Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 431 Discussing Copyright
After the Immortal River left.

Kato Yusuke strolled on the streets of Jimbocho and walked slowly towards the station.

The aroma of coffee and curry wafts through the air.

Inadvertently, the time has come to the time of meeting the devil.

The orange-red sunset shines on the row upon row of bookstore streets, shining more or less deeply on the bustling crowd, making the shadows under their feet long.

Kato Yusuke, who was in the crowd, followed the flow of people, thinking non-stop.

Debt, comics, studios.

The three are like a ball of wool, intertwined with each other in the mind.

Debt is the core, manga is the solution, and the studio is the future plan.

If the first point is not resolved as soon as possible, the studio's plan will only be like a mirror in the water, like a castle in the air, illusory and ethereal.

It would be great if the single book could be released as soon as possible, or if the book could continue to be drawn - Kato Yusuke thought to himself.

For a manga author, the manuscript fee for a work is only "small money" after all, and the big part is the sales share of the booklet and the revenue share of other peripheral products.

Take the manuscript he submitted this time as an example. Not counting the first and last pages, the main content has a total of 191 pages. If converted into manuscript fees, it is in the early 229 million.

After all, comic serials are different from single volumes. No matter how well the magazine sells, the only income that falls into the hands of the author is the manuscript fee.

Unlike the single book, the author will be given a 10% share (8% to 10%) according to the sales volume, just like the situation in Shiyu's novels.

I just don't know if Undead River will release the booklet of "Chain Saw Man" as soon as he wished...

While thinking about such things, I walked to Jimbocho station.

Follow the flow of people onto the waiting platform and catch the tram bound for the apartment.

After luckily finding an empty seat to sit down, the phone in his pocket vibrated suddenly.

A mail was delivered to his mailbox.

—— "Letter from: Akane Kosaka"

[Akane Kosaka: Where are you now? 】

Kato Yusuke replied with his hands: [On the tram, ready to go home. 】

[Akane Kosaka: That means you are free, right? 】

[Kato Yusuke: Compared with Ms. Kosaka, it should be a little more leisurely. 】

[Akane Kosaka: Is this irony?Pay attention to what you said, in short, since you have time to hang out outside, come to my place. 】

[Kato Yusuke: What's the matter? 】

[Akane Kosaka: No~ I'm just bored by myself, so I just called a chef to cook at home, and find someone to relieve my boredom. 】

[Kato Yusuke: If you want to relieve boredom, keep a pet. 】

[Akane Kosaka: Oh?So would you like to be my phone call?I can feed you udon noodles~]

Kato Yusuke raised his sword eyebrows slightly, with a hint of annoyance in his eyes, and replied: 【Do you like ginger roast meat very much? 】

[Akane Kosaka: Huh?What kind of nonsensical conversation is this? 】

[Kato Yusuke: Nothing. 】

[Akane Kosaka: Okay, don’t get cheap and act like a good boy, get over here quickly, boy, the address is the apartment here in Ariake that you visited last time. 】

After sending this email, we will not reply to you.

Yusuke Kato put down the phone, and the luxurious high-end apartment that sent the drunk Akane Benizaka home before appeared in his mind, and then put the phone away in thought.

……

after an hour.

Near the Tokyo Big Sight, in a towering apartment building.

Take the elevator to the top floor.

Ring the only doorbell.

After waiting for a few seconds, the door opened with a "click".

Kato Yusuke met the owner of the apartment whom he had contacted just now—Akane Benizaka.

The other party was wearing a tight black backless dress, showing a delicate and beautiful back, showing off her perfect figure.

The sassy and glamorous makeup combined with the charming eyes reveals a unique temperament of a mature woman.

"It's finally here. It took so long. Are you an elderly person with limited mobility?" Benizaka Zhuyin leaned against the door with a careless expression on his face.

"It's rush hour for commuting, it's already pretty fast."

"Why don't you buy a car?"

"No money, no driver's license."

"Well~ That's right, after all, you don't have any bad money now, you are a poor man." Hongsaka Zhuyin squinted a pair of phoenix eyes, and looked at him sarcastically.

"Well, thanks to Ms. Kosaka's care on this matter." Kato Yusuke responded flatly, and stepped into the room.

