I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 302: I watched him build a mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse! (Please give me a monthly ticket~Thank you)

"A 100 billion yen business loan?"

In the office of the managing director of the Industrial Central Bank's Tokyo headquarters building, after receiving a call for help from Shizuko Kawaide, Yamato Akira was shocked by the number that came out of her mouth.

In his impression, Kawade Shobo is the most outstanding and stable entertainment company that has emerged in recent years.

In 1992, Kawaide Akira, the former president of Kawaide Shobo and the helmsman of the Kawaide family, retired due to a car accident. This woman named Kawaide Shizuko parachuted back from overseas and took over the baton from her father amid countless doubts.

The only daughter of a chaebol family, a female heiress, and an elite returnee.
There are countless halos around Shizuko Kawaide's head, but all these things are brought to her by the Kawaide family.

At that time, no one believed that this 26-year-old woman could pull the crumbling Hede Study out of the quagmire.

Then a miracle happened.

From 1992 to 1995, in just three years, Shizuko Kawaide wiped out the opposition within the company and the family, and with her amazing courage, she stabilized Kawaide Shobo at the bottom of the five major pure literature publishing houses.

In 1996, she "picked up" Kitagawa Hide from Kodansha, and from then on Kawade Shobo and its pure literature magazine "Bungei" became unstoppable.

Another two years.

Kawaide Shobo successively surpassed Kodansha, Bungeishunju and Shinchosha to become the top of the Japanese publishing industry, creating an industry myth with annual profits exceeding 500 billion yen.

Recently, Yamato Akira also heard that Kawaide Shizuko is actively expanding into overseas markets.

Isn’t this a high-net-worth, high-quality company?
Why are you suddenly asking for a 100 billion yen business loan?
And they are willing to accept interest as high as 12% annualized rate!
A loan of 100 billion yen can generate 12 billion yen in interest in one year!
It’s not an exaggeration to say that this is usury!

Could it be that something went wrong during the overseas expansion?

Yamatoda Xiao, who has rich business experience, remained silent.

".It seems that your bank is not going to help me. In that case, I will consult with Tokyo Daiichi Bank.

I remember that many of our family businesses have opened corporate accounts in your bank."

Shizuko Kawaide's voice on the other end of the phone was still cold, but her hand holding the receiver was covered in sweat.

In fact, she had already consulted the Tokyo First Bank, which was controlled by the Mitsubishi Group.

Perhaps it was because Kitagawa Hidegan's scandal of Tanizaki Ichiro caused the Mitsubishi Group to suffer a lot of losses, so when she asked for her loan this time, Tokyo First Bank decisively rejected her loan application.

Mitsui Bank, a subsidiary of the Mitsui Group, which has the closest relationship with her, also said it was powerless to do anything about it - the bank most affected by the bursting of the real estate bubble a few years ago was Mitsui & Co., and since then, Mitsui Bank has been very strict with large loans of tens of billions of dollars.

Everyone in the circle knows that Shizuko Kawaide wants to use this money to fill the tribe’s deficit accounts. Who would dare to help you?

"No, no, no. You and Mr. Beichuan are both high-quality customers of our bank. Since you asked, I will definitely approve this loan for you."

After much thought, Yamatoda Akira didn't think that Kawaide Shobo would not be able to repay a loan of just 100 billion yen. In the first half of this year, Kawaide Shizuko was listed on the Forbes list of richest women with a net worth of 1500 billion yen!

"It's about the loan interest rate and term. I still have to report to the head office's board of directors." Yamato Akira wanted to raise the interest rate a little more.

With Kawaide Shobo's current market value and revenue-generating capabilities, it should not be a problem for it to pay 100 billion yen in interest a year out of 15 billion yen.

The interest of 12 billion yen was increased to 15 billion yen, and at least 3 million yen of the extra 3000 million yen could go into his personal pocket.

This is the “hidden benefit” of bank employees!

"I see. How long will it take for your bank to approve the loan?" Shizuko Kawaide breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, my company has had a very good reputation over the years, so when we suddenly needed such a large loan, the Industrial Central Bank was able to approve it quickly.

As long as we have this 100 billion to fill in the empty accounts, it should not affect the company's operations.

As for the interest, it’s a few hundred million yen more, so just consider it a lesson learned!

"I guarantee that the loan can be transferred to your company's account within three days!" Yamatoda Xiao promised.

