Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

Miyazawa Mana was slightly stunned, a little confused as to how the two of them came to school together.

"Shiori, please walk faster too."

Reina Kamimura did not rush to explain, but first shouted to Shiori Mine who was walking behind her, and then turned around with a smile.

"We ran into each other in the bookstore, and then came to school together. What a coincidence, isn't it?"

"A bookstore?"

Miyazawa Mana glanced at the other person thoughtfully.

Mine Shiori walked over quickly and explained in a low voice, "We met by chance when we were buying books, so we came to school together."

She was still the same when she was chatting with Miyazawa Mana.

Her eyes looked sleepy and her tone of voice was extremely slow, making her look very tired and gloomy.

Of course, everyone is a member of a club, and Miyazawa Mana is somewhat accustomed to Mine Shiori's appearance. Knowing that she is usually like this, she will not have any bad thoughts.

Therefore, when faced with Mine Shiori's explanation, she just smiled gently.

"You're going to the bookstore so early, are there any new books on sale?"

"Yeah!"

Reina Kamimura next to her suddenly started yelling.

"Shiori and I actually wanted to buy the same book. I was so shocked that I jumped."

"I was startled by a 'Puff' sound. What is this?"

"It's to buy a newly released literary book. Mana should know this." Mine Shiori explained with a somewhat unnatural look on her face.

She has developed a little habit recently, which is to go to the bookstore when she has nothing to do and secretly observe who will buy "Norwegian Wood".

As a result, while "secretly observing" this morning, she was accidentally bumped into by Reina Kamimura who also came to the bookstore to buy books. Not knowing how to explain what she was doing in the bookstore, Shiori Mine had to buy another copy of "Norwegian Wood".

Never mind, just consider it as supporting Haruno.

"A book I also know?"

Miyazawa Mana was stunned when she heard this. After thinking for a while, she said uncertainly: "Haruno's book? Shiori also knows this book?"

"Ah, ah"

Mine Shiori laughed dryly.

Instead, it was Reina Kamimura who came to the rescue in time.

"What does Haruno's book mean?"

She had just taken out the book she bought in the morning, and after hearing what Miyazawa Mana said, she stopped where she was, a little dazed.

"Is this book written by Sawayama Haruno?"

She was a little slow to react, and after repeatedly observing the author's name written on the book and the expressions of Mana and Shiori, she belatedly realized something.

"Eh?!"

Uemura Reina's eyes widened.

"Is this true? This book was actually written by Zeshan-san?"

"If you don't know, why would you buy it?" Miyazawa Mana asked uncertainly.

"My family told me." Uemura Reina frowned and whispered, "My cousin gave me 100,000 yen and told me to remember to buy a book to read."

"In order to earn these 100,000 yen, I promised her that I would write a book review. But why was the book written by Sawayama-san? After knowing this, I feel a weird feeling when writing a book review." She muttered.

Do I have to write a book review? Lingcai’s cousin is really strict.

Miyazawa Mana smiled helplessly.

But then again, why did the other cousin suddenly ask her to buy Haruno's book?

Confused, Miyazawa Mana subconsciously asked, "Is this book selling well?"

“It’s very popular these days.”

Mine Shiori opened her mouth and was about to explain the results of her "secret observation" over the past few days, but was interrupted by a shout from the overly lively Uemura Reina.

“It’s super, super hot!”

Reina Kamimura grabbed the unopened book and shoved it in front of Mana Miyazawa.

She said with a serious expression: "I'm telling you, Mana."

"When I first entered the bookstore, I wanted to tell the clerk that I was going to buy this book, but suddenly I couldn't remember the title. The clerk saw me hesitate for a few seconds and asked me directly if I wanted to buy Norwegian Wood."

"No ordinary book can achieve this level of success, so there is only one possibility. It's selling extremely well. And when I was checking out, I noticed two other customers behind me also holding this book. Isn't Sawayama-san really amazing?"

"One of them is me," said Mine Shiori weakly.

Chapter 284: Haruno was secretly photographed?

"Then there is another person."

Uemura Reina insisted, "In the seven or eight minutes we were there, another person bought it. Wouldn't there be even more people the rest of the time?"

This time, Mine Shiori did not refute her, but nodded silently.

Within one week of its release, "Norwegian Wood" topped the Kodansha internal book sales rankings with extremely high sales volume that ordinary people could never imagine.

Although outsiders are not aware of these data yet, for Shiori Mine who works inside Kodansha, these are all things that can be seen.

In addition, she had observed secretly in the bookstore many times, which made her realize one thing more clearly.

Sawayama Haruno's book is really popular.

Although you haven't seen anyone holding this book on the street yet, Mine Shiori knows that there will definitely be many people buying it.

Moreover, according to the relevant information collected by Kodansha on the Internet, the frequency of words related to "Norwegian Wood" and Misty Mountain and Winter Sea on the Internet is steadily increasing every day, especially after being promoted by seniors in the industry, the increase is even greater.

Haruno, without realizing it, had gradually distanced himself from these people.

After her excitement, Reina Kamimura seemed to realize this.

She glanced at the unopened books and said in confusion, "I wonder if I ask Zeshan-san for an autograph, will he refuse?"

"Will not."

Miyazawa Mana pursed her lips and whispered, "After all, we are all classmates, and he is not the kind of person who will ignore others after becoming a little famous."

Why do I need to help explain myself?

