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Mrs. Asano also nodded with a smile, and put a piece of shrimp roll into Aiko Asano's bowl, and asked pretending not to care, "Have you been in touch with Akihara-kun recently?"

Asano Aiko shook her head. After receiving that letter last time, she understood Akihara Yuto's determination to advance and retreat together.

But in her opinion, she can only be a burden to Akihara Yuto.

Without her shackles, Akihara Hiroto can get good resources whether he goes to other publishing houses or stays in the headquarters of Mantansha.

Mrs. Asano sighed. She couldn't figure out what her daughter was thinking, so she could only say: "Aiko-chan, sometimes, don't judge others with your own thoughts. Between people, sometimes you need to be honest. a little."

Hearing these words, Asano Aiko directly put the bowls and chopsticks on the table, said "I'm full", and returned to her room under Mrs. Asano's helpless eyes.

She sat on the bed, hugged her knees, looked at the night outside the window, and said silently: "Are you honest?"

Even if I am honest with myself, what can I do to help him now?

[99.Chapter 99 is ready]

Time passed quickly, and two weeks passed in a flash.In the preparations of everyone in Anjiu Bookstore, various tasks of "Suspect X's Devotion" are also proceeding in an orderly manner.

The first proofreading work was completed by Yakutsu Goichi, and Satake Maki and others made the second and third schools. Except for the direct correction of the text errors, other inappropriate places were revised by Akihara Yuto.

After connecting with Miyagi Fumie for the cover scheme, a black-based cover design was chosen, and the design of the front cover, back cover, spine, insert, waist cover, etc. was determined to ensure the coordination of the main color of the whole book.

Sota Nishijima was in charge of the printing work, and connected the plate making factory, printing factory and logistics warehouse to ensure the smooth circulation of 3 books in the publishing market.

As for the sales and publicity plan, it is only a plan at present, but the initial plan is to make a slight concession to the bookstore in terms of the discount on book pricing in addition to the dealer and bookmarks, so as to increase the average income of book sales in bookstores.

In addition, we are also preparing to arrange personnel to lobby to ensure that the bookstore has increased posters and displays on the booth.

However, personnel are scarce after all, even if a special promotion is arranged, the effect on the overall sales may be limited.

……

Anjiu Bookstore, office on the second floor.

Satake Maki handed a book to Akihara Yuto, "Mr. Akihara, this is the sample book of "Suspect X's Devotion", please read it carefully. If there are no other questions, I will submit it to the printing factory to start Print on a massive scale.”

Akihara Hiroto took the book, laid it flat on the table, and began to read it carefully.

Except for the trial reading meeting, other work has been almost completed now. The next step is to put this book on the market and obtain a sum of money to solve his current plight of being shy.

He felt a little emotional in his heart. He had experienced many setbacks in the process of reaching this step.From losing an award to learning the truth, from leaving Mandansha to deciding to publish at his own expense, from financial setbacks to convincing Akutsu Goichi...

As he thought about it, he carefully checked every design in the sample book to make sure there were no mistakes or omissions.

After all, when it is printed on a large scale, there is not much room for change.

From the cover to the copy, from the insert to the girdle, he carefully read it and found that there was no problem.

Seeing that Yuuto Akihara seemed a little worried, Satake Maki took the initiative to say: "Mr. Akihara, I have checked all the details several times. As for possible typos in the article, I went through it carefully last night."

Hearing these words, Akihara Hiroto looked up at her.

After all, it has not been long since I got the sample booklet, and it will take a lot of time to review it carefully.

Sure enough, on Satake Maki's face, there were quite a few dark circles faintly visible.

Hiroto Akihara sighed in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface, he just said: "Editor Satake, thank you for your hard work."

"Hee hee, there is no trouble at work." Satake Maki waved his hand, and then said as if thinking of something: "Mr. Akihara, it's lunch time."

"I'm not hungry yet."

"This is not acceptable. Only in good health can we continue to work well." Satake Maki shook his head, then said stubbornly.

Are you an old lady?Hiroto Akihara nodded helplessly, and then took the bento box handed over by the other party.

Seeing Yuuto Akihara took it, Maki Satake showed a happy smile, said "I'll get the bento box later", and left on the "squeaky" stairs.

Hiroto Akihara put the sample booklet aside, and opened the bento box.

In this bento, half is rice, and the other half is chicken wings, cherry tomatoes, octopus rolls, shrimp, and vegetables. These materials are also used to create a cat pattern.

Akihara Hiroto felt a little bit like complaining, he is not a child, do he need to put on such a cute pose like a children's lunch box?

But he still ate it. To be honest, although the dish looks simple, it tastes good...

As he ate, he began to think.

During this period of time, in addition to completing the signing work arranged by Anjiu Bookstore, he also went to Internet cafes and libraries in Chiyoda District several times, collecting public information and contact information of many media on the market, including newspapers, TV and radio .

Obtaining these materials naturally has his intentions.

After all, judging from the best-selling experience of "New Novel", no matter how good the book is, it still needs to be known by readers. attention of book reviewers.

You must know that although the sales volume of "New Novel" was sluggish, there were still 3 copies.Under the halo of being a member of Mandanshe, some book reviewers will still pay attention to it.

But for Anjiu Bookstore, after all, its scale is limited, and most of the books it publishes are mainly practical for life, so it doesn't have much influence among literary critics, that is, book reviewers.

But in this case, it is likely to be ignored by book reviewers, which will affect the sales of 3 copies of the first edition.

According to the agreement signed by myself and Anjiu Bookstore, if the sales of the first edition are not good, the copyright of "The Devotion of Suspect X" will be mortgaged.

At that stage, I can only ask Mr. Seto to redeem this copyright.

Hiroto Akihara quickly finished his meal, put away the bento box, and took out a piece of paper from the drawer to read.On this paper, there are quotations corresponding to various media.

In this quotation list, the most expensive TV program is undoubtedly the TV program. Even the program of a small local station starts at several million yen, not to mention the big TV station. The prime time may cost about 2000 million yen.

Next is the newspaper, the cost is uneven, depending on the size of the newspaper and the size of the page, the cost can range from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of yen, but the effect of book reviews also varies according to the audience.

At the bottom of the list is broadcasting, with an average cost ranging from one million yen to several million yen.But having said that, besides the drivers who drive, how many people will listen to this stuff for a long time?

Hiroto Akihara thought about it for a long time, and found that under the current situation, he could only consider the aspect of publicity after the first edition of the book was sold.

After all, Anjiu Bookstore's funds are limited, and Ajiujin Goichi's previous plan only focused on dealer channels and bookstores.

Money, money, is really a good thing... Why did I think that money was enough...

Forget it, let's see the effect of the trial reading meeting, maybe we can sell more.

If I remember correctly, according to what Satake said, tomorrow will be the trial reading session hosted by Goichi Akutsu, right?

I hope that those bookstore owners can realize the charm of the book "The Devotion of Suspect X", so as to increase their purchases!

[100.Chapter 100 Trial Reading Session]

At 8 am the next day, Tushan Shopping Street.

Wearing a suit, Takayuki Fuji arrived at the destination - the door of an izakaya according to the address on the invitation letter in his hand.