Chapter 15: The Little Goldfish Escapes
"The little goldfish escaped, what an interesting name."
Imai Zehito pronounced the name of Hideki Hanyu's new work, he has worked in the sales department for many years, and the quality of a work can still be seen.
After a while, Imai Sawa put down the picture book and praised, "Hanyu-san has created another excellent work." ”
Of course it's excellent, this "Little Goldfish Escaped" is the best-rated and best-selling work among all Gomi Taro's picture books, ranking among the top ten in the total sales list of neon picture books.
He found that after the release of "Crocodile Afraid of Dentists Afraid", not only did the public evaluate it well, but even many of the seniors in the industry who criticized him before began to praise it.
It can be seen that it is always the work that can determine the writer's reputation, and a good reputation can help him continue to succeed, so the new picture book chose the word-of-mouth masterpiece "The Little Goldfish Escaped".
"It's great to have Minister Imai's approval." Hideki Hanyu said politely.
Everyone wanted to cooperate, and the next negotiations came naturally, whether it was the priority distribution right of his future works or the distribution contract of the new work "Little Goldfish Escaped", the signing was quickly reached.
As soon as the seal is stamped, Shogakukan has the right of first refusal to distribute Hideki Hanyu's future works, provided that the conditions for distribution are higher than those of competitors, and the scope is limited to picture books, which is what Hideki Hanyu particularly emphasized.
Compared with the right of first refusal, the distribution contract of the picture book "Little Goldfish Escaped" is much simpler, the first printing and subsequent printing are signed at one time, and the number of first printing and royalty sharing are directly applied to the contract of the second printing of "The Crocodile is Afraid of the Dentist".
Eiri Kitahara, who has been in contact with him, has also been officially confirmed as his exclusive person in charge, and his first job is to help Hanyu Hideki cooperate with the publicity and promotion plan of the Shogakukan.
It was already evening when he finished his work, and Imai Sawahito specially invited Hideki Hanyu to dinner, accompanied by Eiri Kitahara, as well as Maeda Muneyoshi, the editor of the Shogakukan editorial department.
The cooperation between Hideki Hanyu and Shogakukan is on the right track, and it is natural that new works will be connected with the editorial department in the future, and Muneyoshi Maeda is the editor in charge of Hideki Hanyu.
After arriving at the restaurant, I thought that the celebration party should have a good atmosphere, but after eating the meal, Hanyu Hideki was not used to eating.
In the past, he used to have dinner with friends, and there was no difference between each other, everyone drank and talked freely, unrestrained, and without annoying red tape.
But this time I had dinner with Imai Zeren, which allowed Hanyu Hideki to see what is the hierarchical culture of a neon company, as well as the rules of seniors and seniors.
Imai Zeren was very friendly to him, but as the highest-level and oldest person present, his attitude towards the other two was not so polite, commanding, not polite at all, and it was normal to occasionally scold a few words.
Not only did the two have no opinion at all, but they behaved very obediently, Maeda Muneyoshi was a little older, and he could still sit and eat normally, just compliment and echo Imai Zeren's words at any time, and toast by the way.
Eri Kitahara, a newcomer who has just graduated, is miserable, serving a few people throughout the whole process, serving dishes, pouring wine, handing towels, and being cautious as if he is coming to eat, busier than the waiter in the restaurant.
After eating a meal, Hideki Hanyu felt hard for Eri Kitahara, and he didn't say anything about it, and he didn't eat a few bites of food.
Although he was a little unaccustomed to it, Hideki Hanyu didn't help recklessly, not to mention that he couldn't change the cultural customs of the entire society, and if he didn't help it, it would have the opposite effect, which ruined the good impression that Eiri Kitahara worked so hard to create.
At the end of the dinner, Hideki Hanyu put Imai Sawahito and Maeda Muneyoshi in a taxi.
Then I saw Eri Kitahara come up and wanted to tell him about tomorrow's work schedule, so he interrupted decisively, "Kitahara-san, put down the work first, I haven't eaten enough, there is a roast bird shop nearby that tastes good, come with me." ”
After being taken to the yakitori shop, Eri Kitahara, who was confused, looked at Hideki Hanyu, who clearly said that she was hungry, but ordered a bunch of food for her, how could she not understand Hideki Hanyu's thoughts.
"Are there any girls who say Hanyu-san is very considerate?"
"Not yet, because there hasn't been such an opportunity yet."
"Hanyu-san is so good, haven't you even had a girlfriend yet?"
"I don't have enough time to study, I have to work, I don't have enough time to enrich myself, how can I find girls." Hanyu Hideki himself believed what he said.
"Hanyu-san, you can't be so considerate to unfamiliar girls in the future."
"Is there one?" Hideki Hanyu didn't realize anything.
"Hanyu-san really doesn't look like a neon man, and his gentle and considerate appearance will make girls misunderstand, and she can't help but like Hanyu-san."
"Does Kitahara-san also like me?"
"What if it's a little?"
"That's a real honor."
"Of course it's fake, Hanyu-san and I don't belong to the same world."
"I'm curious about which world I belong to."
"Perfect to the point of being unreal."
"Kitahara-san is too exaggerated."
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After a meal, Hideki Hanyu felt that the relationship between him and Eri Kitahara had obviously become closer, not a love between men and women, but an ordinary friendship.
It is said that there is no pure friendship between men and women, mainly on the woman's side, and there will be no pure friendship as soon as the girl loosens.
But Hideki Hanyu and Eiri Kitahara looked at Hideki Hanyu completely, because Eiri Kitahara was really a little excited at first, but Hideki Hanyu didn't mean anything at all.
So Eri Kitahara understood early on that there was no hope and decisively stopped the relationship within the scope of friendship.
Early the next morning, Hideki Hanyu came to the training room and cautiously walked into Asako Hirohashi's office.
Seeing him like this, Asako Hirohashi immediately understood what he wanted to do, "Hanyu-san, are you going to take leave again?" ”
"The primary school hall has arranged a bunch of publicity trips for me, and I will be busy for at least half a month, and there will be magazine interviews in the afternoon." Now that it has been clarified, Hanyu Hideki simply put on a posture that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.
"It's less time than I imagined."
"Huh?" Hanyu Hideki didn't expect Asako Hirohashi to answer like this.
"Huh." Seeing Hideki Hanyu's surprised expression, Asako Hirohashi couldn't help but laugh.
She found that Hideki Hanyu didn't have the consciousness to become famous, and thought that his biggest role in the training room was to teach.
Since Ueno Zhangmo took out the bottom of Hideki Hanyu, this training room has also been exposed, and everyone knows that Hideki Hanyu is a dance teacher here.
As a result, the number of trainees in the training room has skyrocketed recently, and in addition to the little girl, many older housewives have come to sign up, and they want to apply for Hanyu Hideki's dance class by name.
Such a strong publicity effect even alarmed Warner Pioneer, who had never left the training room, and began to prepare to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the scale of the training room, considering renting the remaining two floors of the old building.
Flower dance teacher's remuneration, invite a celebrity spokesperson, don't say that Hanyu Hideki wants to ask for leave, even Hanyu Hideki will not take classes in the future, and Asako Hirohashi has no opinion.
"Then Asakus-san agreed?" Hideki Hanyu asked.
"If there's something in the training room that needs Hanyu-san, I'll be sure to let you know." This is equivalent to saying that you go.
"Then thank you Asako-san."
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