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At the entrance of a coffee shop in Tokyo, the glass door was suddenly pushed open, and Yoshikawa from "Popular Anecdote" walked in.

After scanning the cafe with few customers, Yoshikawa walked towards the table in the corner.

"The editor-in-chief of "Literary Times" suddenly invited me to drink coffee, what's your business?"

Yoshikawa stood by the table without any further movements.And the person sitting opposite him is Naganoguchi, the editor of "The Age of Literature and Art".

"Please sit down first, Mr. Yoshikawa." Noguchi Satoshi did not speak, but raised his hand, signaling Yoshikawa to sit opposite him.

Seeing this, Yoshikawa pulled out his chair and sat down.He leaned back in his chair and put his camera on the table.

"I won't beat around the bush with you anymore, Mr. Yoshikawa." Noguchi Satoshi asked straight to the point, "You also participated in the award ceremony of the Classical Art and Literature Award as a reporter from the invited media, right?"

"That's right." Yoshikawa nodded.

"Your target is Hoshinosha's writer Osamu Dazai and Nakahara Nakaya, right?" Noguchi Satoshi did not beat around the bush, but asked directly, "But it has been more than a week since the award ceremony, and "Popular Anecdote" has not followed Consistently stylized reporting, the writing on the Classical Art Literary Awards is underwhelming."

"Can I therefore think that even Mr. Yoshikawa can't dig out anything from Hoshinosha?"

Facing Satoshi Noguchi's question, Yoshikawa did not show anger or unwillingness, but his expression was a bit complicated.This surprised Noguchi Satoshi.

After a while, Yoshikawa finally opened his mouth.

"I don't want to mess with the people from Hoshinosha anymore." He pinched the sugar bag on the table with his fingers a little anxiously, and made a rustling and irritating sound, "That guy is simply crazy."

"That guy?" Noguchi Satoshi was a little confused.

"If you want to deal with them, I advise you to be more cautious." Yoshikawa didn't even drink coffee, picked up his camera and stood up, "That's all I can say. Take care of yourself."

Seeing the back of Yoshikawa leaving quickly, Noguchi Satoshi frowned: "What kind of people are the current Hoshinosha, who even scare Yoshikawa like this..."

Meanwhile, another part of Tokyo.

After finishing the usual bookstore inspection, Hanagarashi got on the train.

However, after stepping out of the tram, she suddenly saw small white snowflakes floating in the air.

"Is it snowing?" Hualichun was startled, "It should be snowing, after all, it's the end of the year."

……

The tenth issue of "Monthly Literature" has an initial printing volume of 75 copies. One week after its release, the e-magazine was simultaneously launched in the electronic archives of Hoshinosha.

After that, the sales volume of the e-magazine from the first to the tenth issue of "Monthly Literature" has skyrocketed since its launch.In just three weeks, the average sales volume of the e-magazine exceeded 10 copies.

——Since "Setting Sun" and "Song of Sheep" have broken sales records one after another, the emails sent by bookstores to Hoshinosha have the most frequently asked question besides the replenishment notice.

When will Hoshinosha release the next author's booklet.

night.

On the porch leading to the backyard of the small building of Hoshinosha, a tightly wrapped Akutagawa dog was sitting.A gust of wind blew up slightly the circle of white fur dotted around his ears, and the blown fluff was like little white dandelions.

Sitting in the corridor for a while, Akutagawa Inu stood up and was about to go back, but a figure suddenly appeared behind him.

Hualichun had arrived behind the Akutagawa dog at some point.One person and one dog looked at each other, and Akutagawa Inu's eyes showed some confusion.

The silence lasted for a few seconds before the purple-haired girl spoke.

"Ms. Akutagawa," Huali Jun said solemnly to Akutagawa Dog, "Up to now, the total number of short stories created by the teacher has reached 200 pages. It's time to publish a booklet."

"Besides, if the booklet is published now, it will be possible in the future..."

