I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 146 Breaks the record again! Honor display cabinet collection +1!

"Mr. Kitagawa, Mrs. Kitagawa, if you are not satisfied with the apartment in Aoyama Building, we can also go to a few single-family houses nearby. It's just that they are a little too close to Kabukicho and may be a little noisy at night."

The luxury home sales lady, who was wearing a small suit and a tight skirt, stood straight, folded her hands in front of her belly, and smiled sweetly at Kitagawa Hide and the other man.

Even though this was the seventh house they had looked at, the sales lady still maintained a professional smile on her face, and her eyes were basically only on Agatsuma Yumeko. She would never get too close to Kitagawa Hide for fear of making Agatsuma Yumeko dislike her.

After receiving an urgent message from the company a few days ago, Ito Hatsuyo, who was last year's sales champion, immediately returned to Tokyo from vacation and rushed to Shinjuku to meet Kitagawa Hide and others.

When she received the message, she was still wondering which consortium's young master suddenly wanted to buy a luxury house. It was not until the section chief reminded her in a low voice that she suddenly realized.

It turns out that the young man in front of him, who is handsome and looks as good as Kimura Takuya, is actually Kitagawa Hide, the superstar who is now popular in the Japanese literary world!

After work, Ito Hatsuyo has always maintained the habit of buying some pure literature magazines to read in his spare time.

It’s not that she has high literary literacy or demand, but most of the clients she comes into contact with in this job like to read high-quality pure literary novels and poems.

If you know some literature and art, it is easy to win their favor, and maybe they will buy a mansion from you!

The commission in this industry is about 1%. If a client buys a house worth 70 million yen, she can immediately get a cash commission of yen from the company's finance department without having to pay taxes!

After doing this kind of work for a long time, she has seen a lot of different kinds of people. After just a few words of conversation, she can see through the other person's financial strength and true intentions at a glance.

Some people are not financially strong, and they are just pretending to be rich. You should flatter such people and lick them until they are satisfied.
Some people don't want to buy a house at all, but just want to hook up with the pretty sales lady. Don't waste your time on such people. When you're done, give them a few discount coupons for Kabukicho sex shops. They will be satisfied and may introduce some reliable customers to you next time.

Some people really want to buy, but they are also really hard to please. For this kind of people, you have to cater to their preferences and find out their personality and hobbies. As long as you prescribe the right medicine, the hard bone can be chewed quickly;

And now, Kitagawa Hide who was standing in front of her was a rare and high-quality customer.

He is super rich, the kind of rich that doesn't have to worry about his capital chain being cut off. He is also young, handsome, has a very high social status, and looks very smart.

When dealing with such customers, you can only show your utmost alertness and professional attitude, and never try to play any tricks.

"A single-family house. Let's forget about that." Kitagawa Hide shook his head and continued to drag my wife Yumeko around the apartment.

Last year he set a small goal, hoping to spend the New Year with Mengzi in the newly bought villa. Unfortunately, there were too many things to do before the New Year, and he was busy with the work of "Border" after the New Year, so he had to break his promise.

Being calm and doing what he says is his life creed. Although Mengzi doesn't care about such things, he still immediately took her to see the villa after finishing his recent work.

In his previous life, Kitagawa Hide had never lived in or bought a luxury house. The first house he owned in his life was a "country villa" that he built himself on the residential land in the rural area of ​​his hometown. However, because he went to the University of Tokyo for graduate studies, the house was left idle after only a few days of living in it!

After traveling through time, Kitagawa Hide has been working hard to improve the quality of life for himself and Yumeko.

Now that we have a luxury car, we naturally cannot miss out on a luxury house.

However, after taking a tour with Ito Hatsuyo today, he was shocked to find that the luxury houses in Tokyo were very different from what he had imagined.

The first big villa that fits his stereotype is the kind where Airi Noma runs a literary salon, and they are basically located in Minato Ward, the richest area in Tokyo.

