Chapter 301 Shiori’s Uniform
After returning from the hospital, Maki Miyazawa seemed a little depressed for the next two days.
Although she still went to work in the video game store as normal, once she got home, she was obviously in a trance more often than before.
Of course, Sawayama Haruno knew where the other party was struggling, but he couldn't comfort him too much about this kind of thing. He could only hope that Maki could reconcile with him as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Suguha Esaki has acted as the second person responsible for taking care of Maki these days, which has also relieved a lot of pressure on Haruno Sawayama, so much so that he even had time to visit Kodansha's headquarters again today. .
Inside Kodansha, Otowa-cho, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
Riho Morikawa is walking at the front. Every time her black high heels hit the ground, she makes an extremely clear sound. Her slim figure looks extremely attractive against the OL uniform. She shows off the demeanor of a mature woman in every move. .
However, Haruno Sawayama, who was walking behind, just stared politely at the other person's shoulder as he walked forward, without any overstepping behavior.
"Is this the second time Mr. Kiriyama has come to Kodan Club?"
Riho Morikawa stopped in front of the electronic password door. After taking out her employee ID card and swiping it, she opened the door for the other party with a smile.
"To be honest, among the many authors in Kodansha, you seem to be the one who cares the least about me."
Riho Morikawa joked: "It's already been a month since the sale, but in the end I have to invite you over."
"It's only been on sale for a month, so you don't need me to come over for such a trivial matter, right?"
Haruno Sawayama touched his chin and said casually: "As long as the royalties and dividends can be paid on time."
"Of course."
Riho Morikawa rolled her eyes at him charmingly and continued to take the lead.
"If nothing else happens, the first royalties and dividends will be paid next week."
"Taking into account the reasons on Mr. Kiriyama's side and the contents of the contract, the dividends in the first year will be distributed monthly. However, for the next book, the company's senior management may change it to a longer-term system with you. ” she added.
These are very common methods. After all, Kodansha also wants to tie Haruno Sawayama to itself as much as possible.
Is there any other method that is more stable than regular distribution of benefits?
Of course, Haruno Sawayama doesn't mind being treated like this. After all, only great authors can get such treatment in the industry. By the time he really wants to switch to this kind of contract, his wealth should be close to freedom.
"Then, why did you come to me this time?"
Haruno Sawayama followed Riho Morikawa into the last reception room. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but ask: "Why did you call me in a hurry?"
"Have you forgotten what I told you last time?"
Riho Morikawa skillfully took out a bottle of mineral water from the small refrigerator in the reception room.
After handing it to Haruno Sawayama, she smiled and said: "The Ishizawa family is here. In addition, they also brought another person."
"The Ishizawa family?"
"Well, they probably came here to discuss copyright cooperation."
Riho Morikawa put her hands on the table in the reception room and said with a smile: "Actually, they have already talked with the company leaders, but after all, it involves copyright, they still want to ask for your personal opinion."
"I don't care about copyrighted adaptations. I can make money, as long as the filming doesn't suck and I don't make random changes." Haruno Sawayama shrugged.
"Doesn't that matter?"
Riho Morikawa was a little helpless.
Does this guy have no idea what part of the plot in his book will look like when made into a movie?
Not to mention distribution in overseas markets, whether it can be released locally will become a problem.
It’s not that it can’t be filmed, but whether there is a way to release it in theaters after filming.
Even if the Ishizawa family can be said to have one hand covering the sky in this industry, it is impossible to film all of "Norwegian Wood" and then put it on the big screen intact.
Deletions and changes are definitely inevitable. I can only hope that Kiriyama-sensei will accept these changes as much as possible.
Riho Morikawa sighed in her heart. After noticing that it was almost time, she said apologetically to Haruno Sawayama: "They should be here. Sorry, I will go down to pick them up first."
"I know."
Sawayama Haruno nodded slightly, looking indifferent.
Negotiating copyright cooperation is nothing more than going through the motions.
He didn't know anything about movies. He only knew that in his previous life, this novel adapted into a movie seemed to have won many awards. In his impression, it seemed to have won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.
But these have little to do with him. Now he just wants to turn it into cash and put it in his pocket.
After all, he has more girlfriends around him, and a pair of twin babies are about to be born. Financially, of course, the richer the better.
