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Because it involves privacy, he deliberately avoided this topic, and continued: "Because of this meeting, I became suspicious, and investigated the lady named Reiko. I found out that the other party was run by Jing Fanshe. Specialist of the Ministry of Intelligence."

Jing Fan Society? !

Hiroto Akihara frowned and thought about it. The other party was one of the four major publishing houses.

Although it has been at the bottom of the four major publishing houses all year round, and is getting bigger and bigger with the other three major publishing houses, it still has a lot of influence in the industry.

So what is the purpose of Jing Fanshe looking for Goichi Akutsu?

Sota Nishijima continued: "Mr. Akihara, did Jingfanshe talk to you about copyright before?"

Hiroto Akihara nodded, "The other party wanted me to hand over the reprint copyright of my work to Jing Fanshe for publication, but I refused."

Sota Nishijima was not surprised, but laughed: "Mr. Akihara, it's no wonder the other party sees you as a thorn in their side."

A thorn in the side?

Hiroto Akihara was a little puzzled. To tell the truth, his enemies were probably the Mandansha family, and although the other party felt uncomfortable with him, they reached a settlement because of a series of incidents.

Besides, I am a writer, so why would I have an enmity with a publishing house.

Nishijima Sota seemed to see Hiroto Akihara's doubts, and explained: "Mr. Akihara, last year, Kefansha's market share of reasoning publications was about 7%, but this year because of your work, their The market share has declined sharply, even less than two-thirds of the same time in previous years.

You moved their cake, and it's normal for them to see you as a competitor. "

He continued: "Mr. Qiuyuan, although you don't have any shares in Anjiu Bookstore, you are still the beneficiary of the biggest profit after the book is released. Compared with you, the profit of Anjiu Bookstore can only be regarded as a fraction.

Do you think President An Jiu can really be satisfied with earning only this little hard work? "

"Although I don't know what President An Jiu is going to do now, both he and Jing Fanshe are dissatisfied with you, and even contacted them privately and held several meetings. These have proved a lot."

After listening to this explanation, Hiroto Akihara sorted out the cause and effect, and also understood why Sota Nishijima said that Goichi Akutsu "maybe" betrayed him.

After all, there is no direct evidence, and everything is just speculation.

And even if he wanted to betray him, what kind of action would the other party take?

At this time, Akihara Hiroto thought of the 10-year exclusive contract, and had a different idea in his heart.

Perhaps the key to everything lies in this contract!

In addition, I have to investigate that person named Reiko Minami!

[Chapter 290.289 Do a good job]

After some conversation, Hiroto Akihara sent Nishijima Sota away.

Looking at his leaving back, Akihara Hiroto's heart sank.

Before that, he never thought that An Jiujin would "betray" him for a while. After all, even if he didn't talk about friendship, from the perspective of commercial interests, An Jiu Bookstore should be inseparable from him.

Unless, Jing Fanshe can bring greater benefits to the other party? !

But what surprised Hiroto Akihara even more was that it was Sota Nishijima's "informant" on Go Akutsu's actions.

But after some conversation, Akihara Hiroto also heard the other party's motive for doing so.

In this incident, Ankujin Gangyi completely abandoned the "veteran" Nishijima Sota, so that Nishijima was aggrieved.

And in Nishijima Sota's view, even if he went out to start a publishing house alone, it might not be worse than Anjiu Bookstore.

Therefore, his purpose is also the idea of ​​obtaining the copyright of his own works.

Having said that, what would Akutsu Goichi do?

Hiroto Akihara thought about it for a while, then made a call and asked Asano Aiko to contact a well-known management consulting company in the industry.

The so-called management consulting, also known as strategic consulting, is often a group of "experienced" consultants who provide advice or guidance on the operation and other aspects of the enterprise.

Therefore, they often have a clearer understanding of some commercial traps in the industry.

7 p.m., Funai Management Research Institute.

Hiroto Akihara and Aiko Asano came to a special reception room and met a 40-year-old woman in a close-fitting suit. The other party was named Rie Sugitake, a senior industry consultant specializing in the publishing industry.

After handing over the cause and effect and various legal contracts to the other party for review, Hiroto Akihara asked: "Ms. Sugitake, what do you think Anjiu Bookstore will do?"

The copyright contract that An Jiujin handed over to him just now is a standard contract, and there is no legal problem.

Unless it goes bankrupt, it must strictly enforce the contract, that is, vigorously publish and promote its own works.

Under such circumstances, it is difficult to imagine what traps the other party will set.

Rie Sugitake pushed his glasses subconsciously, and then said in a calm voice: "Mr. Akihara, based on the internal information you said, this incident is mainly because Jingfanshe wants to further monopolize the publishing field of reasoning literature.

After a pause, she continued: "Looking at it this way, Jing Fanshe may adopt the method of acquiring Anjiu Bookstore."

Hiroto Akihara nodded and continued, "Please continue."

"Under the deliberate concealment of President Ajiu Jingangyi, you will sign this exclusive agreement. Then Jingfanshe will artificially control the subsequent operations by acquiring Anjiu Bookstore, such as reducing batches and publicity."

"In this case, the follow-up sales of your works will also be affected, which will make Jingfanshe's reasoning occupy the market and achieve their desired purpose."

Akihara Yuto thought about it, and found that this method is very feasible, but he was still a little puzzled, and continued to ask: "In this case, won't Jing Fanshe's own reputation be affected?"

I am now considered a public celebrity, and my voice is indispensable, and I am also a writer.

But if Jing Fanshe does this, it will undoubtedly look ugly, which will not only make some writers dissatisfied, but even make some small and medium-sized publishing houses in the industry feel insecure.

Sugitake Rie nodded, and said, "In addition to this approach, the other party is more likely to let Anjiu Jingang directly apply for the bankruptcy procedure of Anjiu Bookstore."

"Go bankrupt?" Hiroto Akihara was surprised.

When I first met An Jiujin Gangichi, the other party said that my broken publishing house was the same as my lifeblood, but now it is going to go bankrupt directly.

But how should this process work? "

"Mr. Akihara, according to your informant, An Jiujin Goichi had specifically hired the person in charge of finance and personnel, and avoided other departments. From a practical point of view, this is a precursor to layoffs.

I think that he may have signed a guarantee agreement with Jing Fanshe. As for the content of the guarantee, it is the right to exercise all the copyrights of Anjiu Bookstore.

So once Anjiu Bookstore goes bankrupt, Jingfanshe has the right to fulfill this agreement and publish all your works. "

Asano Aiko was a little confused when she heard it, so she asked, "If it wasn't for the acquisition, why did President Anjiu agree to go bankrupt directly? And even if the copyright was transferred to Jingfansha, Mr. Akihara's works would still have to be published. ?”

Before Sugitake Rie could answer, Akihara Yuto directly interrupted the topic, and he had already sorted out a lot of thoughts at this time.

"Asano, Jingfansha may have given An Jiujin Gangyi a certain amount of compensation overseas or in other places that avoid commercial laws. As long as the compensation amount exceeds the losses he filed for bankruptcy, An Jiujin Gangyi will have the possibility to file for bankruptcy directly. Motivated."