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“Sorry. Did I make you wait, Machida-san?” Haru sits at the family restaurant where she has promised to meet with the editor of her novel. He wasn't sure why Machida decided to meet him, but he was quite busy yesterday and could only meet him this time.

“Who are you?” Machida asked in confusion.

“It's me, Haru. My hair is black,” Haru said.

Machida took off her glasses and nodded. He realizes that it is him and must admit that he is becoming more handsome. He was unsure, but he felt a charisma that gave him a reliable and safe feeling when he was nearby.

“You're not in school?” ask Machida.

“No. I've done some business before,” Haru said.

“Excuse me, do you need to order something?” The waiter asked with a joyful expression when he saw her.

“Ya, can you give me coffee?” ask Haru.

“Yes. Leave it to me.” The waiter nodded with a sweet smile and returned to take his order as soon as possible.

“Oh, correct. Congratulations,” says Machida.

“Congratulations?” Haru's confused.

Machida nodded and said, “Utaha has told me that you two are dating. I need to congratulate you both.”

“Thank you.” Haru nodded and asked, “Is there anything more?” He knew that this woman did not call him because she wanted to tell him something.

“Haru, did I do something?” Machida asked sadly.

“....” Haru was a bit strange and asked, “No. You didn't make any mistakes. Why do you think so?”

“No! There must be something! Are you not satisfied with me? Are you bored with me?” Machida shouted while asking him many questions.

Everyone in the restaurant seemed to be interested in them and looked at them with curiosity. They wonder if they will see a fight between a man and a woman in a relationship.

“Oi, don't say such misleading things!” Haru stopped him and asked, “Seriously, what's up, Machida-san? Do not cry suddenly in the middle of the restaurant. They might think of me as dumping you for another girl.”

“Isn't that the problem? You're trying to dump me as your editor, right? You are now contacting other publishers to publish your work on that publisher, right?” Machida asked in a complaining tone. He had heard he had business before and he thought that this person was having a meeting with another editor.

“No. Of course not. Who will get rid of you?” said Haru.

“Bulkah?” ask Machida.

“Really? I swear I won't get rid of you,” Haru said.

“Why did you reject me when I invited you to publish both of your new books,” asked Machida.

“New book?”

“Yes, didn't you publish Sword Art Online and 5 Centimeters per Second on your new website? Both books are good and with your popularity, both books will become very popular! I can talk to editor-in. -chief about the price of your book along with the percentage of sales,” Machida said. He knew once he could own both books then it would increase his chances of becoming the editor-in-chief of his company in the future.

Haru sighed and said, “It's not that I don't plan to publish both books, but I have plans for those books.”

“What plan?” ask Machida.

“....” Machida blinked his eyes and became dumbfounded.

“This is your coffee.”

Suddenly the waiter came with his order and placed it on his desk.

Haru looked at the paper under the coffee cup and knew that it was an email from this waiter. He smiled and said, “Thank you.”

The waiter smiled and nodded telling him to call her later.

Haru took a sip of his coffee and it tasted very bitter, but it was better than the sweet one because it would be unpleasant on his tongue.

Machida, who was dumbfounded, was unwilling to look at him. “You will buy a publishing company?”

“Ya.” Haru nodded and said, “I won't get rid of you. I'll invite you to be the editor-in-chief of that publishing company.” He knew that anime, manga, and games in Japan had accounted for 10% of Japan's entire GDP. That amount of money was too much to give and he had decided to go against the monopoly of this industry.

“So business earlier you will acquire a publishing company?” ask Machida.

“No. It's different, but you don't need to think too much.” Haru raised his index finger and said, “Wait a month and I will get the publishing company.”

“I have not promised you! Also, what company will you buy?” Machida has known Hiratsuka or Haru's aunt for a long time since she was a junior to Hiratsuka during her college years. He knows that Hiratsuka is very rich and wonders if he has decided to buy the company with Hiratsuka's help.

“Media Factory,” says Haru.

“Media Factory?!” Machida looked at Haru with an unbelievable expression because she knew Media Factory was a pretty big company. Although the position of this company is low compared to other large companies in the ACG industry (Anime, Comics, and Games), it is larger compared to medium and small companies. He also knew that it had also published many famous works as well.

Media Factory, Inc. is a Japanese publisher and brand company of many manga, music, novels, and anime. It was established on December 1, 1986, and its headquarters are located in Shibuya, Tokyo. It is a subsidiary of Recruit Co., Ltd.

The publisher is best known for possibly being the first anime distributor to ask the site not to link to anime fansub licensed by the company.

Haru knows that with her being born in this world there is a butterfly effect like our Media Factory this in her past was famous for having a record label, Pikachu Records, and her family, who produced the Pokemon CD and Pokemon soundtrack in Japan from 1997 to 2012.

There are no Pokemon in this world and the value of this company is not much compared to the past, but the company is thriving with a lot of boutique anime, light novels, light novels, and manga that has been published by this company.

Haru is not sure what the valuation of this company is, but he feels it should be around five billion yen according to his research (About 50 million USD). It may be quite a lot but he feels it is very valuable to have this company because it will also help a lot of publishing businesses.

“What are you kidding?” Machida.

“No. Seriously am. I also have a lot of ideas for a new job rather than giving that money to the company. It is better to have your own company,” Haru said.

Machida looks at Haru and has to admit that she has to marry this man or something. He felt extremely envious of Utaha now. “You will invite me to be editor in chief?”

Haru nodded and said, “I've known you for a long time and I think you're the most trusted and talented person I know.” He held his left hand while looking into his eyes.

Machida felt that it was a dirty method and said in haste, “G – Give me time!”

“I know. The company is also not ready,” Haru said. He hasn't got his money and it's better to wait a while because the company's acquisition process isn't that simple.

They spoke for a while before ending their conversation because they had solved the misunderstanding between the two of them.

Haru looks at the time and doesn't come back first because she has to meet NASA first to talk about her Instagram.