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For me, the most important thing at the moment is to implement my own plan. As for Mantanshe, as long as I know the latest information, I don't have to worry too much about it.

After walking out of the door, Hiroto Akihara went to the law firm first, spent a little money to file his work, and then took the tram to the publishing house called "Anjiu Bookstore" recommended by Yuto Imamura.

This publishing house is located in the JD district of Tokyo, which is relatively remote, and it took him a lot of effort to find it.

But after seeing the facade of this publishing house, Hiroto Akihara doubted himself, is it really appropriate to find such a crappy publishing house to publish books?

This publishing house called "Anjiu Bookstore" is located in a 2-storey old building. It can be seen that it is a traditional one-household building remodeled: the first floor is a bookstore open to the public, and there are three 3, 8 A 9-year-old child is reading comics, and the second floor is a sealed house with a sign that reads "Anjiu Bookstore".

Hiroto Akihara hesitated for a while, but still walked in. After all, everyone came, and leaving rashly would be a sunk cost.

And his budget is limited, maybe such a publishing house is more suitable for him.

He walked into the door of the bookstore, walked around the children who were reading comic books, and walked in. Soon he saw a yawning female shop assistant and asked, "Excuse me, I want to consult about the publishing business. May I ask who is the person in charge?"

The female clerk was still a little drowsy, but when she heard this, she cheered up, stood up and asked, "What business is it?"

Hiroto Akihara replied: "It is self-funded publishing."

Hearing his answer, the female clerk suddenly became excited, said "Please wait a moment", left her seat, and ran upstairs along the stairs, and then came the There was a knock on the door.

After a while, following the sound of footsteps, the female shop assistant and another middle-aged man in a loose suit appeared in front of Yuuto Akihara.

Seeing the visitor, Akihara Hiroto couldn't help but sized him up. The visitor looked a little "rich", and he looked a little fat, and he was not tall, only less than 1.7 meters.

Hiroto Akihara looked at it twice, then stepped forward and asked politely: "I want to inquire about self-publishing, will you be in charge of this?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately bowed and responded with a smile: "I am the president of Anjiu Bookstore, An Jiujin Gouichi, this customer, if you want to know more about the self-funded consulting business, you might as well sit inside."

After saying this, he stretched out his hand and motioned for Akihara Yuto to go upstairs with him.Hiroto Akihara nodded, and followed the other party, stepping on the "creaking" stairs, to the office on the second floor.

After the two sat down, the female clerk also came in, poured a cup of tea for each of them, and walked out.

Hiroto Akihara picked up the teacup, took a sip, and continued the topic just now: "President Yasuhisa, my name is Hiroto Akihara, and the purpose of my visit today is to publish a book at my own expense. Could you please briefly tell me about it? related business of your publishing house."

Although he was polite, Akihara Hiroto still doubted the publishing house's ability.

After all, he didn't expect that the unattractive man in front of him was the president of the publishing house, and looking all the way, there were not many employees at all.

So he asked the other party to repeat the relevant business of the publishing house again, which is also a test in disguise. If the other party is not clear about this aspect, even if it is recommended by Imamura Yuto, he will just turn around and leave.

As soon as An Jiujin heard the name Akihara Yuto, he felt a little familiar for a while, but he didn't care. After all, the most important thing now is to do a good job in business. With the current operating conditions of the publishing house, it is a fortune to earn a sum of money money.

He took a sip of tea, and then began to talk in detail.

After more than 20 minutes, Akihara Hiroto almost finished listening to everything the other party said, and found that it was almost the same as what he learned from Imamura Yuto.

However, he still didn't fully believe it, but asked politely: "President An Jiu, is there anyone else who has published books at your company's own expense before, can you show me a sample?"

As soon as An Jiujin heard this request, his expression became weird for a moment. When Akihara Yuto wondered if he had said something wrong, An Jiujin added: "Basically half of the books displayed in the bookstore downstairs are there."

When Hiroto Akihara heard this, he couldn't help complaining in his heart. No wonder the bookstore downstairs had almost no customers except children. It turned out that the problem was with books.

But he was also relieved, just now he flipped through a lot of books and found that there was nothing wrong with those books, at least the printing quality could be guaranteed.

As soon as An Jiujin took a sip of tea, he continued to ask: "Akihara-san, the work you want to publish, roughly how many words, how many pages are required, how many copies are printed, and is there any requirement for the cover?"

