Chapter 86

After leaving Anjiu Bookstore, Akiwara Yuto went to several other publishers with self-publishing business according to some information he learned on the Internet before.

But to his surprise, these small and medium-sized publishers were one more broken than the other, and 2 of them had even gone bankrupt, with sublease notices posted on the storefronts.

After this investigation, Akiwara Yuto helplessly found that the Anjiu Bookstore recommended by Imamura Yuto was indeed not bad. Although the quote of 7.8 million yen was not very cheap, at least he didn't have to worry about sudden bankruptcy due to financial conditions.

If he found an unreliable publisher, it would not only waste time, but might even have the deposit rolled away.

After confirming that the manuscript would be handed over to Anjiu Bookstore, he went to a law firm again, spent money to have a lawyer go through the contract, and after confirming that there were no traps in the contract, he returned to Anjiu Bookstore with the manuscript.

This was already the afternoon of the third day.

"President Anjiu, then I will leave the manuscript to you." After signing the contract with the other party, Akiwara Yuto handed the file bag containing the manuscript of "The Devotion of Suspect X" to Anjiu Jin Gangyi.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi took it "respectfully," then put the file bag into a black folder, and wrote a piece of paper with the four characters "Akiwara Yuto" on it, and pasted it on the folder.

Just now, Akiwara Yuto had signed an agreement with him. The agreement content included proofreading, plate making, cover, distribution, etc., totaling 8.5 million yen (the additional 700,000 yen was an extra item related to distribution), and paid a deposit of 2.5 million yen.

"Akiwara-san, after the sample book comes out, I will call you as soon as possible." Anjiu Jin Gangyi put away the folder and said with a smile.

He is indeed very happy now. Generally, customers who come to self-publish only need to print a thousand copies, and the cost is less than two million yen, which is not comparable to Akiwara Yuto's business of 30,000 copies.

He smiled while deciding to take his daughter to eat sukiyaki in the evening to celebrate.

Akiwara Yuto watched the manuscript being taken away, but his mood was a bit complicated.

This publication not only means that he has invested most of his savings, but also has to carry a debt. Apart from this, he is also worried about the effect of the final product of the book, such as paper, such as cover.

However, what he is most worried about is, "The Devotion of Suspect X," although it sold hotly in his past life, can it really achieve this effect in this world? Although there is the case of the "ZOO" series in front of him, after all, the sample is too small to be fully verified.

Putting aside his concerns, Akiwara Yuto picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked: "How long will it take for the sample book to come out?"

This point is very important and must be asked clearly.

Generally speaking, before the book is officially published, the publisher will deliver a sample book, which includes the cover, content, and other aspects of the work.

As an author, Akiwara Yuto can confirm with the publisher based on the content on the sample book. If there is content he feels is inappropriate, he can completely ask the publisher to change it repeatedly until it is changed to his satisfaction.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi nodded and answered: "Akiwara-san, I will arrange for the editor to proofread the manuscript here, in short, it will take about 2 and a half weeks."

"Then I will trouble you, please call me when the time comes." Akiwara Yuto answered.

After talking about these, he said goodbye to the other party. He still has to go home to organize the information, and then find a few banks to see about the loan.

The next morning at 9 o'clock.

Akiwara Yuto brought the relevant contracts signed with Mantanshe, as well as other data documents, and came to the Mitsui Bank located in Chiyoda Ward.

After making an appointment with the financial manager in charge of loans and communicating, he was told an unexpected news—he could not be granted a loan for the time being.

The reason is the distrust of his personal repayment ability and the copyright ownership issue in terms of copyright.

The first aspect is easy to understand. As a contracted writer, although he has published his works on Mantanshe's "New Novel," he cannot prove that the sales of "New Novel" were brought by him. After all, there are many other works serialized on it.

In other words, the bank does not recognize him as a popular writer, even if there are public reports in newspapers, it is useless.

The bank can only analyze the repayment ability and risk tolerance based on his flow in the past six months, and the final conclusion is that the repayment ability is relatively weak.

As for the second aspect, it is because the copyright of the "ZOO" series for the next 3 years is currently represented by Mantanshe, and the film copyright has also been temporarily handed over to Dongsheng Film Co., Ltd.

This means that if Akiwara Yuto fails to repay the loan in time within the loan repayment period, the bank cannot immediately dispose of the copyright of the "ZOO" series of works, and there will be some property rights disputes.

Knowing that it was impossible, Akiwara Yuto did not struggle, but went to several other large and small banks, but the final result was not much different.

Even the best bank was only willing to lend 3 million yen in the form of a pledge, and other attachment conditions were very harsh, and the loan must be repaid within half a year.

For the bank's condition, Akiwara Yuto naturally gave up as a matter of course.

Walking out of the gate of the last bank, Akiwara Yuto looked up at the sunset sky and sighed. To be honest, he still underestimated the impact of the economic crisis.

According to a bank manager, before the economic crisis, Akiwara Yuto could easily borrow about 10 million yen just by relying on his contract with Mantanshe.

But now the economic bubble has burst, and the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank have tightened fiscal and monetary policies, causing banks below to fall into tension.

Coupled with the outbreak of bad debts of a series of companies, banks are like birds of prey, not daring to lend easily, and Akiwara Yuto is naturally affected.

After knowing this most real reason, Akiwara Yuto couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Why is he so unlucky to have traveled to this era? He couldn't find a job before, and now even borrowing a loan is so troublesome.

However, entanglement is useless. He quickly put aside his thoughts and thought about other problems.

If the bank road doesn't work, why not try to borrow money from Master Seto? But in this way, isn't the favor he owes the other party even greater?

He stood on the side of the road, watching the flow of people coming and going, and pondered.

Maybe. It doesn't necessarily need money to solve his current predicament?

Perhaps, can he try to persuade that President Anjiu?