tokyo writer

He was a little embarrassed, and subconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth, but he still slid the mouse and began to look.

Just let me see what this story is about. If it doesn’t look good, I’ll just… just say a few words…

He let go of his mind, and then looked up.

……

The story happened in Tokyo's GK district. On his birthday, an 85-year-old well-known mystery novelist cut his throat and committed suicide in his room, spattering blood all over the room.

After receiving the report, the police immediately went to the scene. After repeated investigations, it was determined that the other party committed suicide.

Not long after the incident, a detective received an anonymous letter of employment, inviting him to investigate the murderer behind the case.

The detective considered over and over again, accepted the invitation, came to the family of the mystery novelist, and questioned the family of the mystery novelist one by one.

He was surprised to find that everyone had conflicts with the mystery novelist: the eldest son-in-law was cheated by him, the younger son was fired from his company by him, the second daughter-in-law had been cheating money and he was found by him, the eldest grandson was involved in the case. The night before, I had a big fight with him and slammed the door...

In other words, the vast majority of family members have motives for committing crimes.

Besides, the mystery writer's family is more or less lying when answering the detective's questions.

But the detective still got an important piece of information-the reasoning novelist returned to his room after the birthday party, asked the female nurse from the Thousand Islands to give him an injection, and committed suicide at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night after the female nurse left.

So, the nurse is the last person to see the mystery novelist.

The detective thought for a while and decided to meet the nurse...

……

Toki Ippei was fascinated by the sight, but found that there was nothing below...

The topic owner just posted a sentence "The follow-up content will be updated next Monday, and I also recommend Akihara Hiroto's work "Devotion of Suspect X"".

What the hell? !

My appetite has been whetted, is that all? !You also advertised me?

Toki Ippei was a little anxious, but he still held back his emotions and continued to browse.

Sure enough, there was a lot of scolding below, and many people hoped that the author would update and add content as soon as possible.

But some people began to speculate, guess who the murderer is?Guess what method the murderer used to fake the victim's suicide.

After all, it can't be the mystery novelist who committed suicide, so this case is a bit too nonsense.

After reading the reply, Toki Ippei wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

What if there are too many people spraying and the subject ran away?

Then he can't read the text.

To tell the truth, he now wanted to know who the murderer was, and what the detective's method of solving the case was.

All this unknown made him feel a little itchy at the moment.

Suddenly, he lost the idea of ​​continuing to browse the forum. After all, most of the posts on the forum were just discussions of mystery novels.

Toki Ippei turned off the computer, stood up, and went to the front desk to pay the bill.He was going to a nearby bookstore or library to see if there were any new mystery novels.

To ease the itching feeling in my heart.

In his view, if you want to get rid of your obsession with one story, replace it with another.

Just when he was about to walk out the door, he suddenly remembered the ad that the subject had put up before.

How about going to the bookstore to read the book "The Devotion of Suspect X"?

He hesitated for two seconds, then turned around and walked towards the nearest bookstore in his memory...

Maybe there will be surprises?

[110.1 Chapter [-] East and Japan]

Anjiu Bookstore, office on the second floor.

Akihara Hiroto opened the door, said "good morning" to the inside, and then sat on the sofa by himself.

As soon as An Jiujin, who was working, saw him coming, he also stood up, pushed the office chair, and placed it opposite Akihara Yuto.

"Satake, go and get two cups of tea."

As soon as An Jiujin sat down, he said to Maki Satake, who was handling the work at another small table. After the latter heard it, he nodded and got busy, and quickly made tea.

Hiroto Akihara took the tea, took a breath, and said, "President Yasuhisa, you came to me today because the first week's sales and the first day's sales data for this week have come out."

It has been almost a full week since the release of "Suspect X".

Just as Ajiujin nodded, he asked Satake Maki to bring over a document and spread it on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"According to statistics from various channels, the sales in the first week were better than we expected, almost reaching more than 4000 copies. According to yesterday's sales statistics, it is expected that this week's sales will probably reach this number."

Hiroto Akihara looked at the document and fell into deep thought.

Judging from this sales volume, the 3 copies of the first edition can be sold out in the past few months, but if no one helps, the annual sales volume may even be difficult to reach 10 copies, or in other words, there is little hope.

He thought for a while, and then asked: "President An Jiu, are there any book reviewers from newspapers or periodicals to comment and recommend works?"

Hearing this question, An Jiujin touched the back of his head with his hand, and said embarrassedly: "Mr. Qiuyuan, if there is no special reason for the works published by a small publishing house like ours, it is often only because the sales volume is higher. It will get the attention of book reviewers.”

Akihara Hiroto pondered for a while, and found that this is indeed the truth.

When "ZOO" was first serialized, "New Novel" actually sold 3 copies a week, but there was only one reviewer, and the layout was very small.

The weekly sales volume of "Suspect X" is only 4000 copies, and it is estimated that it will not attract the attention of book reviewers.

Having said that, the title of a thriller genius is really cheap, and not many people pay attention to him.But the outside world may think that he will continue to be serialized in "New Novel", right?

Forget it, let's wait for the work to slowly ferment, and hope that the drainage of the reasoning forum will have some effect.

"Teacher Akihara?" An Jiujin coughed twice as soon as he saw Yuuto Akihara's silence, and drew his attention back. "You don't have to worry too much about the sales channels. Our channels are still being rolled out."

"Huh? What other channels can be spread?"

Akutsu just replied: "At present, the main sales market is Tokyo and its surrounding areas, but if the sales volume increases, dealers will increase the order quantity and spread it in other regions."

Akihara Hiroto was a little puzzled, and asked directly: "Why can't we just spread it out?

He really didn't understand. Although Tokyo is the metropolitan area with the most dense neon population, the markets in other regions shouldn't just be left alone. After all, the more cities spread out, the more "Suspect X" There will be more sales.

As soon as An Jiujin saw that Akihara Yuu was puzzled, he brought a pen and paper to explain further.