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This incident was also reported by the local media, which aroused more people's curiosity about "So far", and recently many people went to bookstores to buy it, which led to a surge in sales and reprints.

Hearing all this, Hiroto Akihara couldn't help but suddenly realized that it seemed that he had caught on to a hot topic.

But he was still very happy in his heart. If the little boy could be adopted by a loving couple, it would undoubtedly bring about a turning point in his fate.

In addition, the reprint made him feel a little excited. He felt that after coming to this world, he finally made some achievements!

It's not surprising that Asano Aiko hasn't heard Akihara Yuto's reply for a long time. She can more or less guess Akihara Yuto's mood now. After all, a magazine is republished because of a newcomer's serialization. Things that are rarely heard.

After a while, she felt that Hiroto Akihara should have calmed down, so she continued: "By the way, there is good news. The covers of the next few issues should focus on recommending your articles."

Hiroto Akihara was slightly surprised: "Is it because of the feedback from readers?"

According to the previous editor-in-chief Tata Kikuchi, his article must be ranked in the top five by readers' feedback before it will have a recommended position on the cover.

However, he later learned that the recommended position mentioned by Kikuchi was just to add a title to the lower left corner of the cover, and he would not ask someone to make a cover like "Looking for Footsteps".

Aiko Asano gave an affirmative answer, and at the same time talked about a series of things that just happened in the editorial department.

After everyone in the editorial department celebrated, the deputy editor-in-chief Kazuhiro Matsushima submitted a plan for the next promotion of "Looking for Steps", and the editor-in-chief is considering whether to approve it.

As a result, the commissioner from the statistics department came to the editorial office again, and informed everyone of the reasons and consequences of the reprint of "New Novel", and at the same time submitted a reader feedback report.

According to this report, among the 963 readers who filled out the questionnaire, Hiroto Akihara's "Xiao Yang and Shiko" and "So far" were highly praised by 85% of the readers, while Yu Zhen's "Steps of Search" was highly praised by 45% of readers. Only [-]% of readers like it, and the data is very different.

At that time, Matsushima and Hiro's faces were as ugly as swallowing a fly. After repeated confirmation, the editor-in-chief Kikuchi directly called back the former's promotion plan.

He then found Aiko Asano and told the editorial department that the next step would be to vigorously promote Hiroto Akihara and customize a special cover.

That's why Aiko Asano's current phone call came about.

Hiroto Akihara nodded, which confirmed his own thoughts. As long as he can prove his work through sales, the editorial department will naturally pay more attention to it.

Aiko Asano should also be very happy now, right?Thinking of this, Akihara Hiroto joked with a smile: "Asano, you won't go to the bar to drink again?"

Asano Aiko who was holding the microphone didn't expect Akihara Yuto to be obsessed with her going to the bar, rolled her eyes, and said bluntly: "If you want to drink, you, a writer, shouldn't invite me, a small editor, to have a drink." High Five? Open two more bottles of good wine for me?"

Hiroto Akihara choked a little, and pretended not to hear it.

High Five is one of the most expensive bars in Tokyo. A glass of wine may cost tens of thousands of yen, and a bottle of wine is even more expensive. It may be equivalent to half of his manuscript.With this money, he would rather donate it to the orphanage.

Asano Aiko found that he was speechless, and felt a little proud, whoever told you to mention my going to the bar, told you not to mention it again.

She smiled, and was about to end the call. After all, the cover and publicity plans later required her to advance the planning.

"Qiuhara, let's celebrate together later, I have to deal with some work recently." She said with a smile, her voice still sounded a little excited, "When it really sells well, I'll treat you to a big meal, You will never be disappointed!"

"Then I'll wait for your big meal!"

The two then hung up the phone respectively and continued to get busy.Hiroto Akihara returned to his desk upstairs and sat down to continue writing his stage play.

He didn't expect this good news from the editorial department, but it didn't mean that he had to relax, he had to work harder on his side.

Inspiration kept popping up in his mind, and he was about to write a book, but he didn't expect a phone call from downstairs...

[31.Chapter 31 "Cake" cutting method]

"Akihara-san, don't look so sad." The one who spoke was Yuto Imamura, a friend of Akihara Hiroto's acquaintance at the publishing house.

