Tokyo Soft Rice King

Just like the conditions for recruiting Tashiro Hongxiang as Murasakimiya's agent, Kuroba Akira decided to take out 20% of the remuneration, but he was careful here. He was not talking about 20% of the total remuneration, but 20% of his own remuneration.

After all, if Tashiro Hongxiang really becomes Murasakimiya's agent, she will have to give up her current career, so in order to compensate her, it’s okay to give up a little more profit, but there is no need to cut so much meat when hiring a ghostwriter.

Shirai Shiori was completely confused...Why couldn't she understand anything?

No...it's not that I don't understand, it's that I can't comprehend.

Why did he do this?

Seeing that Shirai Shiori didn't react, Kuroba Akira crossed his arms, tilted his head and raised his eyebrows.

"What? Are you not satisfied with 20%? Well, 20% is already a lot. After all, Aiyuan and I agreed to give her half of the royalties, so the portion I get isn't that much either."

The stingy Hei Yuming didn't want to make any more concessions, so he started to calculate the bill for her.

"To give you a rough idea, I'll tell you for now. The royalties for this novel, for the author and illustrator combined, are 13%. If Aiyuan and I split it equally, we'll each get 6.5%, and I'll give you 1.3%, which is %..."

Hei Yuming pretended to be in pain and sighed.

"Oh... okay! I'll be generous and give you 1.5%! That should be fine, right?"

However, Kuroba Ming had already figured it out in his mind. If he could use 1.5% of the royalties to lure a gunman of Shirai Shiori's level, it would be a huge profit! There was still 5% of the royalties left!

Moreover, I rushed to write the first volume myself, but for the rest I only needed to come up with an outline, and then, in the name of training, I asked her to expand the outline into the main text, and I only had to make some minor modifications.

In this way, the workload was reduced by 80%, but the profit was only reduced by 20%... Even Hei Yuming was trembling with fear for his own evil heart.

I can get 5% royalties so easily, I am such a bad guy!

Hei Yuming was afraid that she would not agree, so he continued to persuade her earnestly.

"Don't worry, I'm not irresponsibly throwing this work to you to continue. I'll still come up with the outline and decide the story content. All you have to do is polish and add some content to this novel. That shouldn't be too much work, right?"

Shirai Shiori was so confused by Kuroba Akira's series of bribery punches that she was at a loss. She held her swollen forehead and asked back.

"Wait a minute... suddenly talking about royalties... are you saying you're going to give me a share of the royalties too?"

Hei Yuming said as if it was a matter of course.

"Of course, you have to be paid for your work. I can't let you work for free. Look at those cartoonists who have to pay their assistants."

What he said made a lot of sense, and I was speechless...

But if I could be his assistant, I could accept it. It would be more like what I want.

However, Shirai Shiori still wanted to ask him something she couldn't understand.

"Well, anyway, let's leave the royalties this way for now..."

"Really?! You agreed?!"

Kuroba Akira's face was filled with joy, and he almost rushed over to grab Shirai Shiori's hands and shake them up and down.

"Hmm, hmm... Putting aside whether I agree or not, you just mentioned the right to authorship... Mingjun, do you mean to give me the pen name for this light novel too?"

He doesn’t even want the right to be credited... Doesn’t this person love his own work at all?

Hei Yuming spread his hands and answered casually.

"I don't care. As long as what I write is liked by the public and I can get a share of the money, that's enough."

"hiss……!"

Shirai Shiori took a breath and looked at Kuroba Akira as if she had seen a saint!

This was the most shocking moment for Shiori Shirai today, no, it might be the most shocking moment of her life so far!

Obviously, the most important thing for the author is the pen name.

Kuroba Akira is also an author, he cannot be unaware of the importance of a pen name, it is equivalent to the life of a writer!

Only when a work is printed with one's own pen name can it be proved that the work was written by oneself, and then it will be remembered by people, so that it can be passed down through the ages and be famous for eternity... Well, even if it cannot become a classic, at least you can show off to acquaintances.

Even if it's for money, it's impossible to do this!

But he actually managed to do it without even using a pen name... just to improve the quality of his work!

What kind of realm is this...!

"...Mingjun, I previously said you didn't have the ambition to become a professional writer. Please let me take that back."

"Oh?"

Shirai Shiori looked at him respectfully and spoke to him in the most admiring tone.

"You are the purest writer I have ever met, bar none."

"Uh……"

Kuroba Akira scratched his head. It seemed that the effect of not using a pen name was too great, causing Shiori Shirai's favorability towards him to increase significantly.

But if that happens, the bet with the class monitor is in jeopardy again...

So Hei Yuming said this to make up for the loss.

"But I have to remind you, Shiori, please don't add extraneous material when you polish it, or change the original plot without permission. I will not accept plot changes."

Shirai Shiori said resolutely.

"Don't worry about that, my lord. I will never do anything that would ruin the original work."

Okay...no effect.

