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Do you also want to write a post to "step on" it?

Akihara Hiroto thought for a while, but gave up.

If you have this time, it is better to find a way to drain it.

There are at least hundreds of thousands of netizens now, even if only 10 out of 1 likes mystery novels, it can bring more sales for "Suspect X".

And more importantly, through the channel of the Internet, a certain amount of exposure can be added to "Suspect X", so that the book can be sold better.

But what to do?

At this time, Hiroto Akihara suddenly remembered the post "Reasoning Taxi" posted on this forum before, so he quickly found this post and clicked to open it.

Under the post, there were thousands of replies, and many people even replied, "It's scary" and "It's scary."

In addition, many people said that they are going to buy "New Novel" and read other works of the author.

Seeing so many replies, Akihara Hiroto was a little surprised for a while.After all, judging from the number of replies, this post is several times more than that of Menxie Youzhen's "Looking for Footsteps" just now.

You know, the other party can write a novel of 10,000+ words in a single volume, while "Mystery Taxi" is just a short story of less than [-] words.

Could it be because it's free?

Akihara Yuto put down his hands holding the mouse and keyboard, closed his eyes, and leaned his body against the computer chair.He turned his chair and thought about another question.

In this case, should we serialize a novel on the Internet to attract traffic and convert it into purchasing power?

Wouldn't that be a bit of a waste, though?

He thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't make up his mind. He decided to go home at night and think about it carefully.

After making his decision, he turned off his computer and walked to the front desk to check out.

……

Leaving the Internet cafe, Akihara Yuto walked along the street at a leisurely pace towards his home.

After a journey of about 15 minutes, he returned to the gate of his "Yihujian".

But what Akihara Hiroshi expected was that standing at the door of the house was a man with glasses in a suit.

It took less than two seconds for Yuuto Akihara to recognize him as the new editor-in-chief of "New Novel" and Kazuhiro Matsushima, who is also the editor-in-chief of Yuma Matsumoto.

Matsushima and Hiroshi had actually been here for less than half an hour. He saw that it was getting late and planned to leave first.But unexpectedly, just as he was about to leave, Hiroto Akihara came back.

Without hesitation, he immediately took two steps forward and greeted Hiroto Akihara: "Good evening, Mr. Akihara."

Hiroto Akihara nodded in response, "Good evening", and then asked, "Editor Matsushima, what can I do?"

Matsushima and Hiro nodded, "I have something to do with work, and I want to hear Mr. Akihara's opinion."

Akihara Hiroto pondered for a while, and opened the door to welcome him in, after all, he didn't reach out to hit the smiling face.

Also, there was no direct conflict between him and Kazuhiro Matsushima.

The two changed their shoes in the hallway, then walked to the living room on the second floor.Hiroto Akihara invited him to sit down and poured a cup of hot tea.

"Editor Matsushima, can you now explain your reason for coming?"

He had some guesses in his heart, but he still wanted to hear what the other party had to say.

Matsushima and Hiro picked up the teacup, took a breath, and said, "Mr. Akihara, do you have anything to say about the subsequent serialization of "New Novel"?"

Hiroto Akihara shook his head, and replied: "Since the editor-in-chief Matsushima will come, you should have understood my thoughts. If there is no accident, you should have seen my new work."

Matsushima Kazuhiro sighed in his heart, he heard what Akihara Yuto meant, this was a tactful rejection.

It seems that simply inviting Hiroto Akihara to re-serialize is not such a simple matter.

Damn it, Daigo Kihara and Kohei Takei, look at what you two have done!

After thinking about it, Matsushima and Hiro decided to try to persuade him again. After all, the sales of "New Novel" have dropped to such an extent that it cannot be ignored.

He took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Qiuyuan, could you please serialize it on "New Novel" again?"

Seeing that Hiroto Akihara was about to refuse, he took out another contract and put it on the table, and said sincerely, "If this is the condition, would you accept it?"

Hiroto Akihara was a little puzzled, after all, his attitude was already very clear, and the opponent was undoubtedly a strongman.

But after thinking about it, he still picked up the contract on the table and glanced at it.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the new conditions in the contract...

[107.1 Chapter [-] demands an apology! ]

Hiroto Akihara picked up the contract, looked at it carefully several times, and found that compared with the previous contract, the sincerity of "New Novel" this time can be said to be a lot more, and it is obviously costly.

The manuscript fee for serialization has increased from the previous 7000 yen per page to the standard of 19000 yen per page, more than doubled.

The royalties for single volumes have also reached the standard only for established writers, that is, 18% of the selling price, and it is stipulated that the number of first editions should not be less than 8 copies.

Looking horizontally and vertically, you will feel that this is not a small number!

Hiroto Akihara sighed and put down the contract in his hand.

He admitted that he had just had a little "heartbeat".

Cooperating with Anjiu Bookstore, although I can get a higher share, but at the same time, I also have to participate in the channel distribution and publicity work, which requires a lot of energy.

On the other hand, although Mantanshe only paid him 18% of the royalties, through Mantanshe's channels, his works can be recognized by readers faster and get the attention of book reviewers.

Judging from this situation, it is not a problem to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year!

So in the previous life, although well-known writers such as Keigo Higashino and Haruki Murakami could publish at their own expense, most of them chose large publishing houses.

After all, publicity and channels are two aspects that cannot be ignored.

But even if he went to a big publishing house, he wouldn't consider Mandanshe... Could it be possible that he will be made things difficult again?

Akihara Yuto put down the document, sat cross-legged on the tatami, and then put the contract document back on the desktop.

He smiled and said, "Editor Matsushima, sorry, I still hope to continue to cooperate with Anjiu Bookstore, after all, my new book has just been released."

"Mr. Akihara, you should be clear that if you continue to cooperate with Anjiu Bookstore, your works may not sell 10 copies a year." The agency can act as an agent with full authority, and increase efforts in channels and promotion."

He paused, and then added: "In this case, more than 20 copies a year, no, more than 30 copies are also possible!"

In fact, there is another way to persuade the other party, and that is to use the three-year publishing rights of the "ZOO" series as a threat.