After a heavy rain, the sun rose and the temperature rose sharply, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on the forehead of Kazuhiko Itagaki in a sweater.

He drove from Chiyoda Ward to Minato Ward with his briefcase in his hand, and before getting out of the car, he deliberately took off his sweater and traveled lightly...... Whew, it's much cooler.

This year's summer seems to have come a little early.

Kazuhiko Itagaki walked into a snack bar, then found a secluded corner and sat down casually, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a huge poster of "Naoki Hanzawa" posted on a billboard on the street.

"Sir, would you like something to eat?" The boss, who was cooking, asked with two shovel-like kitchen utensils.

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"I'm sorry, I'll wait for my friend to come." Kazuhiko Itagaki said geomorphically.

The boss looked out along the line of sight of Kazuhiko Itagaki just now, and also saw the poster of "Naoki Hanzawa", and the application suddenly became a little smug and said, "Do you know this guest? Hanzawa Naoki came to my restaurant to eat."

"Huh?"

"It's the actor who plays Naoki Hanzawa. It's not far away from Fukuyama TV, so people from there often come to eat here." The boss said, "Including the screenwriter of "Hanzawa Naoki", called Fujiwara or something, oops, I don't have a good memory, but I've seen him a lot on TV lately."

"Kei Fujiwara." Kazuhiko Itagaki reminded.

"Yes, yes. That's the name, and you see I've had a picture with him." As he spoke, the boss pointed with a shovel to a nearby photo wall, which was densely covered with photos of many actors and celebrities. One of them is Kei Fujiwara, the photo was taken with a Polaroid, and you can see that Kei Fujiwara was chewing something in his mouth when he took the photo, and his lips were still shiny.

"Oh, that's amazing." Kazuhiko Itagaki exclaimed.

"Isn't that?" The owner was very proud.

Kazuhiko Itagaki smiled and glanced at his watch, then continued to wait quietly.

"Hanzawa Naoki" has set off an unprecedented wave of discussion among the people, but this craze has overshadowed another work that came out at the same time as "Hanzawa Naoki".

"The Dedication of Suspect X" came out last year and was serialized in the semi-monthly magazine "Spring and Autumn Literary Awards", not to mention the reader's popularity ranking, under the dual role of the author's popularity and the quality of the work, it is unbeatable.

But after all, it hasn't officially ended, and no single book has been issued, and the publishing house's promotional resources have not been rolled out, so the popularity is much worse than "Hanzawa Naoki".

Although it is different from the art form of the TV series, in terms of the quality of the story of the work itself, "The Devotion of Suspect X" is definitely not worse than "Naoki Hanzawa", or even better, and it is a work that hopes to refresh readers' perception of reasoning again!

Kazuhiko Itagaki, who has read the entire book "The Devotion of Suspect X", said so in his heart.

The serialization of "The Devotion of Suspect X" is also coming to an end, and there is still one issue to be officially completed, so Kazuhiko Itagaki came to Kei Fujiwara this time to discuss the details of the publication.

Kei Fujiwara now has a heavy shooting task, and he often supervises and writes both in the crew, and even the producer is responsible for the budget and sponsorship, because Yui Mizuhara is too busy to do it alone, and sometimes asks about it. He was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, so Itagaki and Hiko simply came to the vicinity of the TV station to find him.

….

After calling in advance, Kei Fujiwara made an appointment with him to meet at this small restaurant.

The internal structure of the restaurant is a very classic Japanese style, with a bright kitchen and a bright stove, the boss is cooking inside, and there is a circle of tables outside, and there is an iron plate in front of the table, and the boss directly cooks the food you ordered on the iron plate in front of you, and it is directly sandwiched into your plate.

It's not a restaurant yet, but people are already walking in and ordering. The smoke in the restaurant is very heavy, and it is inevitable that the people who come in to eat will get the smell on them, so there are not many girls who come together.

At this moment, a hand lifted the curtain, and Kei Fujiwara walked in, greeting with a smile, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Itagaki, Itagaki-sama, I've been waiting for a long time

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"I'm just here, too." Kazuhiko Itagaki smiled and said, "Sit down, Fujiwara, I'm still waiting for you to recommend a dish for me."

"Haha, that's two pan-fried pork chops with double cheese, plus one fried mein. If you want to drink, you need rice wine juice. Mr. Itagaki doesn't seem to be very spicy."

"A little."

"That one is slightly spicy, and the other is my usual spiciness. Put more rice in the rice wine juice."

"It turned out to be Fujiwara-sensei's friend!" The boss said boldly, "Haha, in that case, I'll give you a small dish for free."

"The boss is really a handsome guy." Kei Fujiwara gave a thumbs up.

"Haha, that's nature. I think when I was younger, I was on par with Fujiwara-sensei!"

"Fujiwara, there is still an issue of "The Devotion of Suspect X" is coming to an end, and the club will issue a single book within a week after the end, which is a few book covers designed by the cover designer in the club, you can take a look at it, if there is a design you like."

As he spoke, Kazuhiko Itagaki took out a bound book from his bag and flipped through the pages for Kei Fujiwara to choose.

Kei Fujiwara glanced in the direction of the bound book, stretched out his hand and poked a few of the pages, "I personally like these two, and if you want to design the cover, I mainly take the designer's opinion, and my opinion is for reference only."

"Okay." Kazuhiko Itagaki nodded.

This is also the reason why he likes to deal with Kei Fujiwara, he is not arrogant, he believes in the principle of specialization in the art industry, and the professional things are left to professional people to do, and only adhere to what should be insisted on.

At the beginning, he saw the prospects of the socialist school, resolutely chose this school, and under the pressure of being repeatedly rejected and the editor was not optimistic, his attitude was firmer than anyone else. But things other than content, such as covers, poster design, and book marketing strategies, will respect the opinions of other professionals to the greatest extent.

Kazuhiko Itagaki put away the bound book and talked to Kei Fujiwara about the paper, first runs, and pricing of the new book.

As a new work of the popular mystery series [Genius Detective Mitarai], "The Devotion of Suspect X" is destined to sell well with the current word-of-mouth popularity, so the publishing house set the number of first printing copies of this book at 250,000 copies.

Compared with the first volume of "Detective Mitarai", it has directly increased by 100,000 copies.

A book can sell 250,000 copies, even if it is a super bestseller, the number of first prints of "The Devotion of Suspect X" can be called one of the few in the entire publishing industry.

As for the price, in fact, the Spring and Autumn Society plans to increase the price by 300 yen on the basis of the pricing of "Genius Detective Mitarai", but this was resolutely rejected by Fujiwara Kei, and even claimed to talk to Kawaguchi Shin in person. Itagaki Kazuhiko hurriedly said that he would renegotiate the pricing with the editor-in-chief.

In fact, the price of "Genius Detective Mishu Cleaning" has already increased once on the basis of "White Night Walking", and the price of this book is already expensive, and the price has increased one after another...... This will be overwhelming for many readers. The piracy industry is underdeveloped, and people who can't afford to buy books can only rent or buy second-hand books, but it is difficult for the rental and second-hand market to have any major impact on sales.

If the price rises again, readers will only scold him for being insatiable Fujiwara Kei at the first time, and the price of two or three thousand yen a copy is expensive enough, so let's take a break.

If Kei Fujiwara does not agree to continue to increase the price, then the price will not be increased, and it seems that Minister Kawaguchi will be disappointed...... Kazuhiko Itagaki said in his heart.

At the same time, he said, "By the way, has the version of your "Hanzawa Naoki" been written?"

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