Why is it so low?

He pondered for a while, ignoring the arrangement of the meeting, and immediately asked Goichi Ajiujin, "President Anjiu, do you have any other book reviews recently?"

As soon as An Jiujin heard this doubt, he was a little confused, but he replied honestly: "At present, there is no relevant report."

In An Jiujin Gangyi's view, this is normal, after all, such things as book reviews are often rare.

For example, the two books "Red Wine" and "Clothes" published by Anjiu Bookstore have sold more than 10 copies, and the average number of reviews for each book is only 3.

The current sales volume of "Suspect X" has just been re-released, and the cumulative sales volume is only 4.

He thought for a while, and then took the initiative to comfort him: "Mr. Qiuyuan, don't be so anxious. After all, it has only been released for 3 months."

Hiroto Akihara shook his head, but frowned instead.

If it is an ordinary book, according to what An Jiujin just said, this is indeed the truth. After all, book reviews are not Chinese cabbage, so how can they be obtained so easily.

But "Suspect X" is different. This book has easily sold over a million copies in the previous life. Although it contains the fame bonus of Keigo Higashino, the true quality of this book cannot be denied.

At least when I and other literature students were reading this book, few people were not touched by it.

But after this book was promoted by the professional magazine "Reasoning Literature", there was no second evaluation from other book reviewers. This is wrong, too wrong.

Because of Hiroto Akihara's serious expression, the atmosphere in the office suddenly cooled down. As soon as An Jiujin opened his mouth, he didn't say that the next topic was about the promotion of the book "Death of Mystery Fiction".

On the other side, Satake Maki looked at Akihara Yuuto's frown, showing a worried expression.

An Jiujin was silent for a while, and then said: "Mr. Akihara, if you have any doubts, why don't we visit Mr. Keiji Kawada who wrote the book review for "Suspect X" before, what might he know? "

Hearing the name, Hiroto Akihara suddenly remembered the previous book review, and asked, "By the way, Mr. Kawata said why it was published in "Inference Literature" instead of "Chiba Daily News" where he worked. "?"

An Jiujin just shook his head, but after hearing this question, he was not as optimistic as before, and felt something was wrong in his heart.

Akihara Hiroto stood up, and said to Yasutsu Goichi: "How about it, President Yasuhisa, please make an appointment with Mr. Kawada Keiji, we will treat him to a meal and ask about the specific situation."

"Understood, I will arrange it." An Jiujin just nodded and replied.