I Became a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 145

Therefore, when she came back to the mansion where she felt most at ease, the only place she didn't want to come to was this side.

Sayuri Sawamura, wearing that thin kimono, strolled upstairs to the library, that is, in this small garden with snow falling, the green here is still abundant, and the trees in the temperate zone are well taken care of. The only thing is, The [Centifolia Rose] planted on the flower garden built along the periphery has almost withered.

Rose, the flower language is: the longing of love.

It is as effective as divination. This flower was brought by that person from England and given to her. The two of them planted it together during Yinglili's primary school birthday, and now it has become a dead leaf.

However, after all, it is an ornamental plant for gardening. If it is not cared for and taken care of, it is easy to wither in the weather after the blizzard.

Now, someone betrayed the promise she made to God in the marriage hall. She came back to this deserted mansion alone, saw the withered roses, and was stabbed deeply in her heart, so that at that time In front of a junior like Uesugi Yan, he couldn't hide his feelings, and once again shared his worries with this trustworthy old thief writer. After all, there are really not many people who can be trusted. Under the calculation of the [Friend Assessment System], generally speaking, this philistine writer can already graduate.

Although in the library, she left the prophecy of [Ying Lili will lose] at the end and just accept it as soon as it is good, this made Li Yan a little unpredictable. Although he asked a lot, she just laughed No, such a conversation can be regarded as being played down.

"Okay, don't think too much, since you decided to start over here, why bother to feel sad?" Saidura Sawamura closed her eyes, felt the cold wind, and thought quietly.

She walked leisurely and looked at the withered rose again.

"……Um?"

Suddenly, Sayuri Sawamura noticed something, and she opened her eyes slightly. She squatted down, her beautiful black hair almost touching the ground, and looked in surprise as if someone had touched this rose plant. , What's worse, it seems that the soil has been turned over a little bit, and the root of this rose flower has been inspected.

This made her feel a little uneasy. She dug again with her hands, and once again found the discarded item in the depths. It seemed that the other party did not dig deep, and the item was still quietly buried in the soil. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"...It's so dangerous, so dangerous."

After Sayuri Sawamura relaxed, she couldn't help laughing. My reaction just now seemed to be a bit out of control. I obviously thought that my concentration should not be so bad, but I was afraid that someone would find out the deepest secret she wanted to hide when she was meddling in her own business...

Sayuri Sawamura had just settled down, and when she slightly raised her head to look again, she discovered that someone seemed to have sneaked out to cut off the rose branches in the criss-crossing vines of withered flowers at night.

"Well, this old thief..."

Saidura Sawamura showed a slightly surprised expression, looking at the part that had been taken away, which belonged to the last life of this rose, she gradually stood up again, standing in the bleak air, her expression gradually recovered .

After thinking quietly for a while, she stretched out her hand with a happy smile, and gently stroked the broken rose.

"Thank you, I feel a little better..."

She smiled slightly, looking at the bright and white sky in front of her eyes, the cold wind was blowing her lonely figure, holding an ancient fan, standing quietly.

Even so, even by doing so, it seems that the original rose flower cannot be revived again...

...

Beside the window, there was a small plastic flower pot, and a few rose branches were inserted into the soil, waiting silently for the moment of re-germination in accordance with the heating and humidity in the room.

As a result, at 7:25, five minutes before Li Yan woke up, he was woken up by Sayuri Sawamura's assistant knocking on the door.

After all, his body had just recovered, and he almost couldn't get up from the bed. After brushing his teeth and washing his face in a hurry, Li Yan came to the restaurant on the second floor.

For breakfast, it seemed that Sayuri Sawamura had already eaten it. There was a breakfast on the simple white dining table, which consisted of bread, jam, and a cup of black tea.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes, judging from the burnt degree of the bread, it should be baked by Sayuri Sawamura herself.

After reluctantly eating the smelly bread, Li Yan hurried down to the first floor. As a result, in the lobby on the first floor, Sayuri Sawamura, who was sitting on the sofa and drinking black tea gracefully, saw Li Yan and immediately raised eyebrows. Smiling, he greeted and said, "Good morning, Mr. Uesugi."

"Morning, Miss Sawamura."

Li Yan was a little surprised. He originally thought that even an elegant and charming girl, if she was a deep-rooted nerd at heart, would not be able to escape the magic circle of sleeping late in winter. for a long time.

