I Am a Master of Light Novels in Japan

"Like, it should be said that it is at all."

Ying Lili shrugged and answered as a matter of course.

He seems to be well-groomed, with a rather handsome and somewhat ruffian face, a rather slender figure, who always deals with middle-aged women enthusiastically, and always talks about lack of money. How can such a high school student not be like How about a compensated dating boy who came out to comfort a middle-aged and elderly woman?

Ying Lili continued: "And the price of 10,000 yen per hour is the standard price for a compensated dating girl. Didn't you just serve that beauty for an hour?"

"Don't talk nonsense, this money is the reward for spending two hours tutoring Ms. Kimura's son who went to elementary school, and I must let her child enter the top ten next time, otherwise I will refund half of the money."

As Li Yan was talking, he was taken aback for a moment and asked, "How do you know the price for delayed payment?"

"What are you talking about? As a cartoonist, how can I not know such information that is well known in the society?" Ying Lili said with an arrogant smile.

"This is not a compliment to you." Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief and thought silently.

Although he knew that this girl named Eri Kashiwagi was a doujinshi artist, and became such an acquaintance after knowing each other for a while, but he always had inexplicable resentment towards her for calling him Otaku Li.

At this moment, Ying Lili noticed a book in his hand.

—— "Love Metronome Volume 4"

"Do you also read Xia...Xia Shizi's book?" Ying Lili asked coldly.

"Uh, this one?" Li Yan looked at the book he had just bought. It was a gift when writers gave autographs to each other for the meeting, and it was a custom to show that they had read and respected each other's works.

But he really hates watching love works.

"...Yes, I plan to take a look." Li Yan said with a melancholy expression.

"Why, do you feel so painful?" Ying Lili thought suspiciously, and sure enough, this guy is indeed a weirdo.

"I advise you to throw it away. What's so good about such things, Otaku Li, one day, I will show you what a real work of art is." Ying Lili said coldly, turning around and planning to leave.

Li Yan was taken aback, always feeling that this tsundere ponytail didn't like this author very much, and his words seemed to make people shiver like Siberian Hallyu.

"Wait a minute, I almost forgot, my underwear is still at your house, return it to me quickly!" Ying Lili remembered something, turned around and said immediately.

Passers-by who came and went looked at them with complicated expressions.

Li Yan looked at Ying Lili with a confused face, who could understand the pain in his heart?

Chapter 3 Meeting Miss Angel Halfway

Sanhe Bunko is one of the fastest-growing light novel library companies in the Tokyo area. In the fifteen years since the company was established, it has continuously released several best-selling light novels, which have gradually become known to readers all over the country.

In particular, three of the top ten popular light novel writers are signed authors of this company. In particular, the number one fantasy light novel writer Masaru Senju, the fourth hot-blooded light novel writer Uesugi Yan, and the fifth love novel master Kasumi Shiko, can be described as strong, although not the strongest library company, But it is enough to affect the development direction of the light novel market.

When it was almost time to get off work, a bit of news suddenly came from the headquarters of Sanhe Library Company.

"Ms. Uesugi is coming to visit Ms. Kagurazaka."

"I've also heard that although he is a contracted author of our company, he never shows up. I heard that he won't come even if invited by the president himself, and he refuses to be photographed. He is quite a mysterious writer."

"Senior, is that an exaggeration?"

"Takahashi, you are a new junior this month, so there was a small disturbance during that invitation time, anyway, Mr. Uesugi is indeed a weird person."

While everyone was discussing, suddenly, a man in a white coat, mask and duckbill cap walked in from the door. He lowered his head like a secret agent, and hurriedly walked through the office corridor as if trying to hide his eyes. However, I followed Kagurazaka Iris into the reception room of the editorial department.

The staff of Sanhe Company looked at each other in blank dismay. They were quite sure that writer Uesugi Yan was a 100% weirdo.

Li Yan actually didn't want to dress up like this, but he had his own reasons.

As a light novel master called "Shameless Uesugi" by the outside world, who has been threatened by outside book fans to kidnap and train him, Li Yan is very smart to prevent his personal information from being exposed, so if he really wants to use the identity of Uesugi When going in and out of public places, wrap yourself well and stay away from the mundane world.

