I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 303

"Eh? Junior...is it the school festival of that girl from England, the talented painter named Mashiro Shiina?" Sayuri Sawamura was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Yes, this time, Shiina and another junior student I know will work together to perform a traditional Japanese drama called "Ze! The Smart Miko Goddess". I am very much looking forward to their performance." Li Yan said with a smile.

"..."

This time, Sayuri fell silent. She thought for a moment, raised her head and said with a smile, "I'm very interested in that girl. I'll take a look at the school festival tomorrow."

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Three o'clock in the afternoon, Shinjuku District, Tokyo.

The drizzle kept falling. Li Yan, who had taken the Sawamura Sayuri bus back, returned to his apartment. After changing out of his wet clothes, he sat at the table in the living room and looked at the stack of piles on the table quietly. The first draft of the printed version has been completed at 80% of the progress.

In this imminent situation, no one else would "regret" at this time.

The first draft of the novel in front of me is all A or A+. If I give it to Kagurazaka Iris, I can still earn a large amount of royalties, and meet the readers' expectations, and read the seventh volume of the novel as scheduled...

However, something seemed to be missing, making him anxious and restless.

Just like in this stack of first drafts, the characters in the novel all appeared in front of him, looking at him, waiting for his new journey. He was so arrogant and pretentious that he had already sold more than 100,000 copies of the novel. Ben was a little dissatisfied with the plot of the seventh volume, and he had the urge to burn it out again and completely reshape this seventh volume.

The content is very adventurous, and the writing method is more unique. It came to my mind to write this seventh volume that has not yet been published in a more Uesugi style.

From three o'clock to three-thirty, in the drizzle, wisps of dim sunset that broke through the dark clouds gradually began to shine into the room. Li Yan just leaned against the corner and looked at his stack of first drafts. , I have put nearly a month of creative effort there, but I deny it as soon as I say no. I have to say, it is as painful as cutting his flesh.

"..."

"..."

"really……"

Li Yan's eyes finally regained their composure. He stood up, picked up all the first drafts, and then stuffed them all into a cardboard box and put them in the utility room where there were boxes written with themes, character designs, On the shelf of cartons sorted with ideas for new works, etc., when I left, the carton with the word "Waste Manuscript" was particularly conspicuous.

In the room, Li Yan put on his white work clothes and sat in front of the computer again. His eyes became sharp like a gambler betting against time and the future. He kept writing new outlines and devoted his body and mind to it. At the beginning of zero.

"...I still have to try and break through the bottleneck." Li Yan silently said the next sentence in his heart.

His original intention was different from Eiri Sawamura and Sayuri Sawamura. He started creating simply because he liked the two-dimensional culture. Nor was he like Mashiro Shiina, who started drawing comics because of his interest in his novels and his obsession with detective substitution. He wrote The original intention of the novel was simply not wanting to lose.

He didn't want to lose the life he originally had, nor did he want to lose to himself. In front of him were not only the characters in the story, but also the readers who liked his works. He understood why he couldn't put down his pen, because For more than a year, he has been in real contact with readers who deeply like his works, Gabriel, Neko Teacher, Yukinoshita Yukino, Aoyama Nanami, Shiina Mashiro, Enma Ai, and that group of monster readers... ...their expressions while reading kept flashing back in his consciousness. He wanted to write a novel that he had worked hard on 100%. Now that he had realized that there was a better story structure, he should not stop moving forward.

It seems that he has really changed from Li Yan, who lives for a living, to the old thief "Uesugi Yan" that everyone knows...

The keyboard keeps clicking. The characters on the keyboard have been polished cleanly by more than a year of typing. The time on the window has gradually become pitch black from the dusk of the afternoon...

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Late at night, in room 405, the sound of video games still continued to ring throughout the room.

Under the dim light, there was a bowl of instant noodles with a little soup on the table. Gabriel, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the TV and playing games, suddenly noticed something. She looked at the clock. It was already ten o'clock at night. It's thirty.

"That guy...what is he doing? He has never been so late." Gabriel looked at the ceiling listlessly and said.

Because he is a neighbor, some sounds can still be heard clearly, such as the sound of opening the door, and... the sound of cooking. However, after Li Yan returned home all afternoon, he never cooked. For someone who has been cooking with his own hands, A certain writer in Pai rarely eats out and doesn't like instant noodles. In other words, Li Yan hasn't started cooking dinner yet.

Gabriel pressed the handle and pressed the pause button, then stood up, with an idle expression on his face, searched his pockets and went out.

