I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 221 Does his book really have such magical power?
After experiencing dozens of web page crashes, "Kitagawa's Little Bookstore" finally returned to normal thanks to Shizuko Kawaide's money power.

Seeing that the number of registered members of the website was about to reach the 200 million mark, Kyohei Murabayashi quickly mobilized personnel, increased publicity efforts, and personally took charge of the campaign, striving to let as many people as possible know about the serialization of "The Strange Bird Chronicle" and encourage them to buy "Wenyi" as soon as it was released!

That evening, the train promotional poster for "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" was placed in front of Bungeishunju's presidents Ueno Toru and Arima Yoriyoshi.

Upon hearing the bigger noise on the Internet, Arima Yoshiyoshi's arms around the geisha Miki froze.

A while ago, he heard that Kitagawa Hide took his girlfriend to Izu for vacation without looking back, and he thought that this new "best man in the world" had given up.

In his opinion, no matter what new book Kitagawa Hide writes, it will be difficult to surpass him, the old senior who has returned to the political arena.

In this case, it would be easier to pretend to be dead than to be humiliated in front of others by being put on the shelf.

Anyway, it is reasonable for him to retire at the speed of light after becoming the "best person in the world", and no one will laugh at Kitagawa Hide for this.

But I didn’t expect it, I really didn’t expect it!

Even though people have run off to a hellhole like Izu, they still manage to cause such trouble!
You won't be satisfied until you fight me to the death, right?

Arima Yoshiyoshi reached his wrinkled and skinny hand into the yukata of Meiji beside him. It was smooth and soft to the touch, but he felt very uncomfortable.

Tonight, Toru Ueno specially hosted this cocktail party in his private villa to celebrate the historical record-breaking performance of "The Burmese Harp".

But at this moment, looking at the colorful posters in front of him, and noticing the strange looks that the beauties around him flashed in their eyes when they looked at Kitagawa Hide's photos, Arima Yoshiyoshi became even angrier!

I can't be happy at all!
"He dares to write about war without any political background? Does he really think there is only one Kawade Foundation in Japan?"

Arima Yoshiyoshi's new book has been endorsed by countless bigwigs of right-wing parties, and the private content secretly included in it has been well received.

Because he had the green light from the political circles all the way, he was able to write about the Pacific War in such a bloody way, directly taking the perspective of Japanese soldiers on the eve of defeat as the entry point.

In the current political environment of Japan, these things are not allowed to be written openly!
Shortly after he published the book, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto's cabinet and secretary called him and asked him to avoid portraying Japan in a negative light in the book.

This shows that the current ruling party attaches great importance to and cares about these contents.

Behind Kitagawa Hide is only one Kawaide Group, or to be more precise, only one Kawaide Shizuko. The Kawaide Group is also divided into left, right and neutral. The previous head of the family tended to be neutral. After his death, it is said that the right-wing forces in the family have been stirring.

Under such circumstances, even if Shizuko Kawaide controlled the family power and major industries, it would be difficult for her to mobilize all her connections to support Kitagawa Hide.

So Arima Yoshiyoshi couldn't figure out how Kitagawa Hide could write this new anti-war book without huge financial support and connections?
What else is the title of the book called "The Strange Bird Chronicle"?
Could it really be written as an encyclopedia of birds?

Toru Ueno on the side was also puzzled.

He believed that the only solution was for Kitagawa Hide to write a right-leaning book, which would be in line with the trend of the times and the needs of the political circles.

The problem is well known. Although Kitagawa Hide does not participate in politics, he is clearly a staunch leftist.

When he wrote "No Longer Human" to criticize cults, he was very close to the then Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.

Tomiichi Murayama and his Socialist Party are definitely left-wing!
"Teacher Arima, I think he was really pushed to the limit by us this time. He has lost his composure and even that little girl from Kawadeji has become stupid as well."

Ueno Toru poured a glass of sake for Arima Yoshiyoshi and said with a smile,

"Our editorial department has read your subsequent manuscripts. They are definitely epoch-making masterpieces. You don't have to worry about what he can do to stir up trouble."

"Yeah" Arima Yoshiyoshi didn't think that Kitagawa Hidema could surpass himself in literary creation.

He has read all of Kitagawa Hide's books, and they are indeed remarkable. His most famous one, No Longer Human, is worthy of being called a masterpiece.

But among the seven old “best-sellers in the world”, who doesn’t have a masterpiece?

As for Paradise Lost, which won the Prix Goncourt, he felt that the work just happened to fit the French people's deeply rooted romantic thinking.

Arima Yoshiyoshi's previous works were extremely "Japanized" and were the least suitable type for publication overseas. Therefore, he always felt that it was not that his works were not good, but that they were not suitable!

That being said.

Thinking about the fact that there were three people sitting here eating and drinking, only a few months have passed and Noma Sawako has "committed suicide out of fear of crime" in prison.

At that time, the idea of ​​using a joint essay contest to defeat Kawade Shobo was thought up by the three of them together.

Now Sawako Noma is no longer with us.

He couldn't help feeling sad that his rabbit was dead and the dog was abandoned.

There are car accidents in Japan every day, so how come no car suddenly ran over Kitagawa Hide?

