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As for the others, we can only wait for the work "Guhata Ren Saburo" to slowly ferment, and then prompt fans and book reviewers to recommend it spontaneously.

That being said, he wasn't busy with signings all day long, but took time out to write the manuscripts for the next three issues and hand them over to Hideki Awazu.

In addition, according to Asano Aiko's special arrangement, he basically stays in hotels or hotels with their own hot springs - basically after working hard every day, he can go to the hot springs to relax his tired body.

In fact, Akihara Yuto was a little surprised when he found out that every city has a hot spring hotel or hotel, but Asano Aiko quickly told him the specific reason.

Because it is located in the Pacific volcanic and seismic belt, Japan's crustal activity is very intense, which has also created a large number of hot springs.

From south to north, there are almost 2600 hot springs and 7.5 hot spring hotels.A large number of hot spring hotels have also led to a culture where people love hot springs very much.

According to incomplete statistics, almost 1.1 million people go to hot springs every year, which is equivalent to the number of all Japanese citizens.In other words, basically every Japanese resident will go to a hot spring once a year.

In the process of signing a sale while soaking in the hot springs, Hiroto Akihara found that December passed quickly.

……

During this month, the second, third, and fourth issues of "April Youth" were also released one by one. The fourth issue is about the writer's murder of his wife.

The structure of the story is very clear, and they all introduce the special relationship and tactics between the murderer and the victim, and then Ren Saburo Guhata came to the scene and discovered it, and finally the murderer stood up and repented.

It looks very simple, but simplicity does not mean that readers do not agree. After all, for this kind of continuous detective, the most important thing is the logical method of reasoning to solve the case.

For example, the Conan and Jintian series, although many people say that it is boring or the routine pattern is repetitive, but there are still many core readers who agree.

Under such circumstances, the sales volume of "April Youth" has gradually increased steadily: the sales volume of the second issue remained at 19 copies, the sales volume of the third issue reached 5 copies, and the sales volume of the fourth issue reached 20 copies. 20 volumes.

It's hard to say how much of this is due to the signing event, but judging from the rankings, it is already firmly at No.3, maintaining a significant gap with "Spring of Literature".

After confirming this point, the teaching center paid more attention to the editorial department of "April Youth" and increased resource support.

It is not that "Spring of Literature" did not try to fight back to regain the market, but their most important core market was seized by "April Youth".So even with continuous efforts, the sales volume can only be kept between 18 and 19 copies.

As for "Tokyo Youth" and "Tokyo Literature", the sales volume still maintains the first and second positions, and it will be difficult to surpass them in the short term.

However, Hiroto Akihara and the editorial department of "April Youth" are not discouraged. After all, although it is difficult to surpass in the short term, the gap between them is constantly narrowing.

By constantly playing steadily, sooner or later you can reach or exceed the sales volume of the other party!

What pleased Hiroto Akihara the most was that with the serialization of "Furuhata Rensaburo", some neutral book reviewers also paid attention to it, and spontaneously wrote about this work.

When Hiroto Akihara was reading the newspaper on a chair in the hotel, he found a medium-sized newspaper in which a book reviewer commented: Furuhata Rensaburo is the most charming protagonist in Hiroto Akihara's series. Full of cynicism, although it is incompatible with the traditional image of the police, it is very impressive.

The reviewer also wrote:

"Furuhata Rensaburo is carrying his back at work, his clothes are not slim, most of the time he is not vigorous and resolute and sometimes lazy during investigations, he often bullies his assistant Imaizumi, and he rides a bicycle when he arrives. There are too many qualities that do not sound tall. .But these characteristics are in an extremely sharp contrast with the "fighting of wits and courage" with the murderer when solving the case."

"He will not be proud of his identity as a policeman and force the suspect to answer questions in a businesslike manner. Instead, he will use various excuses and use "thick skin" to get close, so as to obtain all possible clues. From the beginning to the end of his investigation , all exuding a very elegant temperament.”