"15 characters, 32-calorie size, 3 copies printed, and another cover..." Akihara Yuto pondered for a while, recalling "The Devotion of Suspect X" he had read in China in his previous life, and said: "Just use the basic The background color is gray and black, just put the title of the book and the name of the author."

Hearing the number "3 volumes", An Jiujin became excited. This is a big customer!

He immediately opened the drawer, took out a small calculator and began to press it, estimating while pressing it, and after a long time, he gave a quotation.

"Akihara-san, can you look at the figure of 780 million yen? It includes plate making, printing, and paper costs. If possible, I will have someone draft a contract here."

Hiroto Akihara agreed, and asked for a detailed list of the expenses.Although the fee was less than what Imamura Yuto told himself, he didn't plan to sign the contract right away.

He planned to wait until he got the other party's contract, and then go to the publishing house to make a comprehensive comparison, and then go to the law firm to see if there are any legal traps.

After all, after experiencing a series of encounters in the Mantan Club, he is now careful in doing things, and feels that he should think twice before doing anything.

People can't be afraid of failure, but what they have to be afraid of is that they can't learn from the same failure.

In short, I still have to go to the bank to inquire about copyright loans-he plans to borrow 600 million yen, which is not a lot of money, so it shouldn't be difficult to get the loan, right?

[86.Chapter 86 money money money! ]

After leaving Anjiu Bookstore, Hiroto Akihara went to several other related publishing houses with self-funded publishing business based on some information he had learned online.

But to his surprise, these small and medium-sized publishing houses became more and more dilapidated, and two of them had even closed down, with notices of subletting posted on the storefronts.

After this understanding, Hiroto Akihara found helplessly that the Yaku Bookstore that Yuto Imamura recommended to him was really good. Although the price of 780 million yen was not very cheap, at least there was no need to worry about it because of the financial situation. Suddenly closed down.

If you find an unreliable publishing house, not only will you waste your time, but you may even lose your deposit.

After confirming that the manuscript was delivered to Anjiu Bookstore, he went to the law firm and paid a lawyer to go through the contract. After confirming that there were no traps in the contract, he returned to Anjiu Bookstore with the manuscript.

It was already the afternoon of the third day.

"President Yasuhisa, I entrust you with my manuscript." After signing the contract with the other party, Akihara Yuto handed over the document bag containing the manuscript of "Suspect X's Devotion" to Goichi Yasuzu.

An Jiujin just took it "respectfully", then put the file bag in a black folder, and wrote a piece of paper with the words "Akihara Yuto" on it, and pasted it on the folder.

Just now, Hiroto Akihara has signed an agreement with him. The agreement includes book proofreading, plate making, cover, distribution and many other contents. The total cost is 850 million yen (the newly added 70 yen is an additional item related to distribution), And paid a deposit of 250 million yen.

"Akihara-san, I will call you as soon as the sample book comes out." An Jiujin said with a smile as soon as he put away the folder.

He is indeed very happy now. Generally, former self-publishing clients often only print a thousand volumes, and the cost is only less than 200 million yen. How can it compare to Akihara Hiroto's business of 3 volumes.

While laughing, he decided to take his daughter to eat sukiyaki tonight to celebrate.

Akihara Hiroto watched the manuscript being taken away, but his mood was a bit complicated.

Publishing this time not only meant that he had invested most of his fortune, but also had to bear a debt.In addition, he is also worried about the effect of the final product of the book, such as the paper, such as the cover.

But what he is most worried about is, although "The Devotion of Suspect X" was a hit in the previous life, can it really achieve this effect in this world?Although there are cases of the "ZOO" series in front of us, after all, the samples are too small to be fully verified.

Putting aside his worries, Akihara Yuto took a sip from his teacup, and then asked, "How long will it take for the sample booklet to come out?"

This is very important and must be asked clearly.

Generally speaking, before the book is officially published, the publishing house will deliver a sample book, which includes the cover, content and other aspects of the work.

As the author, Hiroto Akihara can confirm with the publishing house based on the contents of the sample booklet.If there is content that you think is inappropriate, you can ask the publisher to make repeated changes until you are satisfied with the changes.

Just as An Jiujin nodded, he replied: "Akihara-san, I will arrange editors to proofread the manuscript immediately. In short, it will take about two and a half weeks."

"Then please, please call me when the time comes." Akihara Yuto replied.

After talking about this, he bid farewell to the other party, and he had to go home to sort out the information, and then find a few banks to check the loan.