Chapter 299 Plan!
On the way home from school.
Kamishiro Hakufu and the girls from the literature department were walking on the road together, all on their way to a nearby bookstore.
Kamishiro Erina looked at the map on her phone, pointed to the front and said:
"The navigation said that there is a bookstore in front of us after about 50 meters."
Maejima Rika looked along her finger and said excitedly:
"Ah, I see it."
"It's right in front!"
Chitanda Mirai was also a little excited when she heard that they were about to reach the bookstore and could finally find another novel written by Kamishiro Hakufu there.
Because she likes novels very much.
Also because Kamishiro Hakufu's previous "White Night Walk" is really great!
Since that novel has this level, how bad can his other novels be?
However, the level is one aspect, and the other is because it is a novel written by him. This reason alone is actually enough to attract her to read it!
Watanabe Hina and others were also very curious, and even had similar ideas to Chitanda Mirai.
After all, everyone has read the "White Night Walk" written by Kamishiro Hakufu.
Because it was so well written, and the plot was so fascinating.
In this case, how could they not look forward to another novel written by Kamishiro Hakufu?
Chitanda Mirai looked at him with great joy:
"Kamishiro-kun, if the bookstore is right in front of us, let's go there now."
Kamishiro Hakufu nodded and said:
"Yes."
However, just as he said it, the phone in his pocket vibrated and rang.
Kamishiro Hakufu took out his phone from his pocket in confusion and looked at the caller ID.
When he found out that it was Miss Igarashi Chinatsu, he was a little curious about why this person suddenly called, so he clicked the answer button.
[Igarashi Chinatsu: Hello, is this Kamishiro-kun? I am Igarashi Chinatsu. ]
[Igarashi Hakufu: It's me, Miss Igarashi, do you have anything to talk to me about? ]
[Igarashi Chinatsu: It's not a special thing, but I do have something to talk to you about, but before that, I want to ask if you are still in school or a coffee shop? ]
[Kamishiro Hakufu: I'm not at any of those places. I'm on my way to a bookstore near the school. ]
[Igarashi Chinatsu: Oh, then I know which bookstore you're going to. You can wait for me at the door. I'll come over to see how the books are selling. ]
[Kamishiro Hakufu: You're coming over too? I remember you said you were going to a bookstore near the publishing house, didn't you? ]
[Igarashi Chinatsu: Oh, that's a long story. I'll explain it to you later. ]
[Kamishiro Hakufu: I remember you don't come here often. Are you at the subway station now? I'll pick you up. ]
[Igarashi Chinatsu: ( # ^.^ # ) Don't bother Kamishiro-kun. I've actually left the subway station while I was chatting with you. I'm on my way there. I'm an editor myself and have been to many bookstores I've worked with. I've also been to the one you're at, so you don't have to pick me up. ]
[Kamishiro Hakufu: Okay then. I'll wait for you at the bookstore. See you later. 】
【Chinatsu Igarashi: OK, see you later. 】
After hanging up the phone, Kamishiro Hakufeng looked up at the members of the literature club and noticed that they were all looking at him.
"What's wrong?"
Hina Watanabe frowned and asked:
"Was that Miss Igarashi just now?"
Kamishiro Hakufeng nodded:
"Well, she might have something going on, so she came to the bookstore here and was going to take a look at the books sold by the publisher."
Chitanda Mirai narrowed her eyes and smiled:
"I see."
"Is she on her way here now?"
Kamishiro Hakufeng replied:
"Yes, she should be here in a few minutes, let's go to the bookstore first."
Erina Kamishiro and others felt strange, but they couldn't say anything when they heard that they were just here to check the sales of books.
After a while.
They all came to the bookstore.
There were still a lot of people in the bookstore.
Among them were some students from the private Shujin Academy and other schools.
After all, this is the closest and largest bookstore to the school, and it is common to have so many students.
However, because the people in their literature department are very good-looking, they attracted a lot of attention as soon as they came in.
But the place where the customers' eyes wandered the most was finally Kamishiro Hakufeng.
Some of the female students from the private Shujin Academy were also very surprised to see Hakufeng appear here.
You know, Kamishiro Hakufeng is now a celebrity in the school, and his popularity is explosive.
Whether it is academic performance, appearance, conversation, etc., it is basically impeccable.
Some rumors even portray Kamishiro Hakufeng as a rich second-generation who came to the school to experience life.
