Crossover: Pen name: Dazai Osamu, Omega Kasumigaoka

It's too unconventional.

It is completely biased towards the 'anime field'.

There is a severe lack of television dramas, variety shows, and movies.

Although Kitahara Makoto had previously introduced Korean dramas and Hong Kong films.

But that was only a temporary solution.

Japan is ultimately the land of Japanese dramas and variety shows.

Therefore, if NicoNico Animation wants to capture a larger market share...

The next step is to focus on television dramas and movies.

As long as you completely make up for your shortcomings.

Then NicoNico animation can be considered as one.

A super-large television station.

Its influence far surpasses that of ordinary television stations.

……

July arrived in the blink of an eye.

The serialization of "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store" has ended, and the official standalone book has been released.

In the first week, it achieved the best results ever for the pseudonym "Two Jujube Trees".

Three hundred thousand copies.

Thanks to its huge existing popularity and the good reputation of this 160-page book.

It finally erupted completely when the collected volumes were released.

He achieved his personal best under the pseudonym "Two Jujube Trees".

Although sales began to decline in the second week.

However, it still achieved a sales volume of 250,000 copies.

……

mid-July.

When "Miracles of the Namiya General Store" became a hit in the market.

The Naoki Prize selection committee has announced its latest list of selection committee members.

Kitahara Makoto's name was prominently listed.

A young man not yet twenty years old became one of the judges for Japan's highest popular award.

If this happened to someone else, people would find it incredibly surreal.

Then they started criticizing the organizers of the Naoki Prize for being insane.

But when it comes to Kitahara Makoto...

People were just surprised.

Then he quickly and calmly accepted the situation.

Because Kitahara truly possesses that strength.

The strong can break the rules.

Although he is young, he is a strong man.

Given his achievements and status.

Even when serving as a member of the Akutagawa Prize judging panel, no one dared to say anything against it.

Moreover, it's the Naoki Prize, which is considered less literary.

So people were mostly just surprised, not questioning.

Kitahara Makoto became a member of the Naoki Prize judging panel.

This brought a great deal of attention to the Naoki Prize.

The Naoki Prize, as a popular award, is already very prestigious.

Now, with the support of Kitahara Makoto, a super popular literary master.

Their popularity skyrocketed instantly.

Then the selection committee took the opportunity to release the list of nominees for this year's Naoki Prize.

Two Jujube Trees' new book, "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store," is prominently featured!

……

Xin Chao Society.

(cecj) Kazuto Yamamoto looked at the news in his hand about the Naoki Prize nominees.

His face was filled with speechlessness.

Those who don't know the inside story naturally won't see what's strange about this.

He was one of the few who knew the truth.

Seeing Kitahara Makoto acting as both referee and player...

Only then will you realize how strange this thing is.

"When Kitahara grows old or dies decades later, and this story comes out, people will be very surprised, and it will definitely become a legendary tale in the Japanese literary world."

"Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to see it then."

Kazuto Yamamoto chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Then I continued looking at the financial report in front of me.

Thanks to Kitahara Makoto, he has now successfully entered the board of directors (directors' council) and become the company's 'managing director', while also serving as the editor-in-chief of Shinchosha.

Of course, the burden on my shoulders is also heavier.

……

Thanks to the publicity from the Naoki Prize.

Sales of "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store" saw a slight increase.

Two weeks later.

It achieved an impressive sales figure of 900,000 copies in the first month.

This is already the fourth book under the pseudonym 'Two Jujube Trees'.

From "Journey Under the Midnight Sun" to "Saekano: How to Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai" and now "Miracles of the Namiya General Store".

There are four books in total, and every single one of them is a huge hit.

The already erected golden statue was once again bathed in golden light.

He became an absolutely top-tier popular author in the market.

Even if Kitahara Makoto wrote a book with his feet, it wouldn't be possible now.

Then he published it under the pseudonym 'Two Jujube Trees'.

The total sales volume won't be too bad.

It can easily surpass one million copies, and two or three million copies is not a problem.

Of course, his reputation would then plummet and his golden image would be shattered.

It would be extremely difficult to fix it now.

Unless he's out of his mind, he wouldn't do something so stupid.

Preserving one's integrity and ensuring a steady, continuous flow of income is far more profitable than a one-time, exploitative approach.

……

"The Miracles of the Namiya General Store" is a medium-length novel with approximately 200,000 words. It is priced at 2850 yen by Shinchosha.

For this book alone, Kitahara Makoto earned 2.28 million + 2.85 million = 5.13 million yen in July.

In addition, there was the release of the seventh volume of "Saekano: How to Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai", the third volume of "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai", and the eighth reprint of "Journey Under the Midnight Sun".

One after another, in July, just the pen name 'Two Jujube Trees' appeared.

Kitahara Shinji received 7.5 million yen in royalties.

Moreover, the popularity of "Miracles of the Namiya General Store" has only just begun.

There will definitely be two or three more waves of big money coming in later.

If you make a lot of money, you'll definitely have to buy, buy, buy.

This time, Kitahara Shin brought his villa in Setagaya Ward.

That is, they bought all five other villas around the villa where they currently live and where they live most often.

Five villas, and then one for each of the five women!

The property certificate only lists their names.

Kitahara Makoto was aware of his current situation.

It's highly likely I won't get married in the future.

Because it's not suitable or fair to marry anyone.

So they decided not to get married and to live together.

But she followed him without any official status or recognition.

Although all five women were there voluntarily.

But he felt he couldn't just leave without saying anything.

Otherwise, that would be too much of a scumbag.

So he wanted to give everyone a villa.

Even if the five women didn't have this idea.

But at least they can give an explanation to their parents, making things a little easier.

You won't have to worry all day about following him, wasting your time and life, and ending up with nothing.

……

"Xiao Zhen, I'm back."

Upon seeing Kitahara Makoto in the living room, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had just returned from school, called out while taking off her shoes.

"Wait, Sister Shiyu, don't take off your shoes yet, I'll take you somewhere!"

Upon seeing Kasumigaoka Utaha return, Kitahara Makoto quickly got up and walked towards her.

"Go somewhere? Where?"

Upon hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha stopped what she was doing, stood up, and looked at Kitahara Makoto with a puzzled expression.

Kitahara Shin took her soft hand and led her outside.

"Just come with me."

Kitahara Makoto directly pulled Kasumigaoka Utaha to the villa next door.

Seeing that she was about to go in, Kasumigaoka Utaha hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Xiao Zhen, this isn't our home. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to just barge in?"

"Don't worry, I've taken care of everything."

Hearing Kitahara Makoto say this, Kasumigaoka Utaha finally put aside her worries and curiously followed him inside.

She wanted to see what kind of tricks Kitahara was really up to.

Come to the villa.