Revive it!Wenhao Press

On Tuesday morning, Hualichun was holding the handheld in his hand, staring at the screen blankly, dumbstruck.

[From "Revival!Prompt from Wenhao Publishing House: Settlement in progress...]

【congratulations! The first issue of "Monthly Literature" has been successfully published!After deducting various expenses, the publishing house made a profit of 500000 yen! 】

【congratulations!Hoshinosha has been upgraded to LV2!Reader immersion 20]

[Current reader immersion: 20/100 (fluent comprehension).Please keep up the good work! 】

50 is the remaining profit after deducting the cost of printing the first issue of "Monthly Literature" and the remuneration distributed to writers.This money may be just a monthly salary that an ordinary office worker can earn with hard work, but for Hualichun, it can be described as a rare and huge sum of money.

Thinking of this, Huali Jun sat in front of the computer, opened the search engine, and began to search for the magazines with the highest sales in Japan.

The magazine with the highest sales volume in Japan is Bailangsha's "Literary Times", which happens to be a monthly literary magazine.It's just that the published content of "Literary Times" is not limited to pure literature, but also various types of light, covering campus, fantasy, science fiction and many other fields.

At present, the average circulation of each issue of "The Age of Literature and Art" is more than 300 million copies.

"300 million..." Seeing this number, Hualichun was still shocked even though she was mentally prepared. "The first issue of "Monthly Literature" only printed a thousand copies..."

300 million copies, if all of them are sold, about one in every 40 people will buy it.In the next two years, Hoshinosha will defeat such a behemoth.

Huali Jun also searched the sales volume of the manga magazine "Monthly Girls" where Ken Miyako belonged, and found that the sales volume of each volume of "Monthly Girls" was also hovering close to the million line.

"It's still far from them now." She sighed and turned off the computer.

……

Today is the day when Hualichun is going to work in Zaomen's bakery.

In the afternoon, after the last class.

Jun Hanagi waited in front of the shoe cabinet for about 10 minutes before Tanjiro Kamado hurried over with his younger sister Nezuko.Both brother and sister were a little out of breath, with beads of sweat on their foreheads.

"Sorry, there is something wrong with Nezuko." He asked, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"You don't need to be in such a hurry!" Hualichun said quickly, "Go slowly. There is still time before the part-time job starts."

"I'm sorry, Xiaochun may need to arrive earlier today..." Tanjirou Zamen's eyes drifted a little, and he exchanged a glance with his sister, "Just now, my mother called to say that the store is a bit busy..."

"Really?" Hualichun remembered that she had asked for leave several times because of the Hoshino Club, and was a little anxious, "Then hurry up!"

The three of them walked out of the school while talking.

"By the way, speaking of this, the first issue of "Monthly Literature"..."

Kamado Tanjiro suddenly mentioned this, causing Hanagarashi Jun's antenna to stand up suddenly.She raised her head and looked at Kamado Tanjiro with piercing eyes.

"That article "Setting Sun"..." Kamado Tanjiro paused for a moment before continuing, "It's really amazing."

"After taking the magazine back the day before yesterday, Nezuko and I were taken away by Mom and Dad before we could read it. By the time we wanted to read it, Mom and Dad were already fascinated by it, and they didn't want to give us the magazine at all. Said It’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a delicate and moving story of the times.”

Zaomen Nezuko clenched her fists: "There has been such a powerful work since the first issue, it's a good start!"

"is that so……"

Hualichun's heart beat faster.

However, even if the response of the first issue is good, there is currently only one person and one dog in the publishing house.Even according to "Revival!The Dazai Inu recruited by the reminder of "Bungo Publishing House" will act as a contracted writer of Hoshinosha, but Hoshinosha cannot survive for a long time according to this configuration.

Not to mention defeating the behemoth Bailangshe.

To put it bluntly, having only one signed writer is simply not enough.

It is still unclear how the next road will be taken.

Soon, Zaomen's bakery was just around the corner.Hualijun remembered what Zamon Tanjiro said just now, and immediately quickened her pace, and pushed open the store door.

What caught her eyes was the same bakery as usual.The number of customers in the store is also in the normal range.

