"Hmm, that looks really good."
Mitsugetsu Miyako nodded with a satisfied smile, offering her opinion after seeing Lin Feng in his new clothes.
The previous outfit Lin Feng had wasn't bad, it was fine for everyday wear.
However, it wasn't quite suitable for an interview.
Lin Feng didn't have strong feelings about it, but adopting a "when in Rome" attitude, he let Mitsugetsu Miyako choose a more formal outfit for him.
In Lin Feng's eyes, who was already sitting on a mountain of royalties, any problem that could be solved with money wasn't really a problem at all.
While that might sound a little arrogant, it wasn't really.
As Lin Feng's work, Demon Slayer, gained popularity thanks to the traffic provided by Weekly Shonen, the publishing house would pay him his royalties every week after a new chapter was released.
Especially now that Demon Slayer was being updated with two chapters every week.
According to the contract Lin Feng had signed with the publisher, the rate was ten thousand yen per page of artwork.
Each time two chapters were updated, there would be nearly fifty or sixty pages of content, which meant that five or six hundred thousand yen would enter Lin Feng's account.
This didn't even include the profit from the royalties based on the quarterly sales.
So, it could be said that Lin Feng was really not short on money now.
Mitsugetsu Miyako was also very aware of this, so the outfits she took Lin Feng to buy were not cheap.
After all this preparation, it was almost noon.
After lunch, Lin Feng and Mitsugetsu Miyako took the train together to Yuei Publishing's headquarters in Tokyo.
On the way, Mitsugetsu Miyako knew that Lin Feng might be participating in this kind of interview for the first time, so she explained some details to him in advance.
In fact, the main reason Yuei Publishing had invited Lin Feng to participate in this interview was to give him a special column in their magazine.
Basically, it was to have Lin Feng talk about his creative journey around his work, Demon Slayer, explaining his thought process, how he came up with the idea for the work, and his thoughts on future developments.
Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've at least seen a pig run.
In his previous life, Lin Feng had seen many interviews with original creators on some anime websites.
However, at that time, technology and the internet were already quite developed.
The interviews with those manga authors and original creators were made into short videos and put on the websites, which could be viewed at any time.
There were also detailed records in text and picture formats.
Unlike the late 20th century that Lin Feng currently found himself in, computers and the internet weren't so widespread.
Mobile phones were just basic mobile phones, with no internet capabilities beyond making calls and sending text messages.
So, to unveil the mystery surrounding the original author of Demon Slayer for the fans who loved the series, the only option was to arrange an interview through the publisher.
The content of the interview would then be recorded and published in magazines and newspapers.
Although the process might be a bit cumbersome, Lin Feng felt it was a matter of adapting to the local customs and saw no problem with it.
After a journey, Lin Feng once again arrived at the grand entrance of the Yuei Publishing building.
He had chosen to submit his work here because Yuei Publishing had a significant influence throughout Tokyo.
Now, it seemed Lin Feng's decision had been correct.
If it weren't for the massive platform provided by Weekly Shonen, perhaps Demon Slayer's debut wouldn't have garnered so much attention right from the start.
One could only say that this was the result of a cycle of cause and effect.
If Lin Feng hadn't chosen to submit his work here in the first place, perhaps he wouldn't have had the chance to meet Mitsugetsu Miyako.
"What's wrong? Did you remember something...?"
Seeing Lin Feng standing in place, staring up at the publishing house building without moving, Mitsugetsu Miyako asked curiously.
This was her workplace, so she often went in and out. She didn't have the same thoughts as Lin Feng.
"Hmm, nothing. Let's go in."
Lin Feng shook his head with a smile. He could just think about these things and sigh to himself; there was no need to bring them up.
The two of them entered the publishing house building one after the other. With Mitsugetsu Miyako's introduction, Lin Feng met the middle-aged editor who had signed the contract with him last time.
Seeing him, the editor greeted him with great enthusiasm.
"Hello, Teacher Lin Feng! It's been a long time. Please, come this way..."
The middle-aged editor's attitude had changed considerably compared to their first meeting.
Lin Feng was slightly surprised by the man's enthusiasm.
"Hello."
Looking at the radiant smile on the middle-aged editor's face, and the way he bowed ninety degrees to shake his hand, Lin Feng smiled and extended his hand to shake the editor's.
So this is the power of a successful work.
A strong person is respected wherever they go.
And for a manga artist, the best measure of their strength is the success of their work.
The middle-aged man in front of him, as the editor-in-chief of Yuei Publishing, held a position of considerable power. The number of authors he would bow and smile to, and actively shake hands with, those who collaborated with Yuei Publishing, would definitely not exceed double digits.
And most of them were long-time collaborators with Yuei Publishing, who at the very least had several excellent works under contract with Yuei Publishing.
For Lin Feng, who only had one work, and was a new manga artist whose work had just begun serialization, it was definitely an exceptional case.
Of course, the reason why Lin Feng held such importance in the eyes of the middle-aged editor was because his work, Demon Slayer, had immense potential.
In Yuei Publishing's many years of history, almost no contracted work had achieved such excellent results as Demon Slayer, consistently topping the popularity charts for several issues in a row after its serialization.
Even among the readers who purchased Weekly Shonen in the later issues, at least eighty percent of them were there for Demon Slayer.
It was understandable that Lin Feng would be greeted so warmly by the editor-in-chief of Yuei Publishing, given his outstanding achievements.
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