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Because of Mr. Seto Tamae's speech, the entire award ceremony became a joke. The main person in charge, Kihara Daigo, immediately announced the end of the awards, and asked all staff and contracted writers to keep silent to the media.

Although public relations work has been done, some media still reported this content, but the wording is still "tactful" a lot, and the word shady is not used.

Nevertheless, Mandanshe held a small press conference.At the press conference, Kikuchi bowed and apologized and announced that he was responsible for the result, but the reason was vague and he only said his own mistakes.

At the end of the press conference, Mantansha announced that he was transferred to the Shikoku branch as the vice president of the branch, which was tantamount to being assigned.

After the press conference, Hiroto Akihara received a call from Aiko Asano and was told the detailed "causes and consequences" and hoped that he would forgive herself. Just when Akihara was puzzled, she hung up the phone.After that, there was no way to get in touch.

Takei Kohei also came to the door and invited him again in the name of "Tokyo Literature", and promised many times that he would protect his interests and make concessions on manuscript fees and royalties again.

But facing this invitation, Akihara Yuto did not agree, but said that he had to think about it again.

……

Hiroto Akihara sorted out the recent events, found paper and a pen, and began to analyze them.

The occurrence of these things, as if arranged, made him feel deeply wrong.

First, Kikuchita's performance does not match his character.

According to Asano, Kikuchita changed the shortlist for the Gold Award to please the head of the department and get promoted.But since this is the case, why did Kikuchita promise to give the gold reward to himself? There is no need for this at all.

And with Kikuchi's smooth personality, even if he had this idea, he would communicate and comfort himself in advance, and compensate himself in other ways.

Second, Kihara Daigo's reaction was very strange.

If Kikuchita really did this to please him, then as the head of the department, even if he cannot help Kikuchita publicly, he can intervene from the side and arrange Kikuchita to another department or a slightly better branch.

You know, the Shikoku area is located in Nankaido, which can be said to be the worst location for the neon economic environment.

Such ruthlessness will undoubtedly chill the hearts of some subordinates who want to befriend him.

In addition to these two points, Asano Aiko's reaction of avoiding seeing him after telling him the truth, and Takei Kohei's immediate invitation at the door made him feel that there was a pair of hands pushing all this.

He frowned, then put down the pen in his hand, what he needed now was more information.

But who to turn to?

He thought for a while, opened the drawer, took out a business card, and called the number on the card.

"Editor Awazu, are you free this afternoon?"

……

At 3 p.m., "SWAG" cafe in Chiyoda Ward.

Hiroto Akihara sat in a corner, holding a cup of black coffee.Sitting opposite him was Hideki Awazu, the editor of "April Youth" who invited him to join the school last time.

Awazu Hideki said "thank you" to the waiter who brought the dessert, then turned to Akihara Hiroto and asked, "Mr. Ayuhara, what's the matter for you to invite me to talk this time?"

After a pause, he continued: "Could it be that you have decided to leave "New Novel" and join "April Youth"?"

Hiroto Akihara didn't directly deny it, but he didn't admit it either. He just said politely: "Editor Awazu, you should have heard about the recent Mandansha Literary Awards ceremony, right?"

"That's right, I've learned something here," Hideki Awazu smiled gloatingly, "This is not a big or small scandal."

"So, Mr. Akihara, are you disappointed in Mandanshe because of what happened to you?"

After saying this, he stared at Yuuto Akihara, trying to find a trace of dissatisfaction on his face.

After all, Hiroto Akihara, as the biggest contributor to the success of "New Novel", was reduced to the point where he didn't even get a gold reward, but only won a silver reward. Presumably the other party will be very dissatisfied?

But to his surprise, the expression on Akihara Yuuto's face was very calm, without the slightest fluctuation.

Akihara Hiroto did not answer this question, but said: "Editor Awazu, I came to you this time to ask some questions about the internal affairs of Mandansha."

"I'm just the editor of "April Youth" in the classroom, so I may not know much about Mandansha," Hideki Awazu waved his hand, but he still said, "Please talk about what you want to know first, I can only talk about it." Something I know."

Hiroto Akihara nodded his head to express his understanding, but he was very disapproving in his heart.

The other party can know his address and tell some information about his cooperation with "New Novel", which means that the other party has an "insider" in the editorial department of Mantanshe, and the level of this insider is not low. You must have the information you need.

He put down the coffee in his hand and asked, "Is it really Kikuchita who promoted the award?"

Awazu Hideki did not answer right away, but instead asked: "Mr. Akihara, if you tell me something I know, will you accept the invitation of "April Youth"?"

"No, I still need to think about it." Akihara Yuto naturally wouldn't sell himself that easily, but he still said solemnly: "I will owe "April Youth" a favor."

Hearing this answer, Awazu Hideki was silent for a while, but immediately laughed: "If it was someone else's words, I would definitely ignore it. But if it is yours, I will believe it."

From his previous understanding, Akihara Hiroto has been sticking to "New Novel" just because of Asano Aiko's kindness, so he doesn't doubt that the other party will lie about this.

His expression became serious, and then he said: "I'm not completely clear about the specific incident, all I know is this..."

[80.Chapter 80 Clues?blackmail? ! ]

"Mr. Akihara, you should be clear about the rules of the Mandansha Literary Award," said Hideki Awazu, "The final decision on awarding is the members of the jury."

Hiroto Akihara nodded, which proved his guess. The fact that he didn't get the gold award was not only promoted by Kikuchita, but also tacitly approved by the head of the department selected by the jury.

"And a few days before the awards, editor-in-chief Kikuchi behaved very strangely," said Awazu Hideki.

"What's so strange?" Hiroto Akihara was puzzled.

Hideki Awazu organized the language: "During that time, editor-in-chief Kikuchi came to editor Takei several times, and his attitude was very respectful."

He actually missed a part. According to the informant, Kikuchita's attitude towards Editor Takei in those days was like that of a subordinate to a superior.

Hiroto Akihara began to think about it. Kikuchita is the editor-in-chief, and his position is higher than that of Takei Kohei's deputy editor-in-chief, and the sales of "New Novel" have also increased. In theory, there is no need to respect the other party, right?

Is there anything else I don't know about?

He frowned, thinking back to Takei Kohei's two visits to invite him, he felt something was wrong.

"Tokyo Literature" already has excellent writers such as Seto Yuzhi and Ishiiyou, and its sales volume has remained at 15 copies. Even if you invite yourself to join, it is impossible to replicate the miracle of "New Novel". After all, many of the readership groups overlap of.

Unless, what reason does the other party have to do?

He thought for a while, and asked tentatively, "Editor Wu Jing, have you encountered some trouble recently?"

"Mr. Akihara, did you hear that too?" Awazu Hideki didn't know his intentions, so he replied directly, "The editor-in-chief of "Tokyo Literature" is about to retire. It was originally arranged for Takei Kohei to take over, but something happened. trouble."

"Troublesome?" Akihara Yuto asked suspiciously, "Please explain carefully."

Awazu Hideki took a sip of coffee, and then said: "This matter is related to you. After you helped "New Novel" sell well, it was exposed that Editor Takei rejected your submission, which made some upper echelons think that He lacks the vision and responsibility to lead the development of "Tokyo Literature."

"However," he hesitated, but still said, "It seems that I heard that he is looking for a way to make up for this mistake."

Hiroto Akihara was not moved by the news.