Chapter 302 The Little Princess's Endless Persistence
“Making coffee?”
Zeshan Haruno took two steps forward curiously and said with a smile: "Can I have a cup?"
"Oh, sure."
Mine Shiori held the cup and whispered, "What kind of beans would Haruno like?"
"Just the same as you. I don't know much about coffee."
Sawayama Haruno shook his head.
His knowledge of coffee is limited to branded coffee drinks like Luckin Coffee and Starbucks, and he has never had much contact with hand-brewed coffee.
Fortunately, there was a ready-made product that Shiori Mine had almost finished. When the other party took out a brand new small porcelain cup, filled it with freshly prepared coffee and handed it to her, Sawayama Haruno took it without hesitation and took a sip.
"Eh? So bitter."
"There are milk drink packets and soluble white sugar next to it." Mine Shiori said quickly.
She almost forgot that due to her busy work schedule, she usually drank bitter coffee to stay awake, and added very little milk.
For Sawayama Haruno, this kind of coffee seemed a little hard to swallow.
"Is Shiori's job hard?"
After looking around, Sawayama Haruno quickly noticed the milk and sugar the other party was talking about.
While adding ingredients to the coffee, he asked curiously, "Are you still an intern editor?"
"Well, but Ms. Morikawa hopes that I can adapt to the editing job as soon as possible, so she will have higher requirements for me." Mine Shiori whispered.
"Really? What are you responsible for?"
"It's actually related to Haruno's work."
Mine Shiori said a little embarrassedly: "Today I am dealing with the online feedback, to see what people think of Haruno. In addition to this, I am also paying attention to market feedback and so on, and then I have to make a form and submit it."
"and many more."
What she said was so confusing that Zeshan Haruno was a little overwhelmed. He quickly asked the other party to stop talking. Zeshan Haruno said with a little amusement: "I didn't expect that I would have to ask you so many things about the book after the fine-tuning."
“It’s work after all”
Mine Shiori felt a little guilty.
In fact, she was not only paying attention to him during work hours, she was also secretly paying attention to him in private.
Seeing that Sawayama Haruno's fame was growing day by day, she felt both happy and a little disappointed. She always felt that the other party seemed to have distanced herself from her.
"Work? By the way."
Sawayama Haruno's expression suddenly became serious, as if he remembered something.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you that I'm ready to start writing my second book. I'll ask the company to let you serve as my assistant," he said seriously.
Although it feels a bit strange that the author needs an assistant, considering his increasingly high status in Kodansha, the senior leaders should be able to satisfy his small request.
What's more, Mine Shiori is just an intern, and the company is not at the point where it will not be able to operate without her. Sawayama Haruno even feels that he doesn't need to discuss with the leaders. He just needs to say hello to Miss Morikawa, and she will be happy to let Mine Shiori go.
After all, that guy is about to get promoted. It’s the end of the year now, so it will probably happen around this time.
"The second book? I see."
Mine Shiori nodded slightly.
For her, anything that could help Haruno would make her happy, especially such an intimate job as helping to check and refine the work.
She could also take this opportunity to take Haruno's "first time" again.
First time in the second book.
Thinking of this, Mine Shiori's face inexplicably flushed.
However, Sawayama Haruno, who was frowning due to the bitter coffee, did not notice this touch of girlish charm.
After exchanging a few pleasantries with Mine Shiori in the lounge area and agreeing to have dinner together another day, he received a text message from Miss Morikawa asking him to go home quickly.
Seeing that the people from the Ishizawa family seemed to have arrived, Sawayama Haruno no longer hesitated. After saying goodbye to Mine Shiori, he quickly returned to the reception room.
After pushing open the door, there were already three people sitting inside except Morikawa Riho, and one of them looked extremely familiar to Sawayama Haruno.
"Teacher Kiriyama"
This girl, who was young enough to attract people's attention, smiled at Sawayama Haruno.
"We meet again. I think you haven't done what you promised me last time?"
"Why are you here too?"
Sawayama Haruno looked at Morikawa Riho in a daze, but saw that she was just shaking her head helplessly.
Ishizawa Kaori came over.
To the surprise of everyone present, even Riho Morikawa did not expect that the other party would come all the way from Kyoto to Tokyo for no reason.
"Of course, we're talking about business."
Ishizawa Kaori spread her hands innocently and sighed, "Since the last time we met, Kiriyama-sensei hasn't written anything I want to read, even though I helped you so much with the novel."
