Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 15 The Little Goldfish Escaped

"Little goldfish escaped, what an interesting name."

Imai Zeren read out the name of Hideki Hanyu's new work. He has worked in the sales department for many years, and he can still tell whether a work is good or bad.

After a while, Imai Zeren put down the picture book and praised, "Hayu-san has created another excellent work."

Of course it is excellent, this "Little Goldfish Escaped" is the best-rated and best-selling work among all the picture books of Gomi Taro, and it ranks in the top ten of the neon picture book sales list.

He found out that after "The Crocodile is Scared of the Dentist" was released, not only did the public praise it well, even many seniors in the industry who criticized him before changed their tone and began to praise him.

It can be seen that it is always the work that can determine the word-of-mouth of a writer, and a good word-of-mouth can help him continue to succeed, so the new picture book chose the word-of-mouth masterpiece "The Little Goldfish Escaped".

"It would be great to get the approval of Minister Imai." Hideki Hanyu said politely.

Everyone wanted to cooperate, and the next negotiation was a matter of course. Whether it was the priority distribution rights of his future works, or the distribution contract of the new work "Little Goldfish Escaped", the signing was quickly reached.

The moment the seal is stamped, Shogakukan has the priority distribution rights for Hideki Hanyu's future works, provided that the distribution conditions given are of course higher than those of competitors, and the scope is limited to picture books, which is what Hideki Hanyu especially emphasized.

Compared with the priority distribution rights, the distribution contract of the picture book "Little Goldfish Escaped" is much simpler. The first printing and subsequent printings are signed at one time, and the number of first printings and royalties are directly applied to the second printing of "The Crocodile Is Afraid of the Dentist". printed contract.

Eri Kitahara, who has been in touch with him, has also officially confirmed to be his exclusive person in charge. The first job is to help Hideki Hanyu cooperate with Shogakukan's publicity and promotion plan.

It was already evening when work was over, and Hitoshi Imaizawa specially invited Hideki Hanyu to have dinner with him, besides Eri Kitahara, and Soyoshi Maeda, the editor of the editorial department of Shogakukan.

The cooperation between Hideki Hanyu and Shogakukan is on the right track. In the future, new works will naturally be connected with the editorial department. Soyoshi Maeda is the responsible editor in charge of Hideki Hanyu.

After arriving at the restaurant, I thought that the celebration dinner should have a good atmosphere, but after a meal, Hanyu Hideki was not used to it.

In the past, he always had dinner with his friends, and there was no difference between them. Everyone had a good time talking and drinking, talking freely, without restraint, and without annoying red tape.

But having dinner with Hitoshi Imai this time can be regarded as showing Hanyu Hideki what is the hierarchical culture of the Neon company and the rules of the predecessors.

Imai Zeren was very friendly to him, but as the person with the highest rank and seniority present, his attitude towards the other two was not so polite. It is also normal.

Not only did the two have no opinion at all, but they were very obedient. Maeda Zongyi was a little older, and he could still sit and eat normally, as long as he complimented Imaizawa Jin at any time, and made a toast by the way.

Eri Kitahara, a newcomer who just graduated, was miserable. She was serving several people the whole time, picking up food, pouring wine, and handing towels.

After a meal, Hideki Hanyu felt hard for Eri Kitahara, he kept busy and didn't talk about it, and didn't eat a few mouthfuls of food.

Although it was a little uncomfortable, Hanyu Hideki did not recklessly help, not to mention that he could not change the cultural customs of the whole society, if he tried to help, it would have the opposite effect, ruining the good impression that Eri Kitahara had worked so hard to create.

After the dinner, Hideki Hanyu sent Hitoshi Imaizawa and Soyoshi Maeda to a taxi.

Then seeing Eri Kitahara approaching him, wanting to tell him about his work schedule tomorrow, he interrupted decisively, "Kitahara-san, let go of work first, I'm not full yet, there is a roasted bird restaurant nearby that tastes good, come with me. "

After Eri Kitahara, who was confused, was taken to the yakiniku restaurant, she looked at Hideki Hanyu who ordered a bunch of food for her despite saying that she was hungry, how could she not understand Hideki Hanyu's mind.

"Have any girls said that Hanyu-san is very considerate?"

"Not yet, because I haven't had such an opportunity yet."

"Hayu-san is so good, why hasn't he had a girlfriend yet?"

"I have to study, I have to work, I don't have enough time to enrich myself, so I don't have time to find girls." Hideki Hanyu believed what he said.

"Hanyu-san, you can't be so considerate to unfamiliar girls from now on."

"Is there?" Hanyu Hideki didn't realize anything.

"Hanyu-san really doesn't look like a neon person, his gentle and considerate appearance will make girls misunderstand, and I can't help but like Hanyu-san."

"Did Kitahara-san like me too?"

"How about a little bit?"

"It's such an honor."

"Of course it's false, Hanyu-san and I don't belong to the same world."

"I'm curious which world I belong to."

"A world so perfect it's unreal."

"Kitahara-san is too exaggerated."

……

After a meal, Hanyu Hideki felt that the relationship between him and Eri Kitahara was obviously getting closer. It was not a love between a man and a woman, but an ordinary friendship.

It is said that whether there is pure friendship between men and women depends mainly on the woman's side. Once the girls loosen the pure friendship, it will disappear.

But Hanyu Hideki and Kitahara Eri completely looked at Hanyu Hideki, because Kitahara Eri was really a little moved at first, but Hanyu Hideki had no intention of this at all.

So Eri Kitahara knew very early on that there was no hope, and decisively stopped the relationship within the scope of friendship.

Early the next morning, Hanyu Hideki came to the training room and walked into Hirohashi Asako's office cautiously.

Seeing him like this, Asako Hirohashi immediately understood what he wanted to do, "Hayu-san, are you going to ask for leave again?"

"Shogakukan has arranged a bunch of publicity schedules for me, and I will be busy for at least half a month, and there will be magazine interviews in the afternoon." Now that he has been pointed out, Hanyu Hideki simply put on the posture that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water.

"It turned out to be less time than expected."

"Huh?" Hideki Hanyu didn't expect Asako Hirohashi to answer like this.

"Hehe." Seeing Hanyu Hideki's surprised expression, Hirohashi Asako couldn't help laughing.

She found that Hideki Hanyu did not have the self-consciousness of becoming famous, and thought that his biggest role in the training room was to teach.

Ever since Jomo Ueno uncovered the details of Hideki Hanyu, this training room has also been exposed. Everyone knows that Hideki Hanyu works as a dance teacher here.

As a result, the number of students signing up for the training room has skyrocketed recently. Apart from young girls, there are actually many older housewives who have signed up, and those who are named want to apply for Hideki Hanyu's dance class.

Such a strong publicity effect even shocked Warner Pioneer, who had always ignored the training room, and was already planning to take advantage of the opportunity to expand the size of the training room, and considered renting the remaining two floors of the old building where it was located.

For the salary of the dance teacher, hire a celebrity to act as a spokesperson, not to mention that Hideki Hanyu is going to ask for leave, even if Hideki Hanyu will not teach in the future, Hirohashi Asako has no objection.

"Then Asako-san agreed?" Hanyu Hideki asked.

"If there is anything in the training room that needs Hanyu-san, I will definitely let you know." This is tantamount to telling you to go.

"Then thank you, Asako-san."

……

　I want to collect it every day. Friends can keep it, but it’s okay to look through it. What the website wants is follow-up reading. Only after follow-up reading can I have the opportunity to recommend exposure.

　　


(End of this chapter)