[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-301":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},2355150,4607,"Chapter 301: The Ability to Help Everyone","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-301",301,"\u003Cp>In the conference room on the third floor of Tsutaya Bookstore,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko arrived at the president's office and met with Sota Nishijima.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon seeing Akiwara Yuto, Sota Nishijima wore a complex expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only learned about Akiwara Yuto's film project later on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this matter, he had once thought the other party was neglecting his proper work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed Akiwara Yuto was a complete sucker, having been swindled by others into investing and filming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unexpectedly, this film was now so popular that he could even see related reviews in the newspaper every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was this guy's brain wired?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pushed this thought aside, invited the two to sit down, and had his secretary come in to brew two cups of tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, he took out two documents and placed them on the coffee table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Akiwara-sensei, Asano-san, this is the opening plan I've formulated for the second-hand bookstores; please take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he spoke politely, he felt quite confident inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this document was the result of him running around to more than 10 cities over the past two weeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was basically done after investigating the local market conditions to find the locations with the highest cost-performance ratio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Akiwara Yuto took the documents and began his review.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He attached great importance to this plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two distributors, Tokyo Sales and Neon Sales, adopted a \"passive\" attitude toward cooperation, he had to find another way to seek out channels to sell the books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these channels, they were divided into two distribution markets: the Tokyo metropolitan area and outside the Tokyo area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tokyo metropolitan area was undoubtedly the most important; although its population only accounted for one-fourth of the total population of Neon, its per capita GDP and consumption power were the highest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, of the 3 million books sold by the publishing house last year, 1.6 million were sold here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And outside the Tokyo metropolitan area, besides the two main markets of Daban and Kyoto, there were numerous individual prefectures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Akiwara Yuto and Asano Aiko were reading the documents, Sota Nishijima also began to explain simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to Akiwara Yuto-sensei's requirements, the current sales method is still primarily through telephone and mail orders, so I plan to set up a dedicated office within the publishing house to handle calls from various places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To facilitate the logistics and transportation of the publishing house's books, I am currently preparing to open a bookstore containing a larger warehouse in each of the 47 first-level administrative districts to serve as transfer points for the distribution network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because bookstore sales are not the primary goal, I suggest making the bookstore scale smaller and increasing the warehouse capacity to achieve the purpose of saving funds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing these words, Akiwara Yuto raised his head and glanced at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President Nishijima, do you not hold a positive view of the future of the second-hand book market?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sota Nishijima replied: \"That is not the case; it is just that the book funds are insufficient.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much is left now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only about 150 million yen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto asked: \"Then is the existing cost for opening the stores enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, for opening stores, besides rent, there were also labor costs and initial renovation costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sota Nishijima said with difficulty: \"I personally suggest mortgaging part of the assets of Tsutaya Bookstore to the bank to obtain some capital for circulation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto laughed in spite of himself; the most valuable thing Tsutaya Bookstore had now was the distribution rights for the batch of books on hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the copyrights were mortgaged to the bank again, who knew what kind of trouble Jingfan Press might stir up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he also heard the implication in Sota Nishijima's words, which was the hope that he could further inject capital to realize this plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asano Aiko naturally heard this meaning too, so she looked at Akiwara Yuto with an inquiring gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto thought for a moment and then asked: \"President Nishijima, who do you think would be suitable as the person in charge of this bookstore chain business?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening a bookstore sounded simple, but every trade had its own tricks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the people around Akiwara Yuto were basically all in the publishing industry and lacked knowledge of specific bookstore management methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he didn't find a specialist to do this, the final outcome would likely be all his efforts coming to nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sota Nishijima hesitated for a moment and said: \"Sorry, I have no suitable candidates to recommend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was actually lying; after all, having been in the publishing industry for so many years, he naturally knew many suitable bookstore operators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the people he recommended would very likely be considered his own faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At present, all the business of the publishing house was under his responsibility; if he reached his hand into the distribution channels as well, it might provoke Akiwara Yuto's suspicion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not want to follow the same path as Goichi Akutsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto was naturally not stupid and heard the meaning in his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he didn't intend to break it down; after all, in his view, the bookstore industry was currently in the dead of winter, with bookstores closing down and laying off staff every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn't necessarily be that hard for him to find a few suitable candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's stop here for now,\" Akiwara Yuto waved his hand and left the publishing house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He prepared to ask some acquaintances over the next two days to see if there were any suitable personnel recommendations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>8:00 PM, Adachi Ward, Tokyo, Sagara Izakaya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sugihara Aisa, who worked as a bookstore clerk, wore a dress and arrived on the second floor of this izakaya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the second floor, a group of men and women were already sitting and chatting; one of the women saw Sugihara Aisa and hurriedly waved: \"Aisa-chan, over here, over here!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sugihara Aisa breathed a sigh of relief, hurried over to sit down, and took off her coat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, come, have a drink!\" A square-faced man in his 30s opposite her smiled and poured wine into the glass in front of Sugihara, and Sugihara Aisa immediately smiled and said \"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, dishes and other food were served one by one by the waiter, and everyone chatted while drinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the lively scene in front of her, Sugihara Aisa sighed in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So many old faces are missing again this year!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Neon, there had always been a tradition of industry mixers, the main purpose of which was to build connections, while the secondary purpose was matchmaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a leftover bookstore clerk, Sugihara Aisa naturally participated in several industry mixers organized by the bookstore industry every year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what made her feel a bit uncomfortable was that there were fewer and fewer familiar people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought for a moment and still asked her good friend: \"Why didn't Misato-chan come?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She was laid off by the bookstore, so she went home to continue running the inn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about Kusei-kun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He hasn't received his salary for three months; I don't know where he went.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't ask, just drink properly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her friend put an arm around Sugihara Aisa's shoulder, urging her to drink together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Sugihara Aisa always felt that her friend was just deliberately \"anesthetizing herself\" to force herself to forget these things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the lively scene at the venue, she didn't know why, but she felt a sense of sorrow in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only she had the ability to help everyone, how good that would be!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what she didn't know was that this opportunity would come very soon!\u003C\u002Fp>",1285,"2026-06-21T03:58:02.196Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","106fbdeaa202a99f43a4845817dd9a9414014f971a4a58d66c6c59876a2bc7d6","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-302","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-300",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]