Chiba Salted Fish Legend

Chapter 43 After all, I am a super popular light novel author.

Until Mayumi Maeda left at six o'clock, Tachibana Aya waved to her, and then continued to talk to Natsuki, who answered indifferently.The store manager looked at the two of them with a strange expression on his face and a strange smile, but he seemed to have thought of something again and suddenly became embarrassed.

"Hey, Xia Zhi, when are you going to eat? I'm so hungry."

Tachibana Aya was lying on the counter.

"If you go back early, won't you have something to eat?"

"Even if I go back, I won't have anything to eat. I'll just eat snacks or order takeout."

Although Xia Zhi doesn't want to make any casual comments on other people's private lives, is there really no problem with this kind of eating habit?It's a shame her parents dared to let her live alone.

"It's almost time. Xia Zhi, come and help me."

The store manager greeted Xia Zhi to prepare to start the pot, and Xia Zhi, who had not eaten enough all day, was also looking forward to it.I ate a small piece of bread in the morning, a cold lunch box and a slightly warm rice ball at noon. To be honest, I have almost no energy left by now.

Although it's not to the point where I'm starving if I don't eat, the feeling of not being full is still not a good feeling.

"The last time I came here, I thought your store was very strange."

Tachibana Aya looked at the counter that suddenly turned into a kitchen counter and was amazed.

"Anyway, it's a small shop that isn't usually very popular." Xia Zhi didn't care.

"Hey! The store manager is still here! Is it really okay to say this?"

"He has admitted this himself, and the customers also like it, so there is no problem."

"This isn't a coffee shop anymore, is it?"

Thinking it was interesting, Tachibana Aya took Natsuki and started chatting again.Xia Zhi didn't do much. He could do simple tasks like peeling carrots and shredding them with ease.

Dinner was simple and delicious.Maybe it would be more profitable for the store manager to open a restaurant, and he would be busy every day, so maybe he wouldn't be so leisurely.

It wasn't until half an hour before getting off work in the evening that the store manager drove Xia Zhi away.

"Go back today and don't disturb my business."

"How can you do business here?"

Xia Zhi retorted, and the store manager became angry from embarrassment.

"Am I the store manager or are you the store manager? Leave quickly or my wages will be deducted."

Natsuki couldn't laugh or cry, but Tachibana Aya smiled happily.

"Goodbye Mr. Store Manager~"

When she went out, Tachibana said something to the store manager, who waved her hand.

"The manager is a nice guy."

"It's true that you're a good man...you're interrupting my work."

Xia Zhi also knew that if he moved to another store and the clerks and customers kept doing their own things, they might really have their wages deducted, and they might even be fired.

"Well, I'll be quieter next time."

"It's best not to have a next time."

At this time, the sky is almost completely dark.The light from the street lights is no longer able to illuminate the entire street.And in this kind of street that does not have large commercial stores, there are very few pedestrians on the road.However, it still fits the tranquility of Chiba as always.

"Nice city, right?"

Tachibana Aya asked, with a touch of pride in her tone.

"Hmm..." Xia Zhi nodded incredulously.

Every city has its own customs and customs, and Chiba is no exception.Compared with Tokyo, it is a little less prosperous, but it has a more gentle feeling.This gentleness probably comes from Xia Zhi's inherent impression of this place, including anime, comics, novels, and his own relationship.Some came from the store manager’s family, some came from regular customers in twos and threes, some came from classmates, and some came from the psychotic writer next to me.

The soil and water support the people, and perhaps only a city like Chiba can produce people with the flavor of Chiba.This gentle feeling seems to pervade the entire city.There may be some in China, but the rush of busyness suppresses the subtle gentleness.Perhaps there was too much population, and every bit of oppression piled up and turned into a behemoth.In this city, gentleness and busyness coexist.

You can always hear customers complaining about their bosses and how miserable they are, but they still carry on with their lives under high pressure. This is a feeling inferior to the tit-for-tat in China.If they go to work in China, they might be squeezed to death, right?Xia Zhi thought so mentally.

"But it's not interesting."

she said casually.

"Everyone works step by step, thinking about their own things and things related to themselves. Then they continue to do the same."

"They are struggling in places you can't see."

Xia Zhike disagreed.Isn't this a wonderful life?It's all going smoothly, without any fluctuations, which means there won't be any big surprises.Wouldn't it be nice if no accidents happened?

"I know...but it's still boring."

Tachibana sighed.

"Are so-called masters lonely?"

"Eh? Maybe that's the case. After all, I'm a very popular light novel writer."

She looked stunned.

"Do you think it's appropriate for you to say this yourself?"

