I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 247 But I am not an ordinary author (two in one)

With the help of Kaoruko, Kitagawa Hide finally sorted out "The Dancing Girl of Izu". After another three days, a "Dancing Girl of Izu" that was different from Kawabata Yasunari's was officially completed.

In addition, he also wrote six new short stories. After writing six more in a while, he will be able to complete a collection of short stories to compete for the Nobel Prize.

A few days ago, when Kitagawa Hide was busy writing, he sent the third part of "The Strange Bird Chronicle", the Bird Catcher, and the second part of "Killing Commendatore", the Metaphor of Fluidity, to Saito Rena.

After reading the Bird Catcher chapter, Saito Rena was deeply moved. She is absolutely certain that the "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" trilogy will be recorded in the history of Japanese war literature and become a highlight!
In the past, many writers have written war literature, including "The Eternal Zero" with high sales and "Grave of the Fireflies" with good reputation. However, if those works are compared with "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle", they will instantly be eclipsed.

According to previous plans, the Bird Catcher chapter will no longer be serialized in "Wenyi", but will be directly published as a single volume. After half a year of sales, the first two parts will be compiled into volumes, one by one, plus a combined volume of the trilogy.

The staff of the operation department have done analysis and estimation. They believe that the trilogy of "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" alone can achieve the physical book sales target set at the beginning of this year, plus "Border", "Paradise Lost", and "Confessions" written since the beginning of the year, as well as "Killing Commendatore" currently on hand by Hide Kitagawa.

There is no doubt that this year is another bumper year for Kawade Shobo!
The printing project of the Bird Catcher chapter has been listed as an S-level project by Kawaide Shobo. Many processes will be added in the middle, so the publication time will be later than previous physical books. It is scheduled to be released on Christmas Day, December 12.

The second part of "Killing Commendatore", the metaphor of flux, made Saito Rena feel the long-lost shock and tingling sensation on her scalp.

Kitagawa Hide pushed the development of Japanese war literature a big step forward with his two novels. I don't know how many people have looked up past history, remembered and reflected on past incorrect wars because of these two books.

I originally thought that "Killing Commendatore" would focus more on the "fantasy war literature" pioneered by Hideaki Kitagawa, but I didn't expect that the plot of the second part would directly go to the massacre, which dealt a heavy blow to Rena Saito's heart.

The chapter on metaphor of flux directly reflects on that incorrect war and acknowledges the Holocaust.

At the same time, Kitagawa Hide also condemned Germany's invasion of Austria and the persecution of underground student organizations during World War II in the identity and tone of the protagonist, and directly pointed out the authenticity of many historical events that have been criticized by right-wing politicians.

Not long ago, Ryutaro Hashimoto had to choose between Hide Kitagawa and Yoriyoshi Arima, and finally chose the more promising and popular Hide Kitagawa.

This also indirectly refuted his previous visit to the shrine.

it's good now.

His face was still swollen and this new slap came at him again!
Rena Saito also had no idea what kind of sensation this film would cause in Japan after it was released.

But after some discussion with Shizuko Kawaide, the two decisively decided to support Kitagawa Hide, and did not change a word about the flux metaphor article, and prepared to publish it directly in the December issue of "Wenyi"!
The Kawaide family's stance in politics is relatively neutral. The key point is that the discordant voices within the family have been completely suppressed by Kawaide Shizuko, so no one objects to her decision.

Kitagawa Hideya knew that the content of "Killing Commendatore" was too sensitive. If Kawaide Shizuko was really worried about causing dissatisfaction in the political circles and insisted on making certain changes, he would agree - on the premise that the historical truth could not be changed.

I didn't expect that Shizuko Kawaide was such a big shot that she decided to release the entire novel!
Kitagawa Hide was overjoyed and extremely grateful. If he hadn't been engaged, he would have been tempted to devote himself to such a good boss, a wealthy woman of the same age!

In the past, Saito Rena joked that the real number one Kitagawa fan in Japan was actually Kawaide Shizuko, but at that time Kitagawa Hide thought it was impossible.

Now look, this can’t be true!
Also at the end of November.

"Long Vacation", which has a total of 11 episodes, has officially come to its finale.

The acting of Takuya Kimura and Shizuka Kudo was impeccable, and the ratings of the last episode were fixed at a shocking 39.1%, which was 36.7 percentage points higher than the original historical 2.4%!

