I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 193 Asking Mr. Beichuan to correct the draft of the new Juvenile Law

The "big surprise" sent by the Ministry of Education was a thick draft of the "New Juvenile Law", which detailed all the differences between the new and old laws.

The draft was personally stamped by Vice Minister Nobutaka Machimura and confirmed by the three major government agencies: the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and the Prime Minister's Cabinet, before being sent to "Peter Cat" through the official post office.

Along with the draft was a handwritten letter from Nobutaka Machimura.

"Dear Mr. Beichuan, hello!
I am Nobutaka Machimura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

The teacher’s latest work, “Confession.”

Kitagawa Hide listened to Yumeko reading the letter in a soft voice while quickly browsing the email sent by Saito Reina -

Since Hide Kitagawa proposed the new Internet business at the board meeting, she was the first to set an example. She quickly bought a new computer, registered a forum and email account, and began to communicate with Hide Kitagawa and others via email.

The content of the email was very long. First, she informed Kitagawa Xiu that she had already booked the flight ticket and hotel to France, and asked Kitagawa Xiu if he had any other needs or opinions.

One was to give him a summary of the sales data of several supplements that serialized "Confessions".

It can be seen that Rena Saito, like early Internet users, used email as a communication tool, either to chat with friends or as a document.

So every time she sent an email, it was a densely packed manuscript of several thousand words, which made Kitagawa Hide's scalp tingle and his head ache.

However, this incident also reminded Kitagawa Hide that although he failed to catch up with the trend of creating search engine websites, perhaps he could develop instant messaging software in advance?

The QQ next door was formerly called OICQ, which imitated ICQ.

ICQ is an instant messaging software launched by the Israeli company Mirabilis on November 1996, 11.

Three Israelis, Weisger, Vadi and Goldfinger, suddenly had an idea after a party and decided to develop a software that would allow people to communicate quickly and directly on the Internet.

Soon they developed this small software and named it ICQ, which means "I SEEK YOU".

ICQ offers many innovative features, including multi-user chat, asynchronous offline messaging, resumable file transfers, and a searchable directory.

The first instant messaging software used in Japan was MSN, which was developed by Microsoft in 1999 in imitation of ICQ. It was later replaced by Skype, and the mobile phone software is LINE.

LINE originated from South Korea, but soon after its launch, it was copied by Penguin Technology to become WeChat - even the design of the application icon was copied!

Kitagawa Hide has no good feelings towards Israel as a country. Plagiarism is a shameful thing, but he has no burden to copy their products!
Besides, I am essentially a plagiarist. Isn't it reasonable for a plagiarist to copy computer software?
He immediately wrote down the idea in the open document.

Seeing the densely packed money-making ideas in the document, Kitagawa Hide was in a good mood. Whether he could have a lot of yen to spend in the future depended on the completion of these ideas!
Another open document, titled "Long Vacation".

Because he is going to France at the end of the month, after returning, Kitagawa Hide wants to take Yumeko to Izu for a short vacation and participate in a national amateur marathon competition held there.

As this is the case, he probably won't have much time to think carefully about the new book in the near future, so he might as well take the time to write the TV drama script first. He will wait until two days to have dinner with Kimura Takuya and others and ask if they are interested in trying this script.

At this time, Kitagawa Hide was typing the script of "Long Vacation", reading the data summary written by Saito Rena, and listening to Yumeko reading a letter. He was able to do three things perfectly at the same time, and even he was amazed at how well he did it.

The four issues of the "Literature and Art" supplement that serialized "Confessions" have been on sale for a month, with the first and second issues having been released for sale for a month.

The final monthly sales of the first issue were 91.2 copies, and the second issue was 94.7 copies, which undoubtedly set a record for the monthly sales of pure literature magazine supplements, and can even compete with some popular fashion magazines.

The third issue has been on sale for almost a month, and total sales have exceeded 100 million copies. It looks like it’s heading towards the terrifying figure of 105 million copies.

As for the final chapter which was released on July 7, the total sales volume exceeded 10 million copies in just less than 100 days. Saito Rena excitedly told him that the statistics department roughly estimated that the actual sales volume of the final chapter should exceed 130 million copies!
Compared with the first supplement in history before the release of "Confessions", this figure exceeded the other by nearly 50 copies, which is really exciting.

Oh, by the way, the previous No. 1973 in history was actually the "Gunzo" supplement that serialized the final episode of " Pinball".

As long as anyone goes to Oricon to check this list, they will find that the top ten are all occupied by Kitagawa Hide!
Surprised or not? Surprised or not?

Paradise Lost is also selling like hot cakes, and its sales have come from behind. It is estimated that it will be the second fastest physical book among all Kitagawa Hide's books to break the total sales of 100 million copies!

Total physical book sales exceeding 100 million copies is a milestone that countless writers dream of.

Judging from the current situation, even the lowest-selling "Youth Trilogy Collection" and the haiku collection "Our Salad Anniversary" - the total sales of the two books are 42.7 and 33.1 copies respectively, can achieve this milestone over time.

Not to mention other books, several of them are very close to sales of one million, and when we check the results at the end of the year, it is estimated that there will be a huge harvest!
The total box office of the movie "No Longer Human" is also heading towards the staggering 50 billion yen. When Kitagawa Hide thought that he would get 18% of the box office dividends, his mouth was almost split with smiles.

