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"You mean, we accept applications from those who want to get the previous editions, no, the fan books? And then sell the corresponding fan books to them?"
Hachiman felt that Mashu's proposal was a bit far-fetched. Putting aside other things, the reserve of doujinshi was a big problem.
"No problem. I know someone who can enter the CM Doujinshi storage warehouse and borrow the corresponding doujinshi. We can make it clear from the beginning that what we provide are photocopies rather than originals. This will not only be much cheaper, but also do not need to be made too elaborate. And even if it is just a copy, I think it should be able to attract some people. I think it shouldn't be a big problem to publicize the doujinshi we can produce through our own doujinshi catalog."
"But in this case, we need to ask for the consent of those fan artists, which is a big problem. And you have participated in the holy war, don't say you don't know what most of the fan works are about..."
Kyousuke didn't elaborate, but everyone present could basically understand what he meant. He was referring to those discordant publications. The impact of openly selling restricted books at the high school festival was really bad, but most of the doujinshi were classified as R18, and the slightly higher-end ones could reach the R15 standard. But since the project title was CM doujinshi supplement, it always felt like a scam without these books that children shouldn't read. Can CM for all ages still be called a holy war?
"For the restricted part, we can just adopt the principle of neither confirming nor denying. First of all, we should not include restricted doujinshi in the catalog we provide, but if there are customers who have restricted doujinshi in their application forms, we will accept them and prepare them. However, if anyone asks us about this, we will not respond to them as we know nothing about it."
Mashu said her thoughts without hesitation. The Mashu who used to blush whenever she looked at a book is no longer there. It seems that she has grown up a lot under Eriri in the past six months. But what is the feeling of a girl finally growing up? And why do you have such thoughts, Mashu?
Kyosuke shook his head, getting rid of these strange things from his mind.
"How do we deal with the issue of fan fiction authors? If those stubborn guys disagree, it will be very troublesome for us."
Don’t think that all fan fiction has no copyright. Although the number of original fan fiction is not large, it is not small either. Just communicating with the fan fiction authors is a very big problem. As for works with company copyright, let alone, companies are not pursuing them now only because they think that fan fiction can effectively promote their own works and get more people to buy the peripherals authorized by their own companies.
But in fact, fan fiction is originally at a disadvantage in this area. If the company level insists on pursuing the issue, it will basically win if it is sued. This is probably one of the important reasons why fan fiction was so popular in the East back then.
Hachiman, who didn't know much about this, hesitated when he spoke, "Well... there should be a way, right? As long as we communicate well--"
"Do you know how many people we have to communicate with to achieve that goal? Let's think of a more reliable solution."
Yukino sighed. She was not optimistic about Mashu's suggestion at all.
"No problem, let me take care of this." Mashu looked at Yukino with a firm look. She put her hand on her chest to show her determination. "I will definitely find a way."
"..."
Seeing that Mashu was a little excited, Yukino wanted to say something but in the end she didn't directly deny the other party. Instead, she tried to persuade Mashu to give up the proposal from another angle, "Then what does this have to do with our service club helping people in need?"
"Help those who have difficulty collecting doujinshi to complete their doujinshi. In the words of the seniors, it is the [Liu Bei Completion Plan]."
Amid the stunned expressions of everyone, Mashu said her speech with a smile on her face.
"What does this have to do with me!"
Without looking back, Kyosuke could guess what expression Yukino was looking at him with at this moment.
"Ah, didn't you say that yourself, Senior?"
"When did I ever say such a thing?!"
Kyosuke instantly experienced what Dou E felt back then.
"Kyosuke!! What on earth did you teach Mashu-chan?!"
As expected, the roar from Yukino that Kyosuke had expected immediately followed.
"It's really none of my business!!"
Facing the cat-like claws that Yukino was attacking, Kyosuke quickly used his hands to protect his face from being scratched.
Hachiman looked calm on the surface as he watched Yukino committing "domestic violence" against Kyosuke, but he was secretly very happy in his heart.
Things change over time, and now it is finally your turn to suffer.
Hachiman tried to hold back his laughter as he asked Mashu, "So, did Kyousuke ever mention buying restricted doujinshi before? I didn't expect he would tell you such a thing."
