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However, he believes that since Akihara Hiroto has made the choice to cooperate with a small publishing house like Anjiu Bookstore, he can naturally understand this point.

Hiroto Akihara took a sip from his teacup, was silent for a while, and then said, "Editor-in-Chief Matsushima, what do you think about the Mandansha Literary Awards?"

Matsushima and Hiro struggled for a while, but could only say: "Mr. Akihara, I understand how you feel. But please understand that the result of the award ceremony is difficult to change. After all, it involves the image and face of Mantan Club."

Akihara Hiroto smiled.

Mandanshe's face is important, but do I have to compromise for it?

He thought for a while, and replied: "Editor Matsushima, I can go back to "New Novel" to continue serializing, but I hope you can agree to two conditions."

Matsushima and Hiro were surprised, he didn't expect Akihara Yuto to say that.For a moment, he didn't care about other worries, and said directly: "Teacher Qiuyuan, please tell me."

"The first condition is that I hope Minister Kihara can publicly apologize to me, and the second condition is that Takei Kohei must be transferred."

Hiroto Akihara was too lazy to play any more sincerely begging games with the other party, and he directly made this impossible request.

In fact, once these two conditions are mentioned, there is no room for cooperation between myself and Mandanshe.

As the head of the department, Daigo Kihara is also the person in charge of all literary periodicals, and he will certainly not tolerate bowing his head and apologizing to a newcomer author.

Once this happens, the other party will definitely lose face within the Mantan Club.

But Hiroto Akihara didn't care, even if he wasn't in Mantansha, he could go to other big publishing houses, or continue to cooperate with Anjiu Bookstore.

I believe that with the works in his memory, he can still climb to the top of the literary world step by step.

At that time, he will make these two people feel the unfair treatment he has encountered!

And Asano Aiko, he will give back to her in another way.

Sure enough, after listening to Yuuto Akihara's request, Matsushima and Hiroshi were silent for a long time before slowly opening their mouths: "Teacher Akihara, is there really no room for change?"

Hiroto Akihara stood up, picked up the contract on the table, handed it to Kazuhiro Matsushima, and said in a leisurely tone: "Editor-in-chief Matsushima, since Minister Kihara gave the award to the association Yuma for personal reasons , I have already made this decision..."

Seeing his resolute attitude, Matsushima Kazuhiro sighed inwardly, stuffed the documents into the briefcase, bowed and said goodbye.

Akihara Hiroto didn't send him off either, but just nodded.

Matsushima and Hiro stepped on the stairs and left Akihara Yuu's house.

When he was walking on the street, he looked at the street lights on both sides and sighed in his heart.

Teacher Akihara, there are many things that have nothing to do with you if you think you leave...

……

At 7:[-] p.m., Anjiu Bookstore.

Sota Nishijima returned to the bookstore. He stepped on the stairs to the second floor, opened the door, and found that the only two female colleagues of the publishing house, Maki Satake and Naka Itakura, were still working.

"Hey, it's so late and you still don't get off work." Nishijima Sota waved his hand, then left the office and sat at his desk.

"Ready to go." Itakura Naka stopped applying lipstick, and then stuffed the makeup mirror on her hand into her bag, "Nishijima, you've been working very hard recently."

"It's nothing." Sota Nishijima touched the back of his head with his hand, and said with a smile: "After all, the better the sales of "Suspect X" are, the more the publishing house can continue to operate."

Satake Maki, who was looking at the documents, also turned around, nodded, and said seriously: "Nishijima-kun, it must be tiring to be responsible for dealing with the bookstore. I have really worked hard for you recently."

"Hey, it's okay." Sota Nishijima also showed a smile on his usually calm face. After all, he was very happy to be praised by the girl he liked.

At this moment, Itakura Naka raised his head and said, "But to be honest, is selling well really a good thing?"

Hearing this sentence, Sota Nishijima was stunned, and Maki Satake replied dissatisfied: "Senior Itakura, why did you say that?"

Itakura Naka shrugged and explained: "Ms. Akihara is a writer who has already made his debut after all. If the sales are better, more and more big publishing houses will extend olive branches to him."

She stroked her hair, and said in a nonchalant tone: "At that time, the other party only needs to pay a liquidated damages, and they can choose to terminate the contract. But if there is a liquidated damages, our publishing house will not lose money."

After speaking this sentence, the scene suddenly fell silent.

Itakura Naka didn't care either, she stood up, said "goodbye" to the other two, and left on her high heels.

She is going on a date with her new boyfriend tonight, so she doesn't have much time for work.With this time, it would be better to catch a wealthy son-in-law as soon as possible.

Satake Maki looked at Itakura Naka's background and fell silent.

She knew that what the other party said made sense. After all, Anjiu Bookstore and Akihara Yuto just signed a contractual cooperation relationship, and it would not be surprising even if it terminated one day.

But Teacher Akihara, will you really choose to leave?

[Chapter 108.1, Chapter [-], The Blade Unsheathed]

Chiyoda Ward, Mandansha Headquarters.

Matsushima and Hiro got out of the elevator, walked along the corridor, walked to the door of an office, and knocked on the door.After hearing "Come in", he opened the door and walked in.

Sitting on the reception sofa behind the door was his immediate superior—Headquarters Minister Daigo Kihara.

After meeting Matsushima Kazuhiro, Kihara Daigo greeted him to sit down, poured him a cup of tea in a friendly manner, and said, "Editor Matsushima, what does Akihara-sensei mean about the conditions in the contract?"

Matsushima and Hiro took the tea, hesitated for a while, but decided to truthfully convey Akihara Hiroto's opinion: "He asked... Takei Kohei to be transferred."

Kihara Daigo frowned, Takei Kohei is now a member of his faction, and he also knows a lot about himself, how could he transfer him.

At this time, Matsushima Kazuhiro added: "In addition, he also hopes that you can publicly apologize...to admit that there was a mistake in the awarding results."

When Daigo Kihara heard this condition, he was stunned for a moment, me?Apologize?

Soon, he laughed angrily!

I am the head of Mantanshe, one of the four major publishing houses, and I have met countless writers.As for Akihara Hiroto, although he has made some achievements, he is at best a rookie, and he might run out of talent one day.

On the contrary, if I apologize publicly, not only will I have to bear the criticism within Mantansha, but it is more likely that I will be held accountable by the vice president who directly manages the editorial bureau.

This will make the previous efforts to cover up the accident of the awards ceremony all in vain, and it will make the competitors of the other three major publishing houses laugh.

Kihara Daigo frowned, he stood up, took two steps back and forth in the office, and then thought of another thing.

Hiroto Akihara, how dare he say that?

"Matsushima, what's the name of Hiroto Akihara's latest booklet, and how much is it expected to sell?"

Seeing the boss get up, Matsushima and Hiro were embarrassed to continue sitting, and also stood up.

"That work is called "The Devotion of Suspect X". According to the data feedback from the statistics department, the estimated annual circulation may be around 6 copies. They believe that even in the best case, it is unlikely to exceed 8 copies. book."

Kihara Daigo touched the stubble of his chin with his hand, and continued to think.

There were some rumors in Mandansha before that it was Takei Kohei who was the culprit for the unfair award results.