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Chapter 540 "The Love of Fireworks"
Chapter 540 "The Love of Fireworks"
Nakata Kazuan breathed a sigh of relief, and patiently read the submitted novel in the mail.
[Akizuki Katayama is decadent on the streets of Shinjuku, alone, following the music of the earphones, invading his mind bit by bit, his gray eyes look at the city that is yearned for by young people.
He didn't know how many people in this city were like him, their spirits were attacked by alcohol, and suddenly, they even almost forgot his own name.
Ordinary, cowardly, useless, no one even cares about falling down on this neon-lit street.
Money, money.
Now I am so poor that I was kicked out by the landlord. What money do I have to treat my mother who is suffering from chronic diseases far away in Hokkaido.
A sense of powerlessness arises spontaneously.
Qiuyue touched his trouser pocket with his withered hands, and took out a curled cigarette from it. He put the curled cigarette into his mouth feebly, took out the lighter and twisted the sparker vigorously, and finally put the only one A cigarette is lit.
Looking at the flashing neon lights, he gradually lost his mind, and various thoughts flickered. 】
"The beginning is okay, directly describing the predicament and giving pressure to the hero."
There is pressure to be motivated.
Classic opening technique.
It’s hard to say whether it’s amazing or not, but at least it won’t force me to read it with a frown like the previous ones.
He also seems to have a feeling for this kind of description, which has the vicissitudes of coming to Tokyo and trying hard but failing.
I think that when I graduated from Waseda University with a liberal arts degree, I always wanted to regain my childhood dream, and even desperately wanted to enter the animation industry.
But with his half-baked skills, he went to study art, and after several years of study, there was no effect.
One rejection letter after another really hit him hard.
At that time, he had no money and no popularity, and wandered alone in the streets of Tokyo. All he could use was a few coins in his trouser pocket.
It's embarrassing to think about it.
As for the hero in the book, Qiuyue Katayama seems to be worse than him. He has no job, and his mother needs to support him. Everything needs money, but he has no money.
Life seems to be so dark.
Kazuan Nakata, who was reminded of the past, couldn't help recalling his former self.
Alas, if I say too much, I will cry.
He collected his thoughts and continued to look down.
The scene is in a hotel, where a woman of the same age as the male lead hands him a bottle of beer, and says something that looks very meaningful:
【"People are always confused, underestimating themselves, and igniting hope, but soon after, they completely lose confidence in what they do. I said, Katayama, you have been in Tokyo for eight years, and you should have made a name for yourself Bar?"】
After reading a few lines, Kazuan Nakata understood.
"This heroine is a childhood sweetheart?."
Kazuan Nakata is now considered a middle-aged uncle, but as the light novel editor of Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko, he naturally spends his time in various youth campus novels every day.
He was sure that if it wasn't for the light novels where the heroine was marked as a childhood sweetheart at the beginning, the childhood sweetheart would most likely be a loser.
I don't know if this is an inexplicable consensus developed by the industry.
At least if you look all the way down the list of light novels, you can find that there are really many romance novels with the label "young tame dye".
But in the end, few can win.
Weird.
Back to the topic, this "Love of Fireworks", so far, he has read it very comfortably.
But then, the more you look at him, the more you frown.
It's not that I can't stand it.
It's the author's writing style, which doesn't look like a newcomer, nor like an ordinary light novel author.
It has a more literary flavor. The last time I read this feeling was in "Bingguo".
The plot is written in an easy-to-understand way. The male protagonist was fired, his life was in trouble, and he was invited out to drink by his childhood sweetheart in a bar. The childhood sweetheart was obviously a moonlight family, but he sold his small apartment in Tokyo to lend money to the male protagonist.
This part of the emotional interaction is handled very delicately, and the male protagonist didn't just accept it, but struggled a lot in his heart, and was patted on the back by his childhood sweetheart, explaining the stakes, so that the male protagonist accepted the ten-year acquaintance. Send small money for many years.
To be honest, he really likes the description of this childhood sweetheart in the book. The other party doesn't seem to care about the male lead. He dresses fashionable and hangs out in bars. He is completely incompatible with an honest man like the male lead.
It doesn't seem like a good character, but she took out 200 million yen without warning.
Very peculiar.
The male protagonist who received this favor did not show too much excitement on the surface, but silently raised his head and glanced at the childhood sweetheart next to him, and the two began to chat about the past. The games and experiences in childhood are another story. Some fun memories.