Did Shiori Shirai's favorability level reverse? How did it go up so easily?

Hei Yuming has begun to miss her original rebellious look.

"Well, I'll give you a pen name anyway."

"But Mingjun, it seems you've already chosen a pen name. I remember seeing it under the title of the book just now..."

Shiori Shirai turned to the first page of the manuscript and saw the pen name below the title.

"Baizi... Is this your pen name, Mingjun?"

"I guess so. It's also my nickname at home."

"Does this nickname have any meaning?"

The meaning comes from the name in the previous life, but Kuroba Akira couldn't even tell Shirai Shiori this secret, so he just made up an excuse.

"No, I just personally prefer 'white'."

Actually, it is a double entendre. Hei Yuming wants to say that he likes himself more, and there is nothing wrong with that.

"..."

But to Shiori Shirai, this sentence was ambiguous.

My heart beat faster for no apparent reason. Even though I knew he didn't have any other intentions, I still felt that the listener was interested.

It turns out he prefers white... just like me.

In fact, from the color of Shiori Shirai's underwear, we can tell that her favorite color is white, because that is the color of paper and the background color of books.

And she also likes black because that is the color of words.

Black and white...Shirai Kuroba...

Only when they overlap each other can they form a complete page.

Chapter 126 I'm going to eat you up

She was originally just thinking about the pages of a book, but Shiori Shirai, with her rich imagination, immediately thought of the image of two people's bodies overlapping.

No, no, no! That kind of thing won't happen!

Shirai Shiori felt her cheeks getting hot, just like Kuroba Akira. After the serious atmosphere was lifted, her sense of shame was revived, and all the accumulated shame burst out in one breath, causing her whole body to start heating up.

Maybe it was because the topic just now had been talking about the naked body, and she really took off all her clothes in front of him, so Shiori Shirai's imagination was stronger than ever at this moment.

As a result, when she saw Hei Yuming sitting on the bed, she felt as if she could see through him, as if she could see him without clothes. However, she still couldn't imagine the most important part because she had never seen it in real life.

I kind of want to see it... No!

Stop it, me! Stop thinking about those dirty things!

Shirai Shiori shook her head like a rattle.

And he is the man Tong cares about!

According to Shiori Shirai's understanding of her best friend, although Hitomi Asato is kind to everyone, she keeps a certain social distance from boys, even from her childhood playmate.

However, when Anri Hitomi faced Kuroba Akira, she could clearly feel that the distance between them was much closer, not only physically, but also spiritually.

This means that Hei Yuming has successfully entered her heart.

Hei Yuming is really good at persuasion. Even I was persuaded by him...

Because what he said was not flowery words, but sincere advice, so it can touch people's hearts so much.

It was because he was a straightforward person that I misunderstood him at first...but that was actually a manifestation of his true nature.

Now that she has completely taken off her tinted glasses, Shirai Shiori finds that she seems to quite like Kuroba Akira.

The bad impression was completely reversed and turned into a character advantage.

However, although he doesn't seem to be dating anyone yet, if things continue like this, there's a good chance he and Tong will start dating...

Thinking of this, Shirai Shiori suddenly felt depressed and sour.

Kuroba Akira is the confidant I met for the first time, and Asato Hitomi is someone who can be a lifelong friend. When two important people are together, I should send my blessings...

But why do I feel this way?

Could it be that... I... fell in love with... him... No!

Just appreciation and respect!

It is still too early to say that this is love!

At most, it's just an illusion caused by the ambiguous atmosphere and the effect of hormones!

I'm just curious because I've never seen a boy's body!

It's desire at work!

This is not a denial simply out of shyness, but a rational judgment.

Shiori Shirai has read many romance novels, so her definition of love is more rigorous.

Unlike Murasaki no Miyabi who immediately accepted the love relationship, when Shirai Shiori faced an unknown emotion she had never experienced before, she first had to dialectically analyze it.

Only when all other factors are eliminated and the remaining feeling is still admiration, can she recognize that this feeling is love.

At this stage... she felt that she could treat Hei Yuming as both a teacher and a friend.

"Then continue to use this pen name."

"Aren't you going to change it?"

Shirai Shiori slowly shook her head and smiled.

"No, but can I use this pen name from now on?"

"Hmm? You want to use it too?"

"Well, I also like the pen name 'Shirako'. Besides, my last name is Shirai, so this pen name suits me very well."

Indeed, compared to Kuroba Akira, Baizi is more like Shirai Shiori's pen name, both in Japanese and Chinese.

"Do you mean that you want me to give you this pen name?"

Kuroba Akira thought it didn't matter if he gave this pen name to Shiori Shirai. After all, he was not sure whether he would continue to write light novels in the future.

If all goes well, the work "Sisters" should be able to be written into about twelve books. If the IF line and the extra bonus are added, it will be able to be written into about twenty books.

If I write at the rate of publishing a book every three months, it will take me five years to finish it.