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Kisaragi Luno's "To You at the Age of 17" was released earlier than "Shanyue Ji" and "Akechi Kogoro Detective Collection".On the day of the release of "Mountain Moon" and "Akechi Kogoro Detective Collection", Huali Junyi went to several bookstores for field research.

She could see that the books placed in the most conspicuous place in the literature area were Kisaragi Runo's anthology.On the cover of the anthology, the photo of her smiling sweetly in a song suit is repeated repeatedly, and the densely packed books are piled up like a hill.

In contrast, the placement of other literature categories in the same period is obviously more remote and narrow.Considering that the larger the printing volume, the easier it is to occupy more bookstore positions, Hualichun decided to give "Shanyue Ji" and "Sensible Kogoro Detective Collection" an initial printing volume of 60 copies.But that doesn't change the fact that they're squeezed to the side by the centrally-occupied "To You at 17."

Even the publicity billboards and posters are all covered with photos of Runo Kisaragi.But no matter how you look at it, it looks like fans are promoting the photobook, but there are big slogans such as "Once in a Century in the Literary World", "Reiwa's No. [-] Idol Masterpiece" and so on.In the bookstore, there were also quite a few fans wearing support cultural shirts of Kisaragi Luno and the girl idol group she belonged to.

"If it sells well, Ru Nana will definitely hold a special handshake autograph session!" Someone said excitedly, "Maybe there will be a handshake ticket!"

"It would be nice if you could get a signed edition. I heard there was a batch of signed editions that were mixed in and sold together."

"Damn it, all the books except the trial reading are sealed up, and I can't tell which one is signed!"

"..."

Even though we have tried our best in terms of article quality, typesetting, cover, etc., but in the face of overwhelming idol offensives, these efforts are like small stones thrown into the waves, and cannot splash much.

At a glance, the literature area has almost become an idol photo area.

Seeing all this, Hualichun remained silent.She watched the customers coming and going between the bookshelves, took a deep breath, and thought silently in her heart.

Whether it is the little white tiger or the random dog, they have always created excellent literary works that they recognize, and have never betrayed the literature in their hearts.

So this time, the God of Literature will absolutely, absolutely not let them down.

After casting a final glance at the literary section of the bookstore, Hualichun turned and left, passing by a young man in a hat and baseball uniform.

The young man didn't notice the purple-haired girl who just walked past him.He came all the way to the literary area, took off his hat, and revealed the face that appeared on the poster of the Bailang Society Literary Newcomer Award.

Standing in the noisy group of idol fans, Qing Shuiming lowered his head, looked at the pile of books "To You, 17 Years Old", hesitated for a moment, picked up an unsealed trial booklet and opened it.

After silently reading one of the articles, Akira Shimizu closed the book.

——Sure enough, the new article published for the first time in the separate volume still has the same shortcomings as Kizuki Runo's other trial reading articles.

However, when putting the trial book back, Akira Shimizu saw the recommendation on the girdle.

[Hideki Saneda: Girls’ thoughts are always poems, and "To You, 17 Years Old" is a rare work in this era. 】

[Kawaya Ryuhei: This is a book that all teenagers and girls who have entered adolescence should have, and it is also a book for high-profile idols who have turned into writers. 】

[Endo Ayaka: The extremely moving song of youth, the beauty of the stage and the spotlight. 】

Sure enough, as Tomo Noguchi said, even if Akira Shimizu refused to recommend this book, many writers would rush to accept it.

The three writers with recommended words on the girdle are also three popular writers.And their works are also on sale, and the sales must have increased due to the linkage with Kisaragi Runo. .

What caught my eye was the scene of fans snapping up "To You Who Are 17".The idol has published a book, and it is still selling so well.Even Kaya Koyama's new book may not be able to cause such a rush when it is first released.What Qing Shuiming thinks of at this moment is the serialization plan that he has repeatedly failed to achieve, and the opportunity to make it into a single book that is out of reach even though it is written in the contract according to the current progress.

Obviously, recently, I have been writing hard as if I want to cut open the chest cavity and gouge out the heart for others to see, but no one seems to agree.For Bailang Club, it seems that what you write can never be good enough.

And the readers are completely unaware of all this.Readers thought Qing Shuiming was still one-eight thousandth of that glorious... No, the residual heat of the newcomer award has gradually dissipated.He also began to gradually move away from the readers' field of vision.

Did he do something wrong when he rejected Noguchi Satoshi's plan to collaborate with Kisaragi Runo's new book?

But Hualichun, who walked out of the bookstore, bumped into a thickly dressed man at the door of the bookstore.Even though the weather had turned warm, the other party was still wearing a hoodie as if afraid of the cold, buttoned up his hat, and covered his face with a mask.

"Sorry." The other said, "Are you all right?"

"It's ok."

After Hualichun left, the man in the hoodie stood at the entrance casually flipping through the comics on the bookshelf, but looked at the literary section.

Looking at the fans who were crowded there, desperately grabbing "To You, 17" without even reading the content, there was a long silence in the hoodie, and finally a soft sigh came out.

