Chapter 298 Unworthy!

Chapter 298 Unworthy!

Futaba Press.

Next to the elevator.

"Speaking of which, Miss Igarashi, why don't you bring your new author over here today to have a look?"

Asked Kazuji Tominaga, editor of Team A of Futaba Publishing House.

Igarashi Chinatsu shook her head and sighed:

"I want to, but that Kamishiro-kun is really too busy."

"I can't get a date at all."

"He just asked me if there was a bookstore in Hibiya that had simultaneous sales. After he found out there was one, he said he had to go to work today, so he just planned to take time to go to a nearby bookstore to check it out."

Kazuji Tominaga smiled and said:

"Obviously, I'm only a freshman in high school, and I'm about to go out to work."

"It seems that this Kamidai-kun of yours is a very busy man."

Igarashi Chinatsu sighed:

"That's not true."

The author Shindo Shizuji, who heard these words from the side, slowly raised the corners of his mouth with disdain.

I just feel that this god Bai Feng went to work as a freshman in high school. It seems that his family must be very poor.

But.

Being able to successfully publish a book as a freshman in high school is indeed something.

But that's all.

He is only a freshman in high school, and being able to publish a book is probably already his limit!

You must know that after most authors write a book that can be published, most of them will be lost to the public.

And now Bai Feng, the god generation, is only a freshman in high school and has no experience?

After the god Bai Feng knew that no one bought the book he published, he would probably understand that successfully signing the contract and publishing it was only the first step for the author.

There is a long way to go.

You must know that if the first book fails to successfully create value for the publishing house, the editor of the publishing house will review the author's works more strictly in the future.

So this is one of the reasons why so many authors who write literature in Japan have never been able to get ahead.

And if the sales situation of Kamishiro Shiro Feng's novel is not good, it will be sold.

Then his future literary creation path will only become more and more bumpy.

Shindo Shizuji felt that the Kamidai Shiro Kaede was still just a kid, so how could he become an adult and submit literary works?

If you really want to write something at this age, you might as well go to those Dengeki Bunkos and submit some creative works by middle school boys.

Those are only suitable for high school students of this age.

The so-called literature is not for high school students like you to just come and submit articles and ruin it!

It’s no wonder that I failed to successfully submit my manuscript to other publishing houses before. It is probably because those editors, like novice editors like Igarashi Chinatsu, are simply short-sighted and do not understand that the works they write are truly valuable.

Instead, these important signing opportunities are frequently given to these young new authors?

That's ridiculous! ! !

Shindo Shizuji couldn't change his bad mouth, so he asked directly with a sense of ridicule:

"Editor Igarashi, right?"

"What's the name of the novel written by your high school student?"

Chinatsu Igarashi said politely:

"It's called "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas."

Shindo Shizuji was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled in a strange way:

"And "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"?"

"The title of the book sounds very interesting, like a name that a high school student would write."

"Wait a minute, I also want to see how good your trainee editor's vision is. You actually signed a contract for a novel written by a high school student?"

"It seems that your editor in Team C is very short of books recently."

"Would you like me to introduce you to a few authors and ask them to submit their manuscripts to you?"

Igarashi Chinatsu, who had just graduated from college not long ago, also heard the yin and yang of this guy. At this age, she was still a bit young and energetic. When she met such a person who liked yin and yang, she was not used to it at all, so she sternly retorted. road:

"unnecessary!"

"Although Kamishiro-kun is only a high school student, the novels he writes are really good!"

"Also, we in Group C have no shortage of books, nor do we need manuscripts from your friends!"

After Shindo Shizuji heard this, he was still full of disdain and said sarcastically:

"Humph, I gave you the opportunity to meet other authors, but you don't cherish such a good opportunity?"

"It seems that you are only qualified to sign a novel about such a childish high school student."

"No, no, it seems to me that you just saw the guy who grew up in high school because he was handsome, so you couldn't help but sign him up, right?"

"Oh, if you look at it this way, everything makes sense."

When Igarashi Chinatsu heard this, her fists became hardened and she said angrily:

"We have a cross-examination mechanism. How could we sign a contract just because someone is handsome?"

"Also, your statement is simply slandering me and the editors of our C team!"

"Please immediately apologize to me and our C team editor, Kamishiro-kun!"

Shindo Shizuji smiled disdainfully and said:

"Huh, apologize?"

"Apologise to an editor like you who only cares about face?"

"It's impossible in a lifetime!"

