Training the Heavens

Chapter 100 Sold out

"What? Is it because the sales are not ideal?" Yasuki Wada's face turned pale instantly. Tokuma Shoten has invested heavily in this book. It can be said that the rise and fall of the company depends on it now. If something goes wrong, he as the director will have to take the responsibility. He might even be sent to a remote subsidiary company in Hokkaido, and then his life will be over.

"No, no. The sales are so good! There are long queues in front of all the bookstores, and readers are rushing to buy." Ren Shengping was so excited that his voice trembled.

"Baka!" Wada Jingshu couldn't help but curse, which almost scared me to death. "If you have good news, just tell us directly. What's so bad about good sales?"

"Because the sales are so good, the stock sent to the bookstore is almost sold out. If we don't replenish it in time, the readers waiting in line will definitely not agree. We must quickly notify the printing factory." Ren Shengpingtai finally finished his words smoothly.

"Bakana! We've already sent 200,000 books to the bookstore, and they're sold out so quickly?" Wada Jingshu completely disbelieved what Mibu Heita said. "Perhaps you've encountered a special case? The bookstore you're inspecting happens to be located in a densely populated area?"

Just as he finished speaking, the office door slammed open and Tsuboi Chinatsu, the company's general affairs officer, rushed in. "Director, Section Chief Miyashita called and said that all the new books in the bookstores he inspected are sold out. Please notify the printing factory to restock as soon as possible."

Before Wada Yasuki could react, another general affairs officer, Maruhashi Mei, rushed in. "And Editor Inoue, he's also urging you to restock. I couldn't get through to you on the phone, so I had to relay that."

Only then did Wada Jingshu believe it was true. He quickly gave an order, "Immediately list the bookstores that need to be restocked. I will arrange for the printing factory to restock as soon as possible!"

"Everyone, 'Showa American Story' is about to set a sales record for our company. If we achieve this goal, I will ask the president to give everyone a large bonus and arrange a vacation to Hawaii! Come on, everyone, Ganba Daddy!"

"Get on board!" Cheers rang out in the office, and the members immediately got busy as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

As they answered the phone, they wrote down the bookstores that needed restocking and finally gave the list to Yasuki Wada. As soon as Yasuki Wada received the list, he immediately called the printing factory and asked them to dispatch all the trucks to deliver the goods as soon as possible. "I don't care how many trucks you have. If you don't have trucks, use cars. If you run out of cars, take taxis. If you affect book sales because of you, I will definitely ask the president to deal with you severely!"

On the streets of Tokyo, there were long queues in front of almost every bookstore. Even if the store manager came out and repeatedly bowed and apologized, telling them that "Showa American Story" was sold out, they were reluctant to leave.

"If they're sold out, restock them! We've been queuing since last night, and we have to take the books home today no matter what!"

"We've already notified them to restock the book, but this book is selling so well that even if the printing factory restocks it, it won't be able to meet everyone's needs." The store manager almost sank his head to the ground.

"How can you fix it? Then ask the publisher to print more copies. Are you going to disappoint so many customers?" a customer in the queue angrily scolded, "I've been looking forward to reading this book for a month."

Some clever customers realized they might not be able to buy the book even if they continued to queue, so they turned their attention to the lucky ones who had already bought the book. "Sir, could you please give me your book? I'm willing to pay 5,000, no, 10,000 yen for it."

The price of "Showa American Story" is only 1,500 yen, but as soon as it was released, someone paid 10,000 yen to buy it. It should be a profit of more than six times, right?
However, the lucky guy, who was buried in his studies, ignored him and said, "You want to buy my dream for just 10,000 yen? How is that possible!"

"Twenty thousand yen, I'm willing to pay twenty thousand yen." Someone else joined the fight.

"30,000 yen. We can go sit in a cafe for a while. You can sell it to me after you finish reading it!" A third person arrived. In this bubble era, when you had to wave a 10,000 yen bill to get a taxi, spending 30,000 yen on a beloved book was nothing. "Really?" The young man was finally tempted.

"The bookstore will definitely continue to restock, and you will be able to buy another copy in a few days at most, so it is a good deal to transfer the book to me now." The visitor saw that there was a chance, so he continued to try to persuade.

"make a deal."

The two men immediately got into the car and left. The rest of the people saw this and quickly started looking for the other lucky ones.

The bookstore manager gritted his teeth at this scene. This was all the money earned by the bookstore. It was all Tokuma Bookstore's fault. Why did they only stock such a small amount of goods? He had forgotten that when they first came to stock the goods, he had repeatedly asked them to reduce the quantity.

He hurried back to the store, picked up the phone, and called Tokuma Shoten. After several tries, he finally got through. "Hello, this is Kinokuniya Sancha. Please send 500, no, 1,000 copies of 'Showa American Story' as soon as possible. Please!"

Even though it was over the phone, the store manager bowed 90 degrees, as if he couldn't get the book without being so respectful.

"A thousand copies is absolutely impossible. Our stock is almost gone, and all the printing press trucks have been dispatched."

After hanging up the phone, Wada Yasuki wiped his face, rushed to the large office outside, and clapped his hands vigorously to get everyone to look at him. "Everyone, the sales of 'Showa American Story' have exceeded our expectations. As of now, almost all the partner bookstores have sold out of their stock and are strongly requesting that we restock! Therefore, I have decided to notify the printing factory immediately to print more copies!"

"Reprint it!"

"Reprint it!"

Everyone in the office shouted loudly and did a strange dance at the same time. This is a ritual unique to the publishing industry. Once a book needs to be reprinted, they will dance and shout slogans to celebrate. This is also the scene most anticipated by publishing industry practitioners.

"Everyone, we are going to reprint it on the first day of publication. This is the first time since the establishment of Tokuma Shoten, so everyone, work hard! A high bonus and a vacation trip to Hawaii are waiting for you! Please!" Yasuki Wada bowed to the members.

The members hurriedly bowed in return, straightened their backs, and got back to work. After a while, they calculated the number of copies that needed to be printed. "Three hundred thousand copies, at least three hundred thousand copies are needed to barely satisfy the rush of readers!"

"No, 300,000 copies are not enough. Let's print 500,000 more copies this time!" Yasuki Wada changed the number without hesitation and issued a notice to the printing factory.

After hanging up the phone, he instructed, "Tell Teacher Gao the good news right away, and also ask him if he can be invited to hold a book signing event in Neon! All the readers in Neon want to meet him."

(End of this chapter)