I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 237 Norwegian Woods

The trip to Izu was certainly interesting, but Yumeko didn’t think there was anything there that would make for an interesting short story.

Jabami Rei inquired curiously. She had always been interested in Kitagawa Hide and his friend's vacation trip to Izu, but as these matters were too private, Yumeko and the others did not mention it, and she did not dare to ask too many questions.

Now that Kitagawa Hide brought up this, she immediately sat up straight, pricked up her ears, and looked curious.

There are four events that Kitagawa Hide remembers vividly: the dancer Kaoru, the new circus star Mitsuko, the pastor and driver who committed insurance fraud, and the old woman whose son and daughter-in-law both died in a mine.

These things seem trivial and everyday when taken separately, but when taken together, they can make people experience the true national conditions of Japan outside the metropolis of Tokyo.

The low-level occupations that are not welcomed by the people, the little people who try their best to fight for the small sky above their heads, the scammers who exploit legal loopholes and get away with it, and the truly poor people.

These are the core groups that make up Japan's population of 2 million.

After seeing too much of the bright lights and nightlife of Tokyo, Jabami Rei sighed when she heard these stories from the countryside. She suddenly felt that the so-called developed countries were not that "developed" after all.

After Kitagawa Hide became famous, although he made a fortune by writing books, he never forgot his social responsibility to use his pen to speak for ordinary people.

This has nothing to do with nationality, race, or society. It is simply a sense of social responsibility of a top public figure.

Being poor cares themselves, being wealthy cares the world.

"Four articles are definitely not enough. I plan to collect a dozen or twenty articles and bind them into a collection of short stories for publication."

Kitagawa Hide obviously attached great importance to this collection of short stories, and as he was talking, he started to solicit novel stories from the two.

Yumeko and Jabami Rei's stomachs were also filled with all kinds of stories. When they were in a good mood, they would chatter about what they had experienced since childhood.

At first they picked out some things that they thought could be written into a book.

As the conversation progressed, the two of them let themselves go and told all kinds of embarrassing stories under the influence of alcohol.

Kitagawa Hide laughed out loud when he heard this. This scene reminded him of the scene in "Norwegian Wood" where the hero Watanabe and the two heroines Naoko and Midori chatted around the fire at night.

This was a small easter egg plot that was added to the revised version that Murakami himself later reprinted. After several reprints, this plot was deleted by him again.

In his previous life, Kitagawa Hide was fortunate enough to buy the revised edition of the book containing this little story from a classmate, so he still remembers it clearly.

Seeing that he suddenly stopped talking, Mengzi and the other girl, who were already a little drunk, were stunned, thinking that their crazy behavior had scared Kitagawa Hide.

Kitagawa Hide stood up and searched for a long time before finally finding the "Norwegian Wood" record that he had bought shortly after traveling through time. He put it into the record player and started playing it.

After a while, melodious music started, and the two girls were immediately fascinated by it.

"What song is this, Xiujun?" Mengzi asked, shaking her little head to the rhythm and snuggling in Jabami Rei's arms.

Jabami Reiya stretched out her straight, snow-white legs, attracted by the moving song.

"Norwegian Wood, a lyrical rock song released by The Beatles on December 1965, 12."

Kitagawa Hide smiled and replied,
"I think it's very appropriate now, so I couldn't help but release it."

When Yumeko and the others first heard this song 31 years ago, they were amazed, just like when Kitagawa Hide was shocked when he heard the songs of the Four Heavenly Kings in the 2020s.

This is why classics never go out of style.

There is a detailed sound effect of a burning bonfire at the beginning of "Norwegian Wood", which was later used by superstar Zhou in his latest song "Christmas Star".

So, popularity is also a cycle.

Jabami Rei responded softly to the music. She didn't know why, but when she was sitting in Yumeko's house, looking at them and listening to the music, she felt inexplicably sad.

This song seems really appropriate for the occasion.

In just over 2 minutes, the three of them sat together in silence, enjoying the rare quiet moment.

Speaking of "Norwegian Wood", Hide Kitagawa has not considered using this killer weapon yet.

This is a masterpiece that established Murakami's historical status in the world literary arena, and is equivalent to a top-notch masterpiece in the history of Japanese literature.

He hopes to slowly conceive and write the book when he has a strong understanding and sense of involvement in the book.

Instead of writing just to make money by plagiarizing.

After all, he is no longer short of money now.

Listening to the Beatles, Kitagawa Hide was reminded of another popular song named "Norwegian Wood".

The famous singer Wu Bai once revealed that the inspiration for his song "Norwegian Wood" came from Haruki Murakami.

After reading the novel "Norwegian Wood" written by Haruki Murakami, he loved it so much that he wrote a song inspired by it. However, he couldn't find a suitable name for a while, so he finally used the name of the book "Norwegian Wood".