"What are you talking about? And why is Yukino-chan so excited? I'm just borrowing the words of my senior who always said that the restricted reading material is [Liu Bei]. Wouldn't it be more confusing when submitting the application?"
"..."
Faced with Mashu's question, Hachiman chose to remain silent.
Although I felt a bit sorry for Kyosuke, I still didn't help him out because of how he treated me so sweetly just now.
PS1: Today I will update 4k words. I feel bad for the sudden writer's block. I hope I won't be so frustrated tomorrow. _(:з」∠)_
PS2: There are many factors that contributed to the rise of the Chewan Cult. One of the environmental factors was that copyright was strictly enforced at the time. Many groups entered the Chewan pit in order to avoid disputes. By the way, copyright enforcement in doujinshi is much looser now than before, but there are still many companies that still think that their copyrights cannot be touched. Such companies generally have very few doujinshi works. The most famous one should be Nintendo's Pokémon. It is obviously a great subject, but there are only two or three doujinshis every year, and they only appeared after GF separated from Nintendo. ε=(?ο｀*))) Alas
By the way, the use of copyright here mainly refers to commercial activities. There is nothing wrong with simply drawing pictures on P station, but if you sell the book, there will be the problem of profiting from the copyright. So whether to catch the fan book depends on the mood of the company.
Chapter 14 Gao Wen: Don’t raise your head when someone calls you
After leaving the Service Club, Yukino took Mashu to find Haruno to apply for the club project, while Kyosuke took Hachiman back to the class to deal with the preparations for the male host shop.
"It hurts." Kyosuke grimaced as he looked at the scratches left by Yukino on his hands. "Can't that girl show some mercy? I am her brother after all."
"Haha, I think it's because you are her brother that she is so cruel."
Hachiman was holding his nose with disdain on his face, and he didn't say a word about the real reason why Kyosuke was attacked by Yukino.
"What did I do to deserve this?" Kyosuke took out a small mirror and carefully checked his face for any scratches. "Do you know why Mashu framed me? I've basically never been against her recently?"
"Who knows?" Hachiman turned his head away guiltily and didn't look at Kyosuke.
"By the way, have you decided on the list? Regarding the class management part?"
Hearing Hachiman's question, Kyosuke sighed helplessly, "It hasn't been completely decided yet. Although there is a rough list, my prestige in the class is far less than that of Hayama. I guess some people will not be convinced even if it is announced. So I gave the decision-making power to the girls in our class, and let them choose directly. Miura didn't come to the Service Club just now because she was dealing with this matter. I will take the list and make some minor adjustments later."
"Are you so confident that those girls will choose the right person?"
Hachiman was somewhat skeptical of Kyousuke's statement.
"Anyway, just look at the face. I have confidence in the aesthetic taste of the girls in our class. Time is so tight that there is no time to cultivate temperament. If there is a foundation of appearance, the level of our store should not be too bad. Even if there are one or two girls with poor appearance, I believe they will not be too bad. We should be able to deal with it with makeup when the time comes."
Kyosuke is still quite confident about the four major sorcery techniques in Asia.
"Tsk, damn face control."
Hachiman clicked his tongue at Kyosuke's words. He would be lying if he said he didn't want to earn some pocket money by getting a spot, but he was more or less self-aware. In terms of appearance, although Hikigaya Hachiman was not ugly, his lifeless dead fish eyes ruined the overall sense of appearance and made his overall appearance level drop a level. In terms of popularity, he was not popular among girls at all, so it was basically a foregone conclusion that he would not be selected.
Kyousuke saw what Hachiman was thinking. He put his arm around Hachiman's shoulders and whispered, "Don't be so depressed. I'll put in a good word for Yukino and give you some points for the orders you receive at the Service Club's doujinshi booth. How about that?"
"really?"
"Of course, we are all brothers, but don't hold your hopes too high. I guess it's good to get 50 yen per order. I guess Yukino can only approve 20 yen at most."
"That's good too." Hachiman didn't care too much about this aspect. It was actually pretty good to make some money. And it was estimated that there would be a lot of people coming to the school festival this time. If he could do 50 orders a day, he would have 1000 yuan in pocket money. This was a huge sum of money for Hachiman, who had been at the bottom of the family for a long time.
