Chapter 209 Maki is in a hurry to get down to business!
After arriving at the sushi restaurant, this time, Ayano Yui was not able to sit next to Sawayama Haruno as she wished.
After all, Miyazawa Maki is now his real girlfriend, and she has a more appropriate reason to sit with Sawayama Haruno.
Fortunately, this time, Ayano Yui had no intention of snatching from the other party for Sawayama Haruno who had just returned from Kyoto.
Therefore, when she saw the young couple leaning against each other sweetly and ordering food, she just curled her lips, feeling a little depressed but not showing it.
"Have you ordered tempura?"
"It's on point."
"Have you ordered the fried onion rings?"
"It's on point."
"What about French fries? I want to eat French fries too."
"By the way, we are eating sushi, right?" Sawayama Haruno returned the menu to the waiter and said helplessly, "Why are there more fried foods than sushi?"
"Yeah, but isn't this what you eat when you eat sushi?"
Miyazawa Maki looked at him in some confusion.
“Does anyone really eat sushi without ordering tempura?”
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Sawayama Haruno smiled helplessly.
In fact, he quite agreed with the other party's idea, probably because he had hardly ever eaten tempura when eating sushi in Kyoto.
"Has my part-time job caused any trouble to you recently?"
"No, I'm not a child anymore."
Miyazawa Maki groaned and said, "The store manager even gave me a set of game cartridges as a gift, even though they were returned by a customer."
"As long as it doesn't cause any trouble."
Sawayama Haruno took a sip from the cup, and when he put it down again, he looked at Ayano Yui who was sitting opposite him and staring out the window in a daze, and couldn't help asking, "What about Yui? Didn't you say before that you wanted to adapt to college life in advance?"
"what?"
"Ah, you're talking about that."
Ayano Yui seemed a little nonchalant.
"I did go, but I soon got bored and went back home. However, the professor who taught me was probably afraid that I wouldn't be able to draw well if I was alone, so he forced me to assign new art tasks."
"I've been busy with this these days," she added.
"There is an art studio in the school, right? If you don't want to go to class, can't you borrow the studio to use?"
"Forget about the studio. After all, there is no studio for one person. Even if it is your own professor, you will run into fellow students from the same school from time to time."
Ayano Yui stretched and said lazily, "I don't want to have too much contact with them, for fear that they will ask questions."
"That's what you told Aunt Ayako last time, right?"
Miyazawa Maki next to her immediately took up the topic curiously, "Does anyone in school have any objections to your early admission?"
Hearing this, Sawayama Haruno subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the other person.
Is there such a thing?
But if you think about it carefully, it is normal to have it.
After all, most people worked hard for many years to get into Tokyo University of the Arts, but Ayano Yui was directly admitted because of her talent. It is normal for others to be jealous and exclude her.
What's more, she is now in a state where she can choose to go to school or not, so naturally others will have a worse impression of her.
"That's about right. But I'm too lazy to bother with them. I don't usually participate in school activities anyway." Ayano Yui supported her chin and said slowly, "I guess they will forget about me after a while."
"Yeah."
Miyazawa Maki subconsciously tightened the hand that was holding Sawayama Haruno.
There was no special meaning to it, it just reminded her of the experience of being treated specially in high school.
Sawayama Haruno naturally noticed her little thoughts, so he turned around and said, "This business trip to Kyoto went smoothly. The group has decided to finalize the printing within this week. I have to go there early tomorrow to sign the contract."
"Eh, so fast?"
Maki Miyazawa's attention was quickly drawn to what Haruno Sawayama said.
She said with a little excitement: "Does that mean it will be popular soon? How much money can I make?"
"How much can you earn?"
Sawayama Haruno opened his mouth, not really knowing how to answer the other party.
It would be a lie to say that he didn't make any money, but it seemed like he never really understood how much he could earn.
Anyway, just relying on this book, there will be no problem in supporting Miyazawa Maki and Miyazawa Mana, and it may even be more than enough.
As for how much profit it can make, it depends on how long it will take for "Norwegian Wood" to reach the influence of its previous life in this era.
But he is very confident about this. After all, after this essay competition, Kodansha will most likely train him as a rookie king and a future top author, and they will definitely try their best to meet his needs in terms of resources.
After thinking for a while, Sawayama Haruno decided to tell the truth, "I'm not sure how much I can earn, but it should be a lot."
"Then won't I become a rich lady in the future?" Miyazawa Maki murmured to herself.
I have thought about this kind of thing before, but when it actually happened, the feeling is still a little different.
She is still working part-time in a video game store.
"If you have money, please support me. Please, please."