".Sorry, I can't spare the time to write." Sawayama Haruno was a little helpless.
"But I heard that you are planning to write your second book?" Ishizawa Kaori smiled playfully and said quirkily, "Will the next book follow the style of the previous one?" "Yes."
Sawayama Haruno coughed lightly and pretended not to know what she was talking about, and explained, "The styles are still relatively similar. Speaking of which, this is about the next book, right? Aren't we here to discuss copyright cooperation today?"
"excuse me."
Seeing Zeshan Haruno say this, the man in a suit next to him stood up and greeted him.
He was also one of the people who came from the Ishizawa family this time, and the other person sitting next to him, a man who looked to be about fifty years old and had a somewhat street-like temperament, was the preliminary instructor for this cooperation.
His name is Chen Yingxiong. He is of French-Vietnamese descent, but has a very Chinese name.
To be honest, when he heard this name, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but be shocked.
Because this person was the director who was responsible for filming the movie version of "Norwegian Wood" in the previous life. I didn't expect that he also existed in this parallel world.
Although he felt a little confused, it was a good thing for Sawayama Haruno to be able to continue remaking the film with the original director.
At least the content of the book won't be messed up.
Of course, the plots that Kaori Ishizawa expects will definitely have to be cut or modified.
This was also the main reason why she was depressed during the second half of the meeting.
About an hour later.
"Then it's settled."
The director, who had an inexplicable temperament similar to that of a gangster, stood up and shook hands with Sawayama Haruno with a smile.
"We will discuss copyright cooperation with your company again."
He smiled and said, "But what is certain is that filming will probably start in the second half of next year. If Mr. Kiriyama has any comments or wants to come to the set to see the filming situation, please feel free to contact me."
"Ok."
Sawayama Haruno shook hands with the other person calmly, but he didn't take what the other person said to heart.
The implication of this guy's words just now was that he wanted me to take up a supervisory position. I guess he wanted me to help out and contribute.
But where would he get the time? You know, it would take a long time to shoot a movie, and he doesn't have the corresponding professional knowledge. It would be better for him to just leave it to the other party to figure out a solution.
Anyway, it was impossible for the Ishizawa family standing by and watching him mess around, so Sawayama Haruno was relatively relieved about the movie version.
After sending away the director, the people from the Ishizawa family, and the resentful "little princess", Sawayama Haruno did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he sat back on the sofa in the reception room and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong, Kiriyama-sensei?"
Morikawa Riho closed the glass door of the reception room and looked at him with a hint of amusement.
"Tired?"
"I'm not really tired, but I didn't expect that in addition to writing a book, there would be so many things for me to deal with."
Sawayama Haruno rubbed his eyes and joked, "You are my editor as well, so you can be of some use."
"You know I'm useless?"
Morikawa Riho sat on the sofa next to him and gave him a displeased look.
"Do you know how busy I have been these past few days doing promotions for you and market research? I've been working overtime at night, not to mention dealing with copyright issues."
"Really? It seems like it's not easy for both of us. I thought we could just throw the book over after we finished writing it."
Sawayama Haruno felt somewhat emotional.
Fortunately, Maki's mood has been relatively stable these days, and he can spare more time to deal with other things. Otherwise, things would come one after another and he would be busy until he was exhausted.
"It's a little too early to breathe a sigh of relief now."
Morikawa Riho looked at Sawayama Haruno lying on the sofa with some disdain and reminded him, "It's almost the end of the year. For the sake of next year's tax statistics, you'd better hire a tax accountant to prepare a financial and tax income statement."
"what"
If she hadn't said it, Sawayama Haruno would have almost forgotten about it.
After all, the island country is slightly different from the country he lived in in his previous life in this respect.
For him who is currently engaged in literary work, it is necessary to hire a good tax accountant, which can save a lot of money.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a headache.
"Ms. Morikawa, do you have any recommendations?"
"I'm sorry, I can't help you. You can't ask the company's finance and tax department to solve it for you, right?"
Morikawa Riho spread her hands and suggested, "You should find a more reliable one yourself, try to find a tax firm with a higher reputation. After all, according to your current sales performance, the tax you have to pay by then is estimated to be an astronomical figure."
The book sales in this month alone are enough for Zeshan Haruno to pay a large sum of money, not to mention the sale of copyrights, which also requires additional taxes.
Since it is personal income, only Sawayama Haruno himself can pay this part, but by inviting a professional to come, many reasonable ways to avoid taxes can be found.
(End of this chapter)
