In the spacious and bright corridor, sunlight streamed in along the window sill. Two figures walked out of the elevator. Kagurazaka Iris raised his hand and pointed forward: "The editor's office is ahead."
Mu Fan nodded.
"Don't tell the editor that I told you this."
Seeing this, Kagurazaka Iris blinked at Mu Fan and reminded him in a low voice with some worry.
"Yeah. Just go inside and I'll tell you."
Mu Fan said seriously.
In fact, he had thought about it just now. There wasn't much he could do in front of the editor. He could only ask if "Blessings for a Beautiful World" could sign a master contract.
What really depends is the outline and subsequent plot of the book. As long as the editor is satisfied with the book, he can receive a guaranteed fund of 50 million yen.
After all, online literature relies on books, not people.
This 50 million is a guarantee. To put it simply, if you don’t make enough money, you can make up to 50 million.
In the future, if he earns more than 50 million, this guarantee will be gone.
Therefore, even if he received 50 million in advance, he might have to return the 50 million to Dengeki Bunko after "Blessings for a Beautiful World" is completed.
But no matter what, the Great God Contract can solve the current problem of insufficient funds of the company, and can also change the share to 64%. For a valuable book, 10% of the funds can have tens of millions of funds.
Moreover, the Great God Contract has more recommendations, which Mu Fan thinks is still worth fighting for.
... ...
Arriving at the door of the office, Kagurazaka Iris knocked on the door.
A mature male voice suddenly came out from inside. The deep voice made Mu Fan instantly judge that the person inside was a middle-aged man, and he imagined that he was a serious man.
But think about it, it seems that the chief editors in the novel world are all middle-aged uncles. They all need to have more than ten years of reading history and work experience. Such experience is beyond the reach of young people.
But this does not mean that the author who writes a light novel will definitely be popular, but their judgment on the misunderstandings of writing novels must be very correct, and it must be enough to guide the author to higher development and create revenue for the website.
At this time, Kagurazaka Iris pushed the door open and Mu Fan immediately followed.
The layout of the entire editor-in-chief's office is very simple, with a desk and a bookshelf. On the bookshelf are some popular light novels in recent years such as "Harugetsu Suzumiya" and "Fantasy Demon Swordsman" from Dengeki Bunko. As well as some famous works at home and abroad.
It can be seen that the editor-in-chief is a person who loves reading and has studied light novels for decades.
Sitting on the chair in the center of the desk was a middle-aged man in his forties with a somewhat thin figure. He raised his head and saw Mu Fan brought by Kagurazaka Iris. He stood up and walked over, stretching out his hand to ask Mu Fan. Said: "You are the teacher Mu Fan whom Iris Kagurazaka said was coming today."
He was a little flattered that an uncle like the editor called Mu Fan his teacher. While shaking hands with him, he said, "The editor can just call me Mu Fan."
The editor said with a serious expression: "Teacher Mu Fan, you're welcome. If I were to write a novel, I would definitely not be as good as you in terms of writing skills and control of the plot. In the novel industry, there is no such thing as youth, only writing ability. I call you The teacher is not excessive.”
Seeing the editor's insistence, Mu Fan said no more.
In fact, what the editor said makes sense. If the editor writes a novel himself, it may not be popular. There is no doubt about this. He can only provide some communication and guidance based on the author's previous writing experience.
"By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kishimoto. Teacher Mu Fan can just call me editor Kishimoto." Kishimoto added with a straight face.
"Hello, Editor Kishimoto."
Mu Fan smiled politely. Although he said so, there was one thing that Mu Fan found extremely strange. Because after entering the door, although Mu Fan listened to the polite greetings of editor Kishimoto from beginning to end, he did not see a smile on the face of this editor Kishimoto.
