Society fears that young people don’t want to be literary godfathers

After hearing Miki Kazuma's plea to stay, Mochizuki, who had just stood up to leave, turned around:

".......real?"

"Ding Zhen is not as real as I am!"

Seeing that he was about to lose his virginity, Miki and Kazuma also tried their best to keep him:

"Okay, don't be angry. My uncle was joking with you just now... How can I let you suffer a loss? You are the top author in our library. I can't let you suffer a loss no matter what. Are you right? ?”

".......you're right."

"Yes, I think what I said is right."

Seeing that Mochizuki's response showed signs of softening, the middle-aged president's voice was gentle and had a kind and old-fashioned charm:

"So, you will agree to help arrange the music for "re0", right?"

"I'll have to ask my partner about that."

The curly boy responded:

"The sloth fish also has her share, so I can't give you an answer right away. I have to ask her about her intentions before I can make a judgment."

"...I know she is the Kurihara sister."

Miki and Ichima had a smile on his face, and his words were full of kindness:

"She seems to be quite gentle and intellectual, so she should agree--"

"Hard to say."

Mochizuki shook her head: "Even though she acts like she's quite mature, in fact she's just as immature on the inside as she is on the outside, and she has some inexplicable tempers from time to time. All in all, she's quite difficult to deal with. .....But it's okay, you also know that I am the one with the most say, as long as I coax her, she will agree [-] to [-] percent of the time."

".......real?"

"of course it's true."

Seeing Miki Kazuma tentatively speaking, Mochizuki's expression changed slightly:

"However, if you want to coax that wheelchair girl, it's not that simple."

"...What does Ali mean?"

"What I mean is: more money."

"......Understood."

Unexpectedly, I was actually cheated. Miki Kazuma's expression changed slightly, and he almost wanted to rebel - but after thinking about it, Slothfish was the musician group that he was most familiar with and the most cost-effective, and he wanted to find someone else to take charge of the music. The creation still had to be paid for by middlemen, and the quality was not guaranteed. The middle-aged president could only sigh and ask:

"Whatever you want, I will try my best to satisfy you——"

"Reserve me dinner seats at two Quintessence French restaurants. The locations are better. The white-haired piglet is the best. If you capture her with delicious food, I think at least the success rate will increase a lot."

"........"

Unexpectedly, this kid Mochizuki mentioned a high-end restaurant with three Michelin stars and a per capita budget of [-] yen. Miki Kazuma's expression changed instantly.

"...Your partner is really so difficult to coax, why do you still have to go to a place like this to eat?"

Somewhat unbelievable, Miki Kazuma frowned slightly:

"It seems to me that she doesn't like those fancy French meals... Isn't that what you really want to eat?"

"It turns out that President Miki is reluctant to spend money. That is really a pity."

Seeing Miki Kazuma telling the truth directly, Mochizuki, who had seen through his purpose, felt that the negotiation had broken down, stood up directly, and wanted to leave:

"Sorry, it seems that we can't reach an agreement on the theme song anyway. President Miki should hire someone else -"

"Wait a minute!"

Directly grabbing the corner of Mochizuki Ri's clothes, the president of the light novel library, who looked old-fashioned just now, almost froze:

"Don't leave! I'll order it...I'll order it!"

"......President Miki doesn't have any money?"

"Did I just tease you? Zhichi Library has been booming recently. How can I, the president, have no money?"

Miki Kazuma was smiling broadly, and there was an uncomfortable feeling in his eyebrows:

"Sixty thousand yen is nothing to be afraid of - just think of it as my feedback to the talented light novel writers under my banner, so that's alright!"

".......real?"

"How many times have I told you that Ding Zhen is not as true as I am - how could your uncle Miki be willing to lie to you, right??"

".......Too."

Nodding slightly, Mochizuki scratched his head lightly:

"Okay, about the French food-"

"pass it to me."

"The remuneration for arranging should also be at the market price, and I refuse to pay for free."

"That's for sure?"

His temperament, which had been polished by Mochizuki, has become much docile. Miki Ichima is like a lion whose fangs have been worn away. His voice and expression are both kind and can squeeze out three pounds of sweetness:

"I won't treat you badly, just rest assured - go back and talk to your partner about the arrangement. I will prepare the money and restaurant for you!"

