Chapter 9: Repaying Kindness

Akiwara Yuto followed Asano Aiko to visit the inside of the building. From time to time, he could see staff members in a hurry.

Asano Aiko introduced while walking, letting Akiwara Yuto have a deeper understanding of the organizational structure of Mantan Society.

He felt more and more that this was a behemoth constructed like an ant nest, with an unusually rigorous organizational structure.

The building they were in now had 23 floors. The top 3 floors were the President's Office and the General Affairs Bureau. Major meetings were held here, which was the decision-making hub of the entire publishing house.

Other floors from top to bottom could be divided into the Editorial Bureau, Public Relations Bureau, Printing Quality Bureau, and Distribution Bureau.

The Editorial Bureau was the core business department of the publishing house, mainly responsible for book topics and publishing. According to the business type, it could be divided into books and magazines.

In the magazine category, the highest status was manga magazines, with a weekly circulation of over 2.4 million copies, followed by fashion magazines, with a weekly circulation of over 400,000 copies, and finally literary magazines, with a weekly circulation of only over 200,000 copies.

The work of the other three departments was also very important.

The Public Relations Bureau's business was to promote and push books, mainly responsible for advertising and holding writer signing events and other public relations work. The Printing Department's business was book printing, mainly responsible for dealing with plate-making factories and printing factories. The Distribution Bureau's business was book distribution, responsible for negotiating with distributors and sending books to the national market.

Taking a magazine as an example, it was usually planned and edited by the Editorial Bureau, then handed over to the Printing Bureau for printing and publishing, and finally sold to bookstores nationwide by the Distribution Bureau. In the process of this sale, the Public Relations Bureau had to be responsible for exposure throughout the process to ensure that this magazine could sell well.

Akiwara Yuto couldn't help but sigh. No wonder Takei Kohei dared to speak wildly.

The circulation of "New Novel" of less than 30,000 copies was completely at the bottom of the food chain of the entire publishing house. Even if it was abolished one day because of suspension, it wouldn't be strange.

This was also no wonder why "New Novel" had serious talent loss. After all, if it really suspended publication, it would undoubtedly be a major blow to the writers who were serializing, and it would still be the kind that would stay in the entire career. Even if they went to other magazines later, it wouldn't be excluded that they would be pointed at.

"Look, the magazine that guy was serializing in suspended publication. It's really pitiful..."

Although Akiwara Yuto was slandering in his heart, he didn't show it, but took the elevator to the 14th floor with Asano Aiko.

When they walked to the door of a large office, Asano Aiko pointed inside to indicate.

"This room is specifically arranged for writers to rush manuscripts. If Akiwara-san needs it, you can use it at any time."

Following the direction she pointed, Akiwara Yuto looked over and saw that it was divided into dozens of cubicles of different sizes. In each cubicle, there were desks and paper and pens. Many people were sitting at the tables, working hard to write.

He felt that writing here was not bad, at least it wouldn't let him be troubled by the "special noise" of neighbors, so he nodded.

Seeing Akiwara Yuto satisfied, Asano Aiko also breathed a sigh of relief. She thought about it and added.

"If Akiwara-san needs a very quiet working environment, you can also come to the 16th floor to find me. I can arrange a separate conference room."

In the previous talk at the coffee shop, she guessed that this Akiwara-san's living environment was relatively poor, which meant that his manuscript writing work might be disturbed.

If he couldn't produce the manuscript by the deadline, it would undoubtedly be a very serious dereliction of duty for her.

Actually, in order to help writers write manuscripts more smoothly, the publishing house actually provided funding, which could arrange for writers to live in hotels or hot spring hotels.

However, this kind of treatment was only aimed at popular writers with a certain status, and Akiwara Yuto had not yet reached this standard.

After visiting here, it was almost lunch time. Many staff members walked out of the office, making the sound in the corridor noisy. Asano Aiko saw that the time was almost up, so she took Akiwara Yuto to the lobby on the first floor, preparing to send the latter away.

When they walked to the revolving glass door, Asano Aiko suddenly stopped and was a bit hesitant to speak.

Seeing Akiwara Yuto a bit surprised, she paused, then smiled and said: "Akiwara-san... maybe I should call you Teacher Akiwara."

As a writer about to debut, Akiwara Yuto was worth this title. As an editor, she had to respect the other party more, otherwise, if the other party felt dissatisfied and jumped to another magazine...

Hearing this, Akiwara Yuto was a bit surprised. He didn't expect Asano Aiko to be so polite.

Although she was right to call him that, he didn't want to make it so distant, so he waved his hand.

"Ms. Asano, if you call me that, should I call you Editor Asano from now on?"

Speaking of this, his expression became formal, "Anyway, please continue to call me Akiwara from now on."

Asano Aiko thought about it and didn't insist. She was about to say something, but saw Akiwara Yuto walk two steps closer and bow deeply.

"Ms. Asano, if it weren't for you accepting my manuscript before, I would have encountered great trouble. I won't forget this point."

Repaying kindness is the basic principle of being a person. Since Asano Aiko had kindness to him, he couldn't forget his duty.

This was also the code of conduct he set for himself, whether before or after transmigration.

Because his family was poor in his past life, he completed his studies through the help of a kind person. To repay the kindness, he went to that family to be a free tutor for 2 years, raising the daughter's grades from the middle of the class to the top of the grade.

After entering society, as long as others helped him in the workplace, he would definitely repay the other party later, even if it meant giving up the opportunity for promotion.

Because of this concept, he lost a lot and was laughed at, but he never regretted it. After all, one must learn to be a person before doing things.

If he didn't stop at nothing for success, he would look down on himself.

Seeing Akiwara Yuto's move, Asano Aiko was nervous. She felt the atmosphere became a bit solemn, and couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.

"Akiwara-san, you don't have to be like this, this is just my work..."

She was originally worried that Akiwara Yuto would leave, but didn't expect the other party to express it like this.

Akiwara Yuto interrupted her, and his voice became serious.

"Ms. Asano, I promise that as long as 'New Novel' doesn't give up on me, I will never go to other magazines."

In his view, it was Asano Aiko who helped him when he was in the most difficulty, so under the same conditions or conditions that were not much different, "New Novel" was naturally the first priority.

As for the sentence "as long as 'New Novel' doesn't give up on me," there were also considerations in this regard. If the editorial department couldn't guarantee his interests in the future, he would naturally have to leave. At most, he would make up for Asano Aiko in other ways later.

However, his voice was slightly loud, and he was standing near the exit door of the publishing house, making many people around look over.

Asano Aiko was stunned, not knowing how to reply.

Akiwara Yuto saw that the meaning was conveyed, didn't wait for Asano Aiko to reply, said "Goodbye," and turned to leave.

He was not the kind of person who only talked. He wanted to use actions to prove everything.

Looking at Akiwara Yuto's back as he left, Asano Aiko fell into silence.

In her own view, Akiwara Yuto was a very talented writer and could achieve success by submitting to other publishing houses, so the other party didn't need to make this guarantee.

But it couldn't be denied that the other party's performance moved her heart and made her feel moved.

Akiwara-san, the person who should say thank you is me... ===== CHAPTER 10 =====