Osaka City, a loyal fan of Hideki Hanyu, Ikawa Koharu, after reading the last story of "Love, Go Home", her crying husband couldn't persuade her.

In the past, this housewife admired Hideki Hanyu himself, and admired Hideki Hanyu's talent.

For the first time, she fell in love with Hideki Hanyu's work.

"Husband, I want to go home to visit my mother on the weekend." Ikawa Koharu said to her husband.

Shinagawa-ku, Tanaka's family house.

Mrs. Tanaka put down "Children's Literature and Art", took off her reading glasses, and reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

At the end of this story, Mrs. Tanaka is reminded of her poor family when she was a child, and when her elderly mother sent her on a long journey to study, she was reluctant to return home for a long time.

"That's pretty good." Mrs. Tanaka genuinely complimented her.

"I'll just say Hanyu-kun is very talented."

Yukio Tanaka, who was also moved to watch, did not forget to praise his good brother.

Male, female, familiar, unfamiliar, who used to be a fan of Hideki Hanyu, or who only learned about Hideki Hanyu because of the previous criticism of Masahiko Kondo.

They all fell because of "Love, Go Home", and began to introduce this article to the people around them, after all, if you want to cry, everyone will cry together.

In terms of professional reputation, seniors in the industry and professional literary media have unanimously recognized this book.

Many critics believe that Hideki Hanyu would have been a strong contender for the Naoki Award in the first half of 1982.

You must know that this is the highest level of literature in the neon literary world, and to be so recognized, you can imagine how good the professional reputation of "Love, Go Home" is.

Some media even exaggerated the title of "Love, Homecoming", "1981 moved all neon." ".

The reason why "Love, Homecoming" can be unanimously affirmed by ordinary readers and professional word-of-mouth is only because the values expressed in it are too correct, and it has won everyone's resonance with family affection as a selling point.

The first printing of "Children's Literature and Art", 250,000 copies, was sold out in just half a day.

400,000 copies were reprinted for the second time, and they were sold out in two days.

Four hundred thousand copies were reprinted three times, and again sold out in two days.

So far, after the release of the second issue, the sales of "Children's Literature and Art" have exceeded one million again.

And these two sales exceeded one million, all because of Hideki Hanyu's works.

While celebrating as a group, the Shogakukan was deeply aware of the importance of Hideki Hanyu, and when they unearthed Hideki Hanyu, they also felt a sense of crisis that they had never felt before.

After all, such a blockbuster writer is enough for other publishing houses to poach at any cost.

But what the Shogakukan didn't know was that the things that really gave them a sense of crisis were still to come.

On the day that "Children's Literature and Art" exceeded one million sales, the Shogakukan took advantage of the situation to launch a single book of "Love, Go Home".

On the day of the first printing of 200,000 copies, the super sales of 110,000 copies of all neon broke out on the same day, and the entire neon literary circle and publishing industry were shocked.

Previously, when Hideki Hanyu's "Magical Dim Sum Shop" sold more than 120,000 copies in a single month, it had already swept the traditional book sales list made by various media.

Who would have thought that this tear-jerking masterpiece "Love, Go Home" would sell more than 100,000 copies in a single day.

When the Shogakukan used this to promote it, many media felt that the Shogakukan was exaggerating the publicity, and it was not until the relevant sellers announced the sales figures one after another that everyone confirmed that it was true.

Despite the impact of Kondo's criticism, the excellence of "Love, Homecoming" itself cannot be denied.

On the first day of sale, the inventory was urgent, and the major distributors kept calling non-stop, and Shogakukan hurriedly signed a second printing contract with Hanyu Hideki, printing 300,000 copies at one time.

However, after the second reprinted "Love, Go Home" was launched, it still failed to withstand the enthusiasm of readers.

After just three sales weeks, the total sales of "Love, Home" exceeded 450,000 copies in all neon.

Seeing that the inventory was in a hurry again, the Shogakukan could only ask Hanyu Hideki to sign a printing contract again, and the three reprints were another 300,000 copies.

This also allowed the print circulation of "Love, Homecoming" to exceed 500,000 copies, and for the first time, Hanyu Hideki received a 20% royalty share of the top grid.

With a total print run of 800,000 copies, Hanyu collected 120 million yen in royalties in just one month.

Fortunately, after entering October, the miraculous sales of "Love, Homecoming" finally slowed down, otherwise Shogakukan would have to loan to Hanyu Hideki to pay royalties.

After all, no matter how good the sale is, it will take time to get the money back, but Hanyu Hideki has to pay for signing a contract.

In case because the money is not given in time, other publishing houses see the opportunity to come to poach, and the primary school hall is afraid that the readers who read "Love, Go Home" will cry worse than the readers.

The phenomenal sales of "Love, Go Home" shocked the industry and made the media very excited.

When they rushed to report on this incident, they also jokingly said that "Hideki Hanyu made October cry"

In addition to media reports, the hot sale of "Love, Homecoming" has also caused a series of other reactions, the first of which is the major neon film clubs, seeking to buy film adaptation rights.

For example, Junya Sato, who had been interested in it before, came to the door in person with Toei's representatives, hoping to win the film and television adaptation rights of "Love, Go Home".

When Hideki Hanyu said that "Love, Homecoming" would be produced by his own cloud screening, Toei representatives immediately asked to work together.

Hanyu Hideki thought twice and didn't agree.

In addition to the fact that Toei's conditions are really average, Toei clearly wants to bind Junya Sato as the director.

There is no need for Hideki Hanyu to abandon his friends for the sake of an outsider.

Besides, he doesn't think that Junya Sato's style can shoot "Love, Go Home" well, once this kind of big director takes over, the crew must be the other party's word.

He doesn't want to give opinions, and it is not certain whether the story can be filmed according to the original book.

As soon as Toei, who was rejected by him, left, Toho's people came to the door, and it was Shinsuke Ito and his teacher who came with Toho.

Although Shinsuke Ito's teacher works for Shochiku Films, the line of his mentor Akira Kurosawa is more deeply rooted in Toho, and this time it was his master who couldn't erase the favor and accompanied Toho with Shinsuke Ito.

And the reason why Shinsuke Ito agreed was because Shochiku Pictures had never paid much attention to the cooperation with Cloud Screening.

Shochiku Pictures holds a blockbuster series like "The Story of Injiro", and is recently preparing to cooperate with the famous director Shinji Fukasaku on a new film, but the cooperation with "Love, Homecoming" has been procrastinating, and there is no result.

Ito Shinsuke did this, but he also wanted to use Toho to put pressure on Tsuchiku.

As for Toho, who came with them, Toho, who has the Godzilla series, the Doraemon theatrical version, and also cooperates with Hayao Miyazaki's studio, is strong, although he is very optimistic about "Love, Go Home", but he doesn't want to give up too many benefits for the sake of cooperation.

(End of chapter)