I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 305: Rescue Consultation: The Korean Publishing House Editor Who Gambles Everything

"what?"

Masato Senhara, who was sitting in the Manila Stock Exchange, almost stumbled and fell off the sofa.

Hearing his reaction, Beichuan Xiu frowned slightly and asked, "Is it because you don't have enough money?"

"No, it's not"

Only then did Senhara Masato realize that although Mr. Kitagawa across from him had made hundreds of billions of yen in the financial markets of various countries by relying on his strange intuition.

But in the final analysis, he is still an "outsider" who knows nothing about finance and securities.

Masato Senhara quickly took five minutes to briefly explain the current situation of Shimokawa Izu's study, and that even if he wanted to save the situation, he didn't need to use such a rough method.

"If I am not mistaken, President Kawade was forced to sell all his shares, most likely because the financial crisis has spread to Japan.

All the banks involved are unable to provide any more loans, and the recent expansion and merger plans are too ambitious, which has led to this incredible situation. "

Senhara Masato spoke at a very fast speed,
"With President Kawade's control over the company, he didn't have to worry about this kind of thing. But who would have thought that a financial crisis sweeping across Asia would actually make even the giant chaebols stretched to their limits."

"So what can I do to help her now?"

Kitagawa Hide suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Saito Rena did not send him the data of the first day of the latest issue of "Wenyi" yesterday.

I guess both Saito Rena and the boss are overwhelmed by this matter and can't take care of everything.

I don’t know why they didn’t come to find me even though such a big thing happened.

However, he himself is a "financial and business blind man". In his perspective, the big boss has a net worth of 1900 billion yen and is well-known on the Forbes list of richest women. How could she be killed by tens or hundreds of billions?
If they really had to find him, Kitagawa Hideya could only spread out the bank card in his hand and try his best to provide some financial assistance. As for other suggestions, they would probably just cause trouble.

But it is still a bit stupid to be tricked by the Asian financial crisis!

Didn't I remind her several times?
The big boss is as cold and handsome as iceberg, and it seems that his IQ definitely crushes that sharp-tongued woman, Jabami Rei. How come he fell into such a mistake that even Jabami Rei wouldn't fall into?
The more Kitagawa Hide thought about it, the more bizarre it seemed. However, business was not really his forte, so he could only ask Senhara Masato to handle the matter.

Anyway, let's solve the problem first, and then let Mengzi call and communicate with them -

Women have their own way of getting along with each other. Kitagawa Hide, who considers himself not good at socializing, thinks it would be better to leave this task to Yumeko.

"I understand! I will contact the head office immediately to see what's going on at Kawade Bookstore. Don't worry, with our current financial resources, unless President Kawade messes with the company's finances and puts it into debt of 100 billion, we can easily solve the problem!"

Masato Senhara is also a companion who has been with them all the way. After learning about Mr. Kitagawa's intention, he immediately put down all the work at hand and prepared to focus on the affairs of Kawaide Shobo.

Kitagawa Hide thanked him repeatedly, thinking that when Senhara Masato came back, he would definitely poach him from the Industrial Central Bank, otherwise his Kitagawa investment would be ruined sooner or later.

"Oh, by the way! Congratulations, Mr. Kitagawa. I know you may be tired of hearing such congratulations, but I still want to say this to you."

Before hanging up the phone, Senhara Masato suddenly said,
“These days in Manila, I occasionally hear people talking about One Hundred Years of Solitude and Remembrance of Things Past.

Mr. Kitagawa, this is the Philippines, East Asia, a literary market that was once completely dominated by European and American literature.

I can hear your novel here, your name.
This makes me feel that it is much more meaningful than helping you earn tens of billions of yen!
You are really amazing! Teacher Beichuan!

I am honored to know you, to be your friend, and to work for you!"

"Yeah, I'm glad to meet you too, Chihara." Kitagawa Hide put away his smile and responded to his feelings seriously.

In fact, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "Remembrance of Things Past" are still based on Western literature. Therefore, they became popular in East Asian countries such as the Philippines, thanks to the influence of European and American literary circles.

