Chapter 165: Negotiation and Refusal
Although he made a confident declaration in earnest.,But in fact, Kazuya's heart is still very worried.,What kind of character is the editor of Machida?,Although I haven't had much contact with her.,But Kazuya still knows that the other party is a very capable woman.,Otherwise, he wouldn't have been deflated in front of her so many times.,Kasumigaoka Shiyu, who has always been arrogant, won't be willing to let her be her own editor for so long.,And she has been forced to the point of "retreat writing" many times.。
Therefore, when looking at Ryonya's somewhat expectant gaze and Kato's somewhat suspicious eyes, Kazuya still had a feeling of sweating like rain.
No matter what the problem is, go up and try it first!
Of course, before that, Kazuya was still unwilling to directly clash with Machida, but was going to go directly to Shiyu to try her luck, that is, to try her luck in the rental house where the two of them wrote the game script together, but, to some of Kazuya's surprise, Shiyu was not there, presumably Machida, who watched Shiyu closely, would not let her appear in a place that others could easily find.
"I feel like if I wasn't in this rental house, I would have been driven to Hehe City by the editor like last time, but I can't go to Hehe City now, right? There are so many rooms in that hotel, I'm not a policeman, and even the police don't have the ability to ask the hotel to directly search for such a non-criminal person! Kazuya said to himself.
It wasn't until now that he found out that his connection with Shi Yu was not as close as he imagined, as long as Shi Yu entered the state of writing for various reasons, then he had no chance to take the initiative to contact each other, and could only look for clues in both eyes like most people.
"Well, it looks like we're going to have to find that guy head-on!" After looking around for a way to contact Shiwa directly, Kazuya still found the number edited by Machida in his mobile phone book.
This time, of course, the call was quickly connected.
"Aha, is it Aragaki sensei? Long time no see? What's the matter, there are new works that you want to submit to us? It doesn't matter, there are people in our editorial department at any time, and it doesn't matter if you don't have to look for me, after all, you are also a former award winner, and you are only one step away from publication, as long as you explain your identity, you don't have to go through the screening at the beginning. Machida's editor's joking voice came out of the microphone.
Although Kazuya believed that the other party knew 100% of the purpose of calling her, her attitude of not being clear with herself still made him slightly admire this woman's calmness.
"Don't worry, editor, I'm not going to look for you in the future, you released my pigeon twice, if there is any new work in the future, wouldn't it be better for me to go to other editorial offices and slap you in the face?"
"Ahh But I also hope to see when Mr. Aragaki punches me in the face in the future. ”
"You still don't have to worry too much, in a short period of time, I don't want to write a novel to make a debut, but I do know someone who may want to make a novel debut, and I guess it won't be your editorial department, it's a pity!"
"Well, it's actually understandable, after all, Mr. Aragaki is so good, and the people around Mr. Aragaki must be very good! So in addition to Teacher Kasumi Shizi, it's normal for anyone else to know to make a novel debut, right? ”
"Well, I think that after her novel debuts, I can try to contact that person's editor, and ask him to try to poach Senior Sister Shiyu from your publishing house, although your publishing house has a very good grade, but an important writer is poached directly, it will still feel very hurtful, right?"
"Ahh
"But you will also know that Senior Sister Shiyu is not a very rational person, if the people around her suggest that she emigrate, it will be different!"
"So is Aragaki so confident that he can have such a big impact on Kasumiko-sensei? Should I say are you too arrogant or are you blindly confident? ”
"Ahh I don't think I can do this in the future, Machida editor, you have to come on! ”
"No, no, no, judging from the conversation just now, Aragaki Sensei's eloquence is also quite good, and in terms of Aragaki Sensei's writing level, there is no problem at all to become an editor!"
Of course, Kazuya didn't want to have this kind of head-on conflict with Machida Editor at first, although he was dissatisfied with Machida Editor because of various things, but after all, the other party was the current editor of Kasumigaoka Shiyu, and judging from the fact that she easily booked a room at the Jefferson Hotel last time, her identity may not be just an editor.
However, hearing the obvious feeling of the Machida editor, with a tone of contempt for himself, coupled with the deliberate severance of Machida's editor's connection with Kasumigaoka Shiyu that he learned from Ryoya, the combination of the two circumstances made his emotions explode.
Although the two of them maintain a relatively restrained mood in the dialogue on the whole, anyone can hear the smell of gunpowder hidden in the dialogue between the two, and the constant use of Machida's editing may cause the publishing house to lose one or even two excellent writers to threaten, and Machida's attitude is that he does not believe at all and has the ability to do this.
"Alright! I won't say anything about this," Kazuya sighed, no longer going on-for-tat on this issue, after all, the core issue now is not this, into the microphone, he said seriously, "So, Miss Machida, can you explain what we want to find Shiyu-senpai, and then why you don't let us contact her?" ”
"I don't let you contact Teacher Xia Shizi, what's going on?" Machida's tone was very puzzled, if it wasn't for Ryonya's confirmation, Kazuya would have felt that he had indeed misunderstood her.
"Okay, don't pretend to be so surprised, the person in charge of our club contacted Senior Sister Shiyu a few days ago to contact Senior Sister Shiyu about the changes to our game script, but he found that no matter what way, he couldn't contact Senior Sister Shiyu, and these contact information were blocked by you, right?" Kazuya said straightforwardly.