It is already December, and the annual blockbusters of major TV stations have long been broadcast. No one will start a big drama at the end of the year to try to compete with those good dramas that have resources throughout the year and grab awards or something.

Therefore, it is almost certain that "Long Vacation" will win numerous awards.

The second former editor-in-chief of New Filmmaker felt very guilty. He had asked Kitagawa Hide to write a custom review, and he also used the award-winning film "Long Vacation" as a bargaining chip and threw it out along with a large check.

Now, it is their Star Awards that have to ask for "Long Vacation" to win the award. Isn't this taking advantage of Mr. Kitagawa in disguise?

After much deliberation, the editor-in-chief called the newspaper headquarters and received a new marketing fund. He ordered a Rolls-Royce that day as a gift for Mr. Kitagawa's girlfriend, Ms. Agatsuma Yumeko.

On the other hand, the ratings of "Tiga" are also rising steadily. As the plot continues to progress, the novel Cthulhu-style worldview has attracted a large number of passers-by fans, and many high-quality episodes have been constantly mentioned on the Internet.

The audience couldn't help but exclaim: "It turns out that special effects dramas can be shot so beautifully and with so much depth!"

It seems that Tsuburaya Productions may really be able to make a comeback with this special effects drama!
In order to seize the opportunity to take advantage of Kitagawa Hide's popularity, Tsuburaya Hajime took the risk and ordered his factories to start producing toys and other peripheral products when "Tiga" had only been aired for a dozen episodes.

Everything is moving in the right direction, which is very gratifying.

Time flies and it is December 1996, 12.

Japan has suffered many disasters this year, and all sectors of society have experienced many extremely magical events.

At the beginning of the year, "Border" written by Kitagawa Hide fired the first shot to draw public attention to the issue of danchi. Subsequently, Tomiichi Murayama stepped down and Ryutaro Hashimoto took office, and the political landscape began a new chapter.

Soon after, the housing crisis broke out, the real estate industry fell into a real cold winter, and social and economic issues were constantly mentioned.

In this situation, Kitagawa Hide wrote "Paradise Lost" based on the immoral love between Muramatsu Tomomi and Matsubara Rinko, which once again put the emotional issues of middle-aged people in the spotlight of society.

"Paradise Lost" became more and more popular, and Kodansha fell because of it. It also helped Kitagawa Hide win the Prix Goncourt, making him the first writer in Japanese literary history to win the top overseas literary award.

Later, "Confessions" promoted the reform of the "Juvenile Law", which led to Shinichiro Azuma being imprisoned for life and his anus being broken.

Since the second half of the year, all sectors of society have focused on Ryutaro Hashimoto's various new policies and the "Tenka Ippin Battle" that is rarely seen in the Japanese literary world in a century.

As the year draws to a close, readers look back on the entire year and find that they are the happiest group of people - they have seen a lot of good works this year!

Just when they thought that 1996 was about to pass, Shinchosha, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke out and dropped a shocking news after Bungeishunju fell under the iron hoof of Kawaide Shobo.

Naoki Hyakuta, one of the eight "Tenka No. 7s", has confirmed that he has signed a ten-year contract with Shinchosha and received a record high remuneration of yen per piece of manuscript paper!

Naoki Momota will begin serializing his latest collection of short stories, "The Eternal 12th," in the latest issue of "Shincho" to be released on December 15th.

In order to promote this collection of short stories, Shinchosha also held an extremely grand press conference. Naoki Momota and Shinchosha's president Ryoyoshi Sato appeared together, which directly raised readers' expectations to the maximum.

After all, Naoki Hyakuta had just won the "O. Henry Short Story Award" in the United States. With a lot of media hype, readers who did not know the truth could not help but equate this award with the Goncourt Prize.

Moreover, after Arima Yoshiyoshi, another "top writer" who has stopped writing for a long time is preparing to start a new book.

Even readers who were slow to realize the changes had a vague sense of movement in the Japanese literary world.

Once upon a time, no matter who begged, the seven "best writers in the world" refused to write books again, which made young readers very upset and regretful that they had not experienced the glory of their peak period.

However, now, the reappearance of "The Best in the World" is as big a thing as the scandal of a popular female star, which happens once or twice every few months as if it were free.

Comparing the Japanese literary world of the past and present, the only change is the emergence of Kitagawa Hide, a new "world's best".