Group A editor Tominaga Kazuya on the side saw that the situation seemed to be getting more and more serious, so he quickly stood between the two of them and said to Xini:

"Okay, okay, everyone, please stop saying a few words."

"We are just going to check out the situation. There is no need to be so tit-for-tat."

"Give me some face, let's let this be the case. Let's each make a step, okay?"

Igarashi Chinatsu gritted her teeth and glared at Shindo Shizuji in front of her.

She thought that if she were not an editor and had to pay attention to her words to the author, she would definitely scold this bastard!

And seeing that she didn't say anything else, Shizuka Shindo was too lazy to scold her.

She just felt that there was really no need to talk so much with a rookie editor who had just started out, which would make her, a capable author, look cheap.

Tominaga Kazushi, who was standing by, was relieved to see that the two of them really stopped arguing, and couldn't help but wipe the sweat off his sweat with a handkerchief in his pocket.

He was afraid that the two of them would quarrel again.

But it would be the best if they didn't quarrel.

But no wonder Shizuka Shindo was rejected by other publishers.

This temper and foul-mouthed words are really unbearable.

At this time.

After what happened just now, Chinatsu Igarashi had no interest in going to the bookstore near the company with Shizuka Shindo to see the situation. She would rather go to find Hakufu Kamishiro to see it together.

"Senior Tominaga, goodbye, I'm going to read somewhere else. I don't want to stay in the same space with this rude person!"

After saying that, Chinatsu Igarashi left without looking back.

Kazushi Tominaga scratched his face awkwardly and turned to look at Shizushi Shindo.

Shizushi Shindo still looked disdainful, wishing she would leave, out of sight, out of mind!

A bookstore near the publishing house.

Because the bookstore is located in a popular area in Tokyo.

So there are a constant stream of people coming and going every day.

Soon.

Shizushi Shindo and Kazushi Tominaga came to the bookstore.

The two walked into the bookstore.

They went straight to the area where new books were put on the shelves.

Every once in a while, new books from various publishing houses are placed here.

As soon as Shizushi Shindo came over, he saw two readers holding their novels for trial reading.

After witnessing this scene, he couldn't help but nod repeatedly, thinking that these two readers had good taste.

In addition to these two readers, there were other readers looking at other books.

Shizuka Shindo was very upset when he saw other readers reading other books.

He felt that these people were reading completely rubbish books!

They had no taste at all!

And Kazushi Tominaga also noticed that some readers were reading books written by Shizuka Shindo.

He was very satisfied with this situation.

After all, there were people trying it out right after it was put on the shelves, which meant that this book did have certain potential.

But this was just an appearance. In fact, it was still necessary to look at the sales volume of books in a day to determine whether the book had higher commercial value.

He was an editor of a publishing house and needed to pay attention to the sales of books every day.

However, since the statistics of new books sold were initially reviewed for 1, 3, and 7 days to see if they could pass the first sales pass line.

Some books did not sell well on the first day, but the next day or after a few days, the reviews would gradually improve, and then the sales would increase.

But some books sold well on the first day, but the sales were weak and returned in the later period.

So the general sales data can be seen in a week.

And now it is more than four o'clock in the afternoon.

It must have been more than half a day since the sales.

But since it hasn't been a full day yet, the bookstore usually won't send the sales data directly to the publisher.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come here specially to take a look.

Now if you want to ask about the sales situation, you have to ask the staff of the bookstore.

Because he is an editor of the nearby Futaba Publishing House, he often comes to this bookstore every once in a while when new books are released.

He has long been familiar with the staff here, so he asked the staff who just came out scratching his head about the sales situation.

"Can you tell me about the sales of the new book "Dream Abyss"?"

The staff was asked by him, and suddenly forgot what he was going to do just now, but just said frankly:

"I don't know much about this, I'll help you check the backstage."

Tominaga Kazushi nodded and said:

"Thank you."

When the staff went to ask about the sales.

Shizuka Shindo walked forward with his hands behind his back, and walked forward to see where the novel written by the author of Kamishiro Hakufeng was.

However, after scanning around, he still couldn't find it.

He was also very happy when he saw that there was no such scene in the book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas".

He just felt that the book was probably not favored by the editor-in-chief at all, and it was probably the kind that only sold a thousand copies.

It is probably only sold in other not very popular bookstores now.

Otherwise, how could it not be sold in this most popular bookstore?

You know, this bookstore is near Futaba Publishing House, so at such a close distance, it must have close contact with Futaba Publishing House.

