old events in tokyo

Chapter 205 Cooperation Intention
"Although our Media Works was just established last year, we have also received strong support from the Women's Friendship Club. Please rest assured that Akiyama-kun is in terms of distribution channels."

Kadokawa Lihiko didn't hide his family's details, and the information was clear after a little careful research, so he didn't plan to make a fuss about it.

"Akiyama-san may not know that Kadokawa-san has been serving as the vice president of Kadokawa Bookstore before, and his understanding and research on the publishing industry is definitely professional."

Hideshi Tanaka, who had finished reading the manuscript, saw that Kazuki Akiyama still had some doubts, so he emphasized again.

Kadokawa Bookstore?He has heard of this publishing house, and it is definitely a first-class company in the publishing industry.

He thought of Kadokawa Rihiko in front of him, who was also surnamed Kadokawa, and he already had some guesses in his heart.

No wonder Yingshi Tanaka didn't wait for his good elementary school, but came to a little-known small publishing house.

I'm afraid it's not just the temptation of the salary of the position, but also a large part of the reason is because of this Kadokawa-san.

"To show our sincerity, we at Media Works are willing to increase Qiu Shanjun's royalties from 10% to 15%. Please think carefully about Qiu Shanjun."

In order to win the publishing rights of this novel, Rihiko Kadokawa also spent a lot of money.

He had to "retire" from Kadokawa Bookstore early last year because he disagreed with his brother Kadokawa Haruki's business philosophy.

For Kadokawa Rihiko, who wants to grasp the light novel market that young people love, how can he be reconciled.

So he was so angry that he set up a new branch with the core backbones of the original Kadokawa Bookstore Media Office who were also unwilling.

Although supported by the Women's Friendship Association, there is no shortage of funds and channels.

But the lack of authors means the lack of works.

If a publishing house wants to make a name for itself in the publishing industry, how can it do so without a few well-known works.

Although the publishing house was established last year, it has released several works.

But it still has little influence until now, looking at the entire publishing industry. Media Works seemed so small and isolated.

So when he learned that Hideshi Tanaka, whom he had just poached, was going to meet Kazuki Akiyama, he asked curiously.

Only then did I realize that this supernova, who is now very popular, has actually written a novel, so he became interested in it instantly.

On the same day, I found Kazuki Akiyama's information and read it in detail, especially the lyrics he wrote.

Although the lyrics cannot be read as articles, they also reflect a person's literary quality to some extent.

And Kazuki Akiyama's delicate and warm words left a deep impression on him.

At this time, Media Works urgently needed to expand its reputation, and it happened that it happened to meet Kazuki Akiyama ingeniously, which gave him a vague plan in his mind.

So he decided to take a look at the works provided by Kazuki Akiyama. If they were good, it might be an opportunity for the newly established Media Works.

In fact, when he came here, he had already made up his mind, as long as it was not too bad, he would immediately win the publishing rights.

When the time comes to publicize, Kazuki Akiyama's star aura will be added, which can be said to be a topic of its own.

In this way, Media Works from home may also gain fame, but he doesn't care too much about whether it can make a profit.

For a fledgling publishing house, reputation is more important than profit.

Moreover, an artist with a huge fan base like Kazuki Akiyama doesn't have to worry about sales at all.

Kadokawa Rihiko, who knows the way of the industry well, actually sees it clearly in his heart better than anyone else.

But the fact is that the quality of Kazuki Akiyama's novel is far better than he imagined.

Even if it is placed in any large publishing house, such works will not be rejected.

What's more, he is still a public figure, which is far from being comparable to ordinary unknown authors. This is a natural advantage of his status.

So in order to win the publishing rights, Kadokawa Rihiko was really moved.

"15% royalties?" Akiyama Kazuki subconsciously repeated.

"That's right, this is the sincerity of our Media Works, please think about it, Mr. Qiushan."

Kazuki Akiyama glanced at Yoshitaka Watanabe, who was also a little shocked.

Now that he is going to publish his own novel, he and Yoshitaka Watanabe have also learned about the current market situation in the publishing industry.

Generally, according to industry regulations, book authors can get about 10% of the royalties on the price of a book.

It is more than double the share of records, but the price is not as expensive as CDs.

Generally, for a novel of 10,000+ words like this, the booklet is only about five or six hundred yen, which is about half of the album.

But Rihiko Kadokawa directly divided his royalties into 15%, which is five percentage points higher than the market price.

This is already a considerable concession. Books, like records, sell more and earn more.

Kadokawa Rihiko was able to make such a condition because he not only valued the quality of the novel, but also valued Kazuki Akiyama's reputation.

As if feeling that this was not enough, Kadokawa Rihiko added another sentence. "Not only that, we Media Works can increase the printing volume of the first edition to [-] copies."

This time Kazuki Akiyama calmed down instead, according to his understanding.For a newcomer like him who has no writing experience, it is normal for the first edition to have [-] volumes.

And like records, once books are printed, no matter whether they can be sold out or not, they need to pay the author.

The other party is increasing the share and increasing the circulation of the first edition. It must not be simply because of his own novel, and there must be other conditions.

"Of course there is one condition, I hope Akiyama-kun can agree." As expected, Kadokawa Rihiko added.

"Kadokawa-san might as well say it clearly." As Yoshitaka Watanabe's agent, it's his turn to talk about business.

"Watanabe-san, don't be nervous, it's not a harsh condition." Seeing that Watanabe Yoshitaka had already put on a posture, Kadokawa Rihiko smiled and comforted him.

"It's about the peripheral products of this novel, such as comics, animation, film and television, and overseas publishing."

so complicated?After listening to him say a lot, Kazuki Akiyama realized that he thought the publishing of the novel was too simple, and it turned out that it involved so many fields.

"About this, I personally hope that no matter whether the novel is turned into a film or animation in the future, Media Works will have the priority investment, production, and publishing rights."

"The right to produce is absolutely impossible." Yoshitaka Watanabe immediately retorted before Kadokawa Rihiko finished speaking.

If the production calculation is handed over, then when this novel is really filmed, won't it have nothing to do with Kazuki Akiyama himself.

It would be fine if Kazuki Akiyama was an ordinary person, but he has influence and capital now, and he is fully capable of considering film and television in the future.

How could it be easy for others to pick the peaches like this, of course Yoshitaka Watanabe didn't say anything dead.He didn't mention the previous investment rights and comic publishing rights.

"Well, let's not mention the production rights, but the priority investment rights must be retained."

Kadokawa Rihiko smiled. In fact, he didn't expect to get the film and television production rights. He just mentioned it casually, and it was nothing more than a counter-offer later.

Kazuki Akiyama discussed with Yoshitaka Watanabe a few more words before replying to Rihiko Kadokawa.

"First of all, I am very happy to be recognized by Kadokawa-san. In principle, the publishing rights of this novel rest with your company, and I have no objections.

But regarding the follow-up film and television copyright, I still need my lawyer to discuss in detail.

Please forgive Kadokawa-san, of course, I think the priority investment rights and animation publishing rights should not be a big problem. "

Kadokawa Lihiko only showed a smile when he heard the last sentence, "Then look forward to the next meeting with Akiyama-kun."
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