Kitagawa Hide also hopes that his next book, "Norwegian Wood", will be popular in Asia.

This is his first step to open up the Asian literature market!
After hanging up the phone, Kitagawa Hide returned to his room and briefly told Yumeko, who had just woken up, about what happened in the study room. Yumeko directly expressed her willingness to do her best to help her two sisters overcome the difficulties.

On this matter, their ideas were surprisingly consistent. In short, just give money to help and the matter will be done.

Even if you lose money, you can continue to earn it.

My friend’s life and career were ruined because of this, and there is no way to get them back.

"Then wait for Qianyuan's follow-up feedback, and then Mengzi-chan, you can take the time to call them." Kitagawa Hide gently rubbed his little wife's head.

After more than seven months of pregnancy, Mengzi gradually became a little sleepy and could no longer play as crazy as before. Therefore, most of the time she stayed quietly with Kitagawa Hide, watching him write books and occasionally writing something herself.

The couple plans to travel to the United States next month and have their first child born in New York, Washington or Los Angeles, getting a U.S. green card for free.

After this wave of financial crisis, Japan will fall into a three-decade period of economic stagnation. The entire society will not be able to get rid of the problems of low birth rate and aging population, and the yen will depreciate wildly.

Even if Kitagawa Hide didn't understand financial management, he knew that he had to cash out and convert it into US dollars to preserve its value before the yen depreciated.

Moreover, the value of an American green card is higher than that of Japanese citizenship, and Kitagawa Hide himself has no sense of national belonging to Japan, so he will definitely go wherever he is comfortable in the future.

Mengzi hummed softly, crossed her legs and sat next to him, and the matter was settled.

After dealing with these trivial matters in life, Hide Kitagawa returned to the typewriter and began to continue conceiving "Norwegian Wood".

Because this time it was decided to copy the unpublished remake of Haruki Murakami, Kitagawa Hide first reviewed the respective situations of the two versions.

Then he discovered that although the only difference between the remake and the original version was the interaction between the two female protagonists, Midori and Naoko, the overall layout of the novel had been determined long ago.

Once the characters and interactive plots change, the whole body will be affected. It is undoubtedly a pipe dream to simply take the strengths of the two versions and make up for their weaknesses.

"Midori is a lively and cheerful person, full of sunshine."

Kitagawa Hide muttered to himself and looked back at Yumeko who was also working hard.

His long-term interaction with Yumeko gave him a more accurate understanding of Midori's personality. He used to feel that when Murakami Haruki wrote about Midori, he deliberately wrote her in the direction of "silly and sweet".

Looking back now.

Girls like Mengzi are more like "innocent" rather than "silly and sweet".

In her world, she (Toru Watanabe) is the only one, and her world itself is pure, tidy and spotless. However, such innocence and naivety in today's social environment can easily be criticized as "saintly" or "fool".

“So when writing about Midori, it is more important to reflect her cheerfulness, optimism and emotionality. Before we get to know each other in depth, she is a shy, Yamato-Nadeshiko-type girl. After getting to know each other, she will act on impulse and act like a spoiled child to you, like a cute little kitten.”

The more Kitagawa Hide builds his character around Yumeko, the more one can feel the tension and accuracy of the character in the original novel.

In the past, although people plagiarized novels and wrote them after feeling inspired, they always lacked the life experience similar to that of the original author. No matter how much they learned, it was just "imitation" and it was difficult to grasp the essence of the novel.

But this time is different.

Hiden Kitagawa can clearly feel that this version of "Hidefu Kitagawa's" Norwegian Wood contains more of his own life and experiences. From listening to the New Beatles singing this song in Hamburg, Germany, to thinking about the characters one by one, he feels that this "Norwegian Wood" is gradually being perfected in the way he needs.

Maybe this time.

It can be said that this is a book written with the author's own thoughts and ideas as its true core.

This is the first step for Hide Kitagawa to open up his own literary path!
".Naoko's character is mature, charming, voluptuous and sexy, gentle and affectionate, but also morbidly beautiful. The appearance of the venomous woman Jabami Rei is very suitable for Naoko, especially in terms of gentleness and affection."

