After my divorce, I became a Tokyo literary giant

Chapter 4: Sister, you don’t want your publishing house to go bankrupt, do you?
The so-called pillow business is to sleep with big shots in exchange for benefits. This phenomenon is very common in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Voice actors and celebrities sell their bodies in order to obtain important roles or publicity resources.

In the publishing industry, it is also common for powerful editors to have implicit rules over new writers, and for veteran writers to have implicit rules over new editors.

Although this kind of example of a veteran writer trying to take advantage of the president of a publishing house is rare, it is not too outrageous.

Who made your publishing house go bankrupt?

Among the reader group, there are only fans of the writer, but no fans of the publishing house.

Yomiuri Okamoto can sign a contract with another publishing house at any time, bring his popularity there, and still live a comfortable life.

But if Aobasha loses Yomiuri Okamoto, it will be equivalent to losing the last writer who can make money.

There are actually only two paths before Maki Saionji.

Either sell your body or the company goes bankrupt.

"Teacher Ototake, I can't drink this wine anymore." Maki Saionji shook her head slightly, still struggling desperately.

Okatake Yomiuri's expression remained unchanged. He smiled and asked, "The publishing house isn't doing well. The rent for the space is two months overdue, right?"

"That's not true!" Maki Saionji's face changed slightly.

"The wages from the printing factory haven't been paid for two installments yet, right?" Okatake Yomiuri asked confidently.

Maki Saionji bit her lower lip slightly and stared at him.

"I don't want to make our relationship awkward. President, you are a smart man and should know the current situation." The more Okatake Yomiuri spoke, the happier he felt. He had originally only had his eyes on the young editor, but he didn't expect that this noble president would come to him on his own initiative.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean."

Maki Saionji maintained a resolute expression, defending her chastity with sacred and inviolable dignity.

But she was actually a little confused...

"President, there's no point in delaying any further," Okatake Yomiuri said confidently. "If I leave now, the five major publishing houses will line up for me to choose from. Why should I stay with a publishing house like yours that's about to go bankrupt? What can you offer to keep me here?"

Looking at the writer with a presumptuous look, Saionji Maki's eyes were sullen as she shouted, "You heartless bastard! If I hadn't spared no expense in giving you publicity when you first debuted, would you be where you are today?"

"Oh, of course I remember!" Okatake Yomiuri stopped pretending and smiled grimly, "I've always been very grateful to the president in my heart. Come on, let's discuss it slowly at my house tonight. I will definitely sign a long-term contract..."

"Boom!"

Suddenly there was thunder outside.

The gloomy sky was streaked by white lightning.

The big raindrops fell down with a loud noise as if they were bullying the queen.

Tazaki Saku lowered his head, his eyes on his nose, and his nose on his heart, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

"Don't even think about it! Yomiuri Okamoto, I'm telling you, I will never agree to such a thing!" Maki Saionji's voice was extremely harsh.

She has a noble face, and when she gets angry, she gives people a very oppressive feeling.

Okatake Yomiuri was panicked by her glare and subconsciously avoided her gaze, muttering, "Why are you pretending? I don't know how many people say that you secretly had a daughter through IVF. And your sister..."

"Nonsense!" Saionji Maki spat coldly, intimidating the other party with her eyes.

Speaking of this, she seemed not to want to continue talking about it and just got up and left.

"You bitch, without my Aoba Society, I wonder how you'll manage it in the future!" Okamoto Yomiuri cursed angrily behind her.

Tazaki Saku packed up the documents and walked out of the box slowly.

"Wow--"

The heavy rain continued to fall.

In the rainy corridor, Maki Saionji was resting against a pillar, and her profile looked a little tired.

The dim light of the sky vaguely illuminated her cold and beautiful profile.

There is a feeling of sadness and beauty.

Hearing Tazaki Saku's footsteps, she turned around and looked at him. Because her face was flushed from drinking, she looked a little more charming.

"You don't say a word and you can't even handle the wine. What a useless thing!" Saionji Maki cursed coldly.

Tazaki Saku no longer took this level of insults seriously.

After drinking, not only would Saionji Maki's face quickly turn red, but her sharp sarcasm would also increase. She looked at him and snorted coldly, "You don't have much ability, but you dare to give me a cold shoulder. I don't know where you get such courage!"

Tazaki Saku looked at her silently. This woman had a bad temper, but her looks and figure were impeccable. She was a top-notch beauty.