Kitagawa Hide is the most well-known "number one writer in the world" among the new generation of readers. Although some of them may not have grown up reading your books, there are many readers who "got into pure literature after reading your books."

The older generation of "the best in the world" were dissatisfied with this newcomer.

This is an unusual smell that many media and industry insiders have smelled.

Arima Yoshiyoshi was in conflict with Kitagawa Hide because of historical and political issues. Momota Naoki had been away from these issues for a long time, and when he came out of retirement, he also targeted Kitagawa Hide, which makes people suspect that it was due to the above reason.

A few days later, the paparazzi in the literary world broke another big news - Kitagawa Hide was invited to be shortlisted for the Tanizaki Prize in the second half of 1996, but he refused.

This incident made readers smell the grudges between the Akutagawa Prize and Kitagawa Hide last year. Combined with the incident of Naoki Hyakuta's new book, it made everyone more and more certain that there will most likely be a bloody battle between the new and old "Tenka No. 1".

Then on December 12th, everyone was looking forward to Naoki Hyakuta's new book "The Eternal 14th", and that night Kawade Shobo suddenly held a grand press conference.

Attending the press conference were Shizuko Kawaide and Hide Kitagawa, who had not appeared in public for a long time.

The spotlights were shining on the reporters, and the curious people asked tricky questions. No matter how things changed, they just wanted to know whether there was a conflict between Kitagawa Hide and Momota Naoki, and whether it meant that the new and old "Tenka Ippin" would split into two factions.

Shizuko Kawaide and Hide Kitagawa handled all kinds of tricky questions with ease, and did not hesitate to say that the last issue of "Wenyi" this year will publish a new novel written by Hide Kitagawa!
“Mr. Kitagawa, do you mean that while you are serializing The Strange Bird Chronicle and Killing the Knight Commander, you will continue to write new books?
Don't you think this is a bit disrespectful to the readers?" a female reporter raised her hand and asked.

"My answer to your first question is yes. As for your second question, why do you think I don't respect my readers?"

Kitagawa Hide asked.

The female reporter was from Asahi Shimbun, a news agency that was inclined towards Shinchosha and had a dislike for Kitagawa Hide.

Because this time only well-known companies in the news industry were invited, many reporters from Asahi Shimbun also came.

The female reporter had prepared a speech in her mind, and said with a smile: "Isn't this disrespectful to the readers? You are one of the best writers in our country, and your works will be read by countless readers. As we all know, writing a book is a very mentally exhausting thing. People's energy is limited. If you do three things at the same time, the quality of the book will definitely decline, right?

As a "No. 1 in the World", isn't it irresponsible to your readers that you write books so frequently, three books in one go?

Or do you have some personal reasons that force you to do this? For example, you are short of money recently. "

These questions are very sharp and seem to be a bit disrespectful of Kitagawa Hide.

Shizuko Kawaide glanced at the person in charge of the venue not far away. When the person in charge saw the look in the boss's eyes, he was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.

She didn't say anything, but her eyes made it clear: "How do you do things? Why did you let in such a troublesome reporter? When this is over, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"

Other employees were also sweating profusely.

But at this moment they were powerless to do anything about it. They couldn't just carry the person out in front of everyone, right?
After listening to these questions, Kitagawa Hide was not affected by them. Instead, he smiled and answered smoothly, "You are right. Writing a book is very exhausting. Trying to do three things at once will definitely reduce the quality of the book. Generally, authors who do this definitely do not respect their readers."

Hearing Kitagawa Hide's affirmation of her speech, the female reporter secretly rejoiced, thinking, so what if she is "the best in the world"?
Aren’t you still under my control?

Shizuko Kawaide was sweating profusely as she listened to this, wondering if Teacher Kitagawa had never experienced these kinds of traps before and had been tricked by this stinky woman.

She tried hard to maintain her cool aura, thinking frantically about how to help Teacher Beichuan overcome the difficulties.

Kitagawa Hide then immediately said: "But I am not an ordinary author."

There was an uproar.

Everyone knows that Mr. Beichuan is more confident, has sharp words and a sharp personality. The scenes of his debates with many scholars during the two university exchanges are still vivid in our minds.

But this is too confident!

"I agree with what you said, but it didn't happen to me." Beichuan Xiu looked at her and said leisurely to all the cameras.
“First of all, I’m not writing three books at the same time.”

