Living in Tokyo, starting with a lifestyle-related job

"It seems you're only fit to sign contracts for these childish high school novels."

"No, no, I think you just signed that high school student because he's handsome, right?"

"Ah, now that I think about it, everything makes sense."

Upon hearing this, Igarashi Chinatsu hardened her fists and angrily said:

"We have a cross-verification mechanism, how could we possibly sign someone just because they're handsome?"

"Furthermore, your statement is an insult to me and the editors of Group C!"

"You must apologize to me immediately, as well as to our Group C editor, Kamishiro-kun!"

Seiji Shindo sneered:

"Ha, an apology?"

"Apologize to an editor like you who only cares about looks?"

"Never!"

Seeing that the situation seemed to be getting worse, A-team editor Kazushi Tominaga quickly stepped between the two and tried to smooth things over:

"Alright, alright, let's all keep quiet."

"We're just going to check out the situation; there's no need for such a confrontational approach."

"Give me some face, let's just let this go, let's both compromise, okay?"

Chinatsu Igarashi gritted her teeth and glared at Seiji Shindo in front of her.

She thought to herself that if she weren't an editor and had to be careful with the author's words, she would definitely give this bastard a good scolding!

Seeing that she didn't say anything more, Shindo Seiji gave up and stopped criticizing her.

I felt that I really didn't need to chat so much with a novice editor who was just starting out; it would only make me, a talented author, look bad.

Seeing that the two had really stopped arguing, Kazushi Tominaga breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but take out a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe away his sweat.

He was just afraid that the two of them would start arguing again.

But it would be best if there was no argument.

No wonder Seiji Shindo's manuscripts were rejected by other publishers.

That temper and those foul mouths are just unbearable.

at this time.

After what had just happened, Igarashi Chinatsu had no interest in going to the bookstore near the company with Shindo Seiji. She preferred to go with Kamishiro Hakufu instead.

"Senior Tominaga, farewell. I'm going to visit other places and don't want to be in the same space as this rude person!"

With that, Igarashi Chinatsu left without looking back.

Kazushi Tominaga scratched his cheek awkwardly and turned to look at Shizushi Shindo.

Shindo Seiji still looked disdainful, wishing she would leave so he could avoid seeing her!

A bookstore near the publishing house.

Because the bookstore is located in a popular area of ​​Tokyo.

Therefore, people come and go in an endless stream every day.

soon.

Seiji Shindo and Kazuji Tominaga arrived at the bookstore.

The two entered the bookstore.

I went straight to the section where the new books were on display.

Every so often, new books from various publishing houses are displayed here.

As soon as Seiji Shindo arrived, he saw two readers holding their novels for preview.

Witnessing this, he couldn't help but nod repeatedly, thinking that the two readers had great taste.

Besides these two readers, there were other readers looking at other books.

Shindo Seiji felt quite annoyed seeing other readers reading other books.

I just think these people are reading absolutely rubbish!

Absolutely no taste whatsoever!

Kazuji Tominaga also noticed that readers were reading a book written by Seiji Shindo.

He was very satisfied with the situation.

The fact that someone is already previewing the book right after it was released shows that it does have potential.

However, this is ultimately just a superficial observation. In reality, the actual value of a book depends on its daily sales volume.

He is an editor at a publishing house and needs to keep track of book sales every day.

However, the sales statistics for new books are initially checked after 1, 3, and 7 days to see if they can pass the first sales threshold.

Some books do not sell well on the first day, but the reviews will gradually improve the next day or a few days later, and the sales will increase.

However, some books may sell well on the first day, but later sales may decline and returns may occur frequently.

Therefore, you can get a general idea of ​​the sales figures after a week.

It's already past 4 PM.

It must have been more than half a day since the sales started.

However, since it's not yet the whole day, bookstores usually don't send sales data back to the publisher directly.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have made a special trip to see this.

Now, if you want to ask about sales, you have to ask the bookstore employees.

As he is an editor at Futaba Publishing House, which is located nearby, he often visits this bookstore when new books are released.

He was already familiar with the shop assistants here, so he asked the shop assistant who was scratching his head as he came out about the sales situation.

"Could you let me know about the sales figures for your new book, 'Dream Abyss'?"

When asked this question, the shop assistant suddenly forgot what she was about to do and simply replied honestly:

"I'm not quite sure about that either. Let me check the back office for you."

Kazuji Tominaga nodded and said:

"sorry to bother you."

When the store clerk went to inquire about sales.

Shindo Seiji walked forward with his hands behind his back, intending to see where the novel written by the author of Kamishiro Hakufu was.

However, after searching around, I still couldn't find it.

He couldn't stop laughing when he saw a book called "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" that didn't have this scene.

I just felt that the book was probably not favored by the editor-in-chief at all, and most likely only a thousand copies were sold.

I guess it's only sold in other less popular bookstores now.

Otherwise, why wouldn't it be sold in this most popular bookstore?

It's worth noting that this bookstore is located near Futaba Publishing House, so being so close, it's highly likely that it will have close contact with Futaba Publishing House.

Since it's not there, it means that the novel "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" wasn't even displayed here.

That makes sense, considering this bookstore is one of the most popular bookstores in downtown Tokyo.

There's a quota for new books added to the shelves here every day.

In other words, publishers won't allow books with poor prospects to be displayed arbitrarily in this bookstore.

It seems that the book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is probably in this situation.

Upon seeing this, Seiji Shindo thought to himself, "As expected, this is trash."

That trainee editor really is the kind of woman who can't resist handsome men; otherwise, why would she sign such a terrible book?

read this.

He grabbed Tominaga Kazuji's shoulder and mocked him with a smile:

"In my opinion, you should go back and tell your team leader to fire this incompetent editor who has no vision."

"Look, look, even a high school student's new book can't get into this bookstore?"

What's the point of keeping a book that's not popular?

Kazushi Tominaga paused, then asked in confusion:

"what?"

"Not available here?"

"That's impossible!"

"Something must have gone wrong."

"I remember that book, 'I Want to Eat Your Pancreas,' was published in top-tier quantities, with an initial print run of at least five thousand copies!"

"There's no way it wouldn't be available at this bookstore!"

Seiji Shindo's previously mocking expression turned somewhat taken aback, and his voice involuntarily rose considerably:

"what?"

"His brat's book was released as a top-tier product on its first release?"

"What's happening here?"

"My book is so good, and I only sold 3,000 copies in my first sale, but he sold 5,000?!"

Kazushi Tominaga scratched his cheek, gave an awkward laugh, and continued to try to smooth things over:

"I'm sorry, I don't know much about this either."