tokyo soulful legend

Chapter 376 Editors

Arakawa Ward, Baiyuanchuan Library, in the editor's office.

call.

With a helpless sigh, Risa Takeda, who was sitting in front of her work station, took off her glasses and rubbed her swollen nose bridge.

The phone call with Bai Yuan Shizhi last night made her feel an indescribable feeling of powerlessness.

A girl who is so nice and confident would actually say something like that on the phone.

She felt distressed and helpless.

"Why are you sighing?" Kamino Kaoru, who was holding two cans of hot coffee in his hand, handed one to Takeda Risa, then sat down at his work station and teased his senior, "Is it the blind date last week? Failed again?”

"Thank you." Takeda Risa took the coffee with a hint of nonchalance on her face, "Compared to that, a failed blind date is nothing."

"Eh!"

Hearing this, Kamino Kaoru's eyes suddenly lit up.

She could already smell the 'gossip'.

"Didn't you just say that it's almost noon and you can't cheer up?"

Takeda Risa pulled the tab of the coffee can, pursed her lips, and complained.

"Work is work, and gossip is gossip." Kaoru Kamino defended himself confidently at first, but the next second he lowered his voice abruptly, and his eyes that were extremely tired from work were shining brightly at the moment. Shining light, "So, what exactly is going on?"

She was so interested in 'that thing' that Takeda Risa said!
"It's just a small thing." Risa Takeda raised her eyebrows calmly. After looking around her to make sure no one was looking, she gave a detailed explanation in a low voice, "Bai Zhi suddenly We let go about the autograph session.”

"...Isn't this a good thing?"

Kamino Kaoru was silent for a moment and asked this question with some confusion.

Popular authors are willing to cooperate with the publishing house to hold book signings, which is a mutually beneficial thing.

"What do you think about it?"

Takeda Risa pursed her lips and took a sip of hot coffee.

If another author expressed his willingness to cooperate with the publishing house and negotiate an exact time for the book signing, she would not be surprised at all, and she would even feel that the other author finally made a rational choice.

But the problem is that this author is none other than the daughter of President Bai Yuanchuan and one of the most famous authors of Bai Yuanchuan Library at present.
——Bai Zhi

This is worthy of consideration, and even thought-provoking.

"Wait, you mean Bai Zhi!?"

Kamino Kaoru was stunned for half a second, and when she came back to her senses, she subconsciously widened her eyes.

Just now she was in a joking mood, so she didn't quite get the key to it, but now that she thought about it, she immediately understood what Takeda Risa's expression meant.

"if not."

Takeda Risa poured another sip of hot coffee into her mouth, and her face showed a bit of the bitterness of "bitter wine enters the throat and hurts the heart".

In fact, as the editor of Baiyuan Shizhi, she could roughly guess what Shizhi was thinking on the other end of the phone.

"What's the reason?"

Kamino Kaoru frowned.

In her opinion, if there is not enough reason, Bai Yuan Shiwei's temperament will not let go on this issue.

After all, Renbai Yuan Shizhi specifically mentioned this when she entered the industry, and she was respectful and insensitive when it came to autograph sessions and related matters.

In the words of the person involved, it was, 'I don't want to appear in public so early, at least not before graduating from high school.'

It's just that, due to some reasons, as editors, they have to mention this occasionally.

However, both parties know very well that usually when it is brought up in this way, it is just a matter of going through the process.

As for forcing it, that is absolutely not possible.

"What do you think?"

Takeda Risa put down the coffee in her hand and gave Kamino Kaoru an intriguing look.

"..."

Kamino Kaoru fell silent.

She understood what her senior meant.

It's because of Beichuan.

"But..." Kamino Kaoru raised his eyebrows, opened and closed his mouth silently, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, "Why?"

Judging from the attitude Bai Yuan Shiori showed before and the circumstances revealed by his senior when he mentioned this matter to me, it should not have such a big impact.

"Do you need a reason to like someone?"

Takeda Risa didn't answer, but asked instead.

"unnecessary."

