Chapter 423 Kamishiro Hakufeng must apologize to me!
At the book signing event.
Fans of Kamishiro Hakufeng were still excited by his appearance, and they lined up in the queue with his new book, waiting for his signature.
Many girls even began to post pictures of Kamishiro Hakufeng sitting at the book signing table on the Internet.
Many readers who had read Hakufeng's novels on the Internet, after learning that his true identity was actually a handsome guy, immediately set off a wave of enthusiastic discussions on the Internet.
Many people even carefully discovered that Kamishiro Hakufeng's talents were simply terrifying.
Whether it was academic performance, sports performance, novels, cooking, or appearance, each of them could be considered a talent that ordinary people would want to have in their lifetime.
And so many talents were actually gathered in him alone?
This even made these readers sigh that Kamishiro Hakufeng might be the strongest high school student in the Reiwa era.
However, because Kamishiro Hakufeng's popularity was getting higher and higher, many people still used the previous slander of Shindo Shizuka that he was rude to many authors.
"This Kamishiro Hakufeng is indeed a genius, but what's the use of having a bad character?"
"Indeed, he has such a bad attitude towards his colleagues, not even saying hello, and he turns around and blames others for being impolite and uneducated. This behavior is too bad."
"Sure enough, under the bright and beautiful appearance of Kamishiro Hakufeng, his heart is ugly!"
However, at this time.
But finally, someone who had been in the reception hall of Futaba Publishing House that day began to speak up and speak for Kamishiro Hakufeng.
"Things are not as you said. I was also in Futaba Publishing House that day. When I was about to record a video for my family, I happened to record the scene of Shindo Shizuka and Kamishiro Hakufeng quarreling that day. You will know after watching it."
Then he sent out the video of that day.
And the readers who watched the excitement and did not mind the big trouble finally understood the truth after witnessing the whole process.
It turned out that Kamishiro Hakufeng had reached out to greet Shindo Shizuka that day under the matchmaking of the editor, but after hearing the insults, he chose to fight back.
Therefore, readers on the Internet finally learned that it was Shindo Shizuka who was impolite first.
He even reversed right and wrong later, saying that he was polite to others, but Kamishiro Hakufeng said that he had no family education.
Seeing this, readers were angry one by one. They didn't expect that they who had spoken for Shindo Shizuka had become clowns.
"Qikexiu, how could there be such a bad person who actually reversed right and wrong!"
"That's right, in my opinion, Kamishiro Hakufeng looks so gentle and handsome, he doesn't look like a bad person at all."
"It's true. In fact, when he was interviewed by the TV station, he was very nice to the host and classmates, and even treated the production team to a free meal in the end. Such a good-tempered person can be forced to curse. It's all Shindo Shizuka's problem!"
"If I encounter this situation, I can't help it, let alone Kamishiro Hakufeng."
Afterwards.
More people on the platform dug out videos, texts, and screenshots of Shindo Shizuka making a scene in other publishing houses, and even directly insulting publishing houses, editors, and readers on the Internet platform, all of which were posted together.
Because more facts proved that Shizuka Shindo was a low-level author, readers began to criticize him, and his reputation plummeted.
There were even many people who were fans of Shizuka Shindo, but they turned against him because of this incident.
On the other hand, Hakufu Kamishiro was already very popular, and now it is even more popular because of this incident.
Many fans originally did not have time to come to the book signing event, but after seeing the truth of the matter, they directly asked for leave to come and ask for Hakufu's autograph.
But these things happened when Shizuka Shindo and Hakufu Kamishiro were unaware.
At this time, the two were still helping fans sign.
However, after Shizuka Shindo signed for a while, he suddenly felt something strange. Why did his queue get smaller and smaller, while Hakufu Kamishiro's queue got more and more?
Forget about the new female author Kayo Furukawa, Hakufu Kamishiro's queue was even larger than that of the great author Masaya Akiyama?
What's going on?
When there were only a few readers who came to read books in front of Shizuo Shindo, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Kamishiro Hakufu, and found that there were still many people lined up there.
Seeing this, he finally realized that something was wrong.
But before Shizuo Shindo knew what was going on, the book signing session was over.
Tominaga Kazuji congratulated him happily:
"Shindo-kun, your book signing today was very good, and it was finished just before noon."
"I just checked the sales of your new book. With the advertising support of the publisher, the sales are also quite good."
"If this continues, it will probably not take long for the printing factory to print the second edition and sell it."
After being praised, Shizuji Shindo's originally confused thoughts were swept away, replaced by an extremely cold and arrogant face:
"Of course!"
"After all, as long as there is operation, what book can't be popular?"
"What's more, the quality of my book is so good, it is inevitable that the sales will be good!"
Tominaga Kazuji nodded and smiled:
"Today's results are so good, let's go celebrate!"
