Chapter 286: Have a Good Fight

After a conversation, Akiwara Yuto sent Xidao Zongtai away.

Looking at his back as he left, Akiwara Yuto's heart sank.

Before this, he had never thought that Anjiu Jin Gangyi would "betray" him; after all, even without talking about friendship, from the perspective of commercial interests, Anjiu Bookstore should also be unable to leave him.

Unless, Jingfan-sha could bring greater benefits to the other party?!

But what surprised Akiwara Yuto even more was Xidao Zongtai's "informing" on Anjiu Jin Gangyi's behavior.

However, after a conversation, Akiwara Yuto also heard the motive for the other party doing so.

In this event, Anjiu Jin Gangyi completely left behind this "veteran" Xidao, which made Xidao feel indignant.

And in Xidao Zongtai's view, even if he went out to establish a publishing house alone, he might not be worse than Anjiu Bookstore.

So his purpose also included the idea of obtaining the copyright of his works.

Speaking of which, what exactly would Anjiu Jin Gangyi do?

Akiwara Yuto pondered for a while and then dialed the phone, taking the initiative to let Asano Aiko contact a well-known management consulting company in the industry.

The so-called management consulting, also called strategic consulting, is often a group of "experienced" consultants who provide opinions or guidance regarding the operation and other aspects of an enterprise.

So some commercial traps in the industry, they often understand relatively clearly.

7:00 PM, Funai Management Research Institute.

Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko came to a special reception room and met a 40-year-old woman wearing a tight suit, whose name was Shan Zhu Li Hui, a senior industry consultant specifically targeting the publishing industry.

After handing over the cause and effect and various legal contracts to the other party for review, Akiwara Yuto asked: "Shan Zhu-san, what do you think Anjiu Bookstore will do?"

The copyright contract Anjiu Jin Gangyi handed to him was a standard contract, and there was no problem in law.

Unless it goes completely bankrupt, it must strictly execute the contract, that is, vigorously publish and promote his works.

Under such circumstances, it is hard to imagine the other party setting any traps.

Shan Zhu Li Hui subconsciously pushed her glasses and said with a calm voice: "Akiwara-sensei, combined with the internal intelligence you mentioned, this event is mainly because Jingfan-sha wants to further monopolize the detective literature publication field."

After a pause, she said again: "Looking at it this way, Jingfan-sha might adopt the method of acquiring Anjiu Bookstore."

Akiwara Yuto nodded and continued: "Please continue."

"Under the deliberate concealment of President Anjiu Jin Gangyi, you will sign this exclusive authorization agreement. Then Jingfan-sha controls the subsequent operation through acquiring Anjiu Bookstore, such as reducing batches and promotion."

"In that case, the subsequent sales of your works will also be affected, which will make Jingfan-sha's detective fiction occupy the market, thereby achieving the purpose they want."

Akiwara Yuto thought for a while and found this method very feasible, but he was still a bit confused and asked again: "In that case, won't Jingfan-sha's own reputation be affected?"

He is now also considered a public celebrity, and there is no shortage of channels for him to speak out, and he is also a writer.

And if Jingfan-sha does this, it will undoubtedly make their eating look very ugly, which will not only make some writers dissatisfied but even make some medium-sized publishing houses in the industry feel insecure.

Shan Zhu Li Hui nodded and said again: "Besides this approach, the other party is more likely to let Anjiu Jin Gangyi directly apply for the bankruptcy procedure of Anjiu Bookstore."

"Directly bankrupt?" Akiwara Yuto was surprised.

When he first met Anjiu Jin Gangyi, the other party treated that broken publishing house of his like his own lifeblood, but now he actually wants to go bankrupt directly.

But how should this process be operated?"

"Akiwara-sensei, according to your informant's news, Anjiu Jin Gangyi specifically found the person in charge of finance and personnel before this, and avoided other departments. From the actual situation, this is completely a precursor to layoffs."

"I think he might have signed a guarantee agreement with Jingfan-sha, and as for the content of the guarantee, it is the exercise right of all copyrights under Anjiu Bookstore."

"So once Anjiu Bookstore goes bankrupt, Jingfan-sha has the right to fulfill this agreement and publish all your works."

Asano Aiko listened and was a bit confused, asking "If it's not an acquisition, why would President Anjiu agree to go bankrupt directly? And even if the copyright is transferred to Jingfan-sha, Akiwara-sensei's works still have to be published, right?"

Before Shan Zhu Li Hui could answer, Akiwara Yuto directly inserted into the topic; he had already sorted out many thoughts at this time.

"Asano, Jingfan-sha might have given Anjiu Jin Gangyi a certain amount of compensation overseas or in other places that avoid commercial law. As long as the compensation amount exceeds the loss of his application for bankruptcy, Anjiu Jin Gangyi has the motivation to apply for bankruptcy directly."

Shan Zhu Li Hui added.

"And the relevant copyright authorization agreement is transferred to Jingfan-sha, their legal department can require Akiwara-sensei to lower the royalty, otherwise, they can refuse to issue the corresponding works for other reasons."

"By this time, no matter how Akiwara-sensei chooses. Jingfan-sha has achieved the purpose of monopolizing the detective publication market."

"Fortunately, Akiwara-sensei did not sign this agreement."

After finishing these contents, Shan Zhu Li Hui raised her head and asked Akiwara Yuto with thoughtful words.

"Akiwara-sensei, what do you intend to do next? In other words, do you really want to confront Jingfan-sha?"

Asano Aiko opened her mouth and didn't say anything, while Akiwara Yuto fell into deep thought.

What should he do next?

Directly resolving the contradiction with Jingfan-sha is not very realistic.

The dispute between him and Mantansha before was undoubtedly just caused by Takei Kohei and others deceiving their superiors and hiding the truth from their subordinates, so the two sides could solve it through negotiation.

But this move by Jingfan-sha was because he had truly moved their cake.

And being able to acquire or bankrupt Anjiu Bookstore undoubtedly involved at least 1 billion yen or more in funds.

So behind all this, there must be real high-level people pushing it.

Unless he could take a step back and hand over the copyright to Jingfan-sha for them to publish, in that case, the contradiction between the two sides would disappear.

However, this undoubtedly damaged his own interests!

By this step, he estimated he could only accept the 30% royalty share offered by the other party, and it might not even be 30%.

In that case, his annual income would shrink sharply!

He had already had a confrontation with Mantansha, one of the four major publishing houses, when he first debuted. Now that he already had quite a bit of confidence, there was even less need to fear the other party!

Now that Jingfan-sha wants to snatch his interests, let's have a good fight!

Akiwara Yuto hesitated for an instant, but it was only for an instant, and he immediately made his decision.

His eyes were transparent and clear, and he said with a firm voice: "Shan Zhu-san, I don't intend to give up any of my interests!"

Hearing this answer, Shan Zhu Li Hui laughed, "Since that is the case, then I have a suggestion..." ===== CHAPTER 287 =====