I Won't Be a Loser

For the former Mito Yuka, maybe the future can be looked forward to, but for her now, it seems that only the present is left, and the future has become a luxury desire.

She was still in primary and middle school, and she didn't understand why so many people didn't pursue their own dreams, and didn't understand that there were so many realistic and numb people around her... .

It wasn't until my family situation changed, my parents chose to commit suicide because of pressure, and when I was struggling to survive alone in this world, I realized that nothing is smooth sailing, and everything is not what I imagined. Simple and perfect.

Under all kinds of pressure, even thinking about the future has become a luxury. She also understands that her own body alone cannot sustain such a life.

but.......

"Will you be here often in the future?"

"Ok?"

Hearing the sage's question, Mito Yuka showed a puzzled expression on his face. He didn't know why the sage asked this suddenly, but he smiled and responded to him.

"It's been here all the time. Besides here, there's no other place to go, right?"

"I have some things to deal with recently, and I can probably provide you with some help, but I don't know how to contact you."

"No. 106, my 'home', if you need something to find me, you can knock on the door and try, if I'm here~"

"Ah."

Sage wrote down her 'home' number, and chatted with Yuka Mito about other things, such as the comics here, and some things in school, and no longer mentioned the content of life.

Until noon, Mito Yuka asked the sage to order casually, and she treated them.

The sage, who was thinking of refusing, was silent for a moment after seeing Mito Yuuka's smile, and ordered a curry with a smile, sat with the girl for lunch, and said goodbye to the girl because of the signing in the afternoon, Headed towards Kai Ying Society's publishing house.

Reporting Fuzeoka Mari's name, it was convenient to lead him to the conference room yesterday...

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"Have you had lunch yet?"

Entering the conference room, I saw Mari Fuzeoka who was already sitting in it. Beside her was a strange woman who looked a little green with glasses. She should be someone who worked in this publishing house. The sage smiled at the other party, came to the opposite side of Fuzeoka Mari, and sat down.

"I've used it before coming here, so shall I start now?"

"This is a contract about publishing. There is no problem with your work. The editor-in-chief also has a very high opinion of your work, so he gave you a very generous treatment for newcomers. You can take a closer look. Is there anything that needs to be modified?"

Fuzeoka Mari handed over the contract to Suzuki beside him. Suzuki, as the backup and rookie, took over the contract in a sensible way, got up and sent it to the sage, and then returned to Fuzeoka Mari's side to wait.

Originally, Fuzeoka Mari thought that someone would accompany him to come here, but he didn't expect that the person who came here today was only the other person. Looking at the young man who had already picked up the contract and looked through it carefully, Fuzeoka Mari looked very calm and didn't care about it. I feel that the other party is a young man who will understand these regulations.

"Royalties, only 9%?"

In the end, I was just about to look down at the paper cup in front of me, quietly wait for the other party to "flip through" the other party's "pretentious" and sign the other party's name. Mari Fuzeoka heard the question from the other party, and her eyes just fell on that. On the body of a handsome young man.

"The normal royalties in the industry are around 10%, right?"

Slowly raising his head, his gaze also met Fuzeoka Mari who was sitting opposite him. The sage frowned slightly. In the past, the royalties of the works he signed basically fluctuated between 10% and 12%, like It's less than 10%...... I haven't really experienced such a thing.

"It seems that Miyazui-kun also has a certain understanding of the industry. Generally speaking, the royalties are indeed around 10%. However, Miyazui-kun is a newcomer and does not have a thorough understanding of the industry. We are responsible for paying taxes here. For the part, Miyazui-kun can look back, so the 9% is the income after deducting taxes."

"No, I have a tax accountant I know, so I don't need your company to worry about this. I can handle it myself."

Fuzeoka Mari's eyes met the sage's for a moment, seeing that the sage's eyes did not waver in the slightest, he fell silent for a while, smiled slightly, nodded, opened another contract in front of him, and revised this part, Make a note of it.

"Then, Miyamizu-kun will be responsible for the taxation. Does Miyamizu-kun have any questions about the rest?"

Signing a contract is a very serious matter. If you handle it well, it will be beneficial to you, but if you don't handle it well...

Without responding, he continued to look at the contract in front of him. The sage first looked at the income distribution and liability for breach of contract. After carefully confirming the general content, he looked at the part of rights and obligations, and silently read the seriousness of the contract. His posture, and Mari Fuzeoka's gaze on the boy's side face, seemed to be fascinated.

"There are some parts here, and I think there are some problems. The first is the time limit here. It will be published within two years by your company..."

The sage frowned, looked at Fuzeoka Mari opposite him, and tapped lightly with the index finger of his right hand on the table, with a serious expression.

"Miyasui-kun is still a rookie, right?"

"Yes."

He was not in the past, but now he is indeed an out-and-out newcomer, and he does not have any awards or impressive publication achievements. In the eyes of industry people, he is a pure 'amateur'.

"If Miyazui-kun is a newcomer who has won an award, then the publishing house must not need to consider so much, whether it is the previous 10% royalties or other parts, but Gongshui-kun is a newcomer, the publishing house For Suicune's works, the publishing house also bears risks, I hope you can understand this, Miyazui-kun."

The sage with his eyes closed looked at the woman in front of him with extremely calm eyes. After a while, he flipped through the contract in front of him and looked at it carefully. There were no excessive regulations.

"Then, let's revise the royalties."

"Suzuki, go modify it and prepare a new contract."

".......I understand."

The woman called Suzuki by Fuzeoka Mari stood up silently, got up and walked towards the meeting room, leaving only Fuzeoka Mari and Kento in the meeting room.

