Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

  Chapter 431 Negotiating Copyright

   After leaving the Undead River.

   Kato Yusuke strolled the streets of Jimbocho and walked slowly towards the station.

  The aroma of coffee and curry wafts in the air.

  Inadvertently, the time has come to meet the magic moment.

  The orange-red sunset sprinkled on the row upon row of bookstore streets, illuminating the bustling crowds deeply or shallowly, pulling the shadows under your feet long.

   Kato Yusuke, who was among the crowd, followed the crowd and kept thinking.

   debt, comics, studio.

   The three are like a ball of yarn, intertwined in the mind.

  Debt is the core, manga is the solution, and the studio is the future plan.

   If we don’t solve the first item as soon as possible, the studio’s plan is just a flower in the mirror in the water, like a castle in the sky, illusory and ethereal.

   It would be nice if we could release the book as soon as possible, or continue to draw the book - Kato Yusuke thought to himself.

   For a comic author, the original fee for the work is only "little money" after all, and the bulk is still in the sales share of the single book and the revenue share of other peripheral products.

   Take the manuscript he submitted this time as an example, not counting the first and last pages, the main content has a total of 191 pages, and if converted into manuscript fees, it is in the early 2.29 million yuan.

  After all, manga serials are different from single-run books. No matter how well the magazine sells, the only income that ends up in the hands of the author is the manuscript fee.

   Unlike the one-off book, the author will be given a 10% share (8% to 10%) according to the sales volume, just like the situation in Shi Yu's novels.

   I just don't know if the Undead River will release the single book of "Chainsaw Man" as soon as possible...

   While thinking about such a thing, I walked to the station in Jimbocho.

   Follow the crowd to the waiting platform and catch the tram bound for the apartment.

   Luckily, after finding an empty seat to sit down, the phone in my pocket suddenly vibrated.

  A mail was delivered to his mailbox.

  -"Letter from: Akane Takasaka"

  【Takasaka Akane: Where are you now? 】

   Kato Yusuke started to reply: [On the train, ready to go home. 】

  【Takasaka Akane: So you are very busy, right? 】

  【Kato Yusuke: Compared with Ms. Takasaka, she should be a little more leisurely. 】

  【Takasaka Akane: Is this sarcasm? Pay attention to what you say, in short, since you have time to hang out outside, come to my place. 】

  【Kato Yusuke: Is there something? 】

  【Takasaka Akane: No~ I was just bored alone, so I happened to call a chef to cook at home, and by the way, I found someone to relieve my boredom. 】

  【Kato Yusuke: If you want to relieve your boredom, keep a pet. 】

  【Takasaka Akane: Oh? So would you like to be my electricity time? I can feed you udon noodles~]

   Kato Yusuke raised his sword eyebrows slightly, a hint of annoyance flashed in his eyes, and replied: [Do you like **** roasted pork very much? 】

  【Takasaka Akane: Huh? What kind of **** dialogue is this? 】

  【Kato Yusuke: Nothing. 】

  【Takasaka Akane: Okay, don’t get cheap and sell well, hurry up and come here, boy, the address is the apartment in Ariake that you visited last time. 】

   After sending this email, I will not reply to the convenience.

   Kato Yusuke put down his mobile phone, and the luxurious high-end apartment that sent the drunk Kosaka Akane home before came to his mind, and then thoughtfully put away the mobile phone.

  …

after an hour.

  In a towering apartment building near the Tokyo Big Sight.

   Take the elevator to the top floor.

   Press the doorbell of the only one.

   After waiting for a few seconds, the door was opened with a "click".

   Kato Yusuke met the owner of the apartment that he had just contacted, Akizaka Akane.

   The other party was wearing a black tight-fitting open-back dress, revealing her delicate and beautiful back, showing off her perfect figure.

  The cool and glamorous makeup and charming eyes show a unique mature woman temperament.

   "It's finally here, it took so long, are you an elderly person with limited mobility?" Kasaka Zhuyin leaned against the door with a nonchalant expression on her face.

   “It’s peak commute time, and it’s already fast.”

   "Why don't you buy a car?"

   "No money and no driver's license."

   "Well~ that's true, after all, you don't have enough money now, you're a pauper." Hongsaka Zhuyin narrowed her phoenix eyes and looked at him sneeringly.

   "Well, thanks to Miss Kosaka's care in this matter." Kato Yusuke responded flatly and stepped into the room.

