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After eating the still delicious dinner, Liangfeng Qingye fled in a panic.

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On Sunday, Yuu Muto made a voice call to the studio chat group, and soon all three girls joined the call.

"How is everyone's progress during this period? Are there any discrepancies with the progress management plan? Please report your respective situations."

This was decided during the initial meeting at school. Every Sunday morning, we hold a voice conference to summarize everyone's progress and achievements for the week.

"I've already finished the character portrait designs for the three main characters, and they haven't exceeded the schedule."

"The final draft of the copy required for this week has been completed, and one-third of the copy for next week has been sent to Editor Machida, asking her to provide suggestions for revisions."

“As for the programming, I have completed it according to the schedule, and I continue to learn programming on my own in my spare time.”

After hearing the reports from the three people, Muto Yu nodded secretly.

"Then everyone, please upload your work to the work group's group file. I'll take a quick look to see if there's anything that needs improvement."

"Okay."×3

"Also, if you encounter problems that you've learned to solve at work, you can always contact me. Even if I can't solve them directly for you, you can always find someone who can to help. If there's nothing else, we'll adjourn the meeting."

"Eh? No, they woke us up early in the morning for a meeting, and it ended so quickly?"

"Yeah, there's not much to say."

Listening to Sawamura Eriri's somewhat resentful voice, Muto Yu spoke in a matter-of-fact tone, which made the other party even more resentful.

"Then why not hold the meeting in the afternoon?"

"Of course it's to get you up early. Early to bed and early to rise is good for your health. Not sleeping at night and not getting up during the day is a very unhealthy routine."

To be honest, what Muto Yu did was somewhat inhumane, but he was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see girls having irregular schedules.

In the end, Eriri Sawamura held back and did not argue with Yuu Muto. After hanging up the phone, he began to check the results submitted by the three people one by one.

First of all, the character portraits, with Lv7's 2D painting skills, are full of loopholes. However, considering Sawamura Eriri's current age and strength, Muto Yu picked out the areas that could be improved and compiled a list of improvement suggestions.

It is foreseeable that for some time to come, Eriri Sawamura will probably continue to grow in the manuscript revision hell, enjoying this unusual feeling of pain and happiness.

Then there is the plot copy, which is something Yu Muto is indeed not good at. After reading it twice and feeling that there was nothing wrong with it, he did not make any random suggestions.

Finally, there is the programming part, which is still Yu Muto's professional field. The game "Clannad" does not take up a small amount of memory, but in his eyes, from a programming perspective, it is still considered a small-scale game.

Because its operation itself is not complicated, the Type-S small-scale game engine originally produced is sufficient to meet the development requirements of this game.

Copy the code into the programming software, configure the environment, run it twice with debug, and then ask Kato Megumi some questions about coding standards.

Sawamura: "Got it!"

Kato: "Got it!"

Kasumigaoka: "What about me? Why doesn't the president give me any advice?"

Muto: "I think your writing is pretty good. I'm not good at this myself, so I can't find fault with it, right?"

Muto Yu still adheres to the principle that professionals should do professional things. He has always looked down on those who pretend to know everything in areas they don't understand and use their leadership power to give orders.

There are quite a few leaders like this who use trivial matters as their authority. In his previous life, he found a job late and did not experience such a thing personally, but his college roommates cursed their incompetent leaders in the group every day, saying that they knew nothing but kept saying "I think we should xxx".

Kasumigaoka: "But I still feel... my writing isn't truly perfect."

Chapter 145: Kasumigaoka: Are you free tomorrow?

Looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha's speech, Muto Yu was a little surprised that the other party would have such high demands on him, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was reasonable.

The senior has to be strong all her life. With the guidance of Muto Yu, Sawamura Eriri and Kato Megumi will definitely not have low quality in the end.

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha only has Machida Sonoko as her mentor, and the latter's achievements in literature are obviously not comparable to Muto Yu's achievements in painting and programming.

However, this is also because the other party's potential is really outstanding. Coupled with the powerful effect of the halo, the other party has made great progress in the production of "To the Moon".

As Kasumigaoka Utaha's own strength improved, Machida Sonoko could provide less and less help and modification suggestions, which further slowed down her improvement in the field of literature.

Muto: "Then let's ask Editor Machida to find you a senior with greater literary attainments to mentor you."

Muto: "After all, she is the editor of Fuzuigawa Bunko. Plus, now that you've joined my studio, you have some connections."

