I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 226 Let them spray!
"I like it, but" Xunzi said in a low voice with her head down.

But I have no money.
"As long as you like it. As for other things, I'm here." Kitagawa Hide patted the back of Kaoru's hand gently, and looked at Yuriko who was taking care of Eikichi and his son alone.

Nineteen-year-old Chiyoko, sixteen-year-old Kaoru, fourteen-year-old Yuriko.

There is no telling how many dancing geishas like this there are in Izu, and it is impossible for Kitagawa Hideya to help everyone.

But at least, he would try his best to help the three people in front of him and this kind-hearted touring artist group.

"Well! Thank you, sir!" Xunzi blinked her bright big eyes. Perhaps she misunderstood something and even changed the way she addressed him.

"Anyway, don't tell A-ma and Rongji about this for now. I'll discuss it with them after everything is confirmed."

Kitagawa Hide patted her little head again, but didn't say anything definite. He had to discuss with his little wife in the Lord how to help and whether to expand the scope of assistance or limit it to Kaoru and the others.

Before things were confirmed, he didn't want to give Xunzi and the others too much expectations.

Because he knew that dashed hope was more painful than never having hope at all.

"Yes, yes, I will listen to you, Master." Xunzi smiled sweetly, and suddenly she felt that her life, which had been hopeless, had a little light in it.

In the past, many men promised A-ma that if she and Yuriko were given to them, they would take them to settle in a big city.

But in the end, my mother found out that those men were all nonsense and were just after their young bodies.

But when Mr. Kitagawa said the same thing, Kaoru inexplicably believed it. She even felt that even if she was cheated, it didn't seem to matter.

After comforting the little girl, Kitagawa Hide asked the returning pastor driver to take good care of the touring artists, then went upstairs alone.

I ran into a widow who had just come out of the bathroom.

She was wiping her wet hair with a towel. She was only wrapped in a white bath towel, with her snow-white legs and large areas of skin exposed.

"Teacher Kitagawa, you're back? Do you want to take a shower? I'll help you run the water~" She was very enthusiastic, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Kitagawa Hide began to show some unpleasantness.

After learning that the father and daughter had colluded with local officials to commit various insurance frauds, Kitagawa Hide lost all his good impression of her.

He shook his head, said a few perfunctorily, then went into the room and locked the door.

Mengzi had woken up and was sitting in front of the computer reading a pile of brand new newspapers. When she heard the footsteps, she turned around happily and threw herself into Kitagawa Hide's arms.

Beichuan Xiu smiled and kissed her passionately, then picked up the newspapers and asked, "Where did you get these newspapers? Are they all the latest ones today?"

"Yes! The pastor brought it from the city specially."

Speaking of this, Mengzi suddenly looked bitter, took out a few well-known newspapers, handed them to him and said,
"Look, Xiujun! These literary critics are so abominable! The Strange Bird Chronicle is so well written, but they insist on finding fault with it!"

Kitagawa Hide flipped through it briefly and found that well-known newspapers such as the Yomiuri Shimbun, Toren Kei, and Asahi Shimbun were all criticizing him and The Strange-Bird Chronicle.

As for those literary newspapers, which are already crooked, they have spent a lot of time and effort in their major columns to enumerate the "ten good things" of "The Burmese Harp" and the "ten bad things" of "The Strange Bird Record".

Among all the first-line newspapers, only the Daily Sports News is still supporting him.

Ken Matsuyama, president of the Nikkan Sports News, perfectly illustrates what it means to "return a favor."

When Hide Kitagawa serialized "Paradise Lost", his newspaper was promoted from second-rate to first-rate overnight, and it completely broke free from the constraints of sports.

Now that Kitagawa Hide was being attacked by everyone, he decisively stepped in to help, without caring about the opposition and threats from the bigwigs in the industry.

He invited Tetsutaro Mori, the "No. 1 Kitagawa fan", to write a literary review, and also called on many literary giants to support him. It is estimated that he spent a lot of money on this matter.

You have to know that the literary criticism community now almost unanimously supports Arima Yoshiyoshi. If he keeps going against the current, his money will basically be wasted.

And that Mori Tetsutarou is also outrageous. Not only did I write a commentary to support him, but the title was "Arima Yoshiyoshi - As a "top scholar in the world", he openly wrote pseudo-anti-war novels to whitewash the war. Does he deserve to be on par with Mr. Kitagawa?"

This is too bold!
"Haha, don't be angry."

Kitagawa Hide gently touched her face, pulled the angry Mengzi into his arms, and comforted her,
"This is not the first time you have met these newspapers and literary critics. They have a lot of financial support behind them. If you want to take sides, you must choose the more reliable Arima Yoshiyoshi."

"I know but I'm just so angry. Since your debut, Xiujun has used countless works to prove that you are the well-deserved 'Number One in the World'. Why don't they admit it?"

Mengzi doesn't take these things as lightly as he does. She thinks that Xiujun has always been misunderstood and targeted, which is very pitiful.

And it’s obvious that Xiujun is already so outstanding!
"Because they don't want anyone else to come in and share the cake, especially someone like me who is uncontrollable."

