I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 261 From today on, we will all withdraw from the Japanese Literature Society!
At the request of the Nobel Prize in Literature Committee and the Swedish Academy, countries received confidential documents and qualified nominees were not allowed to disclose their prepared recommendation lists to the outside world.

But in fact, as soon as the nominees from various countries sent the recommendation lists to Sweden, people in the domestic literary world basically knew who was recommended.

After all, this stuff concerns the highest honor of top writers and their status in the domestic literary world. You can't hide it even if you want to.

Saito Rena said she didn't know who was recommended to replace Kitagawa Hide because her qualifications in the literary world were not enough for her to know this confidential information immediately.

But no matter who it is, the letter of self-recommendation she wrote has been returned by the Japanese Literature Society, so the recommended person is definitely not Kitagawa Hide!
At this time, Kitagawa Hide, Kawaide Shizuko and Saito Rena looked at each other in wide eyes, all choked by this speechless news.

The one who was hit the hardest was Rena Saito.

She had started planning for this moment in the second half of last year. After "The Dancing Girl of Izu" was published, she even worked overtime during the New Year. In the end, the self-recommendation letter she had worked so hard on was ruthlessly returned with the words "This work does not meet the recommendation requirements."

All her efforts were turned into nothing in an instant. She smiled bitterly and began to bow and apologize to Shizuko Kawaide and Hide Kitagawa, as if she had caused this result.

Now Shizuko Kawaide no longer had any desire to have dinner and chat with her idol.

She rarely broke down her defense in front of her subordinates. Her pair of white and smooth hands suddenly grabbed the door of the business car, and with a loud ripping sound, she jumped out before the door was fully opened.

"Teacher Kitagawa, I'm sorry! Kinoshita-san, please take the teacher to the Japanese restaurant for dinner first. I'll go take care of something."

Shizuko Kawaide had a blank expression on her face, and she looked like a gas tank that was about to explode. After saying this, she waved her hand, called Saito Rena, and walked quickly towards the company headquarters without looking back.

The car starts.

Kitagawa Hide originally wanted to go down and see what was going on, but then he thought that the current boss and old partner were like powder kegs, and their emotions were probably on the verge of getting out of control. If he went over, they would have to take care of themselves, so he decided to listen to the boss and go to the Japanese restaurant first.

He also didn't expect that the group of old stubborn people in the Japanese Literature Society would be so cowardly.
Ichiro Tanizaki must be among the nominees invited this time. If there is something wrong with the recommendation list, it must be Ichiro Tanizaki's doing.

But you are at least an official literary organization recognized by the government! Even if you dare not really go against the will of "Number One in the World", at least you can refute it for the sake of face, right?

The old stubborn people in the literature society usually spit all kinds of shit in the newspapers, as if they are fearless. But when something really happens, they can be so cowardly!

It turned out to be a wise decision not to join the literary society.

As for the Nobel Prize in Literature, we can only hope that the big boss has strong financial resources and can snatch back the nomination quota.

Otherwise this matter would be a bit tricky.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded once a year. Every time a writer misses an opportunity, it is a huge loss. After all, no one can guarantee that he can become an evergreen in the literary world. If he doesn't try his best during his peak period, he will regret it when he is old.

Even if you don't win the award, being shortlisted for the nomination list will be very useful in improving your status in the world literary scene.

What's more, this time, Kitagawa Hide wrote "The Dancing Girl of Izu" with the aim of winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. It would be too disgusting if it couldn't even be published abroad in the end.

the other side.

Shizuko Kawaide and Rena Saito hurried back to the company headquarters. When the employees who were still working saw the boss's face, they were so scared that they lowered their heads and dared not look directly at him.

In the past few years, they have seen cold and aloof bosses, passionate bosses, and powerful bosses, but they have never seen such an angry boss.

Everyone knows that it is better to touch a tiger's butt than to provoke an angry woman, so after just a few glances, no one dared to continue looking at Shizuko Kawaide's expression.

"Shunzi! Call me immediately to notify all the company directors and have them come to the conference room for an emergency meeting within an hour. Those who are late will not have to come to work in the company anymore!"

“Inform the editorial and distribution staff that from today until the 18th, when the latest edition of “Wenyi” goes on sale, everyone must work overtime to grab all the market share of “Xinchao”!
Don’t worry about money! Employees who work overtime will receive triple overtime pay every day, and the bonus at the beginning of the year will be doubled, and all benefits will also be doubled! ”

“I will now send a letter in my name to the Ministry of Education and the Japan Literary Society. From today on, we, Kawaide Shobo, all of its literary magazines, and all of its writers will withdraw from the Japan Literary Society!
If there are writers who are unwilling to withdraw from the association, we will pay them the compensation in their contract and then ask them to leave our company!"

