Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 5 Winning
Time entered the last Friday of March in [-].

For Hideki Hanyu, today is a very special day, because the Shogakukan Picture Book Contest will announce the winners.

Hanyu Hideki rushed to the training room early in the morning and found that Yoshioka Shota came earlier than him. Yesterday, he agreed to watch the award results together. Hirohashi Asako said that she would buy the "Ben Yun Post" magazine.

After the two waited for a short time, Asako Hirohashi entered the office with the magazine "Wen Yun Post".

"How about it, did you win any awards?" Shota Yoshioka looked curious.

Hideki Hanyu, who submitted the manuscript, was relatively calm. He copied a classic work, and the original author was still a judge. The grand prize might not be awarded because of his qualifications, but a small prize should not be a problem.

"I rushed over after buying the magazine. I haven't read it yet." Asako Hirohashi said and began to unpack the magazine, "Do you want to read it together?"

"I want to see." Yoshioka Shota got up and moved over.

"I'll just listen to the result." The answer was about to be revealed, and Hideki Hanyu felt somewhat nervous.

Turning to the page where the award-winning results were announced, Hirohashi Asako still wanted to show off, but Yoshioka Shota next to him couldn't help shouting excitedly.

"With Hanyu-san's name! Fuji TV Excellence Award!"

When Hanyu Hideki heard that he had won the award, the tension in his heart disappeared, and he showed a happy smile. Although it was not a grand award, the most difficult first step was to step out.

Shota Yoshioka asked a little strangely, "Isn't it organized by the Shogakukan? Why is it called the Fuji TV Excellence Award?"

Asako Hirohashi pointed to the magazine and explained, "As mentioned above, Fuji TV is the co-organizer, and the awards ceremony next Wednesday will be broadcast live on Fuji TV."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Hideki Hanyu with a happy face, "Congratulations Hanyu-san, you are going to become a writer."

"There are no writers whose works have never been published. It's too early to congratulate. It would be a shame if the sales are not good after the release." After being happy, Hideki Hanyu began to think about the next thing.

Hanyu Hideki was worried about the poor sales, but he was actually quite confident in the sales.

Firstly, "The Crocodile is Afraid of the Dentist" was created by Gomi Taro three years later, and it is very unlikely that it does not adapt to the times.

Furthermore, this picture book has been selling well for decades and has been widely acclaimed around the world. In 2019, it will be included in the list of recommended early education picture books by Neon Mom.

If this kind of excellent work that has passed the test of time and sales cannot sell well, then don't sell other picture books.

"Hanyu-san, the magazine said that the winners should contact the publishing house as soon as possible." Hirohashi Asako reminded.

"Well, let me make a call first."

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he used his office phone to dial the number on the magazine.

The person connecting with him over there was his acquaintance Eri Kitahara.

"Congratulations to Hanyu-san for winning the award. I don't know if Hanyu-san has time today. Let's find a place to talk about the specific issue."

"Today is fine, the time and place will be decided by Kitahara-san."

"Then meet at ten o'clock. The location is the Kinokuniya bookstore near the company. The specific location is Otemachi [-]-chome..."

After discussing the meeting time and place, Hideki Hanyu hung up the phone and turned to look at Asako Hirohashi, "Asako-san, please leave."

Hirohashi Asako waved her hands helplessly, "Go ahead, it's best to come back before the afternoon, Hanyu-san already owes a lot of lessons."

"I see." Hanyu Hideki didn't care at all.

He has not been working in the training room for less than a month, but he is already the most popular teacher in the training room.

Apart from those little girls who are greedy for his body, the main reason is that his teaching is novel and interesting. After all, the previous life experience and the level of the original owner's dancing practice since childhood are really a strong combination.

A lot of people signed up for his class, and he didn't want to add extra classes, so he left work every day after completing the basic courses. In addition to the delay in the previous commercial shooting, he owed a lot of courses.

……

Chiyoda Ward, located in the Kinokuniya Bookstore in Otemachi, Hanyu Hideki, who arrived one step earlier, saw that Eri Kitahara hadn't arrived yet, so he decided to walk around the bookstore.

In his previous life, he had read many neon masterpieces, but all he read were translations. Now that he can understand the neon text, he plans to choose two books to appreciate the charm of the original text.

But after some selection, he found that some of his favorite books could not be found. For example, the most well-known "I Am a Cat" was not in Natsume Soseki's special section.

When I asked the clerk, I got an answer that I had never heard of this book.

"I've just traveled through time, so I can't travel back decades with butterfly wings. Is it still a different world?"

It's just such a question, destined no one can answer him.

Giving up on looking for answers, Hanyu Hideki picked a book at random and went to the rest area, waiting for Eri Kitahara while reading.

It didn't take long before seeing Eri Kitahara walking over with a file bag.

"I'm very sorry for keeping Hanyu-san waiting for so long."

"I should have come early."

Eri Kitahara sat across from her, glanced at the title of the book in Hideki Hanyu's hand, "Hayu-san, do you really like Mr. Osamu Dazai's Disqualification?"

"I watched a lot when I was young, mostly when I couldn't fall asleep."

A large number of stream-of-consciousness descriptions in this book are indeed very hypnotic, and they are just picked up casually, mainly because they are famous enough.

"Haha."

Eri Kitahara was amused by Hideki Hanyu's words, she was obviously younger than her, but she said something about when she was young.

But thinking that this time he was here to talk about business, he hurriedly opened the file bag, took out a document and handed it to Hanyu Hideki.

"Hanyu-san, this is the first printing and distribution contract we prepared, if you have any questions, please ask me."

Hanyu Hideki took the contract, opened it and read it carefully, although he felt that Shogakukan would not take the risk of discrediting it and set up a contract trap for a small person like him.

But the heart of prevention is indispensable, and there is enough time, so there is nothing wrong with taking a closer look.

Besides, he is still very concerned about the royalty share and the number of first prints.

There is nothing wrong with the main terms, and then look at the royalty share, which is [-]% of the selling price, the standard treatment for newcomers.

Although he felt that it was a bit small, he was not prepared to ask for improvement, and newcomers must have the awareness of newcomers.

Besides, it's just the share of the first printing. If there is another printing, it will have to be renewed, and it won't be too late to increase it at that time.

Next is the number of first prints, [-] copies, even for newcomers, it is still a small number that can be linked.

Although the current picture book market is not as good as that of later generations, a newcomer like him who has won an award basically has a first print of [-] to [-] copies, and the first print of a particularly promising one may be [-].

Obviously, Xiaoguan didn't like him very much.

Even though he really didn't want to bargain for a first-print contract, the quantity of [-] copies forced him to ask, "Will the number of first-print copies be a little less?"

"This is already set by the sales department, and there is no way to change it."

After Eri Kitahara finished speaking, seeing the disappointment on Hanyu Hideki's handsome face, she couldn't bear to say, "Actually, I heard some news related to Hanyu-san's award."

　Mengxin asks for support, rolls in the snow and asks for collection recommendation tickets.

　　


(End of this chapter)