I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 316 Girl's Thoughts Song is a Hot and Shocking Strike (There will be another update in the afternoon)
Tomorrow, Mr. Kitagawa’s new book “Norwegian Wood” will officially begin serialization in the new issue of “Literature and Art”.

But now, bookstores across Japan are warming up for this new novel that is bound to be a national sensation.

The promotional activities produced by Riko Kawata's public relations department really worked wonders.

Countless ordinary people like Kyoko who were not very interested in Japanese literature were shocked by the posters of the beautiful boy outside the bookstore and the heroic legend of Mr. Kitagawa.

The beauty and pessimism of mono no aware are something that is deeply rooted in the genes of the Japanese people.

Seeing such a young and promising literary master still persevering in his literary path, everyone was deeply moved, and then they all ran to the record company under Beichuan Entertainment to buy the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" record -

This is also part of Riko Kawata's marketing strategy.

She believes that simply selling books cannot make "Norwegian Wood" the most well-known symbol of 1997 in people's memory.

If we want it to live forever in people’s lives in this era, we must make this excitement more intense!
So she simply suggested that the record that aroused Mr. Kitagawa's desire to create be reprinted and sold, to give readers a warm-up shot.

Judging from the results, this marketing strategy was surprisingly effective. On October 10, all the record stores under Beichuan Entertainment were bustling with readers who came to buy and listen to records after hearing the news.

After appreciating Kitagawa's touching story in the bookstore, Kaoru and her two companions headed straight for the largest department store in Shinjuku and headed straight to the twelfth floor.

Chihaya Ruri, who often comes to such high-end places for shopping, told them that this floor specializes in the most expensive audio-visual products and related peripherals. If you can't buy them here, then they are basically out of print.

As soon as you enter the store, soothing and moving music hits you.

At this time, the song playing in the store was the song of former top singer Akina Nakamori. It was said that after being abandoned by a scumbag, she was silent for a long time, but finally picked herself up and made a strong comeback.

Recently, the Japanese music scene is full of advertisements of Akina Nakamori VS Izumi Sakai, but in fact, the two have secretly signed with the same entertainment company - Kitagawa Entertainment, and are basically sisters from the same school.

This marketing strategy using battle as a gimmick is obviously a clever idea thought up by Mr. Kitagawa.

Teacher Beichuan is truly an all-rounder!

Thinking so, Kaoru walked alone through the corridor filled with POP posters. After a bunch of human-shaped standees, she finally saw the Beatles' standee in the band area.

Japanese music stores are all like this. Different types of singers are divided into different areas, and all their albums are placed in a display case with a human-shaped stand next to it, which is intuitive and beautiful.

Next to the band's stand is an audio audition machine hanging on a shelf. Usually, the band or singer's most popular single CD will be placed next to the audio audition machine. People can listen to it at will, and it's okay not to buy it after listening.

Unfortunately, this conscientious audition machine model gradually disappeared after the millennium.

Instead, it is replaced by a search mode similar to that of some music software, where you can only listen to a dozen seconds of music without a membership.

It is beyond reproach that the entertainment industry pays attention to copyright, but many interesting and people-friendly designs should not be ruthlessly deprived by capitalists and disappear in the dust of history.

Because everyone actually understands it in their hearts.

The so-called piracy is something that is produced by legitimate companies, using the hard work of the creators to attract traffic for themselves.

No one would believe that those pirated products that can still survive despite countless crackdowns have no backers!

Everyone says that the government departments are not strong enough in combating piracy, but you can try it if you are an ordinary citizen with no background and do some piracy and see if they will catch you!

In this era, the audition machine model is still very popular, all because of the youth love movie "First Kiss" which was released in France on December 1980, 12.

There is a very classic scene in the movie.

At a party, the male protagonist quietly put headphones on the female protagonist from behind and played "Reality" sung by Richard Sanderson.

The heroine Sophie Marceau was only thirteen years old at the time, and the actor Alexander Streiling was only fourteen years old.

This classic scene allows people to fully experience the beauty of first love in adolescence and has touched countless boys and girls around the world.

Even the same model of headphones are sold out in France.

Standing in front of Kaoru was a young woman in her twenties with an audiophile on her ear. She had a sad expression on her face and her eyes were slightly closed, as if she was absorbed in what she was listening to.

Kaoru waited quietly, and then was surprised to find that the woman in front of her was listening to "Norwegian Wood" repeatedly. She couldn't help but become more and more curious about what magic this song had that could make her so obsessed and make Mr. Kitagawa willing to write a book with this song title.

Perhaps she noticed that there was a JK waiting in line behind her to listen to music, so the young woman quickly took off her headphones, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, bowed apologetically, and gave up the audition player.

"Sorry, I've listened for too long." Before leaving, she politely bowed to Kaoru again to apologize.

Xunzi also hurriedly bowed in return: "No, no, no, I am sorry for interrupting you."

"No, no, no, it's my fault."

"no no no"

The two of them bowed and apologized to each other like passing the parcel, which was just like a scene in a Japanese drama.

This is also Japan's unique "surface etiquette culture". Rather than saying that everyone pays attention to civility and politeness, it is more like an obsession with comparing who is more likely to not disturb others when they are outside.

