"Whether in terms of popularity or the quality of the work itself, "Sword Art Online" is a light novel worth cultivating. If there is no accident, "Sword Art Online" is likely to be the top choice in this call for essays. Three."

"No, no, the popularity of "Sword Art Online" is still rising steadily. I think "Sword Art Online" is very likely to win a big award."

Yukinoshita Yoshino said at this time, but it is obvious that the editors around him still have some doubts about whether "Sword Art Online" is eligible to win the Dengeki Novel Award.

"Although the popularity of "Sword Art Online" is good, it's not the end of the call for essays. It's not a good thing to set a big prize too early."

"That's true, editor Yukinoshita, what the sales volume of "Sword Art Online" will look like is still unknown."

Seeing what the other editors said, Yukinoshita Yono had no choice but to nod first: "Sorry, I was a little impulsive just now. After all, this is the first time I have seen a new work that can gain millions of popularity on the first day. "

"However." Kagami Ai said at this time: "Although the sales volume of the final physical publication of "Sword Art Online" is still unknown. But the million popularity of "Sword Art Online" is here, no matter what. It cannot be ignored. I suggest that it is better to act first."

Regarding Kagami Ai's statement, the other editors agreed very much.

"That's right, no matter what the final sales are, it's better to contact Teacher Hequanshu as soon as possible, and try to get her to sign with Dengeki Bunko in the shortest possible time."

"The signing of the contract must be done as soon as possible. Although "Sword Art Online" is not wrong to participate in the Dengeki Bunko's essay competition, it does not mean that Dengeki Bunko has the copyright of "Sword Art Online". Before the formal contract is signed, Teacher Izumi can still contribute "Sword Art Online" to other libraries, and even sign a contract with him."

The editor named Owada Ryosuke said at this time that he also expressed the most worried situation of all editors.

Dengeki Bunko's essay contest this time has a very strong publicity.Both readers and authors have already known that Dengeki Bunko is calling for essays through the overwhelming publicity on the Internet, bookstores, magazines, and social networking sites.

In some light novels published last month and this month, there are also promotions for the essay contest in the last few pages.

The authors and readers knew it, but the other competitors must have known it all too.

Especially Kadokawa library and Fujimi library.

Presumably, the editors of these two libraries must be reading the novels that participated in Dengeki Library's essay call at this very moment.The purpose is to be the first to dig potential new works into their own library.

This can be regarded as taking advantage of the rules of essay submission. After all, Dengeki Bunko does not have the copyright to submit novels during the essay submission stage.Only after signing the contract, it means that Dengeki Bunko and the author have shared the copyright of the novel equally.

Therefore, before signing the contract, the author can delete the novel submitted to Dengeki Library from the author's background, and then turn around and submit it to another library.

"Editor Owada is right. The popularity of "Sword Art Online" must have been known by other light novel libraries. Maybe at the same time as our meeting, the editorial departments of other libraries are also meeting at this time to discuss whether to publish "Sword Art Online" "Sword Art Online" poached from Dengeki Bunko."

"It's not possible, Kadokawa Bunko must have started to prepare to contact Mr. Izumi through private messages on Dengeki Bunko's website."

Everyone said anxiously. After all, the popularity of "Sword Art Online" is hard for Dengeki Bunko to see in these years. If competitors really poach it from the official website, it will be a big challenge for Dengeki Bunko. Shame on the status!

"It seems that you all came to the same conclusion as me." Yuko Hiratsuka smiled: "Since the opinions are unified, there is nothing more to say, and I will contact Teacher Izumi immediately to discuss the signing of the contract in detail. Also, the first editor who discovered "Sword Art Online" and recommended it to me was Yukinoshita Yono. First come first, and from now on, Yukinoshita Yono will be the editor in charge of "Sword Art Online". Everyone has objections ?"

"No!" Kagami Ai said loudly first.

"Of course not, first come, first served."

"Congratulations to Yukinoshita for editing."

"Miss Yukinoshita must successfully sign the contract with Mr. Izumiki!"

Several other editors applauded.

"Thank you, editor-in-chief Hiratsuka, thank you everyone." Yukinoshita Harino nodded to express his gratitude.

Although she was the first to discover and recommend Hiratsuka Yuko when she first submitted the manuscript for "Sword Art Online", there is no need to express any gratitude to the other editors.

In the workplace, it is a compulsory course to learn to say thank you all the time and make thank you a mantra.

However, there is one thing to say, she does want to express her gratitude to Hiratsuka Yuko and Kagami Ai.

If it wasn't for Hiratsuka Yuko's intention to help her, generally speaking, for light novels like "Sword Art Online" that may become a pillar, the responsible editors are often those editors with older qualifications.

Even if she was the first to discover "Sword Art Online", it is very likely that she will not be the editor in charge of "Sword Art Online".

For a new editor like her to sign a contract with "Sword Art Online" and serve as the editor-in-chief, Yuko Hiratsuka gave Yukinoshita Yono a great help and opportunity invisibly.

The rest depends on whether she can seize this opportunity.

As for Kagami Ai, she expressed her support for the first time just now, which moved Yukinoshita Haruno very much.When she looked at Kagami Ai, Kagami Ai just smiled slightly, moved her mouth slightly, and made a secret signal.

Yukinoshita Yoshino is very familiar with what Kagami Ai is talking about. When she was in college class, sometimes Kagami Ai who couldn't sit together would move her mouth like this, silently hinting at her something.

That is - invite me to eat oden after class.

But now that I have graduated from university and started working in a company, the code has changed to - treat me to oden after get off work.

"Work hard. I hope that within three days, I can see the signing contract with Mr. Izumi on the desk." Yuko Hiratsuka said calmly.

