816. You dont want others to know about your extramarital affair, right?!
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February came belatedly, like a young lady addicted to gossip. She accidentally looked at the alarm clock and realized she was late, so she hurried in front of everyone with the cold wind.
Tokyo seems to have returned to the depths of winter all of a sudden, and the temperature has dropped to the point where it feels cold even without a down jacket.
However, despite the cold weather, Tokyo's entertainment industry was bustling with activity. The top idol breakup drama that started in mid-January reached a high-energy plot at the end of the month. Until early February, people were still working tirelessly to discuss Matsuda.
The emotional life of the Son.
At the same time, Seiko Matsuda's new song "Angel's Blink" also topped the Oricon charts...
How should I put it? The record company should be very happy~
Nagayama Naoki was eating breakfast while reading the newspaper that was delivered to him. There was even an inventory of the details of the love between Matsuda Seiko and Go Hiromi~
"Why do I feel like these reporters are so powerful that they even found out when they went to the hotel..." Naoki Nagayama complained.
"Because Neon's high-end hotels themselves have media eyes!"
Akina Nakamori, who was on the side, leaned her head over to read the newspaper, and then said with deep feeling,
"Every time I stay in a hotel, there will be reporters standing guard at the door of the hotel early the next morning... This kind of thing doesn't happen when you are abroad!"
"That's because Akina is not well-known abroad~" Nagayama Naoki smiled, "Like Michael Jackson, someone must be able to find out about the hotel where he stays..."
"Alas...this is the fate of an artist!"
Akina sighed in a decent manner, and with her thin eyebrows, she really felt sad.
Nagayama Naoki couldn't stand it anymore and had to stretch out his hand to smooth his frowned eyebrows:
"Mingna, if you sigh early in the morning, you will sigh away all your good luck! And you will age quickly..."
Nakamori Akina rubbed her brows and then gave her boyfriend a roll of the eyes: "Naoki-san knows how to lie!"
"Who said that... This is based on science! In fact, this is a kind of self-suggestion, just like having a bad start in the morning, you will not be in a good mood for the rest of the day...
"
Nagayama Naoki and Akina popularize weird and strange knowledge, including things like how American politicians will say when they look in the mirror in the morning, "I feel refreshed, the whole day will go smoothly, I am the best!"
.....
Hearing this, Nakamori Akina was doubtful, and then she wondered if Naoki Nagayama was playing a trick on her~
"Anyway... Akina can try it!"
"Hmph, Naoki-san will definitely laugh at me then!" Akina Nakamori suddenly became much wittier, "Unless Naoki-san does it first and takes a look!"
"Alas..." Looking at Akina's wise eyes, Nagayama Naoki sighed, "Akina doesn't believe me anymore~"
Akina Nakamori smiled:
"Haha, Naoki-san, you sighed!"
"...."
Taro beside the table was chewing the bones in his bowl honestly, and occasionally listening to the conversation of the host and hostess, which seemed to have become a daily routine~
Meowtaro, who was on the cat climbing frame, yawned and continued to look at the scenery in the yard through the glass door, looking like he was having a good time~
.........
After breakfast, Akina Nakamori drove out in her blue Porsche. With less work, she could now drive out by herself, at least she didn't need to catch up on her sleep in the car often.
Naoki Nagayama, on the other hand, went to the study room on the second floor first, and then there was the sound of typing.
"The last bit, finally finished~"
Naoki Nagayama looked at the thick manuscript paper in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.
The novel "Paradise Lost" actually doesn't have many words, but it was very torturous when I wrote it... But fortunately, it is basically completed.
The final chapter is the forensic autopsy report.
The manager of the villa discovered the two people who committed suicide. The forensic doctor determined that the two people drank cyanide and died at the same time during their last sexual intercourse... In the end, it was determined that the two parties agreed to commit suicide. There was no incident and no autopsy was needed...
...
"So...I've finished writing...what should I do now?"
Nagayama Naoki looked at the stack of manuscript papers on the table and started thinking,
"Seal up the collection? That would be a pity~"
The desire to do something is just around the corner, as if I have done something extraordinary and awesome, and I can't help but want to find someone to share it with!
