After my divorce, I became a Tokyo literary giant

Chapter 11 This is the lethality of Bai Yueguang
Kodansha headquarters consists of three seven-story buildings.

As he walked through the gate, Tazaki Saku couldn't help but look around.

This is a leading publishing company that owns more than 2000 magazines and periodicals, publishes more than 1000 new books each year, has more than full-time employees, and has annual sales of up to billion yuan.

At its peak, Aobasha was less than one-third the size of Kodansha.

Yukiho Yonekura took Saku Tazaki into the building and briefly introduced the organizational structure and department distribution to him along the way. She thought that after the signing of the contract, she would talk to him about some non-work matters to enhance their relationship!
The contract signing business is handled by a dedicated contract signing editor.

Entering the special signing room, Yukiho Yonekura went to make tea for him. Soon, two employees in neat uniforms came in with the contract.

After a brief greeting, Tazaki Saku picked up the contract and looked at it.

Yukiho Yonekura explained on the side.

He was a blank slate writer who had never published a single book, so his first contract was a single-book contract.

We have to wait until the book goes on sale and look at the sales data before negotiating a long-term contract.

Tazaki Saku was very familiar with the process. After confirming that the information was correct, he signed directly.

In the pen name column, he wrote Mishima.

The signing process was completed quickly.

The contract ensures that "Hear the Wind Sing" will be published in the monthly magazine "Qun Xiang", and the specific issue number is to be determined.

After the two contracted editors left, Yonekura Yukiho smiled and extended her hand: "Congratulations, Mr. Mishima, please give me your guidance in the future."

"You're welcome. Thank you." Tazaki Saku said politely.

"At next week's morning meeting, I will recommend this book internally and it will be directly shortlisted for this year's Group Portrait Award." Yukiho Yonekura said seriously.

"what?"

Tazaki Saku looked at her in surprise.

For prestigious awards like the Qun Xiang Newcomer Literature Award, thousands of people submit their works every year, but there are only 50 shortlisted entries.

Each editor has one referral quota.

Internal recommendation is basically equivalent to being admitted to the final selection list.

"Thank you so much." Tazaki Saku nodded.

This editor was so nice to him, a blank slate writer. If their genders were swapped, his first reaction would be that she was trying to take advantage of him.

It’s actually not that complicated.

Yukiho Yonekura just wanted to have a deep bond with him so that they could meet more often in the future.

As soon as the two walked out of the signing room and came to the elevator, they heard a greeting from the other side.

"Editor Yonekura, eh? Is this the writer you just signed? She's quite good. No wonder she didn't like the one I recommended to you..."

This is a very sweet female voice, but it feels a bit pretentious, and the sarcasm between the lines is almost overflowing.

Looking back, I saw a woman with a good figure and curly hair pushing a disabled person in a wheelchair.

That's Yomiuri Okamoto.

Tazaki Saku thought that if he met this person at Kodansha, things might change.

When she saw the person in the wheelchair, Yukiho Yonekura's expression changed slightly.

"Mr. Okatake has decided to sign a contract with me, and my goal is to win this year's Group Portrait Award!" Hojo Aiko said proudly.

"Oh, congratulations." Yukiho Yonekura responded coldly.

"What about the person you signed? I wonder if he has submitted any work?" Hojo Aiko asked with a smile.

"This guy, eh, aren't you the salesperson from Aobasha?" Yomiuri Okamoto recognized Saku Tazaki.

Upon hearing this, Hojo Aiko burst out laughing: "Yo ho ho ho ~ Editor Yonekura, you're not desperate, are you? You're even trying to sign a sales contract with a small publishing house that's on the verge of bankruptcy? If this gets out, aren't you afraid of being laughed at..."

She and Yukiho Yonekura are at odds, and many people in the company know about it.

Yukiho Yonekura has good looks and abilities, so her future should be bright.

However, due to the jealousy of Hojo Aiko, he was framed in various ways and the writers he signed were poached one after another.

Since the beginning of this year, due to the decline in performance, Yukiho Yonekura has gradually been marginalized in the editorial department.

Now that Hojo Aiko has recruited Otaku Yomiuri, if Yonekura Yukiho can't reverse the decline, she will only be sent abroad. At this time, in the corridor, many people were watching. Not wanting to make a scene, Yonekura Yukiho pulled Tazaki Saku into the elevator.

"Haha, you're really good at pretending!" Hojo Aiko said sarcastically.

In fact, she is not as good as Yukiho Yonekura in terms of figure, appearance, or work ability.

When she first joined the company, she was really behind in every aspect and felt extremely frustrated.

But she will use her body.

After being bullied and beaten by Yukiho Yonekura for half a year, she took the initiative to seduce the editor-in-chief, and her position in the editorial department gradually rose from then on.

Now they have recruited Yomiuri Okamoto.

Aren't all men like this, with their heads full of dirty garbage.

As long as they are comfortable in bed, they can get whatever they want by just opening their legs...

In her heart, she mocked Yukiho Yonekura for not being able to adapt. Hojo Aiko squatted down and said to the man in the wheelchair in a delicate voice, "Teacher Ototake, let's go in and sign the contract~"

"It must be written in the contract that I can win the award, otherwise I won't sign it," Okamoto emphasized.

"Of course, how could I treat Otomu-sensei unfairly..."

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The elevator went down to the first floor, and Yukiho Yonekura walked Tazaki Saku to the door.

Standing under the tree outside the security booth, she smiled a little sheepishly: "I'm sorry for making you laugh just now."

"Does that woman have a conflict with you?" asked Tazaki Saku.

"It's not a conflict, it's just one-sided malice." Yonekura Yukiho's voice was elegant and pleasant, her words were clear, and she spoke with a kind of cold disdain.

"Then don't let garbage ruin your mood." Tazaki Saku smiled.

Looking at his clean and handsome face, the disgusting feeling in Yonekura Yukiho's heart slowly dissipated, and she felt a little warm. Finally, she couldn't hold back her emotions anymore and asked, "You, uh...how are you and Ryoko doing now?"

"Hey, how do you know about me and Ryoko?" Tazaki Saku asked curiously.

"I used to go to the same high school as you guys. I was a junior and you were a freshman," Yonekura Yukiho explained, looking at his face as her voice gradually trailed off. "Do you really not remember anything?"

is it?

Why don't I have any impression...

Just as Tazaki Saku was wondering, a hint suddenly flashed across his eyes.

[Early autumn evening, the sunset is bleak]

The campus smelled of burning leaves and disinfectant. On the way to the auditorium, a young girl, holding the "With the Beatles" record in her hand, walked briskly down the corridor, her skirt fluttering, as if she was in a hurry to get somewhere.

You pass her by.

[There was no one else there except you two.]

[This scene is extremely brief.]

[You never looked back, but from then on, there was one more person in the girl's heart. ]

[Mission: Make Senior Yonekura, who passed by you, fall in love with you three times]

【Subsidy item: Musical instrument playing (professional)】

[Reward: Basic Attribute +1]

The moment the mission flashed by, Tazaki Saku clearly recalled the scene at that time.

The dim corridor after school, the carefree girls, the swaying skirts, and the Beatles records.

She was tall, with slender limbs, and her long black hair exuded a wonderful fragrance.

The encounter happened by chance, and by the time we reacted it was already over.

This is the biggest regret in life.

But then again, making a cold beauty obsessed with him for eight years, and still showing the demeanor of a young girl in love after meeting her, is this the lethality of Bai Yueguang?

(End of this chapter)