I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 262: Ichiro Tanizaki comes out! (make up for yesterday's update)
The next day, in the large conference room of the Japan Literature Society headquarters.

There was a crisp "pop" sound.

A thick stack of various newspapers and magazines was thrown on the long table.

The headlines of these newspapers vary, but the content is all gossip about the Japanese Literary Society, ranging from small matters like "accepting gifts from writers" to big matters like "hidden rules for female writers", covering everything.

"Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Nihon Keizai, Nippon Evening News. Are these newspapers crazy? Chihara-san! What is your public relations department doing? Haven't you contacted the people at the newspapers yet?"

A hunchbacked old man in his sixties yelled at a young man on the left side of the long table.

The old man is called Nagasaki No. He is currently the vice president and director of the Japan Literature Society. He is also a very famous "upper-class writer" in the Japanese literary world.

When he woke up this morning, he was just about to ask his old friend Natsuki Ikezawa to go fishing at Keisei-kanya Fishing Ground in Adachi Ward, but before his hand touched the receiver, he received a call from Natsuki Ikezawa.

Natsuki Ikezawa narrated the explosive news in the briefest sentences, and then rushed to the headquarters of the Japan Literary Society without stopping.

Because among the revelations, there was also the mess that he used the back door to get his daughter into the Japanese Literature Society as a director!
Although this matter is well known in the Japanese literary world, everyone maintains a tacit understanding and never mentions it in person or reveals it to the outside world, as a way of giving him, an old senior, some face.

Literati care most about face, and their interactions are all about face.

If you give me face, I will naturally give you convenience.

The Japanese literary world has been operating under this unspoken rule for decades. Nowadays, many things don’t need to be said out loud; people can understand each other just by looking at each other.

Therefore, Nagasaki and Ikezawa Natsuki had never expected that such a thing would happen, and it was impossible for the society to have a crisis public relations plan for such emergencies.

The young man who was questioned was called Qian Yuanan, the director of the public relations department of the society. He was able to get into the society and receive government support with the help of his father.

In the past, before the society or its members were exposed for scandals, the whistleblower would bring the material to ask for "hush money". As long as the money was paid, everything would be discussed.

Qian Yuanan did not have professional knowledge of public relations, but he was good at communication, willing to spend money, and there were not many crazy people who dared to expose his knowledge, so he never failed.

But this time is different!
As soon as the news broke, he immediately called various newspapers, but the other party was vague and had no intention of retracting the news.

The Senhara family has many connections in the newspaper industry, but this time it was like they had hit a nail. No matter who came forward, the newspaper would stick to its gun and would never withdraw the news or remove the newspaper from the shelves.

"Vice President, I, I have already contacted the people from the newspaper, but they refused to withdraw the news. They also said, said..." Qian Yuanan was sweating profusely. A bunch of old men and women were glaring at him, making him dare not look up.

These people all had considerable status in the Japanese literary world. Now that they were half buried in the ground, their reputations were ruined. If they got angry, they would probably do anything.

But before doing anything, I'm afraid they will tear him to pieces as the incompetent public relations director!

"What?" Nagasaki's voice rose an octave. The headline of the Yomiuri Shimbun, which was right across from him, was writing in pink font about his "secret affair" with his 18-year-old maid!

"I will continue to reveal information according to what Shizuko Kawaide wants, until... until there is nothing left to reveal."

Senhara Yasu had already cursed Kawaide Shizuko and Kawaide Shobo hundreds of times in his heart.

Although Shizuko Kawaide made it onto the Forbes list of richest women last year with a net worth of 1200 billion yen, the Kawaide family is only considered middle-to-lower class in the Japanese conglomerate world. She did this without ever considering the backlash from the literary world.

This is a complete lunatic!
And crazy people are often the most unreasonable and difficult to communicate with.

When Nagasaki heard that the news would continue to leak, he was suddenly overwhelmed.

If this continues, the illegitimate child he had with the 18-year-old maid might not be hidden anymore. This would be a huge scandal!

Others also cried out in low voice, secretly cursing Kawaide Shizuko as a crazy woman.

But despite the scolding, everyone fell silent after hearing her name.

They all knew the reason why Shizuko Kawaide went crazy, but they were not in the right in this matter. The group of people suddenly fell silent and looked at Nagasaki No who made the decision.

Nagasaki was also embarrassed.

As the vice president, he should have argued with the president Ichiro Tanizaki, or at least said a few words for Kitagawa Hide in public, but he turned a deaf ear to it and personally rejected Rena Saito's letter of recommendation, which angered Shizuko Kawaide.

Why are you looking at me?
There is nothing I can do!

If it were you, would you dare to disobey Mr. Tanizaki's wishes?

Nagasaki can only be tough in his heart now. Everyone elected him as the vice president and he has reaped the benefits for so many years. If something happens, naturally he will have to rush to the front and bear everything.

