Although Sakai Chie has only been in the industry for a short time, she firmly believes that the first book that Takeshita Kusaka will publish will not be as he said, and will only sell dozens or hundreds of copies, after all, the powerful publicity stunt of the Akutagawa Award winner is enough to make the majority of readers who love books excited and want to see it.

"Takeshita-kun, how about we make a bet? If your book is published by our publishing house and only sells a few dozen or 100 copies, I will lose you the red Porsche 911 parked outside. For the sake of fairness, if your book sells less than 10,000 copies in three months, you'll win, and I'll do what I say, and the car will be yours. Sell more than 10,000 copies in three months, but you lose. If you lose, how about agreeing to be a columnist for a year for a small publication that I might be in charge of in the future? Sakai Chie, who felt that she was a sure winner and would not lose, looked at him with her left hand on the table, and said with a smile.

"Miss Chie, I didn't promise you anything about publishing a book. It's always been you talking, talking, talking! So, we don't have such a bet. In the future, if you are really in charge of a publication, I might as well give you a cheer, after all, we are not just business relationships, but also friends! As for the columnist or something, you better spare me! Takeshita Kusaoke, who grinned with his teeth, naturally wanted to use the opportunity of winning the Akutagawa Award to publish the book, but he didn't decide that he had to let Sakai Chie's Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House release his first book.

"If I don't take care of your first book, it will be ...... if you don't let our publishing house release it" Sene Sakai, who realized that there might be variables in this, is only talking about an approximate, informal contract with Takeshita Kusaoke. She knew very well that in addition to herself thinking of publishing a book for him, the editors of other publishing houses could also think of publishing a book by taking advantage of the fact that Takeshita Kusashi won the Akutagawa Prize. As for which of them can finally get the copyright of the physical book of the selected and edited short stories of Takeshita Kusaoke, it depends on which of them offers the highest price and can touch his heart the most.

"What's that? You're going to finish your sentence, not just half of it! Do you want to say I'm a big turtle? "Instead of focusing only on profits, but not about friendship, Takeshita Kusaoke, in principle, I want to leave the physical book copyright of my short story masterpieces such as "Rashomon", "In the Bamboo Forest", "Dancing Girl", and "Childhood Sweetheart" to Sakai Chie. After all, for a long time, the relationship between the two is quite pleasant.

However, he will not choose to just hang himself from a tree, and the purpose of not saying that he will die is that fortunately, there is room for bargaining with the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House represented by Sakai Chie; Second, if you meet a good large publishing house in the future, such as Xinchao Press, etc., and the conditions given are much better than those of the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, then you can let the one with the highest price get it; Third, as for small and medium-sized publishing houses, I have not considered them for the time being, after all, their sales channels are still limited, and they are completely inferior to the resources and development of large publishing houses in all aspects. Of course, this does not rule out the occurrence of miracles.

"Yes." Full of children's appearance, Sakai Chie, who was categorical, immediately showed a look of displeasure on her face, after all, it felt like she had planted the melon with her own hands, but when it came time to harvest, it didn't necessarily become hers.

"I didn't say I wouldn't give you the copyright of the physical books of those novels! You have to show me sincerity. If this sincerity is enough, then everything will fall into place. Facing her is deliberately squeezing her eyebrows, Takeshita grass mustard, with an indecent side on her face.

Suddenly, it was Sakai Chie, who suddenly realized, what was the taste from his appearance, and his heart instantly became a lot more happy, and said with a smile: "I hate it, I've been doing it for a long time, and you've been teasing me!" As for your interests, I will do my best to fight for you, after all, we are friends. Similarly, I am also an official member of the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, so naturally I can't just care about you and ignore the other. ”

"Why are you so tired? Otherwise, wouldn't it be better for you to resign directly and be my agent from now on? In this way, our interests are completely tied together. You don't need Zhu Bajie to look in the mirror, the two ends are not people. Takeshita Kusaoke, who did not change his smile, picked up the champagne glass on the table with his right hand, tilted his head slightly, and drank it in one gulp.

"You are Zhu Bajie, you are not a human." Or Sakai Chie, who has watched "Journey to the West", naturally knows why Zhu Bajie is allowed to be a person. Regarding the proposal he gave him, he didn't completely treat her as nonsense, and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "If you want me to resign and be your agent, it's not completely impossible." However, not now. In a few years, I will have more relevant work experience and contacts in this industry, and you will have to work hard to become a veritable first-line writer in Japan, then a first-class writer in Asia, and finally a world-class writer. Don't forget, you're our genius in Japan, Gogol. ”

"I'm really flattered, I didn't expect you to think so highly of me. How can I withstand the pressure that falls on me as much as Mt. Fuji? Well, I'm going to be squashed. Hehe, the smiling Takeshita grass mustard, drooped his head and said.

Kitagawa Kako, who was silent on the side, saw that the two of them were not only talking about serious matters, but also talking about the distribution of real interests. She is not stupid, she is not stupid, she does not speak casually, and she knows very well how to be close to a relative. In my heart, I am naturally inclined to Takeshita grass mustard to maximize the benefits. As for Chie Sakai, she was a friend, just a friend, not a family member like him.

Kitagawa Kako, who took out the food for her daughter from the Suki pot by herself, seemed to be deaf to her and became a transparent person, and on the other hand, she sandwiched the meat and vegetables that were first sandwiched into Miyuki's rice bowl and then sandwiched them between the chopsticks, and gently blew them with her mouth in order to make them suitable for the mouth, so as not to burn her gluttonous daughter.

At the same time, Miyuki Kitagawa, whose eyes were focused on the food in the bowl, didn't have the heart to listen to the conversation between Takeshita Kusaokei and Sakai Chie at all. Even if she listened carefully, she didn't understand what was going on.