“But if we really publish it, won’t it lead to social death?!”
After struggling for a long time, Nagayama Naoki suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. It was an easy matter to solve!
Don’t you all know that the names of most of the authors of Xiao Huangshu on the Internet are anonymous?! As long as I change my vest, who will know that this novel was written by me, Naoki Nagayama?!
"Oh...and Kuniji Morikawa..."
If Nagayama Naoki wanted to publish this novel, he couldn't avoid editor Kuniji Morikawa! But as soon as his eyes rolled, he had an idea.
"If he doesn't keep it secret, then I will say that the prototype of the protagonist is him! Hehe, the protagonist is originally the editor..."
After thinking of a way, Nagayama Naoki felt that he had no flaws at all. Seeing that it was still early outside, he dialed Shogakukan's number directly.
........
It was originally an ordinary morning. I finished my breakfast slowly and took the subway to the company~
Pour yourself a cup of coffee, then sit in your office and read the newspaper, finish it slowly, and then ask your employees about the progress of the books they are responsible for...
This is the unpretentious career life of Kuniji Morikawa after he was promoted to director.
But when I was about to finish my coffee today, I suddenly received a call. It was Naoki Nagayama!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Hey, it's nothing big..."
"Of course, Naoki-san is always welcome!"
"Okay~"
Nagayama Naoki suddenly wants to visit me? Morikawa Kuniji has a question mark on his head, and he also wants to visit my office? What do you want to do?
As a senior editor, Kuniji Morikawa has always had a good relationship with his writers. He often invites guests to dinner and occasionally urges readers to update.
But for Naoki Nagayama, the young author who has risen to fame...Kunji Morikawa is a little unsure...
Every novel is a best-seller, and one of them actually won the Naoki Prize! After all, he is a future literary giant... But he is also a well-known director, and he doesn't think about writing every day, but makes movies.
....
Isn’t this putting the cart before the horse? How can a director be compared with a literary giant?
In the concept of the cultural circle, everything is inferior, only literary giants are superior!
The key is that as an editor, he cannot guide Nagayama Naoki's creation at all. He can only wait for this guy to show mercy one day and suddenly take out a novel and print it for himself...
"Akito Sack, Naoki-san has written another novel!" Kuniji Morikawa thought of this and suddenly became excited, "It's obviously not that long ago! It turns out that genius' inspiration is very unreasonable!
"
With that said, he started to work busily in the office. He tidied it up a bit, put the best tea leaves in the most convenient location, and asked the girl from the general affairs department to prepare senbei...
Finally, he sat down and waited for the arrival of Naoki Nagayama.
.......
Yamazakurain and Shogakukan are not far apart and can be reached by walking, so when Nagayama Naoki came, he took Yotaro out as a daily exercise.
The Shogakukan building was like a black box. Naoki Nagayama opened the front door and walked in.
"Naoki-san!" Reiki Nozawa, the bespectacled girl, was still on duty. She looked very enthusiastic after seeing Nagayama Naoki, "I've finally waited for you!"
"Lingxi-san! Do you already know that I'm coming?"
"Hey, Director Morikawa gave special instructions~" Nozawa Reiki walked out and took Nagayama Naoki into the building, "He is waiting for you in the office!"
"Haha, okay...Ah, it's okay to let Taro go in, right?"
Nagayama Naoki pointed at the dog next to him and asked.
"Hey, silly tape!" Reiki Nozawa touched Taro's head in a friendly manner, "What a good boy!"
"That's good~"
Passing through the staff's office area, Nagayama Naoki saw a group of editors immersed in reading materials, and some people looked at him...
"There seem to be more people than before..."
Nozawa Reiki nodded: "We have hired many new people this year...because of the increase in business volume..."
By Showa 60, Neon's economy began to develop rapidly. The economic base determines the superstructure. Soft industries such as politics and culture also developed rapidly, and the publishing house naturally grew.
After arriving at the office, I saw Kuniji Morikawa and Reiki Nozawa before saying goodbye and leaving~
"Naoki-san! Please take a seat!"