While talking, the two raised their heads at the same time, looked at each other with a smile, stretched out their arms and fisted like they did in imitating TV dramas when they were children.
【Her eyes shone in the flashing neon lights of the bar, and I was a little confused. Obviously she was wearing the exaggerated attire that I dislike the most on weekdays, but at this time it didn't affect me in the slightest that she was perfect and charming. 】
Seeing this passage, Kazuan Nakata kept rolling the marker pen on the table with his fingertips.
He likes this feeling of childhood sweethearts smiling and seeing all the words in his eyes.
The heroine is holding a wine glass in both hands, and she looks at the bar with a warm smile that doesn't care, which is also very cute.
People can't help thinking, what kind of friend is it that sells the small apartment that I have saved for 10 years in Tokyo to support a poor friend!
Even if it is a brother, it will be difficult to do it.
Kazuan Nakata, who has experienced the baptism of society, no longer trusts those classmates who have borrowed money from him.
Those students who borrowed money, one or two said that they paid their salaries and paid them back, and they would pay them back after their salaries were paid.
As a result, it dragged on for a day, and it was impossible to come back at all.
If you talk too much, you will cry.
And the expression and eyes of the childhood sweetheart in the book when borrowing money seem to say, even if you really can't afford it, it doesn't matter, what are we?Why come to Tokyo from the same small village, work as waiters together, work hard together, sit on the same street stool to eat together, and share dreams of childhood sweethearts!
Therefore, Kazuan Nakata can fully understand the unspoken touch of silently staring at the bank card after receiving the money.
It's great to have such a friend.
He couldn't help thinking this way.
And read on.
"Snapped!"
Kazuan Nakata, who saw the plot of the last two chapters, couldn't help it. He slapped his thigh with his palm, and the female colleague who was drinking water on the other side couldn't help but look at him.
"Nakata! Your legs aren't good yet!"
"Haha, sorry, sorry, I was excited at the moment."
Kazuan Nakata smiled and nodded to his female colleague, while rubbing her thighs, she sat upright again.
This plot, this plot, it is normal for him to want to curse!
Others may not think so.
But he can really substitute into it, and he really wants to curse!
The previous one was fine, a childhood sweetheart he liked very much, but the next chapter is gone?
And the spiritual pillar of the hero's efforts, his mother, also died before that.
Died at the speed of light? !
The male protagonist suffered double blows one after another?
Good guy, I have never seen an author who persecutes his childhood sweetheart so much.
Those who write bad dogs are ten thousand times kinder than this guy!
This group of light novel authors are really more skillful than each other. Maybe one day, they can even write pure love for you on ntr subjects!
For a moment, he didn't want to watch it anymore, after all, a heroine he liked very much was gone.
No, since it's gone so soon, it shouldn't be the heroine.
Oh, what a pity, what a pity, what a pity.
But when he saw the hard-working male protagonist who was very similar to himself, Kazuan Nakata couldn't bear it again.
I used to be so decadent for a while, soaking in tobacco and alcohol all day, staring at the sky in a daze, doing nothing.
The key is that the author's atmosphere is set off very well, what kind of bustling city, enthusiastic couples, passers-by pass by him without any concern
He now hopes that someone will come to save this unlucky child.
It's a pity, no, the only childhood sweetheart who cared about him is gone.
Sure enough, when a person is in a desperate situation, will he become like this, with no motivation and no hope.
However, he still underestimated the male protagonist a little. The male protagonist did not completely resign himself to depravity, but remembered the dream that his childhood sweetheart told her that day—hoping to open a coffee shop.
He didn't know where he was supposed to go, so he just bought a ticket, got off when he was hungry, and got on when he was sleepy.
After going back and forth for several months, he came to a small town whose name he didn't know at all.
The following plot of this book has no explosive points, but the description is very delicate, which makes people read it naturally, and hopes that the hero will realize the dream of the childhood sweetheart.
Kazuya Nakata touched the ice-cold coffee, and he didn't come back to his senses until it was time for lunch.
Accidentally, I looked in.
The book, published, is absolutely fine.
Even if it is not the type that is popular with the public, but with this delicate description and good literary level, it is certain that he will have a certain reputation in the small circle, especially for an uncle like him who is eager to change.
"Writing a youth novel, but feeling like an uncle?"
It feels amazing.
