.......

As the sky slowly brightened, Naoki Nagayama opened his eyes under the powerful biological clock in the bedroom of Yamazakuin.

Last night I had a drink with Haruki Kadokawa, and there was a transition afterwards. In the end, Naoki Nagayama himself was a little confused.

In short, Kadokawa Haruki is indeed a strong rival when it comes to drinking.

Looking at Yotaro running in, Nagayama Naoki shook his slightly groggy head:

"It's decided, Taro Ying, let's go for a morning jog after a long time!"

Nagayama Naoki, who took Yotaro for a morning jog, exhaled bursts of white mist, as if he was a monk puffing out clouds of mist. Some people who met him would even look at him with a look like "Is there something wrong with this person?"

Looking at one person and one dog...

After returning to Sansakura-in and washing off all the sweat, I suddenly felt refreshed.

.......

This morning, Nagayama Naoki planned to go to the studio later. Over there, Yoshimura Otomo and Itou Shuichi also drank a lot last night. According to their ages, they are probably still at home enjoying the sourness of a hangover.

experience.

After breakfast, Naoki Nagayama took out a complete copy of the novel "Tomorrow's My Date with Yesterday's You" from his study, and planned to take it directly to Shogakukan today.

Nagayama Naoki, who went out wearing a windbreaker, slowly walked towards the elementary school building which was not very far away.

It's already February, and the weather in Tokyo is still cold, and there's even a chance of snow.

Pedestrians on the street are all wearing thick down jackets or cotton-padded clothes, scarves and gloves are also necessary to protect themselves from the cold, and they are walking quickly towards their homes or companies under the cool sunshine in the morning.

As Naoki Nagayama walked, he observed the hurried pedestrians around him, and even felt a sense of detachment from the world.

"I used to work from nine to nine, but fortunately I don't have to work part-time in this life..."

Ten minutes later, Nagayama Naoki arrived at his destination.

"The Shogakukan building looks like a coffin... I don't know if it was designed." Nagayama Naoki complained and opened the door.

"Welcome to Shogakukan, may I ask..." Mitsuko Nishihara at the front desk was busy typing something in. When she realized that someone was coming, she subconsciously said a greeting, but the next moment, she recognized

Someone comes, "Naoki-san!"

"Good morning Mitsuko-san~" Nagayama Naoki greeted, "Are you alone today?"

"Hi, Reiki-chan is in the supplies department..." Mitsuko Nishihara explained, and then immediately asked again, "Is Naoki-san here to see Editor Morikawa?"

"Hi, is he here?"

"Private Marseille, Editor Morikawa seems to be delayed by something today and hasn't arrived yet." Mitsuko Nishihara has not seen Kuniji Morikawa all morning, "Is Naoki-san anxious?"

"...I'm not too anxious..." Nagayama Naoki thought for a while, but there was actually nothing too important today.

"Hey, then Naoki-san, please come to the reception room and take a rest first..." Mitsuko Nishihara led Naoki Nagayama towards the reception room, "There is a car phone in Editor Morikawa's car, I'm going to make a call

, determine when he will arrive..."

"That's really troublesome Mitsuko-san~"

"Silly tape, that's what I should do..."

Arriving at the reception room of Shogakukan again, Naoki Nagayama felt a little emotional. Three novels have been published in this reception room, but this reception room has not changed at all~

Nagayama Naoki skillfully picked up a literary journal from the newspaper rack nearby and started reading.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door of the reception room, and then the baby-faced editorial assistant Furuya Yuya walked in:

"Naoki-san!"

"Furuya-kun?" Naoki Nagayama was a little surprised.

"Hey, Morikawa-senpai's car broke down, so I'm late... He asked me to come and chat with Naoki-san first." Furuya Yuya said a little shyly.

I still have a good impression of this rich second-generation Naoki Nagayama. After all, the autograph session at Keio University was well organized.

"Haha, thank you for your hard work, Furuya-kun~"

"Where~" Furuya Yuya shook his head, and then asked, "Naoki-san came to see Morikawa-senpai today?"

"Ah, it's nothing serious." Naoki Nagayama opened his backpack and took out the manuscript paper from the document bag. "It's just that I have finished writing my new novel, and I just want Bunji-san to take a look."

"Huh? New novel?" Yuya Furuya opened his eyes wide. This was his first time contacting a writer to submit a manuscript. "Didn't I say that I just wrote the beginning when I visited during the New Year..."

"Haha, sometimes inspiration is very strange~" Nagayama Naoki could only laugh.

Furuya Yuya's eyes sparkled with curiosity, and he said hesitantly: "Arno... Naoki-san, can you let me take a look..."

As expected, he is a rich second generation who is inexperienced in the world. He doesn't know anything about human affairs. This is a manuscript for Morikawa Kunji. No one except the relevant personnel should be able to read it before publication.

