After carefully reading the novella "Childhood Sweetheart", Chie Sakai, who walked down from the second floor and returned to the living room, has not completely calmed down the turmoil in her heart. I really didn't expect that Takeshita Kusa could also show the delicacy of female writers in writing. Sitting on the single sofa on the right, she just picked up the black teacup from the glass coffee table, and said, "Excellent." Takeshita-kun, you must submit this novella to us. ”

"No problem. However, it depends on what price your Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House is willing to pay for this? The corners of his mouth on both sides are upturned, and he is calm and calm, and he is not ashamed to talk about money. He made up his mind not only to sell for a high price, but also to increase his current manuscript fee again.

Chie Sakai, who understood his whole meaning as soon as he heard it, knew very well that he went from 5,000 yen for his debut to nearly 20,000 yen for a 400-word manuscript paper in just three months. The increase in remuneration in this way is also unprecedented in the literary world. Even the top writers in the Japanese literary scene today would have to spend at least three or five years to achieve his kind of remuneration and achievements.

Last time, I personally visited him and invited him to write a fixed column, but it didn't work. This time, although he did not openly bid for the price, it must not be cheap. After a lot of contact, she came to the conclusion that the reason why Takeshita refused to write a column was probably to concentrate on writing such a masterpiece of the novella.

"Since we're all friends, then you can just quote me a price!" Chie Sakai, who wants to know his psychological price, wants to win the exclusive publishing rights of his first novella.

"Naturally, it can't be less than 7 digits." Takeshita Kusaoke, who has already roughly calculated the total number of words in "Childhood Sweethearts", has to continue to abide by the established industry rules on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is trying to increase his remuneration to 30,000 yen per manuscript paper, which is straightforward.

Kako Kitagawa, who was sitting opposite Chie Sakai, although she didn't keep silent, unconsciously spread her hands, folded her fingers and silently recited seven digits, one, ten, hundred, thousand, thousand, ten thousand, one million, million. She couldn't help blurting out the words "Oh my God", and immediately realized that she was out of shape, so she quickly covered her mouth with the palm of her right hand.

My mood at this time is quite a feeling that I have to compare goods and throw them, and people will be angry to death compared to others. She worked hard for a month, and even on weekends, often working overtime, with little rest, but she could only earn about 200,000 yen, and he lightly quoted an offer of no less than 1 million yen.

"Now, I can't answer you right away, I need to make a report to the society. I hope Takeshita-kun can set aside three more days for me. During this period, I will get back to you as soon as possible. "Knowing that this is beyond her own authority, Sakai Chie is unwilling to be taken away by other publishers for the exclusive authorization of such a masterpiece, but at the same time, she is determined to win, and at the same time, she plays the card of personal friendship.

"Yes. I promise you that I won't be in contact with any other publisher for the next three days, except today, to talk about this novella. "Knowing that personal integrity is a very important and very important thing in Japanese society, Takeshita Kusa did not intend to come to a yang and yin disobedience, and promised her on the surface, but turned around and secretly communicated with other publishing houses, hooked up, but a gentleman said quickly.

After talking to him about serious things, Sakai Chie, who was in the mood to pick up the cake and eat it at this time, held a small round plate in the palm of her left hand, and held a stainless steel fork in her right hand to get the strawberry cake down little by little and eat it, and she didn't read "Childhood Sweetheart", but only listened to Kitagawa Kazuko, who had only listened to Takeshita Kusaokei tell herself a general content, couldn't help but be curious, and asked the professional sitting opposite him with interest: "Is his book really that good?" ”

"If I only read the content of this manuscript, I would not think that it was written by a male writer, but that it was the work of a talented woman today. I wonder if you feel the same way I do? Sakai Chie, who said his most tangible feelings, couldn't help but secretly feel smug, after all, he dug out the Takeshita grass mustard. As others have said, he is a rare writing genius in a century, Maxima, and he is his Bole, but he can definitely be regarded as a discerning pearl.

Holding a stainless steel fork in her right hand and waving it several times in the air, and poking it forward, Kitagawa Kako, was sincerely happy for another success achieved by Takeshita Kusaoke, and said with a smile: "My biggest feeling is that I want to poke him to death." Ay...... He wrote the heroine of the book too badly. How nice it would be if there was a happy ending! ”

Chie Sakai, who completely disagrees with her cheesy ending, also believes that tragedy is the eternal classic in art, and pure literature is different from popular literature. If you want to gain a foothold in the Japanese literary world, especially if you want to publish articles in a top journal like "Literature and Art Spring and Autumn", then you must not fall into clichés in the first place.

The biggest feature of pure literature is that it is elitist, not kitsch, digging deep into human nature, it is a classic at the moment, and after a hundred years, it will still be a classic, and time is the first touchstone to test the quality of a work...... Popular literature, on the other hand, is to take market sales as the first criterion to the greatest extent, so as to win the hearts and preferences of the majority of general readers. It will become popular for a while, and when this gust of wind blows, it will become unpopular.

"First love is always so beautiful and pure. As a woman, there is no one who does not want to find her true love. Even if you can't stay together, it is an extremely happy thing to grow old, and you have not come to this world in vain. Chie Sakai, who had a light smile on her face, thought that the ignorant love between the hero and heroine in "Childhood Sweethearts" was a pun.

Kitagawa Kako, who agrees with her point of view, is still young, not a few years younger than her, but she has a unique mood among women of the same age, speculative topics, nodded with a smile and said, "I deeply agree." ”

"Takeshita-kun, do you also think that love is the most beautiful thing God has given us?" Chie Sakai, who wanted to know what kind of genius writer he would have a different view of love, turned his eyes on him and asked coldly.