I am a literary giant in Japan

Kiyoko Norimiya, who went to work at the Tokyo Yamaki Ornithological Research Institute right after the New Year, was also very tired.

After graduating from the Department of Literature, Faculty of Literature, Gakushuin University in 1992, she asked her father to find a connection with the Ministry of Education because of her love for birds. In 92, she started working at this institute and was successfully converted to a full-time researcher this year.

Kiyoko Noriyama originally thought that studying birds would be a leisurely job, but she didn't expect that the institute would require employees to be on duty all year round. The researchers' work and rest schedules were basically the same as those of the birds, which was very hard.

As the only daughter of Emperor Akihito, this is probably the hardest job Princess Nori has ever had.

After cleaning up the bird droppings in the laboratory and recording the living conditions of those new species one by one, she let out a long sigh, slumped down on the sofa, and kept pounding her shoulders with her hands to relieve stress.

"Just as Mr. Kitagawa said, there is no such thing as an easy job in this world.

There is no such thing as a peaceful life, it's just that someone is carrying the burden for you. "

While taking a break, Norihiko Kiyomiya picked up the book "Record of Strange Bird Shapes" on the table. When her father heard that she liked birds, he specially asked someone to ask Mr. Kitagawa for a signed physical copy for her.

When she first saw the title of the book, she thought it was an encyclopedia of birds. But after reading it carefully, she found that it was a pure literary novel that was a metaphor for war.

Although she was unable to see the bird science she liked, she was deeply attracted by the story and profound theme of the novel.

From then on, Kiyomiya Kiyoko became unstoppable and became a die-hard fan of Mr. Kitagawa's books.

From "Youth Trilogy" to "Norwegian Wood", she read all of Mr. Kitagawa's books, and then bought a complete set of them, which she treasured in her private bedroom in the Imperial Palace.

After graduating from university, she was often criticized by her father and mother for her playful and erratic nature. Her mother also thought that she would marry a commoner in the future and leave the royal family. Therefore, from 1977 to 1987, the two traveled every year to enhance their relationship.

"What era is this? Commoners, royals, marrying down~"

Noriya Kiyoko secretly complained a few more words about her father, the emperor, and her mother, and then she flipped through the "Record of Strange Bird Shapes" again.

The proverb I just mentioned was mentioned by Mr. Kitagawa in the afterword of this book.

She didn't feel anything when she first read it, but after reading it over and over again, she agreed deeply with it.

Be it wartime or peacetime, how can you expect a peaceful life without people carrying the burden forward?

Just as she was immersed in the world of novels, the door of the laboratory was suddenly pushed open.

She looked up and saw that it was her boyfriend Keiki Kuroda who walked in.

Kuroda Keiki also grew up in Gakushuin (where most of the imperial family and pre-war Japanese aristocracy attended), and was a close friend of her brother, Prince Akishino Fumihito.

However, unlike his brother who is still idle now, Kuroda Keiki first worked at Mitsui Bank after graduation, running around between his various companies every day.

Later, he successfully passed the entrance examination for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and served as the head of the guidance department of the Construction Industry Division of the Urban Development Bureau. His career was very smooth.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will marry Qingshu, which is indeed in line with her mother's judgment.

"Happy New Year, Kiyoko."

Kuroda Keiki went to the Imperial Palace to find Norihiko early this morning - the Japanese royal family has countless activities during the year, so he basically can't see his girlfriend.

However, when he arrived at the Imperial Palace, he learned that his girlfriend had returned to the research institute to work early, so he rushed over without stopping.

The route from the Imperial Palace to here passes through several major downtown areas of Tokyo. When Kuroda Keiki was driving here, he happened to come across major bookstores promoting the January issue of "Wenyi" which serialized Kitagawa Hide's new book "The Old Man and the Sea", so he bought two copies.

He himself is engaged in the financial and political industry and has no interest in literature at all.

In the eyes of children from aristocratic families like them, literature and art are generally things that the women in the family learn - learning these things, just like housekeeping, will be a plus in future family marriages.

Therefore, women of great nobles basically reached the highest level in arts such as literature, painting, music, flower arrangement, and tea ceremony.

Royal and aristocratic women such as Noriyama Kyoko are another die-hard fan of Kitagawa Hide.

Although these women are very few in number, their purchasing power is huge and their stickiness is extremely high. They are the best customers in the literary market.

Kuroda Keiki knew that his girlfriend was very obsessed with Mr. Kitagawa, so he also began to pay attention to this young writer who had disrupted the Japanese literary world.

Don't look at it, look at it!
The novels he wrote are brilliant and moving, completely different from the pure literary novels that Kuroda Keiki knew.

That's fine.

At a family meeting a few years ago, my father suddenly told several of the family heirs in a very serious manner, asking them to take time to read all of Mr. Kitagawa's novels!
The reason why the Kuroda family valued Kitagawa Hide had nothing to do with literature.

The reason why the head of the Kuroda family took it so seriously was that when he was having dinner with the leaders of the six major conglomerates, he accidentally learned that Kitagawa Investment, owned by Kitagawa Hide, had made hundreds of billions of yen in the 97 Asian financial crisis!
Judging from the data sent by front-line investment managers, Beichuan Investment has basically accurately seen through the development curve of the entire financial crisis and was able to enter and exit the market very accurately every time.

The initial capital was only 100 billion yen, but it eventually doubled to 1000 billion yen and is still increasing.

