Tokyo: The life of a literary giant begins with home self-defense!

Chapter 105: Hello, I am the executive director of Kodansha

Liberal arts students always don’t have enough time for written exams.

Amidst the wailing, Longchuan Che handed in the paper, and then found his girlfriend through the text messages she sent him.

Taro Ono had to go back to Shinchosha for something. The girl finished her written test early and was sitting under a ginkgo tree, leisurely waiting for him.

The leaves have fallen in winter.

The sunlight shone through the gaps between the trees, and the early spring breeze blew directly on the girl's face. When Longchuan Che walked over, she was counting leaves with her head down.

"Why don't you wait for me inside?"

Longchuan Che pointed to the building next to him with the word "canteen" on it. This place was in a windy place and the girl's face had turned red.

"You guess."

The girl stood up from the bench and patted her dusty skirt.

The clock tower in the distance pointed to twelve o'clock, and Longchuan Che thought about it.

"I guess you didn't know that the cafeteria is open to the public today." Longchuan Che took out a temporary campus card from his pocket.

"Why not? I thought you'd see me when you got there."

Ms. Matsueda smiled and took out a similar card from her pocket.

Somewhat surprised by the other party's answer, Longchuan Che pursed his lips and put the other party's hand into his pocket.

"How about some croquettes? I heard they're pretty good."

Walking into the cafeteria building, there is a hollow atrium and a beautiful glass corridor.

Waseda University not only has strong faculty, but also excellent hardware facilities.

The three- and four-story cafeteria building was packed with delicious food. The girl pulled the boy towards the ramen area.

"From now on, we can come here to eat together after class every day."

Waseda University has four main campuses and thirteen faculties.

The Faculty of Literature that Ryukawa Tetsu was going to apply for was located in the Toyama campus in the west, while the Faculty of Sports Science that the girl was going to apply for was located in the main campus in the east.

Longchuan Che didn't say why he didn't eat by himself. He looked around and found that the girl didn't take him and went straight to order food.

"Where?"

The boy looked at the croquette passing by him with some curiosity.

"Four rows in the ramen section, four rows in the ramen section."

The girl walked and searched, with an embarrassed expression on her face.

This person is naturally enthusiastic and cheerful, and it is rare to see him like this at this moment.

Longchuan Che asked again what happened.

"Don't be surprised when you see me later."

The girl found the fourth row in the ramen area, took Ryukawa Tetsu's hand and whispered.

“An editor is looking for me.”

Editor, looking for her?
Longchuan Che was stunned for a second or two and then quickly understood what was going on.

"You won a prize? Edogawa Ranpo?"

His girlfriend is an author who is participating in the mystery novel newcomer award on behalf of someone else. Longchuan Che asked directly without caring about popular literature.

"Yes, I thought I had little hope but I actually won the award. When the publishing house came to find me, my parents almost took me directly to Tenmangu Shrine to worship."

Tenmangu Shrine is a shrine of Sugawara no Michizane, the god of learning, and Ryukawa Toru's impression of him is that he newly compiled the Manyoshu.

"It's too exaggerated."

Longchuan Che smiled. If he had to go to the shrine to worship the winner of the novel, he would have broken down the door of the shrine.

"Because everyone in my family except my brother is a sports student."

Ryuukawa Toru is a little curious about Matsueda Momoji's brother, the one who wears a leather jacket and stares at his sister with vicious eyes whenever she goes out on a date.

"All of the family, what about your brother?"

"He's a medical student."

The one who looked most like he was into sports was a medical student. Longchuan Che's mouth twitched, and he followed Songzhi Muzi to meet the so-called editor.

Chiyo Tanabe.

A working person whose university atmosphere has not yet completely faded.

When Longchuan Che and others arrived, the other party was typing on his cell phone.

"Hello." Songzhi Muzi called the other party embarrassedly.

The editor didn't know where he got the information, but he was waiting for her at the campus gate after she finished her exam. If she were to play volleyball with the other party, Song Zhimuzi could hit ten, but she had no idea how to deal with the editor.

"It's up to you, boyfriend."

Matsueda Muko tugged at Longchuan Tetsu's sleeve.

The so-called relying on oneself is probably how to reasonably reject the other party's commission to write. After all, the other party is good at sports but can't write at all.

"Hello."

Longchuan Che stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party.

Far away, in the corner of the cafeteria.

A professional woman in a suit, a tight skirt and gold-rimmed glasses breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the three people sit down and chat.

The woman is Takako Takeda, Chiyoko Tanabe's boss.

Originally, the two were trying to find the author of "Only Cats Know" but were disrupted by the appearance of Ryuukawa Tetsu, but they had to sign this author.

"I won't look for Ryukawa Tetsu unless he looks for me."

'I haven't signed a decent novel in half a month, and I urgently need an author to save it.'

Faced with the conflict between the two ideas, Editor-in-Chief Takeda decided to send his own editor to represent him.

[Chiyo, the serialized version of "Mephisto" also gives the highest treatment for commissioned articles. ]

With a sister's support, she doesn't have to worry about overpaying for her articles. The woman sent a message to her subordinates remotely and narrowed her eyes as she watched the three people chatting happily.

'If you don't look for me, I will never look for you, never!'

Longchuan Che had no idea that the woman had made the decision for herself. At this moment, she was staring in a daze at the conditions offered by the other party to Songzhi Muzi.

Mephisto magazine, named after Ono Fuyumi's novel Mephisto and Waltz, is one of the most famous mystery magazines in the country.

Different from the audience of pure literature, mystery novels have a large audience. As far as Ryukawa Toru knows, the monthly sales of this magazine are no less than one million.

"Don't think about it anymore?"

Ryukawa Tetsu put his mouth close to the girl.

It can be published in "Mephisto", and the treatment offered by the other party is not like Ono Taro's 10,000 yuan for every 400 words.

Kodansha is wealthy and powerful, and popular fiction is the most profitable genre.

[400 words/1.5 words] Longchuan Che’s eyes widened when he saw it.

"No."

Although they are boyfriend and girlfriend, they don't have much intimate contact.

The boy's hot breath hit the girl's earlobe, making her feel tingling and numb. Miss Matsueda blushed.

It’s a bit of a pity, but there’s nothing I can do if my girlfriend doesn’t want to write.

In fact, this kind of signing depends on the editor's vision. It is common for the writing to be poor after signing the contract.

The girl made such an offer because she had just won the Edogawa Ranpo Award and a new editor was short of authors.

"alright."

Longchuan Che put down the tempting contract and rejected the other party.

[Editor-in-chief, what should I do! ]

[Ms. Matsueda is already the seventh author to reject us.]

[If I go back empty-handed again today, I will definitely be laughed at by the group. ]

Takeda Takako didn't read the message on the phone.

Her brain exploded when Longchuan Che leaned over to talk to the girl.

The movements are gentle and the tone is gentle.

She had never seen Longchuan Che like that.

That person would probably just look at her frivolously and wouldn't show any sympathy towards her.

In the scattered university cafeteria, whether it is the blushing girls or the gentle speaking boys.

Everything is beautiful.

Mrs. Takeda gritted her teeth and stamped her feet.

【Call me General Manager.】

She sent this message to her subordinates.

(End of this chapter)