I am a writer in Tokyo

Kazuya Oshima did not exchange greetings with Komata either.

He himself is not this character.

After confirming that the manuscript was completely delivered to him, he turned and walked towards the proofreading department.

He plans to directly enter the process of three reviews and one school in advance this time. As for some design matters that need to be considered, they will be interspersed with the three reviews and one school process.

The purpose is to ensure that the card in hand can be played out as soon as possible.

Soldiers are very fast.

For the current new trend, such a manuscript is like throwing a stone into the river, breaking the originally calm lake in an instant.

Let this machine that stopped for a breather start running in an orderly manner.

Now editor-in-chief Kashiwagi has given Oshima Kazuya a lot of authority.

Especially in the manuscript dealing with Kitajima Koma.

Even Oshima Kazuya has the authority to jump in line as a headline.

That's a lot of authority.

To a certain extent, Oshima Kazuya now has an absolute resource.

But for Teacher Oshima, there is currently only Kitajima Koma who can allow him to do this.

Under such a half-dead market situation, any publishing house's vigorous activities will be ignored.

Even if Xinchao released news that a new work by Xiaoyuan Kazuki was about to be published, it would not make any noise in the market.

Very strange.

Where have all the people who have been supporting Kazuki Xiaoyuan gone?

After get off work, Oshima Kazuya came to the tavern as usual.

After entering the door, I saw Boss Ito busy making some grilled food.

While he was busy, he also told the guests around him that he was studying how to make tempura recently.

He wants to try to make delicious tempura.

All regular customers know that tempura will always be a pain in Boss Ito’s life.

The tempura he made never tasted good.

"Are you really going to try Ito's tempura?"

Oshima Kazuya turned his head and asked the regular customer next to him.

This regular customer is a teacher.

Teach children Chinese in a nearby school.

"I don't know, but I know one thing. My survival instinct tells me not to try Boss Ito's tempura easily."

Teacher Arimoto shrugged his shoulders, and then he thought of something.

“But Boss Ito’s miso mackerel is very good.

Of course, the pork and ginger roast I made that time was also very good.

But it seems that Boss Ito doesn’t do these things very often.

And, still can’t order it. "

Teacher Arimoto immediately glanced at the menu hanging on the wall.

Those dishes haven't appeared on the menu, which is updated from time to time, for a long time.

This made him feel very depressed.

Then, he immediately greeted Oshima Kazuya.

They are all regular customers here.

Naturally, they also know the identity of the other party.

Even though he is a teacher, he has full respect for this editor who works in the new trend.

"Teacher Oshima, are you going to give it a try?"

"I haven't had a very good appetite lately."

Oshima Kazuya shook his head and then raised a topic.

"Did you encounter something not very good?"

"Yes."

As expected, he is a teacher who teaches Chinese, but it is different.

Oshima Kazuya cheered loudly in his heart. "Regarding the recent book market, Teacher Youben, you know that for us, understanding the operating rules of the market is what each of our editors has to do.

Because in this way we can make some words have a certain value.

And this kind of value allows those who create words to not starve to death and at the same time have some spiritual contagion.

But right now, I can’t see through such a market at all.

And I've always had a question.

That is, the teachers in Xiaoyuan did not lack those enthusiastic fans before.

But why this time, I didn’t see the shadow of fanatic fans in the data.

Teacher Youben, didn’t you also like Teacher Xiaoyuan’s works before?

So, I wanted to ask, if you could tell me a little bit, that would be really great. "

Oshima Kazuya bought Mr. Arimoto a bottle of wine, indicating that if he wanted to talk, he could do so while drinking.

Yumoto Yuta thought for a while.

He really didn't seem to have thought about such a problem.

But he does not deny that he is a fan of Kazuki Koin.

"I bought it as soon as possible. The writing is really good, but it seems that such words have become the norm. Every book written by Xiaoyuan Kazuki gives me a deafening impact."

"I don't know what other people think, so I'll just talk about myself, of course, if I can help."

Although Yumoto Yuta thinks Kazuki Koin is very powerful, it is unlikely that he can overturn the entire market by himself.

Of course.

And there’s that cliché topic.

Everything related to sinking literature is basically the same as the mermaid in the sewer, rotting and smelly.

No one wanted to talk.

Even Kazuki in the small courtyard is no exception.

If someone is willing to pay for him, it is already a very good thing.

"Also, I feel that under such a premise, even if I have read this new book and think it is well written, no one would dare to stand up and block their dignity for the sake of this book."

Having said this, Yumoto Yuta shrugged his shoulders: "So maybe these reasons caused this situation. It is indeed embarrassing."

This kind of thing cannot be said to be Xiaoyuan Kazuki's problem.

I can only say that these writers in Neon are nothing but mud that cannot stand up to the wall.

Maybe the next thing is that I don't expect them to create such good works. I just ask them to find other themes to work on if they can.

Of course, there are also those people from the Literary Spring and Autumn Period.

Yumoto Yuta wanted to tell those editors in front of them that they were not suitable for engaging in traditional literature at all.

It would be better to engage in some hot topics such as so-called economic literature and have fun while doing so.

They are not suitable for these.

The two men clinked their glasses.

After a while, Oshima Kazuya let out a breath.

He recalled what Kitajima said to him at the company before.

"I generally understand it. If one article is not enough, I will give you another one.

Until this damn barrier is broken. "

Teacher Arimoto glanced at Oshima Kazuya, who was a little red in the face after drinking, and then asked: "Does this mean, have you released any new works recently?"

"of course."

"So when?"

Teacher Yuben’s eyes lit up.

"About next week."

"That's a really good thing."

Teacher Arimoto clinked glasses with Oshima Kazuya again.

"When the time comes, I will try to let my children also support the teachers in the small courtyard. After all, I think they should receive education in literary taste at this time and tell them what is good."

"Thank you for having me, sensei. Then, let's try a tempura challenge!" (End of Chapter)