171. I Have only Heard of You for a Long Time (Please Subscribe to the Full Version)
"Thank you, Senior Nagano."
Bai Gui smiled and pointed at the manuscript, "If there are no problems, I will take my leave first."
He is the pillar of the newspaper. Although Nakajima Nobuo is the proofreader, Nagano will read the submitted manuscripts first and read them aloud. After reading aloud, he will ask the proofreader to check for typos, incoherent sentences and other problems.
Nagano is fine.
He reads the manuscripts as a routine.
With Bai Gui's reputation now, even if he imitates Gu Long's line of words, there will be many people who will buy it.
After submitting the manuscript, Bai Gui did not stay in the newspaper for long.
He walked towards Asahi News Agency.
He is now also a columnist for Asahi News Agency.
He does what he does!
Ryuhei Murayama offered him a high price of 250 yen. Although... the specific affairs would be handled by a special editorial department, and he only needed to put his name on it and write a short history and popular science article once a month, but if he really did that, his reputation in the industry would inevitably be a bit bad...
He still had to go there occasionally and dawdle.
No one could say anything.
Not long after.
Bai Gui went to Asahi News Agency.
Asahi Shimbun was first founded in Osaka. The founders were Kimura Teng and Ryuhei Murayama. However, two years after its founding, Asahi Shimbun in Osaka suffered heavy losses, so Kimura Teng transferred it to the Murayama family and the Ueno family for joint operation. The two families were also called the owners. Later, Asahi Shimbun bought Tokyo's "Awakening News" and settled in Tokyo. It also entered Kyushu and Nagoya and other places, becoming the leading newspaper company in Japan...
Asahi News Agency is much more luxurious than the Minjin News Agency. It is a three-story Western-style building with magnificent decoration.
The main door is a revolving glass door on the central axis.
Very high-end.
Walk in.
"Hello, Mr. Bai!"
"Hello, Mr. Bai..."
"I didn't expect to see you again in the company, Mr. Bai..."
In the office on the second floor, several employees walking in the corridor immediately nodded and bowed when they saw Bai Gui coming.
The Japanese workplace culture is strictly hierarchical.
Bai Gui nodded slightly, and walked to the third floor.
The office on the second floor is where the junior staff work, with small grids and small space, but on the third floor, this is where the management and columnists of Asahi handle official business.
He just walked up the stairs.
He met an acquaintance.
"Hua Pu, why, you come to work today too?"
Bai Gui smiled.
Hua Pu is the pen name of Tanabe Ryuko.
When he was first led by Tohei Saburo to attend the literary club gathering in Okakura Tenshin's villa, he knew that Tanabe Ryuko's pen name was Hanabe, but he was of low status at the time and had no relationship with Tanabe Ryuko, so he didn't dare to call her by that name.
But now his status in the literary world is rising, and he and Tanabe Ryuko are old acquaintances, so he dared to call her by that name.
"What a coincidence?"
"You met at the same time?"
Tanabe Ryuko was a little surprised, and she then carefully pointed to Natsume Soseki who was sitting on a chair reading a book in the public area in the corner, and the meaning was self-evident.
Then she hurried into the office.
Bai Gui raised his eyebrows and didn't care. He had met Natsume Soseki several times when he was clocking in at the Asahi Society, but they were both well-educated people and would not quarrel wantonly. Just a cold greeting would be enough.
He walked to his office.
"Mr. Bai, please have a cup of coffee."
A female employee with a nice figure came over with a plate, and the plate was filled with a cup of hot coffee.
It was still steaming.
The coffee was made by soaking freshly ground coffee beans.
The taste was mellow.
"Suzuki, what was Senior Tanabe doing in a hurry just now?"
Bai Gui asked with some curiosity.
Similar to Nobuo Nakajima, Suzuki Miyuki is the editor-in-chief of the historical academic column editorial department, and also his female assistant.
She is quite capable.
"Senior Tanabe..."
Suzuki Miyuki hesitated for a while and said, "It was Mr. Miyake in the company who was pursuing her, but Senior Tanabe did not intend to accept him, but Mr. Miyake kept chasing her. I just saw Mr. Miyake on the second floor...I guess she was hiding from Mr. Miyake."
"Yujiro Miyake?"
Bai Gui thought of a name. This was a well-known critic of Asahisha, who also graduated from the University of Tokyo and was considered his senior.
If the commentator industry is done well, it can also have a great reputation.
Yujiro Miyake is a famous commentator in the industry.
"Yes, it's Mr. Miyake."
Miyuki Suzuki nodded quickly and replied carefully.
Although she had not seen Bai Gui for a long time, she had heard some rumors in the company that Bai Gui and Tanabe Ryuko seemed to have some unclear relationship.
"Mr. Miyake is a bit old, he is already over 40 years old..."
Bai Gui frowned, feeling that something was wrong.
But he suddenly thought that Tanabe Ryuko was nearly 30 years old now, and it didn't seem so outrageous that the 40-year-old Yujiro Miyake pursued the 30-year-old Tanabe Ryuko.
"Forget it, you go out first."
Bai Gui shook his head and asked Miyuki Suzuki to go out.
He didn't intend to interfere in this matter. Tanabe Ryuko had some ambiguity with him, but it was not to the point where he could intervene, and Tanabe Ryuko also rejected Yujiro Miyake, so it was estimated that this matter would not succeed.
He took a sip of Kefei and turned to look at the submissions piled up in the history academic column.
"This manuscript is good, exploring the history of the extinction of the Indian people in Amien Country, not bad..."
Bai Gui reviewed the manuscript.
In fact, these were all manuscripts that the editorial department had already selected, and he read them just for fun after dinner.
"I'll take advantage of my free time to write a small popular science article and then go home..."
After dawdling for a while, Bai Gui thought.
But before he could pick up the pen to write, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
He said.
A middle-aged man in a suit and tie opened the door.
It was Yujiro Miyake.
He was a little bald and short and fat, and looked ordinary.
After all, if you work in the writing business for a long time, you will get a little fat, and it's mentally exhausting to stay still all day.
"Mr. Miyake, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Bai Gui narrowed his eyes. He and Yujiro Miyake were just acquaintances, and they had barely spoken to each other. He must be looking for him because of Tanabe Ryuko's matter, and this aggressive look should not be a good thing.
"Bai Meihe..., I hope you..."
When Yujiro Miyake was about to yell at Bai Gui, his eyes suddenly shrank. He saw Bai Gui holding a coffee cup, drinking coffee in small sips, and the white porcelain spoon that stirred the coffee seemed to be crushed into powder by his two fingers.
The fine porcelain powder was scattered on the desk.
His back suddenly felt cold.
"Nothing, Bai Jun, I just admired Bai Jun for a long time, so I wanted to come over to make some friends..."
"Really nothing..."
He kept laughing and quickly stepped back.