Chapter 301 Shiori's Uniform
After returning from the hospital, Miyazawa Maki seemed a little depressed for the next two days.
Although she still went to work in the video game store normally, once she got home, she became dazed more often than before.
Of course, Sawayama Haruno knew what the other party was struggling with, but he couldn't comfort her too much on this matter. He could only hope that Maki could reconcile with him as soon as possible.
Fortunately, Suguha Esaki has been acting as the second person responsible for taking care of Maki in the past few days, which has invisibly relieved a lot of pressure on Sawayama Haruno, so that he even has time to come to Kodansha's headquarters again today.
Inside Kodansha, Otowa-cho, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
Riho Morikawa was walking in the front. Her black high heels made a very crisp sound every time they landed on the ground. Her slim figure looked extremely attractive against the backdrop of the OL uniform. Her every move showed the demeanor of a mature woman.
However, Sawayama Haruno, who was walking behind, just politely stared at the other person's shoulder and did not overstep the mark in any way.
"Is this the second time Kiriyama-sensei has come to the forum?"
Riho Morikawa stopped in front of the electronic password door. After taking out her employee ID and swiping it, she smiled and pushed the door open for the other party.
"To be honest, among all the authors at Kodansha, you seem to be the one who cares the least."
Morikawa Riho joked, "It's already been a month since the release, but I still have to invite you over."
"It's only been on sale for a month. There's no need for me to come over again for such a small matter, right?"
Sawayama Haruno stroked his chin and said casually, "It will be fine if the royalties and dividends can be transferred on time."
"Of course."
Morikawa Riho gave him a coquettish look and continued to lead the way.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the first payment of royalties and dividends will be received next week."
"Taking into account the reasons on Mr. Kiriyama's side and the contents of the contract, the dividends for the first year will be distributed on a monthly basis. However, for the next book, the company's senior management may change to a more long-term system with you," she added.
These are all very common methods. After all, Kodansha also wants to tie Sawayama Haruno to itself as much as possible.
Is there any other method that is more stable than regular distribution of benefits?
Of course, Sawayama Haruno doesn't care about being treated like this. After all, only big authors in the industry can get such treatment. By the time he really changes to this kind of contract, his wealth should have been close to freedom.
"Then what's the reason for calling me here this time?"
Sawayama Haruno followed Morikawa Riho into the reception room. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you call me so hastily?"
"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 Sawayama Haruno, she smiled and said, "The Ishizawa family is here, and they brought another person with them."
"The Ishizawa family?"
"Well, they probably came here this time to discuss copyright cooperation."
Morikawa Riho rested her hands on the table in the reception room and said with a smile, "Actually, they have already talked to the company leaders, but since it involves copyright, they still want to ask for your opinion."
"I don't care about copyright adaptation. As long as it can make money and the film is not too bad or changed randomly, that's fine." Sawayama Haruno shrugged.
"Is that all that matters?"
Morikawa Riho felt a little helpless.
Does this guy have no idea what a part of his book would look like as a movie?
Not to mention circulation 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 it’s finished.
Even though the Ishizawa family can be said to be omnipotent in this industry, it is impossible for them to film the entire "Norwegian Wood" and put it on the big screen intact.
Deletions and revisions are certainly inevitable, and we can only hope that Mr. Kiriyama will accept these changes as much as possible.
Morikawa Riho sighed in her heart, and after noticing that the time was almost up, she said to Sawayama Haruno apologetically, "They should be here. Sorry, I'll go down and pick them up first."
"I see."
Sawayama Haruno nodded slightly, looking nonchalant.
Discussing matters of copyright cooperation is nothing more than a formality.
He knew nothing about movies. He only knew that in his previous life, this novel-adapted movie seemed to have won many awards. He even 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 money and put it in his pocket as soon as possible.
After all, he has more girlfriends around him and a pair of twin babies are about to be born, so of course the richer he is, the better.
What's more, he didn't think he would have much time to continue working in the future, so he might as well write those best-selling books at once while he could still squeeze out time, so that he could lie at home and collect money in the future.
