Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 6

"what news?"

Hideki Hanyu is a little curious, is there any inside story behind his award.

"At the beginning of the award judging, Hanyu-san's works were actually..."

Next, Eri Kitahara told the news she had heard.

After listening to Eri Kitahara's words, Hanyu Hideki realized that the easy award he thought did not exist at all.

This picture book competition seems to be a fair competition, but to put it bluntly, it is just a cake-sharing event in the picture book circle. The new writers who have the chance to win the prize are either students of a certain senior, or are from a certain faction. .

Originally, a wild contributor like him with no education, no background, and no qualifications was not even eligible to enter the award-winning candidates, let alone win the award.

But an accident happened. The judge of the award committee, Gomi Taro, fell in love with this book "The Crocodile is Afraid of the Dentist" at the first sight of Hideki Hanyu's work.

Not only did he support "The Crocodile is afraid of the dentist" to enter the candidate list of the Fuji TV Excellence Award, but also mobilized his own relationship in the award committee to help "The Crocodile is afraid of the dentist" to win the award.

Knowing everything, Hanyu Hideki was very glad that he had chosen his favorite choice at that time. If he had chosen other works out of impulse at that time, he might have nothing to do with winning the award.

However, Lao Tzu has a saying, blessings come from misfortunes, and misfortunes depend on blessings.

After relying on Gomi Taro's manpower to win the award, the consequences also appeared. The low word-of-mouth among other judges directly affected the judgment of the sales department of Xiaoxiaoguan, and finally gave the decision to print a thousand copies for the first time.

……

In the apartment in Shibuya Honmachi, it was already the second day after seeing Eri Kitahara. After knowing that it was impossible to increase the number of first prints, Hideki Hanyu signed the first print distribution contract.

After all, there is still a chance if you sign. If you don't sign, you don't even have a chance.

Knowing the reason for his award from Eri Kitahara's mouth, it was a small blow to his self-confidence, and made him understand that the time traveler is not omnipotent.

At this moment, he believes that the reasons why "The Crocodile Is Afraid of the Dentist" can be sold immediately after its release are not so convincing enough.

Although I still believe that "The Crocodile is Afraid of the Dentist" is a good work and will be recognized sooner or later, but the first printing of only [-] copies will undoubtedly have a great impact on the release.

With the first print of [-] copies, there is no need to count on the distribution density, which means that the spread of influence will be slow, and it will be difficult for readers to form a scale of word-of-mouth.

After the work is released, strong reader feedback cannot be formed in a short time, and the sales time of [-] copies may take a long time. Even if the quality of the last work is recognized, when will the second reprint be? Only then will the second work be released.

This has a huge impact on Hideki Hanyu's eager to make money plan, and he is absolutely unacceptable.

For the sake of sales, he had to take action. The previous idea of ​​lying flat and waiting for the sales and word-of-mouth to fly would definitely not work.

But how to increase sales? If he had money, he would buy a bunch of newspapers and periodicals, or even directly advertise on TV. Under the large-scale publicity, a thousand copies would be nothing at all.

But the problem is that if he wants to be so rich, he might as well buy the thousand copies himself.

In fact, even if there is, you can’t do this. Are you really blind to think that the publishing houses in the industry are blind?

Is there any other way?Commercials... TV...

correct!It is TV.

Next Wednesday's awards ceremony will be broadcast live on Fuji TV, and we must make good use of this live broadcast.

As for how to use it, looking at his shadow reflected in the window glass, is there any other better choice?
"Originally, I only wanted to rely on my talent to make a living. Why do you force me to rely on my appearance?"

"It doesn't seem to be enough to achieve the publicity effect on its own, right?"

"Some other preparations have to be made."

……

"Moshi Moshi, is this Yukio-san?" Hanyu Hideki called Tanaka Yukio's house.

"It's Hanyu-kun, what's the matter?"

"I remember Yukio-san said that the garment factory at home can make suits."

"Of course, Hanyu-kun wants to make it custom-made. You don't need to wear formal clothes to work in Asako Sanna." Yukio Tanaka asked strangely.

"Shogakukan held a picture book competition, and I submitted it if I was interested. I didn't expect to win a prize. It will be broadcast live on TV next Wednesday, so I need to wear formal clothes." Hanyu Hideki explained.

"What? Hanyu-kun won the Shogakukan Picture Book Award? Doesn't that mean that Hanyu-kun is going to become a writer? Why didn't you say such an important thing earlier?"

Hearing that Hideki Hanyu's picture book won the award, Yukio Tanaka jumped up from the sofa, feeling happier than him winning the award.

"Isn't this telling Yukio-san?"

Yukio Tanaka didn't bother to ask any more questions, and said directly, "I'll pick up Hanyu-kun by car, let's go to the garment factory together."

In this way, Hideki Hanyu got into Yukio Tanaka's car and came all the way to the garment factory of Yukio Tanaka's family in Ota District.

Before coming here, he always thought that Yukio Tanaka's garment factory was just an ordinary factory building, with sewing machines one after another inside, and many female workers working on the sewing machines.

But looking at the huge factory area with Tanaka Garment hanging in front of him, he knew that he had underestimated the wealth of the former president. No wonder he was able to support him for two years before being stopped for supplies.

"Xingxiong-san's garment factory is really big. If there is no one to lead the way, I'm afraid everyone will get lost."

"It's all the accumulation of my ancestors, but I did get lost here when I was a child. I'm interested in taking Hanyu-kun around next time. Let's make clothes first."

Yukio Tanaka brought Hideki Hanyu to a garment room, where a master tailor was already waiting.

Accompanied by the heir of the garment factory, the master tailor was naturally extremely considerate in his service. After carefully measuring the size, he even asked Hideki Hanyu about his customization requirements.

Hideki Hanyu came here to customize, of course he has his own ideas.

Don’t want the fat version of neon today, the hem of the jacket should not be too long, the length of the trousers should not be piled up on the instep, the waistline should be narrowed, and the overall fit fits the body line...

Watching Hanyu Hideki communicate with the tailor, Yukio Tanaka joked, "I think Hanyu-kun can definitely be a fashion designer even if he is not a writer."

"In this respect, I feel really talented." Hideki Hanyu, who has already DIYed several clothes, doesn't know what it means to be modest.

The time for customization was tight, and Hideki Hanyu saw the master tailor starting work, so he and Yukio Tanaka left first in order not to cause any impact.

As soon as the two of them left the garment making room, they saw a group of people entering the factory area. The leader was a short but energetic man, about the same age as Yukio Tanaka.

"It wasn't long before I heard from my family that the management of Tanaka-kun Entertainment's office has ended. We met here so soon, it seems that we are really going to inherit the family business."

When the man saw Yukio Tanaka, he took the initiative to come up to say hello, not only calling him intimate, but also patted him on the shoulder directly.

"It's really limited, and my family is unwilling to support it. I will rely on Yanai-kun to take care of me in the future."

Tanaka Yukio pretended to be a defeated dog, which made the man known as Yanai-kun laugh out loud.

But after pretending, Yukio Tanaka did not forget Hideki Hanyu beside him.

"Hanyu-kun, this is Yanai Masa, a good friend of mine growing up."

"Yanai-kun, this is Hideki Hanyu, who just won a prize in the Shogakukan Picture Book Contest, a future great writer."

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