"Yes!"

"That's right." Yuko Hiratsuka said suddenly: "Tell the programmer team, let them find Mr. Izumi's author background, and deactivate the book delete button for me."

"Oh, I've already told you. The programmer team said they've already deducted it." Kagami Ai said.

"……I was just kidding."

"They pushed it back again."

"..."

After Hiratsuka Yuko summed up a few more words casually, the meeting ended.

After returning to his desk, Yukinoshita Haruno immediately opened the word document on the computer and began to export the contract template saved in the computer.

"Sword Art Online" is very likely to become Dengeki Bunko's pillar work. For such a heavyweight light novel, it is naturally impossible to sign with an ordinary contract.

Just now she also asked Hiratsuka Yuko, which level of contract was used to sign with Izumi?

The decision given by Hiratsuka Yuko was to first sign with Izumi with an A-level contract.

This shocked many editors, including Yukinoshita Yono himself.

The contract levels of Dengeki Library are S, A, B, C, and D respectively.

The amount of benefits that authors can enjoy varies with different contract levels.

Generally speaking, when newcomers sign contracts with Dengeki Bunko, they often get C-level contracts and D-level contracts.Some old authors can get B-level contracts for their new works. If the quality of the new works is good, the editor-in-chief can apply to the editor-in-chief to upgrade the contract to an A-level contract.

As for the S-level contract, only when the work becomes a super-popular work, can you have the opportunity to sign the highest-level S-level contract and enjoy Dengeki Bunko's greatest resource tilt and bonus benefits.

Of course, the contract level does not remain unchanged after signing.If the novel's popularity and sales are good, the contract level can continue to increase.

For example, Kasumi Shiko, the popular light novel author of Dengeki Bunko.

At the beginning of "Love Metronome" written by her, the contract grade she got was not outstanding, and she only got a D-level contract.

Even when it was published, I was told that if the novel's sales were not good, at most two volumes would be published, and "Love Metronome" would face the fate of being cut in half.

But miraculously, "Love Metronome" not only was not cut in half.After the first volume was released last year, it dominated the Dengeki Bunko's best-selling list for a full six months.

When the second volume was released, the limited edition of the first brush was sold out.A week after the sale, Dengeki Bunko had to contact the printing house for an expedited reprint of "Love Metronome".

Even now, "Love Metronome" is still popular, and the sales volume of each volume has always remained in the top ten of the best-selling list.

At the beginning of this year, "Love Metronome" was adapted into a sound drama, which was well received, and the total sales of "Love Metronome" ushered in another surge.

Following this momentum to continue serialization, "Love Metronome" is expected to usher in a manga soon.

Even animeized!

And the D-level contract at the beginning has now been upgraded to an S-level contract.

When it comes to Xia Shizi, people will think of her editor.

The editor in charge of Xia Shizi is Machida Yuanzi, a very capable but gentle woman.

When Yukinoshita Yoshino and Kagami Ai first joined the company, it was Machida Sonoko who served as a senior guide to them, carefully teaching them the various affairs that editors need to handle, as well as communication with authors.

Machida Sonoko was just an experienced old editor at that time, but now she has become the deputy editor-in-chief of Dengeki Bunko.

Because she has a good relationship with Yukinoshita Yono and Kagami Ai, and they often get together to chat and eat.I can often hear Sonoko Machida say how powerful Kasumi Shiko is, and she was able to write such a powerful light novel as "Love Metronome" in her freshman year of high school.

However, after boasting, Machida Sonoko would complain with a bitter face, when will Xia Shizi learn to submit manuscripts on time!

After finishing the draft contract, Yukinoshita Yono picked up the phone, and then clicked on Izumi's author information.

Yukinoshita Haruno breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Izumi had written down his phone number and e-mail address properly. Before, he often encountered some authors who did not write down their phone number and e-mail address properly. I just want to get in touch to sign a contract, but I can't find the most accurate contact method.

"I don't know what kind of girl Izumi-sensei will be?"

With a curious mind, Yukinoshita Haruno called Hequan Qinhai's phone number.

After waiting for a few seconds, after hearing the call was connected, Yukinoshita Haruno felt a little nervous for no reason, and then asked:

"Excuse me, is this Teacher Izumi?"

Hequan Qinhai, who had just finished playing Rainbow Six and exited the game interface, thought it was a salesman selling newspapers or health care products nearby after seeing an unfamiliar number calling her.

After answering the phone, just when I was about to say that I didn't need it, I heard a young woman's voice from the other end of the phone.

Teacher Izumi?

It was the first time for Izumi Qinhai to be called a teacher with such an honorific, and he almost didn't realize it.

After a while, another voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Hello, I am the editor of the Dengeki Bunko editorial department, Yukinoshita Yono. Is this Mr. Izumi?"

Yono under the snow!

Dengeki Library!

Hequan Qinhai suddenly cheered up and almost cheered. At the same time, there was still a trace of curiosity in his heart. He just uploaded "Sword Art Online" to the essay interface of Dengeki Bunko's official website today. He didn't even count as a contribution, and there were editors so soon. Have you contacted her yet?

This efficiency and speed are too fast!

Izumi Kotokai, who has been addicted to playing Rainbow Six for half a day, does not know at this time that the "Sword Art Online" he contributed has gained millions of popularity.

As for why the god-level heroine system didn't prompt...

Originally, when the well-known points were harvested, the god-level heroine system would send out a notification sound.

But seeing Hequan Qinhai so engrossed in playing the game, the god-level heroine system was very sensible and didn't make a notification sound, and planned to tell her after Hequan Qinhai finished playing the game.

Just like Do Not Disturb in Game Mode.

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