What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

"Firstly, Maple Leaf Publishing House has a special status. Secondly, this competition will not sign works. In other words, even if you win, the copyright of the work itself is still in the hands of the author. At that time, those libraries can sign it from their own authors."

Chris Yamada said cheerfully: "It can be said that this competition is purely a benefit to the light novel industry. For the top three works, it is free advertising without any cost."

"Why does Natsume Makuryu do such a thankless task?" the girl became even more confused.

"My colleagues at FULLDRIVE and I did some analysis and concluded that," Chris Yamada said, spreading his hands helplessly, "he was happy to do it."

"what?"

The girl raised her eyebrows, obviously dissatisfied with the answer.

Chapter 360 Progress

Human nature is inherently complex.

When a person gains extraordinary power, he is more likely to become a homelander who does not eat beef than to become a benevolent superman.

The same is true of the stereotype that "geniuses all have more or less quirks" in the eyes of the world. It's not that all geniuses have quirks, but that geniuses have the capital to be unconstrained by common sense so they don't mind revealing some of their own nature.

After all, even Hawking likes Lolita...

The same is true for Natsume Makuryu. In the eyes of everyone, he is a hot-blooded and impulsive person. Many times he does things not from the perspective of personal interests, but simply because he finds it fun.

He doesn't care about gains and losses, he has justice in his heart, and he is full of passion. Perhaps because of this, even though Natsume Makuryu always speaks ill of others and criticizes them mercilessly, he is still admired by many people. In some cases, he is even more credible than the official. For example, if you want to hold a competition, no matter which side you invite as the referee, the other side will object. If you invite Natsume Makuryu to be the notary, the fairness of the competition will be improved immediately...

The same was true for the Natsume Award at this time. There was only one judge, Natsume Makuryu. This time, no one was worried about the shady dealings. They were just simply afraid that the style of their novel would not suit the other party's taste.

"So are you planning to participate?" Chris Yamada asked his sister.

"Of course not."

The girl replied angrily: "That guy insulted me like that twice in a row, how could I possibly participate in his competition! I'm not a patient with Eskimo syndrome!"

“It’s Stockholm syndrome, right?”

Chris Yamada corrected.

"It's nothing. I'm not going anyway."

The girl said without hesitation: "Although I am quite tempted by the championship reward..."

"Hey, do you care so much about the opportunity to have dinner with Mr. Natsume?" Chris Yamada was stunned.

"No, I care about the chance to shove the tomato and meat sauce spaghetti into the other person's face!" Yamada Fairy answered seriously.

Chris Yamada suddenly felt fortunate that his sister would never win the prize even if she participated in the competition.

That's right, even Chris Yamada, who was the most partial to his own sister, didn't think that Fairy Yamada had any chance of winning the Natsume Prize.

After all, Natsume Makuru has always been known for his simple but profound writing. Although his words are not very fancy, they are particularly charming. He definitely looks down on light novel writers like Yamada Youjing who directly put breasts and panties on the table and whose flesh content in each volume exceeds 30%.

Even if Fairy Yamada participated, she would just be one of the many contestants in this competition, and her fate would be to be completely buried.

So he didn't say much about the girl's rejection.

"That being said, the manuscript still needs to be submitted. How much have you written about your new book?"

So Chris Yamada changed his tone and asked seriously.

"Eh……"

Yamada Fairy's expression froze, obviously he hadn't expected this.

She stammered, "I'm writing it, I'm sure I'll finish it soon..."

"I heard you say this last time."

☆

Maple Leaf Technology Tokyo Branch.

On this day, the famous v... Qiu Ling Wenping entered the Tokyo branch again.

It is not known yet that Yamada Fairy has not signed up for the competition and of course he is not here to play.

The reason for coming here, in addition to completing the monthly task of showing all the vests and drying the leather cases to prevent them from getting moldy and having 1000 influence points scraped off by the system, is that the work that has been arranged for almost two months is almost ready to produce results.

"It's almost done."

The technician took him inside and showed him a large helmet that didn't look very friendly to his cervical spine.

That is the consciousness linking device that Maple Leaf Technology plans to promote vigorously in the future.

"Because the game itself is still waiting for Eagle Jump to be completed, there are only some preset scenes stored here." The technician explained to Qiu Lingwenping.

"It's okay, I'll try it first."

