tokyo writer

In his previous life, because of his poor family background, he completed his studies with the help of a kind-hearted person. In order to repay his kindness, he went to that family's family as a free tutor for 2 years, and raised his daughter's grades from the middle of the class to the top of the grade.

After graduating and entering the society, as long as others help him in the workplace, he will definitely repay them later, even if he gives up the chance of promotion.

Because of this concept, he lost a lot and was ridiculed by others, but he never regretted it. After all, he had to learn how to be a man before he could do things.

If he does whatever it takes to succeed, he will look down on himself.

Seeing Akihara Yuuto's actions, Asano Aiko became nervous, she felt that the atmosphere was a little more dignified, and she couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"Akihara-san, you don't have to do this, it's just my job..."

She was worried that Akihara Yuto would leave, but she didn't expect the other party to say so directly.

Hiroto Akihara interrupted her, and his voice became serious.

"Miss Asano, I promise that as long as "New Novel" doesn't give up on me, I will never go to other magazines."

In his opinion, it was Asano Aiko who helped him when he was in the most difficult time, so under the same or similar conditions, "New Novel" would naturally be the top priority.

As for the sentence "New Novel" does not give up on me, there are also considerations in this regard. If the editorial department cannot guarantee his interests in the future, he will naturally have to leave. At worst, he will make up for Aiko Asano in other ways.

However, his voice was a little loud, and he was standing near the exit gate of the publishing house, causing many people around to look over.

Aiko Asano was even more stunned, not knowing how to reply for a while.

Seeing that the meaning was conveyed, Akihara Yuto said "goodbye" and turned away without waiting for Asano Aiko to reply.

He is not the kind of person who can only talk about it, he wants to prove everything with his actions.

Watching the back of Akihara Hiroto leaving, Asano Aiko fell silent.

In her own opinion, Hiroto Akihara is a very talented writer, and she can succeed in submitting articles to other publishing houses, so there is no need for the other party to make this guarantee.

But it cannot be denied that the other party's performance touched her heart and moved her involuntarily.

Akihara-san, I should be the one to say thank you...

[10.Chapter 10 Dilemma]

After walking out of the gate, Akihara Hiroto quickened his pace.

The reason why he accelerated his pace was not because he wanted to go home and write the manuscript as soon as possible, but because he was too "shame".

Along the way just now, he kept the words of thanks in his heart, wanted to say it to Asano Aiko but couldn't say it.

Seeing that the other party's attitude became divided, he subconsciously uttered his heartfelt words at the door of the publishing house where everyone was watching, and his voice was a little "louder".

Thinking about it now, it was really a mistake. After all, there are still many opportunities for the two of them to deal with each other in the future. Wouldn't it be better to find a coffee shop or an izakaya?

Although embarrassed, Akihara Yuto straightened his body. Anyway, most people don't know himself, as long as he is not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed.

Thinking wildly, he walked towards the tram stop, planning to go to a large chain supermarket first to buy daily necessities and spare paper and pens.

He plans to take a good "retreat" in the future, become proficient in Japanese writing habits as soon as possible, and write all the remaining articles.

Just as he was lost in thought, he unconsciously noticed the surroundings, and saw a billboard erected on the ground, with densely packed real estate agency advertisements on it.

Behind this billboard is a store with the signboard of "Fujibashi Real Estate".

Thinking of the house where he was now forced to "live live for love", he couldn't help thinking seriously.

The manuscript fee will be available soon, or move.After all, only when the environment is comfortable can I write better, right?

……

While Akihara Hiroto was thinking about moving, Asano Aiko was busy participating in the meeting within the editorial department.

The meeting place was the office where she brought Hiroto Akihara to sign the contract last time—because there were not enough desks and chairs, each editor brought a folding chair over.

Editor-in-Chief Tata Kikuchi sat in the innermost position, facing the crowd. Others sat around according to their status. Aiko Asano was the closest to the gate because of her junior qualifications.

The meeting of the editorial department is held on time, basically once a week, and the content of the meeting also covers various aspects, including the serial content published in the next issue, the magazine's sales statistics, readers' feedback and so on.

Although the content is messy, this is the daily work of editing.

Seeing that everyone sat down together, Kikuchi began to formally chair the meeting. He first said that the sales volume of journals last week was still insufficient, and hoped that everyone would work harder. Newcomer.

Seeing everyone nodding, he announced that the next issue of "New Novel" will have a new column dedicated to serializing short stories by Akihara Hiroto.

There was a slight commotion in the meeting room, and a man wearing glasses in his 30s suddenly raised his hand and proposed, "Editor-in-chief, can you give us a look at Mr. Akihara's work."

Hearing these words, Kikuchita nodded in the direction of Asano Aiko, who immediately got up, brought a stack of bound texts and began to distribute them.

Everyone got the information and flipped through it quickly, leaving only the "swish" sound of paper flipping through for a while.

The man wearing glasses was no exception. He sat up straight, looked at the words "Xiaoshi and Yoko" on the document, and subconsciously adjusted his glasses with his right hand.

His name is Kazuhiro Matsushima, and he is the deputy editor-in-chief of "New Novel", and he has worked in this line for more than ten years.

Before this meeting, he had already heard rumors that Kikuchita wanted to ask Asano Aiko to open a column dedicated to the serialization of a newcomer's work.

Hearing the news, he wondered if the editor-in-chief was crazy. A rookie editor + a newcomer writer, no matter how you look at it, they are the type that will definitely be cut in half.

You must know that under normal circumstances, due to the limited writing level of newcomers, many places cannot be perfect.

Therefore, there must be an old editor with sufficient experience to guide him and guide the author on the road to success in the literary world.

But he knew about Asano Aiko's situation. After three years in the job, his daily job was to help with chores. Probably the most proficient was pouring coffee, right?

May I ask what kind of advice such an editor can provide to newcomers?

Although the circulation of "New Fiction" is low, it is not something that cats and dogs can publish and serialize!

What's more, a new serial column may occupy his publicity resources!

With this in mind, Matsushima and Hiro began to look at it carefully, and seriously began to pick faults.

The style of writing is ordinary, and some paragraphs even look a bit awkward. Are you really worthy of being a newcomer?

To know a really good article, the writing style, plot and connotation are indispensable, and this alone can be judged as unqualified.

After thinking about it, he took out a black pen and circled the areas that he thought were problematic, and directly wrote down the evaluation: the writing needs to be improved.After a pause, another big exclamation mark was added!

Afterwards, he pondered over the plot of the opening chapter—the plot of a woman committing suicide by jumping off a building at the very beginning, why does it seem so inexplicable...

No, there is the soliloquies of the woman who jumped from the building below, maybe this is the suicide of the protagonist's self-fantasy, is it using the Latin American magic realism writing technique?

He felt a little curious, and continued to read involuntarily. He watched and watched, completely forgetting that he wanted to criticize, and immersed himself in the story of Yoko as the first-person perspective.

Why was Yoko brutally abused by her mother despite being identical twins?It seems that many neon families also have the problem of favoring only one child. There seems to be news reports before...