A well-known Japanese publishing house, Shueisha.

Headquarters building.

Lin Zhengyang sat on the sofa stiffly, waiting for the appointment time.

His "Death Note" has been included in the library and serialized for a month, and the editor contacted him on the phone today.

There are a number of sofas in the hall, staggered from each other.

There are also quite a few rookie authors like him.

Editors pay attention to the situation of the authors they are responsible for, whether it is plot or content changes, and they need to talk to the editor.

The editor will decide whether to continue the serialization or endure the pain according to the serialization situation of the previous issue.

In fact, editors are in a strong position for new authors.

Whether it is typesetting or the number of places to be cut in half for each issue, the relevant power is in the hands of the editor-in-chief, and the editor has a certain right to make suggestions.

Every month, there are a lot of new works in the library, and there are so many magazines in the whole publishing house, and the space is limited, so it is destined to be impossible to waste resources on some newcomers' works that do not perform well··········

That's why writing a novel is a dead end, without him, the threshold is low, and the competition is so big, beyond imagination!

Soon, the editor in charge of him, Ichiki Yuhai hurriedly walked out.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, just now in the conference room, there was a temporary assessment meeting."

Ichiki Arumi is a typical middle-aged Japanese man, a social animal.

It may be a bit derogatory to use this term, but this is what Lin Zhengyang really feels.

Like the vast majority of Japanese people, he is keen to work overtime, often late into the night.

But don't think that's a good thing······· It's really just an overtime culture.

Japanese people who do not work overtime are considered incompetent.

Overtime is not so much a passion for work as a culture caused by a perverted social climate.

In fact, their attitude towards overtime is negative and perfunctory.

Working overtime for three days, the real inefficiency is outrageous··········· It's nothing more than mixing overtime pay.

This is the norm in Japanese society.

What can be done in three hours is forced to be delayed into three weeks by various means, but on the surface, they work very hard and can work late into the night every day········· I made a look like I was hardworking, I was hardworking, and I was useful.

This is something that is difficult for people who have never worked in Japan to understand, and it belongs to Japan's sick culture.

So in the future, if your Japanese employees work more than 12 hours a day, don't really think that they are creating much extra benefit for you, in fact, they are just passively slacking off and deliberately killing time for the overtime culture······ By the way, burn your money, whether it's overtime pay, utility bills, or something else.

Of course, the real reason for such a pathological phenomenon is that many Japanese people do not change jobs, but work in one company for the rest of their lives until they die.

Their job promotions are almost all step-by-step, and when the time is up, the qualifications are up, and they can be promoted - even if you have talent, you must obey this environment, and those who rely on talent to promote will face the exclusion of most people.

The whole of Japan, from top to bottom, in fact, the overall atmosphere is a pool of stagnant water.

This is also one of the practical factors why Lin Zhengyang in this world has repeatedly failed - not only because he is Chinese, but also because his way of thinking is still that of China, which is incompatible with the atmosphere where everything here in Japan must pay attention to seniority, and everything is based on seniority and origin.

He himself is not the kind of genius who can stir up the storm with his personal talent alone, but only a little talent, so it is not difficult to understand that he has hit a wall everywhere.

Even in Japan, the kind of strong man and genius who can break the routine with his personal ability still exists, but unfortunately Lin Zhengyang in this world can't do it.

If you can't do it, you can only be suppressed and discouraged········

This country, from the roots, is rotten from the roots, it is all in the twentieth century, it is still the theory of descent and seniority, in essence, it is just the four major chaebols manipulating the parliament, firmly holding on to privileges, and the class is solidified in a pool of stagnant water, no matter how much it is whitewashed on the surface, it cannot change a reality - more and more Japanese young people are gradually decadent and reduced to otaku. ’

Behind the emergence of otaku is the serious solidification of classes, and the low-level commoners lose the motivation to work hard, and no longer fantasize about changing their life destiny by hard work········ Because no matter how hard you try, except for a very few geniuses who can squeeze into the upper class by means of intelligence and marriage, the masses at the bottom are the same whether they work hard or not.

I couldn't see hope, so otaku were born, and I gave up on myself, because there was actually no hope in reality, and the upward channel was completely sealed.

Ichiki Youhai is this kind of person.

Working on time every day is just regarded as a job, working negatively, wasting time, not seeking merit but seeking no fault.

Anyway, no matter how hard he works or not, he has to work for enough years before he can be promoted.

In that case, why work hard?

As for job hopping······· Sorry, this may work in other countries, but in Japan it is considered disloyal.

Weird, right? It's all modern, but there's still a set.

But this is the other side of Japan's pathology, there is an alternative vassal relationship between superiors and subordinates, and once you join the company, you can't just change jobs.

Even if you change jobs, it is difficult to be accepted by other companies.

Unless this company goes out of business··········

For various reasons, the Japanese social animals work overtime until late at night every day, frantically burn funds, and make a negative and diligent appearance·······

Anyway, whether I work hard or not, I have to be ranked according to seniority to promote my position, so why should I work hard?

Everyone works overtime, as if they are very busy, if I don't work overtime, will I be looked down upon?

So let's work overtime together, anyway, the utility bill is paid by the company, so let's hurt each other together··········

That's probably ········ It's another kind of silent struggle, right?

Use passive sabotage to resist the company's seniority system···········

Thinking so, Lin Zhengyang saw a sample book pushed over by Yimu Youhai.

"This is the next issue of the magazine, it has already been decided, Mr. Hayashi's Death Note tested the waters very well last month, and I heard that even the famous detective Mr. Kogoro Mori likes it!"

Ichiki Youhai said with a smile, his tone was very pleased.

His status as an editor is related to how many powerful authors he has.

Although I don't worry about being fired, such a big company will not have so many idlers.

Being able to discover one more powerful newcomer author is also an intangible qualification for him.