Tokyo: The life of a literary giant begins with home self-defense!

Chapter 76 New Snow

January 20, .

After returning from a family visit in Hokkaido, Taro Ono hurried to the meeting room of Shinchosha.

"Happy New Year, Mr. Ono."

"Morning, Editor-in-Chief Ono."

"Good morning, Mr. Ono."

Many colleagues along the way greeted him, but he did not stop to greet them as usual.

He nodded slightly.

He walked all the way to the door of the meeting room without stopping.

"Have Minister Nakamura and the others arrived?"

Taro Ono adjusted his suit and tie. Although he was very confident about "Snow Country", his heart was pounding when the day finally came.

Yesterday was the day when "Xinchao" went on sale, and the January issue of the new year was officially on the shelves yesterday.

A total of 30 copies have been printed nationwide, and a feedback report will be available today.

It is not just published once a month. We will choose to reprint according to the sales situation in different regions. The first print of Xinchao will sell about 70% to 80% every month, and then we will reprint it little by little.

"They're already here. Editor-in-Chief Muroyasu is also inside."

Watanabe Heiji handed the document in his hand to Ono Taro. The other party had just arrived in Tokyo this morning and had not even shaved. It seemed that he was really in a hurry.

"This bastard."

Taro Ono pulled his sleeves. The other party had suggested to the minister last time that the "Shincho" section needed to include class literature works again. Now he was eyeing the sales data of "Snow Country" to attack him.

When I pushed open the door of the conference room, I saw only a few people sitting at the long conference table.

Although the New Year holiday in Japan is only six days, many people do not live in Tokyo. At this time, there are only the editors of Groups 1, 2 and 5, and.
"Hey, why are you here?"

Taro Ono looked at a fat figure next to Muroan.

"Happy New Year, Editor-in-Chief Ono."

Tanaka Koizumi, who was sitting next to Muroyasu, smiled awkwardly. The last time Ono Taro slapped him, he didn't even dare to fight back.

"Teacher Tanaka recently wrote a new article. I think it can be published in the next issue of Shincho after some polishing. Come with me here today to take a look."

Shi An adjusted his cuffs and pulled his white shirt two centimeters beyond the navy blue cuffs.

His greatest characteristic is meticulousness. What he said shows that Tanaka Koizumi is a really good writer.

Taro Ono looked at Tanaka in surprise and his face turned dark.

"You think I'm dead, don't you?"

The monthly magazine "Shincho" was originally Taro Ono's own territory, and the other party obviously regarded the next signing rights as a thing in his hands.

Muroan snorted and laughed, "You've praised that new writer so much, but I think you're just a grasshopper after autumn."

"what?"

"You can't jump for two days."

"You are such a sneaky guy, and you are studying Chinese literature!"

The editors-in-chief of Group One and Group Two started arguing as soon as they met, and Minister Nakamura pinched his temples in pain.

"Okay, okay, let's wait for the sales data."

Shinchosha's books and periodicals are sold well all over the country, and all the first batch of sales data will be transmitted to Shinchosha headquarters by fax the next day.

Taro Ono snorted coldly and sat down opposite Muroan.

"The teacher told me about your story "Eclipse". The main characters are "weirdos" with bisexual characteristics. There are heretics, religions, the crackling sound of burning innocent women into charcoal with raging fire, and the paladins who use religion to trample on thousands of corpses."

While waiting, the people on the other side were talking about Tanaka Koizumi's new work. When he heard the other teacher's name, Ono Taro laughed coldly.

"It turns out they are a nest of snakes and rats."

The teacher in Muroyasu is none other than Ichitaro Miyako, who asked questions publicly some time ago.

He is one of the founders of class literature and also a social critic who boldly called for the freedom of expression of writers so that suffering would never happen again.

"Don't go too far by insulting my teacher."

Shi An tightened his fingers, obviously dissatisfied with the other party's characterization as a snake or a rat.

"You attack new authors at random. I think your teacher is getting old and confused."

"you"

"Okay, okay, be quiet." Neither of these two people was willing to suffer any loss. Minister Nakamura frowned and looked at the assistant next to him.

"What's going on? The sales data hasn't come out yet?"

Normally, yesterday's national sales data would have been on his desk early this morning, but now the two editors-in-chief have argued twice, and it is obvious that there is an unexpected situation.

The female assistant, a neat girl with a ponytail, went to the channel department to urge them.