Kuniji Morikawa enthusiastically invited Naoki Nagayama to sit down and served him the tea he had just made, but his eyes never left the document bag Naoki Nagayama held in his arm...
Nagayama Naoki held the document bag in a playful manner and waved it up and down. Sure enough, the eyes of the gentle man in front of him also moved up and down...
"Ahem!" King Morikawa finally realized and rolled his eyes, "Naoki-san is really..."
"Haha~" Nagayama Naoki laughed, "Kuniji-san didn't even take his eyes off this!"
Morikawa Kunji did not care, but looked forward to it:
"...That should be a new book, right?!"
"Hi!" Nagayama Naoki followed the reason he had conceived before, "This is what I wrote after I chatted with Bunji-san last time and chatted with some uncles... The love of middle-aged people~
"
"That's it!" Kuniji Morikawa nodded, with longing in his eyes, "Naoki-san, let me see it first!"
"Okay!" Nagayama Naoki saw Morikawa Kuniji's expectations and handed it to him directly without hesitation, "However, Kuniji-san must be prepared...don't be frightened by this book...
"
"Haha, I, Kuniji Morikawa, have read thousands of novels, and none of them has scared me!" Kuniji Morikawa took the document bag with confidence and pulled out the manuscript, "Then, I will read it first...
excuse me....."
Nagayama Naoki nodded, touched the dog next to him, and then tasted the senbei with tea... Well, it's not as delicious as the Wangwang senbei.
On the other side, Kuniji Morikawa started reading the book from the title...
"Is it called "Paradise Lost"? It comes from the epic poem "Paradise Lost"..."
"Huh?!" Kuniji Morikawa read the first chapter...
"Uh-huh???!!!"
Seeing Kuniji Morikawa's expression change from surprise to coward, then to surprise again... Then he raised his head, glanced at Naoki Nagayama opposite, and then continued to look in silence...
..
The middle-aged man's face kept changing, his eyes flickered from time to time, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead...
Time passed by minute by minute.
The novel "Paradise Lost" is not too long. As a senior editor who has read countless books, he should be able to finish it quickly. But this time, Kuniji Morikawa couldn't help but slowly read the novel.
, savor every word.
Although there are large erotic scenes in it, even he, a middle-aged and elderly person who only pays work once a month, is a little impulsive. However, as a senior editor, what he values more is the delicate description and the emotional changes of the protagonist in the novel, as well as
The psychology that makes it difficult to speak...
The office was quiet, with only the occasional sound of turning pages. Naoki Nagayama finished a cup of tea, then picked up a magazine and started reading. Taro was already lying on the floor, squinting his eyes, and taking a small nap.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After a long time, I heard Kuniji Morikawa finally let out a breath of relief, and then spread the manuscript on the desk with a peaceful expression...
It sounds very much like the Time of the Sage...
"Naoki-san..." Kuniji Morikawa rested for a while and then asked with some difficulty, "Is this novel really written by you?"
"?"
Nagayama Naoki was a little surprised,
"Does Bang Zhisang think it was written by someone else?"
"No, no, no...that's not what I meant." Kuniji Morikawa quickly said that he did not disbelieve Nagayama Naoki's character, "I mean, this novel and Naoki-san's previous writing style...
It’s completely different!”
"Haha, of course...how can the love of middle-aged people be the same as that of young people!" Nagayama Naoki laughed, "The author will also make progress~"
"But...such delicate descriptions and emotional changes, if you don't have personal experience..." Morikawa Kuniji paused here, "Isn't Naoki-san not married? How can he have the experience of extramarital affairs?
....”
Nagayama Naoki explained: "Didn't I tell you that I had a chat with the middle-aged uncle~"
"Just write it down after talking about it?"
Kuniji Morikawa opened his eyes wide. If writing a novel was so easy, then he had talked to as many as eight hundred people, so why couldn't he write it?!
"Of course you have to do your own processing!"
"But... you don't reveal all the details of having sex when you're chatting!"
Kuniji Morikawa didn't believe it. The astringent plot descriptions in it were even felt by people of his age...the descriptions were too real!
"Well..." Naoki Nagayama paused and said to Kuniji Morikawa, "Kuniji-san... look at my face!"