Reflexively, Kaoru Kamino answered.

"That's it." Risa Takeda shrugged and said seductively, "According to this idea, if you think about it again, if you like someone and are lucky enough to be in the same industry as him, you will be surprised. Do you want to watch the other person shine and gradually leave you behind?"

"..."

Kamino Kaoru was silent.

Not to mention Baiyuan Shizhi, just speaking from her own intuitive feelings and thinking about it from her perspective, she would never allow such a situation to happen.

Lovers should look in the same direction and work together for that direction.

Under this premise, especially for those who have accumulated a certain degree of popularity and achieved certain results in the industry, the progress of the person they like is worth gratifying, but if the other person makes progress too fast, it will cause problems for themselves. Sense of crisis.

In other words, some unnecessary worries will arise.

For example, can I be worthy of the other person?

"It's not like you don't know Shiori's temperament." Takeda Risa shook her head, with a bit more emotion in her tone, "For a person with a strong self-esteem, when encountering this kind of situation, I can only say that he can understand it. I can understand it, but..."

"Still can't accept it."

Kamino Kaoru glanced at Takeda Risa and continued what she had not finished.

"Yes."

Takeda Risa gave a very free and easy answer in the affirmative.

It's funny to say, theoretically speaking, as an editor, she should be happy that a popular author under her is willing to uncharacteristically agree to hold a book signing, but the problem is, she just can't be happy yet.

She even considered trying to persuade Baiyuan Shizhi not to make impulsive decisions.

"Then I suggest you talk to her again."

Kaoru Kamino pulled the tab of the hot coffee, held the slightly hot can with both hands, and said these words seriously.

"We want to talk, but not now."

Takeda Risa picked up the flat glasses placed on the table and put them on again.

"actually……"

Kamino Kaoru looked at Takeda Risa, and there was a look of hesitation on his face.

"Actually?" Takeda Risa tilted her head, "You can say whatever you want."

"I don't quite understand why you suddenly wore glasses, Risa."

Kamino Kaoru hesitated for a moment, but still asked this question.

"Because it looks good."

Takeda Risa looked at Kamino Kaoru quite seriously. "……All right."

With their eyes facing each other, Kamino Kaoru finally swallowed the words "It's not that good-looking" in the end.

*
After dinner, Baiyuan Shizhi pushed Beichuan Che into the Beichuan family's study, and then closed the door of the study.

pat.

Pressing the light switch, as the lights came on, the room where nothing could be seen suddenly became brighter.

"Can you tell me what happened now?"

After Bai Yuan Shizhi turned around and looked at him after doing all this, Kitagawa Che asked this sentence helplessly.

This girl has said that she wants to talk to herself since noon.

But when he asked, she remained silent and mysterious again. After he asked again and again, she finally revealed a little bit. In fact, it was just a little bit. She told him that in the evening She would talk to him alone.

"I need your help with something." Baiyuan Shizhi coughed slightly, "Let's sit down and talk."

Standing and talking about this kind of thing always gave her a bad feeling, as if there was only business between the two of them.

Once they get down to business, they have nothing to say.

She didn't want to see such an atmosphere.

"it is good."

Beichuan Che nodded, casually found a chair and sat down.

The study room of Beichuan's family was only used a lot last year when he first came to this world. After that, he moved his working place to the bedroom. Firstly, it was close, and secondly, the bedroom was really big and enough. Accommodates next den function.

However, although the study had not been used for a long time, it was still spotless after Miao Zhouzhou's patient cleaning.

"That's right."

Bai Yuan Shizhi raised the corners of her mouth slightly, showed a smile, and then found a chair to sit down.

"The next thing I want to say, no, to be more precise, it should be that I have something to ask you." Baiyuan Shizhi considered the words for a moment, and did not intend to go around in circles with Kitagawa Che, but chose to go straight to the point. Theme, "Suppose, Ache, you have a friend and you have a good relationship.

“You are in the same industry, but there is no conflict of interest between you and him.

"This is very important and is the first prerequisite."

