I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 181 Some are desperate, some have swollen faces, and some are full of confidence
Bungeishunju frantically bought advertisements in major newspapers and magazines to promote "Jueka" published by Ota Publishing House in Japan.

But perhaps it was because Ueno Toru was too old and had not been exposed to the emerging media of the Internet, so "The Last Song", which was well received in newspapers and magazines, had completely ruined its reputation on the Internet.

The powerful netizens showed their terrifying power at this moment.

Soon, netizens dug out Shinichiro Azuma’s account number “Drunkard Rose Saint”.

All the posts published by Shinichiro Azuma using this account were also made public, immediately sparking a heated discussion online.

His cruel words and contempt for life are sickening.

As his posts were dug up, the comment "I Just Want to Make Money", which had been against him from the beginning, refuted him many times in his posts and threatened that he would be punished by law, also became a little popular.

This netizen with very positive values ​​seems to be knowledgeable and talented. He often hangs out in many different forums, and his few remarks are very inspiring.

Then the curious crowd dug deeper and found some interesting points about Kitagawa Hide's online account.

First of all, "I just want to make money" and "河出書房頭取" are following each other, and the latter only follows him.

Secondly, the insightful remarks of “I just want to make money” under the literary review draft “Draft Daddy” are also astonishing.

After Kitagawa Hide's account became popular, "Look at the leg photos" began to sweep the Internet. Jabami Rei was annoyed and embarrassed. During the break in filming an advertisement, she used her newly bought mobile phone to send Kitagawa Hide a message saying "Big idiot, Kitagawa teacher".

Not long after that, she bought a lot of black stockings in a shopping mall as if possessed by a ghost, and also took the initiative to ask Toei if there were any commercials featuring leg shots that she could take.

Anyway, after this little episode, when Kitagawa Hide logged into his account again, he was shocked to find that his followers had increased to around 2000. In the Japanese Internet in 1996, he was considered a bit famous!

The Internet and real life are intertwined and overlapped.

Now that he is imprisoned in the Family Court, Shinichiro Tou can no longer enjoy these pleasures.

He couldn't go online, play, or communicate with others. He could only look at various teaching materials alone, waiting for the final judgment from a higher-level family court.

The case is now stuck at the point where Shinichiro Higashi refuses to admit that he has a mental illness and has readily pleaded guilty, while most others hope to make a big deal out of a small matter and are actively working with the victims' families.

Seeing that only the presiding judge of the Family Court could bring a death penalty prosecution for the juvenile offender, he did not want to ruin his own future.

Things are completely stuck.

In this atmosphere, the sales results of "Zetu" on the first day of publication and in the first week of publication were exposed by Oricon chart.

Countless people's attention was attracted.

In fact, insiders in the publishing industry had already guessed that "Jue Ge" would be a huge failure on its first day of publication.

Otherwise, given the nature of Japan's Ota and Bungeishunju, if the performance on the first day was slightly better, they should have boasted about it, instead of keeping silent like a dead dog like they are doing now.

Shinichiro Tou also felt inexplicably nervous.

He waited and waited, and finally the staff took him to the communication room. However, the person who came to him was not Ochiai Misa, but an unfamiliar male editor.

The male editor had a blank expression on his face. He mechanically reported a string of numbers and then prepared to leave impatiently.

"The actual sales volume on the first printing day was 3497 copies, while the Oricon chart showed 7812 copies. The actual sales volume in the first week of publication was 12334 copies, while the Oricon chart showed 1.5 copies."

The male editor left a message before leaving.

"Editor-in-Chief Ochiai won't come to see you again. She's taking a month-long vacation and is going to Izu to relax."

"Why?!" Shinichiro Tou didn't understand.

Judging from the data reported by the male editor, it doesn’t seem too bad?
Cumulative sales of 1.2 copies in a week means at least hundreds of thousands of copies should be sold in a month, right?

That year, at least 20 copies were sold.

He specifically inquired about the domestic sales of Japanese novels in recent years, and 20 copies was definitely above the passing line!
The first book has reached the passing line, and I am only 14 years old. Shouldn’t I have a bright future?

Why is this male editor looking at me with a damned expression?

"Why? Because of your stupid behavior on the Internet, the personal details of Editor-in-Chief Ochiai were also exposed by netizens."

The male editor has a great liking for his beautiful editor-in-chief.

She dropped out of the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tokyo. She has fair skin, beautiful face, long legs, is young, pretty and rich. She is gentle and kind to her subordinates and patient and enthusiastic towards authors.

Who wouldn’t like such a beautiful leader?

After the hit of "Complete Suicide Manual", Ochiai Misa became extremely popular and is now considered by the publishing industry to be the "twin beautiful girls" of the publishing industry together with Saito Rena of Kawaide Shobo.

However, all of this came to nothing after her experience was exposed.

It turns out that the beautiful boss I admired was actually a plaything of the boss and directors in private. What a joke!

The disgusting experience and photos were circulated on the Internet. Fortunately, the Internet was not well developed nowadays, so Misa Ochiai did not suffer social demise.

But she was unable to continue to guide Shinichiro Azuma and participate in the "Zekuge" project, so she took annual leave early and fled Tokyo.

