Konoha Sakura

Chapter 62 Writers Eliminated by the Times
When Naruto was worried about what would happen to him a month later, many people in Konoha also had mixed feelings and sighed.

……

In a bookstore.

"Payments are getting lower and lower!"

This is a bookstore that has been merged into the offline bookstore of Konoha Comic Co., Ltd. Jiraiya is also sighing deeply as he sees his gradually increasing manuscript fee.

Looking at the sales volume of the latest issue of the novel, he seemed to have returned to the situation when he was still a third-rate novelist and no one was interested in his works.

Since confirming the subject matter that he is good at, Jilai has rarely felt this way anymore, and he has no mood to collect materials.

When Intimate Paradise was a bestseller, Jilai also collected materials, traveled, and wrote notebooks in his free time, feeling so unrestrained.

Of course, when there is sake in my throat occasionally, I feel a dull pain in my heart.But in terms of money, there has never been a shortage.

But now, his manuscript fee has dropped like the stock market on Earth, which represents a sharp decline in sales.Although he is one of the three ninjas, and even faintly the head of the three ninjas in terms of pure strength, his ninja status is of no use to literature.

The industry doesn't care what kind of Sannin he is, poor sales are bad, and readers won't buy it considering his strength.

As for relying on strength, writing independently, and offsetting the problem of quality through the speed of daily updates, I have never thought about it.Although with his strength, the writing speed can reach several times or even dozens of times that of his peers.

With the magic of Chakra, it seems to be very convenient for every industry.For example, Sakura can have so much free time besides drawing manga, because she is really good at double body.Anyway, if it's not a battle, the shadow clone doesn't have to worry about being destroyed at all. Waiting for the sleep time to withdraw the shadow clone can just improve the quality of sleep.

However, the strangest part of the Naruto World is here. It is clear that Chakra has such a wealth of possibilities, but these ninjas seem to only think of using it to complete tasks and fight.When encountering a problem, he will not give up until he sees life or death. His own extraordinary power has no other use except for fighting and spying on intelligence.

Like the Xiao organization whose per capita strength is comparable to the five major movies, it turns out that it also relies on doing tasks to make money.

Business, entertainment, etc. that belong to ordinary people are basically not touched by ninjas.

The Xiao organization has the time to do tasks, and uses its own ability for transportation, construction, etc., no matter how basic road construction collects road fees, that is not a big business that makes money.

Of course, considering the current average educational background of ninjas, it is not surprising that writers with special subjects like Jiraiya have the highest level of education.

At this moment, Jiraiya, the only one with a fairly good education level, also fell into doubts about himself.

"Boss, can't I cancel this book? Believe me, the next book is ready, and the sales of the next book will definitely pick up." In this bookstore, Zilai also said earnestly.

Threatening ordinary people with extraordinary power is still impossible with Jiraiya's integrity.

Although Zilai also likes beautiful women, likes to go to bathhouses to collect materials, and also writes novels with special themes, but his integrity is quite good.This is manifested in the fact that when being discovered, he would rather be beaten than use ninjutsu to escape.Otherwise, with his strength, it is actually very simple to sneak a peek at success or even go further.

At this moment, Jiraiya also did not talk to the head of the bookstore as a ninja, but as a writer.

Facing Jiraiya's entreaties, the bookstore owner said helplessly: "Mr. Jiraiya, I'm really sorry, but your book is really no good now!

"In the past two years, with the development of literature, especially after the establishment of Konoha Manga Co., Ltd., the level of literature has been raised several levels in conjunction with other publishing houses. Therefore, in addition to the comics industry, the literature field , The taste of readers has really improved a lot.

"I've also read your works. It's really far behind those cutting-edge writers. The whole story is still old routines and old plots. Even if you open a new book at this level, there is nothing to praise. It is destined to disappear in an increasingly prosperous world. Among the sea of ​​books.

"As for the plots with special themes, there are so many books, but they still stay in the bathhouse, and the depiction skills have not improved at all, and readers have long stopped buying it.

"The first thing we put on the shelves in our bookstore is to sell money. No matter how bad the literary connotation is, we always need it. But your book has neither connotation nor highlights, and has been eliminated by the times!"

After saying these few paragraphs, Jiraiya's whole being became gloomy on the spot, especially the last sentence, which echoed in his ears.