As he spoke, he explained the operation instructions to the other party, put on the helmet, sat down in the lazy chair that had been prepared nearby, and pressed the start button on the helmet.

The next moment, he felt as if his consciousness was being pulled out of his body, a feeling that was quite familiar to him. As the main leader of this technology, he had actually experienced the original Quasi-Sycomu system a long time ago, and the feeling after it was turned on was exactly the same as it was now.

Great, it seems the technology has indeed matured.

After performing a set of military boxing in a pre-set open space, he turned off the switch and woke up from the reclining chair.

"Well done. You won't be short of bonus this month."

He nodded to the technician with satisfaction.

"In fact, it's mainly because the inventor of this technology is so amazing," the technician scratched his face a little embarrassedly, as if he felt a little unworthy of the incredibly generous bonus from Maple Leaf Technology. "In this work, we just need to follow the technical information and development program step by step and carry out the development step by step. There are no technical problems that need to be solved..."

"It's not easy to make this based on the technical data."

Qiu Lingwenping shook his head: "Oh, I have one last question."

As if he knew what Qiu Lingwenping wanted to ask, the technician said, "18... Each consciousness link device costs about 18 yen. If it is mass-produced based on Maple Leaf Technology's mature supply chain and production process, the cost can be further reduced by about half."

After hearing these words, Qiu Ling and Wen Ping became even more satisfied.

18 yen is roughly equivalent to more than 8 RMB, which is not as expensive as the latest fully-configured desktop computer. If the price can be cut in half to only 9 yuan, it will be very competitive even compared with the consoles of this generation.

Not to mention that this thing is a complete dimensionality reduction attack, a truly next-generation product, and a unique and popular product on the market.

Of course, cost cannot be equated with selling price, and Qiu Lingwenping did not intend to follow the route of "losing money on the console and making it back on exclusive games"... Although the game with the consciousness link device is definitely exclusive...

Putting the mass production of the consciousness link device on the agenda, Qiu Lingwenping made plans to hold a press conference immediately after the game software was developed at Eagle Jump.

Then he suddenly found out that the Natsume Prize he was organizing for someone had not signed up at all...

Chapter 361: Card

When Si Ji returned home, he saw a round ball on the bed.

"What are you doing?"

He asked with amusement.

Yamada the Fairy poked his head out from under the quilt, yawned cutely and said, "I suddenly feel a little sleepy, so I'll take a nap~"

"But your room is upstairs..."

"Hehehe, I felt sleepy at home, so I came here to sleep!"

The girl said with a smug look on her face for some reason.

"…Forget it, as long as you are happy."

Si Ji sighed, changed into home clothes and prepared to go to the kitchen to cook.

At the same time, he pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "Speaking of which, I heard that Maple Leaf Society seems to be holding a light novel competition..."

"Even an outsider like you has heard about it? It seems that Maple Leaf has already started to put effort into publicity."

Yamada the Fairy muttered, "We haven't even started yet, how much confidence do they have in that arrogant guy..."

The cocky guy... oh no, it was Four Seasons who calmly asked, "Emily, will you join us?"

“No.”

The girl answered without hesitation.

"Why? Aren't your light novels doing very well?" Shiki advised nonchalantly, "And you always say that you want to start a new era of light novels..."

"One thing is one thing! Although I have confidence in myself and will become a world-leading light novel master sooner or later! But this has nothing to do with that guy!"

The Yamada Fairy rolled around on the bed while gritting her teeth and said, "That guy has scolded me twice! If I really participate in this Natsume Award, I'm afraid I'll be scolded three times!"

It seems that I did scold him a little too harshly before, which left some psychological trauma on the child.

Shiki couldn't help but reflect on himself and decided that if Yamada Fairy really participated in the competition this time, he should be a little more lenient with her.

It’s not that he really has to force the girl to participate in the Natsume Prize, but he understands that Yamada Fairy is now stuck in a vicious circle. She has a story she wants to write and a desire to express herself, but due to various restrictions, she is unable to express the story in her heart perfectly. The end result is a writer's block, which lasts for a month.