The corners of Shizuji Shindo's mouth slightly raised:
"Okay, let's go!"
As he said, he looked at Kamishiro Hakufeng with some disdain.
When he discovered that there were actually a bunch of people over there, his eyes became even more contemptuous.
I just feel that the fans of Kamishiro Shiro Feng are just superficial people who only care about their appearance. They don’t understand that quality is everything in the novel industry!
In what way is his own writing not better than that written by Kamidai Bai Feng?
You actually like the novels written by Kamidai Shiro Feng, but not his?
It’s true that wild boars can’t eat fine chaff!
So stupid and superficial!
But it doesn’t matter.
When today's sales are tallied up, Bai Feng, the god generation, will know who is the truly powerful person!
Wait until Shinto Shizuji leaves.
Kamishiro Bai Feng was also preparing to leave.
Because the autograph sessions end at the same time.
So it's time to end on his side as well.
But after the fans behind him heard that Kamishiro Bai Feng was about to leave, they all begged.
Especially girls.
After all, there are not many opportunities to hold hands and chat with such a handsome boy.
What's more, this is my favorite author, how can I tolerate this?
"My dear author, can you sign books for a while longer?"
"That's right, it's almost time to reach me."
"Just a little while, okay?"
Kamidai Hakuho looked hesitant and turned to look at Igarashi Chinatsu.
Chinatsu Igarashi smiled and refused:
"Sorry everyone, the signing times are fixed, and it's already noon."
"Kamidai-kun has been busy since morning and is already very hungry."
"Please forgive me."
After hearing this, the fans reluctantly agreed.
Just when Kamidai Bai Feng entered the staff passage and was about to find Dufu Yamanaka.
Furukawa Kayo and Akiyama Masaya, who had just finished the autograph session, also immediately stepped forward to say hello to Kamishiro Shiro Kaede.
Akiyama Masaya is not a young man. He is already in his forties or fifties, and his face already has a lot of wrinkles. At this time, he stepped forward and greeted Jindai Bai Feng with a smile: "Hello, Jindai-kun, I am Masaya Akiyama, an outdated classical writer."
Kamishiro Shirifeng was stunned. He knew that this person was a great author from Kodansha, and he politely replied: "Mr. Akiyama, you are overly praised. Who doesn't know that the novels you wrote have been published in literary magazines many times, and even more... Adaptation."
Akiyama Masaru didn't expect Kamidai Shiro Feng to speak so politely.
After all, he had also seen bad news about Jindai Bai Feng on the Internet before.
So before I came to say hello, I was prepared for the possibility of being rude.
But now it seems that the facts seem to be different from what was uploaded on the Internet?
And this time.
Furukawa Kayo, who was still a college student, seemed very shy and nervous in front of Kamishiro Bai Feng.
After all, Furukawa Kayo immediately fell in love with the novel he wrote after reading the first "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" written by Kamishiro Shirokaed.
It can be said that Furukawa Kayo is one of the most loyal fans of Kamiyo Shiro Kaede!
Now that I know that the author I like is so handsome, how can this make Furukawa not shy and excited?
After she stretched out her hand to adjust her hair, she looked at Bai Feng with a hot face: "Kamidai-kun, this is the first time we meet. I am Furukawa Kayo, the author from Kodansha."
Kamishiro Bai Feng turned to look at Furukawa Kayo and found that although she was not bad looking, she was indeed much worse than his girlfriends.
However, he still greeted him very politely: "Hello, Miss Furukawa, I am Kamishiro Shiro Kaede."
After they exchanged pleasantries.
Akiyama Masaya asked Bai Feng: "Kamidai-kun, I heard that you and Shindo Shizuji have some grudges?"
Before Kamidai Hakuho even opened his mouth, Chinatsu Igarashi complained directly: "Yes!"
Then, she told everything that happened.
Akiyama Masaya suddenly realized, frowned and said: "No wonder I heard in Kodansha before that this person has a bad temper, but it's so bad that as a well-read author of scriptures, he actually behaves in slanderous ways. It's really It’s too despicable!”
"No wonder when I just greeted Shizuji Shindo, he was dismissive of me. It turns out he is such a person. It's so bad!" Furukawa Yoshiro was also very angry about what happened to Kamishiro Shiro Feng and took the initiative Qingying said, "When I get back, I will immediately tell the other authors about this matter and let them know that it is not your problem at all, Kamishiro-kun, but Shindo Shizuji's slandering you."
Akiyama Masaya pondered: "If it were in other circles, I wouldn't be able to do anything about it, but in the author's circle such despicable things happened, even in front of me. This is really intolerable for me, so I let you do it." Please speak up for Kamidai-kun."
Kamidai Bai Feng did not refuse and thanked: "Thank you very much."
"Thank you, you are so kind!" Chinatsu Igarashi was the most excited. She was worried about finding a way to help Kamishiro-kun. Now that these two authors are helping to speak, Kamishiro-kun's reputation will definitely improve a lot.
