Chapter 67 Reaction
“So what is this?”
Sitting at Masaaki Kishida's desk, Shimizu Tetsu was confused at the words on the computer screen.
The recommendations from Miyuki Miyabe, Oe Katsuhiko and Kakuda Mitsuyo were brought back to Hayami Study. President Hayami and Kishida and other editors were overjoyed. The publicity problem that has always troubled everyone was completely solved in an instant.
The printing work of "The Legend of the Boat" that has not been completely completed has been suspended. After adding a waist seal with recommendations, the printing volume was directly doubled. The bookstores that originally refused to accept direct sales gave in with the strong recommendation and guarantee of three literary giants and signed sales contracts with Hayami Study. The bookstores that had previously thrown "The Legend of the Boat" into the corner and ignored them, even though they formulated the best recommendation plan, they called to ask for an increase in supply.
In short, when the situation was very good, Kishimizu Tsuki thought he could have a good rest before signing the sale, but was called to Hayami Study by Masaaki Kishida after being called by a sudden call.
"So, what did Kishida Sang ask me to come?"
Seeing that Kishida did not answer, Shimizu Tetsuki asked again.
"Qingshui, look at this."
Snatching the mouse from his hand, Kishida Masaaki suddenly picked one out of the webpage window with unknown layers.
Shimizuki narrowed his eyes.
The top of the page is hung with the name of Takanosuke Kamiki, which looks like an official blog of an artist managed by the firm. The latest blog shows content related to himself and "The Legend of the Boat".
"Have you been doing well recently? The filming of "I heard that Kirishima wants to retire" starring me has started in Shikoku, so I have been very busy recently and can only read the book before going to bed for a break. Speaking of this, I received a book called "The Book of the Boat" from someone some time ago. It was compiled by a dictionary. It is very interesting. If you have time, you can read it and read it. It should not disappoint you. In addition, I heard that the author is the same age as me and is also 18 years old. When I think of this, I feel even more admiring..."
Apart from praise and recommendation, Shimizu Tetsu didn't find anything else. He turned to look at Masaaki Kishida. He saw that he clicked on the screen several times in a row with his mouse, and a large number of windows jumped out one after another.
Ai Hashimoto, Mitsuki Yamamoto, Moyu Matsuoka, etc. are all artist names that have never been heard of. Apart from this difference, the content on the page is similar, all of which are praises to "The Legend of the Boat" and himself. It seems that this book has become very popular in the circle of young actors.
"Is there anything wrong with this?"
"There's a big problem! Look at these people, there are large-scale firms like Amuse and Sony, and there are also small companies like Hirata Office, but they are highly-watched young artists without exception!"
I haven't paid much attention to the so-called art world, Shimizu Tetsu still doesn't understand Kishida's meaning. It was not until I saw a long list of replies after each page that I roughly understood what "high-profile" means.
“Isn’t this very good?”
"Of course it's good! But... just say it, Shimizu, how did you do it?"
When Kishida looked at him with a slightly anxious look, Shimizu Tsuki suddenly became a little confused.
"These... weren't they contacted by Kishida Sang?"
"What a joke! If we had this ability, we would have used it long ago. It's not a hot-blooded comic. Will it be fun to drag it to the end?"
"Who did that?"
For a moment, the two looked at each other.
"It's a good thing anyway, but you're bored if you're confused about the reasons."
Aya Uami who had been watching from the side walked over and got rid of the crisis of Hayami's study going bankrupt, and her words returned to her previous ease.
"Compared with this, I also have something I want you to see with Kimizu-kun."
Waving her hand to drive away Kishida, who was thinking about her beard, she came to Shimizu Tetsu, bent down and operated the computer. After a series of operations, she showed a website in front of him.
It is the personal space of Nonian Reina.
The message record has very little content, mostly a short greeting composed of a few sentences, only the closest one shows a large passage of words. Click in, and a large piece of text will instantly overflow, even so many that the entire computer screen cannot be installed.
Qingshui looked carefully.
The beginning is a daily greeting for fans, but the next paragraph can’t wait to become an introduction and strong recommendation for "The Legend of the Boat".
She has not experienced special text training, and her introduction is a bit complicated. Many places are explaining the same plot over and over again. Sometimes she cannot talk about the key points, but more about her own experience and mood after reading.
However, because of this, her words seem more sincere than the previous artists' recommendations of slightly commercial nature, which makes people think that "this book seems really good."
But... I talked too much, and maybe few people could finish reading it carefully. At the end, there were indeed few replies.
After reading it again, Shimizu Tsuki smiled and sighed: "She really likes this book."
"Is it just a book that I like?"
Looking in the sound, I saw that Aya Kamii's expression was half regretful and half ambiguous. Before I could see anything else, Shimizu Tetsu's thoughts were interrupted by Kishida's sudden shout.
"Qingshui, this is a good opportunity! A great opportunity!"
"What?"
"Your book! Although there are recommendations from several well-known writers now, these recommendations are only effective for those who have read their works, right? There are also many people who don't read books on weekdays."
Shimizu Tetsu nodded slowly, "It's true."
"Our previous thought was how to sell "The Book of the Boat" among people who have the habit of reading books. But now many people who don't usually come into contact with books have heard of the name of the book..."
"It's just on the Internet, right? The popularity of the Internet comes quickly and goes faster. Maybe those people still like it today and will turn around and forget it tomorrow."
As a young man, Shimizu Tetsu's understanding of the Internet is deeper than Kishida.
“That’s right…”
Kishida grabbed his beard again and paced back and forth in the office with his head silenced. Before Ai Uei protested, his eyes shining with light.
"Then find a way to maintain this popularity! Qingshui, how about you going on TV?"
"ha?"
"It's just about going on TV, intelligence, variety shows, everything is fine! Shimizu, you are so young and have no worse appearance than those artists. As long as you can appear on TV, you will definitely attract a lot of fans, and those people's purchases... By the way, what do you think of the saying "Weddhada genius young writer"?"
Before Shimizu Tetsuya could react to what was going on, Aya Kamiya next to him had already spoken with a stern face.
"Enough, Kishida Sang. Do you want Kishimizu to transform from a 'excellent writer' to a 'writing artist'?"
"Ah, this..."
After figuring this out, Shimizu Tetsuya shook his head slowly.
"Sorry, Kishida Sang, I'm not interested in TV or something. Writers should decide the outcome by relying on their works, and... we haven't had time to use this trick. I have something to go to Toho, so I'll say goodbye first."
When Kishida, who had been silenced, suddenly felt refreshed again.
Chapter completed!