   "I like this statement~ so don't be polite." Aksaka Akane laughed happily, as if she was very satisfied with pushing him to this point.

   "...Did you drink too much."

   "It's just a few drinks, because you're too slow, I've already started eating, come in by yourself."

  The two walked into the room one after the other, and soon came to the restaurant.

  Behind the textured marble bar, a middle-aged man wearing a navy blue chef uniform with a headscarf on his head was busy in the kitchen inside.

   Seeing Kato Yusuke coming, he said hello to the convenience: "Good evening, little brother, we meet again."

   Kato Yusuke took a closer look and saw that the other party was the owner of the sushi restaurant he had been to before, so he nodded and said, "Hello, boss."

   The middle-aged man smiled and lowered his head again to get busy.

  The surface of the dark black marble bar has irregular white lines, and the height just blocks half of the middle-aged man's body.

  The bright, but not dazzling, yellow light came down from the lights on the ceiling, making it very atmospheric.

   Redsaka Zhuyin sat down at the bar with a set of cutlery at random, and ordered, "Please give this kid something to eat, boss."

   "I understand." The middle-aged man nodded earnestly, placed a new set of cutlery next to Akasaka Zhuyin, and asked, "Is there any food that Kato should avoid?"

   "No." Yusuke Kato shook his head in denial, then sat down on the left of Akesaka Akane.

   "So what do you want to drink?"

   "Give me oolong tea if you can."

   Beside Akasaka Zhuyin let out a sneer: "What are you doing? Do you really think of this as a restaurant? I don't have that kind of childish thing here. Boss, serve him a drink."

   The two people who heard this had different reactions.

   Kato Yusuke frowned slightly.

   The middle-aged man behind the bar had a wry smile on his face, and reminded him intimately: "In fact, Miss Kosaka also has mineral water here..."

   Redsaka Zhuyin raised his eyebrows slightly, waved his hand and said, "Only a kid can drink that kind of thing, boss, there are no such rules here."

  ‘It’s a kid! ' The middle-aged man shouted in his heart, wanting to refuse, but when he thought of the reward for today's cooking... he became calm again.

  So, a glass of clear and transparent liquid was placed in front of Kato Yusuke.

   "...Then please use it, Kato-san."

   "Thank you, it's work."

   Kato Yusuke nodded and thanked him, but he didn't pick it up and drink it, but turned his eyes to Akesaka Akane on the right, and asked: So what's the reason for calling me here today? "

   "Huh? Didn't I say that? Find someone who can relieve boredom."

   "There's no one else around you?"

   "Yes, yes, but you are more pleasing to the eye." The other party brushed his hair, and his tone was very casual.

  The elegant perfume smell faintly drifted over.

   Kato Yusuke took a slight sniff, and said so, accepting the rhetoric.

   "—But what?" Akizaka Zhuyin took a sip of the sake in his glass as if he was tasting it, and said, "Although it is to relieve boredom, but for people like us, the only things we can talk about are works, right?"

   "People like us?"

   "What? Isn't that the case with you? Or did you actually come here with other ideas?"

   The tone of his speech became more meaningful.

   Kato Yusuke thought for a while, then nodded and admitted, "There are indeed some other ideas."

"Um…?"

   Akizaka Zhuyin's hand holding the cup trembled slightly, and then asked amusingly: "...You seem to be a lot more courageous, aren't you worried about your little girlfriend?"

   "The girl you mentioned, we are not dating."

   "Hmm~~~~Is that right? It's obviously the meat that was brought to the mouth, but you don't eat it, but that girl's possessiveness is not small. If you don't pay attention, you will suffer in the future? Boy."

   "Miss Kosaka doesn't have to worry about this."

   During the chat, the middle-aged man behind the bar also squeezed two pieces of sushi and put them on the plates in front of them.

   "This is the mid-belly of tuna, please use it."

  The surface of the tender tuna meat is engraved with a few in-line knife flowers, and the rice ball of the right size is wrapped under it. From the top, you can basically only see the fish meat, but not the rice below.

   Kato Yusuke picked up his chopsticks, but he didn't find soy sauce and wasabi on the table, and stopped for a while.

   seems to have seen through his thoughts, and Akasaka Zhuyin casually mentioned: "The boss has already applied soy sauce in advance, just eat it directly."

