The Shocking Eunuch, Reborn as a Literary Girl

Chapter 61 You're in luck (Bonus chapter)
I was worried that the other party might not receive my contact, or that even if they did, they might not accept my invitation for various reasons.

For example, just like Isshin Iruma, he directly declined with reasons such as "I can't write scripts".

Therefore, after sending the email, he anxiously stared at the computer screen, constantly refreshing his inbox.
Fortunately, the other party responded quickly.

Ten minutes later, Chiya Umehara replied to his email: "Come meet me here tomorrow, and we'll talk in detail then."
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With a slightly apprehensive feeling, Seiji Akechi arrived at the café designated by Chiya Umehara on time the next day.

Before meeting her, he had briefly imagined what kind of girl she would be.
Judging from the live stream, her fingers are very slender and beautiful.

So, regardless of her looks, she's at least a girl who manages her figure well.

If you manage your body well, then your makeup and dressing up will definitely be at a normal level as well.

Therefore, based on initial judgment, she will be a beautiful girl.

If it's a novelist, they should have a somewhat refined and cultured demeanor.
In terms of age, he's roughly the same as the average college student, in his early twenties.
So, she should be a very gentle, intellectual, and rather simple literary beauty in her early twenties.
In this way, he had already formed a preliminary image of Umehara Chiya in his mind.

However, when they actually met, Seiji Akechi found that the other person was very different from what he had imagined.

She is indeed a beautiful girl.

Their clothing and appearance were indeed simple and quite nice.

But that arrogant sitting posture with his legs crossed.

That slight tilt of the head looked like the gesture of an evil villain.

The subtle, understated curve of his lips.
And that appearance—it looks like that of a high school student at most.
'Huh? This guy is younger than I thought. He looks like he didn't even graduate high school.'

'And is she this type of person? It feels like I'm meeting with a female executive of some evil organization.'

He was filled with complaints about Umehara Chiya's image, but he didn't say anything.

He simply handed over his business card and greeted them politely.

"Um... Hello, I'm Seiji Akechi."

Chiya Umehara nodded slightly, leaned back in her chair, and replied casually, "Let's form an alliance with Arisa. There's no need for unnecessary pleasantries, let's get straight to the point."

'Such a strong sense of oppression.'

Despite being such a young girl, Seiji Akechi felt a sense of pressure from Chiya Umehara that was no less than that from his superior.

This made him slightly sweaty.

After calming down a bit, he began to speak without making a sound.

"To make a long story short, I've already told you the gist of it in an email. We want to invite you to be the screenwriter for 'Masked Warrior,' which will air next September."

"And then, to be more specific..."

After that, Seiji Akechi spent about ten minutes explaining the current status of the project and the responsibilities that Chiya Umehara would have if she participated in the project.

Throughout the entire process, Chiya Umehara remained silent, simply sitting with her legs crossed, reclining in her chair, listening quietly.

After she had said almost everything, she finally spoke, "Is that all?"

Akechi Seiji nodded: "Yes, that's about it."

After he finished speaking, Chiya Umehara raised his head and looked Seiji Akechi up and down with a scrutinizing gaze.

This gaze made Seiji Akechi quite uncomfortable.

Just as he was about to ask, 'Do I have anything on me?'

Umehara Chiya, however, slightly curled the corners of her lips and said to him with a hint of teasing, "I said... what have you been up to lately?"

"Is life a little unsatisfactory?"

On one hand, Seiji Akechi didn't know why the other person suddenly said this to him. On the other hand, he was indeed proven right.

He was stunned for a moment and couldn't say a word.

Seeing this, Umehara Chiya shook his head and let out a somewhat helpless laugh: "I knew it."

"When I received the email, I wondered why an IP of the caliber of 'Masked Warriors' would approach me."

“I have no experience as a screenwriter, and I’m just starting out as a novelist. From a rational point of view, it’s very strange to ask me to be the head screenwriter.”

"Therefore, there are only two possibilities that would allow you to make this choice."

"The first possibility is that you are highly respected and have an extremely stable position in the company. You can do whatever you want without anyone objecting."

So, at this point, you might be doing this for various reasons.
For example, someone might try to use my status as a novelist for young girls to create hype, or someone might read my "Arya's Prophecy," find it good, and then want to use public funds to chase after celebrities.
Then you'll defy everyone's objections and come to me.

At this point, Chiya Umehara downed the latte that had just been served in one gulp, as if drinking cola.

After finishing her latte, she burped and continued:

"Then there's the second possibility. You might not be very capable as a producer, have made a lot of bad decisions recently, are not trusted within the company, and your career is in jeopardy."

Choosing to contact me is just one of many wrong, even absurd, decisions you've made.

After all, who in their right mind would think of entrusting such an important responsibility to a light novel author who has only been in the industry for two or three months and has just published their first collected volume?

"From your fearful, hesitant, and confused expression, I can tell that you are most likely in the second situation rather than the first."

"I don't know, am I right?"

The so-called lies will not hurt people, the truth is the sharpest knife.

Although Chiya Umehara didn't know Seiji Akechi, her words were incredibly hurtful, and every single one of them stung Seiji deeply.

He was silent.

There was no rebuttal, nor any anger.

He simply became completely depressed.

After a long while, he finally spoke, "Yes, you're right."

I am a weak and incompetent producer.

I fantasize that if I could just find a great screenwriter, I could reverse the current downward trend.
But I was wrong.

Chiya Umehara interrupted him.

"No, you did nothing wrong."

"Eh?"

Upon hearing this, Seiji Akechi raised his head and glanced at Chiya Umehara.

Only then did he notice that at this moment, Umehara Chiya had an extremely arrogant and confident smile on his face.

"What you've done so far may indeed have been a huge mistake."

But it's okay, you're lucky.

Because you found my head.

　P.S.: This is a transitional chapter and might be a bit filler, so I'm adding an extra chapter as a charity update to appease the readers.

　　
　
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