The song was originally scheduled to be released on June 6 this year. Now that there is no trace of "Norwegian Wood", this song naturally no longer exists.

I remembered that Shunji Iwai’s original masterpiece, “Love Letter”, is also gone.

Kitagawa Hidetoshi felt that his butterfly wings still had some influence. When he wrote a book in the future, he would let them understand it! The song ended.

The passion of the three people's discussion also disappeared.

Mengzi, who had drunk a lot of wine, yawned and fell asleep in Jabami Rei's arms.

Jabami Rei helplessly smoothed the hair on her forehead, then glanced at Kitagawa Hide and pouted at Yumeko.

Kitagawa Hide understood, carefully picked up Mengzi from her arms, and walked into the room.

After settling Mengzi down, he was still not sleepy, so he closed the door and walked towards the living room.

Jabami Rei, who had changed into a light pajamas, stretched out her long legs and walked back and forth in the living room, actually cleaning up the mess left by the alcohol.

"What's wrong?" She noticed Kitagawa Hide's gaze, and her cold voice inexplicably carried a hint of naivety.

To be honest, Kitagawa Hide was surprised by her sudden virtuous behavior.

According to Yumeko, the character of the long-legged Snake Rei is "boyfriend power max", and her friends like to let her play the role of boyfriend.

Over time, Jabami Rei has gradually developed a cold and casual personality, and doesn't seem like the type of person who would be a good wife and mother after marriage.

But now, her cleaning movements were simple and skillful, and she could do many housework with ease. It was obvious that she was someone who had received professional housekeeping training, and was no worse than Mengzi.

This is in stark contrast to her dashing appearance.

"It's nothing. Let me help you." Before Kitagawa Hide could get close, he was interrupted by Jabami Rei with a wave of his hand.

"Let a woman do this kind of thing." Jabami Rei didn't know whether she was worried that he would make things worse or if she really thought so, she insisted on doing it herself and let Kitagawa Hide sit on the sofa and rest.

In less than half an hour, the originally messy living room was completely transformed and looked much tidier.

Jabami Rei was sweating slightly, so she ran to the window, opened the small window, and returned to the bar to fiddle with her drinks.

"Wine or coffee?" She shook the cocktail shaker in her hand - it was bought by Mengzi during a shopping spree, but she had been trying to learn how to make cocktails for a long time but had not yet learned how to do it, so she had just left it there.

"Bar." Kitagawa Hide doesn't drink coffee in the middle of the night.

Jaburi Rei skillfully mixed two cocktails, then walked over barefoot and handed them to him, then walked towards the floor-to-ceiling window.

Through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see the entire Shinjuku area immersed in neon lights, and the glamorous Kabukicho is particularly dazzling.

What impressed her most was that she could overlook the emperor's residence from here, and it felt like she was stepping on the emperor's feet.

This is also one of the reasons why Qingshan Building can continue to increase its prices despite the fact that housing prices are falling.

Jabari Rei could feel the gazes behind her.

She held the wine glass and looked at the world below, but she was thinking about the person behind her.

This was probably the first time she was alone with Kitagawa Hide for a long time.

Recalling my student days.

As a rich second-generation, he is full of energy and vitality, and he and Tanaka Midori are inseparable, while Yumeko follows behind like a little wife, giving without regrets.

At that time, Jabami Rei wanted to pick up the sole of her shoe and hit him twice, tear off his hypocritical veil, and wake up her best friend.

After college, Kitagawa Hideie's family fell apart due to the bursting of the bubble. The former handsome young man became a decadent and wretched man, and he just kept staring at the silly girl Yumeko to suck her blood.

During that time, he even had evil thoughts about her, which made her extremely disgusted and disgusted with this parasite and scumbag.

Then that day, she ran to Yumeko's house to drive this guy away.

The gears of fate suddenly began to turn.

"Hear the Wind Sing", "Pinball in 1973", "A Sheep Chase", "No Longer Human".
Group portraits of new writers, low-class writers, middle-class writers, high-class writers, and the best writers in the world.
It was as if he had suddenly become enlightened, and his unstoppable success shocked her one after another.

The scumbag in my memory could no longer be overlapped with the figure behind him.

"Idiot." Jaburi Li didn't know who she was scolding. She didn't want to think too much and drank the liquor in the glass in one gulp.

I once had a girl
I once had a girl

Or should I say
Or should I say

She once had me
She owned me
She showed me her room
She showed me her room.

Isn't it good?

Does this feel good?

The melodious tune of "Norwegian Wood" suddenly rose in her mind, and all her thoughts turned into fluttering butterflies, flying towards the gorgeous night sky outside the window.

(End of this chapter)