This is what is called taking advantage of someone's luck. Because Kasumigaoka Utaha joined Muto Yu's studio and created the highly acclaimed "To the Moon", she also has a certain status.

As the editor of Kasumigaoka Utaha, Machida Sonoko has a pretty good relationship with her. Even though she is just a new editor, when she wants to do something, if it is a piece of cake, others are willing to make friends with her.

This is what it means: before you succeed, you are surrounded by enemies, but after you succeed, you are surrounded by friends.

Kasumigaoka: "Hey, is it okay?"

Muto: "Of course. Also, talk to Editor Machida. If possible, recruit her to our studio. She'll be offered preferential treatment."

After all, Machida Sonoko is a well-known character in the original work. Even if she is not as good as the heroine, her potential should be higher than most of the passers-by characters who don't even have names.

Anyway, as long as there is a halo, you won’t lose anything.

After arranging the matters of Alpha Studio, Yu Muto put down his phone and continued to debug and test the Type-M game engine.

Several days passed in a flash. I went to school to draw "Don't Starve" during the day, continued to test the game engine at night, and shared food with the three girls at noon. Although it was a bit monotonous, it was a fulfilling life.

Then Friday came again, and Muto Yu, who was preparing to rest, saw a private message from Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Kasumigaoka: "President, are you free tomorrow?"

Kasumigaoka: "If you have time, could you accompany me to the Fuzugawa Library?"

Kasumigaoka: "My work 'Love Metronome' is going to be adapted into an anime. I'm going to decide on a production company and sign a contract tomorrow."

Kasumigaoka: "The editor said that if possible, we would like you to come along. This will add some weight to the discussion of the specific terms of the contract later."

Kasumigaoka: "President, if possible, please come and help me. I don't want my work to be randomly adapted by the production company."

The above messages were sent two hours ago, and after Muto Yu saw them, the "unread" behind these messages became "read".

This Line feature is quite excessive. After all, it makes excuses like "I didn't see it" useless.

Before Yu Muto could figure out how to reply, Utaha Kasumigaoka on the other side of the phone saw that the unread message suddenly became read, and a look of expectation and worry subconsciously appeared on her face.

After sending the message to Muto Yu, she entered a state of absent-mindedness in everything she did. Her head was empty, and some messy thoughts flashed through her mind from time to time, while her hands kept repeatedly entering and exiting the private chat interface with the other party.

After waiting for a while, Muto Yu still did not reply to the message. Kasumigaoka Utaha became a little anxious. After hesitating for a moment, she sent another message to the other party.

Kasumigaoka: "President, is it okay? Please. Put your hands together.jpg"

After sending this message, Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly regretted it. She began to worry that this message would be regarded as impatient urging by the other party.

However, the latest message sent has changed from unread to read, and it is too late to withdraw it.

It was only a dozen seconds, but to Utaha Kasumigaoka it felt like every second was a year, it was truly excruciating.

Muto: "I have time tomorrow and can go with you, but Shiyu, you can't let me go in vain."

Kasumigaoka: "What does the president want as a reward?"

After sending this message subconsciously, Kasumigaoka Utaha began to regret it again. She seemed to have given up all the initiative.

'If he makes some embarrassing requests...'

When Kasumigaoka Utaha thought of this possibility, she felt a little uneasy and a subtle sense of anticipation.

Muto: "Can you at least treat me to lunch tomorrow? I can't help you out and then come back hungry."

Unfortunately, things did not develop as Kasumigaoka Utaha had expected, which made her feel both relieved and disappointed.

Kasumigaoka: "Of course no problem. So what would you like to eat, President?"

Muto: "You can arrange it. I don't have any dietary restrictions."

Kasumigaoka: "Then, how about conveyor belt sushi? I know a good conveyor belt sushi restaurant, although the food there can't compare to yours."

Muto: "Okay, let's go to conveyor belt sushi then."

He has never tried the conveyor belt sushi in Sakura City, so this is a good opportunity to experience it.

The matter was finalized, and the two agreed to meet at the nearest tram station to the private Toyonosaki Academy at 8 o'clock the next day, and then ended the conversation.

The next day, at the tram station, 7:53 am.

"President!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha, who arrived only two minutes later than Muto Yu, immediately shouted out after seeing the other person's figure.

Hearing the other party's voice, Muto Yu turned his head and saw Kasumigaoka Utaha carrying a small shoulder bag.

