"Lin Sang, I am Shijo Hideki, the editor of Kodansha. I wonder if there is a chance to have a private chat with Lin Sang?" Just when Lin Junxiu finally waited until the celebration was over and was about to leave alone, he was

The middle-aged man in front of me blocked him.

"There is a good cafe next to here. The owner's hand-ground coffee is very authentic, and their tiramisu cake may be the best in Tokyo. Lin Sang, do you want to go and have a taste?

?”

There are roughly two places for Japanese literati to gather. If it is to talk about business, it must be in a cafe; but if it is for socializing or other social activities, it must be in a bar. However, Lin Junxiu is naturally unable to enter a bar, and Kodansha is also

I really need to find Lin Junxiu if I have something to do. Writers like Lin Junxiu who became famous at a young age are actually the "prey" that many publishing houses are interested in. After all, a person's creative life is limited. Some people's creative talents only increase with age.

It's cool, but most people's writing talent still explodes in middle age. Therefore, investing in a talented young writer means greater gains in the future. Although Kodansha is backed by one of Japan's four major publishing groups

Otoyu Group, but they were not so arrogant as to poach Lin Junxiu, who was trained by Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, at the Naoki Award Ceremony. But after leaving the venue, let’s see who can see the price tag that is more attractive.

The land price in Tokyo, Japan, is not cheap. Even describing the land here in the central area as "an inch of land is precious" underestimates the land price here. Therefore, the businesses that can open stores here are either time-honored brands that have been passed down for centuries, or they have a lot of money.

chaebol. And this company is called

The Purple Lily Cafe is obviously the kind of shop with a heritage. Although the overall decoration is a combination of European style and Japanese style from the Edo period, after the baptism of time, the original somewhat nondescript style has actually become somewhat

It tastes good.

The whole cafe is not big, with about ten tables or less. There are not many people drinking coffee here, most of them are elderly people. These old people wear three-piece very formal suits.

Then order a cup of black coffee. Taking advantage of the aroma on the cup, the old people are reading "The Yomiuri Shimbun" or looking through an old book of some time. The background music played in the cafe is very

Relaxing symphony, and a lazy orange cat on the bar.

"Mr. Kawabata Yasunari, Mr. Oe Kenzaburo and other literary giants once drank coffee and discussed literature here. The seat you are sitting in was once the favorite of Mr. Natsume Soseki." Shijo Hideki's words made Lin Junxiu a little stunned. "It's a pity that Tokyo

The pace of life in the city is getting faster and faster, and the real masters have all left the world." Shijo Hideki said with regret, "So this place has become a little lonely, but it has also become quieter. It is very suitable for us to chat.

Let’s talk about Lin Sang’s future plans.”

"I wonder what advice Mr. Shijo has for me?" Lin Junxiu would not express his position easily.

Although he is very grateful to Wenyi Chunqiu Publishing House and will still rely on them in the future, this does not mean that Lin Junxiu will not hand over his books to other publishing houses. For this society, everything is a transaction.

The one with the highest bid naturally has the right to take everything.

"Lin Sang's "4TEEN" is an excellent youth-themed social novel, but the incompetence of Literary Spring Publishing House has dragged down the sales of this book. If we, Kodansha, were to publish this book, we would be the first to publish it.

Monthly sales are enough to create a best-selling topic, rather than waiting two months later for Naoki Award nominations to attract attention."

Shijo Hideki obviously disdains Bungeishunqiu Publishing House's marketing strategy, "Furthermore, Lin Sang's book can attract attention not only in Japan, but also in South Korea, China, China's Taiwan Province and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region."

Attention. However, Literature and Art Chunqiu Publishing House does not have smooth overseas distribution channels.

They can only wait for overseas publishing houses to come to them, and then agent the works to them. This method will inevitably cause Lin Sang's overseas copyright income to be damaged. After all, many overseas publishing organizations that come to them often seek buyout cooperation. If Lin Sang

If Sang is not confident in his own work, he can choose this kind of cooperation.

But Kodansha is different. Kodansha not only believes that Lin Sang's works have great potential in Japan, but also in the entire East Asian cultural circle. If Lin Sang is willing to cooperate with our Kodansha, the sales of new books will not only increase significantly.