The housing price in the port area is about 10 yuan per square meter, and those villas are sold by unit, about 5 million yuan before tax, and then you have to pay various complicated taxes. The annual management fees, water, electricity and other miscellaneous fees are also a considerable number.

In addition to these large villas, the most popular properties now are apartments and large flats in high-end residential areas for the rich, as well as single-family houses on both sides of busy neighborhoods.

Kitagawa Hide directly rejected the single-family house because he found that thing was almost the same as the "country villa" he had built himself. He had finally changed his life, so he might as well enjoy something different.

What remains are apartments and large flats of over 300 square meters.

Kitagawa Hide and my wife Yumeko both like the large flat on the top floor. The Aoyama Building is one of the landmark buildings in Shinjuku District. From the top floor, you can basically overlook the entire Shinjuku District and even see the Emperor's residence from afar. It feels like you are stepping on the Emperor's feet.

However, the price of a 2000-square-meter apartment is 24 billion yuan, which is not affordable for Hide Kitagawa at the moment.

After a round of shopping, the two finally chose this 25-square-meter luxury apartment on the 500th floor of the Aoyama Building. The total price was about 8 million yen, with a down payment of 4 million!
Ito Hatsuyo didn't expect Kitagawa Hide to be so generous. He immediately took them to the ordering room with a smile on his face to sign the contract, and then stuffed a bunch of valuable gifts into Agatsuma Yumeko's small bag.

"Mrs. Kitagawa, this is a luxury package for the Izu Hot Spring Hotel. With the ticket, you can stay for free for a week, and you can also watch the performances of touring artists in VIP seats."

Ito Hatsuyo quietly put two luxury tickets into the hands of Agatsuma Yumeko, and then chuckled and said,
"The hot springs there are very effective for maintaining skin. I heard that many couples got married after staying there for a while."

Although she called him "Mrs. Kitagawa", she could tell at a glance that they were just lovers and not married.

My wife Yumeko is gentle and cute, and obviously not the type to take the initiative.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Kitagawa Hide bought this mansion for my wife Yumeko.

Ito Hatsuyo immediately realized that instead of getting close to Kitagawa Hide, it would be better to please the future hostess, which might bring him more business in the future.

This is a pure literary novelist who became famous throughout Japan at the age of 24!

I will definitely buy more and more expensive luxury houses in the future!

"Thank you, Ms. Ito." Agatsuma Yumeko put the ticket away and smiled sweetly at her.

Seeing that Kitagawa Xiu is so busy recently, she has been wondering when the two of them can go out and relax for a while so that Xiujun can get a break from the high-pressure work.

"You're welcome. This is what I should do!" Ito Hatsuyo smiled back, knowing that the ticket was the right one.

After signing the contract, she escorted Kitagawa Hide and the other man to the car, bowed 90 degrees to see them off, and stood up only after the car had gone far away. In her heart, she felt that famous writers just had money, and at the same time, she was thinking about asking her colleagues to buy more of Teacher Kitagawa's books to study and support him!
Back in the car.

Suddenly, 4 million yen was gone from his bank card, leaving only 7600 million yen. Kitagawa Hide felt both painful and happy.

As for money, once you earn it, you have to spend it to be considered money. Otherwise, what’s the difference between it and the toilet paper?
But after being hollowed out in an instant, I still felt a bit empty and insecure.

Have to keep working hard to make money!

At this moment, he finally understood the outrageous statements made by some wealthy people in his previous life.

What did you mean, "When I was in the most difficult time, I only had a mere 100 million in my card, and I felt very insecure." So this is what it meant.

"Hideki~ When you are not so busy in a while, let's go to Izu to have some fun~" Agatsuma Yumeko took out two tickets and said with a smile, "Aren't you planning to participate in the amateur marathon competition?"

"Sure, it's boring to stay in Tokyo all the time." Kitagawa Hide nodded and smiled, "I can go anytime, just wait until you have spring break."

