Chapter 105: Naoki-san is actually proficient in Chinese and English?

Naoki Nagayama followed Kuniharu Morikawa to the meeting room where he had signed the contract before,

and then immediately apologized: "Sumimasen, I didn't expect Naoki-san to come so fast. The relevant materials and royalties still need some time. I have already asked my colleagues to help handle it. I have to trouble Naoki-san to wait a moment."

Naoki Nagayama waved his hand: "Daijobu, I don't have anything urgent for the time being."

Opening the window, a cool breeze blew in, making people feel refreshed.

"Naoki-san is running film promotion recently, right?"

Kuniharu Morikawa sat opposite and asked curiously,

"That *Paranormal Activity*, it was shot by Naoki-san, right?"

"Eh? Banji-san also watched it? The film is indeed my clumsy work."

"Haha, I didn't watch it. I'm getting old and can't stand horror films. It was my daughter who went to watch it herself." Kuniharu Morikawa's speed of speaking became a bit faster after mentioning his daughter, and his tone was also very cheerful. "Yurin thought it was very interesting, saying things about the shooting techniques."

"Is that so~ Then Banji-san has to thank Yurin-san for her praise for me, hahaha." Naoki Nagayama continued, "Banji-san and your daughter have a good relationship? Generally, daughters wouldn't tell their fathers what movies they watched."

If she could go to watch a horror film by herself, she must be at least in junior high school. It was rare for girls of this age to talk about everything with their fathers.

"She's not as close as before. The little girl who used to rush up to hug me and shout 'daddy welcome home' when I got home has grown up so much~"

It seems that this one is also a daughter slave.

"Well, isn't there a saying? The growth of children is moving away from their parents step by step~"

Kuniharu Morikawa sighed: "Naoki-san really has a unique and precise insight into the world."

The meeting room suddenly fell into a depressing atmosphere~

Why did the originally good atmosphere suddenly become sad and sentimental?

Naoki Nagayama looked at the editor who seemed to have been poked in the heart by his own words, and felt a bit helpless in his mind. Are the hearts of middle-aged people so sensitive?

Just when he didn't know what to do,

the door of the meeting room was knocked, and after pushing it open, it was the newcomer little sister from the front desk, Mitsuko Nishihara,

who served two cups of hot tea and a stack of snacks on a tray.

This movement also brought Kuniharu Morikawa back to his senses.

"Naoki-san, excuse me, please have some tea and snacks."

Then he saw Kuniharu Morikawa turn his head and ask Mitsuko Nishihara to urge a certain process,

"Hai, arigato."

Picking up the tea and taking a sip, the temperature was just right, the tea leaves were excellent, and the lips and teeth were fragrant.

The tea snack was a characteristic three-colored rice ball, soft and delicious.

It was almost 11 o'clock at this time, and he was indeed a bit hungry.

"Naoki-san, let's continue to talk about winning the award." Kuniharu Morikawa finally entered the main topic again.

"The Japanese Children's Literature Newcomer Award is an award with a lot of gold content. Only works published this year can be selected, and there are requirements for the author's age."

"Naoki-san winning the award this time is partly because the quality of *Summer Garden* is indeed very good, and partly because Naoki-san is publishing his work for the first time, and he is so young."

"Hahaha, I also have to thank Shogakukan for its strong support, and even more thank Banji-san."

Just kidding, how could he win such an award without the effort of the publishing house?

He didn't even know where the entrance to participate was.

"Where, where, helping authors is the duty of our editors!"

Kuniharu Morikawa continued,

"Naoki-san, the awards ceremony is about mid-December. I will notify you in advance. If possible, it is better for you to receive the award in person. It is also good to know the people in the Writers' Association."

"Hai, I will free up that time."

Naoki Nagayama guaranteed that there was nothing that needed him to come forward for the time being.

There was still more than a month before the end of the year, and he planned to spend it leisurely.

"In addition, after the popularity goes up, there are also some foreign publishers who hope to translate the novel into foreign languages for publication." Kuniharu Morikawa explained to Naoki Nagayama, "Although the distribution rights in Japan are with Shogakukan, foreign rights can still be authorized separately."

"Naoki-san, generally there are two ways to do this. One is to talk directly to foreign publishers about translation and publication. The advantage is that copyright income and so on can be discussed. The other is to authorize the foreign copyright to Shogakukan, and let Shogakukan negotiate with them. Copyright income will be commissioned according to a certain proportion."

Next, Kuniharu Morikawa explained the pros and cons of the two methods to Naoki Nagayama in detail:

If you talk about it yourself, the upper limit might be freer, and you might get a higher split, but the disadvantage is that the negotiation between an individual and a foreign publisher is very troublesome, and the copyright split also depends entirely on the foreign publisher. After all, foreign publishers split according to sales performance, and Naoki Nagayama, as an individual, has no way to investigate the sales data of books in the local area.

If you entrust it to Shogakukan, the negotiation, split settlement, etc., will naturally be handled by Shogakukan. The disadvantage is that you have to take a commission, and when talking about splits within the industry, there are certain conventions, and it won't be too high.

Naoki Nagayama naturally chose the second method. How to make money isn't making money? He wouldn't do anything too troublesome.

"Banji-san, no need to explain too much. Everything is entrusted to Shogakukan. However, the translations in Chinese and English need to be finally confirmed by me before they can be issued."

Kuniharu Morikawa, who got a clear answer, was very happy, and then very surprised: "Naoki-san is actually proficient in Chinese and English?"

"Haha, just a little, just a little~"

Chinese, it was his mother tongue in his previous life.

And English, it could be said that it was his working language in his previous life.

Whether it was writing code or reporting to foreign clients, he needed to use English.

He had put in a lot of hard work for the IELTS and TOEFL level 10.

Plus the Japanese of this life, he could barely be considered a genius who knew multiple languages.

Just as they were talking, a young man knocked on the door and came in, said "Excuse me," then handed some materials to Kuniharu Morikawa, and bowed to Naoki Nagayama before retreating.

"Naoki-san, the royalties are here!" Kuniharu Morikawa first handed a check to Naoki Nagayama, "Time is tight, so I didn't take out cash for the time being."

"Hai, arigato."

As long as it was money, Naoki Nagayama didn't care what form it was in.

The amount on the check was 30 million yen. Kuniharu Morikawa explained: "*Summer Garden* was reprinted 2 times, once for 100,000 copies, and another time for 200,000 copies."

By the way, he also handed over the relevant documents for the reprint, "Naoki-san can check it."

"No need, Shogakukan wouldn't have any problems with this kind of thing."

"Haha, thank you for Naoki-san's trust, but these documents should still be kept well." Kuniharu Morikawa put down the documents and then took out another document and continued: "Naoki-san, this is the translation authorization contract for foreign copyright. According to convention, Shogakukan's commission is 5% of the split."

"The negotiation with foreign publishers has not yet started, but our Shogakukan will definitely try our best to get the highest split. When the final split is determined, we will also finally confirm it with Naoki-san."

"Hai, then I'll trouble Banji-san." Naoki Nagayama flipped through the contract. There were no special terms, and it was also a standard contract, so he didn't think too much and signed it.

After the business was finished, Kuniharu Morikawa and Naoki Nagayama chatted for a while.

"Naoki-san, when signing the publishing contract before, according to convention, I should treat you to a meal. Unfortunately, because the time was not right, if Naoki-san has nothing to do today, let me treat you to lunch~"

Oh? Can I get a free meal?

"Hahaha, since Banji-san said so, then I will not be polite~" ===== CHAPTER 106 =====