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"Please... help me with this..."

The woman covered in blood held Gojo Satoru's hand, speaking with difficulty.

Gojo Satoru gritted his teeth and interrupted her: "Don't say anything yet, I'll take you to someone who can reverse spells for treatment!"

"No, I'm going to die soon, please listen to my last merciless request..."

The woman held Gojo Satoru's hand more and more forcefully, and the blood stained his cuffs, but left no trace on the black fabric, as if completely swallowed by the thick black: "Are you a child of the Gojo family? Sorry to ask I entrust this kind of matter to you. My husband's daughter and I...please make sure to put Hoshino in her hands..."

"I don't regret what I did. But it would be nice if the kid didn't hate us..."

……

Gojo Satoru was standing in the corridor, behind the door was the nunnery girl who was still complaining loudly about him.But those noises slipped past his ears and disappeared without a trace.

He looked down at the "Monthly Literature" in his hand and raised his eyebrows.

As expected, she was the child of such a woman.

***

The next day, Sunday.

The phone on the desk rang suddenly.After Hualichun answered the phone, he heard a voice from the microphone: "Excuse me, I am Gong Qianjian from the editorial department of "Monthly Girls."

It was the editor who had called her the night she took over Hoshinosha.Hualichun was startled: "Hello..."

"I'm really sorry for calling on the weekend. But are you free this afternoon?" Gongqian asked on the phone.

"Afternoon?" Hualichun couldn't help looking at the clock on the wall.

……

Two in the afternoon.

"excuse me."

Gong Qianjian took off his shoes on the porch before walking in.

He is a slightly fat young man, wearing a horizontal striped T-shirt and cropped pants, with myopia glasses on the bridge of his nose, looking simple and stable.

Hualichun put the prepared tea on the small coffee table.And Gongqian Jian glanced at the humble publishing house, but didn't say anything, and sat on the sofa in a well-behaved manner.

"Sorry, I contacted you on the rest day." He said, "Because the last two days happened to be the deadline, so I have been unable to get away from work."

"Ah, it doesn't matter." Hualichun said quickly, "Because I'm a student, I'm only free on weekends, and I have to go to school on weekdays."

"I think so. That's why I came to visit your company this time to discuss this issue."

Gongqianjian didn't immediately pick up the tea that Hualichun put in front of him.He put his hands on his knees, and solemnly said to Hua Lichun: "About the issues I mentioned on the phone a few days ago, I can't explain them clearly on the phone alone. I really want to meet you in person and confirm with you. once."

"Running a publishing house is not an easy task. Miss Huali, I am very clear that you don't want to give up your insistence on giving up the only legacy left by your parents, but publishing is not a job that can be done by one person alone, but It requires the cooperation of many parties.”

Gongqian said seriously: "From helping writers create works, to editing and reviewing magazine content, and then to printing in printing factories. After that, it is sales. It must be distributed to downstream sales points such as bookstores and convenience stores. On the way, there must be warehousing and transportation Integration. If it is a serial work, it is also necessary to collect readers’ opinions and help the writer adjust the direction in time... This is just the magazine.”

"If you publish a book in the future, you need to consider a series of issues such as the initial print volume, reprint print volume, book cover and book waist design, advertisements, testimonials, and the author's signing event."

"Besides these, the scariest thing is not being able to sell." He said, "As far as the comic magazine I am currently in, the work cut in half is not the worst result. The worst result is that due to the low sales volume, the magazine was rejected. The entire publication was scrapped, and the publishing house was heavily in debt and completely closed down."

"Hoshinosha still has hope. As long as it is given a chance, it may rise again. I don't want to see Hoshinosha completely die."

Gongqian put some strength on his knees, leaned forward, and said in a low voice, "So I implored Miss Huali to seriously consider whether to hand Hoshino to someone who can bring him back to life..."

"I am also very clear that asking you to give up the only relic of your parents is an extremely shameful thing, not to mention that your father Lingtang once helped me at the reception. But in the current downturn in the publishing industry as a whole, I really don't want to do it again. Seeing that another publishing house, Hoshinosha, which embodies the hard work of your parents, has completely disappeared." He lowered his head, "Please."

Hualichun looked at Gongqianjian who bowed his head seriously towards her, feeling an inexplicable emotion in his heart.

Although Gongqian Jianyan's intention was to hope that she would give up Hoshinosha, but she could tell that he didn't want to destroy Hoshinosha.On the contrary, his love for Hoshinosha is no less than his own.

That's why he came here to bow his head and brazenly make a request that sounded extremely unreasonable to an outsider.

But if he could see Gongqian Jian's eyes at this moment, no one would be able to say anything to blame him.

That is undoubtedly the look of a person who loves the publishing industry.

Hualichun hesitated for a moment, finally took a deep breath, and bent down towards Gongqianjian: "I'm sorry. I can't socialize Hoshino to others."

"..." Gongqianjian noticed that Hualichun was also bowing to him, and lowered his head subconsciously.

"..." Hualichun hurriedly followed.

The two were silent for a while, head to head, and finally Gong Qianjian straightened up helplessly: "I understand. I am really ashamed to make such an unreasonable request..."

"No, no, Mr. Gongqian, please don't say that!"

Hualichun quickly stood up: "About Hoshinosha's survival... I have something I want to show Mr. Gongqian."

She walked to the only office computer in the small publishing house, clicked the mouse a few times quickly, and then looked up at the Gongqian sword.

Seeing this, Gong Qianjian got up and walked over.

——What appeared in front of his eyes was Hoshino Club's background sales data.

What is displayed on the white web page is a broken line chart, in which the sales line is completely 0 at the beginning, but suddenly there is an upward trend in a certain period of time, and the broken line is getting steeper and steeper, showing the sales data The growth rate is getting faster and faster.

Displayed above the line chart is the real-time sales volume.The red number "533" is impressively in sight.

Gongqianjian was startled for a moment, then quickly reacted, and leaned closer to the computer to watch carefully: "What's going on?"

"Just these two days, I released the first issue of "Monthly Literature." Hualichun replied, "I... want to use my own power to revive the Hoshino Club left behind by my parents."

Gongqianjian looked up at Hualichun unexpectedly, and then turned his gaze to the computer screen again.

""Monthly Literature"..."

Gongqian Jian's thoughts paused slightly because of the name, and he said after two seconds: "When this Hoshino Club was first established, the first magazine to be promoted was "Monthly Literature."

Hualichun couldn't help but tremble slightly when he heard the words.

That is to say, when her parents first started at Hoshinosha, like she is now, they also started with "Monthly Literature" as their base...

No wonder all the old magazines found in the cabinet were "Monthly Literature".Presumably this magazine is also of great significance to my parents.

While Hualichun was still immersed in her thoughts, the sales on the computer suddenly jumped up again, from 533 to 535.

Looking at the real-time sales volume, Gongqian couldn't help but feel astonished.

Although this number is not even comparable to the fraction of his magazine "Monthly Girl", but in today's Hoshinosha, this number is surprising enough.

"Sorry, can you show me the first issue of "Monthly Literature"?" He asked Hualichun.

Hualichun came back to her senses, and quickly handed a copy of "Monthly Literature" to Gongqianjian.

Gongqian took the magazine and quickly flipped through it.After he turned to "Setting Sun", he quickly glanced at two pages, and his eyes were already different.

"I see...the quality of the article is indeed excellent. If we can maintain this level, maybe it can be..." He murmured to himself, turned his attention to the line chart on the computer again, and asked, "Sales The amount has been 0 for the first ten hours, and then suddenly increased sharply, do you know the reason?"

Hualichun told Gongqianjian what she did the day before.Hearing this, Gongqianjian pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Indeed, at present, Hoshinosha does not have any serious third-party sales channels, and this is the only way to do it. To be honest, you can have such action, What a surprise."

"but……"

Gongqian turned his head and looked at Hualichun with deep eyes: "Don't do this kind of thing to the author's work lightly. Even if it is for sales, any unauthorized action on the work may cause damage in some way, affect The reader’s impression of the work. So you must think carefully before acting. Don’t underestimate this industry.”

Hualichun's expression was solemn.

She naturally knew what Gong Qian's sword was pointing at—it was her method of tearing off some pages of "Setting Sun" to stimulate people who read the magazine to consume.It was the worst strategy to use when there was almost nothing to do.

Didn't she think of what Gong Qianjian said? ... No, it's not that she didn't expect it at all, she also vaguely felt it.But at the time, she still chose this method.

It wasn't until now that she was awakened by the Gongqian sword that she suddenly realized what she had done.

Perhaps in the eyes of most people, a magazine with missing pages is just a trivial matter, but she did such a thing without the author's own consent, and did not consider the author's mood.

"At that time, I was really desperate, so..." Hualichun lowered her head, feeling a little sad in her heart, "I won't play these heretical tricks again in the future."

"No, I didn't mean to blame you." Gong Qianjian realized that his tone was a little too serious, and immediately lowered his tone, "Sorry, that's how I speak, and people often say that I speak too bluntly. And it ended up being great. The sales so far are very good."

"That's... because the work is so excellent." Hualichun thought of how she felt after reading "Setting Sun" for the first time, "It would be great if everyone could read such an excellent work."

"Ah."

Ken Gongqian nodded, feeling a little emotional in his heart: "I've been trying to catch up with the manga artist in charge recently, but I didn't realize that the new issue had already been released, and I didn't know that you already had so many ideas. Looking at it now, What I just said is really embarrassing."

"Where..." Hualichun shook her head quickly.

"In short," Gongqianjian breathed out, "Even if the results of the first issue of the magazine are good, you must not be careless. There are more difficulties waiting for you in the future."

"However, if you encounter any difficulties, you can contact me. I will try my best to help you." He looked directly at Hualichun, with the unsmiling expression on his face, "Since you have decided to do it, let Hoshino Let's revive the society!"

Having received Gongqianjian's promise, Hualichun couldn't help clenching her fists: "Thank you, I will definitely!"

Even many of the procedures mentioned by Gongqianjian can be passed through "Revival!Wenhao Publishing House" was completed with one click, but now she also understands that running a publishing house is not an easy task.

"The other one." Gong Qianjian raised the "Monthly Literature" in his hand, "Just sell it to me. I will go back and read it carefully."

Seeing that Gongqianjian put down the money in the magazine and was about to say goodbye, Hualichun quickly stopped him: "That...Mr. Gongqian, I have one more thing to ask you."

Gong Qianjian stopped in his tracks: "What's the matter?"

"Didn't you say that you once met my parents at a reception in the publishing industry?"

Knowing that she would definitely get an answer this time, Hualichun's voice couldn't help being a little dry: "What did my parents... do at that time?"