"Hmm~"

When the two returned to "Peter Cat", they found Rena Saito there.

The cafe is now closed on weekends. On weekends, the door is basically closed, and Mayumi Aso and others practice writing and reading inside.

Occasionally, members of the Sumiyoshi-kai could be seen wandering around outside, and whenever Kitagawa Hide and Agatsuma Yumeko looked over, they would pretend to look at the ceiling and whistle. Their acting was poor, but at least they didn't cause any trouble.

After experiencing several disgusting things from anti-fans, Kitagawa Hide just ignored them and treated them as free bodyguards, but he didn't have any in-depth contact with them. After all, these guys were not good people.

They make a living by collecting protection fees and doing some shady business.

The more glamorous these people's lives are, the more people are forced to struggle in dire straits.

Despite this, they are really efficient in cracking down on radical black fans, and the donation boxes on the small stand outside are filled to the brim every few days.

This is probably the complexity of human nature!
As he grows older, Kitagawa Hide gradually understands that the world is not black and white. Most people are actually gray. Which side he will show depends on who he is facing and what he is about to do.

"Beichuan, you're back? I was just thinking about whether I should call you."

As usual, when there was something about work, Saito Reina would go directly to "Peter Cat" to find him, and rarely asked him to go to Kawade's study.

"I'm sorry for disturbing your rest on the weekend. Yumeko-chan, this is a small gift for you, a peace amulet blessed by the abbot of Todaiji Temple."

"Thank you, Sister Reina. I'll go make cocktails for you." Agatsuma Yumeko took the amulet and the useless little gift +1. Then she took out the pile of expensive but impractical gifts from her bag and distributed them one by one to Saito Reina and the others.

"Thank you, Master's wife." Mayumi Aso immediately stood up and took the gift with both hands. After thanking her solemnly, she put down the pen and ran to the bar to help Mengzi mix the cocktail. "I'll help you!"

"Thank you, Master's wife x2!" Tuan Gui Shirou and the other man also stood up to express their gratitude, which made Kitagawa Hide stunned.

No, when did I become your master?
Kitagawa Hide looked at the two of them in confusion. Higashino Keigo immediately lowered his head and dared not look at him. Danki Shirou also whistled and pretended not to see it.

"This is today's morning edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun. Higashino-san and Danki-san are now recognized by the industry as your disciples." Saito Reina chuckled and handed over the newspaper. "If you mind, I can ask the public relations department to help you clarify it."

Kitagawa Hide took the newspaper curiously and found that someone had secretly photographed Mayumi Aso and others writing together in "Peter Cat", and there was also a photo of himself directing the photo next to them.

The Yomiuri Shimbun is one of the most authoritative newspapers, and this report occupies a good position in the literary section. It is estimated that many people have already accepted this.

Kitagawa Hide held the newspaper and read the report carefully.

The other party had no intention of causing trouble. The whole article was full of praise for him and affirmation of the three newcomers, Mayumi Aso.

But this method still made him a little unhappy.

However, he knew that Kawade Shobo had no way to deal with the matter. Usually, when its authors spread rumors, the publishing house would turn a deaf ear and not bother to intervene.

Unless it is a major event and the author is a core member of the company, the company will ask the public relations department to negotiate and clarify.

In Japan, newspaper groups are true chaebol families. They wield even more power than publishing houses and television stations, and are highly connected with politicians.

This monopoly phenomenon was gradually broken until the rise of the Internet after 00, when the status of traditional newspapers was challenged by Internet media.

"It's okay, as long as it doesn't tarnish our reputation." Kitagawa Hide waved his hand, but what he was thinking in his heart was that he had to find an opportunity to get to know some newspaper tycoons.

Otherwise, if these newspaper groups go crazy and smear themselves one day, the public opinion crisis will probably be even greater than when Kodansha smeared itself.