Hualichun stood at the door, a little dazed.At this time, Zaomen Zhuxiong, the third son of Zaomen family who was helping in the store, saw Hualichun and others, and ran out from behind the counter.

"Sister Chun is here!" He took Hualichun's hand and ran towards the back kitchen.Huali Jun was taken aback, and turned around with a blank face to ask Tanjiro Kamado, but Takeo Kamado had already dragged him into the back kitchen.

When Zaomen Zhuxiong stopped, Hualichun finally had a chance to ask: "Zhuxiong, what's the matter? Didn't you say there are many people in the store?"

"Ah, that?" Zaomen Takeo turned around, "I don't know about that kind of thing, it must be the elder brother and elder sister talking nonsense."

"Ok?"

Huali Junzheng looked puzzled, and Tanjiro Kamado and Nezuko Kamado who followed behind hurriedly called out: "Takeo!"

Zaomen Takexiong made a face at them, then opened the refrigerator, took out a strawberry cake, and placed it in front of Hualichun.

There are several beautiful words written on the chocolate card of the cake: I wish the first issue of "Monthly Literature" is on sale!

"This cake wasn't made by mom and dad. My brother took all of us together to make it from the design to the production! It is said that sister Chun will come to work today, and she is going to give you a surprise!" Zaomen Takeo said loudly, "Brother I plan to inherit this shop in the future, so the craftsmanship is also very good!"

Zamon Tanjirou's face was completely red: "No, Takeo's words are too exaggerated. Compared with my mother, my craftsmanship is still a bit..."

Hualichun stared at the cake blankly, already understanding what happened.At this time, Zaomen’s mother, Zaomen Kuizhi, who was baking cakes, came over and said with a smile, “Congratulations, Xiaochun. I also read Monthly Literature, it’s a great magazine. "When it was about to end, my eye sockets were wet."

"...Thank you!" Hualichun came back to his senses, and quickly thanked, "I have always troubled you like this..."

"Where, Xiaochun, let's work hard to open the publishing house." Zaomen Kuizhi patted Hualichun's head, "Let uncles and aunts read better articles!"

At this moment, the children of Zaomen's family squeezed in, congratulating Hualichun with all their tongues.Zaomen Kuizhi asked with a smile, "It's about 10 minutes before the part-time job starts. Shall we cut the cake now?"

Hualichun came back to her senses: "Yeah!"

The cake knife sliced ​​through the snow-white cream and tender yellow cake embryo, and evenly separated the bright red strawberries on top.Each of the Zaomen family's children was given a piece of cake, and they ate it contentedly.

Hualichun held the plate, cut a piece of cake with a spoon and put it in his mouth, savoring the sweetness of the cream slowly.

"So sweet..."

Hualichun whispered to herself.At that moment, the sweetness that melted on the tip of her tongue made her temporarily forget her worries about the future.

"How is it?" Kamado Tanjiro's voice sounded from the side.

He stared carefully at Hualichun's chewing movements, and there was a little nervousness in his always energetic eyes.

"It's delicious!" Hualichun nodded vigorously.

"...Really, that's great."

Kamado Tanjiro breathed a sigh of relief.He smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "As long as I see someone eating the pastries made by our family until their cheeks bulge, I will feel very happy."

After a pause, Zamon Tanjiro asked abruptly: "Xiaochun, are you worried about the publishing house?"

"Eh?" Huali Jun was stunned, "Well. After finding out that the sales of the highest-selling magazine "Literary Times" exceeded 300 million copies per issue, I have been very concerned...But Tanjiro, did you see it?"

"Yeah. Because I'm the eldest." The boy said a little embarrassedly, "I always pay attention to everyone's expressions."

"And when I grow up, I will support the bakery at home. My younger brothers and sisters are still young, and I will also have to take over the burden of my parents in the future, and strive to make them live a prosperous life. So I understand that the burden on Xiaochun's shoulders is now The responsibility is the same as mine."

"I will definitely support my family's store. And I believe in it."

Kamado Tanjiro looked directly at Hanagarashi Jun, and said seriously: "I believe Xiaojun will be able to realize his dream."

"Why can Tanjiro be so sure?" Hanagarashi couldn't help asking.