".I hope that respected Mr. Beichuan can take the time to review our new draft of the Juvenile Law. If there are any mistakes or shortcomings, please correct them!
——Your most loyal reader, Machimura Nobutaka

Mengzi finished reading the long letter, moved her plump, voluptuous pear-shaped buttocks to Kitagawa Hide's side, and rubbed Kitagawa Hide's arm with her little head like a kitten.

She wants a kiss~
Kitagawa Hide smiled and touched her head, then gave her a long French kiss.

The two of them indulge in this kind of little romance every day and never get tired of it. As a result, their feelings for each other gradually become stronger and there is no longer the sense of distance that was caused by the huge difference in their status.

Kitagawa Hide was shocked to hear that the other party actually wanted him to help correct the law, and he quickly picked up the thick draft and started reading it. He didn't expect that Hashimoto Ryutaro and others' remarks on TV were not just talk, but they actually asked him, a "national teacher", to read the draft.

From this perspective, it seems that the Prime Minister’s cabinet does not dislike his meddling and causing so many troubles for them, but they really want to be on good terms with him?
Could it be that he has an innate holy body that can intimidate the Japanese Prime Minister?

In the past there was Tomiichi Murayama, and now there is Ryutaro Hashimoto, and both of them have expressed a desire to work closely with Mr. Kitagawa!

Kitagawa Hide spent fifteen minutes reading the draft. Of course, he would not be stupid enough to give any suggestions to the judicial and legislative bodies - if he did so, the other party would most likely think that he was taking advantage of others and did not understand the ways of the world.

He just wanted to see what the differences were between the old and new bills.

If Ryutaro Hashimoto and others just talk a lot and do some insignificant things, Kitagawa Hide, the appointed "national teacher", will not sit idly by.

Fortunately, this time the Prime Minister's cabinet was obviously anxious and was really worried that the "Drunken Rose Saint War" case would affect their next election, so they made a serious revision to the "Juvenile Law".

The differences between the old and new laws are as follows:

First, the revised Juvenile Law defines 18- and 19-year-olds as “specific juveniles,” expanding the scope of cases that can be transferred from family courts to prosecutors (reverse transfer) and subject to the same criminal procedures as those for people 20 years of age or older.

Before this, bad guys of this age, like fourteen-year-old Shinichiro Tou, could hide in the Family Court and live freely.

Second, the previously banned real-name reporting was officially lifted during the prosecution stage.

From now on, as long as the case enters the formal judicial prosecution stage, the media and officials have the right to reveal the real names of juvenile offenders.

In addition, if the juvenile offender is over 18 years old, the media can report his or her real name and photo even if the case has not entered the prosecution stage.

If the editors of Weekly Post and Women’s Seven who were arrested and imprisoned knew about this, they would probably be very relieved.

They acted as worthy bell ringers this time.

The third point is to grant Japanese police agencies the authority to investigate juvenile cases.

From now on, it will no longer be the family court that can judge these juvenile scumbags. As long as the procedures are followed, the police department can treat them as ordinary criminals.

Fourthly, the age limit for teenagers sent to juvenile detention centers has been changed from “over 14 years old” to “approximately 12 years old and above (including 11 years old)”.

The sentencing age range has also been adjusted from fourteen to twelve.

At the end of the draft, Machimura Nobutaka also specifically pointed out that if the new draft is passed this year, it will apply to all related cases that occurred this year.

In other words, Shinichiro Azuma is really doomed this time!

"I hope it can be approved as soon as possible." Kitagawa Hide looked at the densely packed manuscript paper and realized for the first time that his book was not completely without any social significance.

His book can really help the families of the victims and truly punish the juvenile offenders who are at large.

That's fine.

"Xiujun, you are really amazing." Mengzi snuggled in his arms, her face full of happiness. She felt that being able to be Kitagawa Xiu's girlfriend and fiancée in this life must be a blessing she had earned in several lifetimes!
While Kitagawa Hide and my wife Yumeko were having a sweet time, Shinichiro Azuma, who was imprisoned in a special cell, couldn't sleep all night.

He heard some civil servants whispering when he went out for dinner today.

These people wished he was dead, but he just couldn't die. Therefore, every time he looked at those adults, he would smile a winner, arrogant and domineering.

During the afternoon break, a crumpled newspaper was suddenly stuffed into the cell.

The newspaper reported that Ryutaro Hashimoto and others were preparing to push for a bill to amend the Juvenile Law.

And on the back of the newspaper, someone wrote the big word "Execution" in red marker!
What is the punishment?
Who will be executed?
Is it me?
Who will carry out the execution?

Shinichiro Tou's mind was filled with these terrifying thoughts.

He stayed awake all night.

The next morning, when civil servants brought him breakfast, he banged on the window with thick dark circles under his eyes and shouted, "I want to see Mr. Beichuan! I have something to say to him!"

The civil servant ignored him and brought another newspaper.

This time it said "You're dead!"

He was even more terrified.

"No, I must find a way to meet Kitagawa Hide!" As he thought so, his eyes turned red as if they were about to bleed.

(End of this chapter)