This is a rare long review, almost two-thirds of the page, but it mainly focuses on the description of the protagonist.

So Akihara Hiroto asked Asano Aiko to find a relatively influential newspaper, which was an expression of other contents of the work.

"The work "Guhata" informs readers in advance of the design of the criminal's crime process, unlike general reasoning that can only be substituted into the detective's perspective, which enhances the fun."

"The murderers are basically middle-class, and each murderer has a different occupation. Many stories involve the background knowledge of these occupations. It is a picture of the customs of contemporary Japanese society."

"The fullness of the criminal's character gives this book a great attraction. During the reading process, some readers may even find that the murderer gradually becomes anxious and worried. Even for some murderers, readers even sympathize with it. This is very Rare."

After reading it, Hiroto Akihara subconsciously glanced at the name of the author of this book review, and found that it looked familiar——Toshihiro Yadai, who had written a book review for him when he just published "Xiaoshi and Yoko".

Unexpectedly, the other party is still supporting me until now, which can be regarded as a hardcore supporter.

Next time I have a chance, I still want to invite the other party to have a drink and get together for a while. After all, others support me so much, how can I do it if I don’t give some feedback!

Hiroto Akihara put down the newspaper, wiped his wet hair, and walked down the stairs to a computer room in the hotel.

He turned on the computer and looked at the feedback on the Internet.As a result, he looked at it and frowned...

[Chapter 199.198 I'm happy and irritable at the same time]

Unlike the situation in the newspapers where almost all the works of "Furuhata Ren Saburo" were well received, the comments on the Internet were much more chaotic, and some people even criticized the work.

Hiroto Akihara frowned, and felt very speechless after reading some critical content.

Most of these critical posts were posted by readers of another work.

Some people claim that the work "Furuhata Ren Saburo" is far behind the detective "Detective Uemura" being serialized in "Tokyo Youth", both in terms of character design and plot.

But Hiroto Akihara also found that there were various counterattack messages under these critical posts.

"Is this person crazy? The old-fashioned work of "Detective Shangcun", I want to sleep after watching it for three seconds."

"I think he's just criticizing. I've watched the last few issues of "Furuhata Rensaburo" and it's very good!"

"Shut up! I suspect that you haven't seen this work at all, so don't come here to scold me."

"Does the administrator not care about it, just put this kind of post here?"

"You can see a sense of superiority from reading a book? It's just stupid. I really don't know why there are such people."

"Let's break up, the other party is a jerk, the more you are scolded, the happier you are..."

……

The following words changed the wind, and some people even discussed the plot of "Guhata Ren Saburo", guessing what the next issue will be.Some people complained about "Detective Murakami", thinking that the other party has serialized dozens of issues, almost all of which are a routine.

Hiroto Akihara took a look, and registered a "Sanqianyuan" account, and sent a few replies below.After all, I just finished soaking in the hot spring, so I have nothing to do now.

He simply replied to a few posts, and then looked at the posts, and found that besides the posts of criticism, there were also hundreds of posts praising "Ren Saburo Guhata".

Someone even posted a post to set up a fan club of Ren Saburo Furuhata.

Under the post about the club, although the popularity is not very high, there are hundreds of people building buildings.

After reading these posts, Akihara Hiroshi is satisfied, after all, these readers who will post on the Internet are undoubtedly the core fans of the work "Furuhata Ren Saburo"!

After having core fans, they will recommend this work to others!In this case, the sales of "April Youth" will undoubtedly increase!

Very good, everything is developing according to the expected track now!

……

When Hiroto Akihara was happy, a 50-year-old man with a beard was staring at the line "Furuhata Rensaburo" on the page of the magazine in his hand, showing an irritable expression.

His name is Furuya Masaaki, and he is a writer who signed a contract with the magazine.And the manuscript he is serializing now is called "Detective Shangcun".

It has been almost 5 years since he created this work.