Thinking of his plan, Sawayama Haruno felt a little happier.
However, as the clock on the wall kept ticking and the waiting time became longer and longer, he could not help but feel a little confused. Why did Ms. Morikawa take so long?
Sawayama Haruno touched his chin, took out his cell 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't pick someone up and get lost, right?"
Sawayama Haruno was even more confused.
It was already a bit boring sitting in the reception room, and Morikawa Riho and the people from the Ishizawa family had not shown up yet, making him a little restless.
Especially when he thought about Mine Shiori, whom he hadn't seen for a few days and who seemed to be doing an internship outside, he suddenly had the urge to go out for a walk.
So after thinking for a moment, he picked up his phone and sent another message to Miss Morikawa about his visit to Kodansha, and then got up and walked outside without hesitation.
It’s a good opportunity to see what Shiori Mine is like when she works in the company.
With curiosity in his mind, Sawayama Haruno pushed open the door of the reception room. After looking around, he quickly locked onto the place where the sign was.
Following the direction of the arrow, he slowly walked to the editors' office area.
However, after looking inside through the gradient frosted glass several times, Sawayama Haruno still did not see the petite girl.
Instead, he was discovered first by another girl with a bun on her hair.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Oh, sorry. I'm looking for Mine Shiori, I think she's an intern editor?"
"Looking for Shiori-chan?"
The other party suddenly realized, and then asked jokingly: "Boyfriend?"
"No, I am also one of the authors signed by the company."
"Hey, it seems that an intern editor is not qualified to be in charge of the author."
The girl with the bun looked at Sawayama Haruno in surprise, but she quickly put the matter behind her and pointed Sawayama Haruno in a direction with a smile.
"In the rest area over there, Shiori should be there making coffee at this time."
"Thank you."
Sawayama Haruno nodded politely and then walked towards the rest area.
It has to be said that as one of the oldest publishing houses in the island country, the decoration inside Kodansha's headquarters is still very luxurious. Even the rest area occupies almost a quarter of the area of this floor.
Just by taking a quick glance from the outside, you can see several huge soft leather sofas inside, as well as rows of PS5s placed opposite. Various dolls and figures, and even small standees are neatly placed in the cabinets inside.
The person that Sawayama Haruno wanted to find 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 petite loli girl who always speaks in an extremely calm voice, unexpectedly put on an OL uniform today for the first time.
Although there is a big gap between her and Morikawa Riho's peach-like attractive figure, it is precisely because of the collision of childishness and mature clothing that the inexplicable sense of contrast is more evident, with a strange cute feeling of a child wanting to pretend to be an adult.
The pair of black stockings on her legs also made people pay attention to her slender and lovely legs.
In the past, Sawayama Haruno always thought that only long legs could be considered good-looking, but it seems that people with petite figures like Mine Shiori will have a different kind of charm after wearing stockings.
The only flaw is that the black stockings don't match her temperament. It would be better if they were white stockings, and then she could change into a JK uniform?
"咚咚-"
Sawayama Haruno stood at the door and knocked on the glass door next to him with a smile.
Hearing the noise, Mine Shiori turned around subconsciously. When she saw that it was Sawayama Haruno, she was obviously stunned.
"Ms. Morikawa asked me to come over to discuss copyright issues, but now she's missing again."
Sawayama Haruno said with a smile: "So I came out for a walk when I had nothing to do."
"Hi, Shiori. It seems like it's been almost a week since we last met?"
"Yes, yes." Mine Shiori's face gradually warmed up, and she stammered, "Why didn't Haruno tell me that you were here?"
What should I do? The other party saw me wearing my work uniform.
How embarrassing! If she hadn't had a meeting today, she wouldn't have happened to wear this outfit.
If I had known that Miss Morikawa had an appointment with Haruno today, I should have brought a spare set of clothes with me.
Thinking of this, Mine Shiori couldn't help feeling a little regretful.
Haruno doesn't think it's weird when he wears a uniform, right?
(End of this chapter)