, at the same time, we have many years of successful operating experience in film and television copyrights, radio drama copyrights, animation copyrights, etc. At the same time, we now have wholly-owned subsidiaries in South Korea and Taiwan Province of China, and it is completely perfect to help Lin Sang's works enter these two markets.

No problem."

Lin Junxiu was silent for a while, pretending to be thinking.

After a moment, Lin Junxiu asked calmly: "It is true that Bungeishunqiu Publishing House is not as big as Kodansha. But, Shijo-kun, if Kodansha is compared with Hitotsubashi Group and Kadokawa Group, then

The advantages of Tanshe don’t seem to be considered advantages, right?”

Hearing that Lin Junxiu suppressed Kodansha in this way, Shijo Hideki was not only not unhappy, but also became excited. "The picker is the buyer." If people are not interested in Kodansha, why should they?

What's the follow-up question? As for Shinchaosha, which was ignored by Lin Junxiu, Shijo Hideki felt that it seemed to be not on the same level as the other three of the four major groups.

"Compared with the Otowa Group and the Hitotsubashi Group, the parent company of the Shishe, it is indeed a bit unsatisfactory. No wonder Lin Sang is so confused." Shijo Hideki said with a smile, "But Lin Sang, don't forget one thing.

, the internal disputes in Hitotsubashi Group are more fierce than any publishing group. How did Shueisha and Hakusensha split from Shogakukan back then? Now that these three companies are to work together, do you think they can work together?

What's more, there are too many famous and unknown authors under the Hitotsubashi Group. How important do you think you are? It's a very embarrassing thing to have so many authors. Although our Otowa Group also has many authors.

, but the number is far less than that of Hitotsubashi Group, so the resources we devote to Lin Sang will definitely not be less. As for Kadokawa Group, this is a listed company, and the editorial power is too small."

Although Shijo Hideki didn't say it completely when he insinuated Kadokawa Group was a listed company, Lin Junxiu could understand it. The publishing industry has never been an industry that can make a lot of money. It is often the publishing house that publishes 99 authors but does not make any money.

, and even lost money to enter. But it happened that the 100th author became popular. Not only did the physical book bring huge profits to the publishing house, but the subsequent copyright development agency fees also made the publishing house a lot of money.

Therefore, publishing houses do not care about the failure of an author. What they are looking forward to is the author who can allow them to "open for three years." But once the publishing house becomes a listed company, it will not be possible. Listed companies have profit pressure, and investment

People will not allow a publishing house to "not open for three years." What they want is for the 99 unprofitable authors to get out immediately, and the publishing house only needs to concentrate on finding the key "100th" author.

However, no company in the world can calculate which author is the key author, so Kadokawa Group's publishing business has been shrinking recently and it has begun to transform into a company focusing on copyright agency and derivatives development.

"Shijo-kun, I have handed over the second new book to Wenyi Chunqiu Publishing House." Lin Junxiu said.

When he heard Lin Junxiu's words, Shijo Hideki felt like he was struck by lightning. He spent so much time talking, but in the end he still didn't get Lin Junxiu's "second" book. Wait, Shijo Hideki

It seems that there is something else in Lin Junxiu's words. Lin Junxiu just gave Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House a

The publishing contract for this book, does that mean that Lin Junxiu is not tied to the long-term publishing contract of Literary Spring Publishing House? As for the publishing contract for the "second book", it is lost, as long as I can get it from Kodansha

A publishing contract for a "third" book, a "fourth" book, etc. for subsequent books will do.

"Lin Sang, we don't care who publishes your 'second book'. What we care about is establishing a long-term cooperative relationship with you." Shijo Hideki said very sincerely, "In my opinion, your talent is not yet there.

Totally developed.”

Not to mention, Japanese editors are all senior lecturers of "Success Studies" and masters of "Chicken Soup for the Soul". After all, the author is a literary and artistic chuunibyou full of romanticism, who knows when they will have symptoms.

.Faced with authors who are either going crazy or collapsing, if editors had no skills, they would have been forced to death by the authors.

You must know that the Japanese government is cracking down on violence more and more seriously. If it were an editor in the early years, if the author did not submit the manuscript by the deadline, he would simply tie the author and lock him in a hot spring hotel. If he did not finish writing in a day, it would be a day.