Although these female students wanted to come and chat with Kamishiro Hakufeng, there were too many girls around him now, and each of them was so beautiful.
So they didn't dare to come over and could only watch from afar.
After the people in the literature department and Kamishiro Hakufeng came in, they also planned to start looking for the location of the new books on the shelf.
But because the books now look new, and they don't come to this bookstore often, they don't know where the new books of Futaba Publishing House are placed.
Kamiyo Hakufeng glanced at it but couldn't find it, so he gave up looking for it himself and walked directly to the female clerk, asking softly:
"Can I ask where the new books that Futaba Publishing House put on the shelf today are placed?"
When the female clerk saw Kamiyo Hakufeng suddenly approaching to ask her, she couldn't help but shyly comb her hair, and then shyly pointed to the bookshelf beside her:
"It's over there."
Kamiyo Hakufeng nodded and thanked:
"Thank you."
As he said, he was ready to take the people from the literature department with him.
However, the female clerk thought about it, and immediately walked in front of Kamiyo Hakufeng, looking at him shyly and muttered:
"I'll take you there."
Kamiyo Hakufeng thanked again:
"Thank you."
After seeing this scene, Watanabe Hina and others behind him couldn't help but squint their eyes and feel a little unhappy.
Soon.
Several people came to the place where the new books were put on the shelf.
Kamishiro Hakufeng scanned the area and found a sign saying that "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" was sold out.
He was stunned for a moment, then he was extremely surprised.
He had never expected that the book he wrote would be sold out so quickly.
You know, this is only the first day it was put on the shelves.
It hasn't even been a day, only half a day.
It was sold out in just over ten hours, so it seems that his book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" should be able to bring in good profits.
But in any case, he is now very satisfied with this result.
Thinking that since this bookstore is sold out, other bookstores probably won't be much worse.
However, Kamishiro Hakufeng is also publishing a book in Japan for the first time, so he is not sure how good his performance is.
I think it should be not bad, right?
After all, other books published in the same period have not been sold out.
But later, he has to discuss the profit sharing of "White Night Walk" with the publisher.
So Kamishiro Hakufeng planned to browse the information online first, and even directly ask the editors of other publishing houses to ask them what level of performance they would have if the new book was sold out on the first day.
The more you know at this stage, the more advantageous it will be for the subsequent negotiations.
While Kamishiro Hakufeng was searching for information and asking people.
Chitanda Mirai and others had already taken the trial version of the new book on the bookshelf and started reading it one by one with anticipation.
While reading.
They even began to speculate which book was Kamishiro Hakufeng's.
During.
Kamishiro Erina even took out these books and held them in front of Kamishiro Hakufeng at the same time, shaking them in front of him one by one, trying to see his expression and reaction to choose which one was the correct answer.
Chitanda Mirai and others actually did not stop Erina when she did this.
After all, they also saw through Erina's thoughts, so they all looked at Baifeng curiously, and wanted to see his reaction to the book.
But unfortunately, Kamishiro Hakufeng was not a fool, and saw through Erina's mind at once.
After seeing this, Kamishiro Hakufeng couldn't help laughing. He stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek, saying with a smile:
"You can't cheat by looking at my reaction."
Kamishiro Erina looked at the books from Futaba Publishing House in her hand and hummed:
"Hmph~"
"If you don't want to read it, then don't read it. Anyway, I can find it myself."
At this time.
Chitanda Mirai noticed that there was another book from Futaba Publishing House that was sold out. She curiously asked the clerk:
"Excuse me, is there any more of this book?"
The female clerk shook her head and said:
"No."
"It was sold out not long ago."
Shiina Shoko poked her head out from behind Mizuno Maki and asked curiously:
"Then is there a trial version?"
The female clerk still shook her head and said:
"No, the trial version has also been bought."
"This new book has a good sales volume. If you want, I can help you reserve one or two copies in advance when this new book is reprinted."
Chitanda Mirai blinked, a little surprised.
In fact, she often goes to the bookstore to buy new books.
Even if she doesn't go, she will occasionally ask her men to go.
But every time, she can basically buy new books that have just been put on the shelves.
She has basically never seen the new book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" being sold out, and even the trial version has been bought.
But since the sales on the first day are so good, it means that the quality of this book must be good.
Chitanda Mirai looked at the description on the billboard and said that it seems to be a novel related to love?