"Three days? Thank you very much, Mr. Yamato." Shizuko Kawaide hung up the phone and looked at the time in the lower right corner of the computer.

Three days later, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" will be published in "Wenyi" and its English translation will also be released in Latin America at the same time.

Although the economic benefits generated by "One Hundred Years of Solitude" will take a month or two to be credited, this wave of popularity will give people at the Industrial Central Bank hope.

However, the current Asian financial crisis seems a bit scary.

"The international hot money is currently focusing on countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand, so it won't spread to us."

Shizuko Kawaide knew nothing about finance. Both her family and the company had special departments responsible for monitoring the financial situation. It was impossible that there would be a sudden collapse one day and she would be kept in the dark, right?

In short, after confirming that she could borrow 100 billion yen from the Industrial Central Bank for emergency use, she immediately made several more phone calls and promised to fill the most important gaps first.

At the same time, Hamburg, Germany.

“It turns out that Mr. Kitagawa’s favorite song is “Norwegian Wood”!”

Paul McCartney, the lead singer, opened his eyes wide and was in disbelief at the answer.

At the age of 57, he has passed the peak of his career, but thanks to years of vocal maintenance, he can still easily sing with the flavor of his 30-year-old self.

The voice is the most important organ of a singer. Countless shining stars in the world music scene have fallen from grace because of their "hoarse voice".

Jay Chou, the only superstar in the Chinese pop music scene, suffered from severe voice loss in the later period of his career due to improper maintenance and unscientific singing methods. He no longer had the ability to sing super high notes just by tilting his head, which made countless fans feel very sorry.

"Yes. This song holds a special place in my heart and my new novel will be titled after it."

Kitagawa Hide smiled and nodded.

“It’s an honor to hear your original song tonight.”

"Haha, it's our honor to be used as the title of a book by Mr. Kitagawa." Drummer Ringo Starr replied with a smile.

Yoko Ono, who was standing by, was filled with envy when she heard this. She had traveled a long way to invite Kitagawa Hide and his wife to visit Germany, just to take advantage of the popularity of this newly emerging young writer. However, she did not expect that "one may try hard but flowers do not bloom, while one may plant willows by accident but willows grow into shade", and instead "Norwegian Wood" became popular!

"It's almost time, guys! It's our turn to go on stage!" George Harrison, the other lead singer and guitarist, clapped his hands, signaling that everyone could leave the dressing room and go to the stage. Kitagawa Hide and the other man watched them leave, and then followed the staff to the VIP area.

"Dear~ What kind of story is "Norwegian Wood"? " Mengzi took his hand and couldn't help asking curiously.

These days in Germany, Kitagawa Hide is writing "Remembrance of Things Past" and "One Hundred Years of Solitude", while often immersing himself in the music on the record player in the dead of night.

Mengzi has been with him for more than two years and has witnessed Kitagawa Hide churn out one masterpiece after another, but this is the first time in such a long time that she has seen him take a new book so seriously.

The time for the preliminary preparations alone is already so long!
It looks like the preparation period will have to be extended for another month or two!
"It's a love triangle story between three young people." Kitagawa Hide said briefly, then smiled and said, "The characters are taken from me, you, and Jabami-san. You won't be jealous, will you?"

"Haha, how could that be!" Mengzi never thought that Kitagawa Hide and Jabami Rei would have any "affair". People always say "beware of fire, theft and best friends", but every time Jabami Rei mentioned Kitagawa Hide, she had an expression as if she hated him so much that she wanted to tear him apart.

Although Jabami Rei later evolved into Kitagawa Hide's ultimate fan, in daily life, whenever the two of them spent any time together, they would inevitably quarrel, and they did not seem like people who could coexist in the same world.

And Yumeko trusts Kitagawa Hide more than anyone else.

"But if Rei knew you wrote her as a female supporting character, she would probably come after you and kill you." Mengzi secretly made a face, "After all, she wasn't a good character in your previous books~"

"Yes, this time too. The ending of Naoko, who was based on her, was very tragic." Kitagawa Hide kept nodding.

The sharp-tongued woman had caused him a lot of trouble in the past two years, especially when she had just traveled through time. She had a look of disgust on her face all the time, as if she was "scumbag garbage", which made Kitagawa Hideto want to take off his shoes and hit her in the face a few times.

