Chapter 267 Half good news, one bad news
She said she was going back to Sawayama Haruno, but when she stood at the door of the hotel room and knocked on the door, Ayano Yui found that the other party did not respond.
Looks like he is going out.
Ayano Yui was a little depressed, but she did not continue to struggle, but returned to her room silently.
So many things happened in just a few days. Even if she was not very involved in it, she still felt inexplicably tired at the moment.
Not to mention that Miyazawa Mana's attitude is so annoying.
Lying on the bed, Ayano stared at the milky white ceiling and round chandelier of the hotel, sighing alone.
"What are you talking about?"
She muttered and turned over again.
I can’t understand it at all.
She always felt that she was different from other people, but when it came to herself, it seemed a little strange.
After all, although she and Haruno Sawayama have no actual blood relationship, they have grown up together. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are childhood sweethearts. She even thinks that their relationship should be better than childhood sweethearts. right.
But this relationship cannot reach the level of "couple" anyway.
That’s why she felt she couldn’t understand it at all.
“Is it really impossible to be together in such a relationship?”
Ayano stared at the ceiling, dazed.
She has read a lot of Qingmei books and comics, whether they are 18X or non-18X series, so she has concluded a truth that everyone recognizes.
——The two people who grew up together have basically no possibility of getting together.
This is why everyone says that Qingmei is always defeated by Tiansheng, not to mention that Haruno only treats her as a sister.
It is simply impossible for such emotions to occur in such a relationship.
Logically speaking, Ayano Yui should be like this.
But ever since she was sensible, she has had an inexplicable feeling for Haruno Sawayama. She thought this feeling was just because of him. It happened to be that he played a role similar to that of an older brother, but he didn't expect that the relationship would become more intense after the other party left Osaka to go to school in Tokyo.
After the two met again, the emotion became stronger day by day, making her unable to stop getting closer to each other.
"If you tell me, others will definitely think you are a strange girl," Ayano Yui thought to herself.
But it doesn’t matter, she is a strange girl anyway.
She thought for a while, untied her braids, then "jumped" off the bed and went straight to where her suitcase was.
After taking out a pair of black men's underwear, she returned to the bed with some satisfaction.
At this time, it is better to do something that makes you feel happy. It is not suitable for her to be obsessed with other things.
The girl's eyes quickly became blurred as she covered her face with two pieces of black cloth.
Only the shadow of Haruno Sawayama has been lingering in his mind.
Outside the hotel, at the zebra crossing.
Sawayama Haruno stopped and looked at the red indicator light across the street, dazed.
He didn't do anything, just took a walk to relieve his mood. After all, his mood was a bit depressed now. He might be able to adjust faster if he took a walk.
That's what he said, but after he left the hotel, he met a lot of couples. He was already in a somewhat obscure mood, and became more depressed as passers-by behaved like dog food.
"It should be a holiday, right?" he thought to himself.
It can only be explained by using holidays. After all, it is already this month, so there will still be normal holidays here.
The next holiday is probably Christmas, which means that the temperature will drop sharply within this month and a half. I don’t know if Maki Miyazawa, who returned to Tokyo, will go home to clean up after himself. If you want to pack your clothes, you have to bring winter clothes.
Sawayama Haruno rubbed his hair and laughed at himself.
The indicator light on the opposite side of the zebra crossing changed from red to green, but Haruno Sawayama was just about to leave when his cell phone rang and stopped him on the spot.
He subconsciously took a few steps back, and after leaving the zebra crossing waiting area, he took out his mobile phone.
——It was Riho Morikawa calling.
Sawayama Haruno thought for a moment and picked it up.
The moment the phone call came through, the other party's cheerful voice came over as always.
"Teacher Kiriyama, how was your vacation?"
Riho Morikawa joked on the phone: "You haven't had enough fun yet to miss the holidays, have you?"
This guy's idioms are really good. Next time, ask her which character in the Three Kingdoms is her favorite besides Lu Bu. Haruno Sawayama bets that besides Lu Bu, she only knows Zhuge Liang.
"Holiday. To be honest, it's very unpleasant."
Sawayama Haruno sighed and said in despair: "A lot of things happened here, and I'm still a little worried now. Come on." "Eh, it's true, but your voice does sound tired."
Riho Morikawa said sympathetically, "Then I will. Would it be better to call back later? ”
"No need."
Sawayama Haruno took a deep breath, cheered up and asked, "Miss Morikawa, just tell me, what happened this time?"
