Baodao Club President Bao Sheng Shirakawa looked at the pile of documents on his desk and understood clearly in his heart.
That fat guy named Noma from Kodansha is playing a big game of chess!
The fat man's method is very simple and pure, but it has been tried and tested in the mystery publishing world.
That is the famous "God-Creation Plan"!
In the simplest terms, the "God-making Plan" means that as long as enough attributive attributes are added, anyone can be a "god"!
For example, "the father of Japanese mystery novels" Edogawa Rampo, "the great master of original reasoning" Yokomori Masashi, "the father of the socialist reasoning" Matsumoto Seicho, "the great master of the changeful style of reasoning" Yumeno Hisaku, "the reverse style of reasoning" The King of Detective Novels, Taro Ogurimu...
These four books, including "The Murder at the Black Death Hall" by Taro Oguri, "Hell of the Brain" by Yumeno Hisaku, "An Offering to Nothingness" by Hideo Nakai, and "The Lost Music in the Box" by Kenji Takemoto, are called " "Four Wonderful Books".
In fact, it can be regarded as part of the "god-making plan"!
This kind of publicity method is actually the publishing house highlighting the personal style in order to achieve the purpose of making the author famous!
Although Hosei Shirakawa's Takaradasha is not as rich as the three major publishing houses, Bungei Shunqiu Sha, Kodansha, and Kobunsha.
But being able to create a short mystery magazine like "Novel Mystery", which ranks among the top three in circulation in Japan, is enough to show that he is very capable.
With his business acumen, Hosei Shirakawa can clearly smell out that fat guy Noma. He must be trying to package Maijo Kyousuke into a "generalist in reasoning that is rare in a century"!
Thinking of these, Baosheng Baichuan felt a splitting headache and unbearable pain!
He doesn't simply hate Maijo Keisuke, he just hates that a reasoning genius like Maijo Keisuke does not appear in his Takarashima Club!
If that fat guy Noma finally succeeds in bringing Maijo Kyousuke to the altar.
Then it would be a devastating blow not only to Baodao Press, but also to other publishing houses in Japan!
Because as long as Maijo Kyousuke is in Kodansha for one day.
Kodansha is like mastering the "perpetual motion machine"!
Not only can he use "Top Hat" magazine to continue to bring high exposure to Kyousuke Maijo!
You can also take advantage of Maijo Kyousuke's extremely high popularity to support the magazine "Top Hat" that was just released, so that its circulation will increase dramatically!
Once this "perpetual motion machine" is built, Maishiro Keisuke will step by step dominate the structure of Japan's mystery world and influence generations of new mystery writers!
Until then, it will be whatever Kodansha says! Whatever Kyousuke Maijo writes, the mystery world becomes popular!
In this powerful atmosphere, countless admirers and imitators will inevitably be born.
As long as these people's admirers and imitators reach a certain number, surpassing the social faction, then the "Qingzhang Curse" will be completely broken!
Next? What will the landscape of the reasoning world look like?
Dance City Curse?
Baosheng Baichuan didn't dare to continue thinking about it, and he had no reason to continue thinking about it!
Because before the "Dance City Curse" appears, his Treasure Island Club will be directly destroyed by that fat guy Noma Genjiro!
And how fast is this road to becoming a god?
How much time is left for Baodao Club?
Hosei Shirakawa stood up in confusion, pulled out the bookshelf on the side, and started to read "On Japanese Detective Writers" written by Gonda Manji, the master of Japanese mystery criticism.
Henggou's official history was written in 1921, with his debut work "The Horrible April Fool's Day". By 1946, it took him a full 25 years to write "The Honjin Murder Incident".
Yumeno Hisaku began writing in 1917, and it took eighteen years until "Hell in the Brain" was officially published in 1935.
It took Koguri Kotaro eight years from 1927 to write "The Suicide Note of a Certain Prosecutor" to 1935 to write "The Black Death Hall Murder Incident".
It took Matsumoto Seicho five years from 1951 to write "Saigo Notes" to 1956 to write "Dots and Lines".
Edogawa Ranpo made his debut in April 1923 and wrote "Two Cents of Copper Coin".
In July of the same year, he wrote "A Ticket" and established his status as a master in less than three months!
If...if Maijo Keisuke is really unstoppable and becomes the next "Edogawa Ranpo", then the time left for Takarashima Club may be less than two months!
Thinking of what would happen if Maijo Kyousuke ascended to the altar, Shirakawa's face turned blue and purple!
In a fit of anger, he reached out and pushed everything on the desk to the ground!
The porcelain pen holder on the table hit the ground with a loud shattering sound, causing tiny footsteps and whispers to come from outside the door.
This terrible worry about the future made Baosheng Shirakawa feel extremely panicked!
Because this feeling is like the hour before a death row prisoner leaves. He knows that he is about to die, but the suffering he goes through before death is more terrifying than death itself!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
There was an unhurried knock on the door.
"Come in!"
Baosheng Baichuan adjusted his messed up hair and said.
The door opened, and Matsushima Gunma, the sales director of Baodao Club, walked in from the door. Seeing the mess in the office, Matsushima Gunma naturally understood what was going on, but he still pretended to be surprised and asked:
"President Baosheng, what happened? Why are you so angry?"
Baosheng Shirakawa looked at Matsushima Steed, pondered for a moment, took out a cigarette from the table, lit it with a lighter, and then made a closing gesture towards Matsushima Steed.
Matsushima Junma was able to become the director of the sales department at a young age, so he naturally knew how to watch people's actions. He immediately locked the office door and walked to the opposite side of Baosheng Shirakawa.
Baosheng Baichuan pointed to the chair with the finger holding the cigarette and motioned Matsushima Steed to sit down. Then he took out a bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet on the side and took out two highball glasses and placed them in front of Matsushima Steed.
Filling up the highball glass, Shirakawa drank the entire glass of whiskey in one gulp!
After a full glass of wine, Baosheng Shirakawa's hands that were shaking with anger gradually returned to normal, but as the anger faded, the cruel look on Baosheng Shirakawa's face reappeared:
"Songdao, I can't let the Baodao Society that my father spent his whole life building be destroyed in my hands!"
"We must...use all possible means to prevent Maijo Kyousuke from ascending to the altar!"
Matsushima Steed Ma held the highball glass and took a sip of whiskey with a bitter smile on his face:
"President Baosheng, I understand your distress, but... last time we contacted Mr. Hisuki Nishimura..."
"Although Mr. Hisuki Nishimura is willing to allow us to compete with Kyousuke Maijo, the price offered by Mr. Hisuki Nishimura is not something we at Takarashima Club can afford."
"The manuscript fee is 30 million, and the publishing royalty rate must be 18%!"
"Although Teacher Toshiyuki Nishimura's worth is there, the price is a bit too outrageous!"
Baosheng Baichuan glanced at the highball glass in his hand, threw it to the ground with all his strength, then raised the whiskey bottle and took a big sip. The ferocity in his eyes seemed like that of a terrifying ogre:
"Matsushima, go ask Mr. Nishimura Juyuki to come, it doesn't matter how much you spend!"
"While Maijo Kyousuke has not yet taken advantage of the wind, now is the best time to drag him down from the altar."
"If you are reluctant to spend money now to stop Maijo Keisuke's dominance, in two months' time, the popularity of Mr. Nishimura Touyuki may be even lower than him!"
