My daily life with the Shiina sisters

On Sunday, Imagawa Kaede came to Fujimi Shobo.

Naturally, everyone in the company received the news in advance and waited here early.

As soon as Imagawa Kaede got off the car, he saw the branch manager, Yamaguchi Takashi, who was waiting at the door, or to put it bluntly, the manager of the domestic branch.

Although Imagawa Kaede acquired a controlling stake in Fujimi Shobo, the company is still a branch of Kadokawa Shoten.

"Mr. Imagawa, welcome, welcome." The middle-aged man bowed as he said this.

Imagawa Kaede simply nodded and said, "President Yamaguchi, I'm sorry to bother you today."

"No, no, just call me Yamashita. I hope that Senior Managing Director Imagawa can give us more guidance on our work."

Looking at the middle-aged man's somewhat flattering smile, Imagawa Kaede felt that this feeling was really good. Yamaguchi Takashi naturally didn't want Imagawa Kaede to come over and give orders, but he said that he wanted him to guide the work, especially the title "Senior Managing Director Imagawa" sounded really good.

Yesterday, a sign with Imagawa Kaede's name was hung under "Executive Director" on the personnel change wall of Kadokawa Shoten. Imagawa Kaede found this quite new. This matter was not completed last time, so it was a good time to come and take a look today, which was the weekend.

Following Yamaguchi Takashi into their workplace, he was introduced according to the procedure. Imagawa Kaede listened casually for a while, but became a little more serious when he heard about the light novel editing department.

When they arrived at Yamaguchi Takashi's office, Imagawa Kaede thought for a moment and said:

"Just now, when I heard Mr. Yamashita introduce us, he asked who is the editor in charge of light novels in our company? I have a light novel I wrote and I want them to read it."

"Do you want me to call them over?"

Imagawa Kaede thought about it and became playful for a moment, and said, "No need to call everyone over. Is there a female editor? Just call her over."

"Uh uh... Are you talking about the deputy editor-in-chief?... Okay, I'll call her over right away."

Yamaguchi Takashi was also confused. You just arrived and you're doing this to me? The Imagawa family inexplicably wants to control this company because of this? Although the female editor is pretty, but you...

Yamaguchi Takashi hesitated for a few seconds, then went out and called the person that Imagawa Kaede wanted. Just when Yamaguchi Takashi left the still confused female editor and was about to slip away, Imagawa Kaede stopped him.

"Mr. Yamaguchi, don't be in a hurry to leave, take a look too." Imagawa Kaede, who was sitting on a chair, drank a cup of tea in a rather calm manner.

Upon hearing this, Yamaguchi Takashi was even more shocked, "Is this how the young master plays? Does he like others to watch him or does he want to be with a few people? No way..."

Ignoring the greasy middle-aged man who was still daydreaming, Imagawa Kaede turned to the somewhat nervous female editor standing in front of him and said:

"I just heard from Mr. Yamashita that you are the deputy editor in charge of light novels. I won't introduce myself. You introduce yourself."

"Yes, hello, Senior Manager Imagawa, I'm Machida Sonoko..."

Machida Sonoko

When he heard the name, Imagawa Kaede was a little surprised, but more of it was anticipation.

Then he pulled out a USB drive and said, "The light novel I want you to read is in there. Send it to your editorial department to read together. After you finish reading it, come and report to me."

Yamaguchi Takashi, who was sitting next to him, became even more confused. Isn't that kind of rule?

Upon hearing this, Machida Sonoko took the USB flash drive in a daze, and looked at Imagawa Kaede's somewhat immature face. Such a young executive actually wrote a light novel?

Yamaguchi Takashi felt that he had encountered a lot of strange things today. Why didn't this woman leave? Why was she standing there stupidly? Did she want to get promoted?

Thinking this in his heart, Yamaguchi Takashi said, "Editor-in-Chief Machida, do you have anything to say?"

"Oh, sorry, Managing Director, President, I'll have to go to work first." After saying that, he hurriedly walked out of the office.

"I'm sorry, Executive Managing Director Imagawa, but Editor Machida might be a little nervous."

"It's okay, Yamashita-san, tell me about the history of this company."

After that, Imagawa Kaede listened to Yamaguchi Takashi's nagging words while drinking tea in boredom.

Not long after, a middle-aged man pushed the door open and handed a printed light novel to Yamaguchi Takashi.

After he left, Yamaguchi Takashi said, "This is Editor-in-Chief Kobayashi from our editorial department."

"Well, Yamaguchi-san should have come into contact with this kind of thing, right?"

“I’ve had some contact with it.”

"Don't be modest. Compared to others, you know quite a lot. I'd like to hear some advice from professionals on this light novel."

After that, Imagawa Kaede waited for about 40 minutes, during which time she heard a lot of compliments from Yamaguchi Takashi.

There was another knock on the door, and the person outside pushed the door open after receiving the answer.

Seeing the editor-in-chief Kobayashi coming in, Imagawa Kaede was a little confused, but he didn't say anything, and instead said calmly: "Let's get started."

So Editor-in-Chief Kobayashi began to report the editors' opinions on this light novel.

……

"Does your editorial department think this light novel is worth publishing?" Imagawa Kaede asked after listening to the somewhat lengthy report.

"Of course, it is basically certain that it will sell well." Editor-in-Chief Kobayashi answered very affirmatively.

"What do you think, Yamaguchi-san?"

"I think so too."

"Okay then, Editor-in-Chief Kobayashi, please call the Deputy Editor-in-Chief Machida."

"Yes." Although Xiao Lin was a little confused, he still did as he was told.

When Machida Sonoko came over, Imagawa Kaede asked directly, "Does Editor Machida have many authors under him now?"

“The authors of the previous works have all finished their work, so the exhibition is only responsible for one.”

“Is the author a man or a woman?”

"Male." Although he was a little confused as to why Imagawa Kaede asked this, he still told the truth.

Imagawa Kaede was a little disappointed, but still said, "Then treat me as the author who is going to sign a contract, and let's simulate it."

……

"If this work is published by your company, how much royalties can Editor Machida give me?"

"Mr. Imagawa's work is indeed better. How about we give you a royalty of 2% higher than the industry standard, which is 12%?"

Upon hearing this, Imagawa Kaede leaned back in his chair, and when he spoke again, his tone returned to his previous indifferent tone.

"Sidaopu, interrupt me. Can a new author like me get such a high royalty? As far as I know, it should be good for a new author to get 10%, right?"

Hearing this, the editor-in-chief Kobayashi next to him also spoke up, "It is true as Executive Director Nagawa said, new authors can only get 10% at most. No matter how good the work is, without fame and fan base, it will only increase our difficulty in promotion. Moreover, we think that a good market is also likely to... Machida, you did make a mistake."

Machida Sonoko was somewhat caught off guard by this situation. She had felt a little uncomfortable when her reporting business was taken away by the editor-in-chief before. Now, she was called by this managing director Imagawa to test her business ability, but she was still...