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

Chapter 163 The nasty senior sitting next to me
"No gambling."

Teacher Longchuan refused outright.

Although calling someone something by name may seem harmless, it can easily give people strong hints and divide people into superior-subordinate relationships.

Longchuan Che had used this kind of psychological trick himself, so how could he be fooled by the young lady?

"Yeah, I'm scared."

“I just don’t like doing risky things.”

"Boys who are too steady are not popular with girls."

They chatted with each other for a while and went upstairs together.

The eldest lady was quite interesting to get along with. She was not arrogant and was good at making jokes. The more they got along, the more Longchuan Che felt that her only shortcoming was her flat chest.

I took philosophy and Oriental literature classes in the morning, had lunch with my girlfriend at noon, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, Ryukawa Toru and the eldest lady appeared at the gate of Kodansha together.

There was a setting sun hanging in the sky, and the glass on the building was shattered into golden pieces. The members in suits and ties were leaving get off work at this moment, and Longchuan Che and the others just arrived here.

"Teacher Ryukawa! Teacher Imamura!"

Judging from the fact that the person in charge of reception at Kodansha was a young intern named Chiyo Tanabe, the two college student judges seemed to be not very popular.

“I’m looked down upon.”

Longchuan Che touched his chin.

When judges select review papers, they are actually doing the same work as editors.

You need to select outstanding literary works and then use your own quota to allow the other party to be shortlisted.

There are ten judges, each with five places. In the end, the work selected by the judge will win the first prize, and the judge who nominated the work will also have face.

Longchuan Che heard from his wife that the judges who came to review the manuscripts in the morning were received by people with the rank of editor-in-chief or above in the editorial department, but when it came to the two of them, they were just invisible people in the editorial office.

"You should be happy that someone is here to welcome you."

Miss Imamura glanced at Longchuan Tetsu, who looked like "You look down on me today, but I will make you out of reach tomorrow", and said in a matter-of-fact manner:
“Whether it’s the editorial department or Kodansha, most people think we’re here to gild our reputation.”

Being a judge for one of the five major newcomer awards is quite impressive. If it weren't for the Ministry of Education and the Kujo family, the two would have to endure at least another ten years if they wanted to review manuscripts like they do today.

The concept of seniority and inferiority is very important in island countries, and sometimes seniority is necessary in addition to ability.

"Where's your editor-in-chief?"

Being led to the editorial department by Chiyo Tanabe, Toru Ryukawa glanced at the clerk.

It would be fine if Kodansha and the editorial department looked down on them, but why did Mrs. Takeda, their editor-in-chief and old acquaintance, disappear without a trace?

She said in the morning that she would give him a surprise, but she disappeared in the afternoon.

"Editor-in-Chief Takeda..."

The clerk looked a little strange.

"what happened?"

As they went up the elevator together, Longchuan Che became a little curious.

The other person's expression was like, "I knew Takeda-senpai was powerful, but I didn't expect him to be so powerful."

"fine."

Chiyo Tanabe shook her head and said that you will know when you see it.

Kodansha's literary editorial departments are combined, not separate like Shinchosha.

In the flat office that can accommodate forty or fifty people, there are words like "Group One", "Group Two", "Group Three", etc. written according to the groups.

"Where do we sit?"

Long Chuan Che looked around curiously. She saw the wife at the end of the workstation in group one. However, the woman was wearing a dark black suit and looked indifferent. She had no intention of coming up to greet the master.

"The offices of the editors-in-chief are available. If you want to read manuscripts at the workstations outside, I can help the two teachers clean up the place."

At the end of the long grid workstations of each editing group is the editor-in-chief's office. The several editing groups here seem to be responsible for pure literature. Longchuan Che nodded and pointed to the seat next to his wife.

The sunlight penetrated the inky glass next to the editorial office. A ray of quiet sunlight hit the wife's hair, and the white document was burned yellow. When Ryukawa Toru sat down, the other party was reading the "Cooperation Project between Kodansha and Haiku Association".

The Haiku Association has recently brought a lot of sales to "Masaga Shirabe", and they are also vigorously promoting the literary form of new haiku.

Currently, new haiku are only published in "Masaga Shirabe". The more vigorously the Haiku Association promotes it, the more Kodansha will earn.

"You're still in charge of this? Isn't this the business of the operations department?"

Toru Ryukawa was sitting next to his wife. Although Takako Takeda was also the editor-in-chief, the haiku column was too trivial, so Takeda had neither her own office nor had to squeeze into the same group with Chiyo Tanabe.

Although no one dared to mess with the executive sister, Long Chuan Che felt that the other party was pitiful because she was staying in the corner.

When he was about to say hello to his wife.

"Don't touch me."

Mrs. Takeda gave him a cold look.

"Just come to work, don't be silly. I'm your senior here, so you have to use a respectful title."

The woman spoke in a cold tone, staring at Longchuan Che's hand that was about to pat her shoulder with some disgust, just like a workplace senior's dissatisfaction with a newcomer who had no sense of boundaries.

"you…"

Long Chuan Che was stunned. He suspected that his wife was crazy.

Although the judges were hired by Kodansha for a short period of time, there was nothing wrong with calling them work-related, but isn't it a bit too much if they haven't dealt with the maid for a few days?

"Good afternoon, Ms. Takeda."

When Ryukawa Toru suspected that his wife was playing some kind of workplace bullying trick, Miss Imamura came over.

She first greeted Editor-in-Chief Takeda who was sitting there, and then looked at Ryukawa Toru next to her.

"Can I sit here? Longchuan, it will be more convenient to communicate together."

The other judges had been here during the day, and only the two who were still in school came after class.

There were not many people in the editorial department at that time. There was my wife who was looking at the project plan, Chiyo Tanabe who was busy with something else, and then Toru Ryukawa, two students from Waseda University.

Although the wife's attitude today was very bad, the other party was right. They both came here to work today, and they were paid for it.

Longchuan Che didn't think any more and glanced at his wife's buttocks along her straight back.

"Let's go together."

Ryukawa Toru spoke and sat down next to the lady with Miss Imamura.

Reviewing and selecting manuscripts is a very boring process.

Most of them are incomprehensible articles. Occasionally there are some interesting ones, but the context is not coherent.

Novels are the most popular literary genre in modern times, which can be attributed to their narrative and storytelling nature, which can provide rich character descriptions, complex plots and detailed environment settings.

Authors can express vast ideological content through novels, but many submitters don’t even know what they want to write.

Feeling powerless, as if he wanted to show off his skills but encountered a mountain of shit, Longchuan Che pinched his nose and prepared to take a break.

“It took me so long to read only two manuscripts.”

The setting sun outside the house melted gold and broke iron, and Mrs. Takeda sneered at Ryukawa Toru.

"The financial outlay of hiring you is really a waste."

(End of this chapter)