This rate of return would make any financial industry practitioner sweat profusely.

The head of the Kuroda family decisively followed the six major conglomerates and began to study Kitagawa investment.

Then they were shocked to find that the entire Kitagawa Investment was still a big empty shell last year, and the only ones who really had a say were Kitagawa Hide and Senhara Masato.

Afterwards, the head of the Kuroda family quickly investigated Senhara Masato and discovered that this guy had been "exiled" by the Industrial Central Bank before the New Year!

Judging from his resume, he doesn't look like a banker who can manage so much money and make money accurately in such a turbid foreign exchange market.

Otherwise, Senhara Masato would not have lived in mediocrity until he was 30. His transformation began when he met Kitagawa Hide.

All the criticism was once again directed at Kitagawa Hide.

The head of the Kuroda family dug deep into Kitagawa Hide's life, and one incredible thing after another popped up, making him more confused.

Finally, he was puzzled and could only start with Kitagawa Hide's main job and let the young people in the family learn and see.

This is how the matter unfolded.

Of course, Kuroda Keiki would never talk to Norihiko about these business matters.

"Happy New Year! Qingshu!"

After seeing the brand new "Literature", Kiyomiya Kiyoko instantly became energetic and jumped up from the sofa.
"Great! I finally got to see Mr. Kitagawa's new work! You don't know how I spent this year!

Ever since the promotional poster for The Old Man and the Sea was released, I have been looking forward to the release of Wen Yi every day. I have finally gotten what I wanted!"

"Haha, take a look. It's a pity that I didn't get to formally visit Mr. Kitagawa. I should have a signed copy of such a meaningful novel."

Kuroda Keiki is talking nonsense, but he just wants to make his girlfriend happy.

He has had a lot of worries recently. Even if there was an Asian financial crisis, a noble family like the Kuroda family, which has existed since ancient times, would not have been greatly affected.

But the Kuroda family is politically close to Ryutaro Hashimoto, and seeing that the new prime minister is about to fail again, Kuroda Keiki's career may also suffer.

Kiyomiya Kiyoko couldn't wait to tear off the transparent film and flip through the "Wenyi" issue with a new cover.

This time, "Wenyi" simply used the promotional poster as the cover, which helped to create momentum for Kitagawa Hide.

Kuroda Keiki, who was bored nearby, also opened "Literature and Art", skipped the previous part and went straight to "The Old Man and the Sea".

"There was an old man who fished alone in a small boat in the Gulf Stream, but eighty-four days had passed without him catching a single fish."

The beginning of the novel was very boring. Kuroda Keiki quickly skimmed through it and got a rough idea of ​​Santiago's situation. After reading the first chapter, he didn't see the point of the novel at all.

Turning around, he saw Kiyomiya Kiyoko reading a book with great interest, so he patiently continued reading.

Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, until Chapter 5, when he saw Santiago, who was ridiculed by everyone and whose only helper, the child, left, returning to the sea, Kuroda Keiki's heartstrings were suddenly plucked.

He could feel the pride of Santiago, and also understand the discomfort of being laughed at by the crowd and falling into the trough.

Those vulgar fishermen were not much better than the local Japanese fishermen. If it were him, it would be difficult for him to remain calm after being insulted with such trash talk.

Maybe I would have a fight with them and leave that beach, that profession, forever.

Kuroda Keiki didn't want to admit that he was such a person, but his intuition told him that he would indeed do that.

Therefore he admired Santiago very much.

In that situation, you would also say something like, "I will catch a fish. And it will be a very, very, very big fish."

Such confidence and pride are touching.

Santiago went out to sea alone, and was prepared not to come back unless he caught a big fish.

In this way, he drifted alone on the sea, and then he was lucky enough to finally catch a big marlin one day.

This big marlin was very difficult to catch, and the stalemate lasted for several days and nights with Santiago.

This was originally just a boring process of catching fish, but Kitagawa Hide's writing was skillful, and he also interspersed many interesting fables in it, which made Kuroda Keiki read it with great interest.

Especially the story of the female and male marlin, which made him feel empathy.

Isn’t it the same for human men and women?

In this way, he was more obsessed than Kiyomiya Kiyoko and followed it all the way to Chapter 8, when Santiago finally caught the fish and just as his promise was about to be fulfilled, a group of giant sharks suddenly came!

"How come it breaks here!" Kuroda Keiki flipped through the magazine again and again, and after confirming that Mr. Kitagawa broke off the chapter at the most exciting part, he couldn't help but exclaimed.

Kiyomiya Kiyoko, who also saw this, said "hmm" in annoyance and closed the magazine reluctantly: "Yes, this is the bad thing about Mr. Kitagawa, he always likes to interrupt the chapters!"

"Does it mean we have to wait until next month to read the sequel?" Kuroda Keiki was not clear about the magazine serialization rules, so he turned around and asked her.

Kiyomiya Kiyoko nodded and said, "Yes."

"No, I don't think I can wait too long." Kuroda Keiki just felt itchy in his heart. He followed Santiago through hardships, ridicule, and despair, and finally turned things around. How could he not be happy?

This book touched him deeply, because if you think about it from another perspective, how is his situation at this moment different from that of Santiago?

He wants to see San Diego turn the tide!

"But Wen Yi is only released on the 18th of every month," Kiyomiya Kiyoko sighed.

"No, there is another way. Maybe you can see the sequel of the novel in advance." Kuroda Keishi suddenly said. (End of this chapter)