After a while of this, Kaoru and she stood up at the same time, chuckled, and bowed again. The young woman took a CD and finally left.

Looking at her leaving back, Xunzi let out a long sigh.

Tokyo is indeed much scarier than Izu!
While there was no one else around, she quickly went to the audio system, put on her headphones, and turned the music back to its original setting. After a few seconds of silence, a melodious tune and a moving voice came from the headphones.

".Norwegian wood"

As she listened, Kaoru imagined the love story that Mr. Kitagawa might write in his new book, and she was completely immersed in the atmosphere of the song.

This is what the song is about.

I wonder how Mr. Kitagawa will present the feeling of this song?

that's it.

Kaoruko also became a replica of that young woman.

Over and over again, without end, tears welled up in the corners of my eyes.

Just as Xunzi was lost in thought, someone suddenly patted her shoulder.

She thought it was Kyoko and Ruri, so she turned around quickly, but what she saw was a smiling, amiable middle-aged man.

"Private Marseille." The middle-aged man smiled and handed over his business card with both hands. "Excuse me, Miss, are you still a high school student?"

"Yes," Kaoru bowed politely in return, and then read out the words on the man's business card word by word to show respect, "Sweet Power Co., Ltd., Takasugi Mirai, Vice Director of the Arts Department, Ah, hello, Mr. Takasugi!"

Because Chihaya Ruri pays close attention to the entertainment industry, Kaoruko has memorized a lot of knowledge about the industry through her constant chatter.

Ganli Agency was only established last year. It focuses on discovering young beautiful boys and girls. It has a very unique vision and is known as the "female version of Johnny's."

Scenes like this where middle and senior management of a company and scouts suddenly approach JKs are very common in Japan, and similar scams targeting young girls are also not uncommon, so Kaoruko was not directly fooled by the other party's identity.

Her calmness made Takasugi Mirai like her even more.

"Miss, have you ever seen Mr. Kitagawa's "The Dancing Girl of Izu"?"

Although Takasugi Mirai looks amiable, he is actually very decisive. He directly told Kaoruko his purpose.

Just now when he was wandering around the video store, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Kaoru's profile and back, which suddenly reminded him of the adorable little dancer in "The Dancing Girl of Izu".

I heard that the crew of "The Dancing Girl of Izu" is recruiting actors to audition for this role. As we all know, this work is one of Kitagawa's masterpieces. Being able to play such a role is destined to be remembered in film history for a lifetime.

Ganli Agency also wanted to make a living, but none of its female artists passed the audition.

Looking at the pure and lovely Kaoru at this moment, Takasugi Mirai felt that maybe it might work!

Kaoruko aspires to become a writer and has no intention of entering the entertainment industry, but "The Dancing Girl of Izu" has special meaning to her.

If possible, she really wants to try playing "herself".

After much hesitation, she decided to consult Teacher Beichuan.

On the other side, Miss Liuli and Kyoko, who came rushing over, thought that their little cabbage was being targeted by a creepy uncle.

Chihaya Ruri was about to show off the reputation of the Chihaya family, but then she found out that the other party was actually from Ganli Office. She immediately changed her expression and recommended herself to the other party with a smile.

After the economic downturn, the idol craze swept Japan, and many idol groups have become popular. Today, when JKs fill out their future applications, they also have an additional wish to become an idol actress.

When Takasugi Mirai heard that the other party was the daughter of the Chihaya family and that her appearance was indeed good, he nodded kindly and agreed.

Only Kyoko was an ordinary person, and she had no intention of getting involved in the murky waters of the entertainment industry, so there was no in-depth communication.

After the little episode, the three of them happily went to check out with their newly bought CDs.

Before leaving the department store, Kaoruko secretly called her best friend, Rei Jabami. After learning that Mr. Kitagawa was still in the United States, she felt a little disappointed and had to ask for Mr. Kitagawa's email address so that she could write a letter to Mr. Kitagawa to explain the situation.

At this time, Kitagawa Hidemasa, who was far away in Los Angeles, was living a carefree and comfortable life with his wife and children.

There are still seven chapters left in "Norwegian Wood", and he has basically finished the manuscript and is in the final revision stage.

After writing this book, Kitagawa Hide decided to take a two-pronged approach, writing world literature that could be read by readers all over the world while continuing to maintain his dominance over the Japanese literary world.

There are many very good works in the history of Japanese literature, and Japanese literature is still his literary foundation. He must persist in writing to continuously improve his literary literacy.

10 month 18 day.

The latest issue of "Wenyi" should have been released in Japan, but Kitagawa Hide didn't pay too much attention to these things, but strolled to the beach outside the hospital.

He suddenly wanted to meet the old fisherman Santiago mentioned by Sheba Li.

There were gusts of cold wind at the beach in the early morning, and scattered groups of people were walking around. Most of them were local wealthy celebrities and American cultural and sports stars.

Like Kitagawa Hide, they wear sunglasses when traveling to conceal their faces so as not to cause unnecessary sensation.

"Hey, Santiago is back?!"

(End of this chapter)