Tokyo, Shinjuku, Dengeki Bunko Headquarters.
In the afternoon, the hot summer weather made it hard for people to suppress their irritation.
Fortunately, the editor's office was air-conditioned. Acorus Kagura was lying on the table, staring at the glass of cola in front of her with her beautiful eyes. She was considering whether to add a few ice cubes to it to better release the "passion" in her body.
"Kagurazaka, your express delivery."
At this time, a tall and mature woman with short black hair, wearing the same black uniform as Acorus Kagura, and giving off a sense of intellectual beauty, placed the express delivery in front of Acorus Kagura and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Machida."
Acorus Kagura straightened up, crossed her arms, and looked at the short-haired beauty in front of her and thanked her.
In front of her was an editor of Dengeki Bunko, named Machida Yuanko. Because she was responsible for many best-selling light novels, including the best-selling "Love Metronome", her outstanding achievements in Dengeki Bunko made her the deputy editor of Group 2. It was said that she may be promoted to the position of chief editor soon.
"You're welcome, I just received the submissions from the recent signees, and saw that there was an email for you, so I brought it back."
Machida Yuanko sat opposite her, put a stack of documents on the table, looked at the listless Acorus Kagura, and said with a smile, "Kagurazaka, why do you look so listless, could it be that you have more authors?"
"These days, because of solving the problems of these authors, I can only sleep for two hours a day, but in fact, those authors added together are not as good as Miss Machida's" Love Metronome "by Kashiko."
Acorus Kagura picked up the express delivery document on the table and complained while opening it.
"It's about the same, isn't the sales of Senshou Murakami's" Fantasy Cursed Sword Legend "and" Love Metronome "about the same? If this continues, Kagurazaka, you will become the deputy editor of Group 1 sooner or later. "Machida Yuanko waved her hand and chuckled.
"Haha, Miss Machida, you're the one. When Kashiko's new book is released, you might even become the chief editor." Acorus Kagura praised with a smile. Kashiko had become the focus of Dengeki Bunko due to her outstanding sales. She believed that it wouldn't be long before Machida Enoko became a best-selling author and Kashiko became a qualified chief editor.
"Shika-chan, even if I urge her, she still hasn't finished writing her new book. With her personality, I don't know what kind of novel she will write." Machida Yuanko spread her hands and smiled bitterly.
"Hehe, maybe it can surpass the sales of the Love Metronome."
"I hope so."
.....
The two of them finished a typical round of mutual flattery.
Acorus Kagura finally coughed and started talking about the development of light novels with a serious expression. "Although I really want to develop some best-selling authors, light novels are becoming more and more cliché lately. I don't really like how they're all the same. Is it because of ACG Culture's popularity that light novels can only become commercialized literature, causing light novels to degenerate? If this goes on, it's no different from online literature. "
"That's true. I've already found more than a dozen novels that imitate the style of the Love Metronome." Machida Yuanko smiled bitterly and helplessly. "Some people even gave their own pen names like 'Kashiko' or copied the introduction of the Love Metronome to attract readers …"
"When a novel becomes popular to a certain extent, there will naturally be many imitators who follow the trend. Even if we don't give them a draft, other publishers will agree to it for the sake of money. "
Acorus Kagura shook her head.
In fact, Acorus Kagura had long been tired of these same novels. She was also worried about the light novel community. In this era, the popularity of light novels had already affected the entire world. Naturally, countless light novel authors were born. Among them, there were those who gave up halfway, those who left without filling up their holes, those who left pitiful readers crying in their holes, and those who couldn't stand the readers' comments and left.
Although she has only been an editor for a few years, Kagurazaka has seen too many kinds of authors.
Therefore, in order to avoid this series of chain reactions, many people chose to write works that follow the trend. For example, the readers who liked the "Fantasy Cursed Sword Legend" will write books with a similar style to attract readers and make money.
There were too few novels that could be written with their own personality. Thinking of this, Acorus Kagura couldn't help but think of the "Accelerated World" brought by Mu Fan. This work has broken her attitude towards the development of light novels today. She just didn't know how much profit this unique novel will make when it is released.
Kaoru Kagurazaka sighed and took out the document. When she flipped it open and saw the contents, she was overjoyed. It was the document that Mu Fan had signed, as well as the subsequent storyline of World of Acceleration.
Acorus Kagura couldn't help but take out the document of the follow-up plot and read it carefully.
Wonderful, really wonderful.
Acorus Kagura was full of excitement as she read the following plot of "Accelerated World". At first, she was a little worried that as a new author, Mu Fan, even if he wrote a unique opening, it would be difficult for him to control the following plot. But looking at the following plot of "Accelerated World", it didn't drag, but progressed step by step. With her years of editing experience, there was no possibility of the overall situation collapsing.
If Mu Fan hadn't said that it was serialized, Acorus Kagura would have really thought that Mu Fan had finished writing the manuscript before giving it to her.
At this moment, Acorus Kagura seemed to be able to see the rise of a new star in the light novel world.
"Kagurazaka, what happened to make you happy?"
Machida Yuanko couldn't help but ask Kagurazaka, who was looking at the document with a smile.
"Nothing!"
For the time being, Acorus Kagura naturally wouldn't tell Machida Yuanko that she had encountered a novel that might affect the light novel world. Although she and Machida were good friends, there was always some competition in the same company.
Currently, Machida Yuanko had become the deputy chief editor of Group 2 because of "Love Metronome" and some other novels with high sales, but she was still just an editor. As two mature women who were about the same age, had the same hairstyle, and were about the same age, Acorus Kagura naturally didn't want to lose to Machida Yuanko.
After thinking about it, Acorus Kagura bade farewell to Machida Yuanko and began preparing for Mu Fan's light novel. She sent a portion of Mu Fan's light novel to "Hé Romance" -sensei's email and added her own name in the email. She hoped that "Hé Romance" -sensei would agree to draw some illustrations for the "Accelerated World" world.
As a newcomer to the company, the first promotion for Mu Fan would be the famous artist "Hé Romance" -sensei. As long as people were attracted to the light novel by the illustrations, Mu Fan would be able to attract a certain amount of popularity.
Next, she needed Dengeki Bunko to recommend Mu Fan's "Accelerated World" as soon as possible.
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