"Tell the newly established Internet Propaganda Department to post on all major online forums from now on to expose all the disgusting things the Japanese Literature Society has done!

All the negative information about the society and the top management that the Intelligence Department has dug up is also broadcasted on the public screen outside our company in the form of emojis and pictures, every day and every night. Even if the police come, we don’t have to care! ”

"Reina, I'll leave the editorial department to you. I'll go check it out now to see who has the guts to snatch our recommendation spot away."

This time, Shizuko Kawaide was really angry.

As the eldest daughter of a conglomerate family, she actually understands the operation and unspoken rules of the high-level circles better than most people.

Even though she had fought fiercely with other big publishing houses several times and it seemed that they were almost the only ones left, she never broke the rules, did anything beyond the line, or killed them all.

All games are played according to the rules set by everyone.

Therefore, after Noma Sawako "committed suicide", she never again added insult to injury to Kodansha. No matter how half-dead "Gunzo" was, she would not use drastic means to swallow it up.

But this time.

She was completely furious.

Forget about the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize. After all, they are awards controlled by others. If they really don’t want to take us along for the ride, then don’t play.

But the Nobel Prize in Literature is recognized as a great award in the world literary world. The 1000 to 2000 people who are recommended are the most outstanding writers in the world literary world today, and they must be the leaders in their own countries.

There are a total of eight people recognized as the first echelon of "Tenka Ippin" in the Japanese literary world, and Kitagawa Hide is one of them. He is definitely one of the leading figures in the current Japanese literary world.

And he hasn't been recommended yet.

It is reasonable that all the recommendation spots this year should be given to Mr. Beichuan!

Have your eyes turned into preserved eggs? Can't you see such an obvious thing?
You are unkind and I am unjust.

Now Shizuko Kawaide is filled with rage. Since the other party does not follow the rules first, she will let the other party see who is the easy persimmon!

When I returned to the office and sat down, Shunzi, the female secretary who had just finished making the notification call, came over carefully with a cup of tea.

She has been transferred to the president's office for three years and is one of the few old employees who has witnessed Shizuko Kawaide's growth from youth to maturity, and from a questionable female boss to a strong woman that everyone trusts.

But this was the first time she saw Shizuko Kawaide so broken and furious.

During the notification process just now, Shunzi and many other employees already knew the source of the big boss's anger—the company's top star, the now extremely popular Mr. Kitagawa, was not recommended to the Nobel Prize in Literature jury!

I guess there are rumors spreading outside now.

Some people may question Mr. Kitagawa's ability, or some may speculate that Kawaide Shobo did not pay enough money. However, few people would doubt the Japan Literary Society and the nominees first - after all, no one is good at questioning authority.

Anyway, no matter what, the final criticism will definitely be directed at the big boss, Shizuko Kawaide. This will also be a heavy blow to Kawaide Shobo and Wen Yi Magazine.

After drinking a sip of hot tea and suppressing the anger in her heart, Kawaide Shizuko gradually regained her composure. Instead of calling the Japanese Literature Society first, she used the Kawaide family's connections to find out who was eligible for the nomination this time.

Tanizaki Ichiro, President of the Japan Literary Society.

Shozo Uchida, Dean of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo.

Ichiko Sadaji, Dean of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo.

Wow, this is a collection of all the literary celebrities who have a feud with Mr. Kitagawa!
"Who is the recommended writer?" This is what Shizuko Kawaide cares most about.

After a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, a name was slowly uttered: "Teacher Momota Naoki."

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Shizuko Kawaide's hand holding the telephone receiver began to turn slightly pale.

"So what you mean is that they pushed a defeated opponent of Mr. Kitagawa to run for the Nobel Prize in Literature?"

"The work they recommended was not "Forever 24" but "Forever 0." The answer came from the other side.

Shizuko Kawaide was stunned for a moment, and then didn't know what expression to use to respond to this sentence.

The Nobel Prize in Literature does not stipulate that the recommended works must be new works of the year. They assess the writer's eligibility for the award based on his overall writing career and works. The requirement for recommended works is only to use this as a reference to the writer's writing ability.

Many times, the final award speech even mentions the writer's representative work, rather than the latest or recommended work.

It would be really unreasonable if they recommended "Forever 24".

But I recommend "The Eternal Zero". For a moment, Shizuko Kawaide couldn't say that they were absolutely behind the scenes.

