[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment":3,"chapter-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-508":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Tokyo: You Call This Normal Equipment?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1952483,2739,"Chapter 508","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-508",508,"\u003Cp>\"Our editorial department usually has to wait until the evening, or even the next morning, to get a relatively complete summary of the previous day's sales data.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So at this point in time...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is still some time before they close at night, so we can't directly see today's real-time sales from the system.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uda Ayaka nodded in agreement on the side, her voice soft and beautiful:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, Teacher Xia.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we editors had to run to every bookstore every day to ask about sales, the workload would be too huge; it's simply not realistic~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi also helped to add:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And, Senior Gao and I knew you were coming today, so we specifically suppressed the urge to go to the bookstore to 'investigate'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We didn't even dare to call the familiar clerks in advance to ask, for fear of 'spoilers'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We just thought we'd wait for you to come, and we'd go together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, we can also introduce you to some bookstore display rules and sales tricks on the spot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Xia Xia Xia Mujun nodded knowingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thanks made the three editors feel warm in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vehicle stopped in front of a large bookstore with modern decoration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shimizu Bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Gao Qiaochun introduced:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is one of the large bookstores that works very closely with our Midnight Publishing House, and it has many branches in Tokyo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the main store, with the largest flow of people and the most complete range of books.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uda Ayaka took the lead in pushing open the car door, stepping down in exquisite high heels, her voice pleasant:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This store has an independent 'Suspense Mystery Novel Section' for our Midnight Publishing House, which has a very good reputation. Many mystery fans will come here specifically to hunt for books.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's go directly to the section to have a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun responded and followed the others into the bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bookstore was brightly lit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bookshelves stood in rows, and there were many customers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four of them passed through the literature, social science, and other areas, and went straight to the \"Suspense Mystery Section\" located in the middle and back of the bookstore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Gao Qiaochun, Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi, and even Uda Ayaka were excited and expectant at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They imagined that they would soon see \"The Devotion of Suspect X,\" which condensed Teacher Xia's hard work and carried their expectations, in a prominent position belonging to Midnight Publishing House.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps they could even see readers standing in front of the bookshelf browsing, or holding the book and walking toward the checkout counter...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be the best affirmation of their work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When their gazes swept eagerly over the book display area here—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specific book shadow they had imagined did not appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smiles on their faces froze instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They scanned carefully and back and forth several more times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even uncertainly looked at the areas of other publishing houses nearby, and then looked at the \"New Book Express\" display stand at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone the rows of \"The Devotion of Suspect X\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the \"trial reading copies\" that are usually placed at the very front of the bookshelf for readers to take and read at will when each new book is released...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There wasn't even one!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The position where \"The Devotion of Suspect X\" should have been placed was now filled with gaps by a few not-so-new books by other authors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entire section, there was no trace of this new book that was officially released today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if it had never appeared here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Witnessing this completely unexpected scene, the three editors were all dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked at each other, their faces filled with shock and confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Xia Xia Mujun also furrowed his brows slightly, his gaze scanning back and forth on the empty bookshelf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where is my book?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uda Ayaka was the first to react from the shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A worst-case scenario poured over her heart like ice water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her head sharply and looked at Gao Gao Qiaochun, whose face had already begun to turn pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful eyes were instantly filled with unbelievable sharp scrutiny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice involuntarily rose a bit, carrying questioning and a hint of imperceptible... perhaps \"the opportunity has come\" complex emotion:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Editor Gao—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She deliberately asked clearly and word by word in front of Xia Xia Xia Mujun:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wouldn't... have made a mistake when arranging the sales channels, would you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example... missed this Shimizu Bookstore main store?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is one of the most important and high-traffic cooperative bookstores near our publishing house!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wouldn't... have really forgotten to stock Teacher Xia's book here, would you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, how could there not even be a single trial copy?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her questioning was like a knife, stabbing directly into the place Gao Gao Qiaochun was most worried about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Gao Qiaochun shook his head violently and crazily, almost like a conditioned reflex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice trembled a bit because of urgency and excitement, but his tone was unusually firm, even carrying a determination like burning the bridges:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! Absolutely impossible!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He widened his eyes, looked at Uda Ayaka, and then turned urgently to Xia Xia Xia Mujun, as if he wanted to swear to the whole world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I checked many times! Very many times!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The list of every cooperative bookstore, the quantity of shipments, the time of shelving... I checked repeatedly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially this Shimizu Bookstore main store! How could I forget?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Xia's book absolutely, absolutely has been sent here! And it absolutely should have been shelved!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uda Ayaka's suspicion, however, was not completely dispelled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The impression Gao Gao Qiaochun left on her in the editorial department in the past—that senior image who was a bit of a good-natured person, a bit out of step, always had no performance, and was even scolded by readers—surfaced again at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She narrowed those beautiful eyes, and the distrust in her eyes was obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even deliberately did not immediately comfort or believe him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some thoughts in her heart were turning rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If... if it was really Gao Gao Qiaochun's mistake that caused Teacher Xia's new book to \"disappear\" here...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blow to him would be huge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, would I have a more sufficient reason to apply to the editor-in-chief to transfer Teacher Xia to my charge?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, following an editor who can even make mistakes in stocking is too much of a delay for one's future...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This thought made her heart warm, and the look in her eyes when looking at Xia Xia Xia Mujun's side profile added a few more rays of determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi stood to the side, his brows locked tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was also a participant in the work of shelving this novel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those scenes of staying up late with Senior Gao to check the list and repeatedly confirm the details played back clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also firmly believed that such a low-level omission could not have occurred in the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of inspiration struck Xin Xin Yuanxiangzhi's mind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A more astonishing possibility that he had ignored split the fog like lightning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He widened his eyes sharply and gasped!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring everything else, he rushed to a young female clerk not far away who was organizing the bookshelf and looked very busy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1239,"2026-06-15T07:10:31.195Z","2026-06-15T07:45:40.648Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e3eaaf24d843ce458559c68e78c0855c6c90b2ce4791943963307eff79b9f4bd","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-509","tokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-chapter-507",624,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ftokyo-you-call-this-normal-equipment-cover.jpg"]