Chapter 180

After the routine meeting on Friday morning, everyone in the "April Youth" editorial department began to take action. Chief Dacheng, as the editor-in-chief, took the initiative to find that Executive Sanchiao, and with the guarantee of surpassing "Literature Spring," applied for more layout publicity funds.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Heben Junyou went to the public relations department, participated in the public relations plan arrangement for the last 3 days of "April Youth," and strengthened the publicity of Akiwara Yuto on the Internet and radio and other channels.

As for Sujin Xiushu, he took other ordinary editors and, according to the bookstore address list provided by the sales department, began to visit large and medium-sized bookstores in Tokyo and surrounding areas one by one.

This also made Akiwara Yuto, when he came to the "April Youth" editorial department on Saturday afternoon, find that the whole office was empty.

"Chief Dacheng, may I ask where Editor Sujin and the others have gone?"

Akiwara Yuto looked around twice in confusion, then asked Chief Dacheng who welcomed him.

Chief Dacheng didn't sell it, simply told the cause and effect, then brought Akiwara Yuto to the editor-in-chief's office, arranged for him to sit down, and poured a cup of tea for him.

"Mr. Akiwara, aren't you resting at home?" Chief Dacheng asked worriedly after Akiwara Yuto sat down.

She knew that the other party had written more than two hundred pages of manuscripts in this week, and the quantity was extremely amazing! So she was a bit worried whether the other party would ruin his body.

After all, "April Youth" now has no other signature writers, and whether sales can climb further depends on the other party's subsequent works.

Akiwara Yuto smiled and took the tea, answering: "It's okay, I still pay great attention to my body."

Although the workload during this period was relatively large, compared to the overtime work all night for the whole month in his past life, it was completely a small matter.

And unlike other writers who need to rack their brains to write works, he already had the general idea of what he wrote in his mind. All he had to do was to repeat the content and then adapt it into a local version of Nihon.

However, I don't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the expression and attitude of this Chief Dacheng were more "polite" than before.

Akiwara Yuto put down the teacup and also responded politely: "Regarding the previous suspension and special issue matters, I really troubled you, Chief Dacheng."

For magazine journals, they all have their own rules, and it is impossible to let writers decide whether to suspend publication or what special issue to make.

If an ordinary newcomer requests to suspend publication, the only outcome is to be frozen by this magazine until a much later time when they are given another chance to serialize. As for the special issue, it is also a similar nature, just an extremely individual special case.

So for Chief Dacheng's work support, he thanked her from the bottom of his heart.

Chief Dacheng smiled and nodded, politely saying: "Mr. Akiwara, regarding this point, I should be the one to thank you."

According to her original idea, the sales of "April Youth" could be maintained at 150,000 copies, but she didn't expect that this "explosion" of Akiwara Yuto would actually give "April Youth" the hope of surpassing "Literature Spring".

As for the decision of suspension and special issue, although she encountered a little resistance here, she didn't spend too much effort.

After all, the implementation system of the Kejiaoguan is different from other publishers. She, as the main person in charge of the editorial department, can directly decide the operation of the publication by herself without going through the review of superiors.

Akiwara Yuto didn't know the specific situation, but he knew that if he were still at "New," whether his suspension decision could be passed would be a problem.

Akiwara Yuto thought for a moment, then placed the document bag he brought on the table and pushed it to Chief Dacheng, "Chief Dacheng, is this the manuscript I plan to serialize later?"

Chief Dacheng was surprised, "Mr. Akiwara, are you going to start a new serialization again?"

General writers, after the serialization ends, often have a window period to rest or adjust themselves. This has become an unspoken habit in the industry.

But she didn't expect that Akiwara Yuto would immediately take out a manuscript again and hope to serialize it.

Akiwara Yuto nodded, "Chief Dacheng, if I stop serializing now, the sales of the next few issues of 'April Youth' will definitely decline immediately, right?"

"This..."

Chief Dacheng was silent. She admitted that what the other party said was indeed a fact. Although the editorial department is still constantly looking for new works, there are few that can reach the level of a signature writer.

Among the readers who buy "April Youth" now, at least 50% or more are attracted by Akiwara Yuto. Once the other party stops serializing, sales will definitely decline immediately.

Akiwara Yuto sighed: "Chief Dacheng, my cooperation with 'April Youth' is still quite good at present, so I temporarily don't have the idea of stopping the cooperation."

