In the spacious and bright corridor, the sunlight shone in through the window sill. Two figures walked out of the elevator. Acorus Kagura raised her hand and pointed forward, "The Editor-in-Chief's office is right in front."
Mu Fan nodded.
"Don't tell the Editor-in-Chief that I told you this."
Seeing this, Acorus Kagura blinked at Mu Fan and reminded him in a low voice.
"En. I'll tell you when we enter. "
Mu Fan said seriously.
In fact, he thought about it just now. There wasn't much he could do in front of the Editor-in-Chief. He could only ask if "Blessings for a Beautiful World" could sign a Great God Contract.
What he really relied on was the outline and subsequent plot of this book. As long as the Editor-in-Chief was satisfied with this book, he could receive a minimum of 50 million yen.
After all, it's a web novel, and it relies on the book, not the person.
This 50 million is the minimum. Simply put, it's 50 million if he doesn't earn enough.
If he earns more than 50 million in the future, this minimum is equivalent to not having it.
Therefore, even if he received 50 million in advance, he might have to return the 50 million to Denki Bunko after "Blessings for a Beautiful World" ends.
But in any case, the Great God Contract can solve the current problem of the company's lack of funds, and it can change the share to 60: 40. 10% of the funds can be worth tens of millions of yuan for a valuable book.
Moreover, there were more recommendations from the Great God's contract. Mu Fan felt that it was worth fighting for.
.....
When they came to the door of the office, Acorus Kagura knocked on the door.
A mature male voice suddenly came from inside. The low voice made Mu Fan instantly judge that it was a middle-aged man, and he imagined that it was a serious man.
But thinking about it, it seems that the Editor-in-Chief of the novel world is the type of middle-aged uncle, and they all need more than ten years of reading history and working experience. This kind of experience is not something that young people can achieve.
But this doesn't mean that a light novel written by the Editor-in-Chief will definitely be popular. It's just that their judgment of the mistakes in writing light novels is very correct, and it's enough to guide the author to higher development and create profits for the website.
At this time, Acorus Kagura pushed open the door and entered. Mu Fan immediately followed.
The layout of the chief editor's office was very simple. There was only a desk and a bookshelf. On the bookshelf were several popular light novels such as Dengeki Bunko's "Spring Moon in the Cold Palace" and "Fantasy Demon Sword Legend". As well as some famous works from home and abroad.
It was obvious that the head editor was someone who loved reading and had been researching light novels for several decades.
On the chair in the middle of the desk sat a thin middle-aged man in his forties. He looked up and saw Mu Fan brought by Acorus Kagura. He stood up and walked over. He extended his hand and asked Mu Fan, "You must be the Teacher Mu Fan that Acorus Kagura said was coming today."
Mu Fan was flattered that such a middle-aged man like the Editor-in-Chief would address him as Teacher. He shook hands with him and said, "Editor-in-Chief, you can just call me Mu Fan."
The Editor-in-Chief said with a serious expression, "Mu Fan -sensei, there's no need to be so polite. If I were to write a novel, I definitely wouldn't be as good as you in terms of writing skills and control of the plot. There's no such thing as youth in the novel industry, only ability. It's not too much to call you Teacher."
Seeing the Editor-in-Chief so insistent, Mu Fan didn't say anything else.
Actually, what the Editor-in-Chief said made sense. If the Editor-in-Chief personally wrote a novel, it might not be popular. There was no doubt about that. He could only give some advice and communication based on his experience as an author.
"Right, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Kishimoto. Mu Fan -sensei can just call me Editor Kishimoto," Kishimoto added with a serious expression.
"Hello, Editor Kishimoto."
Mu Fan smiled politely. Although he said that, Mu Fan felt that it was very strange. Although Mu Fan heard Editor Kishimoto's polite greetings from beginning to end, he didn't see a smile on Editor Kishimoto's face.
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Could it be that he knew the purpose of Editor Kishimoto's visit, so he deliberately put on a serious face to create psychological pressure for him?
When Kishimoto turned around, Acorus Kagura whispered, "Mu Fan, Editor Kishimoto is a famous cold editor in Dengeki Bunko. Although he treats people very politely, when it comes to work, it's frighteningly serious. It's said that no one in Dengeki Bunko has ever seen him smile. Maybe he doesn't know how to smile, so please don't mind him."
Mu Fan suddenly realized why this man didn't smile. However, whether he smiled or not was his own business, so he wouldn't force him.
"Mu Fan -sensei, Editor Kagura, please take a seat."
At this moment, Editor Kishimoto's voice came from the front. He put two chairs in front of the desk and said to Mu Fan and Acorus Kagura.
"Thank you!"
Mu Fan, who had been busy all day, was a little tired. He didn't refuse and sat on the chair with Acorus Kagura.
After exchanging a few words with Editor Kishimoto, Mu Fan took out the outline of "Blessings for a Beautiful World" from his bag and the manuscript he wrote yesterday. He went straight to the point and said, "Editor Kishimoto, in fact, I'm here to discuss the Great God contract with you."
Kishimoto took the document with both hands and frowned, "Yesterday, Editor Kagura told me, but according to the website's regulations, the Great God contract requires two books with sales of more than 5 million. Although the sales of your last book," Accelerated World ", are equivalent to 2 million, so this book needs to be similar to" Accelerated World "before you can sign the Great God contract. Even if I'm the chief editor, I can't make a decision directly."
Hearing this, Mu Fan recalled what Acorus Kagura reminded him just now, and hurriedly said, "In fact, to be honest, there have been some changes in my family recently, and I urgently need some money. I want to try to sign the Great God contract for this book to be published as soon as possible. Why don't you take a look at it yourself, and then decide whether to sign the Great God contract?"
"Then … I'll take a look first."
Since Mu Fan said this, Editor Kishimoto couldn't say anything more. He could only take the document and sit back.
If it was other authors who made such a request, Kishimoto wouldn't agree no matter what.
But Mu Fan is different. Mu Fan is just a high school student, and this year, he became famous with just one book, "Accelerated World", and got the top ten sales of Dengeki Bunko's light novels in recent years.
Just this book alone has made a huge contribution to Dengeki Bunko. Such a young author is very talented, and Dengeki Bunko will do their best to keep him.
After all, if they can't keep him, Mu Fan will go to other publishers, which will be disadvantageous to them.
If this incident caused Mu Fan to leave the Dengeki Bunko library, it would not be worth it.
Of course, even so, he only gave the opportunity to review Mu Fan's new book. Whether he can sign the Great God contract or not, he still needs to carefully analyze it to make a conclusion.
Kishimoto is very good at analyzing books, and he is very confident. In the past ten years, he has read tens of thousands of novels with more than a million words, both domestic and foreign. He can guess the genre and the result of the novel just by looking at the plot.
Because Acorus Kagura didn't have anything to do in the afternoon, and because this matter is also related to her, he accompanied Mu Fan to wait for Editor Kishimoto's response.
Editor Kishimoto carefully read the follow-up and outline of Mu Fan's novel.
The whole room was silent for more than an hour. During this hour, Kishimoto frowned and touched his head, which made Mu Fan a little confused about his inner thoughts.
After waiting for another half an hour, Mu Fan couldn't help but look up at Editor Kishimoto patiently reviewing. When he saw his serious face, he became nervous.
Speaking of which, he hasn't spoken for so long. Is this Editor Kishimoto planning to reject him and think about what to say?
"Puff …"
But at this moment, there was a hearty laughter in the room.
Mu Fan and Acorus Kagura were both shocked. When they looked up, they were surprised to find that Editor Kishimoto's hands and body were trembling.
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