In the male editor's opinion, the root of all the trouble is this damn juvenile delinquent.

Shinichiro Tou was completely stunned.

What kind of internet stupidity?
Ochiai Misa no longer cares about him, so what will happen to the follow-up of "Zetsuka"?
Didn’t we agree that we will also produce animation, film and television, and go overseas?
"This sales data is indeed no different from a sudden death."

Kitagawa Hide sat at the bar, and after repeatedly checking the data reports handed over by Saito Rena, he also sentenced the so-called competitor "Zekuka" to death.

The sales volume of 3497 copies on the first day of printing would be acceptable if it was a new work by a new author with average publicity and promotion efforts, but "Zeku" consumed all the publicity and promotion resources of Ota Film Company in Japan, plus the top popularity of "The Drunkard Rose Saint".

In terms of publicity and promotion resources alone, "The Last Song" can be compared with "Confessions". With this kind of strength, let's take a look at the first-run days of several old books by Kitagawa Hide.

Paradise Lost sold 27.3 copies, The Mustard Seeds sold 20 copies, and No Longer Human, which was initially not well received, sold 5 copies.
The publicity and promotion of these books is not as strong as that of "Jue Ge".

Putting aside the disappointing performance of the first release in Japan, what made Japan's Ota most despair was probably the actual sales volume of "Zetu" in one week.

Generally speaking, after a high-quality book is published, the first three months will be its hot-selling period, and the sales curve in the first month will show an upward trend.

In other words, if the quality of "Jue Ge" is good, let's assume that the sales volume on that first day is 3500 copies, then the total sales volume after a week should exceed 2.45 copies, so it can still be saved.

But in fact, it started to decline in the first week.

The cumulative sales in one week were about 1.2 copies, which was half of the expected figure, indicating that even the readers who bought the book on the first day did so out of curiosity.

Soon, word of the poor quality of the book spread among readers.

So sales continued to decline throughout the week, and no one wanted to touch this shit.

This book is completely finished.

But it really didn't die unjustly.

Kitagawa Hide even went to the bookstore to read "Jue Ge".

Misa Ochiai is indeed a female editor who can be compared with Rena Saito.

Her writing and reviewing abilities are excellent, and the comments she wrote were well received.

But the most exciting and most acclaimed thing in a book is the comments written by the editor. If this book doesn’t fail, then who will?

It’s better not to mention what Shinichiro Azuma wrote himself.

Saito Rena and Kitagawa Hide discussed "The Last Song" with a smile, and soon turned the topic to "Confessions", which will be serialized in the "Bunnyei" supplement tomorrow.

"The supplement was released before the main issue. This is probably the first time such a phenomenon has ever occurred in the publishing industry."

Saito Reina smiled and said with emotion,
"Beichuan, you always do things that surprise me, it's amazing."

"Without you and President Kawade, I can't do anything." Kitagawa Hide waved his hand modestly, "But you, why are you swollen again?"

"Hey, is it so obvious? I even put on makeup before going out today."

Reina Saito pursed her lips. She couldn't help rubbing her sore face and stole a glance at the dressing mirror at the door.

I don't feel any dark circles or puffy face.

Ugh.

really.

Compared with Beichuan, my practice is still not enough.

This new book "Confessions" is different from Kitagawa Hide's previous books. The writing style has changed and the plot content has also changed a lot.

Whenever faced with such a new challenge, Saito Rena couldn't help but worry for Kitagawa Hide.

While helping Hide Kitagawa write the book, she was also constantly improving and being exposed to new things.

She hopes that one day she can be truly recognized by all her colleagues in the publishing industry, rather than being sought after just because of the title of "Kitagawa Hide's editor."

And to achieve this, she must have her own strength and power.

Whether it is Kawade Shobo or other publishing houses, there has never been a female editor-in-chief in the industry, let alone the head of the editorial department.

Among their predecessors, the most outstanding one was Reiko Higashi of Shinchosha, who once served as deputy editor-in-chief of Shincho and was revered by working women in the publishing industry.

Reina Saito works day and night, investing all her time and energy in her work. Sometimes she can't even take care of her two younger sisters and has to rely on Mayumi Aso and Yumeko for help.

Having sacrificed so much, she really wants to keep moving forward.

When she fell asleep in bed these few nights, she began to think about how to make "Confessions" better.

She wanted to succeed so badly.

So on the eve of serialization, she became "swollen" again.

"Haha, you really don't have to worry too much. Haven't we revised the manuscript dozens of times? Mengzi and the others also read it and thought the beginning was very good. Don't worry, there won't be any problems."

Kitagawa Hide has never been afraid to set new goals when it comes to writing books.

In the face of absolute strength, all metaphysics will collapse.

After he comforted her with a few words, Saito Rena finally relaxed a little.

that's it.

Time flies.

6月10日清晨8点，东京地区各大书店陆陆续续开门，而万众瞩目的1996年6月号《文艺》增刊也被工作人员们纷纷摆上了书架。

"Jue Ge", which had previously occupied a lot of space, has long since disappeared.

Kitagawa teacher's new book has begun serialization.

Just this one simple sentence is enough to cause a stir in the Japanese literary world!
(End of this chapter)