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As for the sales changes of "April Youth", each editorial department has different views.

For example, the editorial department of Jingfanshe's "Spring of Literature" held a regular meeting to analyze Hiroto Akihara's "The Invisible Guest"...

[Chapter 175.174 Akihara Yuuto is nothing to be afraid of]

"... Colleagues, I have already reported the sales results of "April Youth" in the latest week. According to the statistics department's estimates, the other party's future sales will continue to be stable at around 15 copies."

Setagaya Ward, Kagefansha, meeting room of the editorial department of "Spring of Literature".

As the deputy editor, Haru Iwaki was holding a report and reporting to everyone in the editorial department sitting in the conference room.In the document in his hand, the curve symbolizing the change in sales of "April Youth" tended to stabilize.

Someone raised a question: "How is our latest sales volume? Please explain to me, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yancheng."

Iwaki Haru smiled, showing her white teeth.

"In the last week, our sales volume was 21 copies. Although there is a gap between "Tokyo Literature" and "Tokyo Youth", it is not comparable to "April Youth."

After a pause, he emphasized again: "And a very important point is the polarization of word-of-mouth reviews of Hiroto Akihara's works between book reviews and readers."

"Polarization, what's going on?" Someone raised a puzzled audience.

Iwaki Haru nodded, and asked his assistant to distribute a report to everyone.After seeing that everyone got the report, he described it.

"For the "Invisible Guest" serialized by Hiroto Akihara, some book reviewers said that it was too deviant and inconsistent with traditional reasoning literature. Some readers even expressed on the Internet that they have no interest in this work. "

Hearing this, everyone in the conference room was slightly surprised and whispered to each other for a while.

After a while, another gentleman wearing glasses raised his hand to ask a question.

"...Since the market response is mediocre, why can "April Youth" still sell about 15 copies? After all, compared with the previous 7 copies, this has almost doubled, which is not bad. Bar?"

Everyone in the meeting room also raised their heads and fell silent, waiting for Iwashi Haru's answer to this question.

Now the competition among the four major literary and art periodicals is fierce, and "Spring of Literature" is in the third place.

Therefore, "Spring of Literature" is most concerned about the sales changes of "April Youth", which is at the bottom.

After all, once it is surpassed by it, the upper management of the publishing house will definitely be very dissatisfied.

Yancheng Qing nodded, and responded: "After all, Akihara Yuto made a lot of news in the news a while ago, so the public still has some interest in him. Therefore, after seeing him serialized in "April Youth", many People will choose to buy a corresponding magazine."

He patted the table and raised his voice.

"But I personally think that those readers who are attracted by his name will give up buying "The Invisible Guest" sooner or later because of their poor reading experience."

He looked up and looked around, and said in a confident tone: "In other words, if you wait for a while, it is not impossible for the sales of "April Youth" to fall below 10 copies again!"

Regarding this guess, the crowd in the audience became commotion, and many people even whispered to each other.

It was not until a while before the commotion stopped under the "cough" of a middle-aged man sitting in the main seat.

The middle-aged man stopped coughing.

"About the possible threat of "April Youth", I have already discussed with Iwaki. Although Akihara Hiroto has become more famous recently, if his works are not popular in the market, then there is nothing to worry about. So about "April Youth" Let's put aside the topic of "April Youth" for now."

He turned his head and looked at Haru Iwaki, "Editor Iwaki, have you made preparations for the next book signing at Yokohama National University?"

Yan Chengqing nodded, and replied confidently: "I have reached a cooperation with a relatively large bookstore nearby, and arranged the time from 9:5 am to [-]:[-] pm next Thursday. In this case, most of the students There is time."

The middle-aged man smiled, "Then it will be hard work for you."

"No problem, I will definitely ensure the success of the signing event and satisfy Mr. Taketa."

Iwaki Haru showed a confident smile.

……

Time passed quickly, and it was next Thursday.

On the roof of the teaching building of Yokohama National University, Sonoko Uesugi sat on the ground with her knees bent, holding a copy of "April Youth" in her hand.

The sunshine in late November is not dazzling, but rather soft, making the paper a little yellow.And the breeze blowing from time to time made her hair flutter with the wind.

If someone looked at it from a distance, they would feel that she was very beautiful at the moment, and there was a feeling of Kaguya Hime coming back to the world.

But this "Kaguya Princess" had a bit of distress on his face.

Akihara-sensei, what is he trying to write in this work?

Uesugi Sonoko frowned, feeling a little confused for a moment.

She has always been a loyal reader of Hiroto Akihara, from the "ZOO" series to the recently released "Death by Wrongdoing", she has never missed a book.

Even before that, she deliberately rushed from Yokohama to Tokyo's Setagaya District to attend the new book signing event of Hiroto Akihara's works.

But what surprised her was that the "Invisible Guest" released by Hiroto Akihara had a completely different style from the previous works, and it didn't look like it was written by a single person.

When I first read it, I thought it was a lawyer helping a wronged client get off the hook, but after watching it, it revealed the client's past crimes...

But doesn't this kind of plot usually appear after the detective reveals the real murderer?

Akihara-sensei, it's not a creative mistake this time, is it?

For a moment, Uesugi Sonoko couldn't help feeling a little worried. After all, she had always regarded Akihara Hiroto as her idol, and worked hard with him as her goal.

She hopes that one day, she can make her official debut in the literary world like him!

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, Uesugi Yuanko looked up and found that it was his good friend Asami Yuki.

Asami Yuki quickly walked up to Uesugi Sonoko, patted her on the shoulder, and joked, "Are you watching your idol's work again?"

"It's not an idol, it's a teacher." Uesugi Sonoko rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, and retorted: "For me, the other party is a signpost for me on the road of literature."

"Okay, okay," Asami Yuki said shaking his head, and then said: "Miss, can you please put down this signpost teacher first, aren't we going to Yamada Bookstore?"

"Yamada Bookstore?" Uesugi Sonoko was a little puzzled.

Asami Yuki made a speechless gesture, "Did you forget, there was an announcement on the bulletin board before. It said that Keifasha's "Spring of Literature" would arrange a signing event at Yamada Bookstore. It is said that Takeda Teacher Meizhi will sign the sale on the spot."

Hearing this name, Uesugi Yuanko immediately recalled.

Miichi Taketa is the backbone writer of "Spring of Literature" in the past few years. It is said that before the release of the booklet, he also won the gold prize of the Keisha Literature Award.

However, in Uesugi Sonoko's view, although the other party debuted earlier, there is still a big gap between her works and Akihara Hiroto, whom she has always liked.

Forget it, just go with your friends, just take it as a way to relax.

Uesugi Sonoko stood up, patted the ashes on her skirt at the same time, and said with a smile: "Okay, then let's go there now."