The Shocking Eunuch, Reborn as a Literary Girl

Chapter 43 is completely different from what I imagined (please continue reading)
Makoto Mukaiyama was somewhat surprised by this sudden contact.

During the month that he remained silent, she wondered if he had already found someone else.

Is he already looking down on his small position as an editor at Kakuyama Bunko, and is he about to be poached by his other colleagues, or rather, by an editor at a rival company, Raiji Bunko?

结果
not at all.

They actually contacted me.

While somewhat surprised, she still tried to reply as calmly as possible.

"Okay, let's arrange a place to meet and talk face-to-face. Would it be convenient for you to come to our editorial office? The address is xxxxxxxxx."

You must be from Tokyo, right? It'll be easy for you to get here.

Unexpectedly, the other person replied directly, "Then it must be you who came to find me. I don't want to go out."

There are tons of people who want to sign me now; my inbox is overflowing with emails.

The reason I contacted you first is because you emailed me first, and I'm just giving you face.

At times like this, shouldn't you show some sincerity? Like, by visiting them in person or something.

Upon seeing this reply, Makoto Mukaiyama was taken aback.

"Surprisingly arrogant."

"Why does she seem completely different from the girl I saw in the live stream?"

That's right.

In Makoto Mukoyama's memory, Chiya Umehara on the live stream was a gentle, calm, and cute girl.

Although there was a segment where he got angry and argued with readers, it just gave the impression that he was simply taking his writing very seriously.

He didn't come across as arrogant.

Is this what they mean by "knowing a person's face but not their heart"?

"In the end, was the cute and adorable girl image she presented in the live stream just acting?"

"But that's normal, most great novelists have all sorts of quirky personalities. They're the minority who are completely normal."

but
Makoto Mukoyama wasn't angry.

She has been an editor for many years and has encountered all kinds of authors.

There are quite a few troublemakers among them.

For example, "Little Bear Xia" is a typical troublemaker.

As long as the author has talent and can write good works, she sometimes doesn't mind accommodating the author.

"Then let me see what talents you have."

"How confident are you in what you wrote in a month amidst external skepticism?"

With that in mind, she asked Umehara Chiya for the address and immediately drove there herself.

Before long, she arrived near the residence of "Arisa" and arranged to meet at a nearby cafe.

Thus, she met this girl, whose face had never been shown in the live stream, for the first time.

She is about 1.58 meters tall, has a round face, and gives people a very quiet and cute feeling.

Their clothing and appearance were also quite simple, without any special decorations.

Judging from her appearance alone, she is undoubtedly the pure and cute type of girl.

However, judging from her slightly frivolous smile and her inexplicably arrogant posture...
Yet, he exudes an extraordinary aura that is anything but simple.

This extraordinary temperament, combined with her gentle appearance, creates a unique impression.

Just like those villains in anime who appear to be ordinary high school girls on the surface, but actually have a powerful background.

'This guy is no ordinary person.'

Makoto Mukaiyama simply made a conclusion in her mind.

After that, she handed over her business card and introduced herself to Chiya Umehara. "Hello, I am Makoto Mukaiyama, whom you communicated with in emails before. I am an editor at Kakuyama Bunko."

Chiya Umehara nodded as well: "I'm forming an alliance with Arisa. Nice to meet you."

After introducing himself, Chiya Umehara didn't waste any more words.

She took a tablet computer directly from her bag and handed it to Makoto Mukaiyama.

"This is the result of my research over the past few days. Please take a look."

The other party's confident attitude made Makoto Mukaiyama a little curious.

Given the already well-established structure of the work, what kind of adaptations can be made to make the paperback version a qualitative leap compared to the online serialization version?

With that in mind, she nodded, took the tablet, and said, "Give me some time."

After that, the two sat in the coffee shop, one of them passing the time by looking at his phone, while the other carefully read a novel on his phone.

As a professional editor, Makoto Mukoyama has to read far too many manuscripts.

She not only needs to review a large number of manuscripts submitted by authors, but also needs to frequently read popular works in the market to stay sensitive to market trends.

This gave her a very fast reading speed, allowing her to quickly capture the most comprehensive amount of information while reading ten lines at a glance.

In her view, this is an essential skill for a professional novel editor.

She originally thought that she could finish reading this one-volume novel in an hour at most and then draw a conclusion.

However.
'Wait, what's going on?'

Why is it completely different from the previous online version?

What she was seeing now was completely beyond her imagination.

Based on her first impression from reading the online version of "I Gained the Ability to Know Important Information in Advance" before, she subconsciously felt that Umehara Chiya was this type of writer.

This is an author whose writing style and emotional construction are not outstanding, and whose main characteristics are plot pacing and extreme commercialization.

However, this "document version draft" is almost a complete 180-degree turn in terms of content and style compared to the previous online serial version.

It's a complete swing from one extreme to the other.
The previous version can be described as extremely simplified.

The current version is adding features in the most exaggerated way.

Because the content was so dense and the emotional expression so delicate, even Makoto Mukaiyama, who had read countless manuscripts, unconsciously slowed down and had to slowly feel the author's emotions in the article.

The opening chapters are filled with elaborate writing, including descriptions of the environment and the characters' inner thoughts.

The key is.
The writing is absolutely superb.

It was so good that Makoto Mukaiyama felt her understanding of things was being challenged.

'Is this the type of writer?'

Beyond the writing style, the pacing of the plot also changes quite noticeably.

One word: slow.

Aside from being slow, there's really nothing else to say.

From the frustration and unfulfilled ambitions before reincarnation to the maladjustment to the new life after reincarnation.

The current draft version contains a total of 12 words and is divided into ten chapters.

By the time Makoto Mukaiyama reached Chapter 4, she noticed that the content was still mostly everyday and mundane.
The main storyline has hardly progressed.

　P.S.: I know some people say I'm just padding my books; people say that about every single one of my books.

　　But that's just my personal style. I've tried writing in a less watery style before, but I always fail miserably. On the contrary, the ones that get criticized for being watery always get decent results.

　　Therefore, I believe that my writing style is already part of what makes it work, and if a bug can run, then there's no need to fix it.

　　All I can do is increase the frequency of updates after it's published to make up for this problem.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)