"Thank you, President Miki."

Mochizuki was unpacking his polite luggage with a quite normal expression:

"Don't worry, I will definitely use all my strength to take down the wheelchair girl - I wish you a happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation!"

.....Although this negotiation around music arrangement was somewhat too abstract, the two men, one old and one young, who had a hundred calculations in their minds, still clinked their coffee cups in a rather philistine manner.

"boom."

It was the sound of gold coins being exploded.

.

Two weeks later.

Mochizuki Ryo pushed Kurihara Saki's wheelchair and slowly walked into the "Quintessence" where Miki Kazuma had previously reserved gold coins.

As expected, it has not only been rated as a three-star restaurant by the Michelin Guide Japan for 10 consecutive years, but also a gold medal French restaurant in the Tabelog food website. As soon as he entered the door, the young man smelled the smell of burnt banknotes and the romantic atmosphere.As the saying goes, once Marxism-Leninism has passed through the intestines, capital remains in the heart. Mochizuki, who rarely enjoyed such a free prostitute, chatted politely with the waiter, watching the waiter leave step by step to prepare dishes for him, and his expression became cheerful.

"...So, this is the dinner you made by exploding President Miki's gold coins?"

Looking at this modern restaurant and the diffuse aroma, Kurihara Saki, who has never cared about these high-priced dishes, couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly:

"It looks so exaggerated...it feels worse than the fast food near my home."

"Hey, Saki, if you don't understand the history, you certainly don't know what the advantages of this restaurant are."

After all, today she went to a high-end French restaurant for free, and Mochizuki's voice also seemed to have a mellow tone:

"The chef of this top French restaurant in Japan is the famous youngest Michelin-starred chef: Wednesday Kishida. Legend has it that he once went to France specifically to hone his cooking skills, and worked at "Astrance (three-star French restaurant in Paris)" in Paris "I have honed my cooking skills. Finally, I returned to China 15 years ago and became the No. 1 French restaurant in Japan. Have you seen "Tokyo Grand Hotel"? Many of the delicacies in it were designed by this boss. "

"You know a lot." Listening to the young man in front of him speaking like this, Kurihara Saki couldn't help but tilt his head, "Tell me, are all the information you just mentioned coming from Yahoo?"

".......how do you know?"

"Because I just saw you searching on your phone, idiot."

Kurihara Saki rolled her eyes at Tsukiri and said, "Can you be more normal... We two don't have to eat French food, can we just deal with each other casually?"

"Can you be a little romantic?"

Looking around at the couples at the tables next door, Mochizuki said:

"I just feel like I was too casual with you before, and I just wanted to change my style - if I had known you wouldn't like this, I might as well have pushed you to eat ramen nearby."

""......"

After hearing what Mochizuki said, the white-haired girl actually wanted to complain.

However, looking at the somewhat ambiguous environment in front of him, Kurihara Saki was silent for a moment, but still swallowed his words.

12. The talented musician and his mother who is about the same age

Tokyo French Restaurant: Quintessence has been open since 2006 and passed the tenth anniversary of the restaurant’s opening in 2016.Today, since the first edition of Tokyo Michelin was released in 2008, Quintessence has been awarded three Michelin stars for ten consecutive years, unmatched by any French restaurant in Tokyo.

Once you start your career as a chef, you almost always have the idea of ​​opening your own restaurant - Quintessence's chef Kishida also had this idea very early on.While practicing cooking in France, he gradually formed the idea of ​​"the restaurant he wanted to build" in his mind. He wanted to return to Japan and open a restaurant of his own, integrating Japanese ingredients and culture with French cuisine techniques to create Unprecedented unique dishes.

Cuisine training in France, mastering the three elements of ingredients, heat, and seasoning is the key to French cuisine. Quintessence has been implementing the technical spirit of French cuisine since its opening.