It seems that it should not be a novel written by Kamishiro-kun!
After all, Kamishiro-kun's "White Night Walk" is also a suspense and reasoning type!
And he himself doesn't look like someone who can write about love!
So Chitanda Mirai didn't list this book in the first place.
But even so, she won't say that she will give up reading this novel.
Instead, she plans to find an opportunity to buy a copy from other channels to see if this novel is really good and whether it is really worth being sold out on the first day.
Not only Chitanda Mirai noticed this, but Kamishiro Erina and others also noticed it.
But since they all felt that it was too inconsistent with Kamishiro Hakufeng's situation, none of them took the book seriously.
In addition to this, the more important thing is that there is not even a trial version of "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" now.
Even if they wanted to see if the writing style was similar to that of Kamishiro Hakufeng, they couldn't do it.
So they had to give up temporarily.
After scanning the whole circle.
Chitanda Mirai and the others also thought that they should buy one book each and take turns to read it.
After all, there were quite a lot of them, and if they occupied this place for too long, it would affect other people's purchase of books.
The female clerk was surprised:
"Hey, are you buying every book?"
Chitanda Mirai smiled:
"Yes, thank you."
"Okay, then you follow me." The female clerk nodded, then held the seven or eight books in her hand and walked to the cashier to help them check out.
When Chitanda Mirai saw that she had to check out, she habitually took out a black and gold bank card and handed it to Urahara Junko.
Urahara Junko took it in her hand skillfully and handed it to the clerk in front of her.
The female clerk was startled by Junko's fierce aura, but when she saw the card, she was a little confused. It was the first time she saw a black and gold card.
Although she didn't know how much the card limit was, it looked like the kind that only rich people could afford.
Could it be that the girl in the wheelchair was a rich girl?
After a while, after the female clerk helped to pay the bill.
They all walked out of the bookstore and prepared to go back to the coffee shop.
At this time, Kamishiro Hakufeng happened to have checked the information and asked other editors, and finally knew what level his book had reached.
That was a very rare situation in history!
The information said that the books that were sold out on the first day were basically only popular books by popular authors.
But if the new book of a new author has this situation, it means that it is basically a hit among hits!
The minimum guarantee is that at least 100,000 copies can be sold.
As for the upper limit, the editors did not say anything about it in the information.
But even if they said it, it would be meaningless.
Because the audience of each book is different.
Therefore, the sales gap of popular books will also be caused.
This gap may even be very large.
It can be as small as tens of thousands, or as large as tens or even millions.
But anyway, after knowing these things, Kamishiro Hakufeng already has the confidence to discuss the profit sharing of "White Night Walk"!
I thought it would be time to talk to the people of Futaba Publishing House about the price later.
But it's still too early to discuss it today.
I guess they will also plan to see the situation of the reprint before making a decision.
So Baifeng didn't rush to discuss it today, but planned to wait for them to contact him.
And at this time.
Igarashi Chinatsu finally came over.
She looked at Chitanda Mirai and others who were about to leave in surprise, and asked:
"Are you leaving?"
Erina Kamishiro nodded:
"Yes, I just bought the novel and am going back."
"Miss Igarashi, you are here to check the situation, right? How about we go in with you?"
Chinatsu Igarashi shook her head and said:
"No, no."
"You go back first."
"I want to talk to Kamishiro-kun alone about the novel."
"If you are not too busy, can you leave some time for me?"
"Of course." Hakufu Kamishiro did not refuse, he also had something to say to Chinatsu Igarashi.
Erina Kamishiro and others were a little unhappy, but they also knew that Hakufu Kamishiro and Chinatsu Igarashi were just talking about work, so they didn't say much, nodded in agreement, and left here.
After watching them leave, Chinatsu Igarashi said to Hakufu Kamishiro:
"Then Kamishiro-kun, let's go in again."
Hakufu Kamishiro nodded and said:
"Okay, OK."
After entering, Chinatsu Igarashi went directly to the new book area.
When she saw that the book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" was really sold out, she was stunned for a long time, and then she was very excited.
Oh my God! ! !
It was sold out? !
This is simply a miracle!
You know, other groups and other editors only bought a few books.
And the author she chose actually sold out the new book on the first day?
Chinatsu Igarashi excitedly shook Kamishiro Hakufu:
"Kamishiro-kun, the book you wrote was sold out on the first day!"