Kazuan Nakata, who broke free from the book, felt relieved, and he was deeply impressed by some of the opening words.
【People are always confused, underestimating themselves, and igniting hope again and again, but soon after, they completely lose confidence in what they have done. 】
In fact, after entering the society, I really lost my enthusiasm and confidence in many things.
I thought it would be like this, people can do it because they can do it, as for myself, I just need to stand on my feet.
He ignited his dream of stepping into the animation industry more than once, but recalled the past again and again and lost confidence.
This novel, you can sign a contract.
He went like this and found the email again.
When was it sent, 1 month ago?
I don't know if the author is still there.
"Nakata, let's go out to eat!" The colleague who was also an editor put a hand on his shoulder, looked at his computer screen at the same time, and asked, "How is your leg feeling better?"
"It's getting better, oh, don't mention it, I've been lying down for a few months, and I'm getting fat."
"Hahaha, are you going out to eat with us today?"
"Eat, why don't you eat, wait a minute, I'll reply this submission."
"This submission is not." The colleague weighed his glasses, stared at the title of the book in the email carefully, "Isn't this the book of Morisaki's men?"
Kazuan Nakata was startled, and turned to look at his colleague and friend: "Has Morisaki already taken a fancy to it?! In light novels, shouldn't this be a niche theme?"
"Not only that, Newcomer Award No. 2, the editor-in-chief of our library also wrote a recommendation for this book. I heard that it was published and sold yesterday, with [-] copies for the first issue."
The colleague spread his hands helplessly, "I don't like this kind of subject matter. If you ask me, light novels should be closer to funny youth. This is the kingly way."
Kazuan Nakata replied: "That's the king's way, but this kind of book, as long as it can be popular, can still achieve certain results, but it's a pity."
"Oh? Did you see it?"
"I fell in love with it, but Morisaki has already preempted it, so there is no other way."
"Haha, if you want to blame it, it's your bad luck, you just went to the hospital. Otherwise, with the speed of your review, you will probably find it before Morisaki."
"It's bad luck, it's been bad luck these days."
"Forget it, let's go, let's go to dinner, anyway, you have nothing to do with this book."
Kazuan Nakata glanced at the computer, sighed, regretful: "Oh, that's fine, let's go out."
The two called a few friends in the company and made an appointment to go out for a barbecue at noon.
In the elevator, Kazuan Nakata happened to see Morisaki from the next team.
We all know each other and are colleagues, so there is nothing we can't talk about.
Nakata Kazuan couldn't help asking him:
"How did you fall in love with that book?"
"Which one?"
"Love of Flowers and Fire."
"That book, it's pretty good. The author is a liberal arts student at Dongdae University. The pictures and emotions are described very delicately."
The author of Dongda, no wonder.
Nakata Kazuan thought in his heart.
Morisaki looked up at the white light above the elevator, and recalled: "At the beginning, I fell in love with this kind of delicate emotion, and I didn't think there was anything good or bad about the plot. And it was clearly a tragic story, but It’s just like being possessed by a demon, people have the motivation to watch it, can you understand this feeling?”
"That's the feeling." Nakata Kazuan nodded.
Morisaki said to him again: "Of course, it's impossible for this book to explode from the beginning, but he has the blessing of an illustrator, so maybe that's the case."
"Who is it?" Nakata Kazuan couldn't help asking curiously.
"The Twitter name is 'Hanamaru Sensei'. You should know that she has been in charge of illustrations. Their company is not far from ours."
"The one that SG Bunko has been very popular recently...?" Kazuan Nakata frowned.
"That's right, you and I both know why the sales of that novel are soaring, right?"
"Have you contacted her?"
"No," Morisaki shook his head. "Except for some small business drafts, she doesn't accept illustrations. The reason is that she doesn't have much energy."
"Then how did you get her to be the illustrator for this novel?"
"Oh, it's not my credit, it's the author who contacted me."
"Wait, that author is a newcomer, right?"
"Yes." Morisaki nodded.
"Then how can I get in touch with the most famous illustrator in the industry this year?" Nakata Kazuan couldn't help but look at Morisaki twice, "You guy, your salary is going to increase recently."
The elevator arrives.
"Haha, maybe it's not too late, let's not talk about it, let's go, let's go to eat and talk while walking." Morisaki patted Kazuan Nakata on the back, and walked out of the company's elevator together.
(End of this chapter)