"In the past month, Love Metronome didn't sell a thousand copies, but yesterday, just yesterday, it sold nearly a thousand copies. The sales volume can be said to be rising sharply. According to this situation, Love Metronome may not only not be cut in half, but may even sell more, and may even become popular." Machida Sonoko's voice was particularly excited.
"Really? I didn't expect my recommendation to be so powerful." Hasegawa smiled.
"Yeah, I didn't expect it either. I thought that with Hasegawa's recommendation, it would attract more readers. I didn't expect it to attract so many people's attention and convert so many readers. Thank you so much, Hasegawa." Machida Sonoko was sincerely grateful.
"You're welcome. This matter is nothing to me. I just posted a comment."
"Hasegawa, Kasumigaoka Utaha wants to meet you and thank you very much. So——" Machida Sonoko said this.
"Thank you for accepting it, but there's no need to meet." Hasegawa refused.
"Teacher Hasegawa, don't refuse so quickly. Let me tell you, Teacher Kasumigaoka Utaha is a great beauty. Very beautiful, don't you really want to meet her?" Machida Sonoko tempted Hasegawa.
"Really no need. And I'm going to participate in the Yulongqi Kendo Competition next, I really don't have time." Although for Hasegawa, time is like a woman's - time is like water in a sponge, as long as you are willing to squeeze it, there will always be some. But Hasegawa doesn't want to waste his time for someone he doesn't even know.
Even if Machida Sonoko said that the other person was a great beauty, Hasegawa didn't care. He is no longer the age where he can't help wanting to meet a beautiful woman when he hears about her. And Hasegawa is still more or less troubled by the girls around him. How could he meet a woman he doesn't know again?
"Yulongqi? Teacher Hasegawa is actually going to participate in the Yulongqi Kendo Competition? No way? Is Teacher Hasegawa also good at Kendo?" Machida Sonoko asked in surprise.
"It's okay. Well, it's just to make up the numbers. But since I have decided to participate, I naturally need to focus on this aspect, so forget about meeting Teacher Kasumigaoka Utaha." Hasegawa refused with this as an excuse.
"Is that so? There is nothing I can do about it. Well, if that's the case, forget it. Let's talk about it after Teacher Hasegawa's Yulongqi competition is over."
"Yeah."
"Then, I'm here to wish Teacher Hasegawa a successful start."
"Thank you."
After hanging up the phone, Hasegawa put the matter about Kasumigaoka Utaha behind him.
On the other side, after Machida Sonoko hung up the phone, she said to the black straight girl next to her with a little apology: "I'm sorry, Teacher Kasumigaoka Utaha, Teacher Hasegawa is busy recently, so he doesn't have time to meet you."
"Yes, I heard it. But, the other party is going to participate in the Jade Dragon Flag Competition?" Kasumigaoka Utaha, also known as [Kasumi Utako], had curiosity in her wine-red eyes.
"That's right, I didn't expect that Teacher Hasegawa is so good at kendo. He even represented the school team to participate in the Jade Dragon Flag Kendo Competition. You know, the Jade Dragon Flag Kendo Competition is the most authoritative competition in high school." Machida Sonoko couldn't help but sigh.
"Jade Dragon Flag? In other words, Teacher Hasegawa is also a high school student?" Kasumigaoka Utaha asked in surprise.
"Well, although it is not good to leak the news about Mr. Hasegawa, it is true that Mr. Hasegawa is indeed a high school student, and he is from the same school as Ms. Kasumigaoka Utaha." Machida Sonoko couldn't help but sigh in her heart. High school light novel writers are already very rare. As an editor, she met two at once, and what's more coincidental is that they are both from the same school. This is too rare and too coincidental.
"From the same school? He is also a student of Sobu High School?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was even more surprised.
"Yes, it's such a coincidence. Has Ms. Kasumigaoka Utaha heard of Mr. Hasegawa?"
"No, I haven't heard of him. Maybe he keeps it a secret." Kasumigaoka Utaha said so. Of course, this may be one aspect. On the other hand, it is also because Kasumigaoka Utaha herself is not too concerned about this matter. It should be said that she doesn't pay much attention to most things in school.
Since she started trying to write light novels, she has put most of her experience into light novels, and even stayed up late at night to write Love Metronome, and slept directly in the classroom during the day.
She slept as soon as she arrived at school, and she obviously had no time to pay attention to other things. Naturally, she didn't know Hasegawa's existence.
Otherwise, Hasegawa, as the first in the first grade of high school and a member of the kendo club, was one of the members of this competition. In addition to the surname Hasegawa, she should be able to guess it.
"Is that so? It is indeed a bit in line with Mr. Hasegawa's personality. He himself is a bit stable, or mature, and even some of his fans call him an old man. So it should be normal to be low-key in school." Machida Sonoko nodded.
"Old man?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was more curious.
Kasumigaoka Utaha is particularly curious about Hasegawa. His light novels have high sales. Although she has not read them yet, she thinks that Hasegawa's writing skills should be very high, otherwise he would not be popular. On the other hand, Hasegawa is also good at sports. He can become a member of the Kendo Club to participate in the Jade Dragon Flag Competition. His Kendo skills are definitely not bad. In addition, being called an old man by book fans makes people feel angry no matter how they think about it. I am curious about what kind of person Hasegawa is.
"Editor Machida, can you give me the phone number of Mr. Hasegawa?" Kasumigaoka Utaha asked Machida Sonoko with a smile.
"Hey? This——"
"After all, Mr. Hasegawa helped me. I have to thank Mr. Hasegawa anyway. It should be normal for me to know Mr. Hasegawa's phone number. At the same time, I can also ask Mr. Hasegawa how to write a novel. Communication between colleagues should be normal."
"That's true. Well, in that case, then I will give you Mr. Hasegawa's phone number. I think Mr. Hasegawa will not refuse you, a beautiful woman like you." Machida Sonoko thought about it and felt that giving Hasegawa Kasumigaoka Utaha's phone number should not be a disadvantage for Hasegawa, after all, Kasumigaoka Utaha is a rare beauty.