"I like this idea ~ so you don't have to be polite." Benizaka Akane laughed happily, as if she was very satisfied with pushing him to this point.

"...Are you already drinking too much?"

"It's just a few drinks, because your movements are too slow, I've already started eating, come in by yourself."

The two walked into the room one after the other, and soon came to the dining room.

Behind the textured marble bar, a middle-aged man in a navy blue chef uniform with a turban on his head is busy in the kitchen inside.

Seeing Kato Yusuke approaching, he took the initiative to say hello: "Good evening, brother, we meet again."

Kato Yusuke took a closer look, and saw that the other party was the owner of the sushi restaurant he had been to before, so he also nodded and said: "Hello, boss."

The middle-aged man showed a smile, then lowered his head to get busy.

The surface of the dark black marble bar has irregular white lines, and its height just blocks half of the middle-aged man's body.

Bright but not glaring yellow lights come down from the lights on the ceiling, giving it a very atmospheric feel.

Benizaka Zhuyin casually sat down in front of the bar with a set of cutlery, and ordered: "Please give this kid something to eat, boss."

"I understand." The middle-aged man nodded earnestly, placed a new set of tableware next to Akane Benizaka, and asked, "Brother Kato, do you have any foods that you should not eat?"

"No." Kato Yusuke shook his head in denial, and then sat down on the left side of Akane Benizaka.

"So what would you like to drink?"

"Give me oolong tea if you can."

Hongsaka Zhuyin on the side sneered: "What are you doing? Do you really think this is a restaurant? I don't have that childish thing here. Boss, serve him wine."

The two people who heard this had different reactions.

Kato Yusuke frowned slightly.

The middle-aged man behind the bar smiled wryly, and reminded him thoughtfully: "In fact, Ms. Kosaka also has mineral water here..."

Benizaka Zhuyin slightly raised one eyebrow, waved his hand and said, "Only a brat would drink that kind of thing, boss, there are no such rules in my place."

'It's a kid! ' The middle-aged man shouted in his heart, intending to refuse, but when he thought about the reward for today's cooking...he became calm again.

Ever since, a glass of clear and transparent liquid was placed in front of Kato Yusuke.

"...Then please use it, Brother Kato."

"Thank you, it's work."

Kato Yusuke nodded and thanked, but he didn't pick it up to drink, but turned his gaze to Benizaka Akane on the right, and asked: So why did you call me here today? "

"Huh? Didn't I say it? Find someone who can relieve boredom."

"Is there no one else around you?"

"Yes, but you are more pleasing to the eye." The other party flipped his hair, and his tone was very casual.

The elegant scent of perfume floated indistinctly.

Kato Yusuke took a slight sniff, said so, and accepted the rhetoric.

"—But what~" Benizaka Zhuyin took a sip of the sake in the glass as if tasting it, and said: "Although it is to relieve boredom, for people like us, the only thing we can talk about is works? "

"People like us?"

"What? Isn't that true for you? Or do you actually come here with other ideas?"

The tone of the speech became more meaningful.

Kato Yusuke thought for a while, then nodded and admitted, "I do have some other ideas."

"Um……?"

Benizaka Zhuyin's hand holding the cup trembled imperceptibly, and then asked amusedly: "...You seem to be a lot more courageous, aren't you worried about your little girlfriend?"

"The girl you mentioned, we are not dating."

"Hmph~~~Really? You don't eat the meat that is brought to your mouth, but that girl's possessiveness is not small. If you don't pay attention, you will suffer in the future, kid."

"It doesn't bother Ms. Kosaka."

During the chat, the middle-aged man behind the bar made two sushi and put them on the plates in front of them.

"This is tuna belly, please use."

The surface of the pink and tender tuna meat is engraved with a few flat-shaped knife patterns, and the bottom is wrapped with a good-sized rice ball. From the top, you can basically see the fish meat, but not the rice below.

Kato Yusuke picked up the chopsticks, but didn't find soy sauce and wasabi on the table, so he stopped for a while.

Seeming to see through his thoughts, Benizaka Zhuyin casually mentioned: "The boss has already smeared soy sauce in advance, just eat it directly."

