Revive it!Wenhao Press

Two weeks after the No.11 issue of "Monthly Literature" was released, the letter campaign deadline.

Although only Ranpo Dog and Little Raccoon participated in the duel, but because they cared about the result of the duel, when the result was announced, all the Gouzi teachers from Hoshino Club surrounded them.

In front of all the dogs, Hualichun took out all the fan letters that had been temporarily stored in her for two weeks.

The letters are divided into two piles, the one on the left is from the ramrod, and the one on the right is from the raccoon.You can't tell how much just by looking at it.

"Now, I will announce the number of letters from readers that the two teachers have received."

Hualichun first pointed to the letter of the little raccoon on the right: "Mr. Po, the total number of letters received in two weeks is 657."

This number was astonishing, and the rest of the dogs couldn't help barking.And the little raccoon's eyes were bright, and he excitedly raised his mallet-like hairy tail: "Jiujiu!"

"The next thing is the letter received by Teacher Ranpo."

Hualichun didn't stay too long, but continued to announce: "The fan letter received by Teacher Luanbu is..."

At that moment, the dogs held their breath.

"657 letters, a tie!"

After hearing the final result, the dogs were stunned, and the irritable Chuya dog even barked loudly.

——At the beginning, the letters to the readers of "Black Cat" continued to lead "Frankenstein with Twenty Faces".But after the following readers discovered "Weird with Twenty Faces", the influx of "minor votes" quickly made the readers of Rampage Dog catch up all the way, until today, just closing the gap some time ago tied.

After listening to Hualichun's explanation of the reason, the teachers who are not human are all surprised.The most surprising thing is the little raccoon.The chubby raccoon stared blankly at the squinting-eyed puppy with confidence, his eyes full of shock.

"In terms of rules, Mr. Ranpo and Mr. Po are tied. But if the event continues, "Twenty Faces of Freaks", which has received more letters from young readers, may win."

Hua Lichun said, "Furthermore, "Monthly Literature" does not have many primary and middle school students readers. Most of the readership market of this age group is seized by comics and light novels. Teacher Ranpo's 'Youth Detective Team' also helped the magazine develop the readership of primary and middle school students. In the market, if we continue to write series with the Boy Detective Team in the future, there should be more students buying "Monthly Literature."

The little raccoon was stunned for a long time, and hid its paws in its stomach fur dejectedly, as if it had fallen into autism again: "Chirp..."

Seeing this, Hualichun's heart couldn't help but pick up.

Even if fewer letters from readers are received, it does not mean that this article is worse.The quality of an article cannot be judged by a single indicator. A thousand people will have a thousand answers. Commercialization and artistry are two completely different criteria for judging.The little raccoon needn't be discouraged by this at all.

But she also noticed the pessimistic and autistic character of the little raccoon.It is not an easy task to revive such a little raccoon.

However, at this moment, the dog walked up to the little raccoon and sat down in front of him.

"Wang Wang."

Hearing the sound of the stray dog, the little raccoon raised his head, only to find that the squinting-eyed puppy put something on the ground and pushed it in his direction.

It's a bag of marshmallows.

The little raccoon took the marshmallow blankly and raised his head.

He saw that the fluffy face of the dog did not show the pride of a winner facing a loser. Instead, he looked at him happily and raised his brown paw: "Wow!"

The puppy is very happy, not because of the result of this victory or defeat, but because he found an interesting opponent.A good opponent is more important than winning hundreds of times.

Therefore, the happy puppy who was very protective of food generously distributed his marshmallows to the discouraged little raccoon, looking forward to the start of the next interesting confrontation.

The little raccoon looked at the cotton candy in his arms, and then at the little paws of the dog with pads.He held Tang with his paws, and his body gradually began to tremble.

"...Woo chirp."

"Teacher Po?" Hualichun was taken aback.

At this time, the little raccoon raised his face, his small round eyes like black beans were already tearing up.He stretched out a small paw and touched the paw of the dog.

Seeing this, Hualichun breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great..."

Secondary two teenagers often say that writing as rivals and reading as friends should be the case.

Seeing that the little raccoon cheered up under the encouragement of the stray dog, Hualichun felt relieved and continued: "In this case, I will announce the teacher who has won the most letters from readers this time."

It was said that the non-human teachers seemed to be lacking in interest—after all, this event was mainly a duel between Ransom Dogs and Little Raccoons. Since the final result was a draw, they must be the ones who won the most letters from readers.

Jun Huali: "The teacher who received the most letters from readers is Mr. Akutagawa, who received a total of 716 letters within two weeks."

"...Wow!?"

After Hualichun's voice fell, the dogs were taken aback, and their eyes immediately turned to the Akutagawa dog sitting at the back.

Under the eyes of all the dogs, the little black dog sat calmly on the spot, looked at Hualichun, and there was no surprise in his eyes.

"In fact, like the situation between Mr. Ranpo and Mr. Po, in the previous week or so, the number of letters received by Mr. Akutagawa lagged behind the two teachers. But in the last two or three days, the number of letters written to Mr. Akutagawa The teacher's reader letters have increased suddenly, and the growth rate is more than that of Teacher Ranbu's side. Yesterday alone, the number of letters received exceeded 150."

Hualichun looked at the calm Akutagawa dog, and said softly, "That's because, just three days ago, I received a call."

"The results of the annual Honya Awards are out."