Ayano Yui, who was sitting opposite, clasped her hands together and looked at Sawayama Haruno in a slightly coquettish manner. "Don't come on, with your talent, you will be able to make a name for yourself in the art world sooner or later, right?"
Zeshan Haruno said helplessly: "It's too early to talk about the income now. Let's wait until the first batch of printed books comes out and is released to various publishing channels before we talk about it."
"Are there a lot of them?" Miyazawa Maki tilted her head and asked in confusion, "Aren't they published directly as physical books?"
"Of course it will be published as a physical book, but judging from the group's attitude, it seems that they also intend to test the waters in overseas markets directly."
Sawayama Haruno said uncertainly, "I'm not too sure about these things. I have to go to Kodansha tomorrow to discuss it again before I can know."
That’s right, the opportunity in the overseas market came much faster than he imagined.
Almost immediately after the award ceremony ended, Riho Morikawa told him that the group's top management had already made plans in this regard.
To be honest, being able to reach this point so quickly was already beyond Sawayama Haruno's expectations.
Maybe it's true that the more troubles you have in love, the smoother things will go in business.
Of course, it may also be because the output to overseas markets is already very strong at this time, so it is possible to directly discuss and decide whether to sell "Norwegian Wood" overseas.
No matter what, it is definitely a good thing to have it. After all, no matter how much Japanese people like this book, the number of people who can buy it is pitifully limited. It still has to rely on the huge overseas market to further expand the sales performance and influence of the book.
Miyazawa Maki suddenly nudged him with her arm and whispered, "Remember to bring the book to me later."
"There is a backup on the computer at home."
"Yeah, that's good."
Hearing this, Miyazawa Maki's mood immediately improved.
The sushi ordered by the three was brought up by the waiter, and the rest of the time was basically spent with Miyazawa Maki eating tempura while instigating Sawayama Haruno to talk about what happened in Kyoto.
Unable to resist his girlfriend's request, Sawayama Haruno had to carefully pick out some things he could say to get rid of her.
Fortunately, Maki Miyazawa did not continue to ask questions, and just said that he went sightseeing in Kyoto with other fellow authors, which made Sawayama Haruno feel relieved.
The smile of Ayano Yui on the opposite side was somewhat intriguing, but in the end she didn't say much.
In this way, our first dinner after returning to Tokyo was spent in a relatively harmonious atmosphere.
After finishing the meal, Sawayama Haruno planned to take a taxi back directly, but Ayano Yui used the excuse of "going to Itoya to buy something" to temporarily leave their team.
Sawayama Haruno didn't think much about it. After saying goodbye to Ayano Yui at the door of the sushi restaurant with Miyazawa Maki, he hailed a car and returned to Shinjuku.
In a high-end apartment in Shinjuku District, Tokyo.
Sawayama Haruno took out the key that had not been used for a long time and opened the door.
Hearing the noise, Salmon Maru rushed out of the living room and ran straight to its male owner.
"what--"
Sawayama Haruno quickly squatted down and picked up the beautiful white cat.
Today's salmon balls can no longer be described as kitten-like.
Of course, the skinny appearance when he first came to this family has long disappeared, replaced by beautiful white hair and beautiful sky blue pupils.
"I seem to have gained a lot of weight."
He weighed the cat in his hand and couldn't help laughing: "You weren't this fat before you went out, were you?"
"Meow~"
Salmon Maru stretched out his paw, as if to express his desire to get close to Sawayama Haruno.
Seeing Miyazawa Maki behind me, I instantly became depressed, this little green tea cat!
"Of course I'll get fat if I have good food and drink every day at home."
She pouted unhappily and snatched the salmon ball from Sawayama Haruno's arms.
The white cat suddenly became reluctant and twisted wildly in her arms.
Seeing this scene, Miyazawa Maki became furious.
Stinky cat, I have taken such good care of you this week, and as soon as Haruno came back, you wanted to stick to my arms.
"Go go."
She immediately put the salmon balls on the ground and pretended to drive the other party away.
But Salmon Maru was not afraid at all. He flexibly came around and rubbed against Sawayama Haruno's feet.
The latter couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing laughing!"
Miyazawa Maki bit her lip and said angrily: "If you want to stick it on, I won't give it to you."
After saying that, she grabbed Sawayama Haruno by the collar and started dragging him towards the bedroom while the other person looked confused.
"Wait, Maki."
Sawayama Haruno hurriedly tried to stop the other party.
"The suitcase, the suitcase is still in the entrance."
"We'll talk about that later. It won't run away anyway!"
Miyazawa Maki turned around suddenly, her face flushed, and said, "Now."
"Now, I want to do that first, is that not okay?"
(End of this chapter)