The meeting room was a little quiet. After Suzuki left the meeting room, Sage did not look at the editor named Fuzeoka Mari, and quietly lowered his head, sitting in the meeting room waiting for a new contract. As for Fuzeoka Mari, some He looked curiously at the boy opposite him.

It's a bit subtle. Although the other party looks like an ordinary high school student, in the discussion just now, the other party gave her the feeling that she has been in this industry for a long time. The natural and calm reaction is not at all like Is a simple amateur.

"Does Miyazui-kun's family also work in this industry?"

"Ok?"

Hearing Fuzeoka Mari's question, the sage slowly raised his head, looked at the woman opposite him, fell silent for a moment, and shook his head slightly.

"No, besides, I would like to ask how many books your company plans to print in the initial stage?"

"Because it is a newcomer and there is no publicity, our publisher's estimate is [-] volumes."

Staring at the editor opposite him, looking at her silently, Fuzeoka Mari couldn't help but look away, pursed his lips, and answered calmly.

"Miyasui-kun should also understand..."

"I understand, I understand. Newcomers, newcomers and new books are too risky. It is normal to print a little less first, test the market, confirm the market's reaction, and then decide whether to print more according to the situation."

The other party's reaction was slightly disrespectful, Fuzeoka Mari couldn't help but frowned. She wanted to comfort the other party, but she didn't expect the other party to be so clear about the market. It saved her a lot of talking, but she also cared more. Why can the other party accept the reality so simply.

"The sales of hundreds of thousands of copies are basically top writers. At the beginning, it is okay to have [-] copies, especially when I am still a new writer. Then, will your company help promote it?"

"Of course, in this regard, we will carry out some publicity in our own magazines and weekly magazines, as well as in the media."

Fuzeoka Mari's answer was very serious, and the sage smiled slightly, but he didn't have too much expectation, and the whole conference room fell into silence again.

It's one thing to understand reality, but quite another to accept it honestly.

Even though he had shown restraint in front of Mari Fuzeoka, in the bottom of his heart, the sage was still slightly dissatisfied with the situation, sitting silently in the conference room, thinking about the possibility of propaganda.

Seeing the sage who fell silent, Fuzeoka Mari did not speak again, the two sat quietly in the conference room, half an hour later, the door of the conference room was pushed open again.

A woman named Suzuki entered the meeting room, and placed the two newly drafted contracts in front of Kento and Fuzeoka Mari respectively.

After confirming again, both of them confirmed that there was no problem, they each signed their own names and stamped their seals, stood up, looked at each other, and shook hands politely and perfunctorily. After a gesture, the sage took his leave and left the publishing house.

"That boy looks handsome and elegant, but I didn't expect him to have such a cool personality. If we hold a book signing event, it will definitely attract many female readers, right?"

Seeing the sage leaving the meeting room, Suzuki looked at his editor, and suddenly made a suggestion.

"How about asking him to go to the bookstore to help sign the sale?"

"He's still a student, so he definitely doesn't have much time. Besides, it's meaningless just to look good. The key is the quality of the work."

"Is his work not good?"

"Yes, yes, the quality is completely on the average line. Even if you go to participate in some selections, even if it is not the first prize, you can still get some evaluations such as excellent awards."

"That......."

Fuzeoka Mari packed up and walked out of the conference room, without answering Suzuki why she didn't have much expectation for that boy's work.

Returning to his desk, Fuzeoka Mari sat down and looked at his desk, there were still piles of unfinished work, and the expression on his face fell into deep helplessness again.

"Let's work."

After leaving the Kaiying Club, the sage returned to his apartment, threw the contract on the desk casually, and lay down on his bed, looking at the ceiling above his head, the familiar ceiling suddenly became strange. a feeling of.

Six thousand volumes.

"Although it's a little less, it's about 40 to [-] yen."

One is equivalent to about a month, and it is considered acceptable to have an income of 40 to [-] yen. Lying quietly on his bed, the sage could not help but sigh softly.

"Forget it, at least it has been published, and the next step is to see the market's reaction."

Thinking back to the girl he saw this morning, he slowly closed his eyes...

He had already signed the contract, and the sage told Setsuna and Qingpu Wu about the matter that night. Looking at the two people who were happy for him, the sage, who had been entangled with the number 'six thousand', temporarily let go of his knot , followed them with a faint smile.

"Has the specific publication time been set?"

Qingpu Wu was a little concerned, she didn't know what the sage had written, so she couldn't help but glanced at her daughter, feeling slightly concerned in her heart.

"No, not yet, the cover is probably still under design, right?"

"That's it."

"But it won't take too long to wait. One month to two months is almost enough."

"June, or July?"

"At least until July, there are still some things that haven't been negotiated yet."

Hearing the sage's answer, Qingpu Wu thought for a while, and two months didn't seem to be a long time, so she nodded, but didn't ask any more questions, but she remembered this matter in her heart, waiting for the sage's work to be published When the time comes, go buy some to support the sages.

"At that time, when it's published, the other party will give me some, so you don't need to go to the bookstore to wait."

"Well, that's it."

Qingpu Wu blinked involuntarily, looked at the sage opposite her, nodded, but looked at the sage with some doubts.

"I always feel that you seem to know a lot about this?"

"I have learned a little bit about it, plus the discussion with the other party today, and I also learned about some of the industry's processes."

Regarding Qingpu Wu's doubts, the sage smiled, and then brought up Fuzeoka Mari as his explanation, Qingpu Wu also showed a dazed expression, and didn't ask any more questions.

Sitting aside for a moment, she took a look and seemed to understand Qingpu Wu, she didn't say anything, but at the end of the dinner, she dragged the sage to her room alone, leaving Qingpu Wu alone in the living room... ...