tokyo writer

The only good thing is that this work is a social school.

So it can only be said that it is not a complete failure.

However, everyone knows the winners of the Uemura Award this time.

……

A week later, the small meeting room on the third floor of Tsutaya Bookstore.

Hiroto Akihara, Sota Nishijima, and Aiko Asano held a small meeting to study the first week's sales of "Train".

Asano Aiko took the document sent by the statistics department and read: "The sales volume in the first week was almost 5 copies, of which the sales volume in Tokyo was 4 copies, and the sales volume outside Tokyo was only 1 copies.

Calculated according to the channel, most of the books sold directly to bookstores have been sold by 8%, and some bookstores have already called for new orders.However, the dealer only sold 4% of it, and has not yet been contacted. "

Sota Nishijima was a little puzzled: "It's not right, why is there such a big gap between the data of dealers and bookstores direct sales."

Logically speaking, the sales volume of a book or the market is determined, so whether it is a dealer or a bookstore, a balanced digital ratio should be maintained overall.

So the bookstore has sold 8% of it, so the distributors should also sell 7% or 8% of it.

"Because Tokyo Sales and Neon Sales played a little trick."

Hiroto Akihara took out two order booklets from the document bag and handed them to the other two.

These two order booklets were sent to various cooperative bookstores by two distributors, Tokyo Sales and Neon Sales, and all the book numbers and publisher information currently on sale are written.

If a general bookstore wants to order a book, it has to find the book from the order form and call the dealer to order it.

Nishijima Sota and Asano Aiko took the order book and looked at it carefully, but when they looked at it, they both had expressions of surprise on their faces.

Because on the first 10 pages of the order book, this "Train" by Hiroto Akihara was not written at all, and I didn't see the name of this book until the bottom of the 11th page.

"Akihara, we should go to them to protest!" Aiko Asano said angrily.

The further back the order book is placed, the more it will be ignored by the bookstore manager.

As a best-selling author, Hiroto Akihara should not enjoy this treatment.

Hiroto Akihara shook his head, "Asano, it doesn't make sense. After all, it is Keifansha who is driving all this. If you look carefully, you will find that Keifansha's deduction works are placed at the front of the order book instead."

Hearing these words, Asano Aiko and Nishijima Sota lowered their heads and looked further.

But looking at it, the two found that something was getting more and more wrong.

In this order book, the rankings of many works under Jingfanshe are placed in the front position, and even some unpopular works are ranked in the first 3 pages.

In addition, all of Hiroto Akihara's previous works were pushed to the back.

Asano Aiko wanted to say a few more words, but Akihara Yuto waved his hand.

"Asano, all of this is normal business competition, nothing is fair or not.

If Jingfanshe does nothing, their speculative publication market will be further occupied by us,

Therefore, it is normal for them to suppress us by relying on their own shares in the dealership. "

Hiroto Akihara was very open about this matter.

After all, cutting off one's fortune is like killing one's parents, and Jing Fanshe's promotion of dealers to compete in business is just a very reasonable means.

However, I am no longer the young writer who just debuted.

Since they want to use the dealer's monopoly to suppress themselves, they will use normal business methods to break their monopoly.

Sota Nishijima sighed, "It seems that chain bookstores are going to speed up."

His mood is a little complicated.

One is that the publishing house is thriving but was targeted and suppressed by Jing Fanshe, and the other is that the suppression of the other party also proved the strength of Tsutaya Bookstore Publishing House.

All in all, it is a kind of "honor" to be the enemy of one of the four major publishing houses.

"How is the progress of the chain bookstore now?"

Hiroto Akihara asked casually, and Sota Nishijima explained.

"Currently the clerks of the directly-operated store are being recruited, and more than 30 employees have been recruited for training, most of them are college graduates, and a small number of them are former bookstore employees, and the location of the bookstore is also being checked.

As for the franchise store, Ms. Sugihara has contacted a group of former bookstore employees, 50 of whom are willing to accept loans and open a store. "

Sotai Nishijima reported on the eight classics.

He was not optimistic about this plan at first, but as he got more contact with him, he felt that it was more feasible.

And now because of the suppression of dealers, it is difficult to enter the market outside Tokyo.

Therefore, this method may be the only means.

Hiroto Akihara nodded, "When will the first directly-operated store open at the earliest."

"The first one is going to be set up near Yokohama National University, and it will open in two months at the earliest, and it will take five months at the earliest to set up directly-operated stores in all counties across the country."

Hiroto Akihara nodded, thinking about the issue of time in his heart.

My own "Train" has been sent to be shortlisted for the Uemura Award.

It is estimated that two months later, that is, at the end of November, the shortlist will be officially announced, and by February next year, the news of his award is expected to be officially published in the newspapers.

Perhaps, I can achieve my goal through the Uemura Award!

After thinking for a while, he said to Sota Nishijima: "President Nishijima, after the reprint later, I think we should reduce the supply of books for Tokyo sales and neon sales..."

Nishijima Sota and Asano Aiko showed puzzled eyes, while Akihara Yuto explained.

In fact, his purpose is also very simple. The Uemura Award is undoubtedly a good opportunity for the work to be exposed.

At that point, no matter how tricky Tokyo Sales and Neon Sales are, it can't prevent this book from being recognized and ordered by bookstore managers everywhere.

But if they find that there is no source of goods from the distributor, they will inevitably call the publishing house.

With the order and contact, the publishing house can completely abandon the distributors in the future and achieve direct sales to bookstores around the world.

But before that, you must first build your channels and network.

All in all, all I need to do now is just wait for time!

[313.3 Chapter [-] What exactly does he want to do? ]

Time flies, and soon it will be 2 months later.