"Oh, that's the call, sorry, sorry, I thought it was a harassing call! I ignore these nuisance calls. ”
"You would interpret An Yilunya's phone call as a harassing call, you know it, and you often mention TAKI-kun, right? TAKI-kun's real identity is Lunya, and you know this, so how can you treat Lunya's phone call as a harassing call, your reason is really lame! Kazuya immediately interrupted Machida's description of wanting to get away with it, which also made the Machida editor on the other end of the phone smile helplessly.
"Hey, okay, okay, Mr. Aragaki don't be in such a hurry! I really didn't hear it was TAKI-kun before! After all, you also know that I don't have the contact information of his phone number, and I am not familiar with his voice, so it is very possible to make such a mistake, right? After all, I'm not a teenager like you, I'm a thirty old woman! ”
"So, if you didn't let him contact Senior Sister Shiyu just because he misheard Lunye's phone, now I want to contact Senior Sister Shiyu, you can't make a mistake, right?" Although he knew that the Machida editor on the other end was obviously pretending to be stupid, Kazuya didn't care so much about it, and he didn't mention it, so he directly made a request to talk to Shiyu directly.
However, this request was still rejected by the Machida editors.
"No, the teacher is in retreat, and she can't do anything that will distract her until she finishes the manuscript of the novel!"
"What kind of reason is that! We're just talking to her about our game script, and if we just discuss it, it won't affect her thinking much at all, right? ”
"But if you want to revise the script, you'll probably have to ask Kasumiko-sensei to participate in your script rewriting event, right? This will affect her creation! ”
"Which side to choose, which side of the mind is clearer, which side to choose, to complete one job and then to complete another, this should be decided by Senior Sister Shiyu herself, right? Why do you have to decide for her, don't you think you're a little too lenient? After all, you're just the editor in charge of Senpai's novel, not her agent! ”
"It's because I'm the editor in charge of the novel that I don't allow Ms. Xia Shizi to answer your calls! This seemingly childish club of yours has wasted a lot of time on Teacher Xia Shizi's time! Machida's words immediately became serious, and he said to Kazuya.
"It went wrong from the beginning of the new novel, and during that time, she wasted a lot of time trying to write a script for this new fandom that you so-called completely devoid of any power. Do you remember the last time in Hehe? That one really me off! Teacher Xia Shizi,As you said,Sometimes it's too emotional.,If it's a rational choice.,Whether it's for her fame or the benefits it brings to her.,Even if it's satisfaction, it's better to create a novel.,But she actually went to create game scripts for your nameless fandom club, a field she never took over.,Fortunately, the final planning process was not delayed.,If the project is delayed.,Let her new work not be published.,She's breaking the contract., That's delaying her entire life as a novelist for the rest of her life, have you little ghosts considered this? ”
"But these are the senpai's own choices, right? Later, it was I who relieved my senior sister's confusion so that she could open her mind and complete the writing of the outline of her new novel, right? So this time, if the senior sister is at an impasse again, then why can't she be asked to think differently? ”
"Why not?" Machida smiled and continued, "Of course I don't need to! Last time, Teacher Xia Shizi's thinking was really confused, so I also specially allowed you to help her solve the problem, of course, in order to prevent Teacher Xia Shizi from having other chaotic feelings because of you, so I also specially gave your sister the key to her room to make trouble, how about it, the effect is good, right? ”
"You say, you gave Ayase the key in her hand the last time she appeared?" Kazuya was obviously stunned.
"That's right. Teacher Xia Shizi's life can't be too emotional.,As a writer.,Especially a writer of her age.,If there's too much affection for other people.,Then it will affect her creation.,If she loses the name of a high school student beautiful girl writer.,Although it may not have much impact on her novel itself.,But it will make a great impression on her fan base.,Now those fans who like her novels and like her own will buy five novels., So if there is a problem with her own feelings, then that group of fans is just a fan of the novel, and they will only buy one novel, how do you think the current sales of Teacher Xia Shizi are generated, no matter how well she writes novels, it is not the level of the god-level characters, there are loopholes in many plots, but her sales can always create miracles that surpass the god-level, just because of her name! ”
"Yes, is that so?" Kazuya visibly wavered a little.
"Of course, those of you who only pay attention to the novel itself will not care about this, but as an editor, as a member of the publishing house, I still need to think more, and the existence of your club not only affects the quality of the teacher's creation, but also makes the life of Teacher Xia Shizi turbulent, this situation, I absolutely do not allow it!"
"In this case, it's just a phone call," after listening to the words of the editor of Machida, Kazuya suddenly felt a little overwhelmed, he also knew that Lun was good, and he was good, and this kind of request for Shiyu was a more capricious behavior, and the words of the editor of Machida made him realize that his approach was likely to be irresponsible for Shiyu's future and prospects, but he was still unwilling to give up completely, "It's just a phone call, and it's okay to exchange revision opinions!" ”
"No way!" Machida's editor's cruel refusal came over, "If she gets on the phone, her attention will be shifted to your side again, and after solving your problems, the creation here will slow down again!" So, before finishing the novel, Kasumigaoka Shiyu can't play these games with you, you know, your so-called slapstick club, the person you invited is a famous writer, not a so-called small role that can be used at any time! ”
Afterwards, Machida's editor hung up the phone, leaving Kazuya alone to silently start: "Is our wayward approach really correct?"
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The second more, so I don't know how many people still remember my foreshadowing more than one hundred and thirty chapters ago, and I'm finally going to accept it, and it is estimated that the vast majority of people chasing books at that time are now fattening, and time is really passing quickly.