After all, a senior manga master known as the old thief has already been beaten up by fans in the street.

"When I first received the message that you wanted to come in person, I was taken aback."

Kagurazaka Iris locked the door with a smile to prevent others from disturbing her. She poured a cup of coffee and placed it in front of Li Yan with a smile. She blinked one eye and asked, "The last time you entered the company, It should be when the contract was signed two months ago, but no one knew at that time that you would be the fourth well-known light novel writer in the future?"

"Um, thank you for receiving me in your busy schedule, Ms. Kagurazaka."

Li Yan smiled embarrassingly, recalling the time when he signed the contract with a face full of sweat and dust, and it was only two months ago.

"Hmm, so, is it still the communication on the phone?" Kagurazaka Iris asked, sitting opposite Li Yan.

"Yes."

Li Yan took off his hat and mask, finally took a breath of fresh air, then opened the illustration page of the novel, and said: "Although I admit that this illustrator named Sawamura is very good at drawing, but always , I don’t think he is very suitable to be my illustrator.”

"Why, according to my vision, Mr. Sawamura's painting style and content are quite in line with the story of your novel. I really don't see any contradiction..."

Kagurazaka Iris planned to continue persuading this stubborn Li Yan, but Li Yan shook his head.

Li Yan flipped through the novel and showed Kagurazaka Iris the illustrations of the third volume. His eyes were like fire, and he vented his emotions and said, "No, Ms. Kagurazaka, it's just a matter of style. Although I've noticed it before, But if I am a newcomer, I can’t give too many suggestions on the illustrations, but Ms. Kagurazaka, although I need money, I am also a serious novel author, and I can’t use the illustrations for passionate works. The wind has become so cute."

"In this day and age, everyone generally accepts the cute style of painting. If you followed the style of your Beidou Shenquan, it is estimated that this work will really be ruined. Light novels are originally meant to be dominated by the cute style." Kagura Saka Iris explained with a wry smile.

Li Yan was stunned, thought for a while, and said, "No, I don't object to the cute style of painting, it's just..."

He pointed to the girl characters in those illustrations, and asked with a dark face: "Miss Kagurazaka, don't you think that this kind of expression seems to be similar to the style of painting in some eighteen forbidden manga?"

Kagurazaka Iris heard what he said, and after studying it carefully, gradually, she did feel more and more like a book-like expression about to climax, which made this experienced editor face slightly blush stand up.

"Well, after all, it's quite a well-known Eighteen Forbidden..." Kagurazaka Iris said in a low voice, but realized that he had missed something, immediately coughed and coughed twice without showing any emotion.

"Uh, what did you just say, eighteen bans?!" Li Yan was startled and asked.

Passionate blood plus eighteen bans is simply a step in the history of philosophy!

"Hey, um... Although she is a well-known illustrator of the Eighteenth Ban, I still think she is the illustrator that best suits your novel. Our company has always attached great importance to recruiting this talented illustrator into our team, so That's why I taught her such an important work as you to design illustrations." Kagurazaka Ayame explained calmly.

Li Yan couldn't help complaining: "That can't make the female character who was suffering from injury feel like she was pushed to the ground..."

"Ahem, don't say these yellow accents in front of girls, Li Jun."

Kagurazaka Iris coughed a few reminders, and said with a flushed cheek.

"No, no, no, this is not a yellow accent, this is an objective statement." Li Yan looked helplessly at Kagurazaka Iris, who looked a little shy, and said.

Kagurazaka Iris smiled and said: "I understand. What you said is indeed reasonable. After all, your novel no longer needs any revealing illustrations to increase popularity. It should be said that I became an editor in this company after graduation. It’s beyond my expectation to receive such a blockbuster pure-blooded novel like yours, without any decent love story, but still be so popular.”

Kagurazaka Iris originally thought that the eight volumes of the novel should be able to sell 400,000 copies, but it broke through 400,000 after only three volumes were published.

But of course Li Yan knew that this book would be popular, because his editing system had already told him that the quality of this book was A+, catering to the light novel market.

"I see, it will take time to change the artist, and I will make specific arrangements."