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So, why don't you listen to the other party first?

He thought for a few seconds, and felt that going to a public place like a coffee shop should not encounter any pyramid schemes or preaching, so he responded, "Okay, let's talk about it, but I can't make more guarantees."

He said this first, in case there is any unkind request, he has reason to refuse.

Akemi Ikawa saw that Akihara Hiroto agreed to go to the coffee shop to talk, and her smile became bright again. She stretched out her hand to lure her, and led Akihara Hiroto towards the coffee shop.

……

Paddles coffee is a coffee shop closest to the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Library. The coffee shop is small, with only about 6 tables.The two of them entered the door and sat at a table near the bar.

Akemi Igawa ordered coffee, and then looked at Yuuto Akihara with her beautiful eyes. She made up her mind to prove her charm.

But she was visibly deflated today.

"So, Ms. Igawa, can you tell me your purpose?" Hiroto Akihara ignored the slightly aggrieved expression on the other side, and said bluntly: "Please tell your club what troubles you have encountered as quickly as possible. And what kind of reasoning consultation do you need."

Akemi Igawa was a little frustrated. After all, she was a pretty girl, so couldn't the other party be a little more Gentleman-like, but she could also hear the other party's impatience, so she said, "That..."

"No that, my name is Akihara Yuto."

"Sorry, Akihara-san." She immediately came to her senses, and found that she didn't even ask the other person's name, and immediately said in a slightly apologetic voice: "I am the vice president of the East Women's Drama Department. For the upcoming campus festival, we are preparing Rehearsing for a stage play."

Hiroto Akihara was a little puzzled, and wondered, "What does this have to do with reasoning?"

The stage play is also one of the national cultures of RB. It has a large fan base and is similar to European and American musicals. It adopts the form of "singing + dancing + dialogue".

Among the many stage theater troupes of RB in the previous life, the most famous one is the Takarazuka Opera Troupe, which has many well-known stage actors such as Amami Yuki.

However, because the stage play requires the actors to show extremely exaggerated tone and large-scale movements, it does not match the calm protagonist image of many mystery novels.So in general, only a very small number of mystery novels are suitable for adaptation into stage plays.

Seeing Hiroto Akihara's doubts, Akemi Igawa quickly explained: "In the past, our stage plays were expressed using existing foreign scripts. But this year's campus festival is different. A very famous mystery writer is coming Our school visits the campus festival, and the school wants us to use local reasoning as the theme."

After a pause, she explained her reasons clearly. In order to fulfill the school's request, their club asked her to write this reasoning script.As a screenwriter, she hopes that Hiroto Akihara can provide some advice on reasoning.

Akihara Hiroto suddenly realized, no wonder the other party wanted to ask a reasoning fan for help.But he thought for a while, and frowned. After all, he didn't have much experience with this area before, so he wasn't too sure, but he could try it.

Seeing Akihara Hiroto's expression, Akemi Igawa became nervous.

At this time, the waiter served the coffee, she said "thank you", then turned her head and continued to look at Akihara Yuto, and continued to say sincerely: "We can use the club funds to compensate for the delay of Akihara-san's time. As for the cost How much can be negotiated in detail.”

Hiroto Akihara heard that the other party offered to offer a reward, and began to calculate.

How much should be appropriate?Otherwise, it would be calculated based on the manuscript fee of a 2-word manuscript. After all, the other party is just a society, and this amount of money is not too small.

At the same time, he also thought about another question, if the other party is the screenwriter of this stage play, is it really reliable?

As a screenwriter, you must not only have a certain level of writing skills, but also have a very careful quality.As a result, not only did Ms. Igawa not ask his name, she didn't even examine his reasoning level, so she hurriedly asked him for help, which was a bit unbelievable.

Having said that, besides the monetary reward mentioned by the other party, what other benefits do you have for yourself?

[22.Chapter 22 sales released]

While Hiroto Akihara was struggling, Aiko Asano was preparing to attend this week's regular meeting of the editorial department.

She arranged all the chairs she had brought, and then went to the pantry to make tea—she was the only woman in the editorial department, and this kind of work was assigned to her head very logically, and she couldn't push it away.

