tokyo soulful legend

Chapter 161 Choice
The next day, at [-]:[-] in the morning, in the Magic Café, in the booth near the window,

Kaoru Kanno, whose eyes were full of exhaustion, picked up the bitter coffee in front of him and took a sip, then rubbed the bridge of his nose.

I don’t know if Kitagawa Che brought her good luck. After "Listen to the Wind Sings" became officially popular, some of the small authors under her who were not popular at first began to improve.

As their responsible editor, she is naturally happy.But she was happy, and correspondingly, her workload inevitably increased.

In this month, she didn't get a good night's sleep, let alone a vacation. The high-intensity continuous work made her mentally tense and tired.

It is no exaggeration to say that after completing the last appointment of the morning, she could sleep until sunset in this booth.

"Didn't you take a break?"

Beichuan Che raised his eyebrows, with more worry in his eyes.

In his opinion, Kaoru Kanno in front of him almost yawned or fell asleep lying on the table.

Her exhaustion has reached the point where the naked eye can see it.

"I haven't had a good rest during this time." Kanno Kaoru gave Beichuan Che an apologetic look, and apologized quite sincerely, "I'm sorry."

"Editor Shenye, why don't you take a break first?" Beichuan Che took out his phone and glanced at the time, "It's just 42:10, and the break is until 30:[-]. It won't be too late for us to start talking again."

There was nothing wrong with him this morning.

As for going home for lunch, you can catch up with starting from here at 11:30.

"Thank you for your kindness, but no need." Kaoru Kamino took a few deep breaths and patted her cheeks gently with both hands. The pain made her mental state slightly better, "Then, let's get down to business."

"Okay." Seeing her insistence, Bei Chuan Che couldn't say anything more, so he could only nod his head.

"Well, first of all, this time's manuscript." Kaoru Kamino unzipped the briefcase that she carried with her, took out the manuscript that she had printed out and bound into a collection, and placed it on the table, "This time's manuscript and Compared with the last "Listen to the Wind Sing", it is even better."

"As your editor, I am very happy, but also very frustrated." Kaoru Kamino shook his head, with a slightly subtle look on his face, "I am happy that I can read this complete manuscript as the first reader, but I am frustrated that... As a professional in the industry, I can’t give any effective advice.”

Because... this "Norwegian Wood" is good enough.

In the bottom of his heart, Kaoru Kanno silently added this sentence.

In Beichuan Che's body, she really experienced a very strong sense of frustration.

Obviously this young man is a fledgling newcomer author, but what he wrote is outrageously sophisticated.

Whether it is the choice of words or sentences, or the overall structure, how to read is comfortable.

As a reader, it is undoubtedly a happy thing to encounter such a novel, but as an editor, she really has mixed feelings.

There is quite a sense of emptiness of "my author is too powerful, I feel that I don't need me".

"Editor Kanno is serious. As a new author, I still have a lot of things I don't understand."

Beichuan Che laughed.

In the process of writing "Norwegian Wood", his writing level has crossed the threshold of lv.7 and reached lv.8.

He can feel it himself, the sudden sense of enlightenment after the level of writing is improved.

From seeing mountains as no longer mountains and seeing water as no longer water, we have returned to the original starting point. Seeing mountains is still mountains and water is still water.

"It's not good to be too modest." Kamino Kaoru shook her head, but her mood felt better. She coughed lightly and took out the contract from her briefcase, "This time the share of the share can be compared to It was higher last time.”

"President Bai Yuan also read this manuscript?"

Beichuan Che asked subconsciously.

"Yes."

Kamino Kaoru nodded.

Even now, she still remembers her president's tone on the phone. He was even more excited than her, the editor-in-chief, like he was a fan of a celebrity.

"He means?"

Beichuan Che straightened his expression and asked a question tentatively.

"15%." Kano Kaoru handed the contract to Kitagawa Che, "The specific details are written in it, you can take a look."

"it is good."

Beichuan Che took the contract and read it carefully.

Generally speaking, this standard contract is not much different from the ones he has signed before. The only difference is the attached intention contract.

Probably the content is similar to the intent contract he signed before.

But this time, the specific details inside became the priority when adapting the copyright.

That is to say, if it is adapted, it needs to give priority to Bai Yuanchuan's library. Of course, it doesn't matter if the two parties fail to reach an agreement in the end.

"What if I'm not going to sign this?"

Beichuan Che raised his eyebrows and looked at Kamino Kaoru in front of him.

There was nothing wrong with the intention contract itself, it was just that he was a little curious.

"It's nothing." Kaoru Kamino shrugged, "The president means that if you are willing to sign, you can sign, and if you are not willing, don't sign. It's not a big deal and will not affect this contract."

Regarding Bei Chuan Che's issue, President Bai Yuan gave her the impression of being tolerant.

He gave Kitagawa Che a high degree of freedom.

Taking the meaning conveyed by the president on the phone, it is only necessary to stabilize the basic market, that is, let this "Norwegian Forest" be published and sold by Bai Yuanchuan Bunko, and the rest, if there is, there is no It doesn't matter much.

"Then, Mr. Kitagawa, please use the pen."

Kaoru Kamino held the pen in both hands and handed it over.

"Thank you." Beichuan Che nodded, took the pen, and wrote his name where he should sign.

To Kaoru Kanno's respectful behavior, he was ashamed to say that he was used to it, and he gave up persuading him.

——Because I can’t persuade him at all.

"Then there's another thing." Kamino Kaoru paused, his face gradually turning rosy, "Congratulations to Mr. Kitagawa for this Naoki Award."

"Oh, okay." Kitagawa Che nodded calmly, then asked another thing, "If I want to receive the award, do I have to go in person?"

"For this... no accident, yes." Kano Kaoru was stunned for half a second, and when she came back to her senses, she thought about it and explained, "If it is really inconvenient to be there, you can also ask the staff of the publishing house Staff can collect it on your behalf, or reschedule a time to collect it in private."

"Can I ask you a favor?"

Kitagawa Che lowered his eyebrows without thinking. He didn't want to lose his peaceful daily life so quickly.

"Yes, yes, but..." Kaoru Kamino glanced at Kitagawa Che in front of him with some doubts, and reminded him kindly, "This is a good opportunity to become famous."

"I know." Beichuan Che nodded, then shook his head, "So, please forgive me for being willful."

"...Well, if that's your choice."

Kaoru Kanno nodded, agreeing to the matter.

To her, this was nothing.

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