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"Kiku, Kikujiro's summer!!"

She turned around and looked at the person outside the window with shock. The other person looked like a teenager with a faint smile on his face, and looked very gentle and calm.

She was a little different from most people of her age that she had met, both in appearance and temperament.

But she didn't care about these. What she cared about was the work the other party had just mentioned.

"What's wrong?"

"You, you..." The young woman's voice was trembling. "Please, what is your pen name?"

"April... no, her name is Matsuoka Hisakazu."

"Ah!" The sound that echoed throughout the hall was a woman's scream coming through the loudspeaker, causing Si Yueyu to cover her ears subconsciously and also drawing the attention of everyone present.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." The woman, knowing that she had made a mistake, apologized repeatedly, making Siyue Yuzhi feel helpless.

"So, do I have any problem? If not, please help me pay the manuscript fee."

When he composed the song "Kikujiro's Summer" and wrote the novel of the same name, he sent his works here. After going through layers of screening, they were published by the official publishing house of the Cultural and Entertainment Bureau.

He was still very young at that time, and he chose this publishing house because he was worried about other publishing houses. This publishing house did not disappoint him, and no one looked down on or cheated him just because of his young age.

The first print run of the novel was four thousand copies, but it turned out that even award-winning works might not necessarily sell.

So it was quite difficult at the beginning, but as time went on, after "Kikujiro's Summer" became popular on the Internet, the sales of his novels finally increased.

Therefore, the share of royalties agreed upon at the beginning will have to be increased.

Originally, this was something to be happy about, but for some unknown reason, when the previous royalties were reissued to him, he was paid about 50 yen less.

The money was not much, and he was quite busy at the time, so it was gradually postponed.

Now that I think about it, I don't know whether the fifty yen was reissued to him. If not, he can just take advantage of this opportunity to get it back when he gets his royalties today.

"Please, please wait a moment! I'll go get our director!"

Instead of agreeing to Si Yue's request, the young woman left her job without permission and ran away in a hurry.

Si Yueyuzhi just hoped that the other party would not make him wait too long, otherwise he would have no choice but to complain.

Fortunately, the other party did not make him wait too long. Soon, the woman who had just left came to him with a middle-aged woman.

"Mr. Matsuoka, is it really you?!"

"Teacher Yamada, long time no see."

Si Yueyuzhi looked at the woman in front of him and greeted her with a smile. He didn't expect that after not seeing her for such a long time, the ordinary employee who was responsible for reviewing him has now become the director.

"It's really Mr. Matsuoka! Come on, come with me, let me treat you well."

Yamada Ishimi's face was full of smiles, and she was obviously very happy. She didn't even have the dignity of a director. After all, her benefactor was right next to her, and anyone who saw her would be happy.

She was now really glad that she had been the examiner of this young man and had given him a lot of advice, otherwise she would have really regretted it.

After all, who would have thought that the child who was invisible in the crowd at the time turned out to be the famous teacher Hisakazu Matsuoka.

"No need to entertain me." Si Yue Yuzhi shook his head slightly and rejected the other party's invitation. "My girlfriends are waiting for me outside."

"Is that so... What a pity..." Yamada Ishimi's face was full of regret. She had originally wanted to use this opportunity to get closer to the other party, but now it seems that there is no hope.

"Mr. Matsuoka, are you here to collect last month's royalties?"

"Ah."

"You really do everything yourself. You only need to wait for the bank's text message at home."

Si Yue Yu Zhi ignored the other party's teasing and asked back: "I mainly want to ask, have I been paid back the fifty yen?"

"Ah? Hahaha~ Teacher April, you are really humorous." Yamada Ishimi chuckled, but quickly restrained herself.

"Don't worry, you have already received the full amount."

She had never seen a celebrity brood over fifty yen for so long, but the boy in front of her did it.

This is good, as it can prove that the other party is serious and cautious, instead of being like those creators who become arrogant after becoming a little famous, and start squandering money before they even make any money.

How can such creators go far?

"Then I feel relieved." Si Yue Yuzhi nodded when he heard this, and a small thorn in his heart was pulled out.

"And then there's the matter of the contract."

Today I am not only here to ask for the royalties, but also to discuss the contract. The original contract is about to expire, and I need to sign a new one.

Chapter 174: Things that are difficult to measure

The contract is a serious matter with a lot of content, which cannot be explained in a short time, so April Yuzhi only had a rough verbal communication with Yamada Ishimi. The detailed content needs to be carefully discussed by both parties before it can be finally drafted into a book.

"That's it for now, I'll go back first."

After the conversation, Si Yue Yuzhi turned around and prepared to leave, but before that, Yamada Ishimi called him.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Matsuoka."

"Is there anything else?" Si Yue Yuzhi looked at the other party curiously.

"Um..." Yamada Ishimi hesitated for a moment, and finally asked in a pleading manner: "We have a request."

"Um......"

Since it was an unreasonable request, Si Yue Yu Zhi didn't want to pay attention to it. But the other party had taken good care of him after all, so it was okay to listen.

"Please go ahead, Mr. Yamada."

Si Yue Yuzhi smiled and said that if the matter was not serious, he could consider it, but if it was too excessive, he would refuse without hesitation.

