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Originally, he didn't have this intention, he just wanted to transfer Asano Aiko away, to see if he could make Akihara Yuto change his mind, but it was just a trial, if the price was too high, it would be fine.

But unexpectedly, the circulation of "New Novel" will soar all the way to the current 14 copies, which is only one step away from the 15 copies of "Tokyo Literature".This has changed many people's views of Hiroto Akihara from a "newcomer with potential" to a "genius like a monster".

Such a change also caused Takei Kohei to face a lot of pressure. No matter what, he was the editor on duty on the day of Hiroto Akihara's submission, and he was the first recipient of the other's manuscript.

In fact, he has recently heard some gossip - someone in the editor of "Tokyo Literature" is dissatisfied with him, and even another deputy editor intends to use this as an excuse to attack him.

So for him, the higher the sales of "New Novel" and the greater the fame of Hiroto Akihara, the more it was like a resounding slap on his face.If it is serious to a certain extent, it may even affect his succession as the editor-in-chief who is about to retire.

He will never tolerate this happening!

But he had to admit that he didn't have any means at the moment.Since the last time he broke up at Akihara's house, he has found several private investigators, and the results can only prove that - Akihara Hiroto doesn't drive fast, doesn't drink too much, doesn't go to nightclubs, and his usual social circle is pitifully narrow. Take off an otaku who can only write, and there is no stain at all.

And if it's just a small stain, it won't help Akihara Hiroto's reputation.After all, the other party has the title of "genius writer", and the public's tolerance is extremely high.

Takei Kohei thought for a while, then put down the photo in his hand, rubbed his brows that had been tense, and prepared to pay and leave.

Another good-for-nothing detective, useless at all!

But just when he was about to take out his wallet, Ryota Yamamoto, who was sitting across from him, took out another stack of photos from his briefcase, "Takei-san, although I didn't find anything about Yuuto Akihara, I also When investigating the other party's interpersonal relationship, I got some other gains..."

"Other gains?"

"Don't worry, just look at the photos and you'll know."

Hearing what the other party said, Takei Kohei stopped taking out his wallet. He took the photo handed over by the other party and looked at it carefully.

On it is a man with a bloated figure, who is drinking with his arms around a woman with heavy makeup.

Because the photo was a little blurry, it took him a long time to confirm the identity of the other party, and he read out silently: "Ta Kikuchi?!"

Ryota Yamamoto took a sip of coffee and said unhurriedly: "That's right, the other party is Ta Kikuchi, the current editor-in-chief of "New Novel". It took us a lot of time to take this photo, and, not only in this way……"

"Not only that?" Takei Kohei glanced at Ryota Yamamoto, and found that the other party had no intention of continuing.He put down the photo and showed that politician's smile, "Understood, if it is useful to me, the entrustment fee will be increased on my side."

"Takei-san is indeed a straightforward client!" Yamamoto Ryota showed a satisfied smile, and continued: "The woman in Kikuchita's arms is named Yamanaka Narumi, and she is the president of a design company. Recently, I seem to have received a commission for the cover design of "New Novel."

He took out another photo and put it on the desktop, "In addition, this editor-in-chief Kikuchi also bought a luxury car worth 700 million yen, which is the one in the photo."

He slowed down his speech and lowered his voice: "Takei-san, as a member of the publishing house, you must know more about the income level of editors than I do, so you should know what this means, right?"

Takei Kohei's expression became serious, he took the photo, and at the same time sorted out in his mind the series of information the other party just provided: women, design companies, luxury cars...

Reminiscent of hearing that Kikuchita had outsourced the cover against all opinions before, a term suddenly popped into his mind-the crime of embezzlement!

Only then did he realize that he didn't need to look for Akihara Hiroto's stains, after all, the biggest trump card had already fallen into his hands.He wants to use this trump card to plan for himself.

Thinking of this, he showed a "weird" smile...

Mr. Akihara, from this point of view, you must either join "Tokyo Literature" or become a "traitor" who left Mandansha!

[62.Chapter 62 Higher Needs]

Akihara Hiroto didn't know that someone was planning to target him. He was currently holding a passbook to sort out his recent income and payments.

