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He quickly said: "It's okay, Ms. Asano, I'm just a newcomer after all, it's okay to take this kind of thing slowly."

Asano Aiko sighed, and said in a slightly low tone: "Akihara-san, you don't understand, this is very important."

She organized her words and slowed down her speech.

"If you can have a good publicity, you can often get a higher number of votes in the reader feedback survey. This will be of great help to your future literary awards within the publishing house."

Akihara Hiroto paid attention to it, and felt that he really should listen carefully, so he sat up straight and began to listen carefully.

In Asano Aiko's description, he learned more about the inside story and gained a deep understanding of his career path.

As a newcomer, if you want to continue in the literary world, it is an inevitable choice to continue to win various literary awards.

And within the publishing house, there is a literary award specifically for literary journals.

The name of this award is Mantanshe Literary Award. The scope of selection is the works released this year. According to the popularity of the works and the opinions of the judges, the Grand Award, Gold Award, Silver Award and Bronze Award will be awarded respectively.

Only one award will be awarded, which is the highest honor of the literary award.There are two gold awards, mainly for popular works in various magazines, three silver awards, mainly for works that have received a good response, but there are a total of eight bronze awards, which are somewhat similar to consolation prizes.

Speaking of this, Aiko Asano shook her head slightly, and said in a helpless tone.

"Because the sales volume of "New Novel" is limited after all, if you want to win honors above the Silver Award, you must be in the top three in the voting rankings of readers' feedback. This is why I try my best to fight for publicity."

Akihara Yuto didn't know that there were these inside stories, so he frowned slightly, and couldn't help thinking about it.

According to the genius level of Yi Yi's work, even if there is no publicity, it shouldn't be difficult to win the gold award inside the publishing house, right?

It's not good to say, after all, it's just more likely.

In the previous life, there was a well-known writer of RB. Although word-of-mouth and sales had a good harvest, he never won an award.

For example, Keigo Higashino, who lost the Naoki Award five times, did not get it until the sixth time; another example is Haruki Murakami, who debuted for more than 40 years, but has never been in the Akutagawa Award and the Naoki Award.

In short, the matter of winning an award is really a bit metaphysical...

Seeing Hiroto Akihara thinking, Aiko Asano continued to speak softly.

"Akihara-san, in fact, whether it is a newcomer or the Ministry of Education's initiative, it is just a reason. After all, we are a magazine, and we must put the quality of the work first."

Speaking of this, she found that it was a bit related to the internal situation of the editorial department. After weighing it, she decided to continue talking.

After all, this is not only her own business, but also related to Akihara Yuuto's interests.

"This time my proposal will be rejected, mainly because of the person in charge of another column. Because if your work can get publicity and gain high popularity, it is likely to be unfavorable to the current writer in charge of the other party in the selection of the grand prize. Influence. According to the practice in previous years, "New Novel" can only win one gold award at most."

She further slowed down her speech, and then said in a very firm tone: "But whether it is from the perspective of editors or readers, I think your works are much better than others."

Hiroto Akihara was a little stunned. He never thought that Aiko Asano had such great confidence in this work, and he was a little moved for a while.

Asano Aiko's face started to turn a little red again, because of her mother's nonsense at night, many words are a bit strange now.

However, the purpose of her speaking these words was not to complain to Qiu Yuan, but to show him her attitude towards his works.

After knowing what he wants, even if Akihara-san finds out that he only won the silver or bronze reward, he won't be so discouraged, right?

In short, usually give him more encouragement.

At this time, another gust of wind blew, and the bangs on her forehead were partly messed up. She looked up at the sky and found that the time seemed a little late.

No, if you don't go home, you will be nagged by your mother again, and you may be hit on the forehead by then.

She stood up and said goodbye to Akihara Yuto: "Akihara-san, I really bothered you today, please go home as soon as possible, and be careful on the road."

Hiroto Akihara nodded, and also said goodbye to her, and prepared to walk in the direction of the tram.

Asano Aiko suddenly seemed to remember something, and said to his back quickly: "Akihara-san, the new issue of "New Novel" will be released next Monday, and I will send it to you at that time."

After saying this, she trotted away all the way, and Akihara Yuto looked at her back, but he became a little worried.

It seems that "Little Decoration and Yoko" will be released next Monday, and I don't know how the reader's feedback will be.

Although the world we live in is different, I hope it can also be loved by readers.

As he strode towards the station, he thought about another question in his mind.

In other words, whether it's publicity or awards, it doesn't necessarily only happen within the publishing house, right?

Maybe, I should look for another way?

[15.Chapter 15 Change track]

Sitting at the desk in the living room, Hiroto Akihara held a black pen in his hand, looked at the paper in front of him, and kept frowning in thought.

The house he is in now is exactly the "one-household building" recommended to him by the intermediary before.

After the conversation with Asano Aiko the day before yesterday, he felt that he could no longer waste time on such trivial things as finding a house.

So he immediately went to the real estate company and agreed to sign the contract. The only requirement was to be able to move in as soon as possible.

The other party was overjoyed after hearing this request, not only promised to reduce the gift money, but also immediately found a moving company and a cleaning company.

Not only helped him pack all his things, but also replaced the tatami mats and wallpaper in the new home.

Of course, he paid for these two services.

In addition, before moving, Akihara Hiroto also asked the apartment manager to have a meal at Yakitori House, expressing his gratitude during this time.

It was what the other party said about getting him and his girlfriend to get along well, which made him a little confused.

After moving into a new home, Hiroto Akihara was relieved, after all, it meant that he no longer had to be bothered by noise and mold.

In particular, cockroaches appeared in the front end, not only glowing black and bright, but also flying around the house, which became another important reason for forcing him to move.

Now that the family has moved and the house has been tidied up, it's time to start thinking about what to do next.

He put down the pen in his hand, stood up, and walked to a cardboard box next to him - this whole box of books was specially selected by him at the bookstore, and they were books specifically aimed at the RB literary world, which would help him further understand the current situation. learn.

He looked at it for a while, took out a book, opened it and read it carefully, and began to learn more about the current literary periodical market.

The first is the situation of publishing houses. In this world, besides Mantanshe, there are also Kejiaoguan and Jingfanshe. These three are called the three major publishing houses by readers.

In addition, there is another Toeisha. Although the circulation is not large, there are many small and medium-sized publishing houses under its umbrella, so it is also called the "invisible" fourth largest publishing house by the outside world.

These four major publishing houses have their own representative literary publications: the representative periodical of Mantansha is "Tokyo Literature", with a circulation of 15 copies per week; the representative periodical of Kejiaoguan is "April Youth", with a circulation of 12 copies per week; the representative publication of Kefansha is "Spring of Literature", with a circulation of 18 copies per week; the representative work of Toei Society is "Tokyo Youth", with a circulation of 25 copies per week.

Seeing this, Hiroto Akihara burst into laughter. The "New Novel" he is currently contributing to has a circulation of only a fraction of those of these big magazines. It is like a small sampan next to an aircraft carrier. It is so humble and pitiful.

He shook his head, then stood up and took out a pack of snacks with a hamster face printed on them from the drawer of the storage box next to him. He ate two bamboo shoot chocolates inside to supplement the calories, and returned to the table with the book, looking at it carefully. pondering.