Fuzugawa Library. This is the publishing house recommended to Hasegawa Kenichi by Tomoya Aki.
When Hasegawa Kenichi took the train to Fuzugawa Library, almost two hours had passed. The place where he lived was not very close to Fuzugawa Library.
"Excuse me, do you have an appointment?" The beautiful receptionist asked gently.
"Yes, my name is Hasegawa Kenichi, and I have an appointment with the editor, Ms. Machida Sonoko."
"Ms. Machida? Yes, I do have an appointment, and it's about this time. Then please come in. Ms. Machida is now in the editorial department on the fifth floor. Her name is on her office. You can go up directly."
"Thank you!"
Take the elevator directly upstairs. According to what the receptionist said, Hasegawa Kenichi found the door with a sign of Machida Sonoko. Knocked gently.
"Please come in."
"Hello, editor Machida. I'm Kenichi Hasegawa. I was introduced by Tomoya Aki." Kenichi Hasegawa said politely after entering the room. At the same time, Kenichi Hasegawa also looked at this Machida Sonoko. She looked about 30 years old, with a neat short hair just covering her ears. Not only her hairstyle, but also her body exuded a kind of capable aura. Almost just by looking at her, you can tell that she is a strong woman who is absolutely serious about her work and should be more responsible.
"Hello, I'm Machida Sonoko, the editor of Fuzugawa Library." Machida Sonoko stretched out her white right hand and said to Kenichi Hasegawa. At the same time, she was looking at Kenichi Hasegawa, a high school student who looked ordinary. He would never be found in the crowd and was not eye-catching at all. However, Kenichi Hasegawa's temperament was a little special.
After a very formal exchange of pleasantries, Hasegawa Kenichi handed a printed manuscript to Machida Sonoko: "This is "Tokyo Ghoul" written by me, please take a look."
"Aki strongly recommended Hasegawa's work, so I am also looking forward to Hasegawa's work. After all, generally speaking, the quality of works recommended by Aki is relatively good."
Machida Sonoko looked at the manuscript handed over by Hasegawa Kenichi. She flipped through it directly. As an editor, she usually reads the manuscript roughly first, makes a general evaluation of the manuscript, and then determines whether it is worth reading in detail. After all, the work of an editor is relatively busy. If it were not for Aki Tomoya's recommendation, she would not pay too much attention to it.
Machida Sonoko opened the manuscript and originally planned to read the contents of the manuscript roughly according to the management, but as she read, her reading speed began to slow down.
To be honest, the writing style of this novel is not very outstanding. Of course, if compared with the level of writing of ordinary high school students, it is still very good. This was not unexpected for Machida Sonoko. It was just that the content of the novel surprised Machida Sonoko.
To be honest, Machida Sonoko is not responsible for many novels of this type. She is more responsible for youth love daily novels. However, she also has a high level of appreciation for other types of novels, which is one of the reasons why Aki Tomoya recommended Machida Sonoko to Hasegawa Kenichi.
After about two hours, Machida Sonoko put down the manuscript in her hand, with excitement in her eyes: "Hasegawa-san, no, Hasegawa-sensei, your work is really quite good. Although the writing is not gorgeous, it can use simple writing to outline a cruel and complex world. A society composed of man-eating ghouls and humans..."
"Thank you for your compliment." Hasegawa Kenichi showed a smile on his face. Being praised by the editor is definitely a very happy thing for a novel creator. If the editor recognizes it, then there should be no problem with the publication of his novel.
Hasegawa Kenichi quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had a certain degree of confidence because of the system, he was still a little bit nervous. Now, the stone in his heart was almost put down.
After a conversation, the novel was finally confirmed to be published. Machida Sonoko, a senior editor, directly took out a publishing quota under her name. However, because Hasegawa Kenichi was a newcomer, the publisher gave him a low price of 8%. In other words, if a book sells for 500 yen, then Hasegawa Kenichi can get 40 yen for every copy sold.
This guy is not high, but for a newcomer, it is a relatively ideal price. Moreover, this is because Machida Sonoko is more optimistic about the book written by Hasegawa Kenichi, so the price is slightly higher.
Hasegawa Kenichi doesn't care much about these. Although Hasegawa Kenichi hopes to make money, he has never thought about how much he wants to make.
At the beginning, Hasegawa Kenichi just wanted to earn his living expenses, and if possible, add the tuition fees for school. If possible, he would send some money back home for the rest.
So, as long as he could make money, he didn't care much whether he made more or less.
Especially, when he wrote this novel, his writing skills had just been upgraded to level 3, and the level was not high.
Hasegawa Kenichi thought that after the first volume was sold and the results were good, if the results were good, he would naturally get more royalties from the next volume.
Moreover, even if the sales of Tokyo Ghoul he wrote were not good, or even if it was cut off after two or three volumes, Hasegawa Kenichi didn't care too much. With a systematic mind, his writing skills would continue to improve, and the novels he wrote would get better and better. It would not be difficult to make money in the future.
Of course, if the publisher gave him more money, he wouldn't mind. It's just that Hasegawa Kenichi's positioning of his identity was quite accurate. What else could a newcomer want?
Some writers in novels can easily copy all the books they have read, and then when the novel is serialized or published, the publisher desperately raises the price. How can such a thing happen in reality?
After signing the contract, Hasegawa Kenichi only needs to wait for the novel to be proofread, arrange illustrations, and a series of other processes before it can be published.
The specific publication time of the novel is about one month, or even less than one month.
At the same time, according to the provisions of the contract, this novel will be printed in about 10,000 copies for the first publication. In other words, Hasegawa Kenichi will get at least 400,000 yen in royalties.