Tokyo Literary Godfather

"The sales volume of this issue of "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" once again exceeded 1.5 million copies..." Listening to the assistant holding the numbers, Kawaguchi Nobu sat in a chair with no expression on his face, but his fingers were subconsciously tapping the beat on the table.

The assistant knew that this was something Kawaguchi would do when he was in a good mood. Since last year, the magazine's sales have been rising, and it has almost become the highest-selling literary magazine in the country.

It’s not entirely because Kei Fujiwara, a rising literary star, is simply not a best-selling author who can’t support the million-dollar sales of a magazine. If a magazine only needs one author's works to be good-looking, then most readers will choose to wait until the author's works are published as a single volume before purchasing.

However, Kei Fujiwara has become famous since "White Night Walk", and his works have also been serialized for a long time in Spring and Autumn magazines. This has indeed made a large number of authors optimistic about the future of their magazines, and they have come to submit articles one after another. Therefore, "Spring and Autumn Literature Appreciation" has included several levels of The author, who is quite high, has almost doubled his sales.

But no matter how many people come, Kei Fujiwara is still the strongest among all authors. Whether it's new book sales or readership, Kei Fujiwara is unparalleled.

Nobu Kawaguchi also wanted to train a second Kei Fujiwara at first, but he gradually gave up. Geniuses like Kei Fujiwara cannot be cultivated... they all fall from the sky.

There are a few new authors who write very cleverly, but if they want to reach the level of Kei Fujiwara's story creation, it is estimated that there is still five or six years to go.

Forget it, let it go.

As he said that, he picked up the manuscript in his hand and took a look at it. It was the novel version of "Naoki Hansawa". The copy editor in the agency had already corrected and typeset it. After another round of review and correction, it would be official. Let’s go through the printing process.

Itagaki Kazuhiko conveyed Fujiwara Kei's opinion to him. The two books were published and released at the same time for the market, which made Kawaguchi hesitate.

Although he also knew that "The Devotion of Suspect The discussion level is also very high. Now the publishing and distribution is a matter of striking while the iron is hot, and it has been scheduled with the printing house before. The original publication time is in the near future.

And "Naoki Hansawa" has just finished. This drama has created historical ratings. Even though it has been completed for two weeks, the popularity is still high. Kei Fujiwara's identity as a novel writer also makes many people who like this drama look forward to the novel version of this drama.

Now is the best time to publish both of these books. However, if two very competitive novels are released to the market at the same time and are written by the same person, will they make themselves unhappy?

You must know that it is the peak season of the book market recently, and many completed novels from other publishers have begun to be published one after another. The competition is already huge, and even Kei Fujiwara may not be completely unaffected. I have to fight with my left and right hands, which will probably be even more difficult.

Nobu Kawaguchi sat on his office chair with his feet raised and thought for a while. Then he glanced at some newspapers on the table and happened to see the two characters "Hanze".

Kawaguchi Shin took out the newspaper and read it. I saw that newspapers were still reporting news about "Naoki Hansawa", which made Kawaguchi Nobu couldn't help but chuckle. Is the news industry so short of news materials? How long has it been since this drama ended? I’m still clinging to it...

However, after taking a closer look at the report, it was called: "Naoki Hansawa" triggered an entrepreneurial boom.

what happened?

Nobu Kawaguchi continued to read, and the report said that the various workplace bullying and oppression situations reflected in "Naoki Hansawa" have existed in the Japanese workplace for a long time, but for a long time, everyone has become accustomed to it.

Many people even have the realization that the daughter-in-law who has been married for many years will eventually become a mother-in-law. They feel that they will suffer a little when they are young and enjoy the blessings when they are older. So I have been trying to endure it, but some people can't bear it anymore and even have mental problems, so they just use a hanging rope to solve the problem.

"Hansawa Naoki" tore away the fig leaf of the "chronic merit sequence" in Japanese society, triggered collective discussions, and quickly formed a consensus.

Some older company executives complained to reporters that since the broadcast of "Naoki Hansawa", it has become apparent that some young people in the company have become less obedient. It's a sign of blowing one's beard and staring. This also makes some older people feel that "Naoki Hansawa" may be conveying wrong values.

Although this is only a minority phenomenon, signs have already appeared, and it is only a matter of time before it expands.

Some young people choose to "clean up the workplace," while others simply "escape from the workplace."

Escape from the workplace is not just a way to hide at home and work as a housewife. Starting your own business is also a way. There are many forms of entrepreneurship, ranging from opening restaurants and convenience stores to starting factories and companies. Recently, the Prime Minister has been on TV shows, holding a screw and talking about the importance of physical enterprises to Japanese society, so many people have begun to run to low-cost places to open factories... Oh, I hope he can do it this time Make it longer.

Some young people are eyeing the Internet, a new product of the era. Some economists have predicted that after the millennium, the Internet industry will have dozens of tens of billions (USD) companies. This is still a conservative estimate. And many young people in Japan have also begun to try to flex their muscles in the Internet industry and start companies one after another.

Nobu Kawaguchi watched it for a while and felt that this news report was not a piece of cake. It still put forward a new point of view. However, he was still a little surprised. The drama "Naoki Hansawa" has such great staying power.

How about releasing this book first? Don’t waste this heat...

Thinking about it, he casually flipped through other pages of the newspaper, and then he accidentally saw Chiba Shinichi's latest review article on "The Devotion of Suspect X".

This critic is recognized by the entire Spring and Autumn Society. He loves mystery works and has a great influence among mystery readers. Many of Chunqiu Society's previous works were dismissed by him as useless, which affected sales and made Kawaguchi Nobu very troubled.

But what’s interesting is that this critic admires Kei Fujiwara’s works very much, starting with “White Night Walk” and then continuing to “Genius Detective Mitarai Kyoshi”.

The critic was also invited to attend the annual meeting of the Spring and Autumn Society, and a relatively generous travel fee was prepared for him. I hope that he will increase his efforts in praising Fujiwara Kei in the future, but be merciful when evaluating other authors, but he No reason at all.

This article also praised "The Devotion of Suspect X" and even considered this book to be Kei Fujiwara's best work, surpassing "White Night Walk" and "Genius Detective Mitarai Kyoshi" (Part 1). Whether it's emotion, conception, setting, plot, or plot, it's all impeccable.

After reading this article, Nobu Kawaguchi closed his eyes and thought for a minute. When he opened his eyes again, he finally made a decision and called his assistant in.

He decided to adopt Fujiwara Kei's suggestion and publish the two books together. Since the competition in the book market is already fierce this summer, it might as well be a little more fierce.