Chapter 121: What Is the Confidence?

9:00 AM, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba City. (Note: A prefecture in Japan is larger than a city)

Anjiu Jin Gangyi walked panting to the third floor of an apartment, looked at the "Kawada" on the doorplate, and pressed the doorbell.

After the "ding-a-ling" sound was issued, he couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead.

After being entrusted by Akiwara Yuto to find a book reviewer, he immediately mobilized the connections he had accumulated over the years. After inquiring several times, he finally found a suitable candidate—a book reviewer with a column in the "Chiba Daily News."

Although the "Chiba Daily News" is only a local media in Chiba Prefecture, it is very close to Tokyo, so it can influence Tokyo to some extent.

Therefore, if a book review can be published in this newspaper, it can not only partially drive local sales in Tokyo but also further open up channels in Chiba Prefecture.

Although he thought so, Anjiu Jin Gangyi was still a bit uneasy.

It is said that this book reviewer can accept money to publish articles, but if the work is not to his liking, he will sometimes refuse, and might even give a bad review.

These people who engage in culture are sometimes really hard to figure out.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi complained in his heart, completely forgetting that he also belongs to the cultural industry in terms of industry classification.

He didn't let his imagination run wild for long before footsteps came, and immediately after, the door was pushed open. Behind the door was a middle-aged woman wearing an apron.

After seeing Anjiu Jin Gangyi, the middle-aged woman reached out and guided him, saying with a smile, "Is it Mr. Anjiu? Please come in?"

Anjiu Jin Gangyi said "Sorry for the disturbance" and walked in.

After changing shoes at the entrance, he followed the middle-aged woman to the door of the study.

In this study, sat a middle-aged man holding a newspaper and wearing glasses. He was looking at the newspaper with a serious expression.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi understood in his heart. It seems this is today's target, that is, the book reviewer named Kawada Keiji he wanted to visit.

After seeing Anjiu Jin Gangyi, Kawada Keiji put down the newspaper and pushed his glasses with his right hand, "Is it President Anjiu? Please sit down and talk in detail."

Anjiu Jin Gangyi nodded, walked into the study, and sat on the sofa for guests.

After sitting down, he greeted with a smile and handed over the souvenir he brought.

Kawada Keiji took a look after receiving it and found it was Gyokuro tea from Kyoto, so he said "You have a heart."

At this time, the middle-aged woman wearing an apron walked in, poured a cup of hot tea for both of them, bowed slightly, and left.

Kawada Keiji put down the souvenir and said to Anjiu Jin Gangyi, "President Anjiu, I roughly understand your intention today. But there are a few points I must explain in advance."

Anjiu Jin Gangyi replied, "Please go ahead."

Kawada Keiji coughed and cleared his throat: "To publish a book review, no matter what, the quality of the book is the most important."

Kawada Keiji's expression became serious, "If the quality of the book is too poor, I have the right to refuse to publish the corresponding book review. Even……"

Hearing this, Anjiu Jin Gangyi also became nervous, "Even?"

"Even write a bad review." After saying this, Kawada Keiji paused and continued, "Even so, does Anjiu Bookstore still want to entrust me?"

When saying this, Kawada Keiji actually felt very disdainful in his heart.

As a book reviewer, or literary critic, he believes his duty is to dig out books that are truly valuable on the market and recommend them to readers.

Instead of being entrusted by someone to evaluate a certain book.

In that case, it is not only an insult to his profession but also an insult to all readers who trust him.

So his words also had his own intention, which was to "scare" away this President Anjiu who used human relationship……

After all, if the other party left on their own, he wouldn't have to worry about violating the "help" that the friend had mentioned.

No matter what, using his profession to pave the way for others made him feel resistant from the bottom of his heart.

On the other side, Anjiu Jin Gangyi heard these words and fell into hesitation. Actually, when the words reached this point, he had already heard the other party's meaning of "knowing the difficulties and retreating."

So should he still insist on letting the other party write a book review?

If the other party is not satisfied, it is very likely that they will give a bad review. At that time, it might cause a reaction in some reader groups, and many people might even refuse to buy this book.

But conversely, if a good book review can be written, it can still play a great role in promoting current sales.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi weighed it for a long time and finally decided to trust his judgment. After all, this book "Suspect X," whether he looked at it himself or from the feedback from readers, was quite good.

He stood up, bowed, and said, "Mr. Kawada, although you might have a bad impression of me because I used the method of finding connections, no matter what, please take a look at this book first."

He straightened up, took out the book he brought from his briefcase, and handed it over.

"No matter what kind of evaluation you give, Anjiu Bookstore will have no objection. After all, having made this decision, we have already made the decision to bear the corresponding consequences."

Kawada Keiji had already prepared for Anjiu Jin Gangyi to leave, but he didn't expect to hear such a determined sentence.

He subconsciously looked up at this President Anjiu and found that the other party's eyes were unusually firm, which made him feel deeply surprised.

He was silent for a moment, but still took the book, "I understand, then leave the book. As for whether to publish a book review, please trouble President Anjiu to look at the relevant columns of the 'Chiba Daily News' in the near future."

Anjiu Jin Gangyi heard the meaning of "seeing off guests" in the words. He nodded, bowed again to say goodbye, left the study, and walked towards the door.

Immediately after, the sound of the door being closed came.

Kawada Keiji stood up, walked to the desk, and sat down. He put down the book and looked at the black cover of this book, on which the title "The Devotion of Suspect X" was written.

Below the title, there was a long staircase outlined with white lines. On this staircase, 1 person was walking down, and the other 2 were walking up……

He nodded, feeling that the cover was done quite well.

Immediately after, he opened the book and started reading.

This President Anjiu, let me see what confidence you have to entrust me to write this book review! ===== CHAPTER 122 =====