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You must know that before this, the evaluation of a reasoning was often one-sided criticism or one-sided praise.

Few works can be like "The Invisible Guest", which can make the circle of book reviewers talk about it.

Driven by this curiosity, many people went to nearby bookstores and bought a copy of "April Youth".

This also made the sales volume of the fourth issue of "April Youth" exceed the 14 copies estimated by the editorial department, reaching 17 copies.Not only that, but also drove the sales volume of the previous three issues.

When they first learned about the increase in sales, Oshiro Lixiang and others thought it was the market that was seized through the distribution of school channels.

But when the statistics class told the specific reasons, everyone was very surprised, and some people even expressed that they couldn't laugh or cry.

However, although sales have increased, it has not been without negative effects.

Before reading the book, many readers have already learned about the bad reviews from the book reviewers, because they have formed preconceived opinions.

As a result, after seeing that the work was really complicated and a bit "brain-burning", many of these readers also expressed their dissatisfaction on the Internet, supporting the statement that Akihara Hiroto Jiang Lang did his best.

This also made the opinion of book reviewers who thought that "this work failed" occupy the upper hand of public opinion for a while.

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Chiyoda District, Saturday morning, Akihara Yuu's house.

Akihara Yuto was wearing pajamas, sitting cross-legged on the tatami in the living room.He read the comments in the newspaper, lost in thought.

The newspaper in his hand is called "Viewpoint Review", which is a medium-sized newspaper with a circulation of about 20 copies.

On the cultural section of this newspaper, a book reviewer named Yamashita published an article titled "Readers Are Losing Patience for Hiroto Akihara", which was almost half the page length.

"...The new work "The Invisible Guest" by Hiroto Akihara, winner of the Reasoning Literature Newcomer Award, has recently caused a lot of controversy among readers. After reading it, many readers think that the narrative of this work is too complicated..."

"...The story is only unfolded in the form of constant responses and memories from beginning to end, so it is difficult for readers to let themselves enter..."

"But I personally think that Mr. Qiuyuan is just a newcomer after all, so we should give him more consideration. After all, he has published several good works before this. Compared with this work..."

Seeing this part, Akihara Yuto put down the newspaper and sighed.

Although the book reviewer said in the article that he should be considerate of himself, he actually expressed a point of view, that is, he is not optimistic about this work.

Otherwise, I wouldn't talk about "newcomers" at the end, let alone show any previous works.

After all, the subtext of this sentence is that compared with his previously released works, this "Invisible Guest" is much worse.

Akihara Yuto stood up, took two steps back and forth in the room, looked at the pedestrians on the street outside the window, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Have you really failed?

This work of "The Invisible Guest" is adapted from the Spanish suspense mystery film "The Invisible Guest".

And this movie, on some lists at home and abroad, has always been ranked among the top three suspense and reasoning works in the world, and is sometimes rated as the first.

I remember that in his previous life, when he saw this work, he was shocked by a series of reversals and truths in it!

That's why he wanted to take this work out and publish it in "April Youth" after adaptation.

But I didn't expect that it would cause so much dissatisfaction now.

Hiroto Akihara stopped in his tracks, went to the kitchen again, opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of water and drank it.

The moment his lips touched the cold water, he immediately calmed down and realized a key point.

When he watched the movie, he watched it from the beginning to the end in one breath, without any pause in the middle, so he could quickly understand the excitement of the story.

But when the adaptation was completed, he had to divide it into several issues, which greatly tested the readers!

In other words, he, may have overestimated the reader's patience too much...

If so, what should be done now?

Just then, the doorbell rang.

With the sound of the key opening the door, a footstep came from the position of the stairs, from far to near.

Akihara Yuto looked up and found that the person who came was Aiko Asano.

"Akihara, this is a letter from the readers that "April Youth" entrusted me to bring to you." Aiko Asano walked into the living room and handed over a thick package.

Hiroto Akihara took the package, but did not open it.

In fact, even if he didn't read it, he knew the general content from the previous online public opinion.

"Akihara, don't you want to read it?" Asano Aiko was a little puzzled, "Editor Awazu told me that it contains letters from readers who support you."

"All letters from readers who support me?"

Akihara Hiroto glanced at the package in his hand, feeling a little puzzled for a while.

But after he thought about it, he quickly understood what the editorial department was thinking. It was afraid that he would lose confidence in the serialization, so he wanted to give him some confidence.

Thinking of this, Hiroto Akihara burst out laughing, does he seem like such a person without confidence?

To be honest, he has more confidence in this work than anyone else.

He pondered for a moment, then made a decision.

He walked to the entrance and made a call to Oshiro Lixiang.

"Editor-in-chief Oshiro, I am Yuto Akihara, regarding the next issue of the journal, I would like to suspend publication for a while."

On the other side, Oshiro Lixiang, who was holding a microphone, was completely surprised.

"Ms. Akihara, what happened?!"

For its magazines and periodicals, the suspension of a work is a very serious event.In addition to making some readers dissatisfied, it will also attract criticism from the outside world.

In addition, many authors often do not continue to serialize after the publication is suspended.

This also means that this work died directly.

The current "April Youth" has placed a heavy emphasis on this work by Hiroto Akihara.If Akihara Hiroto suspends publication, it will undoubtedly have an extremely serious impact on sales!

Hiroto Akihara heard her concerns, and explained: "Editor Oshiro, I'm not planning to stop the serialization. I just need a while, so let me tell you about my plan..."

After talking on the phone for about 15 minutes, he finally finished his plan one after another, but Oshiro Lixiang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the plan.

She didn't expect that Yuuto Akihara had such a plan.

After weighing briefly, Oshiro Lixiang responded.