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The time of the lecture is next Tuesday morning, at that time I was going to attend a signing event.If he wanted to hold a lecture, he could only turn down the signing event.

But having said that, the lecture seems to have a lot of benefits for me!

After all, lectures mean that you have to disclose some of your writing ideas to the outside world, and these ideas will make the outside world look at you again.

In other words, if many people are convinced by my own literary ideas, then some outside views that I am just lucky for a while may disappear immediately.

But this is not without risk, in case the views I said are not recognized...

Hiroto Akihara pondered carefully for less than two seconds, and then immediately made up his mind. In his previous life, he was a graduate student in the Department of Literature and a fan of reasoning. Whether it was literary theory or reasoning theory, he did not know how much better than this era.

Moreover, the content of the lecture is about "The Invisible Guest". As the author, I am the most authoritative.Even if it is some ambiguous point of view, maybe no one dares to question it? !

So for me, this matter is more of an opportunity!

If you can take advantage of the opportunity of lectures to show yourself in the academic world, then the judges of some awards in the future will have to pay more attention to yourself, right? !

Not only that, but I can also use the opportunity of the lecture to show off my new works, which is much easier than the signing party or something!

Hiroto Akihara thought wildly for a while, and then made a decision. He clenched his fist, and then walked back to the room on the second floor, planning to make a speech on the lecture in the next two days.

After finishing the speech, he called Chairman Hehe and told himself that he accepted the lecture.

While he was writing and writing, the night gradually deepened, and the hands of the alarm clock hanging on the wall were gradually approaching 12 o'clock...

Regarding the sales statistics of the last issue of "April Youth", it's time to announce!

[Chapter 186.185 Cheers and applause]

In the early morning of Monday, Oshiro Toshika announced the sales statistics of last week's periodical in the editorial department of "April Youth", a total of 21 copies, exceeding the original plan of 20 copies.

Not only that, as the main competitor of "Spring of Literature", due to the shrinkage of channels, the sales volume continued to decline last week, only about 19 copies.

This also means that the sales of "April Youth" surpassed that of "Spring of Literature" by a full 2 copies, becoming the third place in the sales ranking of neon literary magazines!

After hearing the news, cheers and applause erupted at the scene. Everyone in the editorial department was completely convinced and showed excited expressions!

Oshiro Lixiang nodded with a smile, then ordered everyone to come to the meeting room, and started the regular meeting on Monday morning.

At Oshiro Toshika's suggestion, Awazu Hideki distributed a sales analysis form sent by the statistics department.

In this sales volume, the daily sales from Monday to Sunday are clearly counted: in addition to the total of 14.4 copies from Monday to Thursday, about 7.6 copies were sold from Friday to Sunday.

As the deputy editor-in-chief, Toshiyuki Kawamoto looked at the changes in the sales curve and felt an incredible feeling in his heart.

After all, for literary journals, every 5 volumes is a threshold.But "April Youth" returned to the level of 20 copies so quickly!

He originally thought that returning to this position would require more efforts.

But what to do next?

His heart sank for a moment. Now that "The Invisible Guest" has been serialized, if there is no follow-up manuscript, the sales may soon...

"Everyone, there is one more thing to tell here." Oshiro Lixiang put down the document in his hand, and then cleared his throat.

"Ms. Akihara has provided a new manuscript called "Pokohata Rensaburo from the Police Department". The plot is roughly like this..."

Immediately afterwards, she talked about the general plot, and added that this is a series of short stories.

Toshikawa Kawamoto raised his eyebrows involuntarily. The short story is serialized, and it is also a series of detectives and crimes. This is really a good thing!

If the series can be successfully operated, there is no need to worry about the sales of "April Youth" in the next six months!

He thought for a while, then asked, "Editor-in-Chief, what do you mean?"

In fact, this is unnecessary nonsense, after all, Oshiro Lixiang has already announced this matter.If there is no accident, this work must be the focus of publicity in the future work.

But he still asked out, to test the strength of Oshiro Lixiang's support.

Oshiro Toshika gave Toshi Kawamoto a meaningful look.

"In the next twelve weeks, the work of "April Youth" will focus on this work. In addition, I have already made corresponding plans in terms of public relations, channels, and cover design."

"However, in terms of specific implementation, I have to trouble my colleagues to do their best and work overtime recently."

She didn't say what Akihara Hiroto proposed to become the number one in the industry. In her opinion, she just needs to know about it.

Otherwise, if it spreads to the outside world, I don’t know what kind of disturbance it will cause...

She coughed and said, "By the way, Sanqiao's manager has promised that at the end of this month, an extra bonus will be arranged for everyone in the editorial department."

Hearing this news, cheers resounded in the meeting room again!

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While the editorial department of "April Youth" was cheering, Hiroto Akihara called Shinta Kawai to confirm that he was going to participate in the lecture mentioned earlier.

After receiving the reply, Kawai Shinta provided him with a phone number and asked him to contact the other party when he arrived.

At around 6:[-] the next morning, Hiroto Akihara took the prepared salute, took a taxi to the station, and took the Shinkansen to Kyoto.

After more than 3 hours, he finally arrived at the destination of this lecture - Kyoto University.

Kyoto University is a comprehensive university located in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. It is a national university with a history second only to the University of Tokyo.Although it is a comprehensive university, the strength of its literature department should not be underestimated. In the previous life, there were even many Akutagawa Prize winners.

The situation at Kyoto University in this world is not much different.

Hiroto Akihara walked into the school gate and continued walking along the road, feeling a little surprised.

He originally thought that the university was crowned with the word "Kyoto", and the overall style should be based on traditional Japanese architecture.But I didn't expect to see it all the way, it is basically a western modern style.

Because he didn't know the specific location, he asked two girls for directions, and only then did he find the location of the building he was going to.

In the telephone booth under the building, he inserted the phone card, dialed the phone number provided by Kawai Shinta, and contacted the contact person named Shuichi Toyama.

After waiting for less than 5 minutes, the other party walked over quickly, bowed and said, "Mr. Akihara, I've been waiting for a long time. I'm Shuichi Toyama. It's the first time we meet. Please take care of me."

Akihara Hiroto also bowed politely in return, and handed over his fame.At the same time, he also looked at the other party.

This professor named Shuichi Toyama is about 50 years old. He wears a light gray suit and glasses with silver frames. He has a very easy-going temperament.

"Professor Yuanshan, the lecture is at 10 o'clock, right? Then let's go there now."

Shuichi Toyama smiled politely, and then led the way, leading Hiroto Akihara into a lecture theater that could accommodate more than 200 people.

When he arrived at the lecture theater, Hiroto Akihara was surprised to find that the place was crowded with people, and it was even densely packed with people.

Some people could only stand in the last row because they did not have fixed seats.

But no matter whether they are sitting or standing, they basically hold a notebook in their hands, and it seems that they are already ready to take notes.