I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 312
"Yeah, that's it, don't always have a sad face."
Kagurazaka Iris smiled and said. She turned her head and looked at the back of the young man with wet hair who was sitting at the computer writing a novel and said: "However, it was Li Jun who found you in the heavy rain. Ah, it really feels very similar to the last experience.”
"Eh?" Shiina Mashiro and Aoyama Nanami were stunned and looked at Kagurazaka Iris in confusion.
"Hey, don't you know? Hehe, although there is some gossip, this is also the glorious history of Mr. Uesugi. In the past, Mr. Uesugi also rushed out to rescue his juniors on rainy days when he had a fever. At first, he thought We encountered a very dangerous situation, but after we got there, we found out that the junior was climbing a tree to save a cat and was unable to come down due to rainy weather. As a result, he ran out with a fever of 39 degrees. He was sent back when it was 39.5 degrees and rested for three or four days. It took days to recover, and Qingshan’s situation is somewhat similar this time.”
Kagurazaka Iris touched his chin with his finger, recalling and recounting, and then looked at Nanami Aoyama who was sleeping in the living room of Room 505 of Li Yan with a smile.
On a rainy day, Li Yan invited Nanami Aoyama to help him complete the seventh volume of "Super Academy War". In the end, he just let her sleep in the living room and watch him write the novel while resting. .
Therefore, Nanami Aoyama has no idea what kind of assistance method this is...
"It's the same this time. Ms. Shiina mentioned on the phone that Aoyama had a high fever and went out alone. It was raining. It would be a big or small thing to let a person with a high fever get wet in the rain, so I didn't anticipate any possibility. Next, he will give priority to finding you, Aoyama. Now, have a good rest and feel a little bit about some of the truths Mr. Uesugi plans to tell you."
Kagurazaka Iris said with a smile.
"I'm really... I'm sorry, Senior Li, and Miss Kagurazaka." Nanami Aoyama closed her eyes and whispered.
She also understood that it seemed that because of her recklessness, Li Yan's originally very tight time was reduced, and now the senior was working desperately and the atmosphere seemed extremely tense.
"You're not wrong. After all, you're still a high school student. It's natural to feel this way when your dreams are thwarted. By the way, aren't you also a fan of Mr. Uesugi's books? That novel is of high quality..."
Kagurazaka Iris sighed, seeming to think of the worrying situation of not getting the entire manuscript yet. However, she looked at Li Yan's back again, smiled and said: "Although what everyone sees is more than ten years old." It’s just a light novel with 10,000 words, but in fact, to write an interesting story, he also created it from countless scrap manuscripts. What everyone sees is his successful side. I hope Miss Aoyama will still Ms. Shiina has this rare opportunity to take a look at Li Yan's efforts."
"..."
Shiina Mashiro and Aoyama Nanami both listened quietly to Kagurazaka Iris's words and were speechless. Especially Shiina Mashiro, who lowered his head slightly when he understood his powerlessness and dependence.
"Then, I'm going back first, Mr. Uesugi, I'm going back."
Kagurazaka Iris stood up, and after saying goodbye to Nanami Aoyama and Mashiro Shiina, he casually whispered goodbye to Li Yan who was busy.
"..."
As a result, in front of Kagurazaka Iris, there was no movement from Li Yan at all, and it seemed that he had not heard anything at all. This made her feel a little relieved. It seemed that he had really entered the writing state.
After coming out of the bachelor apartment in 505, Kagurazaka Iris raised her head and looked at the gray rainy day, quietly thinking about what Li Yan had talked to her before.
An hour ago, a group of people returned to the apartment building. While Aoyama Nanami was still changing clothes, Li Yan told her the writing plan for this time. During the next writing time, Aoyama Nanami, who had a high fever, watched He finished the seventh volume.
At first, Kagurazaka Iris didn't quite understand why Li Yan did this, but what he said next surprised Kagurazaka Iris.
——[The incident in Qingshan reminds me of my past... Perhaps after the situation at home has gotten better and better recently, I have become a little lazy and settled for the status quo. As a result, the seventh volume is still quite satisfactory. Although it will not lead to the failure of the work, if a more eye-catching and surprising plot is not written, this work will eventually start to go downhill before it is completed. But thanks to Aoyama's incident, I I understood that I had to get active, do something well for her to see, and my mentality was completely restored. About three to five o'clock in the morning, I felt that I could finish writing... The new expansion will definitely be better than the original volume. Even more exciting. 】
Li Yan said to Kagurazaka Iris.
Because of Nanami Aoyama, Li Yan's inspiration seemed to be stimulated to half, and he was in a perfect state of excitement. Kagurazaka Iris was also a little surprised. She understood that after finding the state, writing would be twice the result with half the effort.
However, she still didn't quite understand why Li Yan specifically asked Qingshan Nanhai to watch him stay up late to complete the seventh volume.
——[...I feel that there is only one thing I can do now, which is to work hard to complete the difficult work in my hands. 】
——[If Qingshan sees my back, she should understand something. 】
——[I can only help them once, maybe twice. In the following days, they still have to rely on themselves. As for Aoyama, his personality is a bit like mine, isn't it? He is so reckless and wants to catch him, and sometimes he fails most of the time. But I believe in them. Those people have excellent character, and they are the ones I respect and look forward to. Gentle people always make people fall in love with them, right? I’m also looking forward to Qingshan’s future. 】
Li Yan was standing in the corridor all wet, with a smiling expression on his face, telling Kagurazaka Iris what he was thinking.
