Chapter 9 - 9: The Editorial Meeting Begins

All conversation in the meeting room fell silent at once. The editors moved on without wasting a second, picking up the second manuscript and continuing their review. Each novel only received a few minutes of discussion. With dozens of manuscripts to evaluate, the meeting was bound to last two to three hours at minimum.

The meaning of "pending" was clear.

Akira had acknowledged that the first chapter of that novel was strong enough to qualify for serialization in Crimson Maple.

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