"It is the 'profit' that can make shareholders, presidents and even directors smile with satisfaction."
"And now, if you study the data carefully, is this work really worth reprinting?"
Machida Sonoko dared not not answer:
"Based on sales data and reader feedback... it's not worth it."
Seeing this, Editor-in-Chief Ito did not say anything else, but just said lightly:
"Inform the author to finish the three volumes and prepare for the next work. The publishing house will not reject any work with good feedback data."
"You go down first."
"Yes."
Machida Sonoko cursed in her heart, "A high-ranking official can crush people to death," while trying her best to control her expression so as not to reveal too much negative emotions.
"It's over. The three volumes are finished, and the editor-in-chief has directly announced that it will be cancelled. How can I explain this to Shi-chan?"
Thinking of 'Kasumigaoka Utaha', Machida Sonoko was helpless.
Machida Sonoko also knew where the problem lay.
It's nothing more than an individual in the propaganda department playing some tricks.
The reason is probably that "Kasumigaoka Utaha refused to promote her as a beautiful high school light novel writer under the pen name 'Kasumigaoka Utaha', which made the other party feel a little embarrassed and made some small changes in the promotion."
Machida Sonoko, who was unaware of this at the time, strongly recommended Kasumigaoka Utaha's work to the marketing department. The marketing department increased the printing volume out of trust in her.
As a result, due to someone's mischief in the Publicity Department, sales plummeted, and a large number of overprinted paperback copies could not be sold, and the pressure was directly placed on the Marketing Department, which decided the printing volume.
Isn’t this a scam for the marketing department?
They believed in Machida Sonoko's judgment and decided to increase the initial print run. However, the product turned out to be not good and could not be sold, which left them in a shambles.
This result directly led to the marketing department complaining that Machida Sonoko was cheating them, which caused conflicts and even directly reached the editor-in-chief.
After all, publishing houses in island countries publish novels by printing books directly.
No matter how well a book sells, there is a print run quantity before it goes on sale.
This printing quantity requires payment.
The printing house, editor, author, illustrator, bookstore and transportation company take a commission.
These commissions must be paid after the marketing department decides on the printing quantity.
0.....0
If the print run is not sold out, the marketing department will be responsible.
Just a random change made by a front-line staff of the Publicity Department, a book that Machida Sonoko thought would have good sales was decided to be cut short.
For a romance light novel, a normal series should have five volumes. If it ends in three volumes, isn’t that a cutoff?
The publicity department was responsible, and she and the marketing department took the blame. After the incident, the marketing department even hated her. Machida Sonoko really felt that she was wronged.
However, there was nothing that could be done about it, since she was just a powerless editor.
'Think about how to persuade Xiaoshi to accept reality....'
Machida Sonoko walked out of the editor-in-chief's office with a lot of negative emotions, and when she was about to leave, a colleague suddenly came over in a hurry.
"Borrow it for a moment."
Upon hearing this, Machida Sonoko made way and turned to look inside the open door of the editor-in-chief's office. She saw the editor-in-chief's confidant who seemed to be saying something to the editor-in-chief with a nervous expression.
Seeing this, Machida Sonoko closed the door out of "politeness" and put her ear close to it.
[Extraordinary meeting of the board of directors....Equity transfer....President transferred....New president will come to inspect soon...]
Machida Sonoko blinked when she heard the end. She heard a familiar name after the word "new president".
——Kasumigaoka Utaha.
"No way?" A terrible thought came to Machida Sonoko's mind.
Chapter 249: Kasumigaoka Utaha is a bit shy
The car is approaching the editor-in-chief of Fuzugawa Bunko in Chiyoda-ku.
Holding her chin with one hand, looking out the window, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally couldn't help but mutter:
"Why did I become the president of a publishing house? It's really strange to be the president of a large company at the age of 17, right?"
Hearing her words, Luo Shu, who was driving, couldn't help but complain:
"Then what am I, an 18-year-old cadre of a secret organization, like, a freak?"
"And really, wasn't it you, Shiyu, who chose to accept this appointment?"
"The first company you start with is a relatively familiar publishing house. Isn't this giving you time to practice?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha held her chin, not even looking at Luo Shu, and complained:
"If you think that you have only been in the industry for less than two months and your understanding of the industry is just three talks with the editor-in-chief, then you can be considered to have a 'good understanding of the industry', then I have nothing to say."
When Luo Shu heard this, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry:
"I've already told you that we have a relatively good understanding of each other, why are you still arguing with me?"
After saying this, Luo Shu smiled helplessly:
"Tell me, what's the real reason? Why do you regret it only when the time comes?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha was silent for a moment, then said:
"...I'm shy."
Okay, this reason is very powerful, leaving me speechless... Luo Shu heard the reason and forced himself to hold back his laughter:
"Then why not just learn from what we do in school?"
"I don't show any expression on my face. I just glance at people. Whenever someone asks me something, I just say 'hmm' and then stare at them. As for the rest, you can watch me do it."
"Yeah." Kasumigaoka Utaha responded softly.
Hearing this, Luo Shu immediately laughed:
"Good boy, you've learned it now."
"I'm not staring at you..." Kasumigaoka Utaha muttered with a red face.
