Chapter 601 Unified Praise

"This work must be promoted according to the highest standards!"

The next day, at the morning meeting of Kadokawa Publishing, Yoshino exercised his rights as the editor-in-chief and issued the highest order.

As Yoshino finished speaking, the other editors of the publishing house looked at each other in bewilderment. Finally, one of the old editors who had been working for many years raised his head and hesitated: "Editor-in-chief, is it promoted according to the highest standards for new writers?"

"What is the highest standards for new writers?"

Yoshino glared and said: "Did I not make it clear enough? Promote this "The Devotion of Suspect X" according to the standards of works by top writers. Isn't Theking going to challenge Endo Ma? We at Kadokawa Publishing will give him this stage!"

"Editor-in-chief, there is no precedent..."

"Although Theking's "White Night Walk" is great, but it has great risks..."

"And the works of newcomers are always full of uncertainty. If the sales are insufficient, there will be heavy losses..."

"Does the editor-in-chief already know who Theking is? Is the pen name Theking a vest for Mr. Matsushita or Mr. Takagi?"

In the conference room, the editors spoke one after another. As one of the top three publishing houses in Japan, Kadokawa Publishing uses top-level specifications to promote a new book, which means a lot of money. If there is not enough hot sales, it may even be difficult to get back the money!

In Japan, only works by top writers like Endo Ma are qualified to be promoted at the highest standards.

And writers like Theking, who came out of nowhere and became popular with their first book, can only get medium-level promotion for their second work. There has never been a precedent for newcomers to get top-level specifications.

Listening to the editors' chatter, Yoshino frowned and said, "Haven't you read "The Devotion of Suspect X" yet? If you have read "The Devotion of Suspect X", you would never ask me such a stupid question!"

"I..."

"That..."

The editors in the seats all showed embarrassed faces.

Seeing this scene, Yoshino slammed his right hand on the table in the conference room: "Didn't I send a copy to each of your mailboxes last night so that you could take a good look at it? You guys have ignored the words of the editor-in-chief?"

After taking a breath, Yoshino said to an assistant, "Print out "The Devotion of Suspect X" and distribute it."

He also knew the virtues of his editors. Generally speaking, unless it is the works of famous writers, they will work overtime after work to read it. For writers like Theking who rely on one book, the new works can't arouse their interest at all.

The assistant walked out of the conference room under Yoshino's serious gaze.

Five minutes later, the assistant appeared in the office with more than a dozen printed copies of "The Devotion of Suspect X".

Yoshino gestured to distribute it, and then said in a deep voice: "Don't rush to work this morning, put aside the work at hand, and finish reading "The Devotion of Suspect X" here. After reading it, everyone tell me what you think."

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

"Got it!"

The editors agreed one after another.

At this moment, they have realized that this "The Devotion of Suspect X" is probably not simple.

Otherwise, the editor-in-chief would not be angry because everyone did not read this work last night. After all, this kind of thing is very normal in the publishing house. Reviewing manuscripts during work is already tiring enough. Who would choose to continue reading manuscripts after get off work?

After receiving the manuscripts that were still warm from the printer, each editor read them carefully.

Time passed bit by bit, and Yoshino sat in the chair in the center of the conference room, quietly observing the reactions of these editors.

Although he had great confidence in "The Devotion of Suspect X" and had decided to use all the resources in his hands to promote this book, nothing is absolute. Yoshino couldn't help but worry whether his taste was deviated. This kind of thing is not without precedent.

What you think is a wonderful work may not necessarily be considered wonderful by others, or it may be considered ugly by others.

This is also the reason why all publishing houses and editorial departments always have a group of editors cross-reviewing manuscripts. After all, no one dares to say that their taste can represent the taste of the entire Japanese public. Only works that are recognized by most editors can be considered good works.

It was half past ten in the afternoon, and more than an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.

Yoshino looked at his watch. With the speed of a professional editor, he should have finished reading "The Devotion of Suspect X" by now.

When he opened his mouth and was about to say something, the old editor suddenly stood up from his seat and said excitedly: "Editor, whose pseudonym is Theking!?"

Yoshino smiled. The old editor's reaction had already explained something. He tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said lightly: "It doesn't matter who Theking is. What matters is what you think of this book?"

The old editor said without hesitation: "It can completely beat the "Park" released by Endo Ma some time ago!"

As the old editor finished speaking, the other editors who had read "The Devotion of Suspect X" also raised their heads and stared at Yoshino with burning eyes: "Editor-in-Chief, I fully agree to promote this "The Devotion of Suspect X" with the highest standards!"

"Too amazing, this book is no less than "White Night Walk"!"

"It seems that the writing style is the same, but the themes are completely different. There are also similarities, that is, they both exude a classic atmosphere."

"No, no, no, in my opinion, this "Suspect X's Devotion" is more outstanding than "White Night Walk", because this novel is more like a mystery novel than "White Night Walk"!"

"This is the most perfect scam I have ever seen. I am more convinced that Theking is not a new writer. If he is a new writer, it would be too evil. But if you think about it carefully, we don't have writers with the same writing style as "White Night Walk" and "Suspect X's Devotion" in Japan..."

Comments from editors came out one after another, and Yoshino's smile gradually spread. He was sure that he really picked up a treasure this time!

Kadokawa Publishing is one of the largest publishing houses in the industry. Such a large publishing house must have an editor-in-chief, and there are also many deputy editors-in-chief, as well as more than a dozen editors-in-chief. More importantly, there is performance competition between each editor-in-chief!

The performance competition of editors is naturally centered on the sales of works.

So if you want the sales of works to be high enough, the quality of the works themselves must be good enough.

Secondly, the publicity must be in place. Now that the quality of "The Devotion of Suspect X" has been proven by the reactions of the editors under him, the next step is naturally to find a way to do a good job of publicity. In Longguo's words, it is -

Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing!