Chapter 23: The Lion Opens Its Mouth

This question really touched Anko's heart. She put her hands on her hips, a little angry, and said angrily, "The author never told me what happened next, and said he wanted me to respect the direction of the plot and not interfere with it!"

"Ah, that's right..."

Momoko Kinomoto understands the author's behavior very well, after all, she has also received novels for many years.

"What do you think? Do you want to accept this book?" Anko narrowed her eyes and smiled, and said very excitedly. You know, she really wants to see "Konoha Love Story" published!

It's true that Momoko Kinomoto is very entangled. She attaches great importance to "Konoha Love Story". There was no such type of book before, but it's a novel.

However, one thing is that a book looks good, but another is being able to sell it. From a women's perspective, this book is an excellent work, and will definitely be loved by women. Not to mention the level of the Five Great Nations and the Land of Fire, even if women throughout the Konoha Village can have a copy, it will be a bestseller!

However, she was afraid it would not be popular! If it reaches the street, the publishing house that she worked so hard for will really "collapse"!

The money left by her boss is really very little, and now it's not the scenario to choose new books according to her "likes". There are too many factors for her to consider.

Momoko Kinomoto hesitated for a moment.

Anko, naturally, does not understand these considerations, but she is very good at capturing people's emotions. Not wanting to embarrass her, she stood up and reached out to Momoko and said, "If you're not satisfied, just give me the book, I can help the author again and try it elsewhere."

"No no!"

Upon learning that Anko wanted to leave with "Konoha Love Story," Momoko Kinomoto immediately stood up excitedly, stopped Anko, and said, "Mitarashi-sama, this novel is very good, and if it does well, it will definitely sell well. Sit down first and let's talk slowly."

Seeing Anko sit down, Momoko let out a sigh of relief and also sat down. Knowing that if she didn't make a decision, Anko would probably turn around and leave with the book, so she gritted her teeth, made a decision immediately, looked Anko in the eye, and said seriously, "Maruzendo wants this 'Konoha Love Story' and will take care of getting it published!"

"Ah, that's great!" Anko was very excited when she heard that. She was too surprised that the novel could be published. After all, she feared that if the publishing house did not accept the novel, that boy, Yuya, would lose the motivation to continue writing!

The smile on Anko's face also infected Momoko, and her face slowly lifted, unconsciously, with an overflowing smile on her face.

Now that it has been decided to buy the publishing rights of "Konoha Love Story," the next step is to negotiate the price. Momoko Kinomoto took a deep breath and, after considering the few funds that Maruzendo had left, asked Anko, "Mitarashi-sama, what are the author's and your expectations for this book?"

"Ten million." Anko rubbed her chin. Although she knew it was a high price, she said it without hesitation. She smiled at Momoko and said, "That's not much, right?"

Make a super high request first, and then even if it's rejected. Then, when making other requests later, Momoko will lower her expectations and have a better chance of getting satisfactory results.

Momoko: "... Hehe, why don't you just rob us, Mayor Mitarashi?"

Anko blinked innocently and said, "If I rob you, it will definitely be more than ten million!"

Kinomoto Momoko twitched her eyebrow.

10 million!

Those were the last funds of Maruzendo, all of which were used to buy the publishing rights of "Konoha Love Story," so the subsequent printing would become an issue.

Furthermore, who knows how many copies this book could sell?

Frowning, Momoko Kinomoto naturally knew that Anko was being a thief, so she said, "Mitarashi-sama, can you make an honest offer?"

Anko raised her eyebrows, "Ten million."

Momoko: "…."

In Konoha, the most famous Ichiraku noodles cost 60 taels for a bowl of noodles.

A Jōnin in Konoha risks their life to do an S-rank mission for a reward of only one million taels.

Therefore, ten million taels is really a fantasy for a first-time novel.

In the Ninja world's publishing industry, there is another unwritten rule. That is, all manuscripts are acquired in the form of purchases. The author sends the manuscript, and after negotiating the price, the publisher directly pays the manuscript fee in a lump sum and is responsible for the losses and profits.

Thanks to the publisher's own responsibility, the author does not take any risks and can sit back and relax with the money.

But if it makes money, even if millions of copies are sold, the author will not be paid more money, the author will only increase the price when bringing the manuscript next time.

Therefore, the negotiations have come to a deadlock. Maruzendo cannot afford to pay 10 million taels to buy "Konoha Love Story," and it is unlikely that Kinomoto Momoko will agree.

"Ah..." Momoko Kinomoto saw Anko's playful expression, and after thinking about it, said first, "Mayor Mitarashi, wanting Maruzendo to give you 10 million taels, it's like talking about a dream! Do you know that?" Is it possible, let's discuss it again?"

Seeing the bitterness on Momoko's face, Anko also understood that asking Maru Zendo to come up with 10 million taels is really foolish, let alone Maru Zendo who is in a financial crisis.

And his true purpose is to share! On the way to the training ground with him, Yuya talked to himself about this situation.

After organizing the language, Anko expressed Yuya's thoughts, "So, can we change the payment method?"

"I'd like to hear the details." Momoko Kinomoto said helplessly.

"I think we can adopt the sharing method. For example: every time a copy of 'Konoha Love Story' is sold, my friend will get 20% of the profits. That is, if the book is priced at 100 taels per copy, my friend will get 20% of the profits for each copy sold, what do you think?"

Anko said Yuya's "division method" without haste, and then looked at Momoko, wanting to see her attitude.

Momoko Kinomoto pondered for a moment, thinking that this method is feasible! Now that Maruzendo lacks funds, if the book sells well and the funds are recovered, they will be able to overcome the difficulties.

If the book does not sell well, Maruzendo does not need to pay the author a large amount of manuscript fees, which is a suitable method for their current shortage of funds.

"In terms of shared risk, I think this proposal is okay." Momoko Kinomoto said after thinking about it, "But 20% is too high, and the cost of physical publishing on our part is very high, such as printing costs, paper costs, and labor costs. You have to consider it, the percentage we can offer here is 15%, do you see?"

"Okay, deal!" Anko grinned mischievously, "15% is no problem!"

Momoko: "…."

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