The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

How does it feel to have a rich female reader?

How does it feel to have a rich and powerful female reader?

How does it feel to have a rich and powerful female reader who likes your novels?

Bai Gui realized it now.

"You mean, you asked the professors to recommend this book because of your father's connections?"

He gasped.

He is quite familiar with Tokyo and has a lot of contacts, but he still can't do it because he knows so many college and university professors and asks them to recommend a novel...

He could also recognize some of the students who had just entered the school to buy novels, and they were from at least a dozen schools, which meant that at least a dozen professors were invited, and maybe even more.

Is your network too broad? !

"Yes."

Yamada Mitsuko nodded.

"Thank you very much. What's your name?"

Bai Gui raised his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him. She looked about fifteen or sixteen years old and was a bit short due to her age. She has a pure and pleasant appearance, wearing a kimono with wide sleeves and a slanted front, although her raised head is a bit out of place with her dress.

But at this moment, a cute and round chin was revealed.

There is some baby fat.

"Photon?"

"Mitsuko Yamada?"

"how do you know?"

"I have a photographic memory, and the names of every reader who replied are clearly in my mind."

Bai Gui helped Yamada Mitsuko sign three volumes of books and pointed to his head.

Mitsuko is also a popular name, and so is Yamada, which is the eleventh most common surname in Japan. However, the only person he has replied to recently is Mitsuko Yamada, so it is not difficult to remember. In addition, Mitsuko's accent is also Kyoto accent, which is somewhat different from Tokyo's Kanto accent. You can tell it if you listen carefully.

Kyoto is in Kansai.

Not to mention his now perverted memory.

"That's right."

Yamada Mitsuko was a little disappointed.

She was ready to tell her name, but she didn't expect it to be guessed.

"Why did you come to Tokyo?"

"Isn't your home in Kyoto?"

Bai Gui said in surprise.

Yamada Mitsuko: "..."

"Mr. Bai!"

"You wrote back and asked me to buy a copy of your novel, but the novel is not sold anywhere in Kyoto, so I can only take the train to Tokyo. It was you who wrote back to me!"

She gritted her teeth and said every word, quite angrily.

Yamada Mitsuko thought Bai Gui was replying to her seriously, with a hint of request. This was the first time she had received such a reply from a writer. He thought that Tokyo was not far away and could be reached in one day, so he came here on Sunday (Saturday). However, he didn't expect that he remembered the name but completely forgot the credible content.

"this……"

There was a hint of embarrassment on Bai Gui's face. He responded to every reader in the same way. At most, he added one or two more sentences to Mitsuko Yamada's reply.

Be sure to buy it, some people really take it seriously!

It's his fault.

"I'll treat you to dinner."

"That's kind of a thank you."

Bai Gui's embarrassment flashed away, he closed the pen cap, then stood up and pushed away the autograph table, saying, "You came from Kyoto Women's High School and did me such a big favor. I need to thank you very much."

Although Tokyo is not far away from Kyoto, it is not close either. After a long journey, I have to thank you.

Anyway, the five hundred books at the book signing have been sold out, so it’s over.

No one should come here again.

It’s easy to ask about some specific things later during the meal.

Yamada Mitsuko glared at Bai Gui, nodded heavily, and expressed agreement.

"Nakajima, please come with me."

Bai Gui said to Nobuo Nakajima who was waiting aside.

Nobuo Nakajima helped him a lot this time. Although he was the editor-in-chief, this was considered beyond his duties and he needed to be thanked. As for Liu Mingda and other classmates, there is no need to worry, they are already very familiar with them, and I will thank them separately when they return to the first grade of high school.

"I'd better not use it..."

Nobuo Nakajima hesitated and refused.

"go together!"

Bai Gui took a deep breath and looked at Nobuo Nakajima.

He has never encountered such a thing as a female reader suddenly came to his door and helped him a lot. It was inevitably a bit embarrassing. Asking Nobuo Nakajima to go with him would reduce the embarrassment and pressure...

"Oh well."

Nobuo Nakajima could only nod. Bai Gui treated him well. He didn't have much work in the newspaper office, and he helped proofread Bai Gui's novel manuscripts. He was very free and could hardly find a few typos. In addition, the salary and commission were both good.

Not far away, Yoshida Restaurant.

I ordered some random food, which is relatively expensive in restaurants.

It was too late to go to a better restaurant at this time, and Bai Gui was a little empty after a day of signing. This restaurant looks good and not inappropriate.

The staple food is fried pork cutlet rice, and there are several snacks.

During the dinner, we chatted for a few words.

Bai Gui didn't ask in depth what Mitsuko Yamada's background was. After getting along for a long time, he would definitely know it after getting familiar with it. There was no need to be so anxious. It seemed that he had ulterior motives.

After dinner, Nobuo Nakajima said goodbye and went home.

Out of the restaurant.

"Do you have any relatives in Kyoto or Tokyo? If not... I can recommend some good hotels."

Bai Gui thought for a while and said.

Although Yamada Mitsuko had a background and connections that he didn't know about, it was obvious that he had escaped secretly.

"No need, my family also has a private residence in Tokyo."

"I just don't come here often."

Yamada Mitsuko said.

The two parted.

…

The next day, with the help of Mitsuko Yamada, literature professors and history professors from various schools recommended purchasing the Qin Empire. Coupled with the excellent quality, followers bought it in large numbers. Tokyo was sold out, and the surrounding counties were also on the verge of being sold out.

"Asahisha plans to print another 25,000 copies of the second issue and send it to Kyoto, Osaka and other prosperous places."

"The royalties are set at fifteen percent..."

In the afternoon, members of the Asahi Society met Bai Gui and said.

Asahisha is one of the three major newspapers in Japan and has rich sources of information. It was also the reason why the sales of the Great Qin Empire were so popular. However, this is different from boosting sales. Many colleges and university professors have unanimously recommended it, resulting in a surge in sales... Not only does the company not think this is a bad thing, but it is a good thing. The second issue has a great future.

To put it simply, the right to speak in the cultural world lies with these professors. They believe that good works and good quality are inevitable, and it is inevitable that they will become best-sellers, which is equivalent to official endorsement.

"Fifteen percent, I can accept that."

Bai Gui nodded.

Why the copyright tax for the first issue is important is because according to convention, the copyright tax for a second issue cannot be lower than one issue. Therefore, when Asahisha gave him a two percentage point increase for the first time, the favor he was selling was not the fifty-day yen for the two-percentage-point increase for the first edition, but the thousands of yen for the second edition.

Of course, this requires him to have the ability to publish again, otherwise it will stop here.

A member of the Asahi Society handed over an envelope.

"This is 5,000 yen. Please order a little bit for Mr. Bai. The extra is Mr. Bai's salary as a social commentator, so the agency rounded up a round number."

he laughed.

"5,000 yen?"

Bai Gui couldn't help but take a breath of air, a little shocked by this generosity.

Although he had long known that there would be a lot of money after the second and third publications, but knowing it was one thing and actually seeing it was another.

At the same time, he secretly thought, no wonder writers such as Mori Ogai, Natsume Soseki, Tanabe Ryuko, etc. are all a bit "excessive". In fact, once you become a famous writer, you really have all you can eat to polish your writing.