What's more, he doesn't think that he will have a lot of time to continue to devote himself to work in the future, so he might as well write those best-selling books at once while he can still squeeze out time, so that he can write them all at once. I collected money while lying at home.
Thinking of his plan, Sawayama Haruno felt a little happy.
However, as he watched the clock on the wall keep turning and the waiting time getting longer, a trace of doubt inevitably flashed through his heart. Why has Miss Morikawa been gone for so long?
Sawayama Haruno touched his chin, took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to the other party.
But after five minutes, he noticed that the text message was still unread.
"You can get lost even if you don't pick up anyone, right?"
Sawayama Haruno was even more confused.
Sitting in the reception room was a bit boring at first, but Riho Morikawa and the Ishizawa family didn't show up for a long time, making him unable to sit still.
Especially when he thought that Mine Shiori, whom he hadn't seen for a few days, seemed to be working as an intern outside, he immediately felt the urge to go out for a walk.
So after thinking for a moment, he picked up his cell phone and sent another message to Ms. Morikawa about visiting Kodansha. Then he got up and walked outside without hesitation.
Just in time to see what Mine Shiori is like working in the company.
With curiosity in mind, Sawayama Haruno pushed open the door of the reception room. After looking around, he quickly located the place with the sign.
Following the direction of the arrow, he slowly walked to the editors' office area.
However, after looking in through the gradually frosted glass several times, Sawayama Haruno never saw the petite girl.
Instead, he was discovered first by another girl with a bun.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm looking for Shiori Mine, who seems to be an intern editor?"
"Are you looking for Xiao Shiori?"
The other party suddenly understood, and then said jokingly: "Boyfriend?"
"No, I am also one of the authors signed by the company."
"Well, it seems that the intern editor is not qualified to be responsible for the author."
Maruko-Tou stared at Haruno Sawayama in surprise, but she quickly put the matter behind her and pointed a direction to Haruno Sawayama with a smile.
"In the rest area over there, at this time, Xiao Shizhi should be preparing to make coffee."
"Thank you."
Haruno Sawayama nodded politely, and then walked towards the rest area.
It has to be said that Kodansha is one of the oldest publishing houses in the island country. The decoration inside the headquarters is still very luxurious. Even the rest area occupies almost a quarter of this floor.
Just by glancing at it from the outside, you can see that there are several huge soft leather sofas inside, as well as PS5s lined up in rows opposite, various doll figures, and even small standing cards inside. The cabinets are neatly arranged.
The person Haruno Sawayama was looking for was standing with her back to the glass door of the rest area, staring intently at the coffee bean grinder in front of her.
This loli girl, who is petite and always speaks in a smooth tone, actually wore an OL uniform today for the first time.
Although there is a big gap between her and Morikawa Riho's alluring peach-like figure, it is precisely because of the collision of this childishness and mature clothing that it can better reflect the inexplicable sense of contrast, and it feels like a child The weird cuteness of wanting to pretend to be an adult.
The pair of black stockings on her legs also made people rarely notice her slender and lovely legs.
In the past, Haruno Sawayama always felt that only long legs could be considered good-looking, but it seemed that a petite person like Mine Shiori would have a different allure after wearing stockings.
The only flaw is that the black stockings don't match the other person's temperament. It would be nice if they had white stockings, and then put on a JK uniform?
"Dong dong——"
Sawayama Haruno stood at the door and knocked on the glass door next to him with a smile.
Mine Shiori turned around subconsciously when she heard the noise. When she saw it was Haruno Sawayama, she was obviously stunned.
"Miss Morikawa came to me to discuss copyright matters, but now she has disappeared again."
Sawayama Haruno said with a smile: "So I just went out for a walk."
"Hi, Shiori. It seems like I haven't seen you for almost a week?"
"Yes, yes." Feng Shizhi's face slowly warmed up, and he hesitated, "Why did Haruno come over without saying a word?"
What should I do? The other party saw me wearing work uniform.
She was so embarrassed. If it hadn't been for the meeting today, she wouldn't have happened to wear this outfit.
If he had known that Miss Morikawa had an appointment with Haruno today, he should have brought a spare set of clothes.
Thinking of this, Feng Shizhi couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Haruno doesn't think it's weird when he's wearing a uniform, right?
(End of chapter)