She announced in a deep voice: "The first one is the single book "Rashomon" by Akutagawa-sensei."

——Motoya Grand Prize, that is, the bookstore clerk award.

If the classical and new arts and culture awards selected by well-known writers are masterpieces in the eyes of writers, then the Motoya Grand Prize selected by front-line bookstore clerks is the bookstore clerk who has handled thousands of books. The favorite volume selected afterwards is the work they most want to sell.

Although the Honya Grand Prize is not as full of elite atmosphere as the two classical and new awards, it is the most popular award with the same popularity as the two grand prizes.And even if the Honya Grand Award is not within the scope of the mission, Hualichun also wants to win it.

You can't just be led by the nose by the task.Because Hualichun firmly believes that after the two years of the revival time limit, Hoshino Club will have many more two years.

This is also one of the reasons why she published the single volume of "Rashomon" before the selection of the Motoya Grand Prize began.

Rewinding the time to a month ago, when he proposed to Akutagawa Inu to publish the single volume of "Rashomon", Jun Huali also mentioned the Honya Grand Prize.

……

That day, facing the little black dog who had just come back from the corridor, Hualichun said: "...and, if a single book is published now, then you can participate in the selection of the main house award."

"Soon, the annual Honya Awards will start to be selected. If you want to participate in the competition, you must publish a booklet before then."

"Mr. Dazai's "Setting Sun" and Mr. Nakaya's "Song of Sheep" will definitely win the top few places, and even compete for the first and second place. But I think that Mr. Akutagawa's "Rashomon" will also be able to win. Get first."

"Since Akutagawa-sensei's work has enough pages, let's publish a booklet!" She said, "Try to challenge the Motoya Grand Prize!"

……

Time went back to the present, facing the surprised eyes of Gouzi teachers, Hualichun hesitated for a moment, and said: "Although I did choose the publication time of the single volume of "Rashomon" with the idea of ​​competing for the ranking of the main house award, but At that time, I didn't expect that "Rashomon" would become the favorite of the bookstore staff just after it was published, and won this year's Motoya Grand Prize No.1."

Hearing this, the dogs looked at Hualichun in a daze.

Huali Jun said again: "After receiving the call, I told Mr. Akutagawa the result alone. But Mr. Akutagawa hoped that I would announce the result after the duel between Mr. Ranpo and Mr. Po, so as not to affect the duel. "

The dogs subconsciously turned their heads to look at Akutagawa again.

The eyes of the teachers who are not human are constantly switching between Hualijun and Akutagawa.Facing these gazes, the little black dog, who had been acting calmly just now, was gradually unable to maintain his original posture.

Because he was not used to being stared at like this, he showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, and wrapped himself tightly with the hem of the black windbreaker: "..."

***

The book that won the Honya Grand Prize was the collection of short stories "Rashomon" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke published by Hoshinosha.

The books that received the second and third most votes from the bookstore staff in the selection were also published by Hoshinosha, Nakahara Chuya's "The Song of Sheep" and Dazai Osamu's "Setting Sun".

So far, the top three winners of the Motoya Awards have all been taken by the booklets published by Hoshinosha.And this is when there are only these three books published by Hoshinosha.

On the promotional slogans of the three volumes that are continuing to sell well in bookstores, the newly added title of "Honya Grand Prize Winner" has been added.The media made a sensation again because of this result.At the same time, Huali Chun cooperated with the timing of receiving the award, and invested in publicity for the first time, and the price was tens of millions of yen.

Soon, not only TV program recommendations, but also bus stops, subway stations, and the body and roof pull rings of public transportation are embedded with advertisements.

And in the three-pronged promotion of the autographed colored paper giveaway, the Motoya Grand Prize and advertising promotion, "Setting Sun" and "Song of Sheep" were reprinted for the third time in a short period of time, and "Rashomon" also announced an urgent reprint . The sales of No.11 issue of "Monthly Literature" exceeded 70 within half a month, and the total sales of this issue exceeded one million, which is already a certainty.

And after two months, the publishing industry discovered that at the award ceremony of the Classical Art and Literature Award, the seemingly ignorant words spoken by the representative of Hoshinosha were gradually becoming a reality.

……

Use the signature colored paper that the teachers who are not human have worked hard to practice handwriting and finally signed on "Let's Revive!"After the mailing system of "Wenhao Publishing House" was sent to lucky readers, Hualichun let out a sigh of relief: "It's finally finished."

The purple-haired girl put down the handheld in her hand, got up and ran to the file cabinet, and took out the heavy stack of newcomer contributions that had been accumulated for two weeks.

Even though all her energy during this time was occupied by letters from readers, she did not forget the new submissions that had been temporarily put on hold.

And again, her eyes fell on the large, heavy manila envelope she had received two weeks earlier.

After opening the envelope, Hualichun took out a thick stack of manuscripts from it.

This stack of manuscripts was divided into several works. Although they were sent in the same envelope, the signatures of the articles were different. Some were printed works, some were handwritten, and the handwriting of different handwritten works was different.

"Several people put their works together and sent them over?" Hualichun whispered to herself, "Could it be a contribution activity of some literary club?"

However, Hoshinosha welcomes submissions in any form.With this in mind, she routinely separated the different works and prepared them one by one.

The room was silent, and the hands of the clock on the wall moved one frame at a time.

Suddenly, Hualichun's gaze stayed on one of the manuscripts, and his expression was slightly startled: "Huh?"