Chapter 203: Want to make Shiori normal
"Congratulations, Mr. Kiriyama."
On the other end of the phone, Morikawa Riho congratulated with a smile.
You don't need to explain it too clearly, everyone can understand what she means.
There is only one result.
Although I had heard about the shady stuff before participating in the competition, I still felt a little unsure.
But when the result of the championship was laid out in front of him, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but smile.
Even Mine Shiori's complexion looked a little better.
"A lucky fluke."
Sawayama Haruno said modestly, "The results are coming out so soon, thank you Ms. Morikawa for calling me again."
“I just got the notice too.”
Morikawa Riho said coquettishly, "Is Kiriyama-sensei going to treat me to a meal before returning to Tokyo?"
"No, you should invite him once before you go back, and again after you go back, right?" she joked.
The result of the competition was "both expected and unexpected". Sawayama Haruno was in a very good mood. After hearing what the other party said, he immediately said that there was no problem.
"Of course, Ms. Morikawa can eat whatever you want. Just consider it as a bother to you these few days."
Sawayama Haruno smiled and said, "Don't even mention two meals, twenty meals will be no problem."
Just kidding, he won the championship among all four groups in the competition. From now on, as long as the Otowa Group is not stupid, they will definitely find a way to make him famous.
No matter how backward the physical market is, it is only a matter of time before "Norwegian Wood" becomes a hit.
After all, the island country's publishing industry, whether it is books or other publishing industries, is almost completely monopolized by these four major groups.
There is more than one way to spread propaganda and communication through multiple entities.
With the support of the Otowa Group, he can still write his own book and achieve success even in this overdeveloped time.
Financial freedom and fame in the future are already a foregone conclusion.
Obviously, Morikawa Riho on the other end of the phone was also aware of this.
After hearing what Sawayama Haruno said, she smiled and added, "Mr. Kiriyama will have to tell other people about the good news next, so I won't bother you any more. I'll send you the arrangements for the subsequent award ceremony separately."
"It's troublesome."
"No, just remember to support me."
Morikawa Riho joked and then hung up the phone.
Hearing the "beep" sound of the phone being disconnected, Sawayama Haruno looked at Mine Shiori again and found that the petite girl was looking at him with a smile.
"Congratulations, Haruno."
Mine Shiori said sincerely.
She was truly happy for Sawayama Haruno.
It's not just because the meaning of the book "Norwegian Wood" helps her a lot in resolving her past problems.
Another reason is that she felt that the book was really well written and that the author, Haruno Sawayama, also worked very hard.
It’s hard for a normal person to finish writing 200,000 words in a month, right?
What's more, this is a work that tends to be more physical literature.
No matter how much Sawayama Haruno explained that this book is essentially a romance novel, only those who have read it know that it is completely different from those light novels serialized on the Internet.
Being able to finish a whole book in such a short time and with such a high degree of completion.
It's not just the other person's talent that matters; the effort put in during the process is equally important.
So when she heard the winning news, Shiori Mine was even happier than Haruno Sawayama.
"He is indeed the leader."
Looking at the high-spirited look of her sweetheart, Mine Shiori smiled faintly.
“Although I had this intuition before, I really didn’t expect that a newcomer could do this.”
"It's also thanks to Shiori's help, right?" Sawayama Haruno blinked and added, "If Shiori hadn't helped me refine the content, I'm afraid it wouldn't have been completed so quickly this time."
"It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning."
Mine Shiori pursed her lips and subconsciously looked away.
She originally wanted to talk to the other party more about the leader, but the next second, Sawayama Haruno suddenly closed the distance between the chair and the bed.
The plastic chair made an unbearable "creaking" noise as it rubbed against the floor, and the sudden close distance made the petite girl feel a little at a loss as to what to do.
Looking at the face so close to her, Mine Shiori's heart beat so fast that it almost jumped out of her throat.
What does the other party want to do?
Could it be that.
Mine Shiori couldn't help swallowing.
No way. Haruno had just done that with Suguha, but even if Haruno wanted to do that to me, I wouldn't be able to resist, right?
No. It should be said that my heart is expecting something like this to happen.
Obviously, Suguha had to use dishonorable means to be with Haruno first. If that's the case, then it doesn't matter if something happens between me and Haruno here, right?
Or rather, there are legitimate reasons?
