I am a literary giant in Japan

The next day.

In a speeding luxury business car.

Kitagawa Hide was busy writing on the small table the characters and plot settings of "We Are the Bubble Entry Group/Hanzawa Naoki".

The story of "Hanzawa Naoki" is actually very simple. It tells the legend of a iron-blooded Sigma man whose family was broken up because of a bank, and then he was determined to join the bank and change it.

The protagonist of the novel, Naoki Hanzawa, joined the Industrial Central Bank after graduating from Keio University. After the bubble burst, the Industrial Central Bank merged with the Tokyo Foreign Bank to become the world's second largest super banking group - Tokyo First Bank.

During the years of working hard in Tokyo, Naoki Hanzawa gradually developed a family, social status, important work partners, and everything seemed so perfect.

But he never forgot that it was this ruthless place where "you borrow an umbrella when it's sunny and put it away when it's rainy" that pushed his father and his family's Hanzawa Screw Co., Ltd. into a dead end.

Naoki Hanzawa is always thinking about revenge, climbing up step by step, and then subverting and changing this deformed financial world.

Just as he was slowly unfolding his plan, a bad loan that was supposed to be the branch manager's responsibility was inexplicably pushed onto his shoulders.
The story begins from here.

Kitagawa Hide has read the original novel of the trilogy written by Jun Ikeido and has also watched the TV adaptation starring Masato Sakai.

Even though the story in the novel is set a little later than now, he feels that the core of the story can still be very popular now.

After the bubble economy burst, Japanese society has been in a long-term depression. In the past year, the collapse of banks has been very serious, and the public has an extreme lack of security in financial institutions.

In this era, writing novels related to finance, economics and banks will resonate with a large number of readers and even passers-by. On the road of popular literature, it is undoubtedly the best choice for blazing a trail.

In addition, the protagonist of the novel, Naoki Hanzawa, has a spirit that goes beyond the current era, a very positive outlook on life, and a persevering character, coupled with a well-received grassroots counterattack story, which easily wins the favor of readers.

The two things Kitagawa Hide had to consider were, first, that the novel and the TV series contained a large number of details related to banks and the Financial Services Agency, things he did not understand at all. If he did not study them thoroughly and wrote about them and was criticized, it would damage his reputation as "the best in the world."

Second, due to the different times, the story of "Hanzawa Naoki" was written with a kind of prediction of the future direction of Japan's financial and banking industries. If the situation does not match, it will be easy to be embarrassed. Should it be blurred?

For this purpose, he contacted Masato Senhara early on. Now, no matter where he goes, he will take Masato Senhara with him and ask him some detailed questions from time to time.

Masato Senhara, who was sitting nearby, also admired Mr. Kitagawa very much.

When it comes to writing novels at the level of Mr. Beichuan, the quality of the writing is actually no longer important. As long as you can produce continuously and the quality is not too outrageous, making money and gaining fame are easy things to achieve.

On the contrary, if he changes to a new track and touches on some areas that he has never written about before, if the reputation is not good, it will have a great impact on Teacher Beichuan.

Even so, Mr. Kitagawa still resolutely chose this subject, and his indomitable spirit is truly admirable.

From Senhara Masato's perspective, he always felt that Kitagawa had experienced the Asian financial crisis in 97, and his inexplicable exile by the Industrial Central Bank, all these things may have aroused his concerns about the country's financial system.

In order to let the public know the truth and to quickly reshape the financial system, he chose to use a new book to awaken everyone.

This is simply what a saint does!

"Qianyuan, do you think the amount of these loans is a bit too large?"

Kitagawa Hide pushed the design collection to Senhara Masato, biting the pen and frowning.

"As for the merger between Industrial Central Bank and Tokyo Foreign Bank, should we use a pseudonym or blur the timing?"

"Please let me see the specific settings." Masato Senhara had a general idea of ​​what kind of story this was, but he didn't know the specific settings.

He took the setting book and looked at it again and again, and the more he looked, the more amazed he was.

The novel is divided into three parts, tentatively titled "We Are the Bubble Entry Group/Naoki Hanzawa", "We Are the Flower Bubble Group/Naoki Hanzawa 2", and "The Counterattack of the Lost Generation/Naoki Hanzawa 3".

It can be seen that Mr. Kitagawa wanted to use a bad loan and the power struggle within the bank as an introduction to unfold this huge financial story with many characters.

The first business that the protagonist Naoki Hanzawa took over was to recover 5 million yen in bad loans!
"5 million. If it is just a branch, it is indeed difficult to support this size. It may be more appropriate to change it to 5000 million. But."

Senhara Masato kept reading the setting book, which contained detailed character settings and even a partial plot outline. Combining all the content in it, he was not in favor of changing the loan amount.

"But what?" Kitagawa Hide looked at him in confusion.

Senhara Masato pointed to some of the settings at the back and said truthfully, "There have been rumors about the merger of Industrial Central Bank and Tokyo Foreign Bank. I talked about this issue with my colleagues before I left, and everyone agreed that it would happen sooner or later.

The merger of two such large banks is obviously because their respective debts are too huge and the impact of the financial crisis is too terrible, so they have no choice but to stick together for warmth.

Against this background, only non-performing loans that exceed the scale can cause such an impact.

Therefore, I think that the unaffordable 5 million yen is the best driving force.”

"Now that you put it that way, it does make sense. But if it's multiplied tenfold, wouldn't the story seem distorted?"

Beichuan Xiu took the pen out of his mouth and drew a circle on the draft paper.

"The authenticity of the novel can make readers feel extremely involved, while distorted data will bore readers. The problem is that I can't prove that the current situation of the bank is like this."

"Then how about we follow your previous plan and move the story back to the year after 00?"

Masato Senhara also found this question very troublesome. He looked at it for a long time and suddenly saw the year 2004 on the draft, so he asked on a whim.

"The story is set to the year after 00?" Kitagawa Hide was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "You mean, we should just ignore the situation and follow the storyline of the merger of two fictional banks after the millennium?"

"Yes! This way, we are writing about the future. Even if the bank is dissatisfied or the consortium is serious, they can't argue with you, Mr. Kitagawa.

Because technically, this is a science fiction novel, isn't it? "

Senhara Masato smiled.

No one knows how the banking industry