Chapter 43 After all, I am a super popular light novel writer.
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 the side.
, with a strange smile, but it seemed that he 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 that her parents dare to let her live alone.
"It's almost time. Xia Zhi, come and help me."
The store manager called Xia Zhi to prepare to start the pot, and Xia Zhi, who had not eaten all day, was also looking forward to it. In the morning, he ate a small piece of bread, and at noon, he had a cold bento and a slightly warm rice ball. Honestly
By now I have almost no energy left.
Although I am not so hungry that I don’t eat a meal, the feeling of not being full is still not good.
"I thought your store was very strange last time I came here."
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."
"Is this not a coffee shop anymore?"
Thinking it was interesting, Tachibana Aya took Xia Zhi and started chatting again. Xia Zhi didn't do much. He could do simple tasks like peeling carrots and cutting them into shreds, which he did very easily.
The dinner was very simple and delicious. Maybe the store manager would make more money by opening 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.
"You should go back today and don't disturb my business."
"How can you do business here?"
Xia Zhi retorted, and the store manager became angry.
"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 left the house, Tachibana said something to the store manager, who waved her hand.
"The store manager is a good person."
"It's true that he is a good person...you are 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 better 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 is not
As always, it fits the tranquility of Chiba.
"Nice city, right?"
Tachibana Aya asked, with a touch of pride in her tone.
"Hmm..." Xia Zhi nodded in disbelief.
Every city has its own customs and customs, and Chiba is no exception. Compared with Tokyo, it is less prosperous, but has a gentler feeling. This gentleness probably comes from Xia Zhi’s inherent impression of this place.
Some come from anime, comics, novels, and personal relationships. Some come from the store manager’s family, some come from regular customers in twos and threes, some come from classmates, and some come from this 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. It may also be found in China, but the rush
The sense of busyness has suppressed the subtle gentleness. Perhaps because of the large population, every bit of oppression has piled up and turned into a giant. But 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 feeling at home. If they go to work in China, they may be
It's really stressful, right? Xia Zhi thought in his mind.
"But it's not interesting."
She answered casually.
"Everyone works step by step, thinking about their own affairs 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 it great to live like this? It's regular and without any fluctuations, which means there won't be any big accidents. Wouldn't it be nice if there were no accidents?
"I know...but it's still boring."
Tachibana Aya 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?"
Self-confidence is a good thing, but narcissism is not. If you don't grasp the difference well, it will lead to serious consequences.
"I'm not saying that. The stories I wrote are very popular and can sell tens of millions of copies."
"It's already great if it's tens of millions, but tens of millions is not something you can brag about."
Although light novels are the mainstay of Japanese novel genres, their tens of millions of sales are no joke. The most well-known "Haruhi Suzumiya" series has sales of about 8.5 million, and "Legend of the Galaxy Heroes" has a sales volume of around 8.5 million.
"The fourteen volumes of the main and side stories add up to a total of 15 million copies. The sales volume of "Magic Forbidden" and "Sword" are around 15 million and 16 million copies respectively. As for the sales volume, they have reached 20 million copies.
"The Magician" and "Legend of the Leopard King" with 30 million copies are already world-class works.
This is completely at 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 are regarded as gods. And one of them is in line with the trend.
Can a writer who works behind the scenes, writing a single story each time, and whose title does not match the content, really achieve such an achievement?
Domestic online electronic novels are popular, the sales calculation method is different, and the population base gap is also large. I really don’t know how to compare the two sides. Even so, if the online novel is published as a physical book, it can still sell one million
Achievements of more than 100,000 copies are already achievements that you 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 one million. In Japan, except for the top batch of light novels, most of them are still more than ten or two hundred thousand copies.
"Let me take a look..." She took out her mobile phone, pressed her fingers on it, and then showed the phone screen to Xia Zhi, "Look, the total sales of eleven books have exceeded 16 million copies.
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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 two million copies. Although it is patchwork, it still has a sales volume of 16 million copies.
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Although he knew that this guy was very strong, Xia Zhi always felt that it was unreal. It was like when a cousin or sister in your family suddenly told you that he had won the Nobel Prize, you subconsciously thought that he had won the Nobel Prize.
Same as the Bell Joke Award.
It's not that I don't believe it, it's just unbelievable. Although it's 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 genius. It is a genius. However, it is just such a person.
For someone with such excellent academic performance, she can also practice Aikido, and according to her, her level is not low. She is both civil and military. She is also beautiful, tall, and a rare beauty. And then there is another person who is not
The mysterious light novel writer Ryo Takezuki is known, oh, as a little-known person now, and has extremely explosive sales.
If this were replaced in a certain book, it would be the template for the protagonist, but this extremely good person is also extremely troublesome. She feels that this place is uninteresting and boring, because the master is lonely. Maybe this is how she came here before.
Because she was bored, she studied hard and stood at the top of her academic ability. Then she felt bored and studied Aikido, and once again she stood in a position that others looked up to. Then she started writing novels and achieved such a level of pride that she is proud of.
After the results, boredom started again.
She is random and sexual, but because she is indeed good enough, she can indeed be willful. Maybe one day she will join a group and create her own business empire. Or she may be immersed in science and create something like the arbitrary door.
Interesting things. Then people will find out that these are all boring things done by a boring person because 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 it does hurt a bit.
But Xia Zhi thought about it and felt that it didn't matter. She has her own talent, and she is omnipotent and boring. Xia Zhi has her own talent and may not be able to do anything big, but she is not dissatisfied with the ordinary life and can live it.
In contentment.
Thinking about it this way, Xia Zhi felt that Tachibana Aya was a bit pitiful.
The so-called spiritual victory method is probably nothing more than this.
"But I'm still bored."
She said so.
"I was thinking whether 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 realized that one day when he was walking on the road, a person suddenly jumped out, "I am Beethoven!", "I am Newton!" It might be interesting to scare you like this. But what happens next?
After the initial fun is over, return to the original state. 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 something interesting is enough.
"Bet on whether you can sell one copy of the novel to five million copies within three years."
"...Not to mention three years, if a novel can sell five 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 Aya thought carefully, nodded, and smiled.