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How did this guy's brain grow?

He put aside this thought, invited the two to sit down, and asked the secretary to come in and make two cups of tea.

Immediately afterwards, he took out two more documents and placed them on the coffee table.

"Ms. Akihara, Ms. Asano, this is my plan for opening a second-hand bookstore. Please have a look."

Although he said polite words, he was still very confident in his heart.

Because this information was made by him in more than 10 cities in the past two weeks.

Basically, after investigating the local market conditions, we found the location with the highest cost performance.

On the other side, Hiroto Akihara took over the document and started the review.

He attaches great importance to this plan.

After the two distributors, Tokyo Sales and Neon Sales, adopted a "negative" cooperative attitude, he had to find another way out and find a channel to sell the book.

And these channels are also divided into two distribution markets outside the Tokyo metropolitan area and the Tokyo area.

The Tokyo metropolitan area is undoubtedly the most important. Although its population only accounts for a quarter of the total population of Neon, its per capita GDP and consumption capacity are the highest.

So out of the 300 million books sold by the publishing house last year, 160 million were sold here.

Outside the Tokyo metropolitan area, apart from the two main markets of Osaka and Kyoto, there are a large number of various counties.

While Hiroto Akihara and Aiko Asano were reading the documents, Sota Nishijima also explained at the same time.

"According to Mr. Akihara Yuu's request, the current sales method is mainly by telephone and envelope order, so I plan to set up a special office in the publishing house to answer calls from all over the world.

In order to facilitate the logistics and transportation of the publishing house's books, it is currently planning to open a bookstore with a large warehouse in each of the 47 first-level administrative districts as a designated circulation point for the distribution network.

Because the sales of the bookstore are not the main purpose, I suggest that the scale of the bookstore be reduced and the capacity of the warehouse be increased to achieve the purpose of saving money. "

After hearing these words, Akihara Hiroto looked up at him.

"President Nishijima, aren't you optimistic about the future of the second-hand book market?"

Sota Nishijima replied: "That's not the case, it's just that the funds on the books are not enough."

"How much is there now?"

"Probably only about 1.5 million yen."

Hiroto Akihara asked, "Is the existing store opening cost enough?"

After all, in addition to rent, there are labor costs and early decoration costs for opening a store.

Sota Nishijima said embarrassingly: "I personally suggest that part of the assets of Tsutaya Bookstore be mortgaged to the bank to obtain part of the capital flow."

Hiroto Akihara couldn't help but laugh, the most valuable thing about TSUTAYA BOOKS now is the publishing rights of these books.

But if the copyright is mortgaged to the bank again, maybe something will happen to Jing Fanshe.

So he also heard the meaning in Nishijima Sota's words, that is, he hoped that he could inject further capital to realize this plan.

Asano Aiko naturally understood the meaning, and looked at Akihara Yuto with a questioning look.

Akihara Yuto thought for a while, and then asked: "President Nishijima, who do you think is more suitable for the person in charge of the business of this chain bookstore?"

Opening a bookstore sounds simple, but there are ways to do it in all walks of life.

But the people around Hiroto Akihara are basically in the publishing industry, and they lack knowledge of the specific management methods of the bookstore.

If you don't find a special person to do this, the end result is likely to be nothing.

Sota Nishijima hesitated, and said, "Sorry, I don't have any suitable candidates to recommend."

He actually lied. After all these years in the publishing industry, he certainly knew many suitable bookstore operators himself.

But the person recommended by oneself is likely to be considered as one's own faction.

At present, he is responsible for all the business of the publishing house. If he extends his hand to the distribution channel, it may cause Akihara Hiroto's resentment.

He didn't want to follow the old path of Goichi Akutsu.

Akihara Hiroto was naturally not stupid, and understood the meaning of his words.

But he also intends to tell the truth, after all, in his opinion, the bookstore industry is in a cold winter, and bookstores are closing down and laying off employees every day.

It may not be difficult to find a few suitable candidates.

"Come here first," Hiroto Akihara waved his hand and left the publishing house.

He plans to ask his acquaintances in the past two days to see if there is any suitable recommendation.

……

8:[-] p.m., Sagara Izakaya, Adachi-ku, Tokyo.

As a bookstore clerk, Sugihara Aisa came to the second floor of this izakaya wearing a skirt.

On the second floor, a group of men and women were already sitting and chatting. One of the women waved her hand after seeing Sugihara Aisa: "Aisha-chan, here, here!"

Sugihara Aisa breathed a sigh of relief, hurried over to sit down, and took off her coat.

"Come here, have a drink!" A square-faced man in his thirties smiled and poured wine into the glass in front of Sugihara, and Sugihara Aisa immediately said "Thank you" with a smile.

Soon, side dishes and other dishes were brought up by the waiter one by one, and everyone chatted while drinking.

Looking at the lively scene in front of her, Sugihara Aisa sighed in her heart.

"There are so many old faces missing this year!"

In Neon, there has always been a tradition of industry fellowship, the main purpose is to get acquainted with people (to facilitate job hopping), and the secondary purpose is to go on a blind date.

As a clerk of the Leftover Girls Bookstore, Sugihara Aisa naturally participates in several industry associations organized by the bookstore industry every year.

But what makes her a little uncomfortable is that there are fewer and fewer familiar people.

After thinking about it, she still asked her friend, "Why didn't Misato come?"

"She was laid off by the bookstore, so she went home and went to the hotel."

"Where's Jiucheng-kun?"

"He hasn't been paid for three months, and he doesn't know where he has gone."