Kitagawa Hide rubbed his temples. The memories of this guy in his mind were basically all about being tsundere and yandere. It seemed that she only showed her gentleness occasionally after she found out that her favorite idol was him.

“Also, Naoko is Kizuki’s ex-girlfriend. Kizuki never appears in the novel, but she is a very important clue character.

After Kizuki died, Watanabe Toru directly stole Naoko and made her his girlfriend. Should he change his behavior of cheating on his best friend? "

Kitagawa Hide listed some potentially controversial points one by one.

But just as he had just thought, "Norwegian Wood" is a pure literary novel with a very complete structure.

The reason why Haruki Murakami wrote this kind of "NTR" plot is to add a youthful touch to the protagonists of the story.

You love me, I love her, she loves him. Isn't that kind of tangled love entanglement the emotion that only young people with nothing to do will have?
If people are very rational, they will not even talk about love, they will definitely move towards marriage!

"The character of Mu Yue must be fictional, but I don't have any suitable sample. It's not appropriate to copy such an important clue character from the original work. If I make it up myself, what if it's too bad? The whole book will be ruined." Kitagawa Hide was scratching his head anxiously. The plot of the character of Mu Yue has been stuck for a long time.

Friends who have written novels know that the plots of novels are based on reality and are beyond reality. Purely fictional and made-up novels are 100% sure to fail.

Having plagiarized for so long, Kitagawa Hide is well versed in this.

After thinking it over and hesitating for a long time, Kitagawa Hide sent a text message to Jabami Rei who was far away in Tokyo.

at the same time.

Jabami Rei, who had just bought a big house with the pay from the two TV series "Tokyo Love Story" and "South of the Border, West of the Sun", was now lazily lying on the sofa applying a facial mask.

After entering the showbiz, her acting career was inexplicably smooth, and the halo of "Beichuan Girl" on her head was so dazzling that it came in handy wherever she went.

Even though she has not gotten a leading role yet after almost a year in the industry, her income is already on par with many first-line film and television stars.

Her work cell phone kept ringing 24 hours a day. After her previous agent was replaced, the new agent was a veteran in the industry who was very capable of handling things, so she basically didn't have to worry about the affairs of the circle anymore.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening. When she heard her cell phone ringing, Jabami Rei was too lazy to move - who would work overtime after getting off work?

The phone rang several times in succession.

She suddenly remembered that her work phone was left in the bedroom, so that should be the sound of her personal phone.

The only people added to her private cell phone were Yumeko and her close friends, as well as the only male, Kitagawa Hide.

She quickly stood up, picked up her cell phone, and found that it was a text message from Kitagawa Hide from Germany.

"This guy! Why is he texting me instead of staying with Mengzi in the middle of the night?"

Jabami Rei's cheeks blushed slightly. All the dramas she has acted in recently have "extramarital affairs" plots. After acting in so many dramas, her mind has become confused and she always thinks of this kind of plot from time to time.

She shook her head, threw out the messy thoughts from her mind, spread out her 1.2-meter-long legs, leaned against the pillow and checked her text messages.

[Let me ask you something. I remember you had a relationship in high school. Do you still remember your ex-boyfriend? ]

"This is incomprehensible! Are you stupid enough to ask a single woman such a question in the middle of the night?"

Jabami Rei rolled her eyes in annoyance, but still pressed her finger down honestly.

[What? I forgot it a long time ago! I can’t even remember its name! ]

Shortly after the message was sent, Kitagawa Hide's reply arrived.

[Really? Never mind. I'm writing a new book recently and I'm stuck on character design, so I thought I'd refer to this.]

[New book?! I’m warning you! One Hundred Years of Solitude and Remembrance of Things Past are so good, you absolutely can’t let them start strong but then end badly!
If you make a mistake in writing these two books, I will bite you to death when you come back! 】

Jabami Rei was no longer sleepy. She sat cross-legged on the sofa, chatting away, ready to criticize this "indecisive" guy.