Otherwise, what should you do if someone with evil intentions plagiarizes it?

However, Nagayama Naoki looked at the opposite person's eyes with pure curiosity, and coupled with what Morikawa Kuniji had hinted before, the guy opposite was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and he would never covet the publishing fee.

"Haha, there's nothing wrong with it." Nagayama Naoki handed the document bag over and said, "It's just a youth romance novel. I don't know if Furuya-kun would like to read it."

"Hi, Arigado!"

Yuya Furuya happily took the document bag, and then saw the title of the novel - "Tomorrow's Me and Yesterday's You" written on the cover of the manuscript paper.

"What a strange name..." After a thought flashed through his head, Yuya Furuya opened the cover, "... European model series~"

........

Kuniji Morikawa felt that he was really unlucky today. His car broke down shortly after he went out. However, with his decades of driving experience, he could not find the reason.

I had to call to find a tow truck...

While waiting, I discovered that the benchmark author under my name had found the company...

Ask your new assistant to accompany others, don't let him feel coldly treated, and then when you arrive at the company, you find...

"Yuya-kun...what are you doing..."

Kuniji Morikawa opened the door of the reception room, and the first thing he saw was Naoki Nagayama standing up and looking boredly at the scenery outside the window. The assistant he called to accompany him was actually sitting on a chair and looking at something intently.

No knock on the door was heard.

"What am I doing..." Yuya Furuya didn't react for a moment, "I'm reading a novel..."

Kuniji Morikawa said helplessly: "Didn't I ask you to come and chat with Naoki-san?"

"Ah!" Furuya Yuya finally thought of his responsibility and quickly stood up and bowed to Nagayama Naoki, "Private Marseille, Naoki-san, I was fascinated for a moment..."

"Naoki-san, I'm very sorry, I was delayed on the way." Kuniji Morikawa also sincerely apologized, "I didn't expect that this guy Yuya didn't say hello well..."

Nagayama Naoki waved his hand: "Haha, it's okay..."

Then he said to Yuya Furuya, who was very embarrassed next to him: "Furuya-san, speaking of which, when Kunji-san read my first novel, he looked exactly like you just now~hahaha~"

"Huh? Todoroki?" The young man looked at Morikawa Kuniji with some surprise.

"Ahem~" The old editor Morikawa coughed strategically, then looked at the manuscript paper on the table, "So, this is Naoki-san's new novel?"

"Hi, the name of the novel is "Tomorrow's Me and Yesterday's You"." Nagayama Naoki nodded.

Yuya Furuya said excitedly next to him: "Senior Morikawa, this novel is very interesting. It tells the timeline of a couple..."

"Qiu Bean Sack! Stop!"

Kuniji Morikawa rushed to the side, pressed the young man against the wall, and covered Furuya Yuya's mouth with his hand. The sudden burst of speed even surprised Naoki Nagayama.

Seeing that Yuya Furuya was stopped, Kuniji Morikawa said with serious eyes:

"Yuya-kun, you have been in Shogakukan for so long, don't you know such an important thing?"

"No spoilers! This is the basic literacy for reading novels!!!

If you tell this story, how can I continue reading it?! The anticipation and excitement of reading the novel for the first time will be ruined!"

Yuya Furuya, whose mouth was covered, could only make a helpless whine and barely nod his head, looking towards Naoki Nagayama for help.

Nagayama Naoki quickly patted Morikawa Kuniji on the shoulder: "Kuniji-san, Furuya-kun must have learned a lesson, let go quickly, he can't even breathe!"

"Woo~" Furuya Yuya also nodded crazily.

Only then did Kuniji Morikawa let go of his hand and regained his composure: "Private Marseille, I was a little rude just now."

Next to him, the baby-faced editorial assistant, who was still a bit frightened, was left breathing heavily.

""Tomorrow's Me and Yesterday's You"... Naoki-san's new novel, there will definitely be no problem!"

Kuniji Morikawa quickly packed the manuscript papers on the table,

"Naoki-san, if there are no big problems, we will still use the previous royalty standard of "Love Sky", 10% is already the highest level, but the first printing will be increased to 200,000 copies."

Since he was already a recipient of the Naoki Prize, Shogakukan had full confidence in Naoki Nagayama, and Kuniji Morikawa easily stated the condition of a first printing of 200,000 copies.

"Hey, I have no objection to this." Nagayama Naoki nodded.

Kuniji Morikawa continued: "However, the pricing of the novel will have to wait for subsequent review..."

Since it has been done three times, Naoki Nagayama is very familiar with this process. However, since he came in a hurry today, the Shogakukan side must not have prepared a contract, so after Naoki Nagayama knew the situation, he was ready to leave.

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To be continued...