Tokyo, one of the world's top megacities.

There are twenty-three districts in total.

Of course, this is a traditional saying, and in recent years, there have been many places that have been counted in the Tokyo area.

For example, Hachioji City.

However, the core is still these 23 districts.

Chiyoda Ward is a place where many people look up.

The per capita income in Tokyo is more than 3 million yen, but this is also divided into 369 yen.

The highest ward, Minato Ward, has a per capita income of 9 million yen, which is a terrifying feeling.

And the second place is Chiyoda Ward.

The per capita income of this ward is 7.8 million yen, and there is a reason why the income here is high.

Minato's high income is due to the fact that most of the industries there are new industries, the IT industry, and the well-known Roppongi, as well as various foreign institutions.

Chiyoda represents the old-fashioned high-income formation, and there are many publishing houses here.

The famous Kadokawa Bookstore, as well as the famous 'Hitotsubashi Group', namely Shogakukan, Shueisha, and Shirakusensha (all originally belonged to Shogakukan, and they were all on Hitohashi Road), etc., are headquartered in this ward.

Literary Spring and Autumn, which in RB is a magazine, but at the same time, is also a well-known publishing house.

Moreover, the publishing house is also associated with many prestigious awards.

Masaki Hiagi is an employee of the Spring and Autumn Headquarters of Literature and Art.

The job title is editor, and he is 42 years old this year.

Wenyi Chunqiu itself is a publishing house, so of course, publishing is its main business.

And it's the publication of traditional literature.

But these days, traditional literature, life is not easy.

It should be said that this is a trend, and from a global perspective, traditional literature, or simply serious literature, is going downhill from a commercial point of view.

What is popular in RB today is manga, what is popular is light novels, and even all kinds of spin-offs.

For example, Kadokawa Bookstore, the opponent of the literary Spring and Autumn Festival, is of course also in the business of publishing, but now, it is also following the trend, making light novels, making comics, and so on.

Literary and artistic spring and autumn.

Fortunately, this publishing house originally had a fist product, namely the monthly magazine "Literary Spring and Autumn", and "Weekly Wenchun".

However, it is also getting worse.

Especially in the case of monthly magazines, the circulation is getting lower and lower.

Fortunately, "Weekly Wenchun" is still very strong, and now it is not wrong to say that it is the number one weekly of RB.

The mention of it made Hisagi blush a little, and "Weekly Wenchun" is now a complete gossip magazine.

There is almost all the gossip except for the literary one.

If you don't do it, you can't do it, otherwise wouldn't such a large company be doomed?

You know, this is Chiyoda, and the per capita income is nearly 8 million yen, which is a big expense just for labor.

This can only be done, besides, "Weekly Wenchun" is working in another place.

Hisagi, as an editor, is always devoted to well-known authors.

Otherwise, there is no manuscript to take.

It's really bitter, it's bitter.

On this day, Hisagi, who arrived early, noticed that a bag appeared on his desk.

"What is this?"

"There are new submissions. ”

"Huh?"

"What's there to be surprised about?"

"What about people?"

"Mail from Okinawa. ”

Hisagi asked his colleague, and then he figured it out.

It's not that there aren't newcomer drafts, it's just that it's uneven right now.

Especially young people, most of the talented ones are going to manga and light novels.

Then, when older authors write this kind of traditional literature, most of them will be more formal and come and deliver the manuscript in person.

But when I saw that the words on the outside of this bag were indeed sent from Okinawa, I was relieved.

After all, it's too far away to be able to come there in person.

This manuscript, since the author did not come in person, is still a newcomer. Hisaki is not in a hurry, his main job is to keep an eye on the famous writers.

However, what made him pay a little attention was that his name was written on the outside of this bag.

Specially contributed to himself, such a newcomer is still rare.

"It's a meeting. "The editor-in-chief is already shouting, this is a routine morning meeting.

Like many publishing houses, Wenyi Chunqiu does not have a private office.

"Yes, I'll do it. ”

Hiagi got up and went to the conference room.

"Today, you must get Mr. Murakami's manuscript!

"But ......"

"There's nothing to do! We must not let the Kadokawa bookstore rob it! By the way, what is Mr. Murakami doing? You accompany him! You must implement the tactics of marking people around the clock!"

"He's—he's supposed to be running. ”

"Then go and run with him!"

"What?"

"What's the problem!

Hisagi was trained by the editor-in-chief to be very big.

Running with Mr. Murakami?

Who doesn't know Mr. Murakami marathon runners.

......

At night, Hisagi, who still hadn't received the manuscript, returned to his desk a little depressed.

He knew that his boss was a little embarrassed, and he even knew that he probably wouldn't really let him go.

Where is it so easy to write a book, especially traditional literature.

I am very depressed, and my work is not fruitful, and this mood is as it should be.

Since there is no result, you have to make a show.

Although he probably won't let him go, this possibility must also be eliminated.

There's no way, at his age in RB, he can't be unemployed.

In other words, if you lose your job, you can simply die.

