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

Chapter 168: Putting it on the owner's face

White bread has a soft texture, with a hint of sweetness and the aroma of refined wheat.

Longchuan Toru's mouth opened wider and wider, and he looked at Takeda Maki with some disbelief.

The woman's light grey suit made her look cool and noble, but what she said sounded like she was threatening a subordinate.

“Is there surveillance in your office?”

Longchuan Che chewed his lips, looking a little uncomfortable.

"Now you feel embarrassed, what were you doing before?"

Takeda Shinki lowered her voice, her face was livid, and her earlobes were slightly red.
In fact, it was not that she wanted to threaten Ryukawa Toru with this on purpose, but Ryukawa Toru had been in Kodansha recently, and she was afraid that the two of them would do something secretly in her office, so she used this method to threaten each other.

Of course, she couldn't say that she had listened in a corner all night and had a strange dream the next day.

So the live broadcast became a recorded broadcast, and it could also scare the shameless Longchuan Che.

"Go downstairs and buy me some coffee, then get back to work."

Employees of Kodansha arrived one after another. They saw the emerging writer eating the bread with an uneasy look on his face, then he staggered to the rest area to make a cup of instant coffee for Editor-in-Chief Takeda.

"That's quite polite."

"Not as arrogant as I thought."

There were whispers around.

Long Chuan Che became famous at a young age, and there were rumors in the literary circle that he had a bad temper, but today he was obviously a newcomer who respected his predecessors.

"Very good, very good."

Although it was not the hand-brewed coffee she wanted, it was also brewed by Ryukawa Toru himself. Takeda Maki picked up the paper cup and took a sip, with a faint feeling of victory on her face.

"Haha, boring."

The so-called workplace bullying means asking juniors to run errands and buy things.

Now that the other party has some small handles in his hands, Longchuan Che, who looks a little uncomfortable, decides to tolerate her for the time being.

Assigned to work with Chiyo Tanabe and an unknown editor, Ryukawa Toru finished processing dozens of manuscripts in just one morning.

"What's wrong with you? How dare you send in such inferior products? Is this the level you have after so many years in the industry?"

As it was getting close to dinner time, a man's angry voice was heard from the editor-in-chief's office, and Longchuan Che saw a female editor coming out of the office crying.

"That's the third one already."

Chiyo Tanabe, who was sitting behind Ryukawa Toru and helping him, whispered.

The person in the editor-in-chief's office was Ichiro Oobi, whom I met last night. He seemed to have particularly high requirements for manuscripts. Several people who submitted manuscripts in today were scolded and kicked out.

"Tsk, you're taking advantage of your age."

Longchuan Toru curled his lips, and Takeda Shinki next to him raised his eyelids. He always felt that this junior Longchuan Toru was hinting at something.

"Let's go and eat."

Takeda Maki closed the document in her hand.

When these judges come to Kodansha, there are special people responsible for receiving them. Ryukawa Toru is an author under the wife, so she is of course the person in charge. However, Takeda Maki is too lazy to pay attention to this person, so many things are handled by Tanabe Chiyo.

The seniors brought their juniors, along with a young lady who had been busy the whole morning, when they just got up.

One group was open facing the door to the editor-in-chief's office.

Ichiro Obi was very stylishly dressed in a formal kimono, and with him was Ryuhei Shirakawa.

The two saw Longchuan Che raised his eyebrows.

"Let's do it together, Mr. Longchuan."

The two already knew that the young man who walked into the izakaya last night was Ryukawa Toru. Although they had talked about each other behind his back, they still put on a friendly look on their faces and invited him as if they were caring for a junior.

Ryukawa Toru didn't want to go at first, but he noticed that Takeda Shinki frowned frequently when she saw Obi Ichiro's gaze.

"Okay."

Ryukawa Toru grinned. In Tokyo, where every inch of land is valuable, the cafeteria of Kodansha has three floors.

"When you see your superior, you must bow where you are and face your work badge directly to the person so that they can know your name."

I don’t know if she realized that Ryukawa Toru deliberately took her to have dinner with the old man in order to disgust her. Takeda Maki taught Ryukawa Toru the rules of the workplace as if she was admonishing a junior in the workplace.

Longchuan Che rolled his eyes when he heard this, and followed the other person with the food tray, looking around.

"What are you looking for?" Takeda Shinki frowned.

He dared to be distracted when he was talking to him. If he was his subordinate, Lord Takeda would have marked him with a big X on his work sheet.

The kind that can’t end the internship.

"Looking for my biggest connection at Kodansha."

Longchuan Che didn't see his wife. He was a little curious whether a general manager like this didn't have to eat in the cafeteria.

“Who are your connections?”

Takeda Shinki's face darkened, and then she raised her eyebrows.

My sister has been too arrogant these past two days. She just hinted that although the desks and chairs in the office looked the same, they had been replaced two days ago.

Mrs. Takeda was socially devastated on the spot, and she hasn't dared to show off in the past two days.

"Longchuan Tetsu, no one will help you during this period. If you want to do a good job as a judge, you have to be obedient during this period. Do you understand?"

Takeda Maki's words were much more powerful than what his wife said yesterday, 'Teacher Ryukawa, you don't want to lose this job, do you?'

There is a bit of arrogance in the workplace, and also a bit of dominance over the rookies in the workplace.

Longchuan Che didn't know how he offended her, just because he asked her if she was in menopause?

What a petty person.

There are many kinds of food in Kodansha Shokudo. Ryukawa Toru saw Hokkaido's seafood rice bowl, Ishikawa Prefecture's local cuisine, Nagano's chestnuts, game hot pot, Okinawa's Shitan beef, Osaka's teppanyaki, Yamanashi's hoto noodles, and so on.

Ryukawa Tetsu ordered a bowl of hoto noodles, and the balance was -1200 yen.

"Really expensive."

Ryukawa Toru complained that the cafeteria at Waseda University was much cheaper.

"Come, Mr. Longchuan, sit here."

Unlike Ryukawa Toru who had to buy his own food, Oobi Ichiro and his companion had already found a place to sit down.

He saw Longchuan Che coming out with noodles and pointed to the seat next to him.

Ryukawa Toru felt that the other party was more interested in Managing Director Takeda who was sitting next to him than in wanting to make friends with him.

Looking the woman up and down with a self-righteous admiring look, Takeda Shinki frowned and went to sit at the seat next to her with Imamura Natsuko.

Longchuan Che could clearly feel that when he sat down, the two men opposite him sighed.

"How is Mr. Longchuan's review work?"

Still using the tone of a senior instructing a junior, Ichiro Kobi asked with a smile while waiting for someone to deliver his meal.

In his opinion, Longchuan Che is young and lucky, just like himself in the past.

After writing two good works, I felt that I had high literary attainments, but I didn't realize that being a judge was not as simple as it seemed.

If the article is good, you should explain why it is good; if the article is bad, you should point out what is wrong.

If you don't just shortlist your work because you think it suits your taste, and you can't give a convincing reason, your reputation will be affected.

"Um"

Longchuan Che took two bites of noodles and said that he had not found a manuscript that he liked.

"This young man has no respect for his seniors. He eats while they chat, and he doesn't even bring the editor he likes with him."

Ichiro Oobi raised his eyebrows when he saw Toru Ryukawa eating enthusiastically, then glanced at the "Masaga Shirabe" magazine that his companion was flipping through.

(End of this chapter)