Then, she looked at the huge sign of 'Buzugawa Library' not far away, her face suddenly turned pale and said:
"Anyway, just do as you say, okay?"
"What are you afraid of? If the sky falls, I will hold it up for you."
As Luo Shu responded, the car gradually stopped in front of the entrance of the Busei Library.
He parked the car, got out, walked to the passenger seat to open the door, and handed the keys to the welcoming member. After a series of operations, Luo Shu, who acted as a driver, took Kasumigaoka Utaha out of the car, and then they entered the door of the first floor of the publishing house together.
"President, you have worked hard--!!!" xN
The unanimous compliments from dozens of people and the nearly 90-degree bows made Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression freeze.
Especially the six people in the lead, even Kasumigaoka Utaha’s grandfather was old enough, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.
This kind of scene cannot be compared with the scene of mind reading that intrudes into privacy, and it cannot even be compared with giving a speech in front of all the teachers and students in a school lecture hall.
There is a speech and a speech script. What should I say here?
"Hmm, answer and go forward, someone will lead the way." Luo Shu hummed softly, the sound was very light, but it was accurately sent to Kasumigaoka Utaha's ears.
Hearing the voice, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was originally very flustered, grabbed Luo Shu's hand with her little hand. After holding it tightly for a while, her mood suddenly calmed down.
"Ok!"
After responding in a low voice, Kasumigaoka Utaha strode forward.
At this time, the senior executives of the library who had been bowing straightened their backs, and after Kasumigaoka Utaha and Luo Shu passed by, they lagged behind by one body length and followed them.
'Where is the leader?'
Suddenly, she became the first one to leave. Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had only been to the publishing house a few times and didn't know anywhere except the negotiation room and the bathroom, was suddenly numb.
She looked around with a tense face, a little panicked. Suddenly, she stopped and looked at Machida Sonoko in surprise at the end of the bowing team:
"Sister Yuanzi?"
Machida Yuanzi heard the familiar voice and finally couldn't help but look up. When she saw Kasumigaoka Utaha's 'help' look, her expression suddenly froze:
"Little poem?"
It's really you... Machida Sonoko was completely confused when she received the news that she had to come to the lobby to welcome the new president.
She was originally hoping for a lucky break, thinking that it was someone with the same name, but it turned out that the new president was Kasumigaoka Utaha herself.
What a fuss! !
The brief eye contact between the two directly caused the senior team that was about to leave to stop.
A series of strange eyes immediately turned to Kasumigaoka Utaha and Machida Sonoko, and the jungle law of the workplace began to quietly operate at this moment.
Before the two of them could stare at each other for long, Luo Shu coughed dryly and glanced at the thin Editor-in-Chief Ito standing beside him...
According to the message sent by Tachibana Kirika, Luo Shu recognized Editor-in-Chief Ito, and because he knew that Machida Sonoko was the editor, Luo Shu recognized Editor-in-Chief Ito.
"You handle your people."
As if he had read this information from Luo Shu's eyes, Chief Editor Ito coughed and said:
"Machida, you lead the way to the office."
"Yes."
Machida Sonoko didn't care about anything else. She stood up directly, squeezed out the confidant of Editor Ito, and began to take charge of leading the way.
Seeing Machida Sonoko leading the way, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was originally very shy, was no longer worried.
At worst, if something goes wrong, we can just let Machida Sonoko take the blame!
As for why it was Machida Sonoko who took the blame instead of Luo Shu...that was naturally because Kasumigaoka Utaha herself was reluctant to do so.
The team moved forward again until they left and entered the elevator.
However, only Kasumigaoka Utaha, Machida Sonoko, and Luo Shu entered the elevator, while other senior and middle-level executives had to take the stairs and reach the target floor as quickly as possible so as not to keep the "President" waiting any longer.
All of a sudden, a large group of people ignored the strangeness in their hearts and rushed towards the stairs.
On the other side, in the elevator, Machida Sonoko looked Kasumigaoka Utaha up and down, and the strangeness in her eyes almost became real.
Feeling as if she was being watched, Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately covered her chest and said unnaturally:
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Xiao Shi, you've kept it a secret from me, and it's made me so miserable!" Machida Sonoko looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha with a forced smile.
The daughter of a big family? The controlling family behind the publishing house? An incognito visit? All kinds of thoughts flashed through Machida Yuanzi's mind, but she still had no answer.
The only person who could give the answer, Kasumigaoka Utaha, took a few steps back and hid behind Luo Shu. It was obvious that she already knew Machida Sonoko's character and was afraid of getting involved with her.
Seeing this, Machida Yuanzi had no choice but to look at Luo Shu:
"Xiao Shi, who is this?"
"Lover." Luo Shu answered casually upon seeing this.
"My love." Kasumigaoka Utaha said affirmatively.
After they finished talking, they immediately turned their heads and looked at each other.
Why are you super doubling it? .
Chapter 250 Publishing House·Shiyu·Methods to Improve Ability (4600 words)
Seeing the two people's similar but different answers, Machida Yuanzi was confused for a moment, and then looked at the two people with a strange look:
"Do you want to unify the answers first?"
Hearing this, Luo Shu couldn't help but complain: "Why is the answer lover?"
"Didn't we agree to a lifelong relationship?"