In RB's workplace, women are always in a subordinate position. Whether cleaning or pouring tea, they will always be regarded as women's work by default. In many companies, they even help male colleagues clean lunch boxes.

Although she really wanted to get rid of this kind of encounter, but at present, only another female junior can hand over this work, but if she does this, her conscience will feel a little bit off.

After making tea, she returned to the conference room with the tray, and at this time, people came one after another.She arranged the tea one by one, and then returned to her place closest to the gate.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the meeting started on time.

This meeting was still presided over by Kikuchita. With a happy face, he announced to everyone in a slightly excited tone: "Everyone, I have some good news. I just brought the statistics from Monday to Friday. According to the sales data, according to the current trend, our sales this week can break through to 3 copies, which is a full 3% higher than last week!"

He was indeed a little excited, because although the sales volume of "New Novel" claimed to be 3 copies, it actually fluctuated around 2 copies, and there was even a slight downward trend.

If the performance declines further, the possibility of someone else taking over as the editor-in-chief cannot be ruled out.

Everyone in the audience also made a slight commotion—this is indeed good news. As the sales of the magazine increase, the profit and status of the editorial department will increase, and everyone can get higher performance salaries.

Aiko Asano looked at the excitement of her colleagues, but fell into deep thought. Why did the sales of the magazine increase? It seems that in addition to adding a new column by Hiroto Akihara last week, she only used her budget to write two related newspaper book reviews.

She was a little puzzled...

Kikuchi looked around the meeting room, and found that there were still people discussing in low voices, gesturing for everyone to be quiet, and he said with a smile: "According to the statistics department, the increase in sales this time is mainly due to the "Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun" book review. Although the impact on readers needs to be further confirmed by reader feedback, it is generally not surprising.”

He turned sideways and turned towards Matsushima and Hiroshi, "Matsushima, please help me convey my thanks to Teacher Menxie, and also please do a good job on his side, and ensure the quantity and quality of manuscripts. "

Matsushima and Hiro also showed very proud smiles on their faces. He nodded and responded that he would continue to do a good job in related work.

After talking about this topic, everyone began to discuss the cover of the next issue and the subsequent publicity.

Aiko Asano was still a little puzzled. She read the book review of "The Footsteps of Search", and felt that although it was very long, she didn't have the desire to buy it after reading it for a long time.

At this moment, an idea popped into her mind, could it be the book review by Akihara Yuto?

She thought about it carefully, and she also felt that it was not feasible, so she laughed dumbly. After all, it was only 500 words, and readers might subconsciously ignore it.It can't just drive sales because of this.

However, it's really strange...

……

After the meeting, Asano Aiko immediately called Akihara Yuto's residence to report the good news, but she called three times, but no one responded.She was a little puzzled, why can't I contact him recently?

No, understanding the situation of the writer is also an important responsibility of the editor, I have to investigate clearly, she made a decision silently.

But Hiroto Akihara, whom she was worried about, was sitting in a coffee shop, asking "Three Questions of the Soul" to a beautiful female college student.

"Miss Igawa, may I ask if you have any writing experience in writing scripts?"

"Apart from film and television dramas, have you seen any reasoning works?"

"You have neither created a stage play script nor read a mystery novel, so how can you guarantee that you can write a suitable reasoning stage play?"

After some "severe" lectures, Akemi Ikawa couldn't stand it anymore, her eyes became teary, and she said in a choked voice: "Yes... I'm sorry, I will work hard, but there is a shortage of people now..."

Hiroto Akihara was a little embarrassed when he heard the other party's cry. He originally thought that the other party would be more outgoing since he dared to invite him, but he didn't expect...

But he also has his own reasons for saying this.

After the conversation just now, he weighed it and decided to participate in this stage play project.

As a writer, if you want to climb higher, the film and television of your works is an unavoidable topic.

If you don't want to be just a "spectator", the writer must have a certain ability to adapt.And this ability is also helpful for him to adapt foreign works into local works.

So for him, the stage play script in front of him provides a very good opportunity, not only can he get a certain amount of remuneration, but also allows him to practice his skills.