"On sale It's only been a few days. Why are you calling me so anxiously? "
"That's not a problem." Riho Morikawa paused and added. , "There's good news, there's bad news, and there's half good news."
"Bad news first"
"The bad news is that the overseas markets we agreed on before will definitely have to be postponed for a while."
Morikawa Riho said apologetically on the phone: "This matter has nothing to do with Mr. Kiriyama himself. Relationship is a problem within the group. The overseas expansion plan originally planned for the last two months of the second half of the year may be postponed to next year. "Is it acceptable next year?"
Haruno Sawayama found a seat and sat down, and comforted the other party by saying, "I'm not in a hurry for this moment anyway, and I don't think we can make any progress in the next two months. ”
It also takes time to re-translate books into foreign languages, not to mention contacting reliable foreign publishing groups. In the process, you will inevitably have to deal with the cultural bureaus of other countries. How can it be possible to do both? All these problems were solved within a few months.
Pushing the time to next year is still acceptable to Haruno Sawayama. It's nothing more than waiting. Anyway, he will only be a sophomore next year, so this time is not painful for him at all.
“That’s the bad news, let’s talk about the good news.” Haruno Sawayama said.
“The good news is that in just a few days, the sales volume of Kiriyama-sensei’s works has far exceeded original expectations.”
Riho Morikawa smiled: “Speaking of which, You have to thank Shibata-sensei. He mentioned Kiriyama-sensei’s book at a book signing event some time ago, so the sales volume in these days are more than we imagined.”
"Although all the first batch of books have not been sold yet, the group's senior management has already planned to print the second batch in advance and strive to increase the sales volume of the two batches by the end of the year."
"Did Mr. Shibata help?" Haruno Sawayama was a little surprised and murmured, "I didn't expect that guy to be so polite."
The two of them just had a mutual acquaintance in Kyoto, and at that time In order to win the championship, they can be said to be each other's biggest competitors. Unexpectedly, Shibata Shinkai was willing to help promote himself at his autograph signing event.
After all, the other party is a well-known senior in the industry and has a lot of fans. If he helps with publicity, it will indeed help the sales of the book.
Don’t underestimate the purchasing power of fans. Most of the people who can attend Shibata Shinkai’s book signing are loyal book fans. As long as the other party mentions it casually, many people will be interested in "Norwegian Wood". 》Generate strong interest and then buy books.
“In short, Teacher Kiriyama will have no choice if he doesn’t find a chance to thank others this time.”
Riho Morikawa seemed to have pointed out: "Shibata-sensei seems to be coming to Tokyo in a few days. I'll see if Kiriyama-sensei has time at that time."
"It should be. In fact, I I'm ready to go back." Sawayama Haruno rubbed his eyebrows and said helplessly, "I'm not in the mood to continue traveling, so I thought of returning to Tokyo early."
".True or false. "Yes, is it that serious?"
There was a hint of worry in Morikawa Riho's voice.
"Teacher Kiriyama, are you okay?"
"I'm still very healthy physically. It's just that other things are not going as well as I would like."
Sawayama Haruno joked: "Don't worry, Miss Morikawa, I will adjust quickly after I go back to work." "
"It doesn't have to be too forced. Well, it's not right either."
Morikawa Riho's voice suddenly became a little weird.
“Maybe I really need you to force yourself a little bit, I almost forgot to tell you half of the good news.”
"What half-good news?"
"Shibata-sensei came to Tokyo this time for an exclusive interview with the broadcaster." Riho Morikawa paused and added, "Then, because of him I helped promote Mr. Kiriyama on the Internet and at book signing events, so the people there contacted me and said they wanted to meet Mr. Kiriyama."
"Meet me?"
Sawayama Haruno felt a little baffled.
“No, why do you want to meet me?”
"I haven't achieved very good results yet, right? And isn't Mr. Shibata still there?" he asked puzzledly.
"Cough cough cough"
Riho Morikawa coughed several times, and said in a tone that could not hide his embarrassment: "Actually, this meeting is actually of a personal nature. "
"The person who wants to meet Kiriyama-sensei is actually a former classmate of mine. She knows about the Kyoto competition, and Shibata-sensei is so optimistic about you, so she wants to take the lead. Let’s see if I can do a simple interview with you or something.”
“Would you like to get a head start?”
When Riho Morikawa said this, Haruno Sawayama somewhat understood.
(End of this chapter)