Today, Kasumigaoka Utaha is dressed more maturely than usual. From top to bottom, she wears the familiar white headband, a dark blue dress with the hem slightly higher than the knees, and a light green long-sleeved jacket on the outside.

The part of the skirt that was not covered was black stockings. Muto Yu guessed that they were not stockings but tights, and finally there was a pair of black leather shoes.

In addition, she has light makeup on her face, and coupled with her figure, she really gives people the feeling of a mature woman.

"Shiyu looks very mature and charming today!"

Chapter 146 Muto Yu’s affirmation

"Thank you for the compliment, but are you implying that I'm not mature enough or charming enough?"

"Of course you are charming in normal times. After all, you are the most beautiful girl in the private Fengzhiqi Academy, Shiyu. But if you wear a school uniform, you will look more girlish."

Yu Muto was also good at praising people. At least when Kasumigaoka Utaha heard it, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

"To receive the president's praise means all the time I spent getting up early and putting on makeup is worthwhile."

As for why she dressed as maturely as possible, it was naturally to reduce the possibility of being considered as young and gullible by the animation production company representatives.

After all, there is no shortage of people in this world who judge people by their appearance. When they see that you are young, they will directly say, "I am doing this for your own good", "If you don't listen to the advice of the elderly, you will suffer the consequences", "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice".

There is indeed some wisdom from the older generation, but the vast majority is just blind command based on age and experience (mainly referring to strangers who have just met for a short time).

After getting on the train, Kasumigaoka Utaha began to introduce the three animation production companies they were going to talk about today to Muto Yu.

As mentioned earlier, when Kasumigaoka Utaha used Kasumigaoka Utaha's account as her personal account for Alpha Studio, the industry paid attention to her "Love Metronome".

Now that "To the Moon" has received rave reviews, "Love Metronome" has become popular again. By adapting it into an animation, no matter what the quality of the final product is, the traffic brought by Kasumi Shiko can ensure that there will be no loss to the greatest extent.

They won't help someone when they need it, but they are very familiar with adding icing on the cake and taking advantage of the situation.

As a result, Fuzuigawa Bunko received negotiation applications from dozens of animation production companies. After bidding and screening, the only ones left were the three animation production companies that we will interview today.

"All three production companies are established, but one of them is already on the verge of collapse, and a previous production had a major incident."

Utaha Kasumigaoka is sharing the news she got from Sonoko Machida with Yuu Muto.

"Editor Machida told me that although the conditions offered by the other party this time were good, it was a desperate move. If they won, the entire company would be revitalized, but if they lost, my work would be buried with it.

Therefore, the main consideration is actually the other two companies, whose business status is better and their reputation is stronger."

Listening to Kasumigaoka Utaha's introduction, Muto nodded in understanding, and then asked with some curiosity.

"Which company is going to go all in?"

"It's called Musashino Animation. They used to produce a lot of famous works, but unfortunately they've lost a lot of talent. Now they're in such a state that they can't even get any projects."

"That's it..."

Muto Yu frowned, feeling that the name "Musashino Animation" sounded strangely familiar, but he soon dismissed it as an illusion. After all, he had just bought a sake called "Morishi Musashi" for Suzukaze Aoba not long ago.

Names similar to this company are quite common in Sakura Empire.

"Speaking of which, Shiyu, you won the Grand Prize for Rookie of the Year for your first light novel, and it even went straight to the animation stage. What do you think?"

"If I were to express my feelings... I'd say thank you."

After hearing Yu Muto's question, Utaha Kasumigaoka pondered for a while and then answered.

"grateful?"

"Well, if the editor hadn't rejected the second volume over and over again and constantly given me various revision suggestions, and if you hadn't provided various suggestions to help me open up my ideas, 'Love Metronome' probably wouldn't have achieved the success it has now."

When Kasumigaoka Utaha said this, her gentle gaze fell on Muto Yuu.

"And the fact that it was able to be animated, I understand, was because of Alpha Studios, or rather, because of your fame, President."

"It's great that you didn't get carried away by these things and didn't get carried away, but there's no need to attribute all of this to external objective factors."

"What do you think, President?"

"Of course, the most important reason for us to get to this point is your own contribution, Shiyu. If it weren't for your willingness to challenge your own limits and your willingness to constantly revise the manuscript for excellence, it would be a shame if you hadn't done it.