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

Chapter 32 A Mayfly Sees the Blue Sky 4
The loud slap made everyone freeze in place.

No one expected that this middle-aged man who looked elegant and easy-going would suddenly take action.

Tanaka Koizumi, who was knocked to the ground, felt a burning pain on his face, and the bloated feeling he had just felt suddenly disappeared.

He suddenly figured out who the person in front of him was.

The new trend "Tiger Meng" once pointed at the officials of the Ministry of Education and Culture and cursed them, saying that if there were no people like you who were just sitting there doing nothing, the suicide rate in Japan would drop even more.

What was such a tough guy doing just now?

He was so self-righteous that he could treat the other party as an equal and even comment on the manuscript he wanted to read.

After being slapped by the other party, Tanaka Koizumi didn't dare to say a word. He stood up and even nodded and bowed to apologize to the other party.

"I'm not the one you should apologize to." Ono Taro frowned as he pinched the white manuscript paper. He was not usually such an impulsive and irritable person.

However, the other party not only pretended to be knowledgeable and satirized other people's articles, but also criticized the articles he liked very much.

Taro Ono has been working in the literary world for decades, but he came all the way here and people said that what he was interested in was a piece of stinky dog ​​shit.

Isn't this just pointing at his rice bowl and saying that he has no vision and is not worthy of this meal?

This is why he has calmed down a bit in recent years, but in the early years he had to let him taste the iron fist of intellectuals again.

Tanaka Koizumi's face turned red as he was grabbed by the neck by Taro Ono and forced to apologize to a young man.

He has some status in Yamanashi Prefecture, and now he is asked to apologize to a high school student.
"no need."

Ryukawa Toru had a blank expression on his face. From beginning to end, except when Ono Taro was hitting him, he didn't even look at the other person.

It seemed that he was not the one who was criticized for his poor manuscript, and he was indifferent to Taro Ono's apology.

"It's his stupidity to be stubborn. I'm not interested in the apology of a fool." Longchuan Che said calmly and turned his gaze to the ashamed other party.

Can Tanaka Koizumi really not tell whether "Snow Country" is good or bad?
In fact, not necessarily. People who can write best-selling novels are not fools.

He just stubbornly believed that a young man like Longchuan Che could not write good articles, and he looked at Longchuan Che with prejudice from the very beginning.

He had been struggling for a title as an author of pure literature for many years, and he really couldn't believe that the man in front of him, Toru Ryukawa, could write a real literary work.

I want to apologize, but Longchuan Che doesn't want it at all. In fact, he hasn't even looked at me straight in the eye from the beginning until now.

Tanaka Koizumi gritted his teeth, looked deeply at Ryukawa Toru, then turned and left.

He came with high spirits and left with dejection.

Mrs. Takeda looked at this scene and smiled with satisfaction.

This man is so shameless to keep pestering her, but as a woman, she can't really do anything to him.

Now that Longchuan Che had slapped the other party, she felt relieved.

"What are you giggling about?"

When Ryukawa Toru passed by Mrs. Takeda, he slapped her on the butt. Mrs. Takeda, who had been somewhat happy, looked unhappy again.

The small family in Yamanakako Village sent away the two rude guests and welcomed the editor of Shinchosha.

When Ono Taro walked into the courtyard, he first bowed to Ryukawa Toru and the others, apologizing for his sudden visit.

The humble and polite look is completely different from the expression on his face as if he had just hit someone.

"It's okay. You're willing to come all the way to see our Archer's manuscript. We should thank you."

do not know why.

Mrs. Takeda, who was grinning foolishly at what Ryukawa Toru said, suddenly had to take on the responsibility of receiving guests.

She very politely invited Ono Taro into the courtyard and expressed her welcome to his visit. It should have been Ryukawa Tetsu's job to receive Ono Taro, but now he was obviously more active than Ryukawa Tetsu.

"Hey, what are you doing? You're not going to say bad things about me in front of the editor, are you? Let me warn you, he's very optimistic about my manuscript. If you say anything wrong in front of him, be careful that he'll slap you in the face."

Ryukawa Toru stood beside Mrs. Takeda and muttered in a low voice.

His signing with Shinchosha was almost a done deal, and he didn't want Mrs. Takeda to jump out and stir up trouble at this time.

The woman rolled her eyes at him, then snorted and said, "The editor-in-chief of Shinchosha is someone who can talk directly to the Minister of Education. If I build a good relationship with him now, Xiao Qian will have more options in Tokyo in the future."

Long Chuan Che smacked his lips. This woman really spared no effort in thinking about her daughter.

"Hey, Ryukawa Tetsu, can you really be a writer?"

Mrs. Takeda was warmly entertaining the guests over there, and Takeda Akane came over from the side.

Just now, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Ono Taro was angry because Tanaka Koizumi said the manuscript was not good. Takeda Akane, who had a quick mind, immediately went to Ryukawa Toru.

"Yeah, are you scared?"

"What's there to be afraid of? I'm just practicing calligraphy with you." Takeda Akane curled her lips. She cared more about something else than losing the bet.

“So how much money can you make from your novel?”

Takeda Akane's eyes rolled around. Ryukawa Toru eats his own food and uses his own things, so isn't the money he earns also his own?
Thinking about the royalties that Tanaka Koizumi had just mentioned, Takeda Akane's eyes lit up.

"Well?" Longchuan Che pinched his chin.

"You mean Duo Shao???"

In the quiet room with a burning fireplace, Takeda Akane stared blankly at Ono Taro in front of her.

"Ninety-nine hundred thousand." Ono Taro said awkwardly despite the girl's disdainful gaze.

In Japan, when writing serials for magazines or newspapers, the payment is not calculated per thousand words, but per piece of manuscript paper.

The kind of paper that Longchuan Che used was regular writing paper, with twenty words per line, and about four hundred words per page including punctuation marks.

Ordinary publishing houses charge about 2,000 to 3,000 yen for a piece of manuscript paper, while Shinchosha charges a little more, between 4,000 and 5,000 yen.

According to Ryukawa Tetsu, his Snow Country is about 80,000 words, that is
"Nine hundred thousand yen? That's too little."

Takeda Akane pouted, comparing it to what Tanaka Koizumi had just said about him making tens of millions from a book, and Ryukawa Toru's royalties were simply too small to look at.

"Shinchosha's monthly magazine royalties are calculated based on the amount of manuscript paper, which is different from the way Tanaka Koizumi charges a royalty for publishing a book. This price is already the highest for a new writer with no prior experience." Ono Taro felt a little embarrassed when being looked down upon by the high school girl in front of him.

From the moment I entered the door until now, the other party has been treating me very well, but they seem to be not very satisfied with the contract terms I brought.

"Oh, it's boring."

Takeda Akane patted Ryukawa Toru's shoulder and went upstairs. Her dream of getting rich was shattered in the blink of an eye. The girl thought to herself that Ryukawa Toru was really unreliable and ran upstairs.

"Don't mind it, Mr. Ono." Mrs. Takeda bowed apologetically, thinking that her daughter was too obsessed with money.

The importance of traditional literature has never been about making money. It has existed from the beginning as a carrier of cultural heritage and has a great influence on society.

"This is the fee for the previous publication." Thinking that this fee was indeed too little for Snow Country, Ono Taro said in a consoling tone, "As long as the work is popular, Shinchosha will also publish a single volume for it."

Mrs. Takeda nodded and was about to call Ryukawa Toru to sign the contract.

"I need to think about it again."

Ryukawa Toru supported his face and winked at Mrs. Takeda.

It was just a casual remark, but the beautiful woman in front of him suddenly blinked and looked at him.

(End of this chapter)