The Naoki Award is divided into three rounds, the first round, the second round and the final selection.

The first round will directly eliminate a large number of works, and the novels that can reach the second round are all works of acceptable quality.

The novels that can enter the final selection can already be called masterpieces, but in the end, they still have to choose the best of the best.

There are a total of five judges for the Naoki Prize, and Mika Miyano is one of them, and the works of the judges are directly entered into the second round of selection.

Soon, a new issue of "Qiankun Spring and Autumn" was launched, and this issue had a serialization of the twelfth chapter of "White Night Walking".

The sales volume of this issue of Qiankun Spring and Autumn was 460,000 copies, while the sales of Spring and Autumn Literature in the same period were 520,000 copies.

There is still a certain distance between the sales of nearly 60,000 copies, but those who know the sales of these two magazines this year know that this is the closest sales volume between this magazine and the supplement.

Some people even can't help but wonder in their hearts: will the sales of the supplement exceed that of this issue one day......

But it's just a joke, after the statistical ranking of this issue of the supplement Xiaozheng came out, the ranking of "White Night Walking" is still the first fault, and the second, third and fourth places are not enough to play.

So it's easy to judge that a large part of the reason why the supplement is selling so well is that Bai Yexing has boosted sales, and this novel is about to end with one more issue, and the momentum of the supplement will fall instantly, and it is nonsense to surpass this magazine.

Is it possible to give it another issue of time, and it will be able to complete the counterattack and surpass this magazine, don't be kidding, how is this possible. After all, the sales of "Spring and Autumn Awards" are also increasing every month, and it will take time to surpass it.

However, what all the editors of the Spring and Autumn Society did not expect was that there was a variable that caused the counterattack of "Qiankun Spring and Autumn" to surpass this journal and came ahead of schedule.

This variable is Arima Katsuna.

When Higashijima Terrace was filming a documentary for the famous Kabuki family Hakutsuruya, as the daughter of Hakutsuruya, Arima Katsura also appeared, and in the documentary, Arima Katsura mentioned the book "White Night Walking".

"It's an amazing novel." Arima Katsuraka said, "To be precise, this is a novel that makes people lose sleep, and when I saw the ending, I also felt like I was being stuck in my chest with scissors......"

Speaking of this, Arima Guixiang subconsciously covered her mouth with her fingers: "Am I a spoiler?" ”

"As far as I know, this book is still being serialized, how did you see the end?" The reporter asked.

Arima Guixiang smiled: "I know the author, and I have already read the whole manuscript." ”

After the screening of this documentary, a large number of fans were incited to buy the last issue of "White Night Walking", and a large number of potential readers were tapped.

So when this issue of "Qiankun Spring and Autumn" was published, it was reprinted many times, and the sales instantly soared to 550,000 copies, while the "Spring and Autumn Literary Reward" in the same period did not perform well, and only sold 520,000 copies.

For the first time since its inception, Qiankun Spring and Autumn surpassed this magazine, which also shocked the editorial department of the Spring and Autumn Society, so the editorial chief made a decision to increase the first printing of "White Night Walking" to 40,000 copies.

There were 40,000 copies in the first printing, which was already the standard for well-known authors.

The cover design of "White Night Walking" was designed by a well-known designer, and the designer used a dark minimalist style after consulting Kei Fujiwara, and the whole book looks very stylish.

The paper material is also used on the high-end side, the price is 2700 yen a volume, which is really not cheap, but as long as the book is good enough, the high price will not affect the sales, no wonder the writers are so rich.

Fujiwara's royalties are inter-partitioned, and if he sells between 100,000 and 300,000 copies, his royalties are only 6 percent;

However, if the sales volume is more than 300,000, the excess part will be calculated according to the royalty of 8%;

If more than 500,000 copies are sold, the royalty rate will be 10%.

If the sales volume is more than 600,000, the excess will be calculated as 12%.

If the sales volume is less than 100,000, the royalty is calculated at one percent.

Twelve percent is already at the level of royalties for first-line writers, and if it weren't for this "betting" treaty, Kei Fujiwara wouldn't have gotten so much.

This bit of a gambling royalty calculation method was actually proposed by Kei Fujiwara, and the royalty given to him by the Spring and Autumn Society at the beginning was eight percent, which was a suitable price for newcomers, but Kei Fujiwara was not very satisfied.

Kei Fujiwara hoped to get 10 percent of the royalties, but Nobu Kawaguchi rejected him on the grounds that his new work might not be able to sell well. Kei Fujiwara was also prepared and put forward his gambling plan.

If the sales are not good, he only needs to pay one percent of the royalty, but if the book sells well, the royalty should be increased appropriately.

Kawaguchi Nobu was surprised at Kei Fujiwara's detached confidence at first, and after some hesitation, he agreed.

The reason is also very simple, Fujiwara's proposal is actually beneficial to the interests of the publishing house, and only one percent royalty is required for less than 100,000 copies, while the sales of "White Night Walking" are only higher than 600,000, and the excess part is calculated according to the high royalty.

What is the concept of 600,000 copies? At least that's what a popular book like "Aurora Killings" can do.

Even if "White Night Walking" is really a big hit, selling 700,000 copies in the market, and the super high sales of 800,000 copies, the Spring and Autumn Society only needs to pay 12% of the royalties according to the figure of 600,000 more.

Besides, if "White Night Walking" can really be so vigorous that it sells 600,000 copies, don't say give him 12%, 14% is not impossible to consider. In the end, publishing houses make money.

The news of the gambling between Fujiwara Kei and the Spring and Autumn Society also spread quickly, and the editors of the Spring and Autumn Society were very surprised, in their opinion, if this gambling agreement was proposed by the Spring and Autumn Society, it must be deliberately tricking people and fooling the newcomer author.

But it's a bit strange that the author himself is asking for a bet, but is this author a little overconfident?

According to the agreement he proposed, the author himself has high expectations for "White Night Walking", and thinks that the book will sell at least half a million copies.

In fact, when Fujiwara Kei first proposed this agreement, Itagaki Kazuhiko also persuaded him, because he felt that Fujiwara Kei was overconfident, and in terms of his personal feelings, he couldn't bear to hurt Fujiwara Kei's interests.

But Fujiwara Kei was still very persistent, and Kazuhiko Itagaki was inconvenient to say anything more.

When Shimada heard about this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart, a newcomer dared to bet. Are you blinded by the so-called praise on the Internet? Do you really think you've written some great book?

However, he also began to worry faintly in his heart, what if "White Night Walking" really sold out?

Now that there are people in the editorial department who have begun to discuss it, the top management seems to appreciate the fact that Kazuhiko Itagaki has unearthed "White Night Walking", and if the book does end up with a super high sales, then the position of team leader ......

Shimada gritted his teeth, he couldn't watch the duck fly away, and now he had to take some measures.