But to be honest, Jabami Rei's cold and elegant queen character is very popular among fans.

A while ago, she made a guest appearance as a supporting actress in "Tokyo Love Story". Her disgusted expression went viral on the Internet, with various emoticons appearing one after another. There were even fanatical male fans who cried out for Jabami to look at them with disgust and step on their heads!

"Oh no, then when we go back, I won't help you stop Li-chan!" Mengzi replied with a smile.

The three of them could barely be considered childhood sweethearts, and the story adapted from them made Mengzi instantly look forward to it.

As the two were chatting, the lights on the stage suddenly dimmed, and then the new Beatles band without John Lennon came on stage to perform.

Although one person is missing, the fans' enthusiasm and joy remain unabated. The charity concert was filled with music fans who came after hearing the news. It is estimated that this concert will raise millions of euros!
“Thank you very much. It is all thanks to your perseverance that we are able to gather here today and perform for you!

In the past few years, we have been confused, depressed, frustrated, and even desperate, and we once gave up our beloved music.

Fortunately, these bad experiences and painful memories are all in the past.

Before we start singing, I hope everyone can give us three minutes to remember our favorite friend, John Lennon. "

After George finished speaking, the whole audience fell silent.

Everyone stood up spontaneously, faced the black and white photo of John Lennon, bowed their heads in silence, and observed a three-minute silence.

Three minutes later, George's voice sounded again: "Thank you again, everyone! And thank you for remembering John.

For today's opening song, we would like to sing a classic old song. It is said that the song is deeply loved by a Japanese writer, and the teacher even plans to use its name as the title of his new book.

We feel very honored for this and hope that everyone can support the teacher's work.

His name is Kitagawa Hide.

The name of this song is - "Norwegian Wood."

"Oh yeah!!!"

Cheers suddenly broke out from the audience.

Kitagawa Hide didn't expect that the new Beatles would be so powerful that they would directly advertise themselves at the concert.

He also smiled and cheered and clapped with Yumeko and other fans, listening to them shouting "Kitagawa Hide" and cheering "Norwegian Wood".

The cheers gradually died down and melodious music began to play.

".I once had a girl/I once had a girl

Or should I say/Or should I say

She once had me

Norwegian wood/Norwegian wooden house
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere/She asked me to stay and told me to sit anywhere.”

The lyrical tune slowly eased the heated atmosphere at the scene. Countless people sang along with the New Beatles Band. Kitagawa Hide and Yumeko, who were familiar with the lyrics, also responded softly.

In a trance, Beichuan Xiu seemed to see the memories of the three of them in the original owner's memory, some of which were blurry, and some were clear.
1997 7 Month 16 Day.

Oricon has released the latest sales ranking of pure literature magazines.

The sales of the July issue of "Shincho" released on July 7 fell again, with only 15 copies sold on the first day of printing, the lowest in the past decade.

Ichiro Tanizaki officially discontinued "The Idiot's Desire" after he had written more than half of it because he was busy dealing with various prosecutions and inspections. At the age of eighty, he really did not have the energy to continue writing.

After the possibility of completing "The Foolish Love" was raised, all adaptation activities related to the project were cut short. At least ten film and television companies and entertainment companies suffered huge losses, with an estimated loss amount of up to 50 billion yen!

At this point, Ichiro Tanizaki was completely pulled down from the altar of Japanese literary world.

Also criticized were the not-so-righteous Naoki Momota and Yoshiyoshi Arima. The latter was even worse off, as he was involved in multiple erotic trade disputes and his reputation was completely ruined.

The person who wanted to torture Arima Yoshiyoshi to death was none other than his former secretary and disciple Kawata Riko.

After Kawata Riko turned against the company, she directly joined Kawaide Shobo and served as the deputy director of the public relations department, perfectly illustrating what it means "You can mess with anyone, but don't mess with a narrow-minded woman."

In addition, another major event on July 7 was that "Gunzo", which had been serialized for 15 years, officially ceased publication. Kodansha put an end to this pure literary novel that had been on sale since the pre-war era.

At this point, there are no longer five major pure literature magazines in the industry!
The Noma family claims that a buyer has already taken a fancy to "Gunzo" and they may sell it at a very low price.

Then time passed quickly and it was July 7th.

The highly anticipated July 1997 issue of "Wenyi" which serializes "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is now on sale simultaneously in major bookstores across the country!

(End of this chapter)