"We hope you can compose a song for us as a promotional song for our town."

"Promotional song?"

Hearing this, Si Yue Yu Zhi pondered for a moment, and he already understood why the other party made this request.

With the development of the times, a large-scale population loss seems to be the inevitable fate of small places. As the population decreases, small places will experience a sharp decline in both economy and other aspects.

If we want to stop this trend from continuing, we must first restore the local economy. Only when the economy recovers can the children who left have a chance to return.

Faced with such a situation, officials in small places have also begun various attempts to save the local economy.

For example, developing local tourism or unique culture, or things like delicious food and wine...these actions often achieve good results.

But for this small town, it is difficult to play a role. Because it is just an ordinary town around Kyoto, without beautiful scenery, unique culture, delicious food and intoxicating wine.

All it has are cherry blossom trees flying all over the sky every April.

Although this is a beautiful scene, cherry blossoms are too common in Japan and cannot be considered an attraction at all.

"Yes." Yamada Ishimi nodded, looking a little worried, "Teacher Matsuoka, you also know the situation in the town."

As a native local, Yamada Ishimi loves this town, this land, and every tree and blade of grass here, so she does not want the town to end up in depression.

In order to revive the town's former glory, both she and the town's government thought of many ways, but due to the embarrassing situation of their town, they never came up with a solution.

After an unknown amount of hesitation, everyone decided that they couldn't go on like this any longer, so they decided to make a promotional video first.

However, although the promotional video was produced, the corresponding music became a big problem.

They didn’t have the right songwriters.

Of course, this doesn't mean that they can't afford to hire someone to compose music. Although finances are a bit tight nowadays, they can still afford it.

The key point is that they wanted a musician from their own town to compose the music for the promotional video, rather than just looking for a random celebrity to help.

This will lack the characteristics and story of a small town, and it will be difficult to attract people even if it is released.

Now, the most suitable candidate is right in front of her, and Yamada Ishimi feels that she must convince the boy in front of her no matter what.

"Indeed."

Si Yue Yu Zhi knew how serious the population loss in the town was, and he had experienced it firsthand. After all, his alma mater was reduced to ruins because of this reason.

"So April Yuzhi, can you agree to this?" Yamada Ishimi asked, "Please."

As she said this, she was about to bend down and bow to Siyue Yuzhi. Seeing this, Siyue Yuzhi stretched out his hand to stop her from doing so.

He didn't want to accept such a great gift. He always felt uncomfortable and could be easily coerced.

"Let me think about it." Si Yue Yuzhi did not directly agree to the other party's request.

"Is that so..." Upon hearing this, Yamada Ishimi couldn't help but reveal a hint of disappointment on her face, but she quickly adjusted her mood and a forced smile reappeared on her face.

"Then I hope Mr. Matsuoka can give me an answer as soon as possible, please."

"Well, I'll try my best."

Si Yue Yuzhi nodded. He actually wanted to do something for this small town. After all, this was where he grew up and it was also his hometown.

No one wants to see his hometown decline, but he himself has a lot of things to do, and he is worried that if he agrees to this request and they are not satisfied with his results, he will have to spend a lot of time and energy on it again.

"This is the promotional video we made. I hope Mr. Matsuoka can take it home and watch it."

Before leaving, Yamada Ishimi handed April Yuzhi a USB flash drive.

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On the way back, Siyue Yuzhi kept thinking about Yamada Ishimi's request.

"Yuzhi, if you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, don't do it."

The girls couldn't bear to see him like this, so they tried to persuade him.

"Anyway, the decision is yours. You have every right to refuse."

"That being said..." Si Yue Yu Zhi exhaled, turned to look at the girls beside him, and asked: "What do you think of this place?"

"This is our home."

“It’s a place you’ll never forget.”

“Here are the memories between us.”

“It has a special meaning for us too.”

“We love it here.”

Listening to the five girls talking to each other, although they were a little noisy, their faces were filled with nostalgia and innocence when they mentioned the town.

Maybe he should keep this beauty.

Si Yue Yuzhi thought so as he looked at the girls' expressions.

This is his home, and also the girls’ home. All their past experiences happened here. If he doesn’t do something for this town now, perhaps he will never see such beautiful expressions on their faces again in the future.

He didn't want to see looks of disappointment and regret on their faces whenever he mentioned the town in the future.

Memories are priceless, and the places where memories are created are also difficult to measure with worldly things.

"I see."

April Yuzhi made up his mind.

After returning home, he turned on the old computer and looked at the contents of the USB drive.

Chapter 175: When Getting Married

Yamada Ishimi stood at the door of the hall feeling a little lost, and the young man had disappeared.

"Director Yamada, is she really Teacher Matsuoka?"

Before she knew it, several people with curious faces had gathered around her, including the young woman who had just received her.

Even though they could tell from Yamada Ishimi's expression that the boy's true identity was this, they still couldn't help but ask.

"Yes."

After getting the definite answer, I could no longer suppress the surprise in my heart.

"Is it really Mr. Matsuoka? You are so young."

"I always thought he was an adult man, but he looks like a high school student."