I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 287: Word of mouth reversed and sales soared. This is the strength of Teacher Beichuan!
"Didn't they buy the original Japanese version? I guess few French people understand Japanese, right?"

Kitagawa Hide looked at the data table on the table again and couldn't help asking.

Saito Reina smiled and said, "Yes. But I heard that there is a special Japanese translation circulating on the Internet. Those readers usually read the online version first, and then buy the physical book for collection.

Cross-border copyright issues are troublesome enough, and this doesn’t seem to be a bad thing at the moment, so we’ll just turn a blind eye.

In short, being able to sell so many really solved our urgent needs.”

Kitagawa Hide nodded and couldn't help but sigh at the prosperity of the French literary market.

It seems that the French government departments in charge of literature have worked hard to cultivate so many readers who value copyright and genuine products.

On the other hand, in the case of Japanese literature, under the influence of conservatives such as Ichiro Tanizaki, only five major publishing houses have remained standing for many years. Other publishing houses could not get market share and could only watch anxiously.

Over time, a monopolistic market economy will inevitably lead to market shrinkage.

This is why, although Hechu Shufang’s share price is rising steadily, the total market volume has not changed.

Moreover, because "Wenyi" snatched away many readers, "Qunxiang" and "Qunxing" which had fallen down were no longer able to reach the first rank.

Shizuko Kawaide discovered the limitations of the Japanese pure literature market and that the ceiling was only so high, so she was eager to compete overseas.

After all, cultivating market soil is not a matter of overnight. It requires the joint efforts of several generations and many management departments before things can gradually get better.

Even a genius writer like Kitagawa Hide who emerged out of nowhere can only be like an ant looking up at the sky when faced with the ruthless market rules.

"It seems that the goddess of luck is on our side again this time." Kitagawa Hide said with a smile.

When Saito Reina saw Yumeko coming out of the kitchen, she quickly stood up to help, nodding as she walked, "Who says it's not true? Anyway, after stabilizing this wave, it depends on the subsequent serialization of "Foolish Love" and "The End of the World and Cold Wonderland"."

"Don't worry, Sister Reina~ The manuscripts later are very good~" Mengzi raised her fist towards the two of them, her eyes shining, and said, "I believe Xiujun will definitely win!"

"Me too!" After getting over her initial state of worry, Saito Rena has returned to her original strong woman mode. She also firmly believes that Kitagawa Hide will be able to defeat the enemy just like before!
Even if that enemy is the "number one" in Japanese literary world!
"Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Editor Saito, please look at my new manuscript~" Kitagawa Hide smiled and handed her the follow-up manuscript.

"Have you finished writing?" Saito Reina took the manuscript and said with a sense of relief, "I thought you were going to start procrastinating like everyone else."

"how come?!"

Beichuan Xiu laughed a few times, then lowered his voice, suddenly raised his right hand, and said in a serious tone,

“I hereby swear to my dear editor Reina Saito.

I will start the new book serialization from today and will never stop.

I will not watch TV series, travel or get sick.

I will not play video games or go to entertainment venues.

I will work hard on this, and live and die by it.

I am the keyboard in the dark, the guard on the Great Wall of literature.

I am the flame that resists the cold, the light at dawn, the horn that awakens readers, and the shield that protects literature.

I pledge my life and honor to the creation of literature, tonight and every night."

"???"

"???"

Many question marks appeared in the heads of Saito Rena and Yumeko.

Seeing Kitagawa Hideo swearing solemnly, the oath sounded strange and interesting, and they were stunned for a moment.

After a long while, Saito Reina followed suit and said with a smile, "What an interesting oath! Beichuan, you are so interesting. Did you come up with this sentence on the spur of the moment?"

Mengzi also laughed and thought that it would be nice to use this in the wedding vows.

Beichuan Xiu laughed a few more times, then nodded and said, "It's not that I suddenly thought of it, I just thought it was very appropriate at the moment, so I just said it casually. I adapted this from a vow, which originally came from a novel called A Song of Ice and Fire."

"A Song of Ice and Fire?" Saito Rena searched her head but couldn't find the source of the poem.

Thinking of Kitagawa Hide's "criminal record", she realized that this might be one of the new books this guy was conceiving, and she immediately became interested.

Seeing that they were all curious, Kitagawa Hide quickly dropped the topic.

"A Song of Ice and Fire" was later adapted into the hit American TV series "Game of Thrones". Unfortunately, the novel was written too slowly and was not finished when he traveled through time. The TV series was delayed for several years and had to end, so the subsequent plot had to be drastically changed, turning it into an extremely bad show.

In Kitagawa Hide's mind, the bad ending of "A Song of Ice and Fire" is no less than that of the manga "Bleach".

