I am a writer in Tokyo

"It means defeat, complete defeat."

The editor was generally drunk.

From the beginning when he spoke carefully, his voice became rough later.

In the end, there was even a posture of jumping on the table and berating Fang Qiu.

Maybe it was all the previous pressure that made him feel uncomfortable.

There are people around who seem to want to discuss, but they are held back by people who can read words and expressions.

She shook her head at him, eyes full of advice.

At this time, don't discuss this kind of thing.

No matter how rational a person is, they will become crazy under the influence of alcohol.

Besides...

They glanced at the editor.

There have been rumors in the Spring and Autumn Period of Literature and Art.

It seems that the editor's style is to try to solve the problem by force.

It was said that one of the authors in his hands had not delivered the manuscript on time.

After several reminders, the author continued to go his own way.

So the editor rushed to the door, grabbed the author and beat him up.

Then let the author kneel in front of him and type out each word.

It was not until all the manuscripts were handed in that they were let go.

Since then, the uncle has become famous in one battle.

The remarks about Xiaoyuan Kazuki's new book being a sinking literature are like he was about to quit the literary world before.

After becoming a tiger after the autumn, it will bite anyone it sees.

Those who provoked those who paid attention to Xiaoyuan Kazuki were furious.

But it seems that Xinchao's consistent style just doesn't like to explain something.

It also allows the market and the general public to discuss and ferment.

And the author himself.

It's almost impossible for you to find him.

Let alone expecting him to stand up and say something.

But at this time, everyone realized one thing.

Compared with other authors, they wantonly engage in publicity, hold signing events and other things.

This writer seems to have never held such an event.

On the contrary, his books have been selling well.

"I hope that everyone can make some preliminary plans and have a good discussion on how to occupy the market share well in the next time."

The editor-in-chief of Wenyichunqiu knocked on the table, directing everyone's attention to him.

There is a passage written on the PPT behind it.

"Battle for Market Share"

"This book is sinking literature. In the past period of time, the situation of sinking literature has not been very good. Basically, many books with the name of sinking literature have been drowned.

Sales didn't pick up at all. "

"But, after all, he is a small courtyard Kazuki."

Some people still think that Kazuki Xiaoyuan still has a deterrent effect on this literary world.

But this was quickly denied.

"No one can go against the market."

There was silence in the conference room.

This is an eternal truth.

If you want to make money, you have to follow the market well.

But anyone who wants to get out of such a huge framework of topic selection and promote some other ideas basically means that this book will not have any sales at all.

So, to a certain extent, those high-ranking authors are puppets of market trends.

Under the shadow of the great era...maggots.

They will grow from the wounds of the times.

Then hatched generation after generation of maggots who only knew that they grew up in this area...

that's it.

The wounds of the times are getting bigger and bigger.

However, the times have not progressed at all.

The editor-in-chief didn't show any expression.

He watched everyone calmly.

Compared with the so-called saying that going against the trend of the times is a dead end, he is more inclined to the previous point of view.

"After all, he is Kazuki Xiaoyuan."

But his next PPT directly convinced himself.

That's a line chart that's going down all the way.

Like a rocket that failed to launch, it fell straight down.

He plunged into the dirt.

The title of the line chart is clearly written.

In the past two months, the literature market index has sunk.

According to the data, this week, a total of ten books were sold.

Then the base of the investigation is the whole neon.

Everyone was silent for a long time.

The expressions on their faces were very determined.

If such data can be tossed up by him, it would be too weird.

No less than a brand new urban ghost story.

It is estimated that when their entire editorial department went to the toilet, the ghost hand that came in would not ask them if they wanted to wipe their butts with green toilet paper or red toilet paper.

Instead, both hands are the works of their publishers.

Then, the owner of that ghost hand will tell them.

It is impossible for them to compete with Xiaoyuan Kazuki with their goods.

Might as well use it to wipe your ass.

thought here.

Everyone felt a chill rising from below.

They all shivered.

"So, even if the data shows a downward trend, we can't take it lightly."

The editor-in-chief thought about it.

"We have to come up with the best works and hold activities continuously. We will strive to overwhelm this book in terms of publicity in the early stage."

The crowd nodded.

Xiaoyuan Kazuki this person.

It's a bit evil.

"Is this considered a sniper?"

An editor raised his hand and asked weakly.

Everyone was stunned.

Sniping doesn't seem to count.

Everyone has a famous brand.

And...it seems that he is more afraid of being attacked by others.

"Is there any more complete information about what kind of story this book is like?"

"It can be seen from the introduction and some promotional words.

It should be about the incident of abandoned babies. "

"This story has been written before.

Abandoned babies in the station.

But it didn't sell well.

On the contrary, this kind of thing will cause opposition from some groups.

From a certain point of view, there is a feeling of why not eat minced meat.

This is also the reason why sinking literature is hated by people at present, standing on a high ground and pointing at the bottom people.

People's life in dire straits has become like a drama watched by high-level people.

In fact, I think our works cannot handle this scale.

Instead of continuing to cultivate, it is better to just discard it and choose other topics. "

The editor-in-chief nodded.

He also thinks so.

He took a deep breath.

"If writers want to make money, the market is irreversible."

……

“In fact, this contradiction has always existed in the literary world.

That is literary and utilitarian.

It is impossible to veto a single existence.

So, in fact, there is no perfect solution to this problem.

If there is.

Then it is the skill of carrying water.

But from another level.

When the literature itself is very high.

This work already has extremely high value.

and so.

I think, no matter how utilitarian it is, the starting point must be literary. "

Editor-in-chief Kashiwagi drew a circle on literariness. (end of this chapter)