You must know that Akiyama Masaya's words are very influential in the circle of Japanese authors.
Furukawa Kayo is also a popular new author like Bai Feng.
If it were the two of them, they would definitely be able to help Kamishiro-kun.
Akiyama Masaru also wanted to discuss writing matters with Kamishiro Hakuho, and suggested: "Kamidai-kun, why don't we go have a meal together later?"
"I want to go too!" Furukawa Kayo was extremely excited just thinking about having dinner with Bai Feng, and he quickly raised his hands.
“Of course.” Kamishiro Hakufeng also wanted to learn about some things in the author circle, so he agreed.
Igarashi Chinatsu didn’t mind the authors having dinner and discussing with each other, but in order to prevent Kamishiro Hakufeng from being kidnapped by the authors from Kodansha, she also planned to go over and take a look.
When they walked back to the backstage, they were surprised to find that the two editors-in-chief of their own publishing house were still arguing.
Hasegawa Takashi said angrily:
“You old thing, isn’t it just a blind cat catching a dead mouse?”
“If it weren’t for your good luck, you would have run into such a Kamishiro Hakufeng, how could you have the capital to be arrogant in front of me?”
After Yamanaka Tofu found Kamishiro Hakufeng coming back, he pulled him to his side and laughed meanly:
“Who made me, an old man, naturally have better luck than you!”
“You can easily find such a talented author.”
“Can you do it?”
“Oh no, I almost forgot that you were in high school. ”
Hasegawa Takashi’s face turned red:
“You are talking nonsense, as if you have never stepped on it!”
Yamanaka Tsurugi pretended not to hear, scratched his ear and laughed:
“What?”
“If you are not convinced, let your Kodansha’s most popular Furukawa Kayo compare sales with our Kamishiro Hakufeng.”
“Whoever has better sales will bow and apologize to the other, how about that?”
Furukawa Kayo was silent. What could she compare with Kamishiro Hakufeng, who was more popular than herself?
Wouldn’t that be embarrassing?
Hasegawa Takashi would have agreed immediately if it was before, but he knew that Kamishiro Hakufeng’s performance was better than some old masters, not to mention Furukawa Kayo.
So even if he agreed, he would lose.
“You asked me to agree, and I agreed? I won’t, I’ll piss you off!” Hasegawa Takashi sneered with his hands on his hips.
Listening to the quarrel between the two old men over fifty years old, Kamishiro Hakufeng was speechless.
However, he did not intend to continue to argue with the two, because they looked like they could still quarrel for a long time.
So he exchanged glances with Igarashi Chinatsu and others, meaning that we should leave first.
They could naturally see that the two editors-in-chief would quarrel for a long time, so they nodded in agreement.
——
Noon.
In a restaurant.
Editor Tominaga Kazushi was ordering food.
And the smug Shindo Shizushi began to search the Internet for his new book.
But after searching.
Shindo Shizushi was stunned.
He saw that a lot of readers were madly scolding him on the Internet.
After searching, he was horrified to learn that the quarrel with Kamishiro Hakufeng last time was uploaded to the Internet?
Because of this video, a lot of people on the Internet dug up their old accounts, and even kept attacking his X-special account, asking him to apologize to Kamishiro Hakufeng.
Witnessing this scene, Shizuka Shindo's face turned red and white.
"How did things turn out like this?"
He guessed that Futaba Publishing House would not dare to release the surveillance video, so he was so fearless to slander Kamishiro Hakufeng.
After all, if Futaba Publishing House dared to do that, it would be equivalent to infringing on his portrait rights.
And it would also affect the company's image, so they would definitely not dare to do so.
Shizuka Shindo saw this and dared to be so arrogant.
But he never expected that in addition to the surveillance video, someone else happened to take a picture of the scene that day with a mobile phone.
Even released it during the time when his new book was just on sale?
This is too unfortunate
But now that things have fermented, his reputation has become so bad that even if he wants to sue this person, it will be useless.
"Trouble" Shizuka Shindo gritted his teeth, grabbed his hair, and looked very angry. He didn't expect that he would be self-defeating this time.
He was originally planning to suppress Kamishiro Hakufeng with this matter, but at this juncture, it turned into a torment for himself?
He began to think about how to solve this problem.
But no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure it out.
You know, he spent more than 10 million yen on advertising for the publisher. If he continued like this, it would definitely affect the sales of the new book.
The more he searched online, the more horrified he was to find that his new book was starting to sell poorly.
Fearing that his 10 million promotion fee and novel would all go down the drain, he immediately informed his editor Kazuji Tominaga of the matter and asked:
"Editor Tominaga, you are my editor."
"You must help me!"
"After all, my sales will affect your commission, and we share a common destiny!"