"This result is simply too good!"
"You should know that a new book that is sold out on the first day is rare in the history of our publishing house!"
"You are really going to make a fortune now!!!"
Kamishiro Hakufu saw her so happy, and his face was also filled with joy:
"A lot of this is also due to your help, Miss Igarashi."
"So here, I still have to say thank you from the bottom of my heart."
"Thank you for your help during this period!"
Chinatsu Igarashi was stunned for a moment, and then she felt as if her heart was hit by a bullet.
She clenched her hands tightly, looking like a little fangirl!
She just felt that this was the author she wanted.
Not the bad-tempered author just now!
But she got angry when she thought of Shindo Shizuka!
She thought if she hadn't gone to the bookstore near the company with them to check the sales situation just now.
If I had known earlier that Kamishiro-kun's grades were so good, I would definitely go with the two of them and severely dampen that guy's enthusiasm!
Let’s see if he dares to say that the book he wrote is better than Kamishiro-kun’s!
But now it’s time to be happy, Chinatsu Igarashi stopped thinking about this matter, and instead said to Kamishiro Hakuho:
"Kamidai-kun, your grades are very good now."
"When I get back later, I will immediately apply to the team leader for reprinting."
"I estimate that within the next two or three days, I will be able to see your book in bookstores again."
Jindai Bai Feng said curiously:
"What is the approximate number of publications this time?"
Chinatsu Igarashi smiled awkwardly:
"I'm not sure, but your results have far exceeded those of the same period."
"The kind that can even leave its name in history."
"So I think there will be at least 30,000 copies."
"But don't look at it. This quantity is only six times more than before. But once it is sold almost again in a short period of time, it will continue to the third and fourth editions, and each time there will be a certain degree of quantity iteration. Plus, the rapid issuance won’t stop until sales slow down.”
“The reason why we don’t issue too many at once is because we are worried about issues such as stockpiling, dampness, etc. that may be affected by the weather.”
Bai Feng, the god of gods, said in a deep voice:
"I see."
"This is the first time I know about this."
Igarashi Chinatsu looked at the sold-out sign again, feeling more confident and excited.
This is the book she signed!
The better this grade is, the better her performance will be!
The better the performance, the higher the commission!
Thinking that she finally had an income, and that it might even surpass the income of the editors in the same group, she couldn't help but feel happy and feel proud!
But all of this was ultimately brought about by the god Bai Feng.
Chinatsu Igarashi understands this very well.
If she hadn't happened to meet Kamishiro-kun, she would have been on a guaranteed basis this month.
Igarashi Chinatsu suddenly remembered something and asked expectantly:
"By the way, have you finished writing your book "White Night Journey"?"
"If you finish writing it, please let me see it."
Jindai Bai Feng thought for a while, nodded and said:
"It's already written."
Igarashi Chinatsu was stunned for a moment, and then said ecstatically:
"real?"
Jindai Bai Feng also felt that it was about time for his publisher to read it. After all, after reading it, they would understand the value of his book. By then, they would probably start to contact him after reading it, right?
"Come back to the coffee shop with me later, and I'll give it to you."
Chinatsu Igarashi was very excited. She felt that the book "White Night Journey" written by Kamishiro Shirokaed was actually better than this book "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" based on the plot.
If it were that copy, maybe it would be sold out like the current one?
Maybe even better?
But she also understood that Kamishiro-kun's purpose of showing it to her after he finished writing it now was probably because he wanted to negotiate the price, right?
If the editor-in-chief and team leader know about it, I don’t know what they will say.
Igarashi Chinatsu herself really hopes that the editor-in-chief and team leader will agree to the price negotiated by Kamishiro Shirokaed.
After all, Kamidai Bai Feng writes really well.
Moreover, he has a nice personality, looks handsome, and speaks nicely.
Ahem
Igarashi Chinatsu's face turned slightly red and she felt that she was thinking wrongly.
However, since she is only a small editor, she really has no say in the price.
I just hope that the editor-in-chief and team leader will agree by then.
But when it came to the editor-in-chief, Chinatsu Igarashi couldn't help but feel scared and worried.
I think that old man is very shrewd. If he found out that Kamishiro Shiro Feng was still a high school student, wouldn't he be teased to death?
I don’t know if Kamishiro-kun can survive that old fox editor-in-chief.