"So, Mr. Qing, you're fully recovered now, right?"

From the mobile phone, a female voice came in a tone that was always light and playful.

As for the owner of the voice, it is naturally Machida Enko.

"Yes, I'm sorry to worry you. Xia You responded.

Machida Enko smiled, "It's nothing, don't care." Caring for the health of the author is a compulsory course for every editor-in-chief!"

"Well, that's really a dedication. ”

"I can't do my best, because I've used illness as an excuse to delay a manuscript before, but when I visited the house, I found that the author was playing a game and watching an anime (laughs)"

“……”

"Ah, I said this, of course, not because I doubted you, Teacher Qing, you don't have any such thoughts!

“……”

Emphasizing it to such an extent makes people feel that it is not very credible.

"Teacher, the reason why you are sick is that I have already heard from Xiaoshi. ”

Machida Enko smiled: "It was to reconcile with my sister who had a quarrel, and then I didn't hesitate to go to see her with a high fever, and finally fainted from exhaustion...... Right?"

"That's all right, but there's too much detail to cut out. Xia You scratched his head and said with a wry smile.

Even though three or four days had passed since that day, he was still a little ashamed to hear about it again.

"The actual process, but it's so embarrassing that it's not good, it's super embarrassing ......" Xia You was embarrassed.

Several times, he almost cried.

A high school student like Xia You, who was hit hard just by having a fight with his sister, is probably not common in the whole world, right......?

Machida Enko smiled: "Maybe it's like what you said, teacher, but it might be embarrassing to actually look at it." ”

"But...... For someone to work hard for this kind of thing, I believe that anyone who sees it will not be untouched?"

"It's... Is that so?" Hearing her say it so bluntly, Xia You was a little shy.

But to be honest, Xia You doesn't actually hate this quarrel.

Because of this incident, the relationship between him and Ayase has become stronger, and the tacit understanding in his eyes has deepened.

In the past few days, Xia You waited for his health to get better, so he took Ayase to buy a thank you gift to visit the black cat's house.

By the way, along with the nearby neighbors, they also came to thank them.

If it weren't for them, it would be basically impossible to carry the unconscious Xia You to the hospital with just Ayase and Black Cat.

Although it was not a life-saving grace, there was no doubt that it was of great help.

So Xia You didn't save when he bought a thank you gift, and sent the big bags and small bags to those neighbors one by one to show his gratitude......

Shaking his head, Natsuyu stopped thinking about these things and returned to the conversation with Machida Yuanko.

"By the way, Machida Editor, you called here, there should be something else besides this, right?"

"Ah, that's true. Hearing this, Machida Enko didn't hide it.

After a pause, she continued: "More than a week ago, didn't I mention it to Mr. Qing - there is something about short serialization?"

Hearing this, Xia You couldn't help but be stunned, "Hey, is there such a thing?"

"Have you forgotten? Shortly before Summer Comic, when Sword Art Online was about to be published. Machida Enko couldn't help but remind.

"Ahh

He was suddenly a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I forgot!"

Due to his serious illness this time, Xia You forgot a lot of things for a while.

"It's fine. Machida Enko also understands this, so she doesn't blame.

On the contrary, her tone was apologetic, "At that time, I told the teacher that you had a serialized slot in your hand. But recently, due to the requirements of the upper echelons, this placement has been given to another author. ”

After all, magazines need to be published on time, and the corresponding space cannot be vacant, otherwise it will not be easy to publish.

"Anyway, I'm really sorry! I missed my appointment!" Machida Aenko apologized.

Xia You hurriedly dissuaded: "Ah, it's okay, it's okay! This is not Machida's editor's problem, but my own fault!"

"If I could have given you the manuscript earlier, it wouldn't have been like this. ”

And don't talk about the draft, if it weren't for Machida Yuanzi mentioning it, Xia You would not even have forgotten about it, so naturally she wouldn't be blamed.

In fact, Machida Enko also knew that Xia Yu would not blame, and she knew a little about the latter's personality.

But knowing is knowing, the work that needs to be done still needs to be in place.

After all, the two are not talking as friends at the moment, but as serious work discussions.

Therefore, it is natural to treat it seriously, so as not to make the other party feel despised and despised

。 Maybe it's okay once or twice, but if you have more, there will inevitably be a gap, and then Xia Youzhen was poached, and Machida Yuanzi didn't know who to cry with.

"In order to make up for you, teacher, although I don't have any extra serialization slots on hand, I just happen to have a mid-length award right now, I wonder if you are interested?" asked Machida Enko.

Hearing this, Xia You couldn't help but be stunned, "Medium and long awards?"

Machida Enko nodded, "Yes, this is a mid-length award jointly organized by many giant companies in the industry, and it has been held for thirteen years so far, and in the past, this award was limited to traditional writers, and the number of entries was limited. ”

"However, in recent years, light writers can also participate because of the increasing influence of light and the participation of Kadokawa, denukki and other libraries in the investor. ”

"That's right. "It's the first time Xia You has heard of these things.

No way, he really doesn't know much about these competitions in the industry.

Machida continued, "The judges for this award are all top writers in the industry, and the review is very strict and difficult. Correspondingly, the gold content of the awards is also very large!"

"For example, the sales volume of the first volume of your RE0 has accumulated 280,000 copies, and if you win this award, you will be able to sell at least 200,000 more!"

"Such an exaggeration?" Xia You was surprised.

Machida Enko shook her head, "It's not an exaggeration, I didn't expect it to be too much, there was a grand prize winner in the past, and her works sold nearly 400,000 copies, and she became one of the top writers in one fell swoop." ”

"And the grand prize winner, you have also heard of it, teacher. ”

"Who?"

"Shinobu Akiyama, and she is the current chairman of the review committee of this medium-length awards. ”

After a pause, Machida Enko added, "But it's not sure if she will attend at the moment, because Akiyama-sensei often disappears in order to collect materials and write." ”

"Well, let's not talk about this for now, how about Mr. Qing, are you interested in participating?" Kadokawa Bunko, as an investor, naturally got a few places to participate.

Originally, these entry places should have been allocated to those writers in the library.

But with RE0 and Sword Art Online, Xia Yu has fully demonstrated his worth, so it is not difficult for Machida Enko to help him get a spot.

Moreover, in fact, the editors-in-chief at the upper level intended to let Xia You participate.

Don't seek awards, just gild, and expand your qualifications.

"Yes, but does this award have a limited theme?" Xia You asked.

"Yes, the theme of each edition is different, and the theme of this year's edition is "Campus"!"

"Campus? That's a bit too broad, isn't it?"

"Yes, how to write a work with outstanding ideas and interesting plots in a very broad theme is something that writers should consider!"

Machida Enko smiled: "Besides, the theme of 'campus' is already very friendly to the light family who is not good at writing serious literature!"

"Last year's theme was "Human Suffering", and all the light families participating in the competition were wiped out, and they didn't even get an excellent award!"

"Wow, is it so terrible?" Xia You couldn't help but smack his tongue.

Machida Enko shrugged, "Yes, the difficulty of this competition is so high, it is not easy to qualify for the competition, and the people who can win the prize are all extremely talented writers." ”

"Teacher, it's not bad to participate in the training, and I believe it will be of great help to the writing. ”

"Hmm...... Okay, then I'll participate!" Xia You made up his mind, "When will it be delivered?"

"Anyway, the sooner the better!"

(OvO guess which campus work will he write?)

(I'll go to Xiuxian to write the fourth chapter)