"Tell me what we should do at this time?"
"If this goes on, the sales of my new book will definitely plummet!"
After hearing this, Kazuji Tominaga frowned and said:
"Since you are afraid of this result, why did you hide it from me and go online to slander Kamishiro Hakufeng?"
"If you hadn't done this, I think the last incident might have just passed."
"And the most outrageous thing is that you and other authors fabricated facts to slander him. Do you know that this is a very serious problem?"
Shizuji Shindo still doesn't think he is wrong until now, and gritted his teeth and said:
"I slandered him?"
"Is he very polite? Didn't he say I have no family education?"
"And I just complained to other authors, but they really listened to me and directly scolded Kamidai Bai Feng on the Internet. I can't help them if they insist on doing this."
Tominaga and Si were speechless:
"Do you remember what happened that day?"
"Kamidai-kun came up to say hello to you, but you refused directly and even scolded others for no reason."
"Do you think you are more polite than him?"
Shindo Shizuji slapped the table and said angrily:
"I'm older than him and I entered the industry earlier than him. As a senior, what's wrong with me saying a few words about him?"
"He is a young man, but he can't stand even a few words from me?"
"No matter how you look at it, this is all his problem, right?"
Tominaga Kazuji felt dizzy:
"If you still want to solve the problem, you'd better control your temper."
Shindo Shizuji clenched his fists and said anxiously:
"Solve things?"
"Do you have any solution? Tell me quickly!"
After Kazuji Tominaga thought for a while, he said:
"There is one thing, and that is to publicly apologize to Kamishiro Bai Feng directly on the online platform."
Shindo Shizuji was very angry and refused on the spot:
"impossible!"
"I haven't settled the accounts with him yet for this matter that has affected my sales. You still want me to apologize?"
"Why should I apologize to him? He just apologized to me!"
Tominaga Kazuji said speechlessly:
"If you still think that way until now, then there's nothing I can do about it."
"Anyway, I'll tell you now. If you apologize, you can at least save your image."
"After all, you have teamed up with other authors to fabricate facts to slander Kamidai Hakuho, and Kamidai Hakuho has never seen those authors before that, so as long as he is willing to sue you, he will sue you one by one."
"If you don't apologize, let alone your new book, it will have a huge impact on future book sales."
"Even more seriously, our publisher may not accept your book anymore."
"After all, what you are doing now has affected the image of Futaba Publishing House."
Shindo Shizuji was frightened when he heard this.
What he is worried about is not that the publishing house does not want his book, but that it will affect the sales of his subsequent books and his reputation on the Internet. This is the most important thing.
Shindo Shizuji thought for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth in displeasure and said:
"OK"
"I can apologize"
Hearing this, Kazuji Tominaga was surprised, not expecting that this man really planned to apologize.
But no matter what, it would be better to do less than to do more. It would be better for Shindo Shizuji and himself if he apologized.
However, when Kazuji Tominaga heard what Shizuji Shindo said next, he was completely speechless.
"It's okay to apologize, but Kamishiro Hakuho must also apologize to me. After all, he scolded me for not having a tutor. Can you bear this?" Shindo Shizuji said angrily.
Tominaga Kazuji sighed deeply. He felt that Kamidai Hakuho was not wrong about you either.——
School.
Student Union Room.
Hojo Kirisa was sitting at the table busy.
Mo Ze stood in front of her and reported the matter:
"Miss, everything you ordered has been completed."
"The video from Futaba Press has been sent out."
"Also, Shizuji Shindo's past scandals were posted on the Internet."
"However, with Shindo Shizuji's character, he will probably do other things that will cause Kamishiro-kun's reputation to deteriorate. This will probably affect the way people at the ball view you as his dance partner. Do you still need me to continue following you? Are you involved in this matter?"
Hojo Kirisa said without raising her head:
"continue."
Mo Liang nodded and said:
"learn."
With that said, she left here.
——
In the restaurant box.
Akiyama Masaya and Furukawa Kayo were already impressed by what Kamidai Shiro Kaede said just now, and they did not expect that literary novels could be written like that.
Even Chinatsu Igarashi and other editors were shocked by what Kamidai Shirokaed just said, and even wrote it down in their notebooks.
And Jindai Bai Feng looked at them standing there in a daze and didn't think much about it. He just said goodbye:
"I have something to do later, so I'll leave first."
They reacted and nodded goodbye to Kamidai Bai Feng.
After leaving the restaurant, Kamishiro Bai Feng glanced at his phone and found that it was already past one o'clock, and it was almost the time before his girlfriends got out of school.
After thinking about this, he gave up the idea of going back to school and turned back towards his coffee shop. He planned to wait for them to come back and finish smoking iPhones before going out on a date with his girlfriend.
But who are you going on a date with today?
Kamishiro Bai Feng feels a little bit over the head, he really doesn’t know