Naoki Momota is also a "world-class talent" with sufficient strength and experience. At present, he is no worse than Kitagawa Hide. "The Eternal Zero" is similar to "No Longer Human" not only in terms of contribution to the publishing house, but also in terms of adaptation and physical book sales.

Although "No Longer Human" has only been sold for less than two years and "The Eternal Zero" was a hit book ten years ago, overall, it is good enough to be nominated for awards.

But I'm so angry!

"Publish this matter directly on the Internet!" Shizuko Kawaide couldn't swallow this.

Ever since Kitagawa Hide told her about the power of the Internet that day, she has realized that the future will definitely be the era of the Internet.

So she simply abandoned traditional print media and TV stations controlled by chaebols and chose to expose the news on the Internet!

The other party was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking: "Are you sure you want to do this? It's just exposing the dirty laundry of the society and the top executives. Even if the matter is big, they can't really come and argue with us. After all, they are not in the right.

But once you publish the Nobel Prize for Literature online, it is no longer just a counterattack or questioning.
This is a provocation to the entire literary world and even officials of the Ministry of Education.”

The fact that Ichiro Tanizaki and his colleagues dared to push Naoki Hyakuta to the top shows that they have already taken care of the relationships with the government and have almost convinced those bigwigs who have a say in the literary world.

The core purpose of their doing this is to tell Kitagawa Hide and Kawaide Shizuko that in the Japanese literary world, no matter how great you are, you still have to abide by the basic unspoken rules.

If you dare to refuse the Tanizaki Prize in person, dare to disrespect Tanizaki Ichiro in public, dare to embarrass all the judges of the Tanizaki Prize, then be prepared to pay the price.

Writing a book requires not only creative ability, but also worldly wisdom!
At the same time, it can be predicted that as long as Kitagawa Hide and Kawaide Shizuko suffer this loss, Kitagawa Hide will be 100% recommended for next year's Nobel Prize in Literature, and Tanizaki Ichiro will definitely make this concession.

But if they still refuse to accept this loss, and instead make a big deal out of the matter, completely ruining the relationship, then Kawaide Shobo and Kitagawa Hide will be declaring war on the old Japanese literary world led by Tanizaki Ichiro!

At that time, what was being competed for was not only the works, but also the connections, funds, the number and quality of writers, etc. If Kawaide Shobo could not withstand the backlash from Ichiro Tanizaki and others, it might have disappeared from the Japanese publishing industry!

"So what? I'll just post it using my personal account on Yahoo Japan."

Shizuko Kawaide's beautiful white teeth were almost broken.

afraid?
From childhood to adulthood, she had had thumbtacks stuffed into her shoes, poisonous snakes placed in her clothes, sulfuric acid poured into her bathtub, witnessed her grandparents die in an accident, and watched her loved ones make fools of themselves for the family property.
Now that I am nearly thirty, what kind of storms have I not seen? What kind of major events have I not experienced?
She is not afraid at all!

If she doesn't get this off her chest, how can she still have the nerve to say on social media that she is the biggest Kitagawa fan in Japan?

“Since you have made the decision, we will fully cooperate.

Also, if we launch a cyber offensive, can Beichuan Network help us?"

"Kitagawa Network? Are you talking about the company that Kitagawa teacher uses to avoid and maintain his online reputation?" Shizuko Kawaide was stunned.

Because the process at Kawaide Shobo was too slow, Kitagawa Hide directly set up Kitagawa Network Co., Ltd.

She knew something about this, but she always thought that it was a shell company used by Teacher Beichuan to avoid taxes, so she didn't care much about it.

Judging from the other party’s tone, this company seems to be quite impressive?
"Yes. It doesn't matter if they can't help us, as long as they don't attack us at the critical moment."

The other party said sincerely,
"Otherwise, with their power, public opinion might turn around. Of course, I think Mr. Kitagawa has no reason to send his own navy to attack me, right?"

He just wanted to confirm that the company was indeed under the control of Mr. Kitagawa, otherwise the factor of change would be too great.

"Navy army?"

Another new term.

Kawaide Shizuko paused and replied, "I can assure you of this. I will communicate with Mr. Kitagawa."

"Thank you for your help! I will take action immediately after hanging up the phone." The person on the other end breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, I'll leave it to you then." Shizuko Kawaide now understood everything.

This surprised her.

The other party was an Internet consultant whom she had hired at a high price. He also helped her run an Internet company privately just so that he could be of use at a moment like this.

How could a company that had invested hundreds of millions of yen be afraid of Kitagawa's shell company?
How much more is Kitagawa-sensei hiding?
After putting down the phone, Shizuko Kawaide suddenly felt that maybe Mr. Kitagawa could handle the Nobel Prize recommendation himself!

(End of this chapter)