Hanagarashi explains to Akutagawa Inu why she wants to publish a booklet now.After hearing Hualijun's words, Akutagawa Inu stared at Hualijun for a few seconds, and then walked in front of her.

The little black dog nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Wow."

……

Looking at the snow in the courtyard outside the window, Hualichun looked away and returned to the first floor.

"Rashomon", "Hell Change", "Sweet Potato Porridge"... After checking the contents and page numbers for the last time, Hualichun pressed the production button.

In the next second, a thick collection of manuscripts smelling like ink suddenly appeared in front of Hualichun.It's just that the cover of this manuscript is still blank, with only two lines.

"Rashomon", collected works of Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

"Okay!" Hualichun nodded to himself, picked up the printed manuscript, turned and ran towards the library.

Running all the way to the library, Hualichun saw the Akutagawa dog she was looking for between the bookshelves.

The Akutagawa dog was lying on the ground, flipping through a book in the library.The little black dog rolled up the hem of his long coat, covering most of his body, with only a handful of fluffy tail tips exposed at the hem of the coat, moving it from time to time as the little black dog was serious.

Hualichun's eyes fell on the tip of the Akutagawa dog's tail involuntarily. Although it was very itchy, he still restrained his impulse.

She coughed lightly, which really caught Akutagawa's attention.The little black dog raised his head and looked at her, a hint of puzzlement flashed in his eyes.

Hualichun walked up to the Akutagawa dog.She took out the printed manuscript and handed it to Akutagawa Inu.

The little black dog looked down at the book in Hualichun's hand.When he saw the title of the book on the cover, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.

Hualichun put the handheld device in the other hand in front of him: "Mr. Akutagawa, according to the usual practice, the choice of the cover should consider the teacher's own opinion. But when the estimated release date, similar books on the market Most of the covers are light-colored, so I personally recommend Mr. Akutagawa to choose a cover design with thick ink and heavy colors."

Akutagawa Inu lowered his head and looked at the cover creation interface on the handheld.After a while, the little black dog raised its paw and "slapped" on the handheld without hesitation.

After finishing the cover, the Akutagawa dog withdrew its paws and pushed the handheld device in front of Hualichun.

After taking over the camera, Hualichun looked at the finished cover and couldn't help holding her breath.

In the selection of the cover of "Rashomon", Akutagawa chose the style of ink painting.The cover uses gray and black colors to render the dark sky, and the dark clouds in the sky, like heavy mountains, seem to be about to fall, pressing heavily on the ground.And in the center of the dark background, there is a dilapidated city gate drawn with red brush strokes.

"I see." Hualichun subconsciously tightened her grip on the phone, "The contrast between the red city gate and the dark background has a strong impact! You really deserve to be Mr. Akutagawa!"

After confirming the cover selected by Akutagawa Dog, Jun Huali chose the sample book for printing.

After she handed over the finished "Rashomon" sample booklet, the little black dog blinked, then stretched out its two front paws, and took the book from her hand.

"If you have no other questions about the binding, then Akutagawa-sensei will come with me."

Hearing this, Akutagawa Inu looked at Hualijun, then raised the puppy's legs and followed.

Hualichun took the Akutagawa dog all the way to the rooftop.

As soon as I got to the roof, I heard the roar of a locomotive, and there was a shadow running fast on the black runway—it was a big locomotive carrying an orange and white puppy.

In the indoor dog playground, the Dazai dog, who had obviously not exercised, lay majestically on the massage chair used to relax the muscles after exercise, and the dog's head was shaken by the vibration function of the massage chair.

Seeing this scene, a strange feeling came to Hualichun's heart again: "..."

However, for the next thing, she still said loudly: "Teachers, I have something to ask you... Teacher Dazai, stop shaking!"

Zhongyegou's locomotive slowed down all the way, and finally stopped not far away.The little orange dog jumped out of the car in a high spirited manner, and came over with a patter.

