Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK

Chapter 397 Difficulties and Serialization Plan [2K5]

"Why did you suddenly remember to call me?"

After closing the door of the study, Watanabe Yu answered the phone, sat down at the desk, and turned on the laptop that was on standby.

"What do you think?"

On the other end of the phone, Beichen Ichiro asked back unhappily, then looked at the pile of documents on the side with a headache.

Thanks to Watanabe's active performance last year, Akiba Books' popularity has also soared, from the top three choices to the only second choice. Although it still cannot compete with the industry leaders, it at least has more qualifications.

If Watanabe can continue to shine in the future, then this "qualification" will naturally become "foundation"

——Our book club has also produced some legendary writers.jpg
"I do not know."

Watanabe Yu held the mouse, clicked on the newly created folder on the desktop, and then clicked on the word file inside.

"...You are also starting to pretend to be confused even though you know the truth, right?"

Beichen Ichiro rubbed his swollen nose, then changed the subject and started talking to himself.

"The situation is this: because of your outstanding performance last year, the book club is now very popular, but there are no new works that can support the place, so..."

He was too lazy to continue playing charades with this guy.

"So you are in urgent need of a work that can hold the fort?"

Watanabe Yu took over his topic and glanced at the lower left corner of the document page.

The text statistics show the number is 45000.

"correct."

Beichen Yilang nodded, his expression slightly relaxed, but he still had that complaining tone, "You know that competition in traditional industries like publishing is fierce, and if you're not careful, it's easy to lose your reputation.

“If a publishing house loses its reputation, it will soon die.

“Even if you become famous, you can’t be arrogant. You still have to work diligently because the senior publishers around you are watching you.

"Although they won't deliberately set up a scheme to suppress you, they are still happy to poach your people when the time is right, under the euphemism of fair competition in the market economy."

Having said that, he couldn't help but sigh.

Originally he just wanted to gain Watanabe Yu's sympathy, but after he said that he really felt uncomfortable.

"It's been like walking on thin ice all the way, right?"

Watanabe Yu took up the conversation.

"Yes." Beichen Yilang took a deep breath, adjusted his mood, and continued to speak according to the prepared speech, "Just now I mentioned... well, thanks to your shining last year, our book club has become very famous.

"It has not only boosted the popularity of the book club, but also improved our position in the industry, and made a large number of new authors choose us as their first choice.

"In the long run, we are on a steady path to improvement.

"But whether it's life or career, you can't just look to the future. I mean, you have to consider the present reality as well."

If possible, he didn't want to make such a preachy speech.

But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't think of a suitable substitute, so he had no choice but to continue speaking.

"You mean that the core authors of our publishing house either have no intention of writing new books this year?"

Watanabe Yu didn't mean to complain about him, but asked out of curiosity.

One of the reasons why he chose Akiba Books was because Akiba Books had the largest number of core authors and new authors in the industry among all publishing houses.

Theoretically speaking, if the sample size is large enough, no matter how dark the west is, there should be a few bright spots in the east.

"How could there not be? Yes, but the problem is that what they wrote is not very satisfactory." Beichen Yilang couldn't help sighing again, "I also tried to contact those old masters in the industry, but they either didn't have a plan, or...

“It’s just that I’ve already made an agreement with someone.

"Of course, I have to make a point for myself. The old gentlemen I found did not have long-term cooperation contracts with any publishing house. They are more like 'mercenaries' in this industry?
“They will work with whoever offers the highest price.”

In fact, this is also what most authors do after becoming famous.

Either you open your own publishing house and sell books from one hand to the other, or you wait for various publishing houses to contact you and see whose price is higher.

However, there are also those who find it troublesome and will give priority to their old employer.

"There's no need to explain this, I understand." Watanabe carefully considered his words, "As for the new book, I do have some ideas and have written a little bit, but..."

He didn't finish his words, but left them half way.

"but?"

Beichen Ichiro took over the conversation.

He knew that in most conversations, once the word "but" appeared, no matter how good the previous words were, everything would be based on what came after the "but". But unfortunately, at the moment, he had no choice.

"Due to the current situation and my original idea for the book, I personally think that this new book is more suitable for serialization than a one-time publication, that is, the kind placed in a dedicated magazine."

Watanabe Yu no longer kept the secret and expressed his thoughts.

Before the time travel, "White Night Walk" was first published in the form of magazine serials, and then after it became a big hit, a bound publishing house version was released.

"...I can, but can I ask why? I don't want perfunctory reasons, I want to hear the truth."

Beichen Ichiro on the other end of the phone was silent for a full twenty seconds before he uttered this sentence.

He didn't quite believe the two 'excuses' given by Watanabe Yu.

The royalties that Watanabe Yu earned last year were enough for him to squander for quite some time, not to mention that his family background was not bad, so he certainly had no shortage of money.

When people are financially free, they will not think of actively causing trouble for themselves.
——At least in his opinion, Watanabe Yu has not reached this stage yet.

"The truth is that the performance schedule here is too full, and I wanted to relax a little during the hard-earned summer vacation, but it's gone."

Watanabe Yu did not hide anything and gave a straightforward answer.

"Performance?" Beichen Ichiro was stunned for two seconds. "Didn't you say that music is just for fun?"

"Uh... you make me sound like a scumbag."

"Isn't it?"

Beichen Ichiro asked back very calmly.

"..."

"So, you encountered force majeure?"

President Beichen finally coughed lightly and took the initiative to change the somewhat embarrassing topic.

He knew about Watanabe Yu's relationship status and asked Ayana indirectly about it, but the latter meant that as a middle-aged man, she should not interfere.

He could only hold back and leave.

"Yes."

"You...oh, never mind, do you have the actual contents of the new book?"

"Have."

“How much? Is it a new document or a new outline, or has it already been put on paper?”

Beichen Ichiro asked as he picked up the flower tea in front of him and took a sip.

Based on his experience in dealing with authors, when the other party says "I have an idea", it means they have inspiration; when they say they have written a part, it means they have "just created a new Word document"; when they say they have put it on paper, it means they have written a few keywords.

"About 10,000 words."

"Oh, more than 10,000 words... poof, bang, how many did you say?"

"More than 10,000 words. Also, what did you knock over?"

Watanabe Yu repeated it and then asked with concern.

He heard the sound of a cup being knocked over on the other end of the line.

"It's just the water spilled, it's a minor problem."

Beichen Ichiro took out a tissue and wiped the tea off the table.

He couldn't say that he couldn't hold it in and the tea sprayed out and overturned the cup.

As the president, you still have to maintain some face.

"Anyway, send me the content first, and I'll get back to you after I read it."

In order to avoid further questioning, Beichen Ichiro coughed lightly and chose to change the subject.

"Ok."

"And how are you and Ayana getting along?"

"..."

After chatting with Kitatsu Ichiro for a while, Watanabe Yu hung up the phone, saying he had something else to do. He then dragged the mouse, copied the 15000 words into a new document, and sent it to the latter.

The success or failure of his serialization plan depends on the latter's decision.

(End of this chapter)