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"Mr. Itagaki, this is Fujiwara." Kei Fujiwara did not make the call from the phone booth on the roadside. Instead, he hurried home and called Itagaki Kazuhiko from his home landline phone.

"Fujiwara-kun, there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Itagaki Kazuhiko's voice sounded on the other end of the phone.

He was still in the mood to joke. It seems that the good news outweighs the bad news. Fujiwara Keidao: "Listen to the good news first."

Itagaki Kazuhiko was silent on the other end of the phone: "How about hearing the bad news first?"

Fujiwara Kei smiled and said: "Okay, what's the bad news?"

"Unfortunately, "White Night Journey" failed to pass the serialization meeting of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation". There is no way for your work to be serialized in this magazine."

Kei Fujiwara's heart skipped a beat. Since there is no way to serialize it, wouldn't everything be in vain? So how good can the good news be?

"Then... what's the good news?"

"Although it failed to pass the serialization meeting of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation", the editor-in-chief decided to have this book serialized in the supplement "Qiankun Chunqiu" of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation". In other words, Fujiwara-kun, congratulations, you have been serialized. Qualified."

""Qiankun Spring and Autumn"..." Mr. Fujiwara has some impressions of this magazine. It was officially published only about a year ago. It is a newborn magazine.

Both in terms of reader base and popularity, it is incomparable to "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation". Most of its readers are diverted from this magazine, and its monthly sales are only less than one-third of this magazine. .

Fujiwara Kei was a little disappointed and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Seeing that Fujiwara Kei was silent, Itagaki Kazuhiko sighed and said: "Sure enough, this is actually not good news."

"Nothing, Mr. Itagaki, thank you very much for your efforts these days..."

"The sales volume of the supplement is indeed not as good as that of this journal, but one advantage is that the vast majority of authors in this journal are not unknown writers or newcomers..."

"You should know that the data on the readership table during the serialization period of the magazine is very important, which determines how much attention we attach to the book when releasing a single volume. For novels that perform well in data feedback, we will come up with more Resources will be used for publicity and distribution, and well-known writers will be invited to recommend it, so the first print run will be larger."

"If you publish in this journal, you have no previous works and no fan base. Compared with those well-known writers, you will have an inherent disadvantage. In the supplement, all authors are almost starting from the same starting point."

"Although the sales of "Qiankun Chunqiu" are not as good as "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" for the time being, the magazine has high expectations for this set of publications. Its sales are also increasing every month, and it is a publication with great potential."

"Mr. Itagaki, it goes without saying." Fujiwara Keido said, "I have no intention of looking down on new magazines. On the contrary, I have been rejected repeatedly because I am a newcomer. How could I reject a magazine with potential and a responsible magazine for the same reason? Where’s the editor?”

Itagaki Kazuhiko said happily: "I knew it...Fujiwara-kun, if you are free tomorrow, please come to our editorial office and let's talk about the details of the serialization."

Fujiwara Kei agreed and chatted with Itagaki Kazuhiko for a while. After hanging up the phone, they both let out a sigh of relief.

Fujiwara Kei thought: It is indeed qualified for serialization, but it is slightly different from what he expected at the beginning.

But it doesn't matter, the arrangements of manpower are always difficult to match the destiny of God. Whether it's a mule or a horse, let's lead it out for a walk.

When Itagaki Kazuhiko was at home, he read "White Night Journey" carefully again. No matter how you read it, it is a unique and good book. To produce a work of this level in his debut, Fujiwara Kei is undoubtedly a genius.

Is it just the newcomer's status and the subject matter that is temporarily misaligned with the market that makes the pearl fall into dust?

In fact, this is not just his opinion, even Minister Kawaguchi seems to have high praise for the book "White Night Journey".

When "White Night Walk" was first presented to Kawaguchi Nobu's desk, Kawaguchi Nobu didn't seem to care too much, but Itagaki Kazuhiko would run to him every few hours to ask him where he had seen the book, which made his boss very upset.

