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She raised her head and took a serious look at Ochi Masaki, "If necessary, maybe your child needs a letter of recommendation."

Hearing this opinion, Ochi Masaki hesitated, but he didn't expect the other party to say this.

Although he knows some famous people in traditional literature, but when it comes to foreign fame, there may not be one or two who can compare with Akihara Yuto.

And if you want a letter of recommendation, it often means that you owe a favor.

After thinking hard for a long time, he sighed and took the envelope on the table.

Asano Aiko watched his actions and showed a satisfied smile.

Well, this is the third traditional literary book reviewer to be persuaded today!

[Chapter 270.269 Pry open the eggshell]

In the neon publishing industry, there is often a vague and uncertain standard for whether different types of publications are big sellers.

For example, comics, because they target the widest audience, naturally have the highest sales.

Therefore, the standards for popular works often have to reach more than tens of millions of books (such as Pirates, Ghost Slayer, etc.).

After the manga, there is this one.

Among them, reasoning and lightness often exceed 50 copies (this standard is lowered year by year) to be considered a big seller.

But traditional literature or pure literature, the standard is the lowest.

Some people in the industry believe that as long as it can reach 10 copies, it will be fine.

Under the huge sales gap between publications, the wealth gap between the creators of different publications has gradually widened.

Manga artist Eiichiro Oda, relying on the royalties of "One Piece", has an annual income of 31 billion yen (more than 2 million yuan), but this income is still lower than Akira Toriyama.

The reasoner, Keigo Higashino, originally had an annual income of around 15 billion yen (the Chinese market accounted for half of the income).

When it comes to traditional literary creators, there are often few who can show their hands.

It wasn't until Haruki Murakami's "Norwegian Forest" came out that neon traditionalists once again had a place on the writer's wealth list.

However, judging from the reality, the income of most traditional literature authors and book reviewers is often pitifully low because of the sales volume of their works.

In order to make a living, most of them had to find a formal job, and thus engaged in writing and commenting on traditional literature while working.

This is the case in Hiroto Akihara's current world, so after passing the investigation, he found a way to break the situation other than his own creation.

That is to pry the mouths of some traditional literary book reviewers by throwing money or giving gifts.

He doesn't believe that all book reviewers are so clean, for the so-called "glory" of traditional literature, they refuse to receive money to write good things.

And to be honest, the money for buying these people is nothing to him.

Because of the self-funded publication and the constant standing on the cusp of public opinion, Hiroto Akihara's annual royalty income has almost reached the level of Keigo Higashino, and even exceeded it.

Therefore, the most important thing is to first open up the situation in front of him that the traditional literary world "shut him out".

Minato District, Akihara Yuu's family.

"Qiu Yuan, there are almost 20 book reviewers who have agreed to write related book reviews, and they are..."

Asano Aiko sat on the sofa and reported a list to Akihara Yuto who was sitting on the other side

Akihara Hiroto pondered while listening to these names.

After listening carefully, he found that they were just some small periodicals and magazines that sold thousands of copies, and there were no heavyweight book reviewers.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Where is Ms. Akiyama Shoko?"

Akiyama Shoko, editor-in-chief of "Literary Review", has sold almost 1 copies.

But in addition to this identity, she is also the president of the Kyoto Literature Research Association, and has a certain reputation in the industry.

In Akihara Hiroto's previous investigation, it was found that in order to promote the development of traditional literature in the Kyoto area, the other party has been running around to raise funds and support young writers in recent years.

Knowing that the other party was short of money, Hiroto Akihara naturally listed him as an alternative target, and even prepared to spend at least 500 million yen for the activity.

Asano Aiko hesitated for a moment, but still said the truth: "The other party said that they hope to meet in Kyoto in three days."

Akihara Hiroto touched his chin, wondering if the other party felt that the money was not enough.

After careful consideration, he still agreed.

In short, meet with each other first, and see what the other party means before making a decision.

Time passed quickly, and on the appointed day, Hiroto Akihara and Asano took the Shinkansen to Kyoto.

In a reserved tea room, they met the Ms. Akiyama Shoko.

Akiyama Shoko is almost in her 40s, wearing all-black work clothes, with a calm demeanor.

After the two sides introduced themselves, she took the initiative to make two cups of tea for Qiu Yuan and the others.

Watching her movements, Hiroto Akihara said politely, "Has Ms. Akiyama learned the tea ceremony before?"

Akiyama Shoko replied politely: "Because of family reasons, I learned some when I was young."

The three of them talked politely about the topic of "tea ceremony" before entering the formal topic.

Akiyama Shoko narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Mr. Akihara, I have read your "Snow Country"."

"How's your evaluation?"

"Not bad, very good." Akiyama Shoko replied in an affirmative tone: "But..."

After a pause, she continued: "Since you are writing aesthetic literature, why don't you take teacher Yuichiro Yoshikawa as your teacher?"

Before that, she had finished reading "Snow Country" delivered by Aiko Asano, and was amazed at the beautiful words and sentences in it.

So in her opinion, if Hiroto Akihara takes Yuichiro Yoshikawa as his teacher, this work will probably be welcomed by the traditional literary book critics immediately.

Hiroto Akihara glanced at her, he didn't expect such a stupid question.

If I were to become a teacher, I would probably immediately offend the world of reasoning literature, and reasoning literature is the foundation of my standing.

After thinking about it, he still made up an excuse, and said solemnly: "That's because I want to write my own things."

"Your own stuff?"

Akiyama Shoko was a little puzzled, after all, in the traditional literary world, the master-apprentice system has become a tradition.