And the middle-aged man also smiled and said affirmatively: "I wiped the most suitable amount, so it should be just right for eating. If Brother Kato likes to dip himself, I will prepare it for you."

So Kato Yusuke stopped talking, picked up the sushi on the plate with chopsticks, and put it directly into his mouth.

As the teeth chew a little harder, the soft fish meat wraps the teeth.

The taste of the fish is delicious, with a little fat, coupled with the right amount of soy sauce and a hint of sourness of the rice, the whole taste is integrated and matched just right.

Kato Yusuke ate the sushi slowly, and gave an honest evaluation: "It's delicious, boss."

"Thank you for the compliment." The middle-aged man smiled, and put the newly made sea urchin sushi on the plates of the two of them.

Benizaka Zhuyin asked, "Then, boy, how is your work doing now?"

"Well, I just have something I want to talk to you about about this."

"Oh? This is rare, so let's talk about it."

Kato Yusuke put down his chopsticks and asked, "What I want to know is, are you interested in the copyright of "Chain Saw Man"? Ms. Kosaka."

The scene fell silent.

Hongsaka Zhuyin glanced at him in surprise, then gently shook the glazed cup in her hand, and said noncommittally, "Why, the treatment given to you by Undead River is not good?"

"No, I mean copyrights other than comics, are you interested?"

"It's really direct. Saying that means you intend to sell? Or is it purely to attract investment?"

"It's the former."

"What's the reason?"

"I intend to raise enough funds as soon as possible to deal with things on the studio side."

"To deal with the work of the studio... what about your manga?"

"Naturally, the book will be finished normally, and nothing will be affected."

"Interesting, didn't you still hang your head a while ago? Did you suddenly wake up?"

Kato Yusuke moved his mouth, and the conversation with Shiwa appeared in his mind, and he replied: "...that's how things are, we can talk if you want."

Hongsaka Zhuyin smiled, and did not ask any further questions, but began to think about it.

"Yeah, I'm really interested in what I want to say, but it's too early to talk about it right now? Didn't you just hand in the manuscript of Chapter 3 so far?"

"This news is outdated. Before coming here, I have submitted all the original manuscripts from "Chain Saw Man" to chapter 13."

"Huh? Did you find an assistant??"

"This point can be discussed later, let's talk about business first."

"...That's not enough. Even if you want to adapt the work into an animation, you need at least 60 episodes in a season. It can be said that the current situation of your work is impossible to realize."

Hongsaka Zhuyin took a sip of wine at this point, then suddenly changed her words and asked:

"So, under such unfavorable circumstances, you should give me a reasonable price? Tell me, how much do you want to sell?"

After talking, the topic came back again.

Kato Yusuke didn't care about her first restraint before raising her words, and responded after pondering for a while: "[-] million yen."

With this statement...

"—!"

The middle-aged man behind the bar couldn't help shaking his hands, and the sushi almost flew out of his hands.

And Hongsaka Zhuyin was also dumbfounded, and then said angrily: "This joke is not funny at all, don't tell me you are serious."

Kato Yusuke shook his head lightly, his expression normal, "Miss Kosaka can bargain if she thinks it's inappropriate."

"You are like a lion. Based on the cost of producing an ordinary animation episode of 1200 million yuan, 1 million yuan is barely enough to make a quarterly animation. Don't you know?"

"I'm talking about all copyrights except the manga, not just the anime adaptation."

"And then? You can tell me to spend so much money without shame to buy the copyright of a work that doesn't know where it will end up, and even one season of animation is not enough?? Are you crazy, or do you think I'm a fool? "

Hongsaka Zhuyin couldn't help laughing angrily when she said this, and scolded mercilessly, "Even if I'm not short of money, I'm not a role to be slaughtered by others. Could it be that you think that you will be able to cock your tail after going to my old lady once?"

'No, no, this is a big problem! ? The middle-aged man behind the bar shook his hands again, but he lowered his head with a straight face, trying not to express his inner thoughts, but his cheeks twitched from time to time.

Facing Akane Benizaka's "rhetoric words", Kato Yusuke was also a little speechless, but he sorted out his thoughts and said slowly:
"If you are not satisfied, I can add another plan of equivalent value."

……

(End of this chapter)