I was so annoyed that I had no choice but to read "White Night Journey" first among the many books that needed to be reviewed.

As a result, Nobu Kawaguchi came to the editorial office the next day with two dark circles under his eyes.

The first thing I did when I came here was to find Itagaki Kazuhiko and tell him that Kei Fujiwara's book would not be serialized in "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" for at least half a year.

The first is that he does not dare to take risks again and randomly publish socialist reasoning works. He has already failed miserably once. If he fails again, he is afraid that there is a problem with his ability as the editor-in-chief;

The second is that there is no extra space. In the past three months, eight or nine new novels have been serialized. It will take at least more than half a year to finish these novels, and some space will be reserved for well-known writers, so there is no extra space.

The paper is given to the newcomer's novel "White Night Journey". You can't increase the number of pages for it, right?

To sum up, "White Night Journey" seems to have no connection with "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation".

But Nobu Kawaguchi seemed to be moved by "White Night Journey", so he decided to give this novel a chance to be serialized in a supplement.

In supplements, it is easier for a newcomer to get higher praise. If Fujiwara Kei is really talented, let him find a way to defeat all his peers and climb up from "Qiankun Spring and Autumn"!

The next day, Itagaki Kazuhiko sat in his seat and looked at his watch from time to time.

Such frequent small movements were caught by Shimada-like people all at once. It was obvious that he was waiting for someone, and it was a very important person.

For an editor, there is only one very important person, and that is a writer who can write best-selling works. Compared with these writers, the editor-in-chief gives me a thumbs down.

There are not many authors who can make Itagaki Kazuhiko so nervous. People like Shimada couldn't help but become curious about that mysterious author.

Shimada turned to the crew-cut guy in a suit behind him and asked, "Kikuchi-kun, has that guy Itagaki contacted any teacher recently?"

Yohei Kikuchi glanced at Itagaki Kazuhiko, "I haven't heard of it."

The relationship between Nai Shimada and Kazuhiko Itagaki was tense within the company. The two had similar seniority in the magazine and had a competitive relationship.

He was considered a student from a prestigious school, and he had always looked down upon Itagaki Kazuhiko, who graduated from an ordinary school.

The Japanese workplace pays attention to the order of merit, and ability often does not outweigh seniority, so if there is a chance for promotion, Itagaki Kazuhiko has an advantage.

In fact, although Itagaki Kazuhiko has an average academic background, he has always been very capable as an editor. It is not surprising that he has a higher priority than Shimada in the workplace. However, people like Shimada still get into trouble and feel that he is just relying on his own shortcomings.

At what age do you have a competitive advantage?

Therefore, he has always had some resentment towards Itagaki Kazuhiko. When he usually interacted with Itagaki Kazuhiko, he did not show any respect from juniors to seniors and never used honorifics. This made the traditional-minded Itagaki Kazuhiko a little angry and felt that he was not respected.

In addition, a plagiarism incident a few years ago worsened the relationship between the two. At that time, the author Shimada Naito was cooperating with plagiarized other people's articles, and the person he plagiarized was Itagaki's author.

The editor naturally sided with his author, and the two accused each other at the meeting. They had a heated argument, and the impact was very bad.

Although the two authors later reached a reconciliation, the editor's relationship became even stronger.

Last year, Itagaki Kazuhiko's performance was poor. He mistakenly read a work and it ranked at the bottom. It is estimated that the single volume will not be sold. If he can sell 10,000 copies, he will be lucky. This also gave Itagaki Kazuhiko a head-on blow to the team leader who could have been promoted.

, but people like Shimada applauded.

If Itagaki Kazuhiko is unable to be promoted to team leader, wouldn't someone with similar qualifications have a chance?

Therefore, Shimada has been working very diligently recently, constantly contacting well-known authors, requesting manuscripts from them, and reading manuscripts. He is very busy.

But at the same time, in order to avoid making the same mistake as that idiot Itagaki, Shimada also made a ideological stamp on himself, that is, he will never accept the reasoning works of the socialists!