Kishida trained under the chef Pascal Barbot of the Michelin three-star restaurant L'Astrance in France on Wednesday. He learned cooking skills from Pascal. It gave Kishida a big impact at the beginning and subverted the previous concept of cooking. Different from the previous restaurant, in L'Astrance , even if you make the same dish, the way it is done is different every time.This is not because the chefs are different, but because the cooks who come into contact with the ingredients every day have to think proactively and make "adjustments" when faced with the changing status of the ingredients every day.

For example, if the same snapper arrives today, it will be completely different from what arrived yesterday. The amount of salt will be different, the heating time will be changed, and the cooking method will be slightly adjusted. These are all based on the chef's own judgment. Perform necessary operations. Pascal will not tell you step by step to do this or that, but requires you to think and judge on your own, and train your own ability to "adjust". Kishida has gained a lot of experience in this.

Thanks to his hard work during his studies, Kishida returned to Japan and faced a country with a different climate and ingredients. He often had to make "adjustments" by replacing the ingredients, sublimating the local Japanese ingredients into his own unique French cuisine. .Not relying on recipes, thinking about ingredients is the basis of cooking, which means understanding the "essence" of ingredients, mastering the methods to make the dishes more delicious, and applying them to your own dishes - this is the most attractive feature of Quintessence restaurant for gourmets , is also the place that most surprises the taste buds of diners.

So...even though there are only recommended set meals here, Mochizuki couldn't help but sigh when he saw the exquisitely plated delicacies being served.

"It smells so good."

"Expensive, very expensive."

Looking at the exaggeratedly large plates one after another, the portions were quite pitiful, and only the exquisitely presented classic Michelin dishes were left. Kurihara Saki couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly:

"I smell the smell of burning money... I can only say that it is worthy of Michelin. As soon as this plate was served, I knew it was not cheap."

"It's not cheap."

Mochizuki snapped his fingers and said:

"Today's dinner costs [-] yen per person."

"...Do you know how much the pork chop rice near our house costs?"

Looking at the dizzyingly large plates, Kurihara Saki frowned slightly:

"I would like to ask, can all these dishes combined compare to the pork chop rice at that restaurant?"

"....Okay, if you're not full, I'll treat you to pork chop rice when I go back."

I always felt that the white-haired wheelchair girl in front of me seemed to be trying to show off and teach myself not to develop extravagant habits. Mochizuki also clarified at this moment:

"This meal was given to President Miki for free, and we didn't spend a penny - it's just this one time anyway, so you can enjoy it just once, just treat it as a taste."

"........knew."

After all, they had already arrived here with Mochizuki Ri. Kurihara Saki could only sigh and gave this order to Mochizuki Ri:

"If you have to spend your own money next time, don't come -"

"receive."

"That's pretty much it..."

He breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the fragrant surroundings, listening to the sound of the violin and the inexplicably ambiguous atmosphere not far away, Kurihara Saki couldn't help but feel a little confused, and his voice also showed a tremor, and he spoke quite stiffly. Changed the topic:

"Okay... Let's talk about something I'm curious about: I never asked, how did you get President Miki of Zhichi Bunko to help book this place? Isn't it because he is a tough guy? Are you willing to treat us to dinner?"

"...Well, it's a long story."

Seeing Kurihara Saki proactively asking about his glorious past, Mochizuki's eyebrows lit up and his expression changed slightly - but just when he was about to make a long speech, Kurihara Saki waved his hand gently:

"Don't talk about what you have or don't have. Keep the story short."

"...To put it simply, because President Miki wanted to save money, we Slothfish hired us to be responsible for the opening and ending themes of "re0" for nothing, but because of my persistence, we finally got ours back As a reward, I also brought you this dinner.”

As he spoke, Mochizuki tasted the sea bream:

"So, President Miki is really a dark and scary middle-aged man - if this dinner can be revealed from him, I feel that I can at least get a legitimate comment."

"... You're pretty good, okay."

While speaking, Kurihara Saki held her chin:

"Now that I roughly understand how this meal came... I have one last question left: Why did you choose to come to the Tire Restaurant out of so many optional conditions?"

"Because I have never eaten at Michelin and I am usually reluctant to spend money, so I wanted to give it a try."

"...Is that all?" Kurihara Saki's expression was subtle.

"What if?" Mochizuki scratched his head, "You don't think I'm here to learn how to arrange dishes, do you?"