I made a cup of coffee, prepared to work overtime, and showed my diligence.

At this point, he saw the bag.

"Let's see, this newcomer ...... submit"

In fact, this kind of overtime is not paid for overtime. Just to show an attitude, there is nothing to do at all, many companies have this situation, the work is not good, don't go home, at least the above scolding is not so fierce.

One of the advantages of the publishing industry is that you can take advantage of such unpaid overtime to read books.

"After school?"

It's not that different from the manuscript you usually see, and even the name of this novel didn't surprise Hiagi too much.

Nowadays, there are too many people who write this kind of youth campus novel, and it is not uncommon to see this kind of theme after school.

The 'I' at the beginning made Hisagi confirm that this is a traditional literary work.

One of the characteristics of traditional literary works is that most of them use 'I' as the protagonist, describing and narrating.

It should be said that the protagonist in the book is definitely not a reader, and of course the protagonist has a name and a surname and his own personality.

But when reading a book, the reader will naturally take on the role of the book, especially the protagonist. Of course, there is also a risk that the main character in the book is not in tune with the reader's personality, so the book may not be liked by that reader.

This is slightly different from more figurative arts such as comics and film and television dramas.

In the case of comics, because it is a drawing, it will first give the reader an image, so although the protagonist is also expressed in 'I', from the reader's point of view, it is more like looking at 'him'.

Film and television, the same is true.

It can be said that 'I' is a unique charm of traditional novels.

"After School", a newcomer's submission, at the beginning of the 'I', is more attractive.

This 'me' seems to be being targeted, and someone wants to kill 'me'.

At the beginning, the pressure of the protagonist is given.

Commonly used techniques.

As an editor, Hisagi certainly looks at books from a technical point of view.

But then, he found something interesting.

The main character 'I' is called Maejima, and his feelings for Keiko Sugita are interesting.

I didn't dare to speak.

This is very characteristic of campus love.

Of course, it's not original, but it's very interesting.

Generally speaking, they don't dare to speak, they don't dare to confess this, it's more girls.

"Legs can also be considered treasures?"

Hiagi unconsciously thought about it.,What kind of beautiful legs does that have to be?。。。

The murder is coming soon!

Murder in a closed room.

Elements of traditional mystery novels emerged.

Hiagi came to the spirit, how to crack this secret room murder?

In the beginning, it was the problem of locks.

In fact, there are two locker rooms, one for one man and one for women.

There is a wall in the middle, but you can climb over it, but it is a little difficult.

Mr. Murahashi died in the women's locker room.

On the door of the men's locker room, a lock hangs.

The protagonist is the discoverer with Keiko Sugida.

And at this time, a female student bully appeared.

Masami Hojo, she thinks that lock is the key.

Wrong!

According to Hisagi's experience, he has read many mystery novels, and this lock must be a trick.

And, in the same experience, the policemen who appear in this book should not be confused by this lock.

However, the police in the book must not find the truth.

In fact, Hisagi's experience tells him that this policeman is actually a prop to confuse the reader.

Yes, this is a common technique used by a mystery novelist...... Wait, isn't this contributor a newcomer?

Most of the plot in the book follows Hisagi's ideas, but this situation makes Hisagi a little happy.

If Kuchigi is also a reader, then, isn't that also pleasing him?

However, Hisagi still wants to discover something new.

This new ...... Wait a minute!

Teacher Aso, her boobs ...... Well?

"Mr. Aso is a health care physician at our school. She sat in a chair with her legs folded as usual, and her black SI socks couldn't hide her charm, and looking up made me blush.

Aso-sensei, who wears a white coat, never slumps around, she always holds her head up, which makes her feel a little arrogant.

In fact, she also has enough capital to be arrogant.

The white coat on her body reminds me of Mt. Fuji.

As we all know, there is only one Mt. Fuji in the whole RB, but Mr. Aso has two.

I know it's a bit disrespectful to make such an association, but Mt. Fuji is too far away and Aso-sensei is too close.

......”

This sentence in the book, 'Mount Fuji is too far away, Aso-sensei is too close', made Hiagi pat his thigh.

What a great couple they are...

The editor, who had been working with the word for many years, quickly came up with a word.

Sullen.

The male protagonist 'I' in "After School" is really sullen.

In particular, this metaphor of 'Mt. Fuji', and especially this written 'irreverence'.

It fully embodies the heart of some small taboos, but I can't help but test it.

This is disrespectful to Mt. Fuji, and this is simply a small fear of the deformed emotions with Mr. Aso.

However, people can't help but try.

Thinking of this, Hiagi suddenly realized that he had already 'read in'.

I haven't had such a feeling for a long time.

PS: Thank you, thank you, this book has the first helmsman, and thank you to other friends who have rewarded, friends who voted for recommendations, friends who collect, thank you so much. I will definitely work the black car, this time it will be steady, not to disappoint everyone, and it will definitely break out on the shelves. In addition, the word sullen seems to come from Taiwan, but the source may be in RB.