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"Why did you write a book review for that Akihara-san? Are his articles really that good?" Kaito Nakata lowered his head and hesitated, but he still expressed his doubts.

As a disciple of Yosuke Miyagawa, he has been studying with him for more than 8 years, and it was only 3 years ago that he was recognized by "April Youth" and made his debut.

But in the three years since his debut, the teacher has not even written a book review for him once.

He was very unconvinced.

In terms of circulation, his works are serialized in "April Youth", with a circulation of more than 12, far exceeding "New Novel".In terms of qualifications, he has won various honors for newcomers many times, let alone Akihara Hiroto, a newcomer who can't compare.

Miyagawa Yosuke did not directly respond to Nakata Keito's question, he turned his head and took a serious look at his disciple.

"Have you seen these works of Hiroto Akihara?"

"I've seen it."

"Then talk about your own understanding."

Nakata Kaito opened his mouth, but still answered the teacher's question.

"The other party's writing is very interesting, but as a mystery novel, I don't agree with it."

This may sound harsh, but it is indeed what he thinks in his heart.The series of works written by the other party are all in the name of mystery novels, but there are not many reasoning elements.

In contrast, another serial of "New Novel", "The Footsteps of Search", is a serious reasoning work. Although the story is slightly less conflicted, it includes a series of processes such as killing, solving crimes, and arresting murderers.

Yosuke Miyagawa did not respond to the student's answer, but asked another question: "What do you think are the advantages of his works?"

Nakata Keito hesitated for a while, then said uncertainly: "Strong storytelling?"

Miyagawa Yosuke was a little disappointed to hear this answer, and shook his head.

"It's human nature."

He sighed, and took the initiative to explain: "The reasoning novel world is basically based on the original style. But it has fallen into a misunderstanding, that is, it is more and more pursuing tricks and gorgeous mechanisms, ignoring or templated criminal motives of the murderer." , resulting in a one-size-fits-all phenomenon.”

He paused and continued to add.

"So, although there are not many reasoning elements in Akihara Hiroto's works, I also think it is worth writing a book review for the description of human nature in his works."

There is one more thing he didn't say, that is, he admires Akihara Yuto's talent very much, and believes that he is bound to rise in the literary world.

After all, as far as he knows, Yuu Akihara debuted only two months ago, and he grew up in a place like an orphanage, so he basically didn't receive much literary training.

But under such a premise, the other party overcame obstacles and opened up a new world, stepped out of his own style, and reminded him of several literary masters involuntarily.

Perhaps, this is the genius destined to be favored by the heavens? !

He felt it, and had other ideas, thinking that since the other party is bound to rise, it is better to make friends with the other party now, which can be regarded as a smooth favor.

However, he didn't tell his students this, so as not to hurt his self-confidence.

Nakata Keito lowered his head and fell silent.

He didn't fully agree with the teacher's remarks. In his opinion, isn't the original meaning of mystery novels to pursue tricks and solve cases?It is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse to insist on imposing human nature on it.

In addition, don't the socialists just use this set of human nature in their novels?There is nothing strange about this.

He was very unconvinced, but he didn't question his teacher, but made a decision silently.

He wants to join the Mandan Club and use the popularity of his articles to defeat Hiroto Akihara head-on.He wants to prove that the teacher's opinion is completely wrong!

……

At the same time, Hiroto Akihara didn't know that someone was going to challenge him. He was studying the sales data of the first day with Aiko Asano.

After the release of the new issue yesterday, the first-day sales data of the seventh week of "New Novel" was only 1 copies, slightly lower than the previous issue's year-on-year sales of 7 copies.

It seems that this gap is not big, but in fact, it is a worrying sign, which means that the upward trend of "New Novel" has come to an abrupt end.

He frowned, and could only force himself to accept this fact.

After all, the little boy incident has been over for quite a long time now, and it is difficult for magazines to catch up with corresponding hot spots.

In addition, the style of his "Poetry to the Sun" published in the latest issue is quite different from his previous novels.

Prior to this, his works such as "Little Jewelry and Yoko" and "Seven Rooms" were generally based on horror and weird themes, and then the death of one party was used to highlight the climax of the story.

But this time, "Poetry to the Sun" has changed its style of writing, using the perspective of a robot girl as the main line to describe the discussion on the topic of death after the demise of human beings.

In terms of horror and weirdness, it is far inferior to the previous works. It is not ruled out that some readers will give up buying the magazine after learning about the story on the Internet or from others.

But there is nothing to regret. After all, market trends and readers’ tastes are unpredictable, and blindly catering to readers may not be the right choice.

He thought about it, let go of his concerns, and prepared for the sales decline in this issue.He picked up the chopsticks and ate the bento brought by Aiko Asano.

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the responsible editor seemed to care a little more about him recently.

After the meal, Asano Aiko left with a lunch box and the manuscript for the next issue, while Akihara Yuto sat at the table and continued to write hard.

Now that the sales of magazines are going down, it has become a foregone conclusion, so don't care about this aspect anymore, and the most important thing is to do your job well.

But to his surprise, on Wednesday, Asano Aiko brought new news about the magazine sales on Tuesday, which surprised him...

[54.Chapter 54 Love and Death]

At noon on Wednesday, Hiroto Akihara was at home thinking about how to continue writing the story in his head, when he suddenly heard a doorbell, and then the sound of the door being opened.

He didn't care because he had already guessed who it was.

Because of the structure of a building, he had to go up and down the stairs every time he opened the door, so he made an extra key for himself and entrusted it to his responsible editor.

Sure enough, with the sound of "thump, thump," Aiko Asano walked up to the second floor.

After seeing Hiroto Akihara, she took a deep breath and said excitedly, "Akihara, the sales on Tuesday are out! The number is amazing. Guess how many there are?"

Hiroto Akihara looked up and was a little puzzled. The sales volume on the first day was only 1 copies, so it must be even lower on the second day, right?

He tentatively asked, "1 volumes?"

"No, a little higher." Asano Aiko shook her head pretending to be mysterious.

"That's 1 volumes."

"It's still wrong..."

Seeing that Hiroto Akihara hadn't guessed it for a long time, Aiko Asano gave up the plan to let him continue to guess.

She opened the small bag she carried with her, took out a piece of paper with densely recorded data, and smiled, revealing shallow dimples.

"It's a total of 3 volumes, we have reprinted it!"