[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-315":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},2355164,4607,"Chapter 315: The Encouraged Crowd","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-315",315,"\u003Cp>The second floor of Tsutaya Bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the large conference room, all the employees sat upright, listening intently to Sugihara Aisa’s report on the effectiveness of the channel establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto was naturally no exception, sitting in the front row next to Nishijima Sota; the other employees were also accustomed to this sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Akiwara Yuto held no official position within the publishing house, everyone knew he was the true owner of this enterprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sugihara Aisa stood on the stage and spoke in a voice that everyone could hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Currently, our second-hand bookstore chain has relevant direct-operated stores or franchises in major regions such as Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, and Chugoku, but we are still accelerating our layout in Hokkaido, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa, and other areas.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In short, we have gained a foothold in 23 of the country's 43 first-level administrative districts. Among them, 30% of the bookstores have already begun to see successive profits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this result, expressions of excitement appeared on the faces of everyone in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, this meant that Tsutaya Bookstore had begun to take its most critical step in warehousing and distribution channels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Sugihara Aisa finished her speech, Kuda Kenichi, who had returned from out of town, also stood up and walked to the front of the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the Osaka and Kyoto markets, we have built a direct sales model with about 60% of large bookstores, and under the influence of these large bookstores, some medium-sized independent bookstores have also begun to send in orders one after another.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In addition to this, other regions have also seen steady growth in orders due to continuous visits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused and added, \"At present, even without relying on the two major distributor systems, we have established direct cooperative relationships with nearly 3,500 bookstores.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to this good news, Akiwara Yuto felt encouraged as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had originally thought it would take a very long time to reach this point, as the two giant distributors had monopolized the entire market for over half a century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had not expected that it would take only a few months to so easily establish relationships with 3,500 bookstores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This number was already equivalent to one-ninth of the total number of bookstores in all of Japan!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he was also clear that this was inseparable from the current supply-demand imbalance of \"Snow Country\" and the strategy of free ordering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless, it could already be considered a success!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were home alone, he would probably open a bottle of red wine to celebrate immediately!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nishijima Sota did not worry too much and laughed directly; as the president of Tsutaya Bookstore Publishing, he was naturally happy to see the bookstore's scale growing larger and larger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asano Aiko and Satake Maki exchanged glances, both showing expressions of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, because of the constant suppression by Keihan Publishing and the two distributors, they had both secretly worried about the future of the publishing house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the series of suggestions Akiwara Yuto had proposed were things they had never heard of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, after proving that these methods could succeed, a heavy stone in their hearts was finally lifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that their superiors had expressed their approval, the ordinary employees also showed joyful expressions, and some even applauded each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era where the seniority-based wage system was still practiced, their entire lives were already deeply tied to the enterprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the current economic downturn; if Tsutaya Bookstore were to go bankrupt, they would likely be unable to find another job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, they naturally felt the same way about all the good news for the bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, everyone present felt a sense of relief, and under Akiwara Yuto's signal, Nishijima Sota even directly announced that a celebration party would be held later to commemorate the current achievements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Nishijima Sota was still worried that everyone would slack off, so he requested that they must still do their jobs well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, only 23 bookstores had been opened so far, which was still a distance from 43, not to mention the four major regions where the market was still a complete blank slate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto looked at the noisy scene, the corners of his mouth curling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, everything was moving in a positive direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding Tsutaya Bookstore's move to build its own channels, neither Tokyo Publishing Sales nor Japan Publishing Sales had reacted in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in terms of business volume, compared to manga, romance, or girls' magazines, mystery publications occupied too small a market, accounting for less than 4% of their respective total business volumes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So even if they learned that Tsutaya Bookstore had established a direct sales system, the two giant distributors probably would not pay much attention to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Tsutaya Bookstore was not a distributor, and it was not just them who were establishing direct sales businesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Keihan Publishing, through commercial espionage, had actually learned some specific details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after investigating, Keihan Publishing found that they had no way to deal with Tsutaya Bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a publishing house, although they were in the upstream of the publishing industry chain, they had no direct connection with those bookstores that were their customers; they could not threaten these bookstores and demand that they not order Akiwara Yuto's works.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they really did that, they would likely be cursed at by all the bookstores in Japan tomorrow, and might even face boycotts from readers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an enterprise that relied on its reputation, they naturally could not be so overbearing, otherwise, they would only end up like Mantan Publishing did back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, after everyone had left, Akiwara Yuto sat alone in the reception room, holding the sales data for \"Snow Country,\" and began to ponder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the time it was shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award until now, \"Snow Country\" had sold a total of over 400,000 copies; although by the standards of traditional literature, this was definitely a big hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to the overwhelming publicity outside, this number was still somewhat low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he was also clear that the reason for this low number was because shipments to the distributors had been restricted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, after the sixth printing, the two distributors could only receive about 10,000 copies per batch each, and cumulatively, they had only been given less than 100,000 copies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, many bookstores across the country wanted to order the book but could not buy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto did not regret it; if he hadn't done so, it wouldn't have been so easy to establish direct sales channels with 3,500 bookstores so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, the market channels were now gradually being established, which could be considered achieving the result he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this matter was not over yet; he had not forgotten that Keihan Publishing was the mastermind behind all these troublesome things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the selection results for the Uemura Prize for the book \"The Train\" were out, he would definitely use the secondary exposure brought by the Uemura Prize to strike a blow at the other party's arrogance in the mystery publication market!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wanted to truly change the situation in the publishing industry, he had to start from the mystery publication market!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once he gained a foothold in the mystery standalone book market, he would continue to attack Keihan Publishing's other publishing fields!\u003C\u002Fp>",1238,"2026-06-21T03:58:02.196Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","515bc8774c32ef32f951e3c3cebca097303cb659ccb23cff6ee0017b7b5a3d07","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-316","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-314",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]