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Very good, the plan is going well, and I can finally not have to live a hard life!

[7.Chapter 7 officially signed]

On the day of the official signing, Hiroto Akihara arrived at the Mandansha headquarters early.

At the gate of this gray office building, in addition to seeing men and women in black formal suits coming in and out from time to time, occasionally someone can be seen trotting all the way holding a manuscript bag.

But he is not surprised, the release of magazines has a time limit, if there is an emergency, the editor has to work hard to catch up with the schedule.

Hiroto Akihara walked into the front lobby and found a huge glass display wall cabinet on the right hand side.I didn't notice it in a hurry last time, but I can take a closer look this time.

He went up and took a closer look at the display wall cabinet, and found that there were four to five hundred books displayed in it.From the information on the covers of these books, it can be found that these are all books and magazines published by Mantanshe over the years.

Is this the courage of Mandanshe as a big publishing house?Sure enough, it should not be underestimated.

He guessed the intention of Mandanshe to put the display cabinet here, not only to increase the pride of the employees' reputation, but also to show their strength to the distributors and writers who came to negotiate business.

It seems that someone is saying, look, this is the historical background of our Mantanshe!

Seeing this scene, he was a little curious about what the other big publishing houses were like.

In his original world, many readers in China who love to read comics also like to refer to Shogakukan, Shueisha, and Kodansha in Neon China as the "three major publishing houses" based on the sales volume of the three major weekly comics.

But from the perspective of equity, it would be more accurate to use the publishing group to express, and there are four, namely Hitotsubashi, Otowa, Kadokawa and Shincho.

Hitotsubashi Group is a publishing group established by Shogakukan and Shueisha and Hakusensha branched out from it. Because it is located in Hitotsubashi, it has this name.

The earliest Xiaoxiaokan in the group was established by publishing books specially for children. Later, in order to specialize in entertainment content, a subsidiary was separated, which was the predecessor of Shueisha.

Unexpectedly, the subsidiary Shueisha became better and better, and there was a lot of conflict with the parent company, and then became independent.

To this day, many businesses of the two publishing houses are still direct competitors.Of course, in important areas, the pace of the two companies is still consistent with the outside world.

In addition to this giant, there are three other companies: Otowa Publishing Group (with Kodansha as the core), Kadokawa Group (with Kadokawa Bookstore as the core), and Shinchosha.

These four major publishing groups have indirectly monopolized more than half of Neon's publication market.At the same time, it has a cross-shareholding relationship with upstream and downstream dealer companies, newspapers, and TV stations, forming an extremely huge chain of interests.

For example, to promote the ip of a book, small publishing houses may have to wait for film companies and TV stations to take the initiative to come to their door.But these large publishing groups can often find the right person quickly with just a few phone calls.

It's not that there are no small publishing houses popping up in the back, but they are extremely rare, comparable to lice on a bald man's head.

Akihara Hiroto sighed, compared with these giants, he is as small as sand now.

However, he is not underestimating himself. Relying on the many precious memories of his previous life, he will be able to break out his career in this world sooner or later.

Having said that, he couldn't help being a little confused as to which publishing house Mantanshe was more like in his previous life.

At this time, he caught sight of the alarm clock hanging above the front desk out of the corner of his eye, and realized that it was almost the appointed time, so he gave up his wild thoughts, checked his clothes and attire against the glass, and strode towards the front desk.

After receiving the badge for visitors, he was led up to the 16th floor by the staff on duty at the front desk again, and walked to the editorial office of "New Novel".

Before coming to the editorial department, he looked around the office and couldn't help being a little surprised.

If one could describe the lobby just now with two words of grandeur, then this editorial department would barely use the two words of sloppy to describe it.

The space of about 80 ping is separated by long tables and cabinets, but thick books are stacked on both the tables and cabinets.

Not only that, but there are a lot of messy papers on the ground, which makes people very curious about how these editors work in such a messy environment.

The staff on duty who brought him here were a little embarrassed, went in and informed Aiko Asano for him, then turned and left.

Asano Aiko walked out immediately, showing dimples and smiling, "Akihara-san, good morning."

Akihara Hiroto returned the gift with a smile, and at the same time looked at the other party's clothes today.Compared with the dress at the cafe, today's Asano Aiko is dressed more sophisticatedly.

She was wearing a white shirt and a black coat on her upper body, and a gray hip-wrapped skirt on her lower body. She looked refined and refined, with a "bones spirit" temperament.

Asano Aiko exchanged a few words with Akihara Yuto, and then led him to the other side of the small conference room, talking about today's schedule while walking.

"Akihara-san, in addition to signing the contract today, I would like to trouble you to meet our editor-in-chief Kikuchi."

Hiroto Akihara naturally complied, he still has a certain understanding of the importance of worldly sophistication.

From the perspective of the personnel of the editorial department, the editor-in-chief is undoubtedly the one with the most power, who can decide all aspects of a magazine's work.

He thought for a while, and asked politely: "May I ask, what is the personality of the editor-in-chief? Do you have any hobbies?"

After all, he is the person in charge of the magazine. If he wants to handle the relationship well, it is better to know more information.

Aiko Asano pondered for a while, and replied: "Editor Kikuchi, he is an easy-going person with no airs, and he likes baseball more."

Hiroto Akihara nodded. In short, it is better for him to behave politely. No matter whether the other party has airs or not, he is just a newcomer, so he should do his best.

Aiko Asano continued: "Editor Kikuchi has more than 20 years of experience in the industry, and he is a genuine senior editor. He has connected with many writers before, many of whom have published best-selling books, and even a few of them have won various literary awards. "

"Akihara-san, the meeting he proposed this time should just be for a simple chat, so don't worry too much."

She didn't say much, because basically every signed writer will meet with the editor-in-chief once, which has become the practice of the editorial department.

Hearing these remarks, Akihara Yuto felt that he didn't need to think too much, it seemed that it was just an ordinary meeting.

While talking, the two walked into the small meeting, where a middle-aged man in a black suit was already waiting for them.

The other party greeted them warmly, and asked them to sit across from each other, then handed over two contracts, and said politely: "Mr. Qiuyuan, this is a signed contract, in duplicate, please have a look."

After Akihara Yuto thanked him, he lay in front of him and looked at it carefully, feeling slightly surprised.As expected of a big publishing house, it is much more generous than those petty small and medium publishing houses.

In terms of manuscript fees, based on one page of 7000-character manuscript paper, I received almost [-] yen (Japanese yen) per page.

The "Xiaoshi and Yoko" he contributed before has a length of 1 words, and he can earn almost 5 yen, which is equivalent to his rent of about 26 months, and he can get it in two days.

In terms of royalties, it is calculated based on 10% of the selling price, which is slightly higher than the industry average.

For example, if a booklet is to be issued, if 5 copies are printed and priced at 2000 yen, he can get 1000 million yen regardless of whether it is sold later.

In the longer term, if the work is filmed or animated, he can also get a lot of money for the first and second use fees according to the popularity of the work, but the specific amount has to be negotiated with the producer and the user.

But at present, all he can get is the manuscript fee, and the other figures are just beautiful.

After all, only when his works are recognized by a large number of readers can he consider the possibility of publishing booklets and filming them.

Hiroto Akihara read it carefully and found it acceptable.

He is just a newcomer, and he doesn't have much room for bargaining. It is not worthwhile for the publishing house to modify this standard contract for him.

If he becomes famous in the future, presumably the publishing house will take the initiative to raise his salary and make greater concessions in terms of manuscript fees and royalties.

After thinking about it for a while, he began to write his personal information on the contract, but he hesitated when filling in his address.