Living in Tokyo, starting with a lifestyle-related job

In Japan, every taxpayer has a responsibility to ensure that their tax affairs are handled properly.

This includes understanding and complying with relevant tax laws and regulations, and filing and paying taxes on time.

While companies can provide some support and guidance, they cannot replace individuals in fulfilling these obligations.

Furthermore, personal income and tax information are sensitive information, and self-reporting by individuals helps protect their privacy rights.

If the company files taxes on behalf of everyone, it may increase the risk of personal information leakage.

Self-filing also offers greater flexibility, allowing individuals to choose the appropriate filing method and timing based on their individual circumstances to maximize their tax benefits.

After all, every country pays close attention to taxation.

Tax evasion will be dealt with very severely once it is discovered.

According to Shiro Kaede, besides certain actresses, there are quite a few authors and manga artists who evade taxes, resulting in their arrest and fines.

As a result, their futures were basically ruined.

After all, if Japanese netizens knew that such high-income people did not pay taxes, they would not hesitate to lash out and strongly boycott the works of such people.

To avoid this problem, many high-income people only dare to seek legal channels to avoid taxes, but are not very willing to evade taxes.

As for Shiro Shiro, he is just an ordinary person, and he currently has no intention of challenging any laws or regulations.

He nodded and said:

"Yes, I'll contact you if there's anything I don't understand."

As the two chatted, they arrived at the coffee shop.

When she saw the long line outside the coffee shop, Igarashi Chinatsu was once again somewhat shocked:

"Kamishiro-kun, your coffee shop is really popular."

"This is the first time I've ever seen so many people queuing up in front of a coffee shop."

Shiro Shiro smiled slightly and remained silent.

His gaze wasn't focused on the queue, but rather on the store next to the coffee shop, realizing that the store had actually been renovated for a while.

But it still hasn't opened?

There wasn't even a signboard on it?

That's a bit strange.

Shiro Shiro turned to look at the other shops on the street.

They discovered that the shops were not even fully renovated inside, but the signs had already been installed at the entrances.

Compared to this, he felt that the owner of this shop, who had never appeared before, was becoming increasingly strange.

However, after thinking about it, Shiro Shiro didn't delve into it further.

I just felt that maybe others had their own plans.

then.

He brought Chinatsu Igarashi back to the coffee shop.

After returning.

While busy with their shop, Mizuno Maki and Shiina Shoko both looked up at the time.

They discovered that only a few minutes had passed since they returned.

Seeing this, the two breathed a slight sigh of relief.

I thought to myself that they really only chatted for a short while.

"Then I'll take you upstairs to get the manuscript now," said Shiro Shiro.

Igarashi Chinatsu smiled and said:

"Ah."

With that, the two went up to the attic.

In the attic.

Erina Kamishiro, Rika Maejima, Hina Watanabe, Mirai Chitanda, and Junko Urahara were all reading novels on it.

When they discovered that Shiro Shiro had returned so quickly, the group was relieved of their worries.

However, the group was quite puzzled as to why Igarashi Chinatsu had come.

Erina Kamishiro asked curiously:

"Ms. Igarashi, are you here to look at Onii-chan's manuscript?"

Chinatsu Igarashi, thinking that she would finally be able to read the second half of the novel "White Night" written by Hakufumi Kamishiro, nodded happily and said:

"um, yes."

"I'm here to review the second half of the plot, and I'll also take the manuscript with me to show to the people at the company."

Upon hearing this, Chitanda Mirai rested her index finger on her chin and fell into deep thought.

So, Kamishiro-kun hasn't given this manuscript to Igarashi-san yet?

She remembered that the novel "Kamishiro Shirokaze" had been finished several days ago.

He was even writing other novels during this period.

But is it only now that Kamishiro-kun has handed over his completed novel, "Journey Under the Midnight Sun," to Igarashi Chinatsu?

Something's not right.

It's so well-written, why can't it be submitted to the editor immediately?

Kamishiro-kun himself is no fool; how could he not know that his novel is very well written?

Even if he himself doesn't really know, based on the feedback from these people, he will still find out.

Since he knew about it but didn't immediately submit the manuscript to the editor, it's not hard to see that Kamishiro-kun had some plans.

Chitanda Mirai thought about it carefully.

She remembered that the novel by Shiro Shiro was only released today.

However, why did Kamishiro choose to submit another manuscript to Igarashi Chinatsu today?

Perhaps he did this because he saw the sales performance of his novel after it was published.

Although it's not entirely clear what Shiro Kaede's purpose is, by continuing to analyze his actions, we might be able to guess his intentions.

There are now two possible outcomes.

One reason is that the release of Shiro Kaede was very poor.

According to what Shindai-kun said before, if a book doesn't sell well, he will not hesitate to give it up and choose the next one.

Now it seems that this situation also fits.

As for the second result...

That means the novel written by Kamishiro-kun is doing very well on the shelves.

So he plans to keep up the good work and submit his second book as well, hoping to create a connection between the two works while his first book is still popular.

I hope that those who like his novels will read this one and then read the other.

Analyzing these two results, the common thread can be attributed to the issue of income.

Therefore, Chitanda Mirai felt that her conclusion was correct.

Given the issue of income, and considering Kamishiro-kun's recent submissions, his true purpose becomes quite obvious.

That is, based on the market feedback after the book is published, Shindai-kun plans to negotiate revenue sharing with the editorial department using his second submitted book.

If you think about it that way, then everything makes sense.

Chitanda Mirai herself has also submitted manuscripts and has learned about publisher revenue sharing and contract issues.

She knew that she could indeed negotiate with the publisher regarding revenue sharing.

Especially successful authors.

Then it goes without saying.

After all, once an accomplished author wants to publish a new book, any publisher will be eager to review the manuscript first. If they find the manuscript acceptable, they will immediately discuss revenue sharing and signing a contract.

This is actually common knowledge in the industry.

However, this treatment is only given to authors who have achieved results.

For ordinary authors with little to show for their work, it's practically impossible to discuss revenue sharing.

Even Chitanda Mirai herself was like that.

If you think about it this way, then everything makes perfect sense.

Chitanda Mirai believes that Shiro Shiro's novel "White Night" is really going to be a hit, and his request for a higher revenue share is perfectly reasonable.

Otherwise, Igarashi Chinatsu wouldn't have come to read the manuscript immediately after hearing Kamishiro Hakufu say there was a second half of the story, after reading the first half of "Journey Under the Midnight Sun".

That means that Igarashi Chinatsu also saw the potential for "Journey Under the Midnight Sun" to become a huge hit.

Based on this reasoning, it seems that the release of Kamishiro-kun must have been very successful.

Otherwise, why would he not have asked the bookstore clerk about book sales after going to the bookstore?

Even after just glancing at where the new books were available, they would basically be looking at their phones, seemingly searching, typing, or chatting with someone.

Also, because Kamishiro-kun rarely uses his phone and seldom takes the initiative to open it and chat with other people.

Since he proactively turned on his phone at that time, it means he most likely wanted to chat with someone related to novels to ask questions or seek advice.

That person is most likely Igarashi Chinatsu, or some other related person.

But it doesn't matter who it is anymore.

But if he just wanted to ask about sales, there was absolutely no need for him to contact someone else; he could just ask the store clerk in person.

Since he didn't ask, he probably knew the answer the moment he saw the bookshelf.