Entertainment Godfather

"This work must be promoted according to the highest standards!"

The next day, at the morning meeting of Kadokawa Publishing, Yoshino exercised his authority as editor-in-chief and issued the highest order.

As Yoshino finished speaking, the other editors of the publishing house looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, one of the old editors who had been working for many years raised his head and hesitated, "Editor-in-chief, is it promoted according to the highest standards for new writers?"

"What is the highest standards for new writers?"

Yoshino glared and said, "Did I not make it clear enough? This "Devotion of Suspect X" is promoted according to the standards of works by top writers. Isn't Theking going to challenge Endo Ma? We, Kadokawa Publishing, will give him this stage!"

"Editor-in-chief, there is no precedent..."

"Although Theking's "White Night Walk" is very powerful, it is very risky..."

"And the works of newcomers are always full of uncertainty. Once the sales are insufficient, there will be heavy losses..."

"Does the editor-in-chief already know who Theking is? Is the pen name Theking a vest for Mr. Matsushita or Mr. Takagi?"

In the conference room, the editors spoke one after another. As one of the top three publishing houses in Japan, Kadokawa Publishing uses top standards to promote a new book, which means a lot of money. If there is not enough hot sales, it will even be difficult to get back the money!

In Japan, only works by top writers like Endo Ma are eligible for the highest level of publicity.

And writers like Theking, who emerged out of nowhere and became popular with their first book, can only get medium-level publicity for their second work. There has never been a precedent for a newcomer to get the top level.

Listening to the gossip of his editors, Yoshino frowned and said, "Have you not read "The Devotion of Suspect X"? If you have read "The Devotion of Suspect X", you would never ask me such a stupid question!"

"I..."

"That..."

The editors in the seats all showed embarrassed faces.

Seeing this, Yoshino slammed his right hand on the table in the conference room with a bang: "Didn't I send a copy to each of your mailboxes last night, so that you could take a good look at it? You guys all turned a deaf ear to the words of the editor-in-chief?"

After taking a breath, Yoshino said to an assistant: "Print out "The Devotion of Suspect X" and distribute it."

He also knew the morals of his editors. Generally speaking, unless it is the works of famous writers, they will work overtime after work to read them. For writers like Theking who rely on one book to become famous, new works can't arouse their interest at all.

The assistant walked out of the conference room under Yoshino's serious gaze.

Five minutes later, the assistant appeared in the office with more than a dozen printed copies of "The Devotion of Suspect X".

Yoshino gestured to distribute it, and then said in a deep voice: "Don't rush to work this morning, put aside the work at hand, and finish reading "The Devotion of Suspect X" here. After reading it, everyone tell me what you think."

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

The editors agreed one after another.

They have realized at this moment that this "Devotion of Suspect X" is probably not simple.

Otherwise, the editor-in-chief would not be angry because everyone did not read this work last night. After all, this kind of thing is very normal in the publishing house. Reviewing manuscripts during work is tiring enough. Who would choose to continue reading manuscripts after get off work?

After receiving the manuscripts that were still warm from the printer, each editor read them carefully.

Time passed bit by bit. Yoshino sat in the chair in the center of the conference room and quietly observed the reactions of these editors.

Although he was very confident in "Devotion of Suspect X" and had decided to promote this book with all the resources in his hands, nothing is absolute. Yoshino was inevitably worried about whether his taste was deviated. This kind of thing is not without precedent.

The work that you think is extremely wonderful may not necessarily be considered wonderful by others, and it is also possible that others may find it ugly.

This is also the reason why all publishing houses and editorial departments always have a group of editors cross-reviewing manuscripts. After all, no one dares to say that his taste can represent the taste of the entire Japanese public. Only works that most editors agree with can be considered good works.

It was half past ten in the afternoon, and more than an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.

Yoshino looked at his watch. With the speed of a professional editor, he should have finished reading "The Devotion of Suspect X" by now.

When he opened his mouth and was about to say something, the old editor suddenly stood up from his seat and said excitedly: "Editor, whose vest is Theking!?"

Yoshino smiled. The reaction of the old editor had already explained some problems. He tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said lightly: "It doesn't matter who Theking is. What matters is what you think of this book?"

The old editor said without hesitation: "It can completely beat the "Park" released by Endo Ma some time ago!"

As the old editor finished speaking, the other editors who had finished reading "The Devotion of Suspect X" also raised their heads and stared at Yoshino with burning eyes: "Editor-in-chief, I fully agree to promote this "The Devotion of Suspect X" with the highest standards!"

"Too amazing, this book is no less than "White Night Walk"!"

"They seem to have the same writing style, but in fact they express completely different themes. They also have something in common, that is, they all exude a classic atmosphere."

"No, no, no, in my opinion, "The Devotion of Suspect X" is more outstanding than "White Night Journey", because this novel is more like a mystery novel than "White Night Journey"!"

"This is the most perfect scam I have ever seen. I am even more convinced that Theking is not a new writer. If he were a new writer, he would be too evil. But if you think about it carefully, we in Japan have not done the same thing as "White Night Walk" and "Suspect x" Writers with the same writing style as "The Devotion"..."

Comments from editors came out one after another, and the smile on Yoshino's lips gradually spread. He was sure that he had really found a treasure this time!

Kadokawa Publishing House is one of the largest publishing houses in the industry. For such a large publishing house, there must be a chief editor, many deputy chief editors, and more than a dozen chief editors. More importantly, each chief editor has There is competition for performance!

Editors' performance competition naturally revolves around the sales of their works.

So if you want the sales of your work to be high enough, first of all, the quality of the work itself must be good enough.

Secondly, the publicity must be in place. Now that the quality of "The Devotion of Suspect

All is ready except for the opportunity!