Since he contributed to "New Novel" for more than 2 months, he has received a total of 10 issues of manuscript fees, the amount is almost 250 million yen, in addition to 30 yen for helping Akemi Igawa write the script, and Asano Aiko With the bonus of 200 million yen, the total income almost reached 480 million yen.

This sum of money may seem like a lot, but it is only half a year's salary of a senior white-collar worker in Tokyo.

Not only that, because he has made donations, rent, living expenses and many other expenses, and now he has just over 230 million yen left.

If he saves some money, it won't be a problem for him to live with this money for another half a year.

But he didn't care. After all, as a writer, the fixed manuscript fee in the magazine is only to meet the basic needs.The bulk of the real income undoubtedly depends on the future royalty income from the booklet.

According to the previously signed contract, he can get 10% of the book price.

And because the sales volume of "New Novel" is so hot now, his initial printing will have a circulation of at least 10 copies, and the price will be around 2000 yen.

This means that he can get an income of about 2000 million yen.According to the annual salary comparison of the whole Tokyo, he is completely in the top 10% of the pyramid, which can be regarded as a high-income class.

Judging from the current progress, the time when he can get the money will not be too far away.

This afternoon, Kikuchita called and informed that after the next issue of serialization, the typesetting and cover design of the booklet would start.If nothing else, it will be printed and distributed in a month.

Hiroto Akihara agreed at the time, but he proposed that he hoped to communicate with the person in charge of the cover design about the style of the cover to achieve the effect he wanted.

But to his surprise, after hearing this request, Kikuchita hesitated and said it was inconvenient, which made him a little surprised.

You know, this is just a request that can't be smaller, it's not a big deal, just spend an hour or two communicating.

Hiroto Akihara was a little confused, but he didn't insist. After all, he is not a member of the publishing house, so don't explore too much in this regard.

After thinking for a while, he could only tell editor-in-chief Juchi about his design requirements, and entrusted him to convey the information on his behalf.And it is required that the final cover effect must be confirmed by yourself.

Although I respect Kikuchi Tai, the quality of the cover directly affects the sales volume of the booklet, and the sales volume is closely related to his bank deposits.

So on this point, he must not give in.

Seeing Yuuto Akihara's insistence, Kikuchita could only agree to his request, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two ended the call.

Akihara Hiroto stuffed the passbook under the bed sheet, then returned to the desk, sat on the chair, looked out the window at the street with people coming and going from time to time, lost in thought.

Since coming to this world, his goal is to be able to not be displaced, even to be able to support himself and gain a foothold.So far, this has been achieved.

But his needs are not constant. According to Maslow's needs theory, after satisfying the basic physiological, safety, and social needs, his needs have become the two higher levels of respect and self-actualization. Require.

In his plan, in order to achieve these two points, he must continue on the road of the literary world.

In addition to achieving the sales of his works, he also has to contribute to his own personal resume. For example, he first won the Gold Award of the Mantansha Literary Award, then won the Newcomer Award and the Grand Award from the Mystery Fiction Association, and finally won the World Neon Literary Award. The highest award - the Uemura Prize.

After all these awards are achieved, he can be regarded as successful and famous, and then he can consider his own life problems, such as marrying a wife and having children, such as buying a house and settling down.

Perhaps at that time, it would be a good choice to return to Huaxia to find a good university as a teacher.After all, he has never regarded himself as a neon person, and he still yearns for life in his homeland in his bones.

However, these thoughts can be let go first. At present, he still has to achieve his own success in his career.

In order to achieve this step, he must make good use of the big tree of Mandanshe and continue to form a community of interests with "New Novel".

He can see very clearly that most of the awards in the literary world are basically divided up by big publishing houses.

It's right to think about it, only award-winning books can be known and sold by readers, so those giants will naturally not let go of the big cake of awards easily.

It’s not that a small publishing house is impossible, but the chances are pitifully small. After all, they need no one, no money, and small arms and legs. How can they have the ability to wrestle with those big publishing houses?

He thought for a while, and found that the sky outside had darkened, and there were more pedestrians on the street. It seemed that it was time to get off work.

At this time, he suddenly remembered a question.

Next Monday will be the last serialization of his work, how can it sell?