,
Did he know the purpose of Editor Kishimoto's visit, so he deliberately kept a straight face to create psychological pressure for himself
"Mu Fan, Editor Kishimoto is a famously cold editor in Dengeki Bunko. Although he is very polite to others, he is very serious when it comes to his work. It is said that no one in Dengeki Bunko has ever seen him smile. It may be that He doesn’t know how to laugh, don’t mind.” When Kishimoto turned around, Kagurazaka Iris’s low voice came.
Mu Fan suddenly realized, no wonder this man never smiled, but it was his business to smile or not, and he would not force it.
"Teacher Mu Fan, Editor Kagurazaka, please take a seat."
At this moment, Editor Kishimoto's voice came in front of him. He put two chairs in front of his desk and said to Mu Fan and Kagurazaka Airi.
"Thanks!"
Mu Fan was a little tired after a busy day, so he sat on the chair with Kagurazaka Iris without any hesitation.
After exchanging some business-like pleasantries with the other party, Mu Fan took out the outline of "Blessings for a Beautiful World" and the manuscript he had coded yesterday from his bag, and said straight to the point: "Editor Kishimoto, actually this time I am I’m here to discuss the Great God Contract with you.”
Kishimoto took the document with both hands, frowned and said: "The editor of Kagurazaka told me yesterday, but according to the regulations of the website, the master contract requires sales of two books of more than 5 million, although your last book "Accelerated World" The sales volume is equivalent to two million, so the performance of this book needs to be similar to that of "Accelerated World" before I can sign a major contract. Even if I am the editor-in-chief, I cannot make a decision directly. "
Hearing this, Mu Fan recalled what Kagurazaka Iris reminded him just now, and hurriedly said: "Actually, to be honest with the editor, there have been some changes in my family recently, and I urgently need some money, so I want to try to get this book signed by the great master. The contract should be published as soon as possible. How about the editor-in-chief take a look at it in person and then decide whether to sign the contract with the great master? "
"Then... let me take a look first."
Now that Mu Fan had reached this point, Editor Kishimoto couldn't say anything more and could only sit back down with the document.
If other authors had made such a request, Kishimoto would not agree to it at all.
But Mu Fan is different. Mu Fan is just a high school student. This year, he became famous with just one book, "Accelerated World", and ranked among the top ten sales of light novels in Dengeki Bunko in recent years.
This book alone has made a huge contribution to Dengeki Bunko. Such young authors are obviously very talented, and Dengeki Bunko will do its best to retain them.
After all, if Mu Fan cannot be retained, it will be detrimental to them if he goes to another publishing house.
If this incident caused Mu Fan to leave Dengeki Bunko, it would be a bit of a loss.
Of course, even so, he only gave him the opportunity to review Mu Fan's new book. Whether he can sign a master contract requires his careful analysis before he can make a conclusion.
Kishimoto is very good at analyzing books and very confident. Over the past ten years, he has read tens of thousands of novels with more than one million words at home and abroad. I can guess a thing or two.
Because Kagurazaka Iris had nothing to do in the afternoon, and because this matter also concerned her, she accompanied Mu Fan and waited for Editor Kishimoto's response.
Editor Kishimoto is carefully reading the follow-up and outline manuscript of Mu Fan's novel.
The whole room was silent for more than an hour. During this hour, Kishimoto frowned and rubbed his head, which made Mu Fan a little confused about his inner thoughts.
After waiting for another half hour, Mu Fan couldn't help but raise his head and look at Editor Kishimoto who was patiently reviewing. When he saw his stern face, he became nervous.
By the way, after not speaking for so long, could this editor Kishimoto be planning to reject him and think about what to say
"Pfft..."
But at this moment, a hearty laughter sounded in the room.
Mu Fan and Kagurazaka Iris were both shocked. When they raised their heads, they were surprised to find that Editor Kishimoto's hands and body were shaking while holding the document.
At this time, the document in Kishimoto's hand fell on the desk. In the eyes of Mu Fan and Kagurazaka Iris, Kishimoto's originally tense face relaxed at this moment, revealing a hearty smile...