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After saying this, she took out another list and gently placed it on the table.

Akihara Yuto put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a paper towel, then took the list and read it.

The name of a series of regions is written on the list: Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture...

"This is?" Akihara Hiroto asked suspiciously.

He vaguely guessed something in his heart, but he still wanted to ask clearly.

"This is the plan for the signing tour in Kinki." Seeing Hiroto Akihara's doubts, Oshiro Lixiang explained with a smile: "It is expected to complete about 1-3 signings in one place every half a week, and cooperate with the local Large and medium-sized bookstores cooperate with schools."

Hiroto Akihara frowned: "Editor Oshiro, after signing these places, there are other areas, right?"

He is not ignorant of Japan's geography. If you want to divide it carefully, in addition to Kinki, Japan's administrative regions include Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Central, Shikoku, and Kyushu. There are 8 cities in total. ,

If everyone goes to sign and sell again, his work pressure will be much higher.

"Yes." Oshiro Toshika nodded, and then seemed to see Akihara Hiroto's worry, "Of course I won't go to all cities, I will only pick some relatively large cities."

"But is it useful for sales?" Hiroto Akihara said, took a sip from the water glass, and then said: "As far as I know, whether it is "April Youth" or other magazines, the main sales market is still in the Tokyo."

"Mr. Akihara, you are right." Oshiro Toshika did not deny it, but explained, "But the Tokyo market is currently the most competitive. Whether it is channels or public opinion, the four major publishing houses are currently spending a lot of money. It is difficult to make new progress with a sum of money.”

After a pause, she added: "And the work "Guhata Ren Saburo" can only rely on word of mouth to slowly ferment. So we still hope to make full use of the sinking markets in all small and medium cities."

Hiroto Akihara hesitated for a moment, and then said: "But this may delay my writing speed, which is not good for the serialization of the manuscript."

"Huh, is that so?" Dashiro Lixiang glanced at him, and then said: "But according to the feedback from editor Awazu and Ms. Asano, Mr. Akihara, you write very fast, and you can even write an issue in 3 hours. Of course, We leave 1-2 days between each signing for you to rest and write."

Hearing these words, Akihara Hiroto glanced at Asano Aiko, who showed a slightly embarrassed smile.

But Hiroto Akihara also knew that he couldn't blame the other party for this matter. After all, before signing the sale yesterday, he had already shown his ability to write quickly in front of Hideki Awazu.

This is like lifting a rock and shooting yourself in the foot...

Just when Akihara Hiroto was about to use inspiration as an excuse to evade, Oshiro Lixiang continued: "Mr. Akihara, I know that the signing tour may be very hard, but it will affect the sales of "April Youth". It has been of great help. Not only us, but the other three major magazines have recently launched similar or corresponding plans.”

"The editorial department will provide you with extra remuneration, and arrange the best hotel and service for you during the itinerary."

"Besides, I will also ask the editor Awazu to provide additional plans and funds, so that you can travel and play around the world during the interval of the signing event."

Akihara Hiroto didn't expect such a condition, subconsciously looked up at her.

According to this statement, his national signing tour may be regarded as a national tour.After all, there is often a gap of 1-2 days before the two signings, so you can go shopping at scenic spots or soak in hot springs and camping.

If you think about it this way, you won't be very tired.

"Let me think about it," Akihara Hiroto said briefly, then closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and thought about it, considering the pros and cons of this matter.

According to Oshiro Lixiang's opinion, it is hoped that he can go once or twice in all the cities of a certain size in the country.Even with a conservative estimate, it would take about half a year at a frequency of about 2 games per week.

As for the work "Guhata Ren Saburo", in addition to the two issues that have been delivered, there are more than 40 issues left.Even with the addition of holiday supplements, it will take about half a year for the serialization to end.

In this way, at the end of the signing tour, his serialization of this work is almost over.The number of readers at that time was almost the highest achievement that the journal "April Youth" could achieve.

Hiroto Akihara opened his eyes, was silent for a while, and asked in a serious tone: "Editor Oshiro, if I cooperate with your work, can you ensure that "April Youth" becomes the number one in the industry?"