And Dazai Dog looked over with the dog's head following the sound, Hualichun couldn't see Dazai Dog's expression clearly for a while.

Seeing Dazai Inu and Chuya Inu, Akutagawa Inu, who was puzzled by this, gradually became wiser.The little black dog looked at Hualichun, then at the other two dogs, raised the little dog's paw, stuffed it into its mouth, and mechanically bit the tip of the paw a few times: "...?"

When the two dogs had gathered, Hualichun placed the completed "Rashomon" booklet in front of them.

Seeing the new booklet, the sand-colored dog and the little orange dog were taken aback.

"The number of Akutagawa-sensei's works is enough to produce the first booklet. This is the sample booklet of Akutagawa-san's first booklet "Rashomon."

Hualichun solemnly said to the two dogs: "I hope to add the recommendation words of the two teachers on the waist of the book "Rashomon."

As soon as the words fell, the hand-eating little black dog on the side suddenly shook, and his eyes instantly changed from wise to sharp: "Wow!"

Seeing Dazai Inu and Chuya Inu staring at the "Rashomon" sample book, Akutagawa Inu's body was a little stiff, and his eyes showed a little nervousness involuntarily.

But soon, Chuya Inu raised his puppy paw and patted his chest.The little orange dog looked obliged: "Wow!"

Seeing this, Akutagawa Inu cast his nervous eyes on Dazai Inu again, waiting for his answer.

The sand-colored Gouzi looked at Hualichun, then at Akutagawa Dog, and suddenly raised his paw.

Dazai Inu's paw lightly rested on Akutagawa Inu's head.The sand-colored dog patted the little black dog's head with its front paws, and there was a rare expression of approval in its eyes.

After withdrawing his paw, Dazai Inu nodded: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

Seeing this, Akutagawa Inu's tense body finally relaxed slightly.He raised his paw blankly and touched the top of his head.

Realizing what happened, Akutagawa suddenly became agitated.The little black dog's ears almost stood up uncharacteristically, and he walked a few steps towards the Dazai dog excitedly, and then suddenly fell to the ground with a thud, stiff as a dead dog.

The Zhongye dog was startled, and rushed up, barking at the little black dog that was lying on the ground.And Hualichun was taken aback: "Ms. Akutagawa!?"

……

In the end, Hualichun discovered that the Akutagawa dog was touched by a paw of the Dazai dog just because he was too excited.

In Akutagawa Inu's room, the little black dog has been placed securely on a soft bed.

The warm quilt wraps the whole body of the Akutagawa dog, except for a small fluffy black head poking out at the end, like a fat seal with a black face.The soft bed sheet sunk the puppy's body by half, and there was a hot water bottle beside it.

Huali Jun and Chuya Inu stood by the bed, looking at Akutagawa Inu worriedly.Dazai Gou slipped away while Hualichun picked up the little black dog and rushed into the room.

Seeing that Akutagawa Inu's condition had stabilized, Chuya Inu left uneasy.And Huali Jun stood beside Akutagawa Dog's bed, looking at the black dog's head protruding from the quilt.

"Ms. Akutagawa," after a moment of hesitation, Huali Jun still opened his mouth, "Although you seem to have been shocked a little now and need to rest, I still want to tell you about it earlier."

Hearing this, the Akutagawa dog wrapped in the quilt raised his head and looked at Jun Huali.

"Although it's not like "Setting Sun" and "Song of Sheep" that were stuck on the day after the award, the first edition of Mr. Akutagawa's "Rashomon" is still set at 50 copies." Huali looked at Akutagawa dog seriously. Said, "I've seen Akutagawa-sensei's works, and it's no problem to set the number of first editions at this number."

After hearing this number, the dumbfounded Akutagawa Inu's eyes suddenly regained focus.

"And," Hualijun continued, "in addition to the recommendations from Dazai-sensei and Chuya-sensei, I would like to ask one more person."