Since there is no such thing, it means that the novel "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is not placed here at all.

But it is also true, after all, this bookstore is one of the hottest bookstores in downtown Tokyo.

There is a quota for new books that are put on the shelves every day.

That is to say, the publisher will not let some books that are difficult to see the future be placed in this bookstore at will.

At present, it seems that the book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is probably in this situation.

Seeing this, Shizue Shindo thought it was indeed a rubbish book.

That trainee editor is indeed a woman who can't walk when she sees a handsome guy, otherwise why would she sign a contract for such a rubbish book?

Think of this.

He directly blocked the shoulders of Tominaga Kazushi and laughed and mocked:

"In my opinion, you should tell your team leader when you go back and ask him to fire this novice editor who has no vision."

"Look, look, that high school student's new books can't be found in this bookstore?"

"What's the use of keeping this kind of unpopular book?"

Tominaga Kazuji was stunned and said doubtfully:

"ah?"

"Not listed here?"

"Isn't it possible?"

"There must be something wrong?"

"I remember that the book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" was at the top level in terms of publication volume. It was first published with only 5,000 copies!"

“There’s no way it’s not on sale in this bookstore!”

Shindo Shizuji's sarcastic look just now became a little stunned, and his voice couldn't help but become much louder:

"ha?"

"Is his brat's book a top-notch product when it's first released?"

"What's going on?"

"Obviously my writing is so good, but I only sold 3,000 copies for the first time, but he actually sold 5,000 copies?!"

Tominaga Kazuji scratched his face, smiled awkwardly, and comforted him as before:

"Sorry, I don't know much about this either."

“Because it’s all decided by the editor-in-chief.”

"But I think your novel is the best one written in the same period. Maybe it's just a matter of market and subject matter, so his first release is the best one, while yours is slightly less."

"But when it comes to top-end versions, there have been cases where sales were poor and reprints were not possible, so you understand."

Shindo Shizuji was relieved when he heard this, shook his head and said cheerfully:

"That's right."

"My book is so well written that it will definitely be reprinted."

"But since his books are not displayed now, is it possible that no one cares about them, so they are displayed on a different bookshelf?"

Kazuji Tominaga was confused when asked about this. He felt that this situation was unlikely to happen.

But the reality is that there really isn’t one at all?

What's going on?

Is it possible that it was sold out on the first day because it was so well written?

Impossible

Even in the history of their Futaba Publishing House, this situation has not happened several times.

Even if there is, that is only the case with some very famous old authors.

This will never happen in novels written by newcomers who are not famous.

Because this is the first day.

Even for some great newbies, it takes a few days to get their books sold out.

The past twenty-four hours have not passed, so how could it be sold out?

Tominaga Kazuji felt it was definitely impossible.

In addition, he himself actually knew that Chinatsu Igarashi, a new editor, did not have a very good vision.

After all, I have been working as an editor for almost a year, and my performance has still failed to meet the standards even once.

In fact, we can see the situation.

But since most new editors are like this, even when he first started, he won't say anything about it.

In this case, it is even less likely that it will be sold out.

But if that's not the case, how come there isn't even a copy of "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" here?

Could it be that something went wrong that prevented it from being put on the shelves?

If that was the case, she would have contacted Igarashi Chinatsu.

But looking at what Chinatsu Igarashi was doing just now, she didn't seem to be contacted at all.

How strange.

Not a moment.

The clerk came out scratching his head, and the editor Kazuji Tominaga said:

"The store received 200 copies of the "Meng Yuan" you mentioned, and about 23 copies have been sold so far."

When Kazuji Tominaga heard this result, he was extremely happy.

After all, there are more than ten trial sales points, so this "Meng Yuan" will probably sell for 77 to 88 in a week.

This means that this book will definitely be reprinted.

Although the author is said to have a bad temper, he does have two skills. It seems that he made the right bet.

By then, he will definitely be able to achieve results because of this.

When Shindo Shizuji heard this result, he felt extremely happy.

I just feel that my book is exactly what the editor said, and it is the best one in this issue.

But this is not enough. If the popularity can still be high after the reprint, then the book "Meng Yuan" I wrote may even be among the top three in the group portrait newcomer award!

When the time comes, as long as I get one of the top three in the Group Portrait Newcomer Award, I will be really proud and proud, and I will really be famous!

Let’s see if he doesn’t mock the publishing houses that reject his manuscripts and let them know what it means to be blind!

at this time.