Arima Yoshiyoshi drank a glass of wine and decided to forget about everything and indulge himself with the beauties tonight. He would ask his female secretary to bring him the latest issue of "Wenyi" early tomorrow morning.

He wanted to see what was in this "Travels of the Strange Birds"!
At 1996 a.m. on August 8, 18, as soon as the first rays of sunlight shone down, the staff of major bookstores in Tokyo began their emergency transport work.

The latest issue of "Wenyi" that is about to be published is kept highly confidential. According to past practice, the magazine to be released today would have been delivered to the doors of various bookstores by trucks last night.

But in order to prevent "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" from being "leaked" last night, Shizuko Kawaide used her terrifying money power to delay the shipment of the magazine!
Not only can major bookstores in the Tokyo area only get the latest arrivals this morning, other parts of Japan are facing delays of more than a few hours.

In the most remote areas such as Shikoku Island, Okinawa, Izu, etc., it may be until this afternoon that you can see "Wenyi" which serializes Kitagawa Hide's new book.

Doing so would definitely affect the sales on the first day of release, but after much consideration, Shizuko Kawaide decided to "postpone the release".

She didn't want all her efforts to go to waste.

It's okay if it's later!

As a result, those readers who line up early in the morning to read books will be in trouble.

Many people want to buy magazines before the morning rush hour, and then read them happily while riding the tram or subway, so they can work or entertain at the same time.

However, when they arrived at the door of the bookstore, they saw only waves of shop assistants busy moving books and goods, and the store was not even open!
Arima Yoshiyoshi's personal secretary Kawada Riko, wearing high heels and carrying a small bag, stared speechlessly at the large truck outside Maruzen Marunouchi Bookstore. She stamped her feet in anger as she watched the clerks carry boxes of "Bungei" into the store.

"It's so slow. It looks like it will take after 9 o'clock to unpack, count and put on the shelves." A reader couldn't help but complain.

"Yeah! The company doesn't allow leave these days. If I can't get on the subway by 9 o'clock, I'll definitely be late!
But I really want to read Mr. Kitagawa’s new book as soon as possible!

Damn it! It's all these stupid bookstores' fault!"

"That's right! You could have arranged the goods last night, but why did you have to do it this morning? Is this what they call hunger marketing?"

"Eh? Didn't you check out Mr. Kitagawa's personal website? The website posted an announcement last night saying that in order to prevent the magazine's contents from being 'leaked', the release of this issue of 'Wenyi' was postponed."

"What private website?"

As Riko Kawata heard the readers' topic shift from complaining about the bookstore to Kitagawa Hide's personal website, she also became interested and secretly memorized the URL.

She is 28 years old this year and graduated from the Faculty of Literature of Tokyo Women's University. After working in several publishing houses, she finally got in touch with Arima Yoshiyoshi because of her youth and beauty.

Soon, she helped Arima Yoshiyoshi be promoted from a teacher to a "father" with her excellent physical condition and horse riding skills.

After becoming his exclusive personal secretary, Kawata Riko used Arima Yoshiyoshi's network of relationships to develop her own career, while also working hard to write books, hoping that one day she could become a legend with one book like Kitagawa Hide, win a newcomer literature award, and make her debut.

She drinks, smokes, gets tattoos, perms her hair, and is a mistress, but she still deeply loves literature!
Seeing that the bookstore couldn't get these new books before 9 o'clock, Kawada Riko prepared to go to a nearby cafe for a drink, wait for "Wenyi" to be put on the shelves, and then buy it back for Arima Yoshiyoshi to read -

Anyway, he was so restless last night that he probably won’t be able to get up at noon today, so it doesn’t matter when I buy it.

Just as she was about to turn around, several figures suddenly rushed out from the crowd. They put down their briefcases on the ground and helped the bookstore clerks carry the boxes of new goods!
Someone took the lead, and soon others followed.

The store manager and the staff were also startled, and the security guards rushed out to maintain order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation and secretly stealing the new books.

After a while, order was gradually restored, and Riko Kawata was surprised to find that these people really went to help!

No one stole the books, and no one filled in the gaps.

They are actually helping the store clerks sort out the new goods, hoping that this will allow the magazines to be put on the shelves faster so that they can buy them and read them first!

This strange sight also shocked many new readers who gradually gathered around.

When No Longer Human was first released, long queues formed outside many bookstores overnight, and the entire Tokyo area was deserted.

A year later, "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" began to be serialized, and these readers spontaneously helped the bookstore!
"Does his book really have such magical power?" Riko Kawata was completely confused.

She hasn't read Hide Kitagawa's book.

Because she really couldn't accept that a guy who was a security guard, had never been to college, and was younger than her could compete with a "best in the world" like Arima Yoshiyoshi.

Among Kitagawa Hide's huge number of haters, the so-called "young elite literature lovers" like Kawata Riko account for the largest proportion.

They don't read his books, but just use his education, age and background as reasons to attack, belittle and deny him.

Because these are the only things that they, as people of the same age, can use to overpower Kitagawa Hide. If these things cannot prove anything, their existence will be denied by themselves.

They grew up with admiration and praise from everyone, and they simply cannot accept that huge sense of gap.

So they slandered Kitagawa Hide to death.

"I want to see how good this new book is!" Kawata Riko gritted her teeth and walked towards the crowd.

(End of this chapter)