If she wasn't such a strong-willed person who would rather die than sell her body, he would have used her works to blackmail her.

After all, he had been scolded for so many years, how could he not feel resentful? If he had the chance, he would definitely make this arrogant woman admit her mistake to him.

Even further, he made this high and mighty queen a prisoner, tore off her noble and elegant outer garment with his own hands, and watched her reveal the shame and ugliness of her extremely reluctant but forced submission...

"Ryoko's life has been ruined by marrying you!" Saionji Maki became increasingly irritated as she spoke, her breathing becoming more rapid. "I don't know what's so good about you, but she just won't divorce..."

"Wait!" Tazaki Saku frowned, "Didn't Ryoko tell you?"

"What?" asked Saionji Maki.

Tazaki Saku remained silent, thought for a moment, and seemed to understand something.

Ryoko is also very arrogant. She married him despite her family's advice, and now she may not be able to bring herself to tell her family about the divorce.

The opportunity is here!
The woman named Maki Saionji has both distinct shortcomings and advantages, and her biggest advantage is that she is particularly good to her family.

For the sake of her cousin's daughter, she would rather the publishing house go bankrupt than let Okamoto Yomiuri succeed.

Now, for her own sister, she can definitely sacrifice more.

Thinking of this, Tazaki Saku couldn't help but laugh. He looked at her and asked, "The publishing house is in a bad situation right now, isn't it?"

"This has nothing to do with you!" Maki Saionji replied coldly.

"How can it have nothing to do with me?" Tazaki Saku walked in front of her.

Wearing high heels, she was almost as tall as him, staring at him forcefully: "What do you want to say?"

Tazaki Saku had never faced her so closely before.

She looked even more stunning up close.

She has a pointed face, charming eyes, and the plump and sexy lips that Tazaki Saku likes.

Ryoko's lips are the kind of thin lips that look a bit cold, and also a bit thin in emotion.

The tips of their noses were a fist's distance apart. Looking at her delicate and noble face, Tazaki Saku smiled meaningfully:
"My dear sister, the company is in financial trouble and can no longer pay the rent and printing fees it owes. And your only bestselling author is leaving for another company. What should we do? Everyone in the company and at home depends on you for our income. You don't want the publishing house to go bankrupt, do you?"

Saionji Maki's eyes widened, as if she was caught off guard by his insolence. After a moment's pause, she harshly rebuked him, "I told you, this has nothing to do with you! If you say that again, you'll never set foot in the Saionji family's gate again in your life!"

"What if I say that I have a lot of high-quality novels on hand?" Tazaki Saku asked with a smile.

"You're not from the editorial department, it's impossible!" Saionji Maki sneered.

"Can't I write it myself?" Tazaki Saku still used a rhetorical question, which felt better.

"You? Quality novels?"

As if she had heard a joke, Saionji Maki's mouth corners slightly raised, her smile was beautiful, but full of contempt and mockery.

"You don't think highly of me?" Tazaki Saku felt calmer.

Saionji Maki put away her sarcasm and put on the stern face of a president and a family head: "I don't want to say anything sarcastic, you should have some self-awareness!"

"What if it's true?" Tazaki Saku's expression became indifferent.

Seeing his confident look, Saionji Maki became unhappy again, and raised the corner of her mouth in contempt: "If you can really write a good novel, I will no longer object to you and Ryoko being together."

If he had heard this before his divorce, Tazaki Saku might have burst into tears of gratitude.

Now, it’s worse than shit.

"Okay, it's settled." Tazaki Saku said to her, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. "Come to my house tonight and I'll write it for you. But I have one request, you must come wearing Ryoko's high school uniform."

"……What!"

In an instant, Maki Saionji's eyes widened in anger.

Her whole face turned red with anger and her chest heaved rapidly.

"As part of the bet, if I can't write a quality novel, I'll divorce Ryoko."

After saying this, Tazaki Saku felt a sense of pleasure from teasing her successfully, and he almost burst out laughing. He continued to tease her: "You look so much like Ryoko, and you're her older sister. You'll definitely be as sexy and charming as her in her school uniform. Onee-sama, I can't wait to call you Saionji-san..."

The teasing "Onee-sama" made Saionji Maki so disgusted that goosebumps appeared. She glared at him with gritted teeth: "Alright, alright, you even dare to tease me, you bastard! I'm going to your house tonight. If you can't write it, I'll divorce Ryoko tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)