Their crappy endings are similar to the "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" that you have watched for several years, and then they tell you that in the final battle, Guo Jing suddenly killed Ouyang Feng with one punch - all the martial arts practiced before were not used anyway, it was just a simple and unpretentious attack.

Moreover, Guo Jing did not marry Huang Rong, but married Hua Zheng.

After hearing this, do you think it is acceptable?
Finally, let me tell you that Huang Rong and Torre got married!

And when they appeared again, the children were already there!
"A Song of Ice and Fire" is a good book, but with Kitagawa Hide's current ability, he will probably only be able to make up for it, so it's better not to touch it for now.

When I officially enter the American literary market in the future, I will consider using this half of the masterpiece to whet the appetite of American readers!
The manuscript of the last ten chapters of "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland" dispelled all of Saito Rena's doubts.

Everything that readers have been complaining about for the past month has been answered in this latest update.

With full confidence, Rena Saito decisively allocated 4 million yen in new publicity and promotion funds to the April issue of "Bungei" in her capacity as deputy director of the editorial department of Kawaide Shobo, allowing the distribution department to put all its efforts into promoting the new issue of the magazine without having to worry about those things.

The distribution department was like a fish in water and immediately launched a wave of pre-sale frenzy in the market after April 4.

Previously, Kitagawa Hide had received very good feedback from the pre-sale of the magazine on his private website.

Relying on its reputation among readers, Beichuan Network created a sales boom on the Internet, which had no online transactions yet.

With the combination of the two, the April issue of "Wenyi" was unprecedentedly popular, which made Shinchosha sweat profusely and had to continue to increase market investment, and ultimately put the company's underwear on the gambling table!

4 month 15 day.

The April issue of "Shincho" was the first to be published.

This time, we can only win and not lose.

Therefore, Ichiro Tanizaki, who is over 80 years old, actually appeared in person on a TV interview program, advertising and marketing his novels like a writer who couldn't sell his works.

As soon as Xinchao entered the market, a large number of readers flocked to bookstores and began to buy the magazine crazily.

"The Desire of a Fool" has accumulated a large number of loyal fans thanks to its good quality, marketing and spending money.

Ichiro Tanizaki is recognized as the "best in the world", with full traffic and popularity.

On the first day of printing, the April issue of Xinchao set a new record, selling a full 4 copies!

When it was competing with "Literary World", the sales of 170,000 to 180,000 copies on the first day were already astonishing.

Looking at this kind of data now, people in the industry are starting to wonder if they are dreaming!
Could it be that the sales figures of Xinchao were inflated? Even if they were inflated, with 20 copies as the bottom line, plus the first-day sales of 20 copies, the cost would be or million yuan, and that's without any external sales, but directly consumed by the bookstores.

If you hire someone to buy books for you, the cost will more than double.

And this is only the first day of brushing. If we brush it today, we will have to brush it in the future, right?
With such a cost, it seems that it would cost at least 10 billion.

Plus additional resources for publicity and promotion.
A sales war can bring in 20 to 30 billion yen. Even the top publishing houses controlled by chaebols cannot afford to spend so much money!

There are many different opinions about the record-breaking first-day data of "Xinchao", and the industry has different views on this. Not many people have voiced doubts or support. Everyone is waiting to see the performance of the April issue of "Wenyi".

Readers ignored all this mess and focused all their attention on the new chapter of "Foolish Love".

Ichiro Tanizaki worked hard for a month, but in the end he only managed to produce 3 words.

However, the quality of these 3 words is really good. After the magazine was released, readers who had read the content of the novel gave it rave reviews.

On the literature section of Yahoo Japan Forum, over 30 readers gave the new chapter of "Foolish Love" a high score of 8.9 on the same day.

Since the scoring model came into being, the only pure literary novels that can consistently reach 8.5 points are those written by Kitagawa Hide.

The highest-rated work among them was "No Longer Human", with a total of 731 million readers giving it an astonishingly high average score of 9.7!

The second highest rated novel is "The Dancing Girl of Izu", with a total of 891 million readers and an overall score of 9.6.

Among all Kitagawa Hide's novels, the lowest-rated one is "The Kaiji Literature Award Serial Murder Case", a popular literature novel, which was read by a total of 279 million people and gave an average score of 8.7.

This novel is also the only one among all his works with an average score below 9.

Oh no.

There is another one now, which is "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland", which has an overall average score of 8.5 points, barely exceeding everyone's expected "passing line" of him.

"Shincho" sold well, and "The Idiot's Love" had great reputation and sales. In addition, Toho directly bought the copyright and started preparing for the filming of the TV series. Tanizaki Ichiro's popularity instantly soared.

On April 4th and 16th, people could be seen discussing "The Idiot's Desire" on every street corner.