"There was heavy snow in many places in the north last night, so many sales data are not yet complete." The female assistant briefly explained while holding the document.

"Are those guys in the cabinet just for free? The economy is not doing well, and now even the basic public facilities are having problems."

Nakamura pounded the table. After spending so much time with Japanese intellectuals, he also developed the habit of cursing the national government from time to time.

After the Japanese economic bubble, society has been in a state of stagnation, and the Japanese government does bear a large part of the responsibility for everything. "Forget it, let's talk about the districts of Tokyo first."

Tokyo has the strongest literary atmosphere and is also the area that has not been affected. Nakamura sighed and signaled his assistant to report on the situation in the Tokyo area first.

The female assistant nodded and pulled out a small white board.

"and many more!"

Muroan reached out to stop the female assistant who was about to report.

"If Snow Country doesn't produce results, don't forget what you promised at the last regular meeting."

In order to allow a pure blank writer to appear on the cover of the Shincho magazine, Ono Taro paid a huge price.

His old rival Kodansha is getting better and better. If "Snow Country" fails to bring about an improvement in performance, he will have to give up some of the contract quotas for his group.

Although Ono Taro was extremely nervous at this time, he still did not lose the battle.

"Take your pen and sit down in the second editing group." Onota sneered.

The female assistant looked at the director, and after confirming that no one would interrupt her, she began to report on the sales situation of the Tokyo headquarters.

"In January, 32.5 copies of the monthly magazine were printed nationwide, of which 12.8 copies were put on the shelves of the Tokyo headquarters."

"In the Central District, there are 80.14 copies, and the sales rate is %."

Chuo Ward is one of the richest places in Tokyo, and the situation is pretty good, so Taro Ono nodded.

"The same as last month." Muroan sneered.

"Shinjuku District has 95.8 copies, and the sales rate is %."

"It seems that my influence is not bad." Ono Taro also responded with a sneer.

He used to be a literary writer. Since a certain period of time, he has been writing about youth literature, which has a wide audience among young people.

The interview he wrote was helpful to Ryukawa Toru, at least as the sales were good in Shinjuku district, which is mostly populated by young people.

"It's increased by 15%." Minister Nakamura nodded with satisfaction.

Every time Shinchosha released its first issue, sales in most regions were similar, with Shinjuku Ward's share of 18,000 copies being around 80%.

The data showed a good increase, and Taro Ono raised his eyebrows at the two people opposite him.

Both Muroyasu and Tanaka Koizumi looked unhappy.

One felt that the signing rights of Xinchao were slipping away from him, the other felt that there was no hope of publication.

"79 copies in Bunkyo, sales rate %"

"82 books in the tabi section, % sold out"

"Chiyoda Ward: 77.8 copies, sales rate %"

From behind the Shinjuku area, the data were written on the blackboard by the female assistant.

These data that seemed good in the past made the two editors sitting opposite each other exchange looks.

"It seems that the author you chose is not very good, Editor-in-Chief Ono!"

Muroyasu looked a little excited, and Tanaka Koizumi's face was flushed as if he had won a battle.

"How could this happen? How could this happen? Is it that Gong Chengyi Taro and his people have too much influence in Tokyo? Or is it that my influence is not enough?"

Taro Ono, who came all the way from Hokkaido, muttered to himself.

These results that seemed good in the past are only slightly higher than before.

Although it was just the beginning of spring, "Snow Country" was not as popular as he had imagined.

"I said that class literature is the mainstream, and it is "Snow Country". "Snow Country" is not good enough."

Muroyasu looked extremely excited, and when he was about to say that the current class literature in Japan was irreplaceable.

Bang.

The editorial room meeting was opened.

Watanabe Heiji, panting, looked at the noisy conference room and exhaled with his mouth wide open.

"Gaga."

"What are you doing?"

Shi An tugged at his sleeves and looked at the editor-in-charge of Group 1.

This group of people are unruly people, except for wanting to do something new all the time.

You have to tidy yourself up after you get in.

While Muroyasu was thinking this, Watanabe Heiji, who was leaning on his knees, pulled his tie and spoke loudly.

"Add more."

"Except Tokyo, central Honshu, from Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, down to Kyushu, Shikoku, and Okinawa."

Watanabe Heiji swallowed as he spoke to his dazed editor-in-chief.

"All 27 prefectures in Japan have been reprinted!"

"Snow Country! Sold out!"

(End of this chapter)