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[Chapter 184.183 The goal is to be number one in the industry! ]

After the regular meeting was held on Friday morning, everyone in the editorial department of "April Youth" began to act. As the editor-in-chief, Oshiro Lixiang took the initiative to find the Mitsuhashi executive, and promised to surpass "Spring of Literature" , applied for more page promotion funds.

The deputy editor-in-chief Toshiyuki Kawamoto went to the public relations department and participated in the public relations planning of "April Youth" for the next three days, and strengthened the publicity of Hiroto Akihara on the Internet and radio channels.

As for Hideki Awazu, along with other ordinary editors, they started visiting large and medium-sized bookstores in and around Tokyo according to the list of bookstore addresses provided by the sales department.

This also made Hiroto Akihara find the entire office empty when he came to the editorial office of "April Youth" on Saturday afternoon.

"Editor Oshiro, may I ask Editor Awazu where did they go?"

Akihara Hiroto looked around twice suspiciously, and then asked Oshiro Lixiang who greeted him.

Oshiro Toshika didn't hold back, and simply told the cause and effect, and brought Akihara Hiroto to the editor's office, arranged for him to sit down and poured him a cup of tea.

"Teacher Akihara, don't you take a break at home?" Oshiro Toshika asked worriedly after seeing Akihara Hiroto sitting down.

She knew that the other party had written more than 200 pages of manuscripts in this week, which was an astonishing amount!That's why she was a little worried, whether the other party would break her body.

After all, "April Youth" does not have any other signature writers, so whether the sales can climb further depends on the other party's follow-up works.

Akihara Yuto took the tea with a smile, and replied: "It's okay, I still pay attention to my body."

Although the workload during this period is relatively heavy, compared to the overtime work that lasted all night for a whole month in the previous life, it is completely trivial.

And unlike other writers who need to rack their brains to write a work, what he wrote has already been sketched in his mind.All he has to do is to retell the content and then adapt it into a local version of Neon.

But he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the expression and attitude of the editor-in-chief of Dacheng was more "polite" than before.

Hiroto Akihara put down his teacup, and responded politely: "I'm really sorry for the editor-in-chief, Oshiro, regarding the issue of the previous suspension and special issues."

As far as magazines and periodicals are concerned, they all have their own rules, and it is impossible for writers to decide whether to suspend publication or create a special issue.

If it is an ordinary newcomer who asks to suspend the publication, the only fate is to be frozen by this magazine, and will not be given another chance to serialize until later.As for the special issue, it is also of the same nature, but there are very few special cases.

Therefore, he thanked Oshiro Lixiang for his work support from the bottom of his heart.

Oshiro Lixiang nodded with a smile, and said politely: "Mr. Akihara, I should thank you for this."

According to her original idea, the sales volume of "April Youth" can be maintained at 15 copies, but she didn't expect that this wave of "explosion" by Akihara Hiroto would make "April Youth" surpass "Literary Spring". "Hope.

As for the decision to suspend the issue and special issue, although she encountered a little resistance on her side, she didn't spend too much effort.

After all, according to the implementation system of the teaching center, it is quite different from other publishing houses. As the main person in charge of the editorial department, she can directly decide the operation of the publication without having to go through the review of her superiors.

Hiroto Akihara didn't know the specific situation, but he knew that if he was still in "New", it would be a problem whether his decision to suspend the publication would be passed.

Hiroto Akihara thought for a while, then put the document bag he brought on the table, and pushed it in front of Toshiro Oshiro, "Editor Oshiro, is this about the manuscript I plan to serialize later?"

Oshiro Lika was surprised, "Mr. Akihara, are you going to start a new serial again?"

Generally, writers often have a window of time to rest or adjust themselves after the serialization ends.This has almost become a customary habit in the industry.

But she didn't expect that Hiroto Akihara immediately took out another manuscript and said that he hoped it could be serialized.

Hiroto Akihara nodded, "Editor Oshiro, if I stop serializing now, the sales of the next few issues of "April Youth" will definitely drop immediately, right?"

"This one……"

Dashiro Lixiang was silent, and she admitted that what the other party said was indeed true.Although the editorial department is still constantly looking for new works, few of them can reach the level of signature writers.

