Chapter 113

Sana Akita and the others also began to ask Shoji Niigaki about the process after a novel is approved.

Shoji Niigaki took a contract out of his briefcase and explained:

"After a novel is approved, we still need to take it back to the publishing house and let other editors conduct a cross-review."

"Since his book has already gone through this process last time, currently, we only need to sign the contract and wait for our publishing house to make simple revisions."

"After that, we can contact the printing factory for cover design, printing, promotion, and marketing, and finally, it can be put on the shelves for sale."

"This is the simple process from novel approval to shelf release."

"Of course, there are actually many steps and details, but those are industry secrets, and it's not convenient for me to disclose them."

Miki Kondo pondered:

"So that's how it is..."

Sana Akita was excited:

"Um, um, I also want to ask which bookstores your Deep Night Publishing House books are usually in?"

"Are they in every bookstore?"

Shoji Niigaki shook his head and smiled:

"Every bookstore, that's not the case."

"However, in Japan, there are quite a lot of big bookstores that our Deep Night Publishing House can contact."

"There is absolutely no shortage of sales channels."

"Once a novel becomes a hit, the high income can reach the level of over 100 million per month."

"And that's after taxes, you know."

Miki Kondo asked curiously:

"In this case, what is the author's personal income tax rate?"

Shoji Niigaki explained:

"According to some big authors I know who earn over 100 million a month, the personal income tax rate they pay each month is generally around 45%."

Sana Akita was surprised:

"Doesn't that mean that for an author with a monthly income of over 100 million after tax, they have to pay almost 100 million in taxes alone?"

"That is to say, if they don't pay taxes, their income is at least 200 million a month?"

"This is too outrageous!"

Miki Kondo also didn't expect that big authors had to pay so much tax.

However, this made her even more yearning for such big authors.

She just felt it was really amazing.

Just relying on writing novels to earn over 100 million a month.

And Hakuta Yamaguchi, hearing this, was also very restless in his heart.

He just felt that his novel might suddenly become a hit after it was put on the shelves, and he might become an author earning over 100 million a month.

As for Kazuya Asagiri, seeing the girl he liked, Sana Akita, looking so worshipful of big authors.

He also felt that perhaps he should try writing like Hakuta Yamaguchi.

Maybe he would succeed?

By then, if Sana Akita knew his identity as a writer, maybe they could really be together!

Afterward.

The four of them chatted a lot more.

While chatting.

Sana Akita's peripheral vision seemed to catch something, and she looked out the window.

When she saw a boy wearing the uniform of the Private Moonlight Academy, who looked very much like Xia Xia Xia Mujun, walking down from the building where the Deep Night Publishing House was located.

She was stunned for a long time, then patted Miki Kondo's hand beside her with great surprise:

"Miki, look, that person looks like Xia Xia Xia Mujun, right?"

"He also walked down from the publishing house building; could it be that he also went to submit a novel?"

Miki Kondo heard this, turned her head to look, and found that the person was indeed wearing the Private Moonlight Academy uniform.

It's just that this person was too far away from them, and was currently facing away from them.

She couldn't see what he looked like at all.

But looking at this back, it did look a bit like him?

But after thinking about it, Miki Kondo couldn't help but want to laugh.

Uda Ayaka took her leave with a beaming smile, though the moment she turned to walk away, she shot a quick, sharp glare at Takahashi Jun.

As for submitting a novel?

Impossible!

He didn't have that ability!

If he really had that ability, he would have become famous for writing novels long ago; why would he wait until his family went bankrupt and he was reduced to working in a coffee shop to do this?

Miki Kondo shook her head and said:

"You saw wrong, that person wouldn't be him."

Hakuta Yamaguchi had long ago probed and learned some of Xia Xia Xia Mujun's situation from Miki Kondo.

Plus, now that his good friend Kazuya Asagiri had thoughts of pursuing Sana Akita.

He was definitely helping his good friend; how could he possibly help Xia Xia Xia Mujun?

Hakuta Yamaguchi laughed and said:

"Indeed unlikely, Akita-san, you must have seen wrong."

Kazuya Asagiri also knew that Sana Akita seemed to like Xia Xia Xia Mujun, who was very famous in school recently, and at this time, he directly denied it:

"Exactly, exactly!"

"You must have seen wrong!"

Sana Akita was confused:

"Could it be that I really saw wrong, but it really looked like him..."

Miki Kondo rubbed her head:

"Don't think too much, the dessert is already served, let's eat first."

Apprentice editor Shoji Niigaki didn't know the 'Xia Xia Xia Mujun' they were talking about.

But he knew the editor beside 'Xia Xia Xia Mujun'—Takahashi Jun, who looked submissive and a bit wimpy.

Although it was too far to see his face clearly, he recognized him at a glance just by his silhouette and temperament.

And at this moment, Takahashi Jun was unexpectedly talking to the boy in the school uniform, gesturing vividly, looking exceptionally excited and fawning.

This abnormal behavior made Shoji Niigaki a bit confused.

After all, that was Senior Takahashi, whose usual submissive and wimpy appearance was basically known to everyone in the publishing house.

Yet he was like this now?

It didn't look right no matter how he saw it!

Could it be that he really found a capable author and dug up a very valuable novel?

But that was a high school student...

Among high school students, there were few who were good at writing novels.

Shoji Niigaki vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't deny it completely, planning to ask about the situation after Takahashi Jun returned tomorrow.