"It's settled then. You, Zaimokuza, Mordred, and Yui will take turns to take over. I think we should have enough manpower. I hope Haruno will approve it."
In order not to be too final, Kyosuke added one more sentence at the end. However, he thought that the possibility of Yukino agreeing should be quite high. Anyway, Yukino's pursuit at the school festival was probably not on the sales volume of Liu Bei sold by the Service Club.
"It's enough if you can help my buddy." Hachiman thought that since Kyosuke was kind enough, the next time he was "domestically abused" by Yukino, he promised to silently support Kyosuke in his heart. It would be fine to lend a voice to Kyosuke, but Hachiman didn't have the courage to do so.
With a happy mood, Hachiman came to the door of the 2nd grade F class and prepared to go in, but he saw Kyosuke didn't follow him, "What's wrong? You don't want to go in?"
"Let me first ask if Miura's list has come out, so that I don't have to worry about those people causing trouble after I get in."
Kyosuke took out his phone and sent an email to Miura. He didn't want to be entangled by those self-proclaimed romantic guys after he entered. This was why he asked Miura for help, because only Miura, the female leader with a very high reputation in the class, could suppress these monsters.
"Oh."
After hearing what Kyosuke said, Hachiman did not open the classroom door, but leaned on the windowsill in the corridor and waited for the other party's response.
"By the way, are you planning to do some training? I heard that there are a lot of things to pay attention to when being a formal male host."
While Kyosuke was waiting for Miura's reply, Hachiman asked boredly.
"Well, basically they are some rules within the industry. We don't need those things for simulations like ours. We just need to explain some precautions. It's mainly some manners and speaking skills that need a little training. Anyway, it's not a regular gigolo parlor, so just a little bit of courtesy will do."
"...How do you know these things?"
Hachiman was very curious about why Kyosuke knew the unspoken rules of the host club.
Kyousuke looked at the screen of his mobile phone without thinking too much. He answered casually, "I learned about it while working part-time."
What kind of job would require knowledge of such things?
Looking at Kyosuke who was calm and composed, Hachiman couldn't help complaining in his heart.
"Oh, so handsome! He looks like the prince charming in the stories."
"Really? I wonder if he has a girlfriend?"
"What are you thinking about? How could a man as perfect as him not have a girlfriend? And judging by his age, he might already be married."
"That's true, but why did he come to our school? Is he here to find a girlfriend?"
"It's hard to say. Why don't we go up and ask? See who is so lucky to have such a handsome boyfriend?"
···
"Hmm?" Hachiman, who was getting a little bored waiting, suddenly saw girls from other classes in the corridor gathering in one direction. Curious, he looked over and found a tall blond and blue-eyed young man surrounded by a group of little girls. The girls were extremely enthusiastic about this unknown male god and kept asking him questions, not noticing the distressed look on his face. However, none of this had anything to do with Hachiman. He had a natural aversion to people like Hayama who were born to attract girls. He was about to turn his head to avert his gaze, but the other party happened to look at him. Then the man squeezed through the crowd around him and strode towards Hachiman.
What? Is he coming to beat me up? Is this the standard "What are you worried about" style of getting beaten up?
Faced with this slightly burly man, Hachiman instinctively wanted to dodge, but before he could take action, the other party came in front of him and stretched out his hand.
"you--"
Hachiman was about to ask how he had offended him, but his hand slapped Kyousuke on the head behind him.
"Kyosuke! Long time no see!"
Hearing someone calling him, Kyosuke looked up, and then he was slapped hard by Gao Wen.
PS: This is the first update, there will be another update later
Chapter 15 Mi Jiang: Tomorrow is National Day~
"Ah! What are you doing?"
Kyosuke covered his nose. Gao Wen's harsh words made him burst into tears.
"Sorry, sorry. Who told you to look up so suddenly?"
When Gao Wen saw Kyosuke screaming in pain, he smiled and tried to fool him by saying it was funny.
Kyosuke looked at Gao Wen resentfully, "Is this my problem? I raised my head when someone called me that. Next time if you play this kind of thing again, I will ignore you!"
"Well, well. Boys, don't be so fussy and act like girls."
Gao Wen smiled. He didn't take Kyousuke's words too seriously.
"You...are you really going too far? What are you doing? My face is very important these days."