"Everyone, please wait a moment. I'm going to call Mr. Tanizaki." What else can I do now?
After thinking it over, he decided to ask for help!
However, before Nagasaki could leave the conference room, three more shocking pieces of news came:

Kawade Shobo was actually scrolling indecent photos of him and his 18-year-old maid on the electronic public screen outside the company headquarters!

This "treatment" is exactly the same as that of Arima Yoshiyoshi at the beginning. The only difference is that when the police came, Kawaide Shizuko still controlled her temper and changed the public screen.

This time, even the chief of the Shinjuku Ward Police Station came three times, but Shizuko Kawaide still did her own thing and continued to ask people to play the indecent photos!
In addition, Kawaide Shobo, all of its literary magazines, and all of its writers received letters of withdrawal by mail today.

As these people withdrew from the society, the number of members of the Japan Literature Society dropped sharply from 13998 to 10214!
What's even worse is.

On a number of Internet forums, led by Yahoo Japan, there have been a large number of reports that the Japanese Literature Society rejected Hidekazu Kitagawa's "The Dancing Girl of Izu" and instead recommended Naoki Momota and "The Eternal Zero" for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

This type of water army posts cannot be deleted despite repeated bans, and the descriptions of events are extremely detailed. It is obvious that there is an insider who is providing the other party with real-time information continuously!

"Is Shizuko Kawaide crazy? Does she know how much of an impact this will have on our literary world once it is exposed?"

Now Nagasaki could no longer stand.

Not only him, but everyone else also went from being horrified to being angry. They stood up one by one and prepared to mobilize their own connections to carry out a brutal blockade of He Chu's study!

Whether it is from a society or private matters of famous writers, even if it is shameful scandal, it can always be brushed aside with reasons such as time and the romanticism of writers.

At worst, the exposed writers will just quit the literary world and disappear completely, just like the gays Mutsuro Takahashi and Akutagawa Momo in the past.

Anyway, everyone in the literary world will remember your kindness. It was you who took the blame and suffered for everyone. In the future, we will definitely take good care of your family, your career, and your descendants.

But once the shady dealings of the Nobel Prize selection become known to the people of the whole country, the overall reputation of the Japanese literary world, as well as these old guys who have controlled the literary world for decades and may continue to control it in the future, will be completely finished!
The serious literary world next door has been able to survive in a half-dead state because, although those who are in power are still those born in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, there have been no major scandals or shady dealings that have reached the point of infuriating both humans and gods.

Before this lowest bottom line, no matter what you do, even if you ruin the literary world, and none of your successors have a chance to make a breakthrough, and readers gradually lose all confidence in you, you can still survive.

But if this bottom line is also broken, it will be different.

"Chihara-san! Don't we have any means to deal with Internet public opinion?"

Nagasaki's wrinkled hands began to tremble slightly.

"I, I do. But..." Qian Yuanan hesitated and couldn't speak.

Of course there are, but it is obvious that the other party is well prepared, and Hechu Shobo is the first publishing house to go online. Who can defeat their navy?
"Idiots! A bunch of idiots! If this matter cannot be resolved, even if your father comes in person, I will kick you out of the society!"

Nagasaki Ye hurled a harsh word at him, then slammed the door and walked out without even looking back.

He now didn't even have the thought of calling Ichiro Tanizaki. The most urgent thing was to shut the mouths of the maid and the illegitimate child!
"Teacher Tanizaki! We absolutely cannot let Kawaide Shizuko and Kitagawa Hide make such a fuss! If we compromise with them this time, our society, the Tanizaki Prize, and the prestige in the literary world that we have accumulated over the years will all be gone!"

Takeda Tsunekazu and his son crawled on the ground and spoke loudly to Tanizaki Ichiro, who was drinking hot tea in front of them with a blank expression.

The Tanizaki Prize, which had been run by the father and son for many years, became a complete laughing stock in the industry this time. The Tanizaki Prize also plummeted and became a literary award not much better than the Akutagawa Prize.

Everything they had was ruined by Kitagawa Hide and Kawaide Shizuko.

Now that such a big thing has happened in the literary world, they rushed here as soon as possible, hoping that Ichiro Tanizaki can officially come forward to suppress these two troublemakers!
Also present to plead with Tanizaki Ichiro to come out of retirement were the two presidents of Shinchosha and Bungeishunju, as well as two "world's best" who were ruthlessly crushed by Kitagawa Hide, Arima Yoshiyoshi and Hyakuta Naoki.

Going further back, we can also see people like Ishihara Shintaro and Ichiko Sadayoshi who once had conflicts with Kitagawa Hide.

These are the mainstays of the current Japanese literary world and also followers of Ichiro Tanizaki.

The Nobel Prize scandal was exposed on the Internet, and even the usually calm Ichiro Tanizaki was furious.

"Do they really not care about the 'rules' at all?" Tanizaki Ichiro spoke.

Then he glanced at the people below and took another sip of hot tea.

"Clap!"

The purple teacup was slammed down on the table.

Everyone was silent.

"There will be some vacant space in the next few issues of New Trend, right?"

(End of this chapter)