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Others seemed to be used to seeing it, and the people at the back of the line came up.

Seeing this scene, Sota Nishijima sighed, and said helplessly, "Mr. Akihara, this is the current situation of the small publishing house."

Akihara Hiroto didn't reply, but he also had an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

With the economic downturn, more and more small and micro publishing houses are bound to face bankruptcy.

In other words, in the following 10 years, Japan's publishing industry will face a reshuffle.

In the previous life, someone wrote a work called "The Collapse of the Neon Publishing Industry". After the work was released, it was recognized by many people in the industry.

The scene I saw today may be just a microcosm of this historical background!

After the episode, Hiroto Akihara and Sota Nishijima walked to the front desk together to receive their badges.

Under the guidance of the hostess, the two came to an office on the 7th floor, preparing to meet today's master, a minister in charge of publishing literary books in Tokyo.

But when they came to the office, they were told that the minister was temporarily absent.

"Sorry, Mr. Akihara, President Nishijima," a man in a gray suit said with an "apologetic" smile, "Mr. Kuzumoto has something to do today, so please talk to me if you have something to do."

After saying this, he bowed and handed over his business card, "This is our first meeting, I am Kenichi Hisada, the section chief of the Publication Department of Professional Literature, please give me your advice."

Hiroto Akihara felt a little dissatisfied, after all, he had rarely encountered such a thing as being released as a pigeon.

But they didn't reach out to hit the smiling person, so the two also politely saluted and said hello.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the head of the class named Hisada Kenichi took the two of them to a small reception room and sat down, offering to pour tea for them.

"Mr. Akihara, President Nishijima, what is the purpose of the two of you coming today?" Kenichi Hisada said politely.

Sota Nishijima took the initiative to take over the topic, "Mr. Hisada, regarding our latest release of "Personal Experience", can your company increase the purchase volume.

Although "Personal Experience" is traditional literature, the traditional literary work "Snow Country" previously released by our publishing house has successfully sold tens of thousands of copies.So according to common sense, I think it will become a big-selling work.So I hope you will reconsider. "

Akihara Hiroto didn't speak at the side, but just stared at each other seriously.

After all, it should be reasonable for Sota Nishijima to talk to the other party about the issue.

But the minister was not there, which made him feel bad.

So he vaguely guessed that the itinerary this time might not be that simple.

Sure enough, after hearing this request, the Kuta section chief showed a embarrassed expression.

At this time, Sota Nishijima presented another packaged gift, "This is a gift for you, it is a Suwa brand pen"

"What's so funny about that?"

Hisada Kenichi greeted him politely, and then accepted the gift.

He pondered for a while, and then said: "How about this, Tokyo Publishing and Sales will order an additional 1000 copies, do you think it's okay?"

Hearing this result, Nishijima Zong was too speechless.

Originally ordered 3000 volumes, now with 2000 volumes added, there are only 4000 volumes.

Compared with the previous works, it is still pitiful!

Hisada Kenichi seemed to feel that he had done his best, and persuaded: "This is already the largest share I can decide."

Just when Sota Nishijima was trying to persuade him, Hiroto Akihara sneered, "President Nishijima, let's go."

The attitude of the other party is already obvious, and it will be useless to ask again.

Hisada Kenichi saw Hiroto Akihara's dissatisfaction, and smiled wryly, "Mr. Akihara, the order quantity was decided by our department unanimously. I'm very sorry."

Hiroto Akihara replied flatly: "Mr. Hisata, do you know how much our publishing house sold in the first half of the year? A total of 300 million copies, of which your company ordered 130 million copies.

I thought that the two of us could cooperate happily, but I didn't expect that your company is so unfavorable to my next work,

If you look at it this way, the follow-up edition of my previous works should also be considered whether to hand over to your company for distribution. "

Hearing these words, Hisada Kenichi broke out in a cold sweat.

This time, the reduction in orders for Hiroto Akihara's new books was a request from his superiors.

But at the same time, the above also said that we should try our best to appease Akihara Hiroto, after all, the two sides have great common interests.

If Hiroto Akihara really got angry and refused to order the previous edition of the book, then this would undoubtedly be a serious breach of duty for himself.

"Teacher Akihara, look..." He tried to appease the other party.

Akihara Hiroto waved his hand, too lazy to continue talking.

He called Sota Nishijima, and the two walked out the door directly, and left the headquarters of Tokyo Sales.

Looking at the sky in the distance, Hiroto Akihara made a decision in his heart...

[Chapter 296.295 Channel System Construction]

In the afternoon, Aiko Asano and Maki Satake, who went to Neon Publishing to sell, also returned to the publishing house, and joined Akihara Yuto and Nishijima Sota.

However, the result was also disappointing. Regarding the 6 copies of the first edition, the director of the sales department of Neon Publishing said that it was still the same as before, and only willing to order 7000 copies.

Together with the 4000 copies sold in Tokyo, the total is 11000 copies.

Facing Asano and Satake's frustration, Akihara Hiroto comforted him.

"It's okay, we can still help with the shipment through the trial reading meeting. President Nishijima already has a lot of confidence."

Nishijima Zongtai was stunned, but he quickly understood what he meant to cheer up, and said proactively: "Yes, I am going to contact the local cooperative bookstore in Tokyo and find a high-end restaurant to hold a trial reading session."

After hearing these words, Asano and Satake's complexions improved.

Hiroto Akihara waved his hand, calling everyone into the meeting room on the third floor, preparing for a small meeting.

After everyone sat down, Aiko Asano regained her senses. She looked at Sota Nishijima and said, "President Nishijima, I would like to ask about the 300 million copies ordered by Tokyo Sales and Neon Sales in the first half of the year." Among them, at least about 200 million volumes were contracted.

So we have a lot of common interests, so can we use this reason to go to their vice president or higher management? "

In Asano Aiko's view, if the lower ministers can't make a decision, then it's better to take the upper-level route. After all, the number of 200 million copies involves a transaction amount of almost 60 billion.

Even if it is apportioned to each family, it is about 30 billion yen, which cannot be said to be a small sum.

After hearing this, Sota Nishijima shook his head, "Miss Asano, do you know the estimated sales of the neon publishing market in the first half of the year?"

Seeing that Asano Aiko couldn't type it, he continued: "Although the economy is in a downturn, the sales volume of the publication market in the first half of this year is still around 7200 billion yen, and Tokyo sales and neon sales have occupied a large part of the market due to the monopoly of the industry. two-thirds of the total transaction amount,