After Kagurazaka Iris recalled the previous events, she thought with some distress: "This guy's thinking is a bit too advanced. Is he really only 18 years old?"
She stood thoughtfully in the corridor, then exhaled, looked at her watch, smiled and thought to herself: "Ignore this for now, I will finish the 70,000-word draft at eight o'clock in the evening. Just accept the final draft of 70,000 words. Well, in this state, writing 70,000 to 80,000 words in one night is no longer a problem. I’m also looking forward to your performance, old thief Uesugi.”
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In the living room of Room 505, Li Yan was currently facing a dire situation.
He was in excellent condition, but he forgot that the editor was not so easy to compromise with the author on the deadline.
Although Kagurazaka Iris agreed with his arrangement with a smile, in terms of time, she had to move the time from 3 o'clock in the morning to 12 o'clock at night. She also had reasons why the editorial department could not give in. , that is, the review work of the novel, the typesetting work, the evaluation report submitted to the editor-in-chief, etc., that is, after going through the tedious and complicated publishing procedures of the Japanese publishing house, it will be published as soon as possible on Friday The first batch of books was printed and sent to major bookstores that had already placed orders.
"Damn it, even if I am very confident in my current writing status, no matter how capable I am, I still can't finish all the content in the early hours of the morning."
Li Yan's ten fingers were all working at the speed of the shadowless fingers to write the novel. He was complaining and writing as fast as he could.
However, he has no regrets. Even if it brings trouble to Sawamura Eiri, Kagurazaka Iris and the entire Sanwa Bunko, he is still willing to take a big gamble.
In the Japanese light novel market, the competitive pressure is no less than that of voice actors. There are hundreds of thousands of new light novels selected for publication every year, but most of them are published after the first volume, and there is no further news, not to mention how many people fall on the doorstep before publication. forward.
However, even works like Li Yan and Xia Shizi, who have already won the ranks of popular authors, often face a lot of pressure. If the first volume of the work is written, it does not mean that it will remain so in the future. If the content of the first to fifth volumes is maintained well, there won’t be much of a problem. However, with the accumulation of words and the repeated use of expression techniques, even if the quality of the writing does not decrease, it is very likely that it will. Resulting in a drop in sales.
This phenomenon is also something that Li Yan is wary of. Although book fans still have great expectations for his books at the moment, if he and the novel do not choose to make a breakthrough in the next seventh volume, the work will probably not be completed. It will really start to go downhill.
Therefore, in this turbulent situation, most works will begin to be impacted by the market before the fifth volume. For example, the first work of Kasumigaoka Shiu's sales plummeted in the fourth volume. Although there are some reasons of his own, The content has no new highlights, which is also an important reason for the decrease in sales.
Li Yan's works are a bit special. After all, they are light novels of the passionate fantasy genre, which is difficult to write well. Naturally, the market resistance is much stronger. Although the novels are recreational products, they have connotations that touch the readers' hearts. It will always retain readers more than novels that simply play with form, but they will also encounter challenges and even critical periods that require them to break through. After Li Yan saw that the feedback on his Twitter was getting worse and worse, he subconsciously realized this, and subconsciously he began to feel a little unable to write.
Therefore, whether to move forward or to retreat step by step was a multiple-choice question that Li Yan realized after chatting with Sayuri Sawamura.
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"Cough cough cough..."
Drowsily, Nanami Aoyama woke up from her sleep and opened her eyes. She realized that the time seemed to have entered night time. It was dark outside the window, but the rain was still pattering.
While suffering the pain of the consequences of his bravery, Qingshan Nanhai noticed the back of Li Yan. He almost looked like he was before falling asleep. After he woke up, that figure remained completely unchanged.
The back figure was motionless, but the tense and high-pressure atmosphere seemed to be burning. The focused and serious mentality did not disappear at all even after a few hours.
"..." I don't know why, Qingshan Nanhai saw it, and her heart was suddenly shocked.
This person turned out to be the author of the light novel "Super Academy War". When she heard Li Yan announcing his pen name on a rainy day, she was stunned and looked at him in disbelief.
No wonder Mashiro Shiina admires him so much.
Because, aren't she and Mashiro Shiina both fans of his works?
However, she immediately became depressed. Before, Li Yan said that he was an ordinary person, but she didn't believe it. Does someone who can write such a powerful light novel really have the right to call himself an "ordinary person"?
"However, I could obviously see the scene where the legendary Uesugi En was writing the seventh volume, but he fell asleep unexpectedly... As expected, my luck is still too bad..." Aoyama Nanami thought in despair.
"Cough cough cough..." Qihai still coughed. She raised her head again and continued to look at Li Yan, but there was still no movement. She was a little worried about whether Li Yan's body could really bear it if he concentrated on writing for such a long time.
"Well, Senior Li..."
Qingshan Nanhai called Li Yan softly.
However, after a long time, Li Yan did not see any reaction.