At least 50% of the readers who buy "April Youth" are attracted by Hiroto Akihara.Once the other party stops serializing, sales will definitely drop immediately.

Hiroto Akihara sighed: "Editor Oshiro, the current cooperation between me and "April Youth" is pretty good, so I have no intention of stopping the cooperation for the time being."

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, I also have my own selfishness in it."

"My own selfishness?" Dashiro Lixiang was a little puzzled.

Hiroto Akihara put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Oshiro Torika, and said in a firm tone; "I want to see if I can cooperate with the editorial department to make "April Youth" the number one magazine in the industry!"

When he was still in Mantansha, he made an agreement with Asano Aiko to make "New" the number one literary journal in the industry.But I didn't expect a series of accidents later, so that this agreement could only end without a problem.

Well now, "April Youth" once again gave him this opportunity, allowing him to use this platform to realize his original ideal.

If "April Youth" really became the No. [-] magazine in the industry with my help, then I would be greatly famous in the neon literary world!

Oshiro Torika didn't expect Akihara Hiroto to have such ambitions, so he couldn't speak for a while.

In addition to the quality of the works themselves, the sales ranking of magazines also depends on factors such as channels, publicity, and sales.More often, changes in the market and the works and strategies of competitors have to be considered.

But now, the teacher Qiuyuan in front of her actually thinks that "April Youth" can become the number one in the industry!Is this too optimistic? !

Dashiro Lixiang opened her mouth, and was about to say something, but she couldn't help thinking of a question - when did she lose so much vigor that she didn't even dare to think about it.

It's all about human effort, if the quality of Mr. Qiuyuan's works can be guaranteed, and I ask for some support from the teaching center, then I really can't say what the future of "April Youth" will be like!

More than a month ago, I thought that "April Youth" would fall out of the ranks of the four major literary magazines.But I didn't expect that it is even possible to surpass the third-ranked "Spring of Literature" now!

Oshiro Lixiang thought about the problem from a different angle, and her heart was about to move.Since Mr. Akihara has this idea, why doesn't the editorial department try it out with him.

Even if you can't get the first place, you can still make money if you can get the second place!

Oshiro Lixiang made a decision in her heart, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Akihara, I understand your thoughts. Regarding the marketing promotion in the future, the editorial department will not relax."

Hiroto Akihara nodded in satisfaction, he was just worried that "April Youth" would be satisfied with his grades if he saw a little better.

Since the editor-in-chief of Dacheng said so, then the problem is not big.

"Editor-in-chief Dacheng, please take a quick look at this manuscript of mine."

Naturally, Oshiro Toshika had nothing to say. Since he had decided to continue to deepen cooperation with Akihara Hiroto, he would naturally not despise the other party's manuscript.But she still had some doubts in her heart. After all, Yuu Akihara had just finished the serialization, and yet another manuscript was brought in so soon, so there might be some quality problems.

Forget it, let's see for ourselves.

She solemnly opened the file bag, then took out the copy inside and looked at it, but she was attracted by just looking at it briefly, and it took more than ten minutes to recover, and said with relief: "Teacher Qiuyuan , your new serial...is quite different from the previous style, I will read it carefully today, please rest assured."

Hiroto Akihara nodded, and also smiled to show that he knew.

Prior to this, his serial "The Invisible Guest" was a long story, and many of the contents needed to be read later to understand the subtleties, so it put a great test on readers' patience.

So he learned his lesson this time, and prepared to adopt the form of series of reasoning short stories just like the "ZOO" series.In this way, the threshold for readers to read can be lowered.

But he thought about it, and said tactfully, "If necessary, I can modify the content here."

"Mr. Akihara, the editorial department of your work still believes it very much," Oshiro Lixiang said directly: "If there is no problem, we will directly publish the original text here."

Akihara Hiroto didn't shirk anymore, after all, what he took out were all classics from his previous life, so there's nothing to change, so he smiled and said, "Anyway, I'll trouble you, editor-in-chief Oshiro!"

Akihara Hiroto thought about it, and felt that the remaining time should be left for the other party to read the manuscript carefully, so he got up and said goodbye.Dashiro Lixiang didn't send him off either, but once again politely asked him to take care of his health.