   And the middle-aged man also smiled and affirmed: "I wiped the most suitable amount, so it should be just right to eat. If Brother Kato likes to dip it himself, I will prepare it for you."

  So Kato Yusuke stopped talking, picked up the sushi on the plate with chopsticks, and put it directly into his mouth.

  As the teeth chew with a little force, the soft flesh of the fish wraps the teeth.

  The taste of the fish is delicious, with a little bit of oil, and with the right amount of soy sauce and a hint of sourness from the rice, the whole taste is integrated, and the combination is just right.

   Kato Yusuke ate the sushi slowly and gave an honest evaluation: "It's delicious, boss."

   "Thank you for the compliment." The middle-aged man smiled and put the freshly squeezed sea urchin sushi on the plate for the two of them.

   Redsaka Zhuyin asked: "And then, boy, how is your work now?"

   "Well, about this, I just happen to have something to talk to you about."

   "Oh? It's rare, so let's hear it."

   Kato Yusuke put down his chopsticks and asked, "What I want to know is, are you interested in the copyright of "Chainsaw Man"? Miss Kosaka."

  The scene fell silent.

   Hongsaka Zhuyin gave him a somewhat surprised look, then gently shook the glazed cup in his hand, and said noncommittally: "Why, the treatment from the Undead River is not good for you?"

   "No, I mean copyright other than comics, are you interested?"

   "It's really straightforward. Saying that means you intend to sell? Or do you just want to pull investment?"

   "It's the former."

   "Why?"

   "I'm going to raise enough money as soon as possible to deal with things on the studio side."

   "Going to deal with the studio... What about your comics side?"

   "Naturally, the book will be finished normally, and it will not affect anything."

   "Interesting, didn't you still feel dizzy some time ago? Did you suddenly wake up?"

   Kato Yusuke moved his mouth, a conversation with Shi Yu appeared in his mind, and replied: "...It's just like this, we can talk if you want."

   Akisaka Zhuyin smiled, but did not ask any further questions, and started talking after thinking.

   "Yeah, I'm really interested in what to say, but it's too early to talk about it? Didn't you just hand in the manuscript for Chapter 3?"

   "This news is outdated. Before coming here, I have submitted all the original manuscripts of "Chainsaw Man" up to chapter 13."

   "Huh? Did you find an assistant??"

   "This point can be discussed later, but let's get down to business first."

   "...That's not enough. Even if you want to adapt your work into an animation, you need at least about 60 episodes in one season. It can be said that the current situation of your work is impossible to realize."

   Redsaka Zhuyin took a sip of wine when he said this, then suddenly changed his words and asked:

   "So, under such unfavorable circumstances, you should give me a reasonable price? Tell me, how much do you want to sell?"

   After talking, the topic came back again.

   Kato Yusuke didn't pay attention to her words. After pondering for a while, he responded: "One hundred million yen."

   Accompanied by this remark…

  “—!”

   The middle-aged man behind the bar couldn't help shaking his hand, and the sushi almost flew out of his hand.

   And Kasaka Zhuyin was also dumbfounded, and then said angrily: "This joke is not funny at all, don't tell me you are serious."

   Kato Yusuke shook his head lightly, his expression as usual, "Miss Takasaka can make a bargain if you think it's inappropriate."

   "You are like a lion. Based on the cost of 12 million yuan to make an ordinary episode of animation, 100 million yuan can barely make a season's animation, don't you know?"

   "I'm talking about all copyrights except manga, not just anime adaptations."

"Then what? You can brazenly ask me to take so much money to buy the copyright of a work that I don't know where it will go, and I can't even get enough animation for one season? Are you crazy, or are you treating me as a fool? "

   Hongsaka Zhuyin couldn't help but laugh angrily when he said this, and scolded mercilessly: "Even if I'm not short of money, I'm not a character to be slaughtered by others. Could it be that you think you can get your tail off once you've been with an old lady?"

  ‘No no no, this is a big problem! ? ' The middle-aged man behind the bar shook his hands again, but he lowered his head and kept his face straight, forcing himself not to express his inner thoughts, but his cheeks twitched from time to time.

   In the face of Aksaka Zhuyin's "brilliant words", Kato Yusuke was also a little speechless, but he still sorted his thoughts and said slowly:

   "If you are not satisfied, I can give you another project of equal value."

  …

   (end of this chapter)