Xiao Baihe noticed something slightly, then she smiled, looked at Li Yan and asked, "Hey, it looks like you have dark circles under your eyes, didn't you sleep well last night? Did coming to a new environment cause insomnia?"

"No, it's just that my body is still a little tired, and usually I wake up five minutes earlier, so I'm a little sleepy, but I've already slept well, please don't worry about it."

Li Yan shook his head and said to Sayuri Sawamura.

"...Well, that's good. I have to work hard for you today, Mr. Uesugi. Now that you are ready, let's go immediately. I have to send you back to Chiba County for work before twelve o'clock. Otherwise, I'm afraid that your eldest lady boss will directly kill you."

Sayuri Sawamura said with a smile.

"Ah, that's too exaggerated."

Li Yan said helplessly after being teased by Sayuri Sawamura.

"Okay, now that we're all here, let's go."

Sayuri Sawamura put away her fan, looked at the three servants in front of the hall, and said quietly.

...

Japan's illustration industry, as Eriri once mentioned, is almost in a saturated stage. While the competition is fierce, it is facing a shrinking domestic market.

After decades of development, the animation industry has almost become the endorsement of Japanese culture. However, prosperity must decline, and the same is true in the field of animation. Facing the shrinking market, opening up new markets is an urgent task for artists . However, after all, foreign illustration work is somewhat incompatible with Japanese painters. European and American industries have their own unique illustration styles. To a certain extent, in the era when Japanese manga is popular, there are still many white people who are quite resistant to Japanese animation culture. Therefore, for the European and American markets where the cultural gap is too large, Japanese painters cannot fully open the door as they wish.

However, with the re-emergence of China and South Korea, the two eastern countries, some new changes have begun.

In recent years, especially in China, the demand for illustrations has been increasing day by day, and the mobile game industry has made rapid progress. Many games have begun to enter Japan and become popular in game powerhouses. Companies from China are looking for excellent Japanese artists to be in charge of illustrations. Work is naturally a matter of course, and it undoubtedly injects a new market vitality into the saturated painter world.

As the famous artist Sayuri Sawamura who has had multiple pseudonyms for many years, she naturally has a new job this time... Although the artist named Sawamura should be well-known, Li Yan, who has just entered the light novel industry, does not know How many names of well-known painters.

The main commercial district in Kyoto.

This morning, the contract meeting started on time. Compared to Li Yan's side representing Sayuri's studio, the staff of the Chinese game company on the other side were quite young.

After a moderate conversation, Li Yan and his assistant began to review the terms of the contract, relying on the industry regulations he was able to come into contact with when he was living in his own country, as well as his life of writing articles on the Internet and living in a half-house Through experience, Sayuri Sawamura gradually took the initiative in many discussions, which made the assistants who followed understand that Sayuri Sawamura's choice was not just to show favors, but to really confirm that Li Yan, as a popular novelist, can play a role to a great help.

After about an hour of the meeting, the contract was successfully signed.

Sayuri Sawamura's studio earned millions of design rewards from this cooperation, and she quickly remitted the agreed 500,000 rewards to Li Yan.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. The negotiation went well this time. Let's end today's work. Speaking of which, Uesugi-sensei, your Japanese is very good. It turns out that you are also very good at English. I can understand the English part of the contract, it really surprised me...By the way, I haven’t asked you how your exam is going, how is it, do you know which university you are going to go to now?”

Coming down from the floor of the building, Sayuri Sawamura habitually tapped her chin with a fan, opened her eyes and closed her eyes when she turned her face sideways, and smiled so charmingly, attracting the working men and women in suits around her , asked curiously.

"Understood, I didn't get into my ideal department. I originally planned to go into the Faculty of Literature, but I got into the Faculty of Science. Now I plan to go to the Department of Physics at the University of Tokyo."

Li Yan replied bitterly.

"Yeah, as long as you get admitted to a good university, you'll be fine... Wait a minute, what university did you say you went to?"

Sayuri Sawamura, who was able to say what she had thought in her heart with ease, suddenly realized something, looked at Li Yan in astonishment and asked.

"The Physics Department of the University of Tokyo...what's wrong?" Li Yan was slightly taken aback and asked.

"……nothing."

Sayuri Sawamura blinked her eyes, and immediately said with a smile.

But she felt a little shaken in her heart. After all, from Li Yan's words just now, it sounded like she just got into an ordinary university, which was just in line with her expectations. This university would allow Eriri, who has no friends, to live without pressure, but suddenly she got stuck on the name of the University of Tokyo, which made all the plans she outlined come to naught.