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The middle-aged man sighed, and said: "President, we have negotiated with the agent representing Hiroto Akihara, and the other party proposed a very high royalty request, so we can only refuse."

Honda Hoping was puzzled and asked, "How much?"

"50%!"

Hearing this number, Honda Kohei was surprised.

The royalties are directly the pricing of the books, and the big writers in the industry generally get 30% royalties.

Publishing a book, the publishing house's own net profit is less than 30% of the royalties, and it may even be less than 10% because of poor sales.

If it is delivered to Hiroto Akihara at 50% of the royalties, then Jingfanshe is tantamount to helping others to work.

Not only that, even other co-authors can't accept it!

He asked: "Can Anjiu Bookstore offer such a high price?"

The middle-aged man nodded, and then introduced the cooperation model between Akihara Yuto and Anjiu Bookstore.

That is, Anjiu Bookstore is responsible for sales channels and all aspects, and Akihara Yuto takes the absolute net profit, and then returns part of the cash to Anjiu Bookstore.

So, Anjiu Bookstore is completely working for Akihara Hiroto.

Honda Haoping was speechless, he had only heard of one publishing house that worked for writers.

From this point of view, it is absolutely impossible to obtain the copyright from Hiroto Akihara.

He continued to ask: "Executive Tomioka, as the person in charge of the literary business, what is your plan?"

When the middle-aged man heard this question, he hesitated for a long time without saying a word.

Honda Kohei could only look around the audience, and found that everyone avoided his eyes.

At this moment, a female voice sounded.

"President, I suggest buying Anjiu Bookstore!"

[Chapter 288.287 People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants]

Acquire Anjiu Bookstore?

Hearing these words, Honda Kohei and many other managers subconsciously glanced at the proposer, and found that it was Reiko Minome, a special executive of the Operational Intelligence Department.

Honda Hohei thought for a while, then asked: "Specialist, please tell me your reason."

Reiko Hoshime stood up, looked around at everyone, and then reported: "At the industry exchange meeting half a year ago, I had a conversation with the president of Anjiu Bookstore, Anjiu Tsuyoichi. People, there may be some dissatisfaction."

"dissatisfied?"

Kohei Honda was a little puzzled, and everyone on the field began to discuss.

After all, judging from the current market situation, Hiroto Akihara and Anjiu Bookstore are completely dependent on each other.

Without Hiroto Akihara's copyright authorization, Anjiu Bookstore would probably still be a small publishing house.

Reiko Hosome explained: "Yes, he complained that the royalties taken by Hiroto Akihara were too high, so that their publishing house's profits were too low."

After a pause, she continued to answer: "Our intelligence department sent people to conduct investigations. It was found that publishing a book, their average income is only 8% of the royalties. After deducting various expenses, their net profit for half a year is only 2%. About [-] million yen, most of which were paid to Hiroto Akihara."

After listening to this explanation, Honda Kohei "laughed" deep in his heart.

According to the information he knew before, Anjiu Bookstore had a net profit of less than ten million yen a year before it cooperated with Akihara Hiroto.

Now the annual net profit can reach 4 million yen, but the result is not satisfied.

It's really unsatisfactory.

However, in his opinion, this is indeed a good thing, so he asked: "Specialist, in your opinion, how should it be operated?"

Reiko Hozome nodded and continued: "I have two plans..."

……

Three days later, the newly rented office of Anjiu Bookstore.

Asano Aiko and An Jiujin sat in the office, chatting about their recent work while drinking tea.

After reporting the recent sales results, An Jiujin took a document and pushed it in front of Asano Aiko.

"Miss Asano, regarding the copyright of Mr. Akihara's previous works, I hope to add an agreement."

Aiko Asano was a little puzzled, but she still read the document, and then said: "The exclusive cooperation authorization agreement from 95 to 05."

She frowned and glanced at An Jiujin Gangichi, and asked, "President An Jiu, what does this mean?"

Ajiujin just smiled and replied: "That's right, our Anjiu Bookstore is going to further increase the publicity of the works to achieve the point of further occupying the market. But this is a plan that will last for many years, so we are worried that Akihara Yuto will not follow suit. The copyright will be handed over to other publishers."

As the former editor of Mandansha, Aiko Asano understood after a little thought.

For a publishing house, whether to promote a writer and how to promote the writer are also very strategic.

If after the publicity, the author announces that he will hand over the copyright of his work to other publishing houses, it will undoubtedly cause a big problem for the publishing houses that spend a lot of money on publicity.

However, because of the agreement, most publishers will not have such a problem.

The exclusive copyright agreement between Hiroto Akihara and Anjiu Bookstore will expire at the end of 1995.

Asano Aiko thought for a while, and continued: "President Anjiu, don't you believe that Teacher Akihara will hand over the follow-up copyright to Anjiu Bookstore?"

An Jiujin just sighed, and then said: "Teacher Qiuyuan has a very good relationship with the classroom, and I am worried that he will hand over the copyright of some works to the other party."

His expression became a little serious, "Miss Asano, now Anjiu Bookstore is different from before. There are more than 60 employees and more than 40 temporary employees, and even has its own printing factory, store and public relations department. As the president , I am obliged to be responsible for their future."

Asano Aiko looked at the other party's resolute expression and understood what he meant.

That is, as the president of a publishing house, Yakutsu Goichi hopes that the process will be more standardized and formalized, instead of pinning the future of the publishing house on Akihara Hiroto's personal plans.

In this case, I have no reason to refuse.

She frowned and thought for a while, then said, "I need to ask Mr. Qiuyuan for instructions."

Seeing the back of her leaving to make a phone call, An Jiujin showed an inexplicable expression.

In the afternoon, Asano Aiko came to Akihara Yuren's house with the contract, and besides Akihara Yuto, Satake Maki and a lawyer named Kitaoka Yumi were present at the scene.

Satake Maki was born in Anjiu Bookstore, and knows Akutsu Goichi better, while Kitaoka Yumi was invited because he wanted to review the legal issues in the agreement.

After telling the cause and effect, Asano Aiko distributed a copy of the contract to everyone on the field.