Gonda Manji and Maijo Kyousuke sat in the back seat and began to explain the market structure of Japanese mystery publishing houses to Maijo Kyousuke.
"Teacher Wucheng, there are currently more than thirty publishing houses related to reasoning in Japan, large and small, but the three most famous ones are Guangwenshe, Literary Spring and Autumn, and Teacher Wucheng, where you and Miss Jiangliu are located. Talk about society.”
"Slightly worse than these three major publishing houses are Social Thought, Sogen, Shincho, Takarashima, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, Kadokawa Shoten, Tokuma Shoten, and Hayakawa Shoten, where Miss Edome once worked."
“Almost all of these publishers are in competition.”
"Even Kodansha and Kobunsha, which are both members of the Otowa Group, are fighting overtly and covertly to compete for the market."
"After all, the president of Kodansha, Genjiro Noma, and the president of Kobunsha, Hideo Hachinaka, have a feud. Their ancestors are the Noma family and the Hachinaka family often get in trouble with each other due to market division issues, causing both sides to lose."
"It wasn't until forty years ago that Mr. Otowa Yoshiaki acquired the two publishing houses Kobunsha and Kodansha, which were both losing, and established the Otowa Group. This allowed the two publishing houses to temporarily truce!"
"However, Kodansha, which has always been the lowest among the three major mystery publishing houses, has never been able to create a qualified short story mystery magazine. On the contrary, Takaradasha, which is at the bottom, has successfully created the excellent "Novel Mystery". This makes Kodansha is in a difficult position.”
"Because if left alone, Kodansha's popularity will decline significantly. Soon, Takarashimasha will use the "Novel Mystery" magazine to spread its popularity, expand its own advantages, and eventually Kodansha will be Knock down the altar and become one of the new three major publishing houses."
Gonda Manji patted Maijo Keisuke's shoulder with his hand, then pointed at Eryome who was driving in front of him and said with a smile:
"But unfortunately, it's time for Takarashima Club to wake up from its sweet dream, because Kodansha has welcomed two geniuses and an experienced deputy editor. No, we should call the editor-in-chief after a while."
Gonda Manji smiled and continued to say to Maijo Kyousuke:
"Because Mr. Yushan, as a Bole, discovered Mr. Wucheng, a once-in-a-century genius, and published "Astrology Killing Magic"."
"Coupled with Miss Jiangliu, the genius founder of the magazine "Top Hat", the three of you, in just two days, successfully forced Baodao Society's "Novel Mystery" into a desperate situation!"
"So I think that fat guy Genjiro Noma will definitely bind the three of you together and promote it as the strongest trump card."
When Maijo Kyousuke heard Gonda Manji's words, he had a puzzled look on his face:
"Mr. Gonda, what do you mean by telling me this?"
Seeing the puzzlement on Maijo Kyousuke's face, Gonda Manji smiled and explained:
"Teacher Wucheng, what I mean is that this is an opportunity. This is an opportunity for you to climb to a certain height in the shortest time."
"Don't ever feel that you are being held as a trump card by that fat man Genjiro Noma. It is a shameful thing."
"You have to know that writers who can be exploited are the best writers. Only if you and Kodansha complement each other can Genjiro Noma promote you and double your worth!"
"I have known Genjiro Noma for many years. We have known each other since he was sent to the sales department by his father Eiji Noma."
"I cannot praise this fat man's level of appreciation for mystery novels, because he is obviously a fan of changing genres, but his business operations are one of the best!"
"So my advice to you, Mr. Wucheng, is this."
"Don't bring up the topic of royalties with Genjiro Noma, because you have tried your best, even with the help of Mr. Uyama and Miss Eryu."
"According to what I know about the fat man, the most he can do is increase the royalty rate from the original 12% to 14% to 15% to 17%."
"Getting an extra 3% of royalties may be important to other writers, because as long as a book's 'new book review' reaches 200,000 sales, you can get an extra 12 million yen in royalties."
"But Mr. Maishiro, you are different from others. You are a quick writer. It is not difficult for you to earn an extra twelve million yen, because according to my understanding, Noma Genjiro has already started writing "Astrology" "Killing Magic" design 'collector's edition'!"
"This shows that Mr. Maijo, your first work, "Astrology Killing Magic" has not yet reached the sales volume of 400,000 copies, but both Genjiro Noma and the head of the sales department, Yasunori Okoshiba, have already predicted that "Astrology Killing Magic" "Magic" will definitely reach sales of 400,000 copies, and it can already be called a 'phenomenal' work!"
Just when Maijo Keisuke wanted to continue asking Gonda Manji for advice, Eryumi, who had been driving silently, also joined the conversation:
"Teacher Wucheng, Mr. Gonda is right. This is exactly what I want to say to you."
"President Noma looks fat and poses no threat, but in fact he is very scary. He is the kind of ruthless character who will turn the publishing industry upside down once he seizes the opportunity!"
"If Mr. Wucheng talks to him about increasing royalties, it will only make him think that you only care about immediate interests without any foresight."
"When your recent limelight is over, President Noma will immediately abandon you as a useless card, or hide you in the snow. After all, your structure has not kept up with his ideas."
In his previous life, Maijo Keisuke was just a mystery novelist, and he was not very good at signing contracts with Japanese mystery writers.
But fortunately, Eryumi and he were in the same boat. Maijo Kyousuke believed that she would not lie to him, so he asked:
"So...how should I talk to President Noma? How should I talk? In order to maximize my bargaining chips?"
A smile appeared on Gonda Manji's face, he snapped his fingers in the air and said with a smile:
“Quite simply, it’s about retaining the team.”
"Teacher Wucheng, you have to remember that although you are a genius mystery writer, genius also relies on a team. If you are alone, like a lone wolf, you will starve to death sooner or later. Starving wolves and dogs are nothing. The difference is that they are just a ball of rotten meat.”
"So, if you want to have better development, you must make a request to Noma Genjiro to retain the team, that is, no matter what, you will only cooperate with Mr. Uyama and Miss Eryu. If anyone in the team is replaced, you can go alone. Breaking the contract!"
"As long as Noma Genjiro agrees to your request, in the following days, you only need to create one work after another, hand over the long mystery novels to Mr. Uyama, the editor-in-chief of the publishing department, and hand over the short mystery novels to Mr. Uyama, the editor-in-chief of the publishing department. Let Miss Jiang Liu, the editor-in-chief of the magazine department, run it."
"In this case, the three of you will be firmly locked together to form a solid triangular camp, and Genjiro Noma's 'devil's claws' will not be able to extend into your team and interfere with your development."
"But Noma Genjiro wants to use your weapon to attack other publishing houses. In this case, it means that he wants to help you, Mr. Mucheng, to become a god in disguise, because only if your popularity becomes higher and higher can you be It will be more advantageous for him to attack other publishing houses!”
Gonda Manji touched his chin, with a thoughtful look on his face:
"This is the method taught to me by Teacher Chen Shunchen. What is it called?"
"Conspiracy?"
"Forget it... don't worry about what you call it. In short, the general meaning is to let Genjiro Noma know clearly that Mr. Maicheng is very dangerous. If you are not careful, it will become a double-edged sword that hurts Genjiro Noma. "
"But in order to restore Kodansha's glory, Genjiro Noma has no choice but to bring up your dangerous double-edged sword and attack other publishing houses!"
When Maijo Keisuke saw Eryumi sitting in front and made an OK gesture, he obviously agreed with Gonda Manji's statement, so he secretly wrote it down in his heart...