It's such a weird feeling. I clearly feel that I need to keep a distance from Haruno, but now I have to explain for him. But if I don't explain, I will feel even more uncomfortable.

Just when she was feeling a little depressed, Reina Kamimura turned around and looked at Shiori Mine who was standing beside her.

She certainly didn't have the courage to go to Sawayama Haruno alone to ask for an autograph. Although she was usually carefree, Sawayama Haruno was now a published author after all. For students like them who were still in college and had little experience in the world, they would definitely feel somewhat restrained.

So she planned to bring Mine Shiori along, as she happened to have also bought Sawayama Haruno's book.

So, Reina Kamimura invited Shiori Mine to form a team.

"Shiori, how about we go find Sawayama-san together later!"

"Hey, looking for Haruno"

Mine Shiori accidentally let the cat out of the bag, but after noticing the slightly strange looks from the two people in front of her, she silently swallowed the title back.

"I'm fine with either. Since that's what you said, let's go and ask."

In fact, she already had an autographed copy of the book, but since Reina Uemura had brought it up to this point, it was difficult for her to refuse.

What's more, I bought this book with my own money. In this case, it would be okay to ask Haruno for his autograph again, right?

She has been very busy with work these days, so now she kind of wants to see Haruno.

"Then it's settled."

Seeing that Mine Shiori agreed, Kamimura Reina shook the book in her hand and cheered.

However, what the three of them did not expect was that Sawayama Haruno would not come to school at all today.

TBS broadcasting station headquarters in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Sawayama Haruno was sitting opposite Takayama Nami, and seemed to be quite troubled by the questions raised by the other party.

"Um, Ms. Takayama."

He reached out to interrupt the person who was about to take notes, and said helplessly: "When I was writing the book, I didn't actually think about so many complicated mental processes, so..."

"Is that right?"

Hearing this, Takayama Nami suddenly felt a headache.

She was taking notes of the interview with Sawayama Haruno as agreed in the original deal, and was going to release it next month after the other party's new book achieved higher performance.

But she never expected that this interview would be so troublesome, because although Sawayama Haruno had achieved great results in the industry, his actual experience seemed a bit too monotonous if he were to retell it.

I can't just write about my own imagination, right? It's okay to add some information, but I can't write about it all the time.

After thinking it over, Takayama Nami still didn't give up and said, "Then Mr. Kiriyama, can you explain in more detail some of your experiences when you participated in the competition in Kyoto?"

"If the core focus is on your debut as a newcomer and the fact that you won the championship right after participating in the competition, then it would be better to explain some of your experiences in Kyoto clearly, so that others can have a better impression of you." She said tactfully.

More sensations.

Sawayama Haruno was in mixed feelings.

He could understand what the other party meant, but the problem was that his experience in Kyoto was not easy to describe.

Nami Takayama might have thought that he was very worried every day in Kyoto, and had no appetite; or she might have thought that he was full of confidence when he was in Kyoto, looking down on all the heroes in the world, and full of youthful spirit.

But in reality, his time in Kyoto was a waste of time, except for the first two days when he was rushing to finish his manuscript.

Well. While intoxicated in the gentle embrace of a woman, many things that are difficult to describe happened.

After a little thought, Sawayama Haruno decided to make something up on his own to prevent Nami Takayama from having trouble handling the work when she came back.

So for the next ten minutes or so, he described his entire mental journey according to his own imagination, trying to be as close to reality as possible and making his writing experience seem very tortuous.

After finally waiting for it to end, Sawayama Haruno took the bottle of mineral water handed to him and said helplessly, "Is this enough?"

"Yeah, thank you, Kiriyama-sensei."

Takayama Nami looked at the records in her hand and said happily, "All I have to do now is wait until next month for the interview agency to help you expand your influence and publicity, and then I can take these records and turn them in."

"You also know what's going on inside Kodansha."

"After all, Riho and I are old classmates." Takayama Nami admitted it openly and said with a smile, "I still know these gossips. Such useful records should of course be kept until they can exert the greatest influence before releasing them."

“Really professional”

Sawayama Haruno followed with a helpless smile.

He knew a little about the resources that were allocated to him within Kodansha, but he was not interested enough to ask questions about it.

However, after listening to Morikawa Riho and Mine Shiori report on the first week's results, it seems to be better than expected.

Noticing that Sawayama Haruno seemed confused, Takayama Nami suddenly said, "Teacher Kiriyama, don't you know? In the past few days, the popularity of your book has increased significantly."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Sawayama Haruno looked over in confusion.

"It seems that people from the Cultural Bureau are willing to help." Nami Takayama said vaguely.

Sawayama Haruno quickly understood what the other party was talking about. Was it the Ishizawa family who was fanning the flames behind the scenes?

When he first participated in the competition in Kyoto, Morikawa Riho once told him how much power the Ishizawa family possessed.

The other party is a wealthy family in this field. What's more, Sawayama Haruno won the championship in a competition sponsored by themselves. It seems normal that they would help to increase the sales of the new book.

After all, there might be a possibility of further cooperation in the future.

What's more, the little princess of the Ishizawa family likes her books so much.

I mean, that guy wouldn't take this opportunity to ask me for the extra version, would he?

Thinking back to what the other party had hinted at him, Sawayama Haruno suddenly felt a headache.

"By the way, Mr. Kiriyama, wait a moment."