Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK.

Chapter 419 Let the Bullets Fly for a While [4K2]

8:40 pm, in the high-end residential area of ​​Tokyo's Minato Ward.

"what are you thinking?"

"What what do you think?"

"That person's harsh comment about you."

Rubbing his swollen temples, Beichen Ichiro looked at the dazzling night view of the city outside the window, feeling inexplicably tired.

He suddenly felt that Ayana was right. No matter how busy he was at work, he should take some time out in a year to travel and have a look around, if not for anything else, just to relax his body and mind.

Working around the clock every day, and occasionally encountering an emergency like the one happening now, anyone with poor stress tolerance would be worried to death.

But then again, since "White Night Walk" caused a huge stir before its release, he had expected the current situation to happen, but he didn't expect that the wind from the tree's ultimate move would come so quickly.

From the time the discussion started to the time the controversial comments appeared, the interval was no more than 12 hours. Even Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's borrowing of arrows was not so efficient.

"Before answering this question, I have a question for you."

On the other end of the phone, Watanabe Yu, who had just taken a shower, sat at his desk and browsed the content of the post with interest.

It should be said that the other party is indeed a well-known author and his choice of words is indeed good.

The parts that are explicit praise and implicit criticism are indeed very well written. If you don't read them carefully and don't have a good foundation in writing, you really won't be able to see them.

"You said."

Beichen Ichiro said this very happily.

Of course, this is also because the person talking to him was Watanabe Yuu, and not anyone else.

Looking back, they are a family!

"Is there a dedicated operator here at the book club?"

Watanabe Yu asked knowingly.

It's not that I'm out to accuse you, or that I'm being sarcastic, I'm just simply curious.

Theoretically speaking, according to the normal rhythm of business operations, comments like the one he browsed should not appear, or to be more precise, when it has just accumulated a certain amount of discussion, it should be restricted or even forced to be "transparent".

Strictly speaking, this should be regarded as the negligence of the operators.

"Yes, and they have already intervened."

Speaking of this, Beichen Ichiro got angry for no reason.

"At 5:40 pm, they discovered this controversial content and confirmed that the popularity of this content was increasing abnormally. Immediately afterwards, our operations staff contacted the staff of the social platform, but..."

He took a deep breath, and his chest rose and fell violently.

"The person in charge of the platform, who used to cooperate with us, suddenly turned deaf and dumb this time. It was not until ten minutes ago that he gave an ambiguous reply, saying that he could not delete or limit the flow of the post because the person's post did not violate the platform's rules."

We are all thousand-year-old foxes. We have been in the business for so long that we all know what's going on.

The subtext of this statement is that someone has already approached him in advance and offered him considerable benefits, and the other party's bias in this matter has been exposed.

"I see."

Watanabe You nodded thoughtfully.

If this is the case, then we really cannot blame the operators of Akiba Bookstore, as they had already made preparations in advance.

"So I'm having a headache right now." Beichen Ichiro didn't intend to hide his true thoughts. "From my perspective, I can't just leave directly, and the same goes for you."

If he or Watanabe were to go out and fight someone just because they were criticized, it would mean that they had completely fallen into the opponent's rhythm.

No matter what move the other person makes next, they can only passively accept it or be beaten.

"Then we should remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing situations."

Watanabe Yuu is quite open-minded.

Now all the problems, or contradictions, are concentrated on the chapters of "White Night Walk" that have been released.

To put it bluntly, "White Night Walk" is still being serialized and has just begun. It is not an exaggeration for people to criticize you based on the content you already have.

If you can find fault with even an egg, how much less with long passages of words and sentences?
"what do you mean?"

Beichen Ichiro frowned.

To be honest, he never thought about enduring, and he never thought that Du Bianyou would say endure.

In his opinion, Watanabe Yu is not the kind of person who would grit his teeth and swallow his anger when he is wronged.

To put it nicely, this guy is young and reckless. To put it bluntly, this guy will take revenge in person.

Not even overnight.

On this point, Teppei Amamiya has a lot to say.

