While playing music, Kenichi Hasegawa quickly typed on the keyboard on his phone, but from time to time he had to pause, and every time he paused, he couldn't help frowning. Finally, he couldn't help but turn off the music player in the computer.
"Although this laptop is cheap, it is really too old. It will lag while listening to music and typing. But forget it, wait a little longer, wait until the novel starts selling the day after tomorrow, and after the royalties for the novel arrive, I will buy a new laptop directly, and then I can throw away this old one."
The time for the sale of Kenichi Hasegawa's novel has been determined, which is the day after tomorrow. From the signing to the current sale, it has taken exactly one month. The time is not fast, nor is it slow. Most novels take this long to be published.
However, Kenichi Hasegawa found that the light novels here in Japan, how to say, light novel writers, one by one, are relatively lazy. The more diligent light novel writers can write a volume in an average of three to four months, and a volume is about 100,000 words. That is to say, under normal circumstances, a light novel writer will write 300,000 to 400,000 words a year, which means that three to four light novels will be published.
I remember that before Hasegawa Kenichi traveled through time, specifically before he graduated from college, he read online novels and found that some online novel authors wrote as few as 150,000 to 160,000 words a month, and some wrote as many as 300,000 to 400,000 words. The number of words written in a month is comparable to the number of words written by light novel authors in a year.
In addition, Hasegawa Kenichi often heard that a certain teacher who wrote light novels was urged by the editor to write manuscripts. Hasegawa Kenichi really felt speechless when he was urged to write manuscripts for only 300,000 to 400,000 words a year.
Just like Hasegawa Kenichi, he is still a student now. He spends most of his time in school. After that, he has to practice kendo, occasionally practice music, or draw a little. Even so, he can write about 5,000 words a day, and about 150,000 words a month. Maybe sometimes because of the outline, he may write less, but he will make up for it on weekends.
Hasegawa Kenichi feels that he is really too diligent compared to those Japanese light novel writers, so diligent that it is unimaginable.
Of course, this is also related to the environment in Japan. Although some people serialize Japanese light novels online, in fact, the mainstream is still the physical publishing. And the physical publishing is just like Hasegawa Kenichi's novels. It takes about a month to get the manuscript from the publisher, then correct it, find an illustrator to draw illustrations, and then a series of them. When it is finally published, it takes about a month. And when a novel publisher publishes novels, it is obvious that there will be many novels to be published, but the ability of the publisher itself cannot accommodate too many novels. It can only be distributed and published in turns.
Therefore, it is normal for a novel to be published once every three or four months.
In short, this is the environment in Japan.
When he thought that the day after tomorrow, he would receive 400,000 yen, Hasegawa Kenichi couldn't help but get a little excited, and then he couldn't write anymore.
After looking at his manuscripts, Hasegawa Kenichi gave up the idea of forcing himself to continue writing. After all, no matter how much he wrote, the publisher would not continue to publish his novels so quickly. Moreover, Hasegawa Kenichi was not sure about the performance of the novels. Whether it would be bad or whether the publisher would directly cut the novels in half because of the poor performance of the novels. Although he was quite confident in himself, things like performance were not very controllable.
So it was better to slow down first.
No longer typing, Hasegawa Kenichi focused on the money that was about to arrive. 400,000 yen. It was not a small number.
Hasegawa Kenichi thought that after the money arrived, he would first buy a better laptop. Then, the weather gradually began to get hotter, and he felt that he needed to install an air conditioner in his room. After all, in the hot summer, if there was no air conditioner, it would be a torture.
After that, should he buy a TV? To be honest, if there is a laptop, there is probably no need for a TV, but if there is no TV, it seems that something is missing in the room. Then, go buy some game discs and the like. Well, maybe, I should save some money and send it to Hasegawa Ken's parents.
After calculating, it seems that I can't think of what to buy for the time being. But if I really want to spend money, it seems that I can spend it. Maybe I need to buy two pieces of clothes, shoes, and then there are transportation. After that, there are musical instruments for music...
Thinking about it, Hasegawa Kenichi found that the 400,000 yen royalties seemed not enough to spend.
Suddenly, Hasegawa Kenichi couldn't help laughing. It's really funny that he was thinking about how to spend the money before he got it.
But no matter what, this didn't affect Hasegawa Kenichi's mood.
Ding dong ding dong——
The doorbell rang. Hasegawa Kenichi restrained his emotions, opened the door, and saw the courier standing at the door.
Well, this courier seems a little tired, and is breathing a little fast. But this is normal, because the couriers here in Japan are a little different from those in China. Although the speed may not be very fast, the couriers will definitely be in a hurry. It is very normal for them to hold the package and rush to the target's door at the speed of a charge. If they don't do that, they may be judged as unqualified and have a poor work attitude, and they may be fired.
"Mr. Hasegawa?"
"Yes, it's me."
"Your express, please sign for it."
"Okay, thank you."
Sign your name and get your express, which is actually just a small box. Open the box and there are three books in it. It is the novel Tokyo Ghoul written by Kenichi Hasegawa. The cover of the novel is dark, and the main body is dark red, which gives people a feeling of depression. On the cover, the little angel Kaneki is struggling, and behind him is Kamishiro Rize with a sick smile on his face.
"Are these sample books from the publisher?" Hasegawa Kenichi looked at the three identical books and smiled. Holding the books in my hands, how should I put it? It feels magical. That feeling is simply indescribable. It's a bit like the first time you hold your own child. Of course, it's not as intense, but the emotions are a bit similar.