He was wearing a pink floral suit with a black bow tie and Brogue carved leather shoes on his feet. He was very coquettish. He persuaded Akihara Yuto: "Today we are here to have fun, we can't put on this pair of expression."

Akihara Hiroto stood next to him, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, looking like an ordinary college student.

He said angrily: "Don't you want to talk about business? Why do you come to this kind of place?"

He received a call from Imamura Yuto the day before yesterday, who asked him to go out to talk about something today, and he agreed after thinking about it.

I thought I was looking for a place for a simple chat, but I didn't expect to be taken all the way to a high-end club called "Misaki".

RB's high-end clubs are essentially high-end nightclubs. They are the favorite places for RB's political and business dignitaries, and even the cultural circles are not immune.

Writers Yukio Mishima, Yasunari Kawabata, Ryotaro Shiba, cartoonists Osamu Tezuka, Fujio Akatsuka, Fujio Fujio and other RB cultural celebrities are all guests of the club.

Fujiko Fujio also said with a smile that Shizuka's name in "Doraemon" came from a certain mother-san, which made me feel like ruining my childhood when I learned the inside story.

Hiroto Akihara was a bit of a headache. Although he didn't like this kind of place, he didn't have any moral obsessions. After all, the purpose of coming here was just to talk.

But it seems that the fees here are not cheap. He has just donated two issues of manuscript fees to charity, and he is a little cash-strapped.

Imamura Yuto seemed to see his embarrassment, patted his shoulder, frowned and said: "Don't worry, I'm treating you today."

Akihara Hiroto reluctantly made an opinion: "Actually, you can come to my house to talk."

After Imamura Yuto heard this sentence, although the expression on his face was still cynical, his tone was a little more serious: "Akihara-san, as a writer, if you want to continue to go up in the future, then you must integrate into this circle. "

Seeing that Hiroto Akihara was a little puzzled, he continued to explain: "The club I brought you here is a frequented by many writers and high-level executives of Mantansha, where you can make many useful contacts. Think about it, if you publish a booklet in the future Or if you win a prize, wouldn’t it be better to have a few friends to give you good words in the newspaper.”

Akihara Hiroto didn't expect Imamura Yuto to mean this, and was a little surprised for a while.

But he didn't completely agree with it in his heart. He thought that what writers should really do is to create a work to perfection instead of making connections all day long.

After all, if the quality of the work is limited, no matter how you make contacts, it will not help.Conversely, if the work is so excellent that it cannot be improved, then those contacts will also actively attach to it.

But the other party also had good intentions, so he didn't refute.

The two walked into the revolving door and were seen from a distance by a young woman in a tight white suspender dress.

The woman stepped forward quickly, and greeted Imamura Yuto cordially, "Imamura-sensei, it's been a long time, I thought you forgot Miyu."

Yuuto Imamura immediately returned to his cheap look, and exaggeratedly said: "How is it possible, even if RB sinks, I will never forget such a lovely person as Miyu."

"If you hate it~ you will say nice things~"

The young woman said so, but her expression showed no trace of impatience. She stepped forward and took Imamura Yuto's arm. She looked at Akihara Yuto and asked doubtfully, "This handsome guy is..."

Without waiting for Hiroto Akihara to answer, Imamura Yuto immediately introduced: "This is Akihara-sensei who published a serial in "New Novel". Although he is so young, he will definitely be a great figure in the literary world in the future~"

The young woman knew how to cooperate with the "atmosphere", and immediately praised "really amazing" with her small mouth slightly opened.

She was indeed a little surprised, she saw Akihara Yuuto dressed like a college student, and thought he was Imamura Yuuto's disciple or relative, but she didn't expect that he was a writer who had already debuted.

Hiroto Akihara looked at the two of them "flirtatiously", and regretted coming here. If he knew it, he might as well write at home.

Fortunately, the two chatted for a few words, and then walked to the booth inside. Akihara Hiroto walked aside, and kept looking at the place—the decoration was a bit luxurious and exaggerated, and it seemed to be to adapt to the economic bubble. Period aesthetic renovation.However, the overall environment is fairly quiet, and it is indeed a good place for conversation.

The young woman arranged for them to sit in a booth in a corner, and she herself sat next to Imamura Yuto.

At this time, another mother-san came, exchanged some polite words with the two of them, and then called a female publicist who looked a bit innocent to come over and arrange it next to Yuuto Akihara.