When she came to her senses, she found that she had typed more than 300 words in one go, and her phone interface could not fit them all. If she sent it out, it would probably have to be split into several messages.
"I've been affected by this guy again. Damn it!"

Jabami Rei slapped her head and started deleting the messages word by word. When she found that Kitagawa Hide had no reply, she couldn't help but send a new text message.

[You mean the guy named Kaye from high school? Actually, we didn’t date for long, maybe less than three months? If you really want me to recall, I can remember a little bit.]

After typing this, she put her phone on her long legs, her head tilted back involuntarily, staring blankly at the dazzling crystal chandelier under the ceiling.

"What am I doing?"

"Ding-dong-"

The phone rang again.

Jabami Rei sat up straight abruptly, picked up her cell phone and looked at it. The tenderness that had just arisen in her heart instantly vanished.

[Is it He Ye? Didn’t you say you didn’t remember? You are not going to make up someone and ruin my new book! ]

"Go to hell!" Jabami Rei glared at the phone unhappily. If it had a voice function now, she would definitely send several minutes long "voice greetings" to Kitagawa Hide!

At the same time, in Seoul, South Korea, the headquarters building of the Korea Literature Village Publishing Group.

Editorial office area.

"Da Da Da"——

The sound of hurried footsteps continued in the office area.

A dozen men and women in suits walked around with serious expressions, holding various documents.

"Oppa Junchan, has the sales of Professor Jeon Hyungjun's new book still not been able to increase?" The beautiful woman in an OL uniform twisted her waist and walked towards the corner of the office area while speaking.

Chen Juncan was dishevelled and looked ashen. He had been working in the company for more than ten hours straight and felt that he would die suddenly at any time.

But compared to a minor sudden death, the predicament the company is facing now and the possibility that he might be fired by the top chaebol are more terrifying.

He personally took charge of the new book by Professor Jeon Hyung-jun of the Faculty of Literature at Seoul University, who he had found with great difficulty. The book cost the company 1000 million won (equivalent to about million yen) of its budget. However, now, the book has been on the market for almost a week, and the total sales are less than copies!

"Junchan Oppa, you can't keep going like this. I heard that the company is going to lay off a lot of employees at the end of this year. For someone like Junchan Oppa who is old and has poor performance, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant.

Anyway, as Xue Changzhang said, I hope Junchan Oppa will continue to cheer up and fight! "

The woman's name is Cui Yingshi. She is Xue Changzhang's personal secretary, also known as the "bed-sharing secretary."

She and Chen Juncan both graduated from Korea University, and she is three years younger than him.

In South Korea, where seniority is as serious as in Japan, even if she became Xue Changzhang's personal secretary, she could not give orders to Chen Juncan like this.

But these days are different.

The company's business conditions are very bad this year. I heard that the Asian financial crisis has also affected the Daewoo Group.

In this environment, everyone's job is in jeopardy, and the usual courtesy and respect have long since vanished.

Choi Young-sil is a typical example of "small branches bearing great fruit". She has a perfect appearance, figure, and a pair of long, white legs. She has been fantasized about by countless male colleagues in the company.

Chen Juncan was also one of them and even pursued her.

The results are obvious.

Choi Young-sil felt disgusted after being pursued by someone like Chen Juncan, so she would come and mock him whenever she had the chance.

Seeing his sad face, Choi Young-sil suddenly felt refreshed and left a final sentence: "Come on, Jun-chan Oppa, the company has already lost 70 million won, so it doesn't matter if you lose a little more~"

Seeing this damn bitch twisting away, Chen Juncan became even more angry.

"Just wait for me, sooner or later one day."

Chen Juncan glared at Choi Young-sil's departing back fiercely, but his anger soon disappeared.

He didn't know when he could take revenge on this stinky woman.

But he knew that if he continued like this, he might be fired from Wenxuecun Publishing House next month!
"The domestic literary market is in a mess. Who can wait? That woman is right. We have already lost 70 million yuan. We don't care if we lose more.

Why not try introducing works by overseas writers?"

Chen Juncan's eyes suddenly lit up.

(End of this chapter)