Chapter 100 Sold Out
"What? Is it because the sales are not ideal?" Yasuki Wada's face turned pale instantly. Tokuma Shoten has invested heavily in this book, and the company's rise and fall depends on it. If something goes wrong, he as the director will have to take the responsibility, and he might even be sent to a remote subsidiary company in Hokkaido, and then his life would be over.
"No, no. The sales are so good! There are long queues outside all the bookstores, and readers are rushing to buy." Ren Shengping was so excited that his voice trembled.
"Baka!" Yasuki Wada couldn't help but swear, which almost scared me to death. "If you have good news, just tell us directly. What's wrong with selling well?"
"Because the sales are so good, the stock sent to the bookstore is almost sold out. If we don't replenish it in time, the readers in the queue will definitely not agree. We must quickly notify the printing factory." Jin Shengpingtai was finally able to finish his words smoothly.
"Bakana! We have sent 200,000 books to the bookstore, and they are sold out so quickly?" Wada Jingshu didn't believe what Mibu Heita said. "Maybe you encountered a special case? The bookstore you visited happened to be located in an area with a large number of readers?"
Just as he finished speaking, the office door was pushed open with a bang, and the company's general affairs director Tsuboi Chinatsu rushed in, "Director, Section Chief Miyashita called and said that all the new books in the bookstore he inspected are sold out. Please notify the printing factory to restock as soon as possible."
Before Wada Yasuki could respond, another general affairs officer, Maruhashi Mei, rushed in, "Editor Inoue is also urging us to restock. I couldn't get through to you on the phone, so I had to relay the message."
Only then did Wada Jingshu believe it was true. He quickly gave an order, "List the bookstores that need to be restocked immediately, and I will arrange for the printing factory to restock as soon as possible!"
"Everyone, 'Showa U.S. Story' is about to set a record for the sales of our company's books. If this goal is really achieved, I will ask the president to give everyone a high bonus and arrange for everyone to go on vacation in Hawaii! Come on, everyone, Ganba Daddy!"
"Onboard!" Cheers rang out in the office, and the members immediately got busy as if they were injected with chicken blood.
As they answered the phone, they wrote down the bookstores that needed to be restocked, and finally gave the list to Yasuki Wada. As soon as Yasuki Wada got the list, he immediately called the printing factory and asked them to send all the trucks to deliver the goods as soon as possible. "I don't care how many trucks you have. If you don't have trucks, use cars. If you run out of cars, take taxis. If the book sales are affected because of you, I will definitely ask the president to deal with you seriously!"
On the streets of Tokyo, there were long queues in front of almost every bookstore. Even if the store manager came out and bowed and apologized repeatedly, telling them that "Showa American Story" was sold out, they were reluctant to leave.
"Restock if they're sold out! We've been queuing since last night, and we have to take the books home today no matter what!"
"We've already notified them to restock, but this book is selling so well that I'm afraid... I'm afraid even if the printing factory restocks, it won't be able to meet everyone's demand." The store manager almost sank his head to the ground.
"How can you fix it? Then ask the publisher to print more copies. Are you going to disappoint so many customers?" a customer in the queue angrily scolded, "I have been looking forward to reading this book for a month."
Some smart customers thought that they might not be able to buy the book even if they continued to queue, so they turned their attention to the lucky ones who had already bought the book, "Sir, can you give me your book? I am willing to pay 5,000. No, 10,000 yen for your book."
The price of Showa American Story was only 1,500 yen, but someone offered 10,000 yen to buy it right after it was released. This should have made more than six times the profit, right? However, the lucky person who was reading a book ignored him and said, "You want to buy my dream for just 10,000 yen? How is that possible!"
"Twenty thousand yen. I'm willing to pay twenty thousand yen." Someone else joined the fight.
"30,000 yen. We can find a cafe and sit for a while. You can sell it to me after you finish reading it!" The third person came. In this bubble era where you have to wave a 10,000 yen bill to get a taxi, spending 30,000 yen to buy a beloved book is nothing.
"Really?" The young man was finally tempted.
"The bookstore will definitely continue to restock, and you will be able to buy another copy in a few days at most, so it is a very cost-effective thing to transfer the book to me now." The visitor saw that there was a chance, and continued to try to persuade.
"make a deal."
The two men immediately got into the car and left. The rest of the people saw this and immediately started looking for the other lucky ones.
The bookstore manager gritted his teeth when seeing this scene. This was all the money earned by the bookstore. It was all Tokuma Bookstore's fault. Why did they only stock such a small amount of goods? He had forgotten that when they first came to stock the goods, he had repeatedly asked them to reduce the quantity.
He quickly returned to the store and picked up the phone to call Tokuma Bookstore. He called several times before he got through. "Hello, this is Kinokuniya Sancha branch. Please send 500. No, 1,000 copies of "Showa American Story" as soon as possible. Please!"
Even though it was over the phone, the store manager bowed 90 degrees, as if he wouldn't be able to get the book if he wasn't so respectful.
"A thousand copies is absolutely impossible. Our stock is almost gone, and all the printing press vehicles have been dispatched."
After hanging up the phone, Yasuki Wada wiped his face, rushed to the large office outside, and clapped his hands vigorously to get everyone to look at him. "Everyone, the sales of Showa American Story have exceeded our expectations. As of now, almost all the cooperating bookstores have sold out their stocks and strongly request us to restock! Therefore, I decided to notify the printing factory to print more copies immediately!"
"Reprint it!"
"Reprint it!"
Everyone in the office shouted loudly and did a strange dance at the same time. This is a ritual unique to the publishing industry. Once a book needs to be reprinted, they will dance and shout slogans to celebrate. This is also the scene most anticipated by people working in the publishing industry.
"Gentlemen, we are going to reprint the book on the first day of publication. This is the first time since the establishment of Tokuma Shoten, so please work hard! High bonuses and a vacation trip to Hawaii are waiting for you! Please!" Yasuki Wada bowed to the members.
The members bowed in return and straightened their backs before getting back to work. After a while, they calculated the number of copies that needed to be printed. "Three hundred thousand copies, at least three hundred thousand copies are needed to barely satisfy the rush of readers!"
"No, 300,000 copies are not enough. Let's just print 500,000 more copies this time!" Yasuki Wada changed the number without hesitation and then notified the printing factory.
After hanging up the phone, he instructed, "Tell Teacher Gao the good news right away, and ask him if he can be invited to hold a book signing event in Neon! All Neon readers want to meet him."
(End of this chapter)
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