***

A week later, the sales statistics for the first week of "Mountain and Moon" and "Achieki Kogoro Detective Collection" were completed.The first week sales of Runo Kisaragi's "To You, 17 Years Old" came out first.

"The sales in the first week... exceeded 15 copies!" After counting the final figures, Hualichun stood up abruptly.

Whether it is "Shanyue Ji" or "Akechi Kogoro Detective Collection", the sales volume in the first week is between 15 and 16 copies.Although this number is not as good as "Setting Sun" and "Song of Sheep" which were released immediately after the award was announced, it is still much better than Hualichun's worst-case scenario.

——From this figure, it seems that the publication of Kisaragi Luno's anthology has not had much impact on the sales here.

And "To You Who Are 17" sold 25 copies in the first week.

The sales driven by top idols are indeed terrible, and the limited display space is indeed occupied by "To You, 17", but the decline in sales of other literary books seems to be only due to the reduction of display space.

This shows one thing - the people who buy "To You at the Age of 17" do not overlap with those who usually buy literary works.

the second week.

"To You Who Are 17" sold a total of 36 copies.The sales volume of "Shanyue Ji" and "A Collection of Akechi Kogoro Detective Cases" both exceeded 30 copies.

And not long after the release of the booklet, "Monthly Literature", which published Runo Kizuki's first serialized column "Literary Times" and Fitzgerald's work "The Great Gatsby", was also released.

Originally, in terms of subject matter, Japan's domestic entertainment industry is much inferior to the legendary stories of the top class in the United States. In addition, the Fitzgerald dog seems to fall from a height of several hundred meters to the surface of the ocean of stories, and even reach The in-depth writing style like the oxygen-free seabed firmly grasped the readers' hearts, which directly caused readers who had read "The Great Gatsby" to completely lose interest in Kisaragi Luno's column serialization.

Not only the readers, but even the writers who have written recommendations for Runo Kisaragi's works couldn't help but talk about "The Great Gatsby" on the program as a guest.

"The first thing that attracted me to "The Great Gatsby" was the luxurious life of the top class in America. Especially the banquets they held."

When Kawaya Ryuhei was invited to comment on the recent program on the program "Late Night Bookstore", he said: "When I was here, what came to my mind was a castle-like mansion, an all-night dance party, bright lights and star-like scenery. Men and women shine together. If you tap the shoulder of the person in front of you at a banquet, the face you turn around may be a dignified figure who just appeared in the newspaper. But this figure has just been drenched in a high-end gown with champagne Chaos, jumping and dragging jugglers at the banquet, and amidst the laughter, embarrassedly put on the other party's funny vest covered with orange feathers..."

Speaking of this, even the host was stunned, and began to imagine the scene described by Kawaya Ryuhei.

"This is a life that ordinary people can't see, or even imagine. I admit that I kept watching at first, just to find out how luxurious this kind of life can be."

Kawaya Ryuhei changed the subject: "But at the end, I gradually forgot the luxurious life described in the novel, and was involuntarily attracted by the emotions contained in the novel. Everything the hero who spends money like water does is actually done by no one. Believable, simple, sincere, but childish reason—for love. Compared with it, all the luxury in front of me is like a cloud.”

"And this love led him on the path of irreversible destiny..."

After Chuanwu Ryuhei's voice fell, everyone in the studio held their breath and fell into imagination.The host was the first to come back to his senses, and calmly asked according to the plan: "Ms. Kawaya wrote a recommendation for a book recently, right? That's HoneySakura's ter Kisaragi Runo."

"Ah, that's right." Kawaya Ryuhei also reacted, and nodded at the camera, ""To You at the age of 17", this book is highly anticipated. From the book, it can be seen that Miss Kisaragi started from ten years old Growth and state of mind at the age of 17. Although it is a book from an idol, Ms. Kisaragi’s writing has already reached the level of a professional writer, and every adolescent child can find what they want in it..."

"And Ms. Kisaragi's new serial has also been published on "The Age of Literature and Art". Her article leads readers to explore the entertainment world..."

……

Hualichun sat in front of the computer, watching the live broadcast of the show.

Although Ryuhei Kawaya also used a lot of praise words to appreciate Runo Kisaragi's works, but no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to achieve the same effect as when recommending "The Great Gatsby".

Time passed day by day.And the trend of speech has gradually changed from overwhelming support for Runo Kisaragi to a comparison of the two works.

"Although Kisaragi Runo has written a lot of new things in the entertainment industry, compared with them, "The Great Gatsby" has more tension."

"As an idol, it's considered pretty good. But after all, it's still not as good as a real writer."

And the result is—even under the pressure of top idols, the No.15 issue of "Monthly Literature" still achieved a sales increase of more than 20% compared with the previous issue.

But this is not the end result.

Hualichun looked at the "Literary Times" in her hand, and she turned the page of the magazine to Kisaragi Luno's serialized page.

Kisaragi Luno also has two serialized columns.Therefore, she still has two chances to change herself.