Under the late night sky, Gabriel stood at the door of Room 505, stretched out a hand and pressed the doorbell.

[Ding dong. 】

[Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong...]

Gabriel unceremoniously urged Li Yan to open the door by ringing the doorbell in a harassing manner.

As a result, in less than ten seconds, the door really opened. As a result, a face with bloodshot eyes and an excited face appeared at the door of the dark room. He stared at Gabriel coldly and said angrily: " Don’t press it, you’ve disrupted all my thoughts!!”

"What are you doing? What are you thinking? I'm hungry. I'm here for dinner." Gabriel was completely indifferent to his protest and looked at him and ordered.

"Uh...you girl...well, come in, I still have food in the refrigerator. Let's have fried rice tonight."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes and looked at her, and finally sighed. He didn't have enough time in the first place, but a freeloader came, which made him feel uncomfortable. However, if Gabriel hadn't said this, he would have actually forgotten it in front of the computer. Oh, it's so late.

"Dinner... not midnight snack... Why does it feel like Gabriel knows that I haven't eaten dinner? Am I overthinking it?" Li Yan suddenly thought to himself as he took out eggs, corn, onions and cold rice from the refrigerator.

"So, what are you busy with? I haven't seen you out all night, Li." Gabriel asked while sitting in the living room, picking up a light novel from Li Yan's bookshelf and reading out of boredom.

"I'm writing a novel."

"Writing a novel? Oh, the seventh volume?! But didn't you say last time that it was almost finished?"

"It's all been scrapped and put in the scrap box."

"...?!"

Gabriel looked at Li Yan in astonishment and asked, "Wait a minute, aren't you due next Tuesday? Hey, is it late? It's totally too late. Okay, you're not going to postpone the update again, are you?" If you change the release date three times and come back again, you will really be beaten to death by readers."

"...I know...I have tried my best to write. I will stay up all night tonight to write the novel. It is possible that the time calculated in this way is still enough." Li Yan said with a bitter smile.

"Did the writing of Volume 7 not go smoothly at the beginning? It doesn't matter. We don't expect you to write such interesting things every time. Well, it doesn't matter if you are out of shape a few times. Just don't write randomly..." Jia Bai Li looked at Li Yan, became a little worried, and asked.

"It's in the utility room. You can take it out and read it... By the way, although the plot is completely different the second time, you still have to spend money to buy the next new work." Li Yan took the materials and left. Go to the kitchen and talk to Gabriel casually.

"This guy……"

Gabriel put his head on the table and glanced at him, thinking disdainfully.

She stood up, went to the utility room, rummaged through it, took it to the living room and looked at it...

As a result, after reading it, she planned to continue reading, and kept turning the pages, which made Gabriel a little shocked. After reading, she raised her head and looked in the direction of the kitchen, and asked in surprise: "Wait, wait a minute, Li, this Isn’t it already interesting? Why rewrite it?”

"Why...because that's not the most interesting thing, at least that's what I think..."

Li Yan had deep bags under his eyes, as if he was a little overworked. He washed the food and said, "It's not the most interesting story. If I showed it to you, how dare I... be called an 'old thief' or... Where’s the ‘Master’?”

"...Is that so?" Gabriel looked at him confused and asked.

However, looking at Li Yan's persistence with resentment in his tiredness, over time, Gabriel laughed, closed his eyes and ignored it. Perhaps, the next volume can really be more exciting. Bar.

What Li Yan overturned was the standard evaluation given to him by the [editing system]. If he had always relied on the editing system, one day he would only be able to write A-level works. But this time, he put this This popular novel, as well as all his fame, are all on the line. He no longer uses the editing system to score, but uses his own feelings to contact the unknown novel market... and uses his best to impress readers.

Late at night, the sound of cooking came from the kitchen. When he was approaching the step of loading the plates, suddenly, Li Yan's cell phone rang.

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——[Kagurazaka Iris: Uesugi-sensei, please leave the first draft of the seventh volume to me first. I will work overtime tonight and help you review the draft. Eiriri's illustrations are almost completed, and everything is ready. 】

Late at night, after Kagurazaka Iris sent a text message to Li Yan, she poured herself a cup of coffee. After taking a few sips, she went back to work. She was working overtime tonight, preparing for several The author is preparing for the publication arrangement, and by the way, she plans to ask for part of the first draft of Volume 7 of Uesugi Yan. After all, among all the works, Uesugi Yan's works are currently the top priority, and she needs to keep a firm grasp on it.