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At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Akihara Hiroto came to Anjiu Bookstore with the prepared documents.

After entering the gate, a girl wearing a high school uniform found him and said in surprise, "Is it Mr. Akihara?"

Hearing this sentence, Akihara Hiroto was a little surprised, but soon, he discovered that this girl was the female clerk of the famous bookstore he saw last time.

When the girl saw him, she ran over in a hurry, holding a notebook in her hand, "Mr. Akihara, my name is Haruna Yasujiu, I have read your "Devotion of Suspect X"."

Anjiu Haruna was very excited, she didn't expect to meet the author of this work just after she finished reading the work.

Originally, she had little interest in self-published works. After all, such books are generally not market-oriented, and are purely for the publisher's self-promotional purpose.

But when she found out that her father was very obsessed with the works of this teacher Akihara, she became very curious.

So while her father wasn't paying attention, she secretly took a copy and read it for a while, but found that the more she read, the more she was immersed in the storyline, especially the selfless dedication of Ishigami to Hanaoka's mother and daughter. I was deeply moved and even shed tears.

Aiwujiwu, she naturally admires Akihara Yuto who wrote this work.

On the other side, when Akihara Yuto heard the surname, he immediately realized that the other party must be the daughter of the president Yasuhisa, so he also greeted with a smile.

At this time, Anjiu Haruna took two steps forward, bowed, handed over the notebook and said, "Mr. Akihara, can you give me an autograph?"

Just when Akihara Hiroto took the notebook and signed it, Yasuhiro Haruna said again: "Mr. Akihara, can't you arrange a better ending for Ishigami so that he and Yasuko Hanaoka can live happily together?"

Hearing this sentence, Akihara Hiroto raised his head subconsciously, glanced at Miss Anjiu, and found that the expression on her face was extra serious, so he could only show a helpless wry smile.

"Miss Anjiu, sometimes regret is also a kind of beauty."

In fact, this reason is his nonsense. What he really thinks in his heart is that if a work wants to impress and sell well, then tragedy is often indispensable.

In other words, if the ending is changed to Ishigami's plan to end flatly, then the most emotional part of this story will undoubtedly lose its color, and even lose the discussion of the topic, and become a member of other works.It is estimated that sales will also be greatly affected.

Haruna Anjiu was not very satisfied with this statement, and said seriously: "Mr. Akihara, isn't the Ishigami too pitiful?"

Hiroto Akihara shook his head and said, "Anyone who does something wrong must bear the responsibility of corresponding punishment, and Ishigami is no exception."

He paused, then stared at Anjiu Haruna, and continued: "Miss Anjiu, the happiness of Hanaoka's mother and daughter is certainly important, but isn't the life of that homeless man important?"

Seeing that Haruna Yasuhiro was at a loss for words, Yuuto Akihara smiled and did not continue.But to be honest, he really thought so in his heart.

He does not believe that someone can base their own happiness in life at the expense of other people's happiness in life.The homeless man who was killed may have his own family, as well as people who loved him and were loved by him.

From this point of view, if "The Devotion of Suspect X" is designed to be Shi Shen's escape from crime, it will undoubtedly cause huge controversy among his readers and fans.

In fact, judging from the reasoning works of previous lives, if the murderer is to escape legal punishment and readers have no major opinions, then three aspects must be designed: one is the nobleness of the murderer’s criminal purpose, and the other is The reason why the victim was killed is reasonable, and the third is that the crime process does not hurt others.

For example, in Agatha's "Murder on the Orient Express", the reason for the murderer's killing is for revenge, and the victim himself was a shameless murderer before; The purpose is to cover up the crime of the family, and the reason for the crime of the family is that they have been threatened.

In these two works, the purpose of the perpetrator has a certain nobility, and it does not harm other innocent people.

On the other hand, "The Devotion of Suspect X", although Ishigami's starting point to protect Hanaoka's mother and daughter is good, and as the victim's ex-husband, it is enough to make people angry and shameless.But no matter what, Ishigami hurt an innocent person for his own purposes.

Akihara Yuto quickly signed the name on the notebook and handed it to Haruna Yasuhiro. Although Haruna Yasuhiro got the signature she wanted, she was still unhappy with the ending of "Ishigami", so she said "thank you" and went left.

At this time, there was a "creaking" sound from the stairs. It turned out that An Jiujin had just walked down when he heard the movement downstairs.

As soon as An Jiujin saw Akihara Yuto, he was a little surprised. After all, it has only been a few days now, and even the first proofreading of the manuscript has not been completed yet.

