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"Mr. Akihara, although you didn't win the Uemura Award this time, I promise that as long as you are shortlisted for the Bengepai next time, you will never encounter any injustice in the selection."

Takada Tomohisa's words also have their own thoughts.

The first point is to continue to make good friends with Hiroto Akihara, hoping that he can create more works similar to "Astrology Murder".

In fact, this work is very important for the current Xinbenge.

So he plans to nominate this work at the Uemura Award in the second half of the year, and it will have the effect of promotion.

The second point is that as Hiroto Akihara's reputation has grown, it has become increasingly difficult to set a threshold for him in award selection.

After all, in the eyes of many readers, the fact that their favorite work did not win the award will undoubtedly arouse their anger and even affect the credibility of the award.

That being the case, it is better to let go early to avoid this ending.

Akihara Hiroto didn't expect this surprise, but he quickly understood the intention of the other party's friendship, and thanked him politely.

The two of them didn't talk about this topic any more after that, they just chatted about a few things in life, and then ended the conversation.

……

After bidding farewell to Takada Tomohisa, Akihara Yuto showed joy on his face.

Although my original intention to persuade some radicals in this style failed, the book "Astrology" actually brought me other benefits.

After all, Takada Tomohisa is the speaker of the new book, so his words are quite convincing.

So you don't have to worry about being made things difficult for winning awards or something!

Relying on the works in my mind, it is only a matter of time before I win a grand slam in the well-known literary awards of Neon.

His footsteps suddenly became brisk, and then he walked to Shinta Kawai's office with a smile.

But before entering the office, he restrained his smile.

In any case, for the promotion of the moderates' claims, I really did not have much "substantial" help this time.

"Akihara, you're here, let's have lunch together."

After seeing Hiroto Akihara coming, Shinta Kawai smiled and asked him to sit down, and then asked the secretary to bring two bento dishes.

Hiroto Akihara was also polite, picked up the sushi and ate it, and found that the taste was very ordinary, even a bit unpalatable.

"The association's funds are limited, please forgive me." Kawai Shinta said with a smile: "How was the chat with Takada-sensei?"

Hiroto Akihara thought about it, and told everything he had talked with Takada Tomohisa, including the fact that he would be waived in the award selection.

This kind of thing can't be hidden, so let's finish it honestly.

Kawai Shinta nodded after listening to the whole thing, and didn't seem too disappointed, but just skipped the topic.

"Then when do you plan to release this book?"

Akihara Hiroto replied without hesitation, "As soon as possible."

After buying a house and going to court, his savings have shrunk a lot, and the monthly royalty income of his previously released works has also been decreasing.

In addition, because of the "Daguan Zhenghe" assassination case, I have gained the attention and favor of many people.

Since I still have a certain degree of social enthusiasm, the sooner this book is released to the market, the better!

Shinta Hehe smiled and said, "Have you thought about the girdle copywriting?"

Hiroto Akihara was a little puzzled, after all, wasn't the editor thinking of this kind of copywriting?

Could it be that Kawai Shinta wants to provide himself with a recommendation?

"Not yet," he replied.

Shinta Kawai stood up, tore off a piece of paper from his notebook, took out a pen, wrote a sentence on the paper, and handed it to Hiroto Akihara.

Akihara Hiroto was a little puzzled, but he was surprised when he saw this sentence.

On this piece of paper, it says "Recommended by the Mystery Writers Association: This is a great work that can change the future of reasoning!"

He hesitated for a moment, and asked hesitantly, "Wouldn't this be inappropriate?"

Although Kawai Shinta is the vice president of the Reasoning Writers Association, the association is composed of all writers after all, and has strict faction divisions.

The four words of great works seem a bit too exaggerated.

But to his surprise, Kawai Shinta laughed, "Who would object?"

The Benge faction and others who are most likely to oppose have been persuaded, and the Socialists and others have made friends with themselves.

As the vice president, I still have the right to write a recommendation.

Looking at Kawai Shinta's smile, Akihara Hiroto also knew that he took it for granted, so he also accepted the kindness with a smile.

After having the "endorsement" from the Mystery Writers Association, it's hard for my work to sell well!

……

After leaving the Mystery Writers Association, Hiroto Akihara immediately went to Yasujiu Bookstore with the manuscript, and met Aiko Asano, Maki Satake and others, and began to arrange the publication of the book.

After the discussion at the meeting, the corresponding work was also arranged, including text proofreading, cover design and distribution through other channels.

Not only that, Hiroto Akihara also spent a certain amount of extra expenses as channel fees for promotion and kickbacks for cooperative bookstores.

During the time he cooperated with "April Youth", he was not only writing, but also learned a lot of marketing knowledge.

So this time, he used it directly!

Faced with the attention paid by Akihara Hiroto, a "big customer", Ajiujin Goichi naturally did not dare to ignore it. Now the business volume of the other party accounts for about 7% of Anjiu Bookstore's total revenue.

If he offended him a little, he might be kicked away directly.

However, Hiroto Akihara has no idea about this, because the cooperation with Anjiu Bookstore is very smooth - through the contract, he controls the other party's profit at about 5-7%.

Even if he gets rid of the other party and works alone, he may not get much profit, and he has to work hard to coordinate the work of the staff.

All in all, under a series of intensive arrangements, the work of the book "Astrology Murder" is progressing smoothly.

In terms of books, the bookstore invited a special big-name designer to design a suitable book cover, and put the sentence presented by Kawai Shinta in the position of "girdle".

In terms of channels, with the help of the name "Akihara Hiroto", we have successfully reached further cooperation with major bookstores, including posting posters and lucky draws for gifts.

The "April Youth" of the Kejiao Museum learned about the relevant situation, and through matchmaking, it arranged for five large bookstores who were interested in it, and set up a special signing event.