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He is the operator of a bookstore, and the purpose of coming here is to participate in a trial reading session organized by Anjiu Bookstore.

The so-called trial reading meeting, also known as the bookstore decision-making meeting, is a meeting organized by the publishing house and inviting representatives of various bookstores to come to try reading and decide the number of books to buy.

To be honest, he was not very interested in this trial reading session.

After all, Anjiu Bookstore was the organizer of this trial reading meeting, and although this publishing house under the banner of a bookstore has maintained cooperation with the bookstore he runs, there has never been anything that can sell hundreds of thousands of copies. books.

And I heard that because of the bad business conditions, the other party's main business in recent years has even been put on self-funded business.

"Cut, I'm really willing to degenerate." Fuji Takayuki shook his head, put his hands in his pockets, and walked into the gate of the izakaya.

There were already a lot of people sitting at the scene, Takayuki Fuji took a glance and found that many of them were familiar faces.He randomly found an empty seat and sat down.

"Hey, Fujitaka, I didn't expect you to come and dress so seriously." A man in simple casual clothes next to him said unexpectedly.

"What does it matter." Takashi Fuji curled his lips in disdain, and then continued: "Is Anjiu Bookstore planning to return to the original business?"

The man in casual clothes shook his head, "I don't know, but it is said that they are going to publish a literary novel this time."

"Literary novels? Are you kidding me?" Fuji Takayuki was a little surprised. He originally thought that this trial reading meeting was to read some books such as "Business XX" and "Home XX".

He was also a little curious, but more of a disdain.

In his opinion, Anjiu Bookstore's move was too reckless.After all, there are specializations in the art industry. If it is not a comprehensive large publishing house, it should specialize in the field that you are good at.

Thinking of this, Takayuki Fuji sighed in his heart, then turned his head and asked the man in casual clothes: "Your bookstore, how many books are you going to order this time?"

The man in casual clothes shrugged and said indifferently: "For the sake of our partners, order 50 copies first. Anyway, if you can't sell it, you can return it."

"Yes." Fuji Takayuki nodded.

According to the rules of the neon publishing industry, in order to protect the interests of the bookstore, the books ordered by the bookstore from the publishing house can be returned to the publishing house if they cannot be sold, and the order payment must be reimbursed.

Fuji Takayuki thought about it for a while, and planned to order 50 copies first.

Although this number is a bit small, it is also within a reasonable range and will not embarrass the other party too much.

After making this decision, he chatted with others about the operation of the bookstore.

While he was chatting, Akutsu Goichi, who was wearing a formal suit, walked up to the izakaya with a microphone that looked a little inferior. The izakaya, which was a little noisy before, also became quiet at this moment.

An Jiujin just bowed to everyone, and said in a sincere tone: "On behalf of Anjiu Bookstore, I would like to thank you for coming to the trial reading session organized by Anjiu Bookstore this time. The purpose of this time is to invite you to take a look at Anjiu Bookstore. The new book "The Devotion of Suspect X" released by the bookstore."

"Then I won't say much, please give this work a try. Satake, send the sample book to everyone."

Satake Maki, who was standing aside, nodded when he heard it, then turned and walked outside the door, and then walked in with a stack of books in his arms.With the help of another staff member, the books were placed in front of everyone in batches.

Naturally, Takayuki Fuji was no exception. He picked up the book in front of him and glanced at it carefully.

"The Devotion of Suspect X", the name of this book is strange, but it should be a detective novel, right?And this cover, one person goes down, two people go up, what does it mean, is it related to the content of the book?

His curiosity was aroused and he opened the book.

In addition to him, the man in casual clothes next to him, as well as the other bookstore operators sitting in the izakaya, also carefully flipped through the books.

All of a sudden, there was only the sound of flipping books in the bookstore.

As soon as An Jiujin looked at the expressions of the crowd, he felt a little worried. Although he thought "Suspect X" was a good book, sometimes, the better the book, the higher the sales volume.

He has been in the publishing industry for so many years, and he has read many books that are popular but not popular. These books are often not even the bookstore operators are willing to buy more.

For him, today's trial reading session is a threshold.

If more than 30 books, no, more than 4000 books can be successfully sold to more than 3000 bookstore operators in this trial reading meeting, then it will further prove that this book has the potential to sell well.

Conversely speaking, if the sales volume of this book does not even reach 2000 copies.Then, he has to think about the cooperation between himself and Akihara Yuto.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was noon. As soon as Ajiujin arranged for the staff of the izakaya to serve food, entertained everyone to eat, but to his surprise, only a very small number of people had their meals after putting down their books.

Most people read a book and then eat a few bites casually.There were even some people who didn't move the lunch in front of them, just kept reading it carefully.

When An Jiujin saw this scene, he was a little overjoyed, which meant that the stories in the book had successfully attracted these bookstore operators, making them forget about food.

But when he thought about it again, his mood became a little worse.

Damn, I should have ordered a cheaper family lunch restaurant if I knew it earlier, maybe I could save 10 yen in hospitality expenses.

Standing next to him, Satake Maki showed a bright smile on her face. As a loyal reader of Akihara Hiroto, she was very happy about the scene in front of her.

Teacher Akihara, your work is really the best!

After lunch, it is supposed to be a break, but everyone on the field refused to take a break and continued watching.It wasn't until 4:[-] in the afternoon that everyone closed the books one after another.

At this time, almost 8 hours had passed since the trial reading meeting officially started at 8:[-].

As soon as An Jiujin saw that everyone put down their books, he coughed and said in a slightly higher voice: "I won't say anything more. Please decide the number of books you want to order and fill them in the form distributed by the staff."

Satake Maki left the stage again and handed out the order form.

Takayuki Fuji looked at the space on the letter of intent where the order quantity was written, and fell into thinking.

How many volumes should be ordered?

[101.1 How much did Chapter [-] sell? ]

Fuji Takayuki closed his eyes and began to think.According to his original plan, he only intends to order 50 copies, which is due to the long-term cooperation with Anjiu Bookstore.

He doesn't have much confidence in the books of Anjiu Bookstore, not to mention that the other party has been doing self-publishing business this year and has published a large number of low-quality books.

But after he finished reading the book called "The Devotion of Suspect X", he found that the book released by Anjiu Bookstore this time was completely different from what he had imagined.

From the point of view of the story, the whole story has gradually become ups and downs from the plain at the beginning, which makes people feel thrilling when reading.

From the perspective of subject matter, this book has love elements in addition to reasoning elements, which can attract some female readers while attracting reasoning readers.

If you look at it this way, it may not be suitable if there are only 50 copies...

Having said that, where did Anjiu Bookstore find this author?

Fuji Takayuki picked up the book, turned to the cover again, saw the words "Akihara Yuto" written under the title, and pondered it carefully in his mind.

It's strange, it seems that I haven't read the books published by this author before?But looking at the writing style of this story, it seems that he is not a newcomer.

Forget it, let's think about how many copies to order.

Takayuki Fuji opened his eyes, picked up the order form, and prepared to fill in 150 volumes on it.In his opinion, this number is almost three times the original number, and it is enough to sell for a while.

Just as he was writing, he subconsciously glanced at the casually dressed man next to him from the corner of his eye, and found that the other party had already filled out the order form and was about to raise his hand to ask the staff to collect it.