"I think the reason why the development of our library has slowed down in recent years is that we are too rigid and have not changed anything, and if we want to reverse this situation, we must absorb more works of themes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Hisashi Hirono's voice was serious.

He said it so bluntly that it made people think he was talking to a subordinate and not his boss.

In a Japanese company with a high hierarchy of employees, if someone dares to talk to their boss like this, most of them will have to think about where to go for an interview the next day.

In Kadokawa Bunko, only Hirono Hisashi dared to speak to the president so bluntly, and while he was famous for his old and spicy vision, he dared to speak out, which was also a major characteristic of Hirono Hisashi.

Because his words were very pertinent, such behavior not only did not cause trouble for him, but made the presidents of successive generations value him.

And Ayazaki Shoichi is obviously not the kind of narrow-minded person either.

Listening to the words, his face was normal, and he looked at Hirono Hisashi and motioned for him to continue-

"Just like Kadokawa Bunko unearthed Haruhi Suzumiya ten years ago, it would be a good way to open up new horizons by getting in touch with genres that you hadn't tried much before. Hirono Hisashi's tone paused, "After all, we have been clinging to the daily light novels on campus for too long. ”

Ten years ago, the Suzumiya Haruhga series was born, which laid an unshakable status for Kadokawa Bunko, but it also limited the development of Bunko to a certain extent.

Since its fire, Kadokawa Bunko has been labeled as 'Campus Daily' and 'SF'.

In order to break through this established impression, previous generations of presidents have made efforts one after another, but it has not had much effect, but it has affected the popularity of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Seeing this, the president at the time had no choice but to change his strategy-

Since we can't change the impression, it is also a strategy to strengthen this impression and create a work that can be compared to Haruhi Suzumiya's daily campus life.

Subsequently, Kadokawa Bunko launched a series of everyday works.

Today, it can be said that Kadokawa Bunko has occupied the vast majority of the market for everyday works.

Over the years, the daily masterpieces often come from here.

But because of this, the daily plot is basically eaten thoroughly, and few people can play new tricks.

This phenomenon of slight aesthetic fatigue has led to the fact that in the past year, the sales of Kadokawa Bunko's works have been declining and decreasing.

"What do you have to say about what Editor-in-Chief Hirono just said?" After a moment of silence, Ayasaki tapped lightly on the table and looked around the conference room.

“.......”

Seeing that everyone present was silent, Koji Tsuburaya, as the deputy editor-in-chief, had to come out and say something, so as not to make the atmosphere too depressing.

"I think Editor-in-Chief Hirono has a point, and in order to open up a new situation, it is necessary for us to try to release works with other genres. ”

The deputy editor-in-chief took the lead in speaking, and the other editors-in-chief gradually joined in.

"Yes, I think so too. ”

"It's true that it's not a way to stick to your daily work. ”

"I also agree with Editor-in-Chief Hirono, it's just-"

In the midst of the echo of harmony, Okamura Feng, as one of the deputy editors-in-chief, made the turning point in his speech very prominent. “....... It is necessary to think carefully about what type of work we should try, because if we rush too hastily, it is easy to repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

But listening to his words, no one present objected, and the editor with a little seniority was even more silent.

In fact, Kadokawa Bunko is not without the idea of trying to open up new genres.

In fact, as early as the previous president's tenure, Kadokawa Bunko tried to change it.

Considering that most of Kadokawa Bunko's readers prefer everyday works, after discussion among the editors at the time, it was decided to start with light mystery novels that are close to everyday life.

The so-called light mystery novel is a mystery novel with a light novel style.

As a result of this decision, Kadokawa Bunko unearthed a series of light mystery novels, the most famous of which are Yonezawa Hoshin's Ice Candy and Onda Riku's Lion Heart.

According to the readers' replies sent by the library, these works have received good reviews.

And it also made Kadokawa Bunko very happy for a while, and felt that they had made the right decision, but when the novel began to go on sale, they found that this kind of work was not easy to sell at all!

After all, light mystery works are neither pure light novels, nor are they orthodox mystery novels.

Unless it's really brilliantly written, it's hard to please readers on both sides at the same time.

And Binghua and Lionheart, apparently, failed to reach that level, so they failed miserably, and the previous president also resigned because of this.

Such a past was mentioned by Okamura Mine, and everyone fell silent.

Indeed, if you make too hasty decisions, you may only repeat the mistakes of the past, not to mention the glory of the past, and may even make the current situation even worse.

And this is by no means what Ayasaki Shoichi wants to see.

He looked around and shook his head unconsciously, knowing that there was probably no way to make a decision right now, so he put the matter aside for the time being, and waited for a later discussion.

After a pause, he looked at the accountant next to him, "Which was the highest-selling work last week?"

"It's the Sword Emperor who destroys the world. ”

"Who is in charge of this work?"

As he spoke, Ayasaki looked at the people present.

At this time, everyone's eyes were on the intellectual woman sitting in the last row, Machida Enko.

Although she has experienced a lot of big scenes since she started her business, under the watchful eyes of the president and many editors-in-chief, Machida Enko can't help but be a little nervous.

"It's me, president. ”

"You're the editor-in-chief of Machida, right?"

"Yes. ”

Machida Enko didn't expect that the president would remember her name.

After all, she was just promoted from editor-in-charge to editor-in-chief two months ago, and her presence in the editorial circle is still quite low.

"Editor-in-chief Machida, tell me about the authors you are responsible for. ”

"Okay. I'm now in charge of two teachers - Kasumi Shiko-sensei and Yamada Fairy-sensei, and the world-destroying Sword Emperor is Yamada-sensei's work. ”

"Yamada ......"

For this pen name, Ayazaki Shoichi has a slight impression.

He thought about it for a while, and then remembered that the author who belonged to Kadokawa Bunko, the youngest was thirteen years old, and he was still in Primary 6.

And the author's pen name is called Yamada Fairy.

After a pause, Machida Enko continued, "Yamada-sensei is now serializing this work, and it has been published until the fourth volume, with a total sales of 370,000. ”

"Really, what about the other Kasumi Shiko-sensei?"

"Uh......" Machida Yuanzi's tone suddenly choked, and she said with some embarrassment: "Teacher Kasumi Shiko is still preparing a new work. ”

"Still preparing?"

Ayazaki Shoichi frowned slightly.

He has also heard of the author of Kasumi Shiko, and is one of the newcomer authors who have been praised by Kadokawa Bunko in the past year.

According to his impression, his debut work has long been over, and according to the scheduled plan, the new book should have been launched at this point in time.

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The update is late, sorry, this is the third update of the day

Since there is another helmsman today, the night is falling, so tomorrow the third watch ....... Oh no, there are 600 recommended tickets, so tomorrow is the fourth watch~ask for votes and rewards~