However, when people are chatting, they always mention Mr. Kitagawa out of the blue, and then mutter about the love-hate "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland".

Everyone was angry at his lack of fighting spirit, sad at his misfortune, and at the same time eager to see the new issue of "Wenyi".

Amid this repetitive and tangled emotion, April 4th arrived, and the April issue of "Wenyi" was placed on the bookshelf on time.

at the same time.

In cities across France, the French translation of "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland" has become a hit online. The strong technological style, the highly developed capitalist society, and the tranquil town of "The End of the World" that is as quiet as the French countryside have all become popular.

Different from Japanese readers.

French readers are very tolerant of the chapter "The End of the World" and have given it high praise.

Perhaps this type of fantasy subject matter satisfies the "romantic" sentiment deeply rooted in the hearts of the French.

Within a few days, several small towns on the French border secretly changed their names to "The End of the World"!
On the other hand, the best-selling product is the physical book of "Remembrance of Things Past".

It’s not like “Paradise Lost” where the translation standard is not high, nor is it like “The Dancing Girl of Izu” where there are too many Japanese elements.

"Remembrance of Things Past" is like spiritual food tailor-made for French readers, making them unable to put it down and unforgettable.

Many Japanese tourists and students studying in France could not help but sigh.

The popularity of "Remembrance of Things Past" in France is similar to the popularity of "No Longer Human" in Japan. It is not an exaggeration to say that the streets were deserted!
On May 4th.

The total sales data of the March issue of "Wen Yi" was also announced by Oricon.

In the latest Oricon chart, the March issue of Wen Yi ranked second in monthly sales of pure literature magazines, with a total of 3 million copies sold, second only to the January issue of Wen Yi (the issue containing the final chapter of "The Dancing Girl of Izu").

The March issue of "New Wave" followed closely behind, with a total sales of 3 million copies, which is also a very good result.

Apart from these two leading magazines, the sales of other pure literature magazines are very average.

The third place "Literary World" has a normal value of 64.1 copies, which is only a fraction of the two big brothers.

This also indirectly confirms the limitations of Japan's pure literature market.

In fact, compared with the January issue of "Wenyi", the sales of the March issue of "Wenyi" have declined quite seriously.

Even though nearly 60 copies were sold in France, the sales volume was still slightly lower than the January issue. This also shows that people prefer "The Dancing Girl of Izu", which was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

However, this prejudice and situation all disappeared after countless readers opened the April issue of "Wenyi" that day!
The "Spring Struggle" is drawing to a close, but the capitalists are refusing to give in and insist on raising wages by only 2.5%. They also claim that many companies are going bankrupt and many are laying off workers. Those willing to increase wages are "good companies." What else are you dissatisfied with?

"Labor traitors" also appeared on the side of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, lobbying workers in various ways for the capitalists.

After some wrangling, the workers were forced to accept a 3% pay increase.

The monthly salary of 20 yen was only increased by 6000 yen, which is barely enough to eat a few more days.

This situation was also reflected in "The End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland".

In the latest chapter, [Cold Wonderland] is as good as ever, and introduces a new main line——

After I received the unicorn skull from the old scientist, my stable life was immediately disrupted and I became a test subject hunted by various forces.

Even more unfortunately, my world will come to an end in twenty-nine hours and I must find a way to break the impasse.

Judging from the plot that starts from here, "Cool Wonderland" is undoubtedly a continuation of contemporary society. It not only contains elements of science fiction and the future, but also adds a sense of doomsday crisis to the protagonist. These complex elements make the novel complete and have some surreal meaning.

While the book is looking for a way out, in order to keep the "computer experts" in line, the company uses all kinds of rules and regulations and means of selling misery, and even corrupts your internal members. This is exactly the same as what the All-China Federation of Trade Unions is doing now!
The new prop, the unicorn skull, immediately reminds people of the story of "At World's End".

It turns out there is a vague connection between them!
The new story of [At World's End] is also very attractive.

When I discovered through dream analysis that the people in the small town had no self and even no heart, and were shrouded in a lifeless shadow, I turned my gaze to the forest outside the town.

The forest at this time is an adventure into the unknown world.

"I" am once again facing fear. The previous step is death, and the next step is an unknown road, but "I" did not hesitate and took that step.

This plot is so similar to "Cold Wonderland".

Soon, people on the Internet began to discuss the content of Mr. Beichuan’s new book and new chapter.

They began to believe that the two chapters were not completely unrelated, but apart from the unicorn skull, there didn't seem to be much in common.

The more I guess, the more I get addicted, and the more I guess, the more fascinated I become.

4 month 19 day.

When the first-day data of the April issue of "Wenyi" was announced, everyone was shocked!
(End of this chapter)