He has been eliminated by the times!
This is tantamount to denying Jiraiya's literary achievements. His own works are not recognized, and no one is willing to publish the book he wrote. He will become that third-rate writer that no one cares about again.

More importantly, this time he fell off the cliff, and he had no other way to find another way.His representative work, Intimate Paradise, has been taken off the shelves, where can he write better works.

[Could it be that my literary dream of Jiraiya is about to end here? ]
Seeing his depressed mood, the owner of the bookstore couldn't bear it. After all, he had cooperated with him for many years, so it would be unreasonable to abandon him like this.

After thinking about it, the owner of the bookstore said to him: "Teacher Ziraiya, although your works are not recognized, but the bookstore actually has new ways to allow you to continue your literary dream?"

"What is it?" Jiraiya's eyes lit up suddenly, like a drowning man grabbing the last straw.

"It's like this, although your literary level is not good. But as a ninja, your writing speed should be very fast, so..." The bookstore owner said, but saw that Jiraiya's expression gradually became wrong.

"You mean, let me, a great writer, go to be a gunman?" Ziraiya's white hair almost stood on end, and he said furiously, "I'm Ziraiya, even if no readers buy it, the books are forced to read." It’s impossible to be a shooter if it’s off the shelves!”

He is one of the three ninjas, if he becomes a gunman for the manuscript fee, it will not stain his face.

Seeing that Zilaiye was so resolute, the bookstore owner waved his hand and said, "There is no other way, Teacher Zilaiye. You can't write books that appeal to readers, and you don't want to be a gunman. It's very difficult for us!"

"Forget it. Since the market can't accommodate the old man...then old man, let's stop writing!" Zilai also said, his age seemed to be a few years older.

This time being eliminated by the times, the reduction of money is not very important to Zilai.What really hurt him was that his literary career ended without accident, and there was no suitable reason for collecting materials in the future.Who would believe that he, a writer who can't sell a single book, really came to the bathhouse to collect materials?
"Hey, isn't this Master Jiraiya?" A clear and sweet voice came at this moment, and Jilaiye turned his head when he heard the sound, his expression was stunned at that moment.

What came into view was a cute-looking literary girl with long hair reaching to her waist. That elegant and gentle temperament was obviously cultivated by long-term cultural influence.

That gentle and elegant demeanor made Zilai a little ashamed, and he felt honored to say a word.As a member of the Naruto lineage, Zirai also maintains his enthusiasm for beautiful women, but he also has little resistance to beautiful girls.

After being dazed for a while, Zilai also recognized the identity of the girl in front of him: "Little girl, you are Haruno Sakura, Kakashi's disciple? I never thought that I have been away from the village for so many years, and there are still people who recognize me."

This is the norm in the ninja world. For details, please refer to Boruto's blog post. After more than ten years, Naruto has been equated with trash in the eyes of his son Boruto.

Facing Jiraiya's surprise, Sakura maintained the politeness of a junior and smiled: "It's good for Master Jiraiya to call me Sakura, I have some interests in literature, history and other aspects, so naturally I am interested in the seniors in the village. Those who have read the materials well! Moreover, Jiraiya-senpai is also very famous among the famous and powerful people."

Generally speaking, when facing Sakura's gentle smile, Naruto and Sasuke would tremble and be extremely vigilant.

However, Zilai had just returned to the village not long ago, so he didn't know much about these juniors.

At this time, the girl's spring-like smile was very helpful to Zilai, and he stroked his white hair foolishly: "Really? Hahaha, I didn't expect that Zilai has a good reputation, in fact, it's just a false name! "

"Senior Jiraiya seems to be very distressed just now, does he seem to have encountered any difficulties?" Sakura asked with concern, and when Jiraiya's expression froze, he continued, "It's about the issue of the work being eliminated by the market. Let’s put it bluntly, although Jiraiya-senpai is very capable, he has indeed been eliminated in terms of literary level! If you want to write good works, Jiraiya-senpai still needs to supplement your own knowledge.”

Another wave of heart piercing, especially by a beautiful girl, made Jiraiya feel gloomy again.

But at this moment, Sakura changed her style of painting and said: "If you don't mind, I can help teach Master Jiraiya how to improve the literary level of his works! Literature is a family. I think my education level is not good enough here. There should still be some right to speak.”

"So, Sakura, you have a high attainment in literature?" Naturally, she asked with some doubts.