Kazuji Tominaga recalled his doubts just now and couldn't help but ask the clerk:

"By the way, didn't our Shuangye Publishing House have a novel called "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" on sale at your place today?"

"Why can't I find it after searching around just now?"

The clerk suddenly panicked and said:

"It's over. If you didn't remind me, I almost forgot to ask your publishing house to purchase the goods."

"I'm going to be scolded by the store manager now!"

At this time, the store manager who heard the sound came over and complained to the clerk:

"Didn't I ask you to contact the publishing house to purchase the goods?"

"And that copy of "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is sold out. Why don't you put up the sold-out sign?"

"Just now several readers came to ask me if I still have it for sale. If they hadn't come to ask me, I wouldn't have known that you hadn't done all these things yet!"

The clerk laughed awkwardly:

"Haha, I'll go now."

After the clerk left.

Tominaga Kazushi said to the store manager in astonishment:

"Ah?"

"Manager, you said that the book "I Want to Eat You in the Pancreas" has been sold out?"

"How is that possible?"

The store manager laughed:

"Yeah, I think it's a bit outrageous."

"But this book is really well written. I just finished reading it while I was slacking off."

"But it doesn't matter. You are an editor at the publishing house anyway, so I'll tell you by the way that the four hundred copies of "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" you said have been sold out!"

"I hope you can reprint it soon, or get it from other places. Drop some books from the channel and continue to sell them here tomorrow. "

"But congratulations to your publishing house. This book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" is a new book and a new author, but it sold so well on the first day. I have opened the bookstore for so long, but I have never seen such a good sales volume. "

"It seems that your author named "Taichi" will make a lot of money now!"

And Shizuka Shindo had just come back to his senses after being dazed by the clerk's words, but after hearing the words of the store manager, he fell into a long state of shock.

After reacting completely, he said in disbelief:

"How is this possible?"

"I don't believe it!"

"Let me see the novel quickly. I don't believe that the little brat wrote it so well that the sales volume can be better than me who has published a novel!"

Since Kazushi Tominaga and Chinatsu Igarashi are not in the same group, he has not actually read the novel of Group C.

But at the same time, he is very curious and can't believe it.

Thinking that if it is true, it is too outrageous.

The book was sold out in less than a day. This would be a hit among all the publishers in Japan!

Kazuji Tominaga remembered that every novel had a trial version. He asked:

"Since all of them are sold out, please let me see the trial version!"

The store manager didn't know what was going on, but he shook his head and said:

"I want to, too."

"But the trial copies were also bought."

"And let alone the trial copy, the one I bought to read was also bought at a higher price after a reader found out that I was reading it at the checkout counter."

At this time

The two readers who were reading Meng Yuan just now were also stunned after hearing the conversation between the few people, then put down the books in their hands and complained:

"I have been waiting here for so long, it seems boring and I have read other books. I was waiting for the clerk to restock "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas". Now you tell me that it is sold out?"

"That's right, just now when we saw someone else posting it on Xte, he also said that you have it, so we came here. Just now we asked the clerk, and the person seemed to say that he went to the warehouse to find it. Where is the clerk now?"

After hearing this, Shizuka Shindo was shocked and couldn't help asking:

"Wait!"

"Why are you reading that book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas"? "

"Is the book "Dream Abyss" in your hands not good to read?"

The two readers looked at each other and shook their heads:

"You asked me if it's good to read or not. I'm not sure, but I'm a little confused and don't like it very much."

"Yes, yes, some riddles are too much, and the characters don't seem interesting. I don't like it!"

Shinto Seiji couldn't hold it anymore and roared:

"You don't understand what's good about this book!"

"You're not worthy of reading my book at all, get out of here immediately!"

The store manager got angry after hearing this and shouted:

"Hey, what's wrong with you?"

"You're chasing customers away from my store? Are you looking for death?"

"I think you should get out!"

As he said this, he was kicked out by the store manager.

After being kicked out, Shinto Seiji couldn't help cursing the store manager and the reader just now.

The editor Tominaga Kazushi beside him twitched his mouth when he heard this, thinking that this person's temper was really bad, much worse than that Kamishiro Hakufeng who had only been a quick supervisor before.

But speaking of Kamishiro Hakufeng, I didn't expect his book to do so well.

I remember that this person seemed to have other books ready to submit.

Tominaga Kazushi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

I have met many authors like this, so it can be regarded as an adaptation of real events.