"But aren't you serializing two novels?" the female reporter was confused.

Was this young "number one in the world" stupefied by the question?
"Yes. There is still one last volume of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, and there are three volumes of Killing Commendatore, two of which have not yet been published."

Kitagawa Hide nodded.
“But I’ve already written it all.”

"???"

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At this moment, even the sound of cameras in the venue was silent.

The only people who know about this besides Yumeko are Kawaide Shizuko and Saito Rena.

The people in the distribution department only knew that the Bird Catcher chapter was finished and that a physical book would be published.

As for "Killing Commendatore", the second part will begin serialization this month, but Mr. Kitagawa said that the three parts are similar in length, so it will take until February next year to complete the serialization.

It would be better to ask them to believe that a top writer has already finished writing the works for February next year than to believe that Kitagawa Hide is the reincarnation of a god.

"This" female reporter couldn't hold it anymore.

She subconsciously wanted to say, "Deceiving readers is a bad thing that 'Tianxia Yipin' should not do," but when she looked up and saw Kawaide Shizuko's cold expression and Kitagawa Hide's confident face, she immediately bit back the words.

She didn't believe that Kitagawa Hide would brag like that in such an occasion.

So, he really finished both books?
Wait, these two books, "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" was published in mid-August, and "Killing Commendatore" was published later.

Both books are over 40 words long.

It is now mid-December.

It takes a full four months. Even if you have a plan in advance, it is very, very, very exaggerated to finish writing a high-quality novel of 80 words in a few months!

These two novels will go down in history, and because of them, the last issue of "Wenyi" was on the verge of breaking the 400 million monthly sales mark, approaching the record of 580 million copies set by the first issue of "Xinchao".

No one would say they are of poor quality.

Wait, Mr. Kitagawa just said that the new book will be published this month, which means he has already written a lot of the new book?
Is this still a human being? !

The reporters below counted on their fingers and were all stunned.

Seeing the flashing spotlights again and the expectant and surprised faces of the reporters, Shizuko Kawaide immediately understood.

Shinchosha invested a huge amount of money, manpower and material resources to create a sense of anticipation, but it was directly replaced by such an incident casually thrown out by Kitagawa Hide.

Perhaps because she had been with him for so long, Shizuko Kawaide was no longer surprised by such things.

When I thought about it carefully at this time, I felt that Kitagawa Xiu was exaggerating and perverted.

Saito Reina always says that he is a "human typing machine" whose writing skills are comparable to those of top writers. This is not just a casual remark!
"Do you think I'll be short of money?" Kitagawa Hide looked at her with a smile.

The female reporter was filled with shame.

just kidding.

How can such a hard-working and talented writer be "short of money"? Is he using Japanese yen as toilet paper?
Even if that's true, I guess we can't use it all up!

“But you’re right. No matter what, such an intensive writing method will always lead to the quality of the novel being not good enough, I admit that.

So for my new book, I decided to write short pure literary novels, with each one not exceeding 2 words. This way I can strive for perfection and avoid a decline in quality due to lengthy words.

Speaking of which, after writing "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" and "Killing Commendatore", I felt that the quality was not as good as my previous books. I felt really ashamed and sorry for my readers.

In the future, I will definitely strike a balance between word count and quality.

Thank you very much for your kind reminder! ”

After saying this, Kitagawa Hide bowed 90 degrees very seriously.

After hearing these words, Shizuko Kawaide was almost defeated!

This is too funny!

It’s really too funny!
As expected of Mr. Kitagawa.

With just a few words, he took back the initiative and led the other party into a ditch!
He cleverly pointed out that the new book was a collection of short stories, and generously admitted that the two stories were of "poor quality."

This was nothing.

But as we all know, not long ago, the famous "Number One in the World" Arima Yoshiyoshi lost to these two "poor quality" novels!

The work I hastily produced can easily beat yours.

Then I'll get serious.

Do you think I am the best in the world? Do you think I am afraid of Bai Tian Shangshu?
Kitagawa Hide said nothing, but he said everything confidently!

The female reporter was regretting it so much at this moment.

She could imagine the attacks from all sides after the press conference, as well as the dissatisfaction from Mr. Arima Yoshiyoshi.

Her career may be over.

Even so, she still had to bow in return and thank Mr. Kitagawa.

It’s so frustrating!
(End of this chapter)