"What I mean is, let's wait and see. 'White Night Walk' has just begun. It's meaningless to rush out and argue with others, except to make people laugh at you." Watanabe Yu paused, "And even if you win the argument, it won't have much practical significance."

If you want to convince someone on the Internet, it is as difficult as winning five million in a lottery ticket.

The main theme is an impossibility.

Anyway, from what he observed, the process is generally quite fixed. At the beginning, everyone will talk nicely, and then as the temperature between each other rises, the words will become sharp, and then they will start to attack each other, and then it will evolve to the point where they think the other person is an idiot, and finally block each other.

"Then let it ferment?"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Beichen Ichiro's tone.

As the president of Akiba Bookstore, he should remain calm and composed when facing any situation, but the problem is that people are not machines, and even the best-tempered people can get angry.

Now is the critical period for "White Night Walk". When something like this happens, they do nothing and just play dead. How will the industry view them?
"This is just my suggestion." Watanabe Yuya heard the dissatisfaction in his tone and explained with a smile, "When I said not to leave, I just didn't respond to him, it doesn't mean we won't do anything.

“You can put out some Q&A questions and answers appropriately, which are the questions that readers are most concerned about. This can also be regarded as a side response.”

In his opinion, this approach is the safest.

The reason is simple. Judging from their aggressive momentum, it is probably impossible to kill them all at once, because they have legitimate reasons.

And the position is quite clear, just like what the author himself wrote - I just hope that the talented Mr. Watanabe will not waste his talent and focus on the areas he is good at.

People have already said such things, and if you want to attack them, you will be at a natural disadvantage in public opinion.

Even when the serialization of "White Night Walk" has ended and everyone has finished reading it, if you want to use it to attack others, others can also use the excuse that it was not finished at that time and I didn't expect Mr. Watanabe to be so talented.

In short, the person who wrote this controversial content is indeed capable.

It's like stepping on a piece of chewing gum under your feet, sticky and disgusting but hard to get rid of.

"If it's just like this, isn't it a bit too light?"

Beichen Ichiro still felt that this was not a good idea.

He prefers to respond with a tough stance.

But just as he realized just now that he was acting on emotion, he now knew that his idea was simply impossible to achieve.

But what if.

What if Watanabe has another good idea?
"Then add something else." Watanabe Yu gave the answer without thinking, "Put more serialized content in the next one. This time we put three chapters, so next time we will put five chapters."

As for the number of chapters in a series, theoretically, it is usually one or two chapters. Sometimes, due to the author's writing status and manuscript review, the manuscript will be delayed, but for him, these are not a problem. They even discussed the number of chapters a long time ago.

"White Night Walk" is different from other serialized novels and does not have to stick to a fixed number of chapters - this is what is written in the contract.

In other words, if he wants one chapter per issue, then he will do it; if he wants three chapters per issue, then he will do it; the specific number depends on the situation.

"Just adding content..."

"I have finished writing "White Night Walk". The full version has been sent to your email. You will understand what I mean after reading it."

Watanabe Yu interrupted Beichen Ichiro and said this sentence first.

The book "White Night Walk" is divided into three parts, and it starts to get better from the second part, which is Chapter 10.

The first part lays out the childhood events and the background of the case, and the pace is indeed relatively slow. The second part begins, which is the adult stage of Yukiho and Ryoji. At this stage, the two people's criminal methods become more mature, and conflicts begin to gradually escalate.

It was also from this part that the two gradually showed their "symbiotic" relationship.

Then, from this time until the end, Ryoji's sacrifice and Yukiho's indifference formed a sharp contrast. The foreshadowing that had been buried before also exploded in the final chapter, pushing the whole story to its climax.

exactly……

If possible, he would still prefer to release it bit by bit according to the original serialization rhythm.

If we suddenly speed up and publish a few more chapters, perhaps the direction of public opinion will change faster, but some things will not achieve the desired effect.

So, that group of people did give him a big problem.

But overall it’s still ok, at least he can solve it.

"I'll look at it later."

Hearing this, Beichen Ichiro calmed down immediately.