No wonder he was so skeptical, although Sakura had a very gentle temperament, she was indeed too young in age.It is indeed suspicious that a teenage girl will teach a writer who has written a best-selling book how to improve her literary attainments.

As for Jiraiya's doubts, Sakura was not annoyed, and leisurely mentioned the names of a few manga: "I am the author of the manga that has become popular in the country of fire in recent years, and even in other countries. "

"Although comics and novels are not quite the same, but when it comes to stories alone, the core of the stories in those comics, as well as the level of literature, should not be denied by Senior Ziraiya!"

Ji Lai was also silent, he could not deny this kind of thing against his conscience.Moreover, he has also studied the "Two or Three Things About the Ninja God You Don't Know" in the comics, and he has to admit that the private goods mixed in it show a very high level of literature.

Even regardless of that, just look at sales.Now that other people's comics have been animated, but my own novel is about to be taken off the shelves, so Zilai has to accept it.

However, after acknowledging Sakura's literary level, Jiraiya accepted a girl who was two rounds younger than him as a teacher with peace of mind, but he really couldn't bear it, so he just said: "Sakura, you want to teach me how to improve As far as the level of literature is concerned, I don’t know what to pay for. As for the instructor, you already have a suitable teacher.”

"No, Jiraiya-senpai, I'm actually more interested in medical ninjutsu." Sakura shook her head, revealing that she didn't teach him to write to become a disciple of a lustful immortal.

Seeing this, Zilai didn't know what to give.Teaching ninjutsu is not enough, if you give money, considering Sakura's status as a best-selling manga artist for so many years, I don't know how much money she has accumulated.

Not being rewarded for nothing, Zilaiye, although heartbroken, was prepared to reluctantly give up this precious teaching.

When he was in a dilemma, Sakura continued: "Although I am not suitable to be a disciple of Jiraiya-senpai, one of my companions urgently needs a famous teacher of Jiraiya-senpai's level to teach him!"

Having said that, Sakura finally revealed her purpose.

Since the merger... heck, after joining with other publishing houses to form a company, these bookstores actually belong to her. If it wasn't for Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, she didn't need to come to the bookstore in person.

As for why you are looking for Jiraiya, this is about Naruto.

During this period of time, with Naruto's avatars and tireless efforts, Sakura was able to keep her leisure while allowing her industries to expand rapidly, and even intervene in other industries.More than half of the credit for the booming comic company is attributed to the beautiful girls with hair of various colors who are active everywhere.

However, due to the pressure of the battle a month later, Naruto now accepts fewer tasks and spends more energy researching the battle strategy to avoid being beaten to death with a single punch.

Of course, this is not the point. After overcoming the initial difficulties, the problem of lack of personnel has been gradually resolved.What is really difficult to deal with is the problem of talents, not only the lack of working talents, but also the lack of scientific and technological talents.

If infrastructure is not done well, technology is not improved, and productivity is not improved, the entertainment industry will be like duckweed without roots, and its development has reached its limit.

And Naruto, who is highly motivated and can have hundreds of clones, is really a good worker in Sakura's eyes!
It is not difficult to restore Naruto's enthusiasm. The main thing is to improve his strength so that he can exert higher productivity.

Now Naruto has developed in the direction of scientific ninjutsu, and Sakura, who believes in infinite magic, certainly doesn't mind providing some help in this regard.

Not knowing that Sakura was just trying to make Naruto work better, Jiraiya also said emotionally: "I didn't expect you to find me because of your teammates, what an enviable companionship! I've decided, I can Accept the opportunity to teach Naruto ninjutsu in exchange for instruction in literature."

"Since Ziraiya-senior agrees, then I will naturally teach you all." Hearing that Zilai also agrees, Sakura also said seriously, "Then let's change to a milk tea shop and discuss writing slowly Bar!"

"Then I'll leave it to you, Sakura." Jiraiya nodded, and followed Sakura to a quiet milk tea shop full of expectations.

At this time, Jilai is only fortunate to have Sakura's help, so that he, a writer from the old era, can hope to return again.

What a kind little girl.Zilai also sighed softly in his heart.

　Jiraiya, one of the Sannin, is worth the word count of a chapter!I'm afraid of being called water, ()
　　Thinking about it, my mood is still unstable recently, probably because I was a little uncomfortable after being frozen in winter, and I need the comfort of the little cuties.

　　(ˇˇ) Happy!to hug!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)