"I can't guarantee it," Oshiro Toshika replied earnestly without avoiding Akihara's gaze, "but this is the best plan the editorial department can come up with. After all, unless it can be filmed or filmed, the current page publicity will be over. It’s hard to push magazine sales one step further.”

Hiroto Akihara nodded upon hearing this frank answer.

In fact, he also knows that the number one in the industry is not that successful at all.After all, "April Youth" is not the only one, all other magazines are desperately making efforts in terms of channels and publicity.

Although he is confident in the quality of "Guhata"'s works, he cannot deny that there are many excellent authors in other magazines.For veteran writers like Seto Yuzhi, there are more or less 1-2 other writers.

However, Oshiro Lixiang's answer also made him very satisfied - the other party didn't lie to him to say that he would definitely get the number one in the industry in order to fool him into attending the signing.

"Well, I agree." Akihara Yuto put down the water glass in his hand, and gave the reply Oshiro Lixiang wanted.

But just when she breathed a sigh of relief, Akihara Yuto said that he had some conditions, which made Oshiro Lixiang nervous.

"My request is that all signing events in all cities must be agreed with me a week in advance and ensure that the signing events will do a good job in publicity. In addition, if I can't come because of something, the editorial department must also Accept my request."

Hiroto Akihara paused, and added: "Of course, if I have something to do, I will let you know 1-2 days in advance."

He still has some plans in mind, such as giving lectures, publishing books, or making contacts, so it is naturally impossible to be busy with signing meetings all day long.

Dashiro Lixiang thought it was some kind of request, but she didn't expect it to be so, so she agreed with a smile.

Hiroto Akihara is not an employee of "April Youth", so it is naturally impossible to accept the promotional arrangement of the signing event all the time.

In fact, she has already prepared the second plan, which is to sign a sale every two weeks, and wait for the other party to reject the previous proposal before submitting it.

But I didn't expect that the other party agreed so easily.

Having said that, she also saw Hiroto Akihara's desire to make "April Youth" the number one in the industry.This made her a little puzzled, what exactly did the other party go through in "New" to have this obsession.

She didn't say much, but bowed her head to thank: "Thank you for your hard work!"

Akihara did not participate in the subsequent topic, but Asano came forward and discussed the details with Oshiro Lixiang, including the specific remuneration and hotel standards, as well as the guarantee of safety when going out. The risk of being attacked by fans or black fans.

After the discussion, Oshiro Toshika left and said that the subsequent work would be handled by Awazu Hideki.

After she left, Asano Aiko gave Akihara Yuto a worried look: "Akihara, should you reconsider this matter, after all, if you often go out, you will still be very tired."

Akihara Yuto smiled and said, "It's okay, it's not hard work."

Compared with the days of 996 in the previous life, this kind of tour and signing tour where travel and work are equally divided is not too easy.

And in his opinion, as long as he gets the first place, it's nothing to work hard! !

[Chapter 198.197 Die-hard supporters]

After agreeing to Oshiro Rika's request, Akihara Hiroto started a signing tour in the Kinki area.

The Kinki area, also known as the Kinki area, has the Osaka metropolitan area, one of Japan's three major metropolitan areas, and is a concept of a large area in Japan.It covers an area of ​​more than 2.7 square kilometers (three-quarters the size of Hainan), and has a population of 1988.1 million, with urban population accounting for more than 80%.

Also because of its high degree of urbanization and commercialization, it was listed by "April Youth" as the most important market outside of Tokyo.

In fact, not only "April Youth", but also the other three major publishing houses have also increased their development of the sinking market during this period.

When Hiroto Akihara was on tour in this area for signings, "Tokyo Literature", "Tokyo Youth", and "Spring of Literature" also started promotions in the form of channels, advertisements, or distribution.

This made Akihara Yuto a little upset, but he also knew that his irritability was useless.After all, this is different from what Mantanshe experienced before, and now it is a normal commercial competition among all publishing houses.

But he was irritable for a while, and soon calmed himself down again.

His goal is to be No. [-] in the industry. It would be a strange thing if he got it so easily!

Instead of having time to be irritable, why not cooperate more with "April Youth", participate in more signing sessions, and show a more "gentle and friendly" attitude towards readers!