After hearing what he said, Keigo Higashino and the other man, who had been secretly eavesdropping nearby, suddenly felt relieved. The big rock that had been hanging in the balance for them finally fell!
They really wanted to learn from Mayumi Aso, but they didn't dare to mention it to Kitagawa Hide.

"Master's wife, I'll come and help you too!" Dangui Shirou, who had already finished writing "Parent-Child Meal", immediately climbed up the ladder and ran to Agatsuma Yumeko to help.

Saito Reina was laughing so hard that her body was shaking, and she seemed to be in a very good mood.

"By the way, Kitagawa, I'm here today to inform you that the film adaptation project of No Longer Human has been approved, and the physical book of Border is also being printed. The president also said that he hopes you can hold a book signing event to promote the sales of Border and other physical books."

As she spoke, she stuffed a bunch of data reports over to him.
"Also, the monthly sales of the February issue of Wen Yi magazine reached approximately 2 million copies, breaking the monthly sales record of Wen Yi magazine since its inception. You really did it and led us to achieve an impossible goal!"

Speaking of this, Rena Saito, who was wearing a ponytail and casual clothes today, was very excited.

This is a historical monument for their entire team and also enhances her reputation in the editorial department.

When she first came to Kawaide Shobo a few months ago, Saito Rena was still in a state of anxiety, feeling that she would be useless without Kitagawa Hide.

But last time, after she and Hide Kitagawa set a sales target of 100 million copies and everyone worked hard to achieve it, all her worries finally disappeared.

Mayumi Aso and the other two who were not far away also looked up, their eyes full of joy and admiration. The three of them also participated in breaking the record this time, and they also contributed to the book they wrote.

"Low-brow writers" can also write high-brow works. This is the first lesson they learned from Teacher Kitagawa.

Behind these people is an honor display cabinet, and the issue of "Wenyi" that broke the historical record is also placed in it, Honor +1, team belongingness +1000!

"Well, it's pretty good, but I think the March issue of 'Wenyi' will break this record again." Kitagawa Hide laughed for a rare time, and then everyone laughed together.

Yes, the March issue of "Wenyi" serialized the final chapter of "Border". They couldn't imagine how terrifying the figures would be if the sales continued like crazy!

After a little happiness, Kitagawa Hide picked up the data report and continued to check it.

The record-breaking of "Wenyi" is just the beginning. He wants to see how several competitors perform in this meat-mincing battlefield. There should be more corpses to chew on.

"The monthly sales volume is only 34.1 copies! That's 70 copies less than the sales volume of Wen Yi! 70 copies! Do you know what this means? The sales volume of Wenxuejie last month was about the same. In other words, we are an entire Bungeishunju behind Kawaide Shobo!"

The large conference hall on the sixth floor of Kodansha.

Sawako Noma smashed last month’s “Gunzo” hard in the middle.

Kashiwamura Takeshi, Noma Kawaya, and Muramatsu Tomomi, who came to the editorial department for a meeting, could not help but lower their heads and did not dare to look at her.

Other senior executives also seemed to be gloating, feeling lucky that it was the editorial department that had the bad luck and was to bear the blame this time.

"If we can't pull sales back next quarter, we will become a second-tier literary magazine like Stars."

Sawako Noma quickly calmed down after her rage.

She was the one who came up with the terrible joint essay project, and she had to put the blame on someone.

Otherwise, the board of directors and the family might compare her with their good-for-nothing daughter.

The Noma family owns more than just Kodansha, and as the current head of the family, she is not without other competitors.

She stepped on so many people to get to the top, and now if she can't keep her seat, if Ai Li can't succeed to the throne, she dare not imagine the days ahead.
"Muramatsu-kun, Kashiwamura-kun, come to my office for a small meeting after the meeting."

Muramatsu Tomoshi, who was worried about the divorce agreement proposed by his wife, suddenly woke up and looked at Noma Sawako in front of him.

(End of this chapter)