"Xiaochun, after finding out the sales volume of "The Age of Literature and Art", what question do you think about in your mind is 'probably no way to win', or 'what should I do to win'?"

Hualichun couldn't help but startled: "...the second one."

"Well, I think so." Kamado Tanjiro nodded, "I can tell as long as I see your eyes."

……

In the evening, Hualichun, who finished working in the bakery, stood in front of a high-rise commercial building in the city center.

The exterior wall of the building is a flat blue glass curtain wall, reflecting the golden light of the setting sun.In front of the entrance of the building, there is a transparent video screen with three huge characters "Bailang Society" engraved on it.

This building is the office location of the publishing house "Bailangshe", which has the highest-selling magazine.

In front of the Bailang Club building, pedestrians came and went.Among the crowd coming in and out of the door, there were quite a few people with kraft paper bags under their armpits, and one of them might be a best-selling author or a senior editor.

These people passed by Hualichun in a hurry.And Hualichun looked up at the building, and didn't look back for a long time.

Although it still looks very high, very far away, and very exciting, but one day, she will make all this close to her eyes.

***

half a month later.

"I am back."

Hualijun turned on the light and looked into the only small room in Hoshinosha.

The room was different from when she left, and there were some traces of life: a few previous issues of "Monthly Literature" in the box were taken out and spread out on the coffee table, apparently being flipped through.There were also several empty cans of crabmeat piled in the trash can.

The sand-colored dog had already run to the cabinet at some point, and the dog's paws were concentrating on flipping through a canned crab meat stored in the cabinet, its fluffy tail wagging from side to side.

Hualichun was taken aback: "Mr. Dazai, you..."

Hearing Hualichun's voice, Dazai Gou turned his head, his fluffy face didn't feel like he was secretly flipping through cans, but he was calm, his tail was still standing up and shaking.

Seeing Hualichun standing there without speaking, Dazai Quan calmly retracted his head into the cabinet, went to the porch and sat down.

——Half a month has passed since the first issue of "Monthly Literature" was released.

Dazai Inu didn't go out for a walk during this time.And he became a little more casual when he was at the publishing house.Does this mean that Dazai Inu, who used to be a stray dog ​​in the past, has really recognized Hoshinosha as his stronghold?

Thinking of this, even though the canned crab meat drawn by drawing cards in the past few days was almost eaten up by the Dazai dog, Hualichun still felt a little comforted in his heart.

It's just that in the past half month, although Dazai Inu didn't go out for a walk, he also didn't write a new work.

Seeing the time passing day by day, Hualichun gradually became anxious.The current top priority is to find more writers before the second issue of "Monthly Literature" is released.

While thinking about it, Hualichun kicked off his shoes, carried the cakes to the corridor, and removed the cake box: "Mr. Dazai, this is the cake I brought back for you."

Dazai Inu looked back at the cake, and seemed a little interested in it.

In the next second, Hualichun saw Dazai dog stretch out a fluffy dog ​​paw, pick up the fork skillfully, cut off a piece of cake and put it in his mouth.

"..."

Hualichun watched Gouzi eat the cake with a knife and fork, and tried hard to control the shock on his face, but after a while, he still couldn't hold it back, showing a cracked expression.

...Although I know that Dazai Inu is a human dog, he doesn't even eat dog food, but eats (and can eat) human food.But this scene looks like a lot of monsters.

After clearing his throat, Hualichun tentatively asked: "Mr. Dazai, the new manuscript..."

Dazai Inu's ears twitched, but he looked at the cake more intently than before, pretending that he didn't hear anything.

"..."

Feeling that it was weird for her to keep staring, Hualichun looked away.She remembered that she hadn't drawn a card today, so she quickly took out the handheld, intending to use up the number of cards drawn today.

The first two cards drew bento and 10000 yen respectively.Hualichun pressed the third draw casually, but unexpectedly, after the card was lowered, a different text appeared.

[Congratulations, you have drawn a reminder card]

[Hint: Put the black top hat on the mailbox outside the door, there will be a certain probability of attracting wild dogs who like top hats]

Hualichun was taken aback for a moment, then clenched the phone tightly.

It's finally coming, No.2 Bungo Stray Dogs——!