Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Heat
"Yes yes yes, I'm sorry, we'll print ...... right away"
"The third batch will be delivered to your store immediately."
"The factory is now working non-stop......"
"Sold out again?" Nobu Kawaguchi was a little incredulous, "It's only been a few days? ”
In six days, 150,000 copies were sold out again, and the popularity of the book seems to be getting higher and higher, and it has increased exponentially compared to the previous days.
One book reviewer even made a prediction, saying that the probability of "White Night Walking" winning the award was 30 percent before, but now it is only 15 percent.
Why? It's not because "White Night Walking" didn't sell well, but because it sold too well.
Anti-market is a common problem with many academic art awards, such as the Oscars, and it is more uncomfortable for them to give the best picture to a box office winner than to kill their own mother. Even if this movie is as strong as "Avatar", it revitalized the sluggish film market that year.
Naoki also has more or less such a problem, a book is too hot and sells too well, which will reduce the probability of the book winning the award.
"Print! Reprint! Kawaguchi Shin reacted and hurriedly commanded his subordinates, "The third batch...... 300,000 copies! ”
"Yes!"
"White Night Walking" is really popular, although I don't know how many copies it can sell, but there seems to be no doubt that this book will become the highest-grossing book of the year in the Spring and Autumn Society.
You don't see, although the first printing of "Aurora Murder 2", which was originally pinned on high hopes, sold out quickly, but the second batch of 150,000 copies has not yet sold out half of it, and with some controversy about this book, the sales of the book are getting slower and slower.
However, "White Night Walking" has already gained an unimaginable readership, topping the best-selling charts of many bookstores.
"Itagaki-kun!" Kawaguchi called.
"In!"
"Contact Fujiwara-kun and arrange a signing session for him! It's arranged at the Junkudo bookstore! I contact the person in charge of the bookstore in advance, notify the factory, and rush to produce a special edition, a collector's edition, a deluxe edition, and cooperate with sales, and the pricing will be decided at the meeting. ”
"No problem!"
Kazuhiko Itagaki hurriedly called, and Ayaka Ozawa was talking to the author on the phone of the editorial department, and when she saw Kazuhiko Itagaki coming, she quickly hung up and gave him the phone.
No way, who made the work he was responsible for popular? Now everything in the editorial office has to make way for "White Night Walking".
The 300,000 predicted by the editorial department now seems like a ridiculous number, but no one dares to say what the ultimate sales of "White Night Walking" will be. But more than 300,000 is for sure.
Itagaki Kazuhiko dialed the phone, and then waited for Fujiwara Kei to call back, and after a while, the phone rang, and Itagaki Kazuhiko answered the phone: "Hey, Fujiwara-kun, it's my ......"
After hanging up the phone, Ayaka Ozawa said enviously, "Mr. Itagaki, where did you find this author?" Did he graduate from the Faculty of Letters? Do you have classmates and friends? Introduce it to me. ”
"Haha, this kind of genius is hard to come by, and he didn't graduate from the Faculty of Letters, he now works in a TV station, has he watched "Human Observations"?"
Ozawa was stunned: "I've seen it." ”
"That's the show he was responsible for producing, I heard that he is still the main creator, and he is only twenty-three years old this year, and talented people can always exceed people's expectations."
Ozawa said sourly: "Then next time my author publishes a new book, you have to help me write a recommendation." ”
"That's for sure!" Kazuhiko Itagaki patted his chest and said.
Aprika Ozawa smiled, although she helped introduce "White Night Walking" to Mika Miyano, but she also knew in her heart that the reason why this book is so popular now mainly depends on the quality of the novel itself. Mika Miyano's recommendation only played a small role, but Rao is so, and this is also a personal favor.
She was holding a cup to the water dispenser, passing by a workstation, suddenly felt a burst of low air pressure and a scalp-numbing resentment, and turned her head to see Shimada sitting on her workstation with a miserable face.
He put his hands on the table, like a schoolboy, his face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and his eyes were blank and staring blankly.
Anka Ozawa lowered her head inquiringly and asked cautiously, "Shimada-kun, are you okay?" ”
Shimada turned his head to look at her, a bitter expression on his face, "I'm okay, Miss Ozawa." ”
"It's okay, I brought fruit, do you want to eat some?"
Shimada lowered his head and ignored it. Ozawa Xingxiang didn't say much more, and left with the cup, with a little sympathy in her heart, and said in her heart: What an unlucky child.
In fact, the news had spread before, saying that Fujiwara Kei's "Hundred Nights" was contacted by Shimada at the beginning, but it was rejected, and the two sides seemed to have a quarrel over something, so Fujiwara Kei went to find Itagaki Kazuhiko.
And Itagaki Kazuhiko showed great courage and vision, and strongly asked the magazine to publish this social work, even if it had failed a work of this genre not long ago, and if it failed again, he was afraid that he would be assigned by the company, and he did not hesitate to gamble on his future, and as a result, the bet was won.
So now the company's top management is full of praise for Kazuhiko Itagaki, thinking that he has courage, courage, and is a material for a leader. It was he who saw the potential of the Socialists early on, so he unearthed an author like Sima Guitai.
As for the social work that failed before, what is it? It's just an obstacle that you will inevitably encounter on the right path, and it's a necessary act of trial and error, and you see, it's not a result.
I'm afraid that the position of the team leader will be ......
Judging from the momentum, the sales of "Aurora Murder 2" seem to be unsatisfactory, at least, it is estimated that it will not be able to beat "White Night Walking".
……
Kei Fujiwara hung up the phone and said in his heart: Will the signing meeting?
Junjiudo Bookstore? It seems to be in Ikebukuro, right?
It seems that I still have to go to work that day, but it shouldn't be a problem to ask Yui Mizuhara for a leave, after all, it is still important to cooperate with the editor to promote the new book period.
And looking at the momentum, the book "White Night Walking" has already shown its power, and the final sales of Kei Fujiwara are predicted to be more than 1.5 million copies (calculated on a one-year basis).
The price of 2,700 yen, and according to the royalty calculation method negotiated between Fujiwara Kei and the Spring and Autumn Society, the final royalties are almost at the level of 100 million, and this book alone can ensure that he has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.
When he first entered the TV station, he was also worried that his novels would not be able to sell well, but now that such worries have disappeared, and now whether he is a full-time writer or both, he likes it.
Having said that, it's not enough to just shoot variety shows, in this book, the status of variety shows is still not high, even if it is the main creator. If you want to continue to work in the TV station, you still have to do TV dramas.
Lin Zhuan of the variety show department seems to have talked to Yui Mizuhara and asked them to continue filming the second season of "Human Observation", and the second season only needs to continue the style shooting of the first season, and there is no difficulty in creating. Yui Mizuhara must not be the kind of person who likes to gnaw at his old book all his life, he doesn't believe that the other party has no idea about TV drama production.
I'm going to have to find a chance to talk to her.