Chapter Seventy-One: The Signing Begins

After meeting Qiu Chubby, although the two made an appointment to have time to drink flower wine together, they have not been able to achieve it because they are busy with work.

At the end of August, Shogakukan announced its Children's Publishing Culture Awards, and Hideki Hanyu won the championship as a result.

In fact, when this award was still awarded, everyone already knew that the suspense was lost.

Even if you don't consider the relationship between Hideki Hanyu and Shogakukan, in terms of the quality of the works, Hideki Hanyu is also a standout in the entire neon picture book industry this year, and he deserves to win the award.

On the day of the awards, the media gathered at the scene, and Masahiro Soga, the future heir of the Shogakukan, personally presented the award to Hideki Hanyu, and by the way, he sent a prize check of one million yuan.

"Hanyu-san, congratulations on winning the award, and I hope our cooperation will always be smooth."

Compared with the blandness when they first met, Masahiro Soga at this time was full of enthusiasm.

The Shogakukan is trying its best to support Hideki Hanyu, but Hideki Hanyu has also given the Shogakukan its due return.

Just as Hideki Hanyu thought that Akina Nakamori was a humanoid money printing machine before, in the eyes of Masahiro Soga, Hideki Hanyu is also a humanoid money printing machine in Shogakan.

For every one yen of royalties Hanyu receives at Shogakukan, it is equivalent to at least four yen for Shogakukan.

In less than half a year, Hideki Hanyu has created at least 400 million revenue for the Elementary School Hall, and it is no wonder that Masahiro Aiga is not enthusiastic.

"I also hope to continue working with Shogakukan." Hideki Hanyu was also talking about the scene.

Although there was a stalemate for several days over the royalty sharing of "Magical Snack Shop", it did not affect the continued cooperation after the negotiation of interests.

However, the cloud culture now has Iijima Sanzhi, and in the future, this kind of competition for interests can be handed over to Iijima Sanzhi to discuss, and the province's cooperation is too long, and he will be embarrassed to bargain.

"I heard from the Kumagai editor of Weekly Shonen Sunday that Hanyu-san has a story that he wants to work with Weekly Shonen Sunday."

Hanyu Hideki didn't expect Masahiro Aiga to care about this matter, and he didn't hide it.

"I do have an inspiration for a story, but I've been too busy lately, so I should know that the release of the Magic Confectionery Shop's single book is about to begin, and I need to do a full neon tour signing."

"The magic dim sum shop really needs to be taken seriously."

How important "Magic Snack Shop" is to Shogakukan, Masahiro Soga naturally knows.

From the time "Magic Snack Shop" stopped serializing, the sales of "Children's Literature and Art" immediately plummeted by nearly 50 percent, which is enough to prove it.

The success or failure of the release of the single book of "Magical Dim Sum Shop" is related to whether there can be a new breakthrough in the turnover of the Shogakukan in the second half of the year, and it is the key work of the Shogakukan in the second half of the year, of course, it is more important than the serialized comics that have no eyebrows.

"But I heard that Hanyu-san is planning to work with another manga artist? Is there anyone who has chosen someone? ”

"It's just an idea for the time being, and we still have to wait for the comic script to be completed."

Speaking of this, Hideki Hanyu saw Eri Kitahara gesturing to him not far away, and hurriedly said to Masahiro Aiga, "Special Manager Soga, the reporter over there is still waiting for an interview." ”

"I'm really sorry, Hanyu-san, please go." Masahiro Aiga said politely.

Bidding farewell to Masahiro Soga, Hideki Hanyu, accompanied by Eiri Kitahara, was interviewed by relevant media, and today's award is over.

After the Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award, Hideki Hanyu followed suit and threw himself into the work of painting on the clouds.

After the previously proposed advertising ideas were praised by Shinsuke Ito for a while, he was inevitably dragged by Shinsuke Ito to guide him on the spot, with the title of producer.

In addition to directing the advertising shooting of the film, on the side of the agency, he also has to formulate a training plan for the three of Yoko Minamino.

He made the suggestion of creating a girl idol group, and the style route was also constructed by him, and no one in the agency knew what to do except him.

And in addition to making plans, he also has to be involved in training.

Teachers of vocal music, media public relations training, manners and other courses have found suitable candidates, but he is not satisfied with the selection of several teachers in dance, and in the end he can only lead the class himself.

Speaking of which, because he has been traveling or watching a football game recently, and his feet don't touch the ground due to his busy work, Hideki Hanyu hasn't been to teach for a while, although he still has the teacher's name hanging in the training room.

Originally, many students came to him, but they found that his teacher was really irregular in class, and he couldn't see anyone for ten days and half a month, and slowly fewer people signed up because of him.

Back to a regular life, the time flashed back to the beginning of September, and as the promotion of the release of the single book of "Magical Snack Shop" began at Shogakukan, Hideki Hanyu's neon tour signing party was about to begin.

Just as the middle school of the three girls opened, the training course was temporarily slowed down, and he was able to find time to devote himself to the book signing.

The first stop of the book signing is, of course, Tokyo, the largest city in neon and accounting for nearly 40% of neon book sales, which cannot be overstated.

While other cities have two book signings, Tokyo starts with two and comes back for two more book signings after the other four cities.

Hideki Hanyu's first book signing was held at the Maruzen Bookstore and Marunouchi Main Store near Tokyo Station.

Here's the difference between Neon Writers and Signings.

First of all, the signing meeting is an appointment system, although there is no fee, but you need to make an appointment with the organizer in advance, and the organizer will determine the number of reservations according to the situation on the site of the signing meeting.

Book fans who have not successfully made a reservation can also participate on-site, but they will be arranged behind the book fans who have made reservations, and they will need to wait for the book fans to sign before they can enter.

The reason for this is related to the content of the book signing.

For book lovers who make reservations, Hideki Hanyu must write the name and blessings of the book fan at the same time as signing the autograph.

At the same time, he also needs to meet the book fans' group photo requests, and give small gifts and thank you letters to the book fans to thank them for their support to him.

As for the book lovers who participate in the book signing, one person can only sign one book, and although there is no rule, almost every book lover will bring a small gift to the author.

Anyway, it is quite time-consuming to go through a set of processes, so the number of book fans who can participate in the signing at each station will basically not exceed 200.

Because of this, only a few of those who did not have a reservation were able to get autographs, and most of them queued up in vain.

Compared with the book signing in China in later generations, which was completely for the purpose of selling books on the spot, Neon's book signing was secondary, and the main purpose was actually publicity.

And this is also the reason why Hanyu Hideki doesn't want to have too many signing sessions, which are undoubtedly more tiring than simple autographs.

And at his signing meeting at Maruzen Bookstore today, the Shogakukan released two hundred reservation places, which is already a relatively large number.

But when he arrived at the bookstore in the morning, before he got off the bus, he saw that the book lovers who actually came to the scene today had lined up from the third floor where the signing was held to the street outside the first floor, and there was an endless queue on the street.

There is no need to count at all, there must be more than two hundred.

"Hanyu-san, I'm afraid I'm going to have to work hard for you today."

Eri Kitahara, who accompanied Hideki Hanyu, showed a sympathetic look.