Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 75 Is the problem serious?
Leaving Sapporo, the next stop of the signing will be Yokohama.

Among the three metropolitan areas of neon, although Yokohama belongs to the Tokyo metropolitan area, in terms of city size alone, it is second only to Tokyo and Osaka, and is on par with Nagoya.

It’s just that it’s too close to Tokyo, and it relies on Tokyo economically, so it’s overshadowed by Tokyo.

Therefore, in terms of fame, it is not as good as the three major cities of Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.

The signing cities arranged by Shogakukan for Hideki Hanyu are all areas with the most developed neon economy, the purpose is to better stimulate sales.

There were no surprises in the two signings in Yokohama. Hideki Hanyu was still so popular, but more book fans came to him with "Children's Literature and Art" to question him.

The reason for this is that, apart from the story that started to spread, the primary reason is that the Elementary School has used all kinds of means to increase the sales of "Children's Literature and Art".

"Love, Go Home" began to be serialized under the name of his new transformation again, which indeed attracted many readers, but soon the annoying brats aroused the collective disgust of readers.

The reason why Xiaoxiaoguan is so popular in black and red is also red, and immediately seized the bear kid to hype it up, making readers hate it while buying it, and buy it while hating it.

The sales volume of "Children's Literature and Art" had dropped to less than 30 before, but under such a new way of publicity, it soared to more than 50.

It's just that Shogakukan was happy, but Hideki Hanyu, who was in the process of signing a sale, suffered a disaster, directly facing the fire from many readers.

This cannot be blamed on the readers, they all bought "Children's Literature and Art" for the name of Hideki Hanyu. They thought they could read a book with the same story as "Magic Snack Shop", but who would want to encounter it? The shock of the bear child's mind.

"Hanyu-san, a new issue of children's literature will be released tomorrow."

After the second signing session in Yokohama, Eri Kitahara reminded Hideki Hanyu.

At this time, they were having dinner at a sukiyaki restaurant. Hideki Hanyu was served by Eri Kitahara throughout the whole process. He only needed to hold the tong with his left hand at the end and put the beef full of egg liquid into his mouth.

It's not that he's playing any big cards, it's all because after six signings in three consecutive cities, his right hand really needs to rest.

He was concentrating on eating, but when he heard Eri Kitahara say this, he didn't react for a moment, "What?"

Seeing this, Eri Kitahara reminded again, "Tomorrow is the release time of children's literature and art."

Eri Kitahara has been following Hideki Hanyu for the past few days, and of course saw readers who questioned Hideki Hanyu with "Children's Literature and Art".

Moreover, she has also read the original manuscript of "Love, Go Home", and knows that Zhengnan's behavior in the second story will only make readers more annoying.

Tomorrow "Children's Literature and Art" will be released, and the day after tomorrow they will go to Nagoya to hold a signing event. After a day of fermentation and dissemination, it is unnecessary to know that more readers will come to Hideki Hanyu for questioning.

At this time, Hanyu Hideki finally realized the seriousness of the problem, showing an annoyed expression.

"If I knew it would be like this, I shouldn't have agreed to serialize it."

"It is estimated that the management of the headquarters did not expect it. If this situation continues, it may affect the sales of the magic snack shop."

Eri Kitahara is also very troubled, the world is unpredictable, no one thought that the bear boy would make everyone so annoying.

"It's really not possible. It is recommended that the weekly magazine increase the length of the serial and push the story to the end as soon as possible." Hanyu Hideki said an idea.

"The original plan was to finish the serialization of six issues. Even if it is further compressed, it will be reduced by two issues at most. No matter what happens to Zhengnan, it will be the last issue. At that time, your book signing will be over."

Eri Kitahara sighed after finishing speaking, how could the senior management of the Shogakukan not see things that both of them could understand.

It is estimated that the Tokyo headquarters has already begun to shorten the serialization cycle. Although the serialization cannot be completed before the end of the signing session, it cannot continue to procrastinate, and the impact on the release of "Magic Snack Shop" must be minimized.

"It seems that I have to prepare the second volume of the story of Miracle Snack Shop as soon as possible. When the serialization of Love Home is over, I will start the serialization immediately."

Originally, he thought that when the sales of the first floor of "Magic Snack Shop" declined, he would start serializing the story of the second volume, which would somewhat stimulate the sales of the single book.

But who would have thought that the single book he was publishing was cheated by his own serialized works, which felt inexplicably absurd.

But things have already happened, it is impossible not to serialize in advance.

"I don't think it's necessary to serialize in advance." Eri Kitahara gave a different suggestion.

"Why?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

"Because Hanyu-san's love to go home is not a story that people hate. Now readers are like springs. The tighter they are pressed by the hate, the more violent they will be when they release the emotion."

"What Kitahara-san means is that the short-term sales of the booklet of Miracle Snack Shop may be affected by Love Home, but it will get better when word of mouth turns around." Hanyu Hideki quickly understood what Eri Kitahara meant.

"Not only will it get better, but under the effect of compensating psychology, I feel that there will be a wave of rebound like a spring."

"It seems that the full version of Love Home will also be prepared for release. Compared with Miracle Snacks, I think Love Home will rebound even more strongly."

Things have developed to the point where it is now. In fact, whether "Magic Snack Shop" can rebound is no longer important. A good word of mouth will always allow it to get the sales it deserves, but it will take longer.

But now the readers' feeling of being suppressed by bear children is the best opportunity for the release of "Love, Go Home". Maybe it will come from behind, and the sales volume may surpass that of "Magic Snack Shop", which was released earlier.

"In this case, if I don't rush to serialize the second volume of Miracle Snack Shop, I don't have to write it. It just so happens that my right hand can't be overused recently."

When Hideki Hanyu felt that there was no need for code words and felt relieved, Eri Kitahara spoke.

"Since the inspiration has come, Hanyu-san shouldn't waste it. The manuscript still has to be handed in. I can't use my right hand. I'll ask the headquarters to send an assistant over. You can dictate and let him record it."

"Don't Kitahara-san feel that he is a little too active in urging manuscripts? At least please understand my recent hard work."

"It's just for Hanyu-san to dictate. You can choose to lie on the bed and create. It won't tire you."

"Doesn't Kitahara-san even miss my sleep time?"

"I didn't say that." Eri Kitahara pouted.

"But Kitahara Sang Mingming did that!"

"Since you know it, why say it?"

"Hey! Don't you need to cover up the oppression of writers in the elementary school?"

"Are writers on the bestseller lists considered squeezed?"

……

Not surprisingly, the two entered the familiar bickering session again.

(End of this chapter)