Just think of it as a celebration of winning the championship or something, although using this kind of thing to celebrate would make me look like a very slutty girl
It's okay once in a while.
Thinking of this, Mine Shiori held her breath and carefully closed her eyes. Her subconscious action made Sawayama Haruno, who was getting closer, freeze in his tracks.
"Shiori, are you feeling unwell?"
"Eh?"
Mine Shiori opened her eyes and looked at Sawayama Haruno in front of her with some surprise.
The other person was looking at him with a confused expression, as if suddenly closing his eyes was some strange action.
"no no"
Realizing that she had misunderstood, Mine Shiori suddenly became nervous.
She stammered and explained, "My eyes are just a little sore."
"Really?" Zeshan Haruno stroked his chin and said casually, "Then let someone buy you some eye drops later?"
"Um"
"lets change a topic."
Sawayama Haruno took the initiative to change the subject, looked at Mine Shiori and said seriously: "I really thank you."
"If you hadn't checked it carefully for me, I wouldn't have had enough confidence to get the first place this time."
He said it sincerely, and of course, it was true.
For most readers, they pay attention to reading through and quickly when reading a book - that is, they will not pay attention to wrong words or problems with sentence order word by word.
However, when put in front of professional judges and editors, these small issues become very serious.
Especially for someone like Sawayama Haruno who carries around classic masterpieces, these problems will be magnified countless times after the work becomes popular, and can easily be used by others to criticize his weak basic skills.
Although his level has improved a lot with the help of the system, Sawayama Haruno focuses on efficiency when typing, so mistakes are inevitable.
Even the most sophisticated instruments can make mistakes, let alone humans.
In addition, when Sawayama Haruno read the book "Norwegian Wood" in his previous life, he read the Japanese translated version. If he wanted to translate it back again, he would inevitably encounter many problems in the context.
Mine Shiori's responsibility is to point out all these problems and help him correct them one by one.
In a sense, without Shiori Mine, it would have been difficult for this book to achieve its current top result.
"Say this suddenly"
Mine Shiori's face turned red and she looked at Sawayama Haruno embarrassedly.
Even though that happened just yesterday, the other party still wants to thank me today.
"I just helped a little." Mine Shiori lowered her head and whispered, "Even without me, Haruno can complete it by himself, right?"
"It's just too much trouble for me to check the finishing."
Sawayama Haruno smiled gently at her.
"Besides, it's hard for me to have so much time to deal with this kind of work, so."
"If possible, can Shiori continue to help me check next time?"
After saying that, Sawayama Haruno, as if afraid of causing misunderstanding, quickly explained: "Of course, it's not like you're working for nothing. I asked Ms. Morikawa before, and even in this industry, there are assistants to help with the publishing and revision of books."
His meaning was actually very clear. He hoped that Mine Shiori would be associated with the pen name "Kirishama Fuyumi" in the future. This would help her get better resources for development within the Otowa Group.
In addition, Morikawa Riho may not always be his editor. She might be promoted in the future, after which Mine Shiori can take over the position. This was also one of the topics they talked about at the dinner yesterday.
Morikawa Riho said that she would try to train Mine Shiori to become a professional editor so that she could better assist Sawayama Haruno.
I don't know if she had such an idea because of the close relationship between Mine Shiori and Sawayama Haruno.
But no matter from which perspective, this will be of great benefit to Shiori Mine.
This was the conclusion that Sawayama Haruno came to after deep thought. After all, the two of them had already had a pleasant collaboration in public; and in private, the relationship between them was not just that of classmates or friends.
Apart from these reasons, Sawayama Haruno also considered the existence of the system task and the desire to turn Mine Shiori back into a normal girl.
That is why this suggestion is made here.
It was obvious that the other party was somewhat tempted, but was still a little embarrassed to agree immediately.
Feeling the sincere gaze of Sawayama Haruno, Mine Shiori hesitated for a moment and slowly said, "But."
"Is this really okay?"
Her eyes kept dodging and her tone gradually became hesitant.
Sawayama Haruno originally thought that she was still struggling with whether she could help him, but Mine Shiori's next words made him stunned.
"yesterday."
"I did that yesterday at noon, right?"
"Is it really okay for you to tell me this now?" Mine Shiori said hesitantly.
(End of this chapter)
