Chapter Fifty-Eight: A Kimono Girl
As a good young man who carries the core values of prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality, justice, rule of law, patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness, Li Chenxing naturally gets up early as always on the new day.
"What, essay...... Okay, okay, got it. ”
In fact, it was only early in the morning that Li Chenxing's editor-in-charge at the publishing house woke him up with a series of calls like a life-threatening scream.
And after this period of fermentation, Li Chenxing's "Sword Art Online" released in the electric shock library has become more and more powerful, with innovative backgrounds, interesting plots, and exquisite paintings, and the sales volume has exceeded 500,000 copies during this time after the launch of the single book.
To be honest, for editors, in addition to the contracted works being cut in half, the most feared thing is that the author drags the manuscript, and if the neon author's method of delaying the manuscript is assembled, it is estimated that it can write a book of about 10 million. Li Chenxing, on the other hand, directly handed in the manuscript at one time, and the quality of the work was also quite good, so the publishing house was naturally willing to put effort and resources into promoting it.
Speaking of the publishing house, Li Chenxing basically had no contact during this time, except for chatting with the editor about family life, and the monthly manuscript fee being paid to the bank card on time, because he handed in the entire manuscript at one time. Judging from the average weekly serial, it will take at least a year to finish. And for activities like autograph sessions, Li Chenxing's popularity has not yet reached that level, so he basically belongs to the marginal figures. I didn't expect that this call for papers would directly ask the editor-in-charge to urge the draft. However, the editor's face still has to be given, and although there is no interest in this essay, it still has to be accepted. In addition, it is said that the novel that won the first place in this essay competition can directly receive preferential treatment for publication.
Anyway, for Li Chenxing, it doesn't take much time to just select the work according to his mood and then print it out.
After eating the lunch carefully prepared by Thor, Li Chenxing casually took out a book from the large stack of works he had printed out and put it in the backpack he carried with him, and then went out alone.
Stuck in time, Li Chenxing slowly walked to the door of the publishing house.
"It's not good, I'm almost out of ......"
Two figures hurriedly ran behind Li Chenxing.
"Yo, Izumi, what are you doing?"
Through the side face, Li Chenxing found that this person was actually his neighbor, and out of curiosity, Li Chenxing stopped him.
"Ah...... It's you. ”
"It's you, Haitai."
Izumi Masamune, who turned around, said hello to Li Chenxing. And the girl who ran along the road with him was actually the owner of the haunted house that Li Chenxing had explored before, Yamada Fairy.
This lolita-style blonde girl who lives next door to Li Chenxing, although she is often in the second middle school, is said to be an active best-selling author on the "FULLDRIVE Library". The cumulative sales of his debut work exceeded 2.2 million copies, and he not only won the first place on the ORICON list, but he was even a big guy whose work was about to be animated. Although he usually has an unruly attitude, after this period of time, Li Chenxing found that this girl was unexpectedly a tsundere with a knife mouth and a tofu heart.
Although he is not yet fourteen years old, he actually bought the haunted house close to the villa in one go with his own manuscript fee, and this earning power is estimated to make many adults ashamed.
"I'm the author of the previous denki library, and I'm going to hand in the proposal. What about you? ”
Izumi Masamune patted his folder and asked Li Chenxing.
"Same ......"
Li Chenxing took out the stack of manuscripts from his backpack and shook it at Izumi Masamune.
"Oh...... You're also a writer, but I didn't expect you to live together. ”
"Ha, yes, that's a coincidence."
The three of them chatted as they slowly walked to the front of the publishing house's building.
"Ahhh......h It's a "yes"
Following the gaze of the Yamada fairy, a young girl in a kimono stood at the entrance of the building. He has a handbag on his wrist and is looking at a map in both hands. From time to time, he raised his head and stared blankly at the building in front of him.
"Wow, what a great outfit."
"It's up to you to talk about this round."
Izumi Masamune looked at the Yamada fairy with his eyes and said lightly. At this time, Yamada Fairy was still wearing an outfit that looked more like cosplay clothes than regular clothes.
"Na Na...... I said, "Do you have something to do with this building?" ”
Before Izumi Masamune finished speaking, the Yamada fairy ran towards the kimono girl.
"Ah......h
It seems that it was because of the Yamada fairy talking from behind.,The kimono girl was obviously frightened.,The kimono girl froze all over.,And then the things in the handbag she held in her arms spilled all over the ground.。
"Ah......h
It wasn't until the things spilled on the ground that the kimono girl reacted, crouched down and tried to pick them up in a panic.
"Wow...... I'm sorry. ”
Seeing that the Yamada goblin who had made a big deal because of his behavior obviously panicked.
Li Chenxing and Izumi Masamune, who were in the back, saw this situation and also jogged over to help pack up their things together.
There are all kinds of colorful things scattered by the girl.,First of all, there are a lot of notebooks.,The types of notebooks are also varied.,There are also things like elementary school students' homework books.。 Then there's some reference stuff. There is also a large stack of flyer advertisements for supermarket discounts. As for the other things that were caught in paper clips, they were scattered all over the place.
There are also handwritten manuscripts mixed in one by one. All of them are densely written in pencil.
"Is this a novel?"
Izumi Masamune, who was helping to clean up his things, asked cautiously.
However, this question made the kimono girl even more ashamed, and with her head down, she snatched the original manuscript from Izumi Masamune's hand and hugged it tightly to her chest.
"Hmph...... It must be a newcomer who came to the publishing house to deliver the manuscript. ”
Seeing something about the novel, Yamada Fairy seemed to suddenly return to his usual appearance, and said in a teasing tone.
"It must be, I want the editor to come to see the novel I wrote for the first time, and then come from far away from the countryside, without an appointment, it must be like this! Occasionally, there are such newcomers~ As I said, no matter which publishing house nowadays, it will not consider the novels brought by people who have no track record. Even if you come alone, you will be swept away at the front desk. ”
The Yamada fairy bent down slightly, trying to look at the face of the kimono girl.
"But, anyway, it's a rare opportunity, come with us. As an apology, let me take you on a tour of the editorial office! By myself Yamada fairy me! ”
Yamada Fairy stroked his blonde hair, and said to the kimono girl with a writing arrogant.
Then Li Chenxing, who was standing on the side, saw the kimono girl slowly raise her head, with big Danfeng eyes, and her gaze was staring straight at Izumi Masamune's body. There was no reaction at all to what the Yamada fairy said.