[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-283":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Literary Master of Tokyo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2355132,4607,"Chapter 283: The Upcoming Crisis","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-283",283,"\u003Cp>Jingfan Publishing, as one of the four major publishing houses in this world, bears a great resemblance to the Kadokawa Shoten group from Akiwara Yuto’s past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kadokawa Shoten was founded in 1945, initially focusing its primary business on publishing Japanese literary works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until the 1970s that the chairman promoted the Seishi Yokomizo series to the general public and entered the film industry, implementing the \"Kadokawa Strategy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called \"Kadokawa Strategy\" meant combining publishing with film and television adaptations, using publications to drive film box office, and using film box office to drive publication sales, thereby achieving a win-win for both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This approach is very common in later generations, but in the publishing market of Neon at that time, they were indeed the first to eat the crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the Kadokawa Strategy, Kadokawa Shoten dominated the Japanese mystery publishing field via Seishi Yokomizo’s \"Jin Tianyi\" series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But success relied on mystery, and failure also came because of relying on mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Shueisha, Kodansha, and Shogakukan began to rise and monopolize the field by relying on manga magazines, Kadokawa Shoten’s strategic transformation lagged many steps behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, compared to the sales of manga that easily exceeded one hundred million, the market range for mystery novels in the tens of millions was pitifully small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that later on, Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha were called the three major publishing houses of Neon by the public, while Kadokawa Shoten was completely left off the list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until the new century, with the explosion of the light novel field and Kadokawa Shoten’s successive establishment of three major light novel imprints, that Kadokawa Shoten finally overtook them and ranked second in the industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jingfan Publishing in this world also has a great similarity to Kadokawa Shoten and occupies a dominant position in the mystery field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the sales of their mystery magazine \"Literature Spring\" are not the highest, the publishing house has a very large number of various mystery and literary standalone books for sale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last year, their sales reached as high as over 8 million copies, occupying nearly 70% of the market share.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Akiwara Yuto completely changed this status quo by continuously \"transporting\" masterpieces from his past life while guiding the trend of public opinion to promote his works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tokyo, Chiyoda Ward, Jingfan Publishing Headquarters Building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the large conference room on the 3rd floor, a meeting specifically targeting the half-year results was held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for this meeting, all management at the middle-to-high level and above were in attendance, from the president to the vice president, and from department heads of all levels to the executors of each department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the editor-in-chief of \"Literature Spring\" could only sit in the seats below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After President Honda Kohei announced the start of the meeting and introduced the theme, a department head responsible for managing data statistics stood up to report the results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the first half of the year's publishing sales statistics, the total market sales of mystery standalone books were 7 million copies, and our company's sales were around 3.4 million copies, occupying 49% of the market share; it is estimated that the sales in the second half of the year will be around 4 million copies, a year-on-year decrease compared to last year...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he finished his report, the editor-in-chief of the mystery magazine \"Literature Spring\" also stood up and reported a decline in sales, with half-year sales of around 900,000 copies, not reaching 70% of last year's level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the inconspicuous traditional literature department reported that due to a decrease in popular works, the half-year sales were less than 500,000 copies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the results being announced one after another, Honda Kohei’s face became increasingly gloomy, and even the other senior management felt a kind of pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Jingfan Publishing, management rights and ownership are not unified; as president, he is directly responsible to the board of directors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among the standards for evaluation, financial report performance is a very important factor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The loss in the mystery literature publishing business, which is the cash cow, undoubtedly greatly affected Jingfan Publishing’s performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If things continue like this, the gap between Jingfan Publishing and the other three major publishing houses will only grow larger, and even Honda Kohei himself will face impeachment and potentially lose his position as president.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the department reports concluded, Honda Kohei stood up, frowned, and shouted: \"Managing Director Tomioka, what is the main reason for the decline in market share? Who is the competitor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A middle-aged man stood up tremblingly and said truthfully: \"It is Anjiu Bookstore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honda Kohei pondered for a moment, quickly remembered the name, and asked again: \"Isn't that the publishing house that cooperates with Akiwara Yuto?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of the previous turmoil between Akiwara Yuto and Mantan Publishing, the major publishing houses in the industry were basically quite familiar with him, and Jingfan Publishing was one of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the name Anjiu Bookstore also entered Honda Kohei’s field of vision at this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, given the status between the two, Honda Kohei would never have noticed such a ubiquitous publishing house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man lowered his head and continued to report: \"In the current market, all of Akiwara Yuto’s works are handed over to Anjiu Bookstore for publication. In the first half of this year, the total sales of Anjiu Bookstore’s publications reached over 3 million copies, occupying 42% of the total market share for standalone books.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The market share we lost was mainly caused by Akiwara Yuto’s series of works.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honda Kohei frowned and thought for a while, finding that he really couldn't blame the business department; after all, he himself was a reader and knew the quality of Akiwara Yuto’s works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other party constantly publishes a high-quality book every few days, and even occasionally makes it onto relevant hot searches and news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Viewed this way, it is very feasible for the works to seize his publishing house’s market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment and continued to ask: \"Since that’s the case, can we negotiate with Akiwara Yuto to get the reprint rights for his works, such as popular works like 'Suspect X'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the publishing industry, the same work is often published by different publishing houses due to different editions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Honda Kohei’s view, since Anjiu Bookstore relies on Akiwara Yuto’s works to seize market share, then as long as he takes away Akiwara Yuto’s copyrights, it will be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man sighed and added: \"President, we have negotiated with the agent representing Akiwara Yuto, and the other party proposed a very high royalty requirement, so we could only refuse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honda Kohei was puzzled and asked: \"How much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"50%!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this number, Honda Kohei was surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Royalties are directly based on the book’s list price, and major authors in the industry generally only get 30% royalties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When publishing a book, the publishing house’s own net profit is less than 30% of the royalties, and it might even be less than 10% if it doesn't sell well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If 50% royalties were paid to Akiwara Yuto, then Jingfan Publishing would be working for someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, but even other cooperating authors wouldn't be able to accept it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pressed: \"Can Anjiu Bookstore give that much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man nodded and then introduced the cooperation model between Akiwara Yuto and Anjiu Bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, Anjiu Bookstore is responsible for channels and sales in all aspects, Akiwara Yuto takes the absolute net profit, and then returns a portion to Anjiu Bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Anjiu Bookstore is completely working for Akiwara Yuto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honda Kohei was speechless; he had only heard of one such publishing house that worked for an author.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at it this way, getting the copyright from Akiwara Yuto is bound to be impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He continued to ask: \"Managing Director Tomioka, as the person in charge of the literature business, what is your plan?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged man heard this question and stammered for a long time without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honda Kohei could only look around the room, finding that everyone avoided his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a female voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President, I suggest acquiring Anjiu Bookstore!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1358,"2026-06-21T03:58:02.196Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b03c02f646b28ac93fec15c5dd364eded3dc9b40a5f413d1097639a6d8b76179","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-284","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-282",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]