The three adults who were pouring champagne into their respective champagne glasses, and Miyuki Kitagawa who was holding a glass of orange juice in both hands and standing on a chair with both feet, clinked glasses together and made a series of "dang dang" sounds. The four people who were in a good mood and had bright smiles on their faces all shouted the word "Cheers" in unison.

Holding the wine glass in his right hand, his head is a tacit agreement to lean back slightly under Takeshita Kusaoke, Kitagawa Kako and Sakai Chie, who drank the champagne in the glass in one go, and Kitagawa Miyuki followed the appearance of the three adults and drank the orange juice in her cup to the bottom.

After clinking glasses, Takeshita Grass Mustard sat down directly, and before he had time to put down the empty wine glass in his right hand, he heard Kitagawa Kako say something with a smile on her face: "Takeshita-kun, don't be in a hurry to eat." You have to say two words in advance about winning the Akutagawa Prize! ”

He put the wine glass on the table with his right hand, and then picked up a pair of chopsticks in his hand, and on the one hand, he stretched out the chopsticks to the sukiyaki pot to clip the beef inside, and on the other hand, he cleared his throat and pretended to be serious: "First sentence, you eat well, drink well." In the second sentence, everyone drink well and eat well. ”

"That's your acceptance speech?" I couldn't help but laugh out loud Kitagawa Kako, who could have thought that he would come to such an indecent thing in front of him. I originally thought that he would have to have a little rehearsal at the future awards ceremony. However, the appearance he showed was still a kind of immodest appearance when he was going to die and not care about it.

"Yes, definitely. Although it is only the simplest two sentences, it contains my most authentic and heartfelt words. There is no half-stard fake appearance and high-sounding politeness, but it really shows the true self. Takeshita Mustard, who had already sandwiched a large slice of cooked beef into his bowl to dry, still pretended to show a serious expression.

Picking up the champagne bottle was given to him separately, Kitagawa Kako and her empty glass was refilled with champagne Chie Sakai, while smiling and shaking her head, she said thoughtfully: "Takeshita-kun, I will take this opportunity to tell you a serious matter." Didn't you just win the Akutagawa Prize? I'm thinking about taking a selection of your previous published short novellas and editing them into a book for sale nationwide. This includes your masterpiece of short stories and Rashomon, which won the Akutagawa Prize. The title of the book starts with the word "Rashomon" as the cover, and "In the Bamboo Forest", "Dancing Girl" and its novella "Childhood Sweetheart" are naturally selected into it. The most immediate goal is to let a wide range of readers, both new and old, know that this is your first book, and a selection of all your previous works. As long as they feel that they are worth the money and have a high collection value, then they will inevitably sell well in large, medium and small bookstores across the country. ”

She said a little dryly, picked up the wine glass with her right hand and drank half a glass of champagne, and continued to talk eloquently: "Newcomers generally print three or five thousand copies of books. Since you've amassed a certain number of readers early on, and you've won this year's Akutagawa Prize, you'll have to print your first book by the criteria of being a well-known author. I wondered, how can it be at least 20,000 copies. However, according to my general judgment, it is not too difficult for your first book to be printed at 50,000 copies. As for the royalties, they are all in the range of 5% to 15%. The first book of a pure new writer or a lesser-known writer is 5% royalty, and depending on your specific situation, I try to get you 10% royalty in the publishing house. The 10% royalty goes up depending on how well your first book sells in the future, increasing your fame. If you can become an instant hit, become a best-selling author, and sell more than 1 million copies, then when you publish your second book, you may not be able to enjoy the 15% royalty treatment of domestic first-line writers. ”

As an outsider, Kako Kitagawa, just hearing her say this, she can't help but snap her fingers and calculate a voice: "Usually each book is sold for 2,000 yen." According to the 10% royalty, 50,000 copies are printed, then 2000*10%*50000 is equal to ...... Wow, my God, it's 10 million yen. When she blurted out, she couldn't believe it. Realizing his gaffe, he suddenly put his hands in front of his mouth to block it.

Chie Sakai, who smiled faintly, further added: "I'm afraid 10 million yen is the most conservative estimate." If the book does not sell more than 1 million copies, if it can sell 200,000 or 300,000 or 3,500,000 copies, it may not be possible to sell it overseas. Takeshita-kun, you are proficient in Chinese. Therefore, you don't have to rely on other people's hands to translate, but you have to do it yourself. If this Chinese version of the book is translated by you, the original author, it will be very different and full of selling points, after all, there will be no misinterpretation and mistranslation of the content and ideology of your work in the book. ”

"Oh my God! Listening to what you say, if Takeshita-kun publishes this book, the entire income will exceed 50 million yen, even if it can't break 100 million yen. It's really hard to imagine that Kako Kitagawa, who can also get rich by writing, and her pitiful monthly income of about 200,000 yen, there is a gap between heaven and earth.

Chie Sakai, who looked at her, smiled and nodded. At present, at the age of 25 or 6 years old, Takeshita Kusaka has won the Akutagawa Prize, the highest award for pure literature in the country, which not only established his status in the Japanese literary circle, but also shows that his writing career is thriving.

In the future, it is entirely possible that he will write better works, or even sell even better books, so the income that will continue to bring him is an astronomical amount that is unimaginable. If there is an adaptation of this into a film or television work or something, it will be perfect.

After eating several slices of beef into his stomach, he drank all the champagne in his cup, and said without too much excitement: "Don't go to fantasy and painting cakes to satisfy your hunger if this is not realized." The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Not necessarily, I'm going to publish this book that can't be sold, a total of dozens or hundreds of people will buy it, it's completely possible! ”