Kitagawa Xiu smiled and threw the pile of newspapers aside.

He had long since given up hope in the opportunistic newspaper industry and the literary criticism community, which was always willing to follow whoever gave it to them.

He opened the webpage to read the comments and feelings of real readers about "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle".

The "Kitakawa Bookstore" maintained by Kyohei Murabayashi already has over 300 million officially registered members. In order to purify and screen out some insiders, the membership registration of this private website adopts a timed question-and-answer system, and netizens must answer a certain number of questions correctly within the specified time to successfully register.

This model was copied by Hide Kitagawa from the early registration system of the neighboring small broken station.

In fact, my small broken station also learned from the Japanese Niconico, but now this two-dimensional barrage website has no trace, let alone my small broken station.

Kitagawa Hidejo and Murabayashi Kyohei slightly increased the difficulty of the questions, and the netizens who were able to successfully register as members are basically his die-hard fans.

Only these registered members can post on the website message board and forum and read the electronic version of Kitagawa Hide's novels (the copyright has always been in the hands of Kitagawa Hide and has never been sold).

Powerful community functions will further enhance their cohesion.

This website is well run. At present, the popular science information about the Battle of Nomonhan is scrolling on the front page, making it convenient for readers to read "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" without any barriers.

This should be something that Kyohei Murabayashi came up with himself.

"That's thoughtful of you. He's a talented guy. I'll give him a raise later!" Kitagawa Hide was very satisfied. He then opened the message board and forum and took a quick look.

Since they are all his die-hard fans, the comments are mostly full of flattery and praise.

But it's not mindless praise, but targeted discussion of the plot and literary quality.

This is better than the "fan culture" that later became rampant on the Internet. They will not mindlessly praise their idols, but will focus more on the quality of their works.

There was nothing else. The only thing that surprised him was that these readers really didn't know much about that period of history. After reading the novel and popular science materials, they all exclaimed that it was like that back then.

Kitagawa Hide has no ambition to brainwash a generation or even several generations of Japanese. He is not a politician, so there is no need for him to do anything for ordinary people who are also struggling with the daily necessities of life.

He only hopes to restore a true history through novels, so that the harmfulness of aggressive wars can be deeply rooted in everyone's heart.

Only in this way, with generations of writers writing war literature and striving to instill anti-war thinking, will there be less gun smoke and peaceful development for mankind in the future.

Kitagawa Hide is willing to add fuel to this grand cause, that's all.

It seems that his expectations have been achieved, which is cause for celebration!
Let’s look at the Yahoo Japan Forum.

The discussion threads here are a lot more mixed.

Many financial groups have gradually realized the power of the Internet. It has only been a month since the "Drunken Rose Saint Fight Incident". At that time, there were no Internet water armies, but now they are rampant.

However, the level of these water army posts is still at the kindergarten level, and they are like AI robots. Normal netizens will basically not be affected by the water army posts.

Like the netizens in "Kitagawa's Hut", they are also keen on exploring the historical truth, and many people began to discuss Arima Yoshiyoshi's butt problem based on Tetsutaro Mori's literary criticism draft.

Seeing that Arima fans had proven themselves to be self-humiliating, Kitagawa Hide and Yumeko smiled knowingly and felt much better.

"You see, the eyes of the masses are sharp!" Kitagawa Hide said with a smile.

Mengzi nodded, and the gloom just now disappeared!

She decided to help Xiujun manage the Internet company in the future. Maybe it would help Xiujun become the real "number one" in the Japanese literary world!

After chatting about "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" for a while, Kitagawa Hide briefly discussed the subsequent plot with Yumeko, and then talked about the dual opening of "Killing Commendatore".

In the past, Mengzi would worry that he would overwork and strain his body. But now, after being physically and mentally connected with Xiujun, she has realized that Xiujun has extraordinary energy, and he takes better care of his body than anyone else and will never do anything beyond his ability.

So she didn't say anything, but just pecked his lips lightly to make her attitude clear.

After talking about the book, Kitagawa Hide mentioned that the pastor used his dead son-in-law to defraud life insurance, and that he wanted to sponsor Kaoru and the others to study.

Hearing the truth of the matter, Mengzi frowned slightly, feeling that people's hearts were sinister.

As for the matter of Kaoru and the others, she had wanted to talk to Kitagawa Hide for a long time. Even if Kitagawa Hide didn't say it tonight, she planned to secretly use her private money to support them.

"In that case, I'll leave the funding matter to you, Mengzi." Kitagawa Hide admitted that he was not thoughtful enough, so it was better to leave this kind of matter to Kitagawa's fan group and Mengzi.

As girls, they can communicate better.

There are also Eikichi and the aunt geisha. Yumeko wants to help them find a job in a Tokyo performing arts troupe. It is impossible for Kaoru and the other two to go to Tokyo, so the two of them are stuck in Izu.

Of course, what they become in the end is their own business.

Kitagawa Hide was very satisfied with the proposal.

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people.

Simply giving money may backfire.

(End of this chapter)