Chapter 124: Reprint! Reprint!!

The effect of the book review in "Mystery Literature" was even better than Anjiu Jin Gangyi and Akiwara Yuto had imagined.

Originally, according to the two's estimates, the remaining 5,000 copies would still need 1 week to be digested.

As a result, they didn't expect that as soon as this book review was published, all the inventory was cleared in less than two days.

On the day it was sold out, bookstores in various areas of Tokyo called: Yamazaki Bookstore requested a replenishment of 800 copies, Fujiwara Bookstore requested a replenishment of 500 copies, and Qimu Bookstore requested a replenishment of 400 copies.

Successively, the total number of orders from various bookstores reached 20,000 copies, far exceeding the 8,700 copies sold directly during the trial reading period.

Moreover, the number of cooperative direct-sale bookstores also changed from the 30 at the beginning to over 120.

Besides that, after discovering that the books were sold out, a section chief of Tokyo Sales Co., Ltd. also specifically came to the door, delivered the previous balance, and requested to increase the order of "Suspect X."

The other party promised that in addition to placing an order for 40,000 copies, they would also start laying the books to more foreign markets, not just Tokyo and surrounding areas.

This means that after the first printing of 30,000 copies of "Suspect X" is sold out, the number of reprints will reach 60,000 copies, exactly doubling!

After receiving such a series of good news, Anjiu Jin Gangyi's face was glowing, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile. Although Akiwara Yuto wasn't that excited, his face also showed joy.

Immediately after, Anjiu Jin Gangyi took Akiwara Yuto to a nearby bank to carry out the transfer procedure.

For the first printing of 30,000 copies, the actual selling price to bookstores per copy was 2,500 yen, and the total sales amount was 75 million yen.

After deducting the 6 million yen plate-making fee and 5 million yen channel fee paid to Anjiu Bookstore, the remaining total profit was 64 million yen.

Among them, Anjiu Bookstore took 8%, which was 5.12 million yen, and Akiwara Yuto received the remaining nearly 59 million yen.

Akiwara Yuto picked up the passbook, looked at the series of zeros behind the passbook, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart!

With this money, at least he didn't have to worry about not being able to pay Asano Aiko's salary. Besides that, many things also had room for operation!

Akiwara Yuto put the passbook in the inner pocket of his clothes, then turned to Anjiu Jin Gangyi, bowed deeply, "During this period of time, you've worked hard, President Anjiu!"

For him, Anjiu Jin Gangyi indeed helped a lot.

Besides accepting his 6 million yen deferred proposal at the beginning, he also took the initiative to help find a book reviewer and docked the trial reading meeting and various work.

This made the first printing of 30,000 copies sold out in just over 2 months, which was much faster than expected.

Otherwise, just relying on the traffic brought by his own posting on the internet, he didn't know how long it would take to wait for a reprint……

Facing Akiwara Yuto's bow, Anjiu Jin Gangyi stepped aside and didn't accept it.

He waved his hand and said, "Akiwara, it should be me who says thank you."

He said this sentence sincerely.

Before meeting Akiwara Yuto, Anjiu Bookstore had already fallen to the point of relying on self-publishing business to maintain its livelihood, but he didn't expect that after cooperating with Akiwara, Anjiu Bookstore actually gained such a big benefit.

In terms of finance, even after deducting the extra expenses to be paid, the net profit of Anjiu Bookstore was over 10 million yen, equivalent to the profit of a year before the economic downturn.

In terms of business, it established cooperative relationships with more bookstores and attracted some businesses planning to self-publish.

And more importantly, if he continues to cooperate with Akiwara Yuto, then Anjiu Bookstore will still receive the profit sharing brought by "Suspect X," which might be tens of millions of yen more in a year!

In the face of such a big benefit, he really didn't think he had helped the other party with anything, and thought he should be the one who says thank you.

Akiwara Yuto saw that the other party didn't accept his gratitude, so he could only straighten up. He thought for a while and suggested, "If you don't mind, let me treat everyone at Anjiu Bookstore to a kaiseki meal tonight."

Anjiu Jin Gangyi heard this and didn't think for long before agreeing with a smile.

After all, although kaiseki is expensive, it doesn't count for much compared to Akiwara Yuto's current family fortune.

The two smiled together, left the bank, and walked towards Anjiu Bookstore.

……

Chiyoda Ward, Mantanshe Headquarters, "Tokyo Literature and Art" Editorial Department.

"Bang," a metal thermos was thrown on the office table, but the quality of the thermos passed the test, and no deformation occurred. It was just that the tea splashed out of it soaked a magazine that was just opened next to it.

On the page opened in this magazine, the title " 'The Perfect Deception?', Author Kawada Keiji" was written.

In the text below the title, one could see the words "The Devotion of Suspect X" and "Akiwara Yuto."

The thermos fell on the table, rolled twice, and fell to the ground.

Wujing Hangping looked at the soaked magazine and fell into silence.

Before this, after he and Muhara Daigo proposed to block Akiwara Yuto, he used Muhara Daigo's name to dock with the Public Relations Bureau, requiring all media newspapers that cooperate with Mantanshe to not report Akiwara Yuto's works.

Since then, it was indeed as he expected. All media newspapers, because of their concerns about Mantanshe, restricted the book reviewers under their banner, and there had never been any related book review reports.

After all, for these newspaper media, Akiwara Yuto is just a newcomer who hasn't won any major awards and doesn't have much connections. It is not worth offending Mantanshe for him.

Just when Wujing Hangping was proud of himself, his assistant Misaki Sawako brought this periodical and informed him that a book review about "Suspect X" was published on it, which made Wujing Hangping furious.

Misaki Sawako, who was standing on the side, saw this scene and was so scared that she was shivering, and didn't dare to take a step forward.

This superior of hers, when outside, always has a fake smile, but inside the editorial department, he is often temperamental and makes people feel terrified.

If she stepped forward rashly, she might be beaten.

Wujing Hangping finished his temper, thought for a while, and picked up the receiver to make a call: "Is it Hayakawa from the Public Relations Bureau? I am Wujing Hangping, I want to ask one thing."

"It's about the periodical 'Mystery

"You reached out, but the other party refused?"

"Fine, I understand."

Hanging up the phone, Takei Kohei could not suppress his anger, and he kicked the table.

Damn it, that unappreciative "Detective Literature"!

Exactly the same as that Akiwara Yuto from before!

Why hasn't this kind of trash gone out of business yet!

After throwing a tantrum for a while, he began to ponder, wanting to see if he could take revenge.

But after careful consideration, he realized he was powerless.

The magazine "Detective Literature" is an academic journal that only accepts government and private funding, without the performance pressure of general media.

Therefore, the other party can often decide which articles to publish based on their own ideas.

On this point, even though Mantanshe is one of the four giants, there is nothing they can do about the other party. Unless they could invite a member of the Diet to attack them, but that is not something Takei Kohei can push for.

He sighed, then squatted down to pick up his thermos, comforting himself.

Forget it, it's just a mere academic journal; if there is no help from others, the newspapers still won't review Akiwara Yuto's books!

He looked out at the night scene outside the window and couldn't help but consider another problem.

Can the development of events really go as he expected?