Although he was puzzled, he still asked, "Akihara-san, what's your business?"

Soon, An Jiujin heard an answer that surprised him.

"President Anjiu, I'm here to tell you one thing. Regarding the follow-up payment, I may not be able to deliver it on time."

[91.Chapter 91 Accept?reject? ]

Hearing what Akihara Yuto said, An Jiujin was a little surprised, so he said: "Akihara-san, this kind of thing is not a joke."

"I'm sorry, but there is a reason." Akihara Yuto bowed, and then said politely, "Can you tell me the specific reason."

Hearing these words, An Jiujin had no choice but to let go of the doubts in his heart. To be honest, he had some doubts in his heart now, but since Akihara Yuto said so, he decided to listen to the other party's explanation first.

Under the pretense of Akutsu Goichi, the two walked up the stairs to the office on the second floor and sat on the sofa.

"President Anjiu, I will not explain the specific reasons, but I really have no way to pay the subsequent 600 million yen. So I want to use other forms of cooperation to let your publishing house pay this amount first."

Hearing this, An Jiujin frowned. Although he admitted that "The Devotion of Suspect X" written by the other party was a good work, in his opinion, this request was a little too rude.

He was silent for a while, and then said: "Other forms of cooperation, please explain to Akihara-san."

Hiroto Akihara took out the briefcase he was carrying, took out two documents from it and handed them to Goichi Akutsu, "President Anzu, this is the copyright certificate of "Suspect X" issued by Kitaoka Law Firm. I want to use this as collateral, as a proof of deferred payment."

As soon as An Jiujin took over the document, he read it carefully. As a practitioner in the publishing industry, he quickly understood the other party's intention after reading it—that is, to use copyright as collateral to print a batch of books and put them on the market, and then publish them in the market. The 600 million yen was offset from the withdrawn funds.

But in this case, wouldn't the risks be borne by Anjiu Bookstore?What this Akihara-san thought was a little too ideal.

Akihara Yuto saw the expression of Akutsu Goichi, and guessed that the other party might not agree with it, so he decided to persuade the other party in a roundabout way: "President Akura, what do you think of the work "Devotion of Suspect X"?"

An Jiujin thought about it for a while, but still replied from the bottom of his heart: "It's a good work, with high value."

Hiroto Akihara continued to ask: "Then may I ask, based on your experience in the publishing industry for so many years, how high do you think this work can achieve sales?"

Hearing this sentence, An Jiujin was silent for a while. When he read this work, he guessed that it could sell 50 copies, which is not an exaggeration.

But in fact, conjectures are just conjectures. What if the market is really cold?

If his guess is wrong, even the most conservative estimate will result in a loss of more than 400 million yen, not counting the additional costs wasted for proofreading and plate-making of this book.

More than 400 million yen, which is equivalent to nearly 3/1 of the publishing house's profits this year.If this step is reached, only one or two employees will be fired.

After weighing for a while, An Jiujin replied: "Akihara-san, sorry, although I think this is a good book, I still hope that you can follow the previous process, after all, our publishing house is relatively small and cannot afford it. risk."

After saying this, he raised his head and looked at Akihara Yuto, ready to wait for him to give up.But to his surprise, Akihara Yuto's face did not have the disappointed expression he imagined.

Hiroto Akihara took a sip of tea, and then said: "President Yasuhisa, don't you want to change the business of your publishing house? As far as I know, with the economic downturn, the business volume of self-publishing has also decreased. At that time, your publishing house will still face huge risks."

An Jiujin frowned, and replied: "Akihara-san, this has nothing to do with your proposal today, even if I accept your proposal of deferred payment, I don't think it will be of any benefit to An Jiu Bookstore."

"No, I can transfer 5% of all sales to your publishing house, even if it is reprinted later. If this work can sell well, I may even return to the original normal publishing business model."

The figure of 5% sounds very small, but it is the result of Akihara Yuto's long-term consideration. After all, this is only the sales part and does not include some costs.

As soon as An Jiujin heard the proposal, he couldn't help thinking about it, and weighed the pros and cons.

If this Akihara-san still sticks to the original set of rhetoric of using copyright as collateral, he will naturally choose to refuse. After all, this is a bit like working for the other party. Even if the sales are popular, he can only receive A little hard-earned money.

But if you get 5% of the sales, that's a different story.In the best case, if 50 copies can be sold and the price is calculated at 2500 yen, even with only 5% of the sales, the publisher can get 6250 million yen.

Even considering the poor situation, only 3 copies of the first edition can be sold out, and 375 million yen can still be obtained.