Confidence is a good thing, narcissism is not.Failure to grasp the difference can lead to serious consequences.

"I'm not saying that. The stories I write are very popular and can sell tens of millions of copies."

"It's already amazing if it's tens of millions. It's not like bragging about tens of millions."

Although light novels are the mainstay of Japanese novel genre, their tens of millions of sales are no joke at all.The sales volume of the most well-known "Haruhi Suzumiya" series is around 850 million. "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" adds up to 500 volumes with a total of 500 million volumes. There are about 600 million copies and 2000 million copies. As for "Xiu Dou Sorcerer" with 3000 million copies and "Legend of the Leopard King" with [-] million copies, they are already world-class works.

This is completely on the level of scales and phoenixes. You can count them with two hands, and there are many popular themes among them. They have both their own skills and the direction of the trend. This is the reason why these works have become gods.And can a writer who goes against the trend and writes a single story every time, the title of which does not match the content, really achieve such an achievement?
Domestic online electronic novels are prevalent, sales are calculated in different ways, and the gap in population base is also large. I really don’t know how to compare the two sides.Even so, if the online novel can sell more than 100 million copies after being published as a physical book, that will already be an achievement that we can be proud of.

Judging from the number of words, it is really a great thing that one volume can be purchased for more than a million.In Japan, except for the top batch of light novels, most of them have a score of more than 20 or [-] copies.

"Let's take a look..." She took out her phone, pressed her fingers on it, and then showed the phone screen to Xia Zhi, "Look, the total sales of eleven books have exceeded 600 million copies."

The above is the statistical information of the publishing house. Except for the first few volumes, the sales volume of each volume in the past two years has been more than 200 million copies. Although it is patchwork, it still has a sales volume of 600 million copies.

Although he knew that this guy was very strong, Xia Zhi always felt that it was unreal.Just like when your cousin or cousin suddenly tells you that he won the Nobel Prize, you subconsciously think that he won the Nobel Joke Prize.

It’s not that I don’t believe it, it’s just unbelievable.Although they are almost the same.

"I am such an outstanding person but no one knows me."

"No, I think it's good enough. And it's a little scary."

Aya Tachibana Girls' High School is a very famous high school. In this kind of high school, being able to maintain the first place in the whole grade or the whole school is already a rare talent. It is a genius.However, for such a person with such excellent academic performance, she can also practice Aikido, and according to her, her level is not low.Both civil and military.She is also beautiful, tall, and a rare beauty.Then there is a mysterious light novel writer Ryo Takezuki who has an unknown, oh, little-known identity now and has extremely explosive sales.

If this were replaced in a certain book, it would be the protagonist template, but this extremely good person is also extremely troublesome.She found this place uninteresting and boring because the master was lonely.Maybe she came here like this before.

Because I was bored, I studied hard and stood at the top of my academic ability.After that, I got bored and started learning Aikido, and once again I stood in a position that people looked up to.Then, she started writing novels. After achieving such results that she was proud of, she became bored again.

Reckless and still sexual, but because she is really good enough, she can indeed be willful.Maybe one day she will pull a group and create her own business empire.Or immerse yourself in science and create fun things like arbitrary doors.Then people will find out that these are all boring things done by a boring person out of boredom.

But if there really is such a person and she is standing next to you, would you think this is a real thing?No, because that does hurt a little bit.

But Xia Zhi thought about it and felt it didn't matter.She has her own talent, is omnipotent, and is boring.Xia Zhize has his own talent and may not be able to accomplish anything big, but he is not dissatisfied with his ordinary life and can live in contentment.

Thinking of this, Xia Zhi felt that Tachibana Aya was a bit pitiful.

The so-called spiritual victory method is probably nothing more than that.

"But I'm still bored."

She said so.

"I was wondering if I should hold an event and expose my identity. In this way, people at school, family or other people would become a little more interesting."

Xia Zhi thought about it, and felt that one day when he was walking on the road, a person suddenly jumped out, "I am Beethoven!", "I am Newton!" It might be very interesting to scare you like this.But what happens after that?After the initial fun wears off, it's back to normal.Because after all, this world does not revolve around one person.

There is no difference from the original.

"Would you like to make a bet?"

"A bet? Yes. What to bet on?"

For her, maybe just having fun is enough.

"Bet on whether you can sell one copy of the novel to 500 million copies within three years."

"...Not to mention three years, if a novel can sell 500 million copies, I think I can become a god."

Surprisingly, I was able to recognize the reality...

"But it's more fun this way, isn't it?"

Tachibana thought carefully, nodded, and smiled.

"you're right."

(End of this chapter)