Chapter 215

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

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

"After the 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, for now, we just need to sign the contract and wait for our publishing house to do 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."

Kondo Miki pondered:

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

Akita Sana was excited:

"That, that, I also want to ask, which bookstores are the books from your Midnight Publishing House usually on the shelves?"

"Is it in every bookstore?"

Niigaki Shoji shook his head and laughed:

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

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

"There is absolutely no shortage of sales channels."

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

"And this is after tax deduction."

Kondo Miki was curious:

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

Niigaki Shoji explained:

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

Akita Sana was surprised:

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

"In other words, if they don't pay taxes, their income is at least 200 million a month?"

"This is too outrageous!"

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

But this also made her yearn for such big writers even more.

She just felt it was really amazing.

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

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

He just felt that his novel might suddenly become a hit after being put on the shelves, and he might become an author with a monthly income of over 100 million.

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

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

Maybe he would succeed?

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

Afterwards.

The four of them chatted a lot more.

While chatting.

Akita Sana's peripheral vision seemed to catch something, looking out the window.

When she saw a boy wearing the private Moonlight Academy uniform, who looked very much like Natsume Chikage, walking down from the building where the Midnight Publishing House was located.

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

"Miki, look quickly, that person looks like Natsume-kun, right?"

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

Kondo Miki, hearing this, turned her head to look, and when she found that the person was really wearing the private Moonlight Academy uniform.

It's just that this person was too far away from her, and plus he was facing away from her.

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

But looking at this back, it really looked a bit like him?

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

She felt that Natsume Chikage would only play games.

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 wait until his family went bankrupt and he was reduced to working in a coffee shop to do this?

Kondo Miki shook her head:

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

Shankou Hakuta had long been probing, and learned some of Natsume Chikage's situation from Kondo Miki.

Plus now his good friend Asagiri Kazuya had the idea of pursuing Akita Sana.

He was definitely helping his good friend, how could he possibly help Natsume Chikage.

Shankou Hakuta laughed:

"Indeed it's not very likely, Akita-san, you must have seen wrong."

Asagiri Kazuya also knew that Akita Sana seemed to like Natsume Chikage, who had recently become very famous in the school, and at this time directly denied it:

"Exactly, exactly!"

"You must have seen wrong!"

Akita Sana was confused:

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

Kondo Miki rubbed her head:

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

Apprentice Editor Niigaki Shoji didn't know the 'Natsume Chikage' they were talking about.

But he knew the editor beside 'Natsume Chikage' who looked submissive and a bit wimpy—Gao Qiaochun.

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

And at this time, Gao Qiaochun was unexpectedly talking to the boy in the school uniform, looking unusually excited and fawning.

This abnormal behavior made Niigaki Shoji a bit confused.

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

But he was like this now?

It didn't look right no matter how you looked at it!

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

But that was a high school student...

Among high school students, there were not many who were good at writing novels.

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