According to the experience of Four Seasons, if there is no external pressure, this situation of writer's block will continue for a longer time. The final result is either that the girl breaks out of the cocoon and successfully transforms to write the story she wants, and shines in the field that she was not familiar with before;

Or they just can’t write what they want, and after a long time has worn away their desire and motivation to create, they can only deal with it sloppily with a half-hearted effort;

The worst thing was that because of the writer's block during this period, even if I went back to the field I was good at, the sequel to the original novel had a strange taste, and in the end both sides ended in failure.

The first situation is the least likely. It's not that Shiki looks down on Yamada the Fairy, but it's still quite difficult to spontaneously generate the motivation to break out of the cocoon without external pressure - this is why the deadline is always the author's inspiration's best friend... and poverty too.

The latter two situations are really not what Si Ji wants to see, so he wants to create external pressure so that the girl can "squeeze" out all the inspiration and stories in her mind within a certain period of time.

Although it may not be the most perfect state, it is at least a success compared to becoming expired and spoiled.

Unexpectedly, he failed at the first step: the fairy hated the pseudonym Natsume Muraru, so he didn't want to participate in the light novel competition organized by him at all.

If in the future when I am really with the Yamada Fairy, the Natsume Makuryu vest suddenly falls off, just thinking about that situation, Shiki can't help but feel a little creepy...

It doesn’t matter, she only hates my vest, what does it have to do with me!

Shiki comforted herself in her heart and then turned on the TV as if nothing had happened. She cooked in the semi-open kitchen while chatting with the fairy Yamada who had finally come out of bed.

He was not in a hurry to persuade the other party to participate in the competition, as that would only arouse unnecessary suspicion. The best hunter is the one who can hit the prey with one strike when it is off guard.

At this time, the TV began to broadcast the daily news just as Si Ji had expected.

In this relatively peaceful world, the biggest news today is naturally the reappearance of 'Qiu Ling Wenping' at the Tokyo branch of Maple Leaf Technology.

"Is this guy the one who destroyed Xiaoxue's family?" Yamada Fairy said as he watched Qiu Lingwenping on TV, who remained calm even when surrounded by a group of reporters.

"It's not to the point where the family is ruined..."

Si Ji coughed dryly and defended his vest.

"Humph……"

The Yamada Fairy made a noncommittal nasal sound.

In the past few days, Yukinoshita Yukino's living expenses seem to have run out. She appears in the service club activity room less and less frequently. She must be busy working part-time in Wagunaria.

She also came back to Washimiya Dormitory much later. In addition to wanting to earn overtime pay from Wagunaria, it was probably because the dinners Shiki cooked at home had become more and more upscale and luxurious recently, which made the girl feel more and more guilty about eating dormitory meals. So she deliberately came back a little later and only ate leftovers to make herself feel better...

The mysterious boss on TV broke his usual aloof behavior this time and spoke a few more words to the reporter who was trying to interview him.

【Human consciousness has always been the biggest difference between us and animals. In the past, many people attributed consciousness to the so-called "electrical signals", but this is obviously wrong, at least not entirely right... Here, I want to solemnly announce that we at Maple Leaf Technology have already overcome the technical difficulties of human consciousness and developed the "consciousness link technology"! 】

The reporters' expressions became anxious. They asked all kinds of questions in a disorderly manner and wanted to shove the interview microphone into Qiu Lingwenping's face, but they were isolated by the latter's bodyguards.

Qiu Lingwenping continued to preach without being affected at all.

[And I am here today because this technology has spawned a new achievement that goes beyond what contemporary technology can achieve! That is the 'full immersion game'! Please do not underestimate this technology just because it has the word 'game' in it. It can completely simulate reality, allowing people to experience a completely different life in another dimension, and in the same way, they can also learn things they have never learned before! ]

He said with a fanatic look on his face.

【This is the meaning of the existence of full immersion games! 】

Chapter 362 Plan Pass

"That sounds interesting."

Shiki said nonchalantly in the semi-open kitchen.

"A full-immersion game sounds like something out of science fiction."

Yamada the Fairy muttered, "Is it my illusion? I feel like the world's technology has made a big step forward in the past six months... Baymax, the Ark Reactor, and now the fully immersive games..."

It’s not an illusion, and to be exact it is two and a half months, not half a year.

Si Ji said in his heart, but he didn't explain it.

At this time, Yamada Fairy went further and said, "If you think about it carefully, it's not so much that the whole world has made progress, but rather that there is a generation gap between Maple Leaf Technology and normal modern technology."