Chapter 90

Hearing this remark from Akiwara Yuto, Anjiu Jin Gangyi was a bit surprised, so he said: "Akiwara-san, this kind of thing is not a joke."

"I'm very sorry, but there is a reason." Akiwara Yuto bowed and said politely: "Can you listen to me talk about the specific reasons."

Hearing this, Anjiu Jin Gangyi could only put aside the doubts in his heart first. To be honest, he had some doubts in his heart now, but since Akiwara Yuto said so, he decided to listen to the other party's explanation first.

Under the gesture of Anjiu Jin Gangyi, the two walked along the stairs to the office on the second floor and sat on the sofa.

"President Anjiu, I will not defend the specific reasons, but I really have no way to pay the subsequent 6 million yen fee. So I want to use other forms of cooperation to let your publisher pay this sum of money first."

Hearing this remark, Anjiu Jin Gangyi frowned. Although he admitted that "The Devotion of Suspect X" written by the other party is a good work, this request in his view is also a bit rude.

He was silent for a while, then said: "Other forms of cooperation, please explain, Akiwara-san."

Akiwara Yuto took out the briefcase he carried with him and took out two documents from it and handed them to Anjiu Jin Gangyi, "President Anjiu, this is the copyright certificate of "Suspect X" issued by the Kitaoka Law Firm. I want to use this as a mortgage as a voucher for delayed payment."

Anjiu Jin Gangyi took the document and looked at it carefully. As a person in the publishing industry, after reading it, he soon understood the other party's intention—that is, to use the copyright as a mortgage, print a batch of books and put them into the market first, and then offset the 6 million yen in the returned funds.

But in this way, isn't the risk all borne by Anjiu Bookstore? This Akiwara-san's thinking is too idealistic.

Akiwara Yuto saw Anjiu Jin Gangyi's expression and guessed that the other party might not agree, so he decided to persuade the other party circuitously: "President Anjiu, how do you view the work "The Devotion of Suspect X"?"

Anjiu Jin Gangyi thought about it and answered from his heart: "It is a good work with high value."

Akiwara Yuto continued to ask: "Then, with your experience in the publishing industry for so many years, how high do you think this work can sell?"

Hearing this sentence, Anjiu Jin Gangyi was silent. When he read this work, he guessed that it could sell 500,000 copies, which is not an exaggeration.

But in fact, guessing is just guessing. What if the market is really cold?

If his guess is wrong, even the most conservative estimate will lose more than 4 million yen, not counting the extra costs wasted for proofreading and plate making this book.

More than 4 million yen is equivalent to nearly one-third of the publisher's profit this year. If it reaches this step, it will inevitably only be able to fire one or two employees.

Weighing it for a while, Anjiu Jin Gangyi replied: "Akiwara-san, sorry, although I think this is a good book, I still hope you can follow the previous process. After all, our publisher is relatively small and cannot afford the risk."

After finishing this sentence, he raised his head to look at Akiwara Yuto, preparing to wait for him to give up. But to his surprise, there was no disappointment on Akiwara Yuto's face.

Akiwara Yuto took a sip of tea and said: "President Anjiu, don't you want to change the business of your publisher? As far as I know, with the economic downturn, the business volume of self-publishing has also declined, right? By then, your publisher will still face huge risks."

Anjiu Jin Gangyi frowned and answered: "Akiwara-san, this has nothing to do with your proposal today, right? Even if I accept your proposal for delayed payment, I don't think it will be of any benefit to Anjiu Bookstore."

"No, I can give up 5% of all sales to your publisher, even if it is reprinted later. If this work can sell well, it can even return to the original normal publishing business model."

The number 5% sounds small, but it is calculated based on total sales, not just net profit. And apart from this fee, Akiwara Yuto still needs to pay the fee for delayed payment.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi heard this proposal and couldn't help but think about it, weighing the pros and cons.

If this Akiwara-san still followed the rhetoric of using copyright as a mortgage, he would naturally choose to refuse. After all, this is a bit like working for the other party entirely. Even if it sells hot, he can only receive a little hard-earned money here.

But if he gets 5% of the sales, it's different. According to the best situation, if it can sell 500,000 copies and calculate at a price of 2500 yen, even if it is only 5% of the sales, the publisher can get 62.5 million yen.

Even considering the worse situation, only the first 30,000 copies can be sold out, it can still get 3.75 million yen.

Compared with these profits, the risk that needs to be borne is only more than 4 million yen.

Akiwara Yuto saw Anjiu Jin Gangyi pondering, thinking he was still struggling, so he used a very sincere tone to say: "Don't you want to publish those books that don't have much value?"

In the data collected in the library before, Akiwara Yuto found that this Anjiu Bookstore only transformed into the self-publishing business until the economic crisis broke out. Among all small and medium-sized publishers, it can be considered very late.

This proves that this President Anjiu is a person with pursuit, and his heart is definitely not willing to be the current situation of the publisher.

And what he has to do is to mobilize the unwillingness in the other party's heart apart from interests.

"President Anjiu, this is all my plan. Please tell me your answer?" Akiwara Yuto raised his head and aimed at Anjiu Jin Gangyi's line of sight.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi sighed, a helpless expression appeared on his face, "Akiwara-san, you persuaded me. If it is this condition, I am willing to accept it."

Akiwara Yuto also breathed a sigh of relief. If it still didn't work, he could only think of other ways.

Anjiu Jin Gangyi also took a sip of tea and asked a question: "Akiwara-san, can I ask you a question? You are publishing your work for the first time, right? Why are you so confident in yourself?"

Akiwara Yuto didn't know how to answer for a while. Should he say that he has the memory of his past life and knows that "Suspect X" sold millions of copies?

If this is said, it is estimated that the other party will treat him as a lunatic!

He thought about it and fobbed it off with the reason that he was a debut writer and the "ZOO" series of works were popular.

Hearing this explanation, Anjiu Jin Gangyi was a bit dumbfounded. He really didn't know that Akiwara Yuto was already a debut writer.

After all, although he is a person related to the publishing industry, most of the books he operates are in the aspects of business and home, and he doesn't know much about the literary world.

But his expression also became strange.

You should have said your identity earlier, and also increased my confidence in the sales of the work!

Also, as a debut writer, why don't you cooperate well with the publisher you debuted with, and come to find my small publisher?