You are not allowed to leave. Anyway, you will be well fed and served. Even if you want the young lady to come over and play with you, it will be no problem. The premise of everything is that you write the manuscript obediently. As long as you write the manuscript, everything can be discussed.

"Shijo-kun, I must repay the kindness that Bungeishunqiu Publishing House has shown me, so I can make you a proposal. If you can accept it, we will continue to talk; if not, then pretend that we have never met.

That's it." Lin Junxiu said, "Shijo-kun, the following words may be very willful, but I still hope you can listen to the end.

I have some ideas about my future plans. I will not try to write some serious works. I have never thought about entering literary history, and I need money. A classic of serious works may not be completed until after my death.

It will take a hundred years to make money, but will it mean anything to me at that time? So I will only write some popular entertainment novels. Among all popular novels, I will focus on

In the two categories of mystery novels and pure love novels. On the one hand, these two categories of novels are the most mainstream themes of Japanese bestsellers; on the other hand, these two categories of novels are the most suitable works for copyright development. My first

A mystery novel has already been submitted to Bungeishunqiu Publishing House, so I will still submit future mystery novels here. So, will Kodansha accept my pure love novel submission?"

Pure love novels and mystery novels are indeed the two best-selling genres of Japanese popular novels, but in terms of grade, everyone still agrees that mystery novels are a higher grade. Especially mystery novels have a wide range of readers, so both sales and adaptation costs are high.

Very high. But fortunately, pure love novels have always been a favorite of TV stations. Although the adaptation fee may not be as high as that of mystery novels, the demand from TV stations is huge, so Kodansha does not suffer a loss after all. What’s more, Kodansha is good at publishing pure love novels.

Quite experienced as well.

"If Lin Sang is willing to cooperate with us in pure love novels, of course we are very welcome." Shijo Hideki knew that Lin Junxiu's "4TEEN" actually also contains some pure love elements. Compared with mystery novels, Shijo Hideki

Xiumu felt that Lin Junxiu might have more experience in pure love novels. "I just wonder if Lin Sang has a draft of the novel now?"

"This is a series of novels. To be precise, the themes are similar but there is not much connection between the characters and the storyline." Lin Junxiu thought for a while and decided to use the early classic Korean drama "Blue Life and Death" tetralogy.

Although only "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Winter Sonata" are big hits in this series of Korean dramas, the remaining "Summer Scent" and "Spring Waltz" have mediocre performances. Interestingly, "Autumn Fairy Tale" is set in China

It became a hit here, but "Winter Sonata" became a hit here in Japan. I have to say that the emotional aesthetics of the entire East Asian cultural circle are still very similar, and the ratings market for this kind of ethical and emotional drama has not been bad.

"If Kodansha can cooperate, I can provide the draft of "Summer Scent" in one month. I hope your company will dare to publish it during the summer vacation. I will also give the remaining three books to you as soon as possible, preferably

Published seasonally.”

"The story is very interesting." Shijo Hideki commented after listening to Lin Junxiu's outline introduction.

"It should have a big impact in the female market, and it is very likely that the TV station will buy the rights for adaptation. Moreover, a series is released on a seasonal basis. This gimmick sounds very romantic, which is a buying point for female readers."

"In fact, we can sell the copyrights in advance. According to my estimation, the adaptations of "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Winter Love Song" should be the most successful. If "Summer Scent" is successful, our two books can compete with TV stations

Joint Marketing.”

Lin Junxiu talked about many IP hype methods in later generations. It is a pity that such books are not suitable for adaptation into GALGAME, otherwise Lin Junxiu would have wanted to do a "movie and game linkage". As for comic adaptations, Kodansha also has lady comics magazines, such as

"KISS", "KISS+" and "BE LOVE". According to Lin Junxiu's estimation, "KISS" should be able to take on this job.

"Lin Sang, what I didn't expect is that you actually have so much experience in book marketing." Shijo Hideki didn't know how to face Lin Junxiu. "I will feedback your suggestion to the company as soon as possible. We are very

Looking forward to this cooperation.”

"Then I'll trouble you, Shijo-kun." Lin Junxiu said, "I'm also looking forward to our cooperation."
Chapter completed!