chapter XXIX
In a maid cafe, Kato Makoto was with two beautiful women, one big and one small. Although he was the center of attention, it did not affect his current passion.
The reason was simple. He was very interested in Machida Yuanzi.
Well, there might be some misunderstanding. It should be said that Kato Makoto was very interested in Machida Yuanzi's idea of dating.
Kato Makoto had already investigated Kashiko's information before he came.
She was the new author of the famous Fantastic Literature under the banner of the Undying River Bookstore. Her editor, Machida Yuanzi, was naturally the editor of Fantastic.
In other words, Kato Makoto's love portrait had caught the attention of a big literature magazine. This feeling was going to soar!
"Editor Machida, you want to take my love photo?”
Kato Makoto took a sip of his coffee and asked for confirmation again. He looked at Machida Yuanzi with a serious face.
Hearing Kato Makoto ask again, Machida Yuanzi nodded and said with certainty,"
"Yes, Teacher Kato. I want to sign Teacher Kato's love portrait book. Of course, it would be even better if I could sign Teacher Kato. But I don't think Teacher Kato would tie himself to Fantastic at such a young age, right?”
Machida asked Kato Makoto tentatively.
There were two types of contracts. The first was to sign a book, and the second was to sign a person.
Unless it was a very mature author, which was the top big shots who signed the contract, the rest were basically just signing books.
Because once they signed someone, they would be greatly restricted. It was equivalent to being the author of the library.
Many people chose to sign books, so it was not a big deal.
After hearing Machida Yuanzi's words, Kato Makoto nodded. It was impossible to sign a person. He could only sign a book. Otherwise, Kato Makoto would not have chosen Fantastic Literature.
After all, even if the Fantastic library was very powerful, there were still people who could be compared to it.
A love portrait would definitely be a hit. It just needed time to prove it.
It was already considered popular now, but it was still far from reaching the level of a big fire.
"Indeed, if you want to sign me, that's impossible. After all, I'm still a student.”
Kato Makoto nodded and said with a smile,
"Originally, I didn't plan to sign the contract too early. After all, the potential of this book is huge. However, Editor Machida has already said it. We can talk about what price Editor Machida is prepared to pay for my book.”
This was very important. Kato Makoto was short of money now. This represented his future earnings.
"As for this, it's an A-rank contract.”
Machida Yuanzi said after hesitating for a moment. Of course, her bottom line was not just A.
There were a total of five grades of contracts. A-grade contracts were the second type of contracts. Shiyu Kasumigaoka was an A-grade contract, but most of them were B-grade contracts.
The best was naturally the first type of S-rank contract.
That was a contract signed by a true top-notch big shot. Of course, it was only limited to the work. There was another way to say who signed it.
Shika Kasumigaoka, who was eating, stopped eating after hearing Machida Yuanko's words. She put down her spoon and looked up at Machida Yuanko,"
"You're a little too much!"
"We are all very clear about the potential of this love portrait book. It is undoubtedly a masterpiece. It was won with an A lot. Yuanzi, you are going too far!”
Kato Makoto's expression didn't change, but his interest had decreased a lot.
According to the system, the results of this love portrait book in his previous life were not enough to get an A-grade contract. Even an S-grade contract from Fantastic Library was not enough.
However, there was no other way. The contracts in this world were unified. No matter how good your book was, the highest it could reach was S-rank. If you wanted to increase your income, you had to rely on the bribes of the publishing house.
The other generous conditions to retain the author were bribes from the publishing firm. These were all public and not illegal.
"Listen to me first!"
Machida Yuanzi rolled her eyes helplessly. How could she not know the value of a book that she personally recommended to Shiyu Kasumigaoka? The reason why he gave her an A lot was because he had considered it:
"Teacher Kato is a newcomer! You're so new that you can't be any newer."
"Shika-chan, as you know, many seniors in the author industry like to suppress newcomers. If we give Teacher Kato an S grade as soon as he arrives, he will definitely be attacked by other teachers.”
"The unspoken rule of this industry is that newcomers can only get an A lot at most.”
Shika Kasumigaoka suddenly came to her senses. It really was like this. She couldn't help but look at Kato Makoto's face.
"Kato Kun, this is true.”
"Those seniors like to do this kind of thing. Because they claim to be orthodox, they can't stand the rapid rise of newcomers like us.”
At this point, Kasumigaoka Shiyu's face was filled with resentment as she said,"
"If I hadn't been sniped by these people, my results would have been even better.”
Kato Makoto, who had been silent all this while, frowned when he heard Shika Kasumigaoka's words. He looked at Shika Kasumigaoka and asked,"
"Kasumigaoka, were you bullied? It can't be, right?"
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