Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 33 Self-published
After the creation of the work is completed, of course it must be released as soon as possible, so that the IP is occupied.

In the editorial department of the Shogakukan, Hideki Hanyu taught the manuscript to his editor-in-charge, Soyoshi Maeda, for review before publication.

Hideki Hanyu has sold several picture books in a row, and is already one of the ace writers of Shogakukan. Even though this is a transformational work, Maeda Zongyi paid special attention to it, and immediately put down his work to receive it.

"Hanyu-san, didn't you say you planned to serialize it?" Maeda Zongyi asked, looking at the manuscript, which was obviously finished.

"It was originally intended to be serialized, but as a result, the inspiration flowed endlessly, so I simply finished writing it."

Hanyu Hideki never knew what it means to be ashamed when it comes to copying official documents.

"Hanyu-san is truly amazing."

Maeda Soyoshi admired it from the bottom of his heart. In just a short period of time, with seven picture books and one children's novel, Hideki Hanyu is already one of the most prolific writers in Shogakukan.

It is not impossible to even remove one of them.

"Hanyu-san, please wait a moment, let me take a look first."

"please."

Maeda Soyoshi began to review, and when he saw half of it, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, so he picked up the book and went to the editor-in-chief again.

After a while, Soyoshi Maeda returned with the book, and said to Hideki Hanyu with a troubled face, "The story of Hanyu-san's new work is very interesting, but..."

Maeda Soyoshi wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it, he seemed a bit embarrassed.

"Maeda-san, but it's okay to say." Hanyu Hideki knew that his book was a bit special, so he wasn't surprised what the other party said.

"Hanyu-san, I can't define the type of this book. There are indeed a lot of words describing the story of Xiaoshu, but..."

Maeda Muneyoshi said this, glanced at Hanyu Hideki, and found that the other party's expression was calm, so he continued.

"Why are there so many illustrations in the book? I can understand the use of pictures to deepen readers' imagination of elves, but what are these elf illustrations for? There are too many settings such as numbers, attribute values, skills, etc. , what Hanyu-san created is a literary work, not a game planning plan, which will affect reading."

Maeda Soyoshi expressed his doubts.

Hideki Hanyu explained casually, "I put in something interesting when I think of it. It's a new attempt."

Hearing Hideki Hanyu's words, Soyoshi Maeda's head suddenly became extremely dizzy. These writers really thought about what they came up with, and they didn't follow the rules of creation at all. He shouldn't expect Hideki Hanyu's transformational work.

It is impossible for a writer to adapt to a sudden transition to an unfamiliar creative field.

He thinks that there are too many abnormal illustrations and useless illustrations in Hideki Hanyu's work, which is the habit left by Hideki Hanyu's creation of picture books.

"Hanyu-san, my opinion is that if you want this work to be published by Shogakukan, you must strengthen the text description and remove most of the illustrations, as well as those useless illustrations and settings."

Even though he knew that saying this would make Hideki Hanyu unhappy, Soyoshi Maeda bit the bullet and said it.

If Hideki Hanyu wanted to release a picture book, with his current influence, he would dare to make a decision even if the quality was poor.

However, this kind of transformational work still requires a large number of high-cost works printed in full color. The cost pressure of the Xiaoshokan is too great, and Maeda Zongyi dare not take this responsibility.

"Maeda-san's request, I can't do it, every stroke of this book is my painstaking effort."

Hanyu Hideki put on a firm look that would never compromise.

Maeda Muneyoshi's head grew bigger when he heard the words, and he has been getting along happily all the time, which made him feel that compared to those writers with weird personalities, Hideki Hanyu is considered normal.

As a result, now it seems that writers are writers, and their brains are more or less abnormal. Could it be that neon writers have mental problems and inherit them?

Not enough for Maeda Soyoshi to harden his heart to refuse, Hanyu Hideki spoke first.

"I really like this work. In order not to embarrass Maeda-san, let me publish it at my own expense."

When Hideki Hanyu said this, Soyoshi Maeda was a little dumbfounded.

"Hanyu-san, otherwise I'll discuss it with the editor-in-chief."

After all, he is a direct line writer of Shogakukan, and Maeda Soyoshi does not want to affect the relationship between Hanyu Hideki and Shogakukan because of a transformational work that is not optimistic.

If it really doesn’t work, the big deal is to lose money and print hundreds of copies, and the other party will definitely give up if they can’t sell them.

"Maeda-san doesn't have to be embarrassed, I'm going to talk to Kitahara-san about self-publishing."

After finishing speaking, Hanyu Hideki picked up the book and left without waiting for the other party's answer.

The reason why Hideki Hanyu left in such a hurry was because he suddenly felt that it seemed more appropriate to self-publish this IP-grabbing work.

Once published by Xiaoguan, Xiaoguan will become the co-author of the book.

In the future, no matter whether it is the development of animation or games, as long as this work is involved, Xiao Xiaoguan can get a certain share.

If it's other ordinary works, you can take the share, but Pokémon is not an ordinary work, and the share is astronomical.

What is more important than the split is that the co-author has a certain right to speak in the adaptation of the work, which is unacceptable to Hideki Hanyu for splitting the money.

If I remember correctly, the name of Shogakukan was among the forces introduced by Nintendo in the previous life to exclude Satoshi Tajiri.

The lessons learned from the past are there, so he feels that it is better for him to have full control over this work.

After finding Eri Kitahara, Hideki Hanyu explained his intentions and was persuaded without any surprise.

"Hanyu-san, there is one thing I must remind. Based on the number of pages of color illustrations in this book, if the printing volume is too small, the cost plus the sales share of the Shogakukan, the price may exceed [-] yen."

How could Hanyu Hideki, who had already made up his mind, listen to persuasion.

"Beihara-san, the first print is [-] copies. Let's draw up the contract directly. I only have one request, and that is that Xiaoxiaoguan is only an agent for sales and does not share any copyright."

"Ten thousand copies! Go crazy, if there is too much money to spend, Mr. Hanyu can treat me to dinner."

Eri Kitahara had a panicky expression on your face.

"Kitahara-san, this is my decision." Hanyu Hideki said firmly.

Seeing this, Eri Kitahara could only shrug her shoulders helplessly, "Okay, rich Mr. Hanyu, please wait a moment, I will prepare right away."

As soon as Eri Kitahara left, the sales manager Imaizawa Hitoshi approached him not long after, and asked cautiously, "Hayu-san, have we had a good time working together recently?"

Hideki Hanyu thought, Hitoshi Imaizawa probably knew about the fact that he published the book at his own expense.

He didn't want the other party to guess wildly, so he explained straight to the point.

"Minister Imai, please don't get me wrong. I have no objections to the Shogakukan. Publishing a book at my own expense is just a willful attempt."

After confirming again and again that Hideki Hanyu had no objections to Shogakukan, Hitoshi Imaizawa finally felt relieved to leave.

Seeing that he published a book at his own expense, Imai Zeren was frightened and came to find out the situation.

This made Hideki Hanyu have to sigh, after traveling for several months, it was not in vain, and it was somewhat worthy of others' attention.

　Thank you sam0501 for the 500 coins reward, thank you very much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)