He paused and said again: "Besides that, I also have my own selfishness in it."

"Your own selfishness?" Chief Dacheng was a bit puzzled.

Akiwara Yuto put down the teacup in his hand, stared at Chief Dacheng, and said in a firm tone; "I want to see if I can make 'April Youth' the number one magazine in the industry through my cooperation with the editorial department!"

When he was at Mantanshe Society, he had an agreement with Asano Aiko to make "New" the number one literary journal in the industry. But he didn't expect that a series of accidents happened later, making this agreement only end up with nothing.

Now it's good, "April Youth" gave him this opportunity again, allowing him to use this platform to realize his original ideal.

If "April Youth" really becomes the number one magazine in the industry with his help, then he can also become very famous in the literary world of Nihon!

Chief Dacheng didn't expect Akiwara Yuto to have such ambition, and couldn't even speak for a while.

The sales ranking of a magazine, besides the quality of the work itself, also has many factors such as channels, publicity, sales, etc. More often, it also has to consider market changes and the works and strategies of competitors.

But by now, this Mr. Akiwara in front of her actually thought that "April Youth" could become the number one in the industry! This is too optimistic, right?!

Chief Dacheng opened her mouth and was about to say something, but she couldn't help but think of a problem—when did she lose so much sharpness, and even didn't dare to think about it.

Man proposes, God disposes. If the quality of Mr. Akiwara's work can be guaranteed, and she requests certain support from the Kejiaoguan side, then what the future of "April Youth" will be is really hard to say!

More than a month ago, she thought "April Youth" was going to fall out of the ranks of the four major literary magazine journals. But she didn't expect that now even surpassing the third-ranked "Literature Spring" was very possible!

Chief Dacheng thought about the problem from another angle, and her heart also became eager to move. Since Mr. Akiwara has this idea, why shouldn't the editorial department accompany him to try it together.

Even if they can't get the first place, getting the second place is a steady profit!

Chief Dacheng made a decision in her heart, then smiled and said: "Mr. Akiwara, I understand your idea. Regarding the subsequent market publicity, the editorial department will not slack off."

Akiwara Yuto nodded with satisfaction. He was just worried that "April Youth" would be self-satisfied after seeing slightly better results.

Since this Chief Dacheng said so, then there is no big problem.

"Chief Dacheng, regarding this manuscript of mine, please take a simple look."

Chief Dacheng naturally had no two words. Since she had decided to continue to deepen cooperation with Akiwara Yuto, she would naturally not underestimate the other party's manuscript. But she was still a bit suspicious in her heart. After all, Akiwara Yuto had just finished serialization, and as a result, he took a manuscript so quickly, would there be any problems with the quality.

Forget it, let's look at it myself first.

She solemnly opened the document bag, then took out the copy inside and read it, but she just looked at it simply and was attracted. It took more than ten minutes to come back to her senses, and she said with relief: "Mr. Akiwara, this new serialization of yours... is very different from the previous style. I will read it carefully today, please rest assured."

Akiwara Yuto nodded and also smiled to indicate that he knew.

Before this, the "The Invisible Guest" he serialized, because it was a long story, and many contents needed to be understood in the later stage, so it caused a great test for the readers' patience.

So he learned a lesson this time and prepared to adopt the form of detective short story serialization, just like the "zoo" series. In this way, the threshold for readers to read can be lowered.

But he thought about it and said euphemistically: "If necessary, I can still modify the content here."

"Mr. Akiwara, the editorial department still trusts your work very much," Chief Dacheng said directly: "If there is no problem, we will publish it in the original text directly."

Akiwara Yuto didn't push it again. After all, what he took out were classics from his past life, so there was nothing good to change, so he smiled and said: "In short, I will trouble you, Chief Dacheng!"

Akiwara Yuto thought about it and felt that it was better to leave the remaining time for the other party to read the manuscript carefully, so he got up and said goodbye. Chief Dacheng didn't send him off, just politely told him to take good care of his body again.

After Akiwara Yuto left, Chief Dacheng lowered her head, looking at the title written on the manuscript—"Police Assistant Gu Tian Renzanlang", and fell into deep thought.

Defeat the other three publishers and become the number one in the industry?!

Mr. Akiwara, you have really set a goal that is both full of temptation and full of bumps!