"??!"
Kuniji Morikawa looked at the face of the young man opposite. His face was like a crown of jade, his eyebrows were like distant mountains, his eyes were filled with peach blossoms, and his nose was like a handsome peak... He was so handsome...
But what does it have to do with me?
"What do you mean Naoki-san? I know you are handsome..."
"I mean, with me growing up...Kuniji-san, do you think I will lack experience?!" Nagayama Naoki said calmly.
"?" "!" "......"
Feeling as if he was being shown off, Kuniji Morikawa couldn't say anything to refute for a moment... What he said made so much sense!
"Cough cough cough~" He finally came to his senses, "Zhi Shu-san... it is indeed Zhi Shu-san..."
Kuniji Morikawa now has no doubts about the title "Naoki Naoki"!
After the other party calmed down, Nagayama Naoki asked:
"Bang Zhisang, what do you think of this novel?"
Morikawa Kunji closed his eyes for a long time and then said slowly:
"...is a masterpiece!"
"Haha, then publishing should be no problem!"
"Um...Although there are still some procedures to go through, there is really no problem..." Kuniji Morikawa put his hand on the manuscript and sighed, "Naoki-san is indeed a genius..."
"Ha, no thanks... I'm just standing on other people's shoulders~"
Nagayama Naoki did not take his praise for granted. He was just a porter of words.
"But Bunji-san...I want to change my pen name this time and publish..."
"Eh? Why?"
"Because once this book is published, it will be seen by many people... It's very shameful for people to know that I write harsh words!!!" Naoki Nagayama said seriously.
"...Naoki-san..." Morikawa Kuniji advised, "The pen name Teishu can make this book have a large number of potential readers from the beginning...
It will quickly increase the popularity of "Paradise Lost"!"
"How about changing a pen name...just call it Anonymous?" Naoki Nagayama insisted.
"But in the end, others will definitely know~" Morikawa Kunji said.
"As long as Bunji-san doesn't tell anyone, it'll be fine?!"
"Eh?"
But I am the editor of Shogakukan, so I will definitely tell the president when he asks. If the president’s big mouth knows, the entire literary circle will know!
"But...if you become famous, someone will definitely want to interview the author! I'm afraid I might spill the beans!"
"If Kunji-san's lax talk leads to me being interviewed..." Naoki Nagayama's eyes were sharp, "I will say during the interview that the protagonist Kuki Shoichiro in "Paradise Lost" is based on Kunji-san!"
"?"
Kuniji Morikawa didn't react for a moment, but he understood in an instant...the male protagonist was the editor-in-chief of a publishing house! He happened to be the same as himself!!!
If an acquaintance finds out that the prototype of the protagonist is me...then extramarital affair! Who is the heroine?!
What if my wife finds out?
Morikawa Kunji had a cold war...
"Naoki-san! You actually..."
"Hehehe, Bunji-san, we are just grasshoppers on the same rope now..." Naoki Nagayama showed a wicked smile, "You don't want others to know about your extramarital affair, do you?!"
"You are talking nonsense, I am not, I love my wife very much!!!" Morikawa Kuniji's tone suddenly became anxious.
"After reading the novel, who would believe it?!" Nagayama Naoki asked calmly, like a villain.
"Naoki-san, you..."
Kuniji Morikawa felt that the man in front of him was like a devil...
Naoki Nagayama leaned back on his chair and continued calmly:
"Bang Zhisang...If you don't say it, I won't say it...Hello, I'm good, everyone~"
"..."
........
In the end, Nagayama Naoki left Shogakukan with a smile.
This novel will still be given to Naoki Nagayama according to the highest profit sharing standard, but the first printing will be back to the level of 100,000 copies...after all, there is no blessing of a pen name~
After sending Naoki Nagayama away, Kuniji Morikawa breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down on his chair.
"Naoki-san actually threatens people like this... he must have planned it when he wrote the book!"
The identity of the protagonist must have been set first!
"But this novel..."
He had clearly read it once just now, but Kuniji Morikawa couldn't help but pick it up and read it carefully again...
Not because of anything else, but because the artistic value of this novel is indeed very high!