Baiyuan Shizhi knows very well that once we talk about career matters, especially the exchange of interests, as a junior student and colleague, he will start from a practical point of view and use a relatively commercial thinking. Think about problems and calculate gains and losses.

Of course, she knew very well that there was nothing right or wrong in this way of calculating.

But in the current situation, she believed that such misunderstandings should be avoided as much as possible.

"Ah."

Kitagawa Che nodded cooperatively, indicating that he had remembered this prerequisite.

"Then, I will continue." Baiyuan Shizhi coughed slightly and continued, "But your talent is much higher than that of the other party. The other party does not want to be pulled down by you. That does not mean that he must be better than you. Well done, my achievements are higher than yours, I just hope you won’t fall too far behind.

"Under such a premise, if the other party steps up to catch up, what would you think?"

This question is something she has been struggling with.

Even though she had a vague answer in her heart, she knew that it was completely different from having the person involved say it out loud.

"What should I think?" Beichuan Che was confused by the question. He frowned and asked subconsciously, "What can I think?"

In his opinion, this kind of thing is not a thing at all.

If the other party is willing, he will help him in his own way.

"Don't you feel weird?"

Baiyuan Shizhi blinked.

"No." Kitagawa Che shook his head. He didn't quite understand Shizhi's brain circuit, but based on his experience of communicating with this girl, he still added his true thoughts, "Even with yours The prediction is just the opposite. If the other party needs help, I will be happy to help within my ability."

really.

Hearing this, the smile between Bai Yuan Shizhi's eyebrows became brighter.

"Such a speech is very Che's style." She paused, then changed the topic, "Then, would Che be willing to help me?"

"What can I help you with?" Beichuan Che glanced at the girl with some confusion.

The other person's career achievements were relatively close to his, and in terms of writing techniques, Bai Yuan Shizhi was once his teacher, and he learned a lot from her.

"Some time ago, wasn't I worrying about the autograph session?"

Baiyuan Shizhi mentioned this matter quietly.

"Yes."

Kitagawa Che had an impression of this matter, and the impression was particularly profound.

After all, in his memory, Baiyuan Shiori has always been a person who is not very interested in things like autograph sessions.

But now I suddenly became interested in the autograph session.

He can only attribute it to the reason that "people are always changing".

However, now that the other party suddenly mentioned it, and coupled with the preconditions she just described, it seemed, maybe, probably, that the reason why she considered the autograph signing was because of herself.

"A-Che, do you think it's okay to hold a book signing?"

Baiyuan Shizhi looked at Beichuan Che, and his face was reflected in her eyes like the sea.

For her, now that she has decided to talk to Kitagawa Che alone.

Then we must carry out the original purpose to the end.

If you ask, then you have to ask clearly.

"I have no right to make a decision for you." Kitagawa Che met Baiyuan Shizhi's eyes without hesitation, and said these words very seriously, "The decision-making power always lies with you."

"You know that's not the answer I want to hear."

Bai Yuan Shizhi bit her thin lips gently, with a hint of resentment in her eyes.

"..." Kitagawa Che fell silent. After a moment of silence, he still spoke out the second half of what he had not finished, "But if you want to ask for advice, remember, this is just me. It is for reference only.

"If you don't like something, don't force yourself."

The reason why he spoke so cautiously was because he hoped that Baiyuan Shizhi wouldn't be too hot-headed and treat his words as an imperial edict. She would do whatever he said.

"That……"

Hearing this, Bai Yuan Shizhi's frown relaxed slightly, and the resentment disappeared, replaced by a smile after the stone in his heart fell to the ground.

"Ache, can you accompany me to get materials? I need your help."

This is both a small thought and an honest conspiracy.

I need you.

This is her subtext.

Even if she doesn't have the courage to say this now, she can still express it tactfully.

"If you're free that day, no problem."

Beichuan Che nodded and agreed.

Others have spoken to this extent, what else can he say?

What's more, when it comes to collecting materials, it is always a two-way street. Accompanying Baiyuan Shiwei to collect materials can also be regarded as his collecting materials.

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