"As for how to deal with it specifically, I will make a decision after watching 'White Night Walk'."

Now he understood why Watanabe Yu was so calm and composed. It turned out that this guy had finished writing and had something in his hands, so of course he was confident.

But he is indeed looking forward to what kind of story the complete version of "White Night Walk" tells.

"ok~"

Watanabe Yu responded lightly.

"I'm a little curious, why are you so calm? According to common sense, shouldn't you be angry at this time?"

Out of curiosity and a little bit of other emotions, Beichen Ichiro couldn't help but ask this question.

He can understand that the author is confident in his work, but confidence does not mean that he will lose his temper when his work is slandered or even defamed.

Unless you are extremely confident, that is, you are 100% sure that you can prove yourself through your performance, no one can hold back.

"Anger won't solve the problem." Watanabe Yu closed the webpage. He didn't even want to reply to that person. "Of course, this is just what I said. As far as my mental activity is concerned, I already want to say hello to his mother.

“But thinking about it is one thing, but putting it into practice is another.

“When the timeline is extended long enough, the market will give all doubts the most realistic results.”

Experts’ words may be biased and industry insiders’ words may be subjective, but the market is objective and relatively fair.

Things that are attractive in the short term will sell well, but in the long run, they are just waves.

Similarly, good things may be limited by various reasons in the short term and only be on a delicate edge, but as long as it is given enough time, it can grow into a towering tree.

If he remembered correctly, after the serialization of "White Night Walk" ended, it was sold in the form of a physical book and sold more than two million copies.

The sales volume speaks volumes.

Not to mention that "White Night Walk" also has a series of derivative works, such as TV series and movie adaptations. The hot box office and ratings are not deceiving.

"..."

Hearing this, Beichen Ichiro fell silent.

For a moment he didn't know how to respond.

Watanabe Yuu is indeed very confident in his remarks, to the point of being a little exaggerated. If someone else had said this, he would have rolled his eyes. If he was in a bad mood, he would have added sarcastically, "You are no longer in the age of middle school."

But the problem is that when Watanabe said this, it didn't feel out of place at all, and it even looked a bit handsome.

"I suddenly understand Kuriyama a little bit."

He suddenly said.

"what?"

Watanabe Yu was stunned for a moment. He didn't quite understand his nonsensical remarks.

"Kuriyama told me before that you are very suitable to play the leading role in urban dramas, especially the role of a domineering CEO? Or the role of a dazzling high school student."

Said, Beichen Ichiro shook his head.

When he heard this at the time, he didn't take it seriously. He just thought that Kuriyama was getting into the role because of watching urban romance dramas. Now it seems that he is the one who hasn't gotten it.

Just what Watanabe Yuu said just now would be enough to be remembered for a year if it were put into a TV series.

It may even cause many people to imitate it.

I have to say, he is really handsome and has a lot of style.

At least if you put yourself in his shoes, he wouldn't be able to make such a cool speech.

Sure enough, this is also a kind of talent?
"Uh... our book club doesn't have this kind of project, right? I mean, a mandatory contract?"

Yu Watanabe made a little joke.

He remembered every clause in the contract he signed with Akiba Bookstore clearly. This clause was not mentioned by him at all. He mentioned it only to liven up the atmosphere.

"Of course not, and authors rarely become actors." Beichen Ichiro quickly explained, "I just felt that way."

If Ayana misunderstood, he, as her uncle, would probably be blamed for a long time.

"Also, regarding this matter, just leave it to us. The complaints just now are complaints, but we will solve the problem properly. Don't worry about that."

He changed the subject and made a solemn promise.

"I know, let the bullets fly for a while."

"Let the bullets fly for a while? Haha, this metaphor is a bit interesting, but it is indeed very appropriate. Anyway, the book club will take care of it for you!"

He promised.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Watanabe Yu thanked him sincerely.

"As long as you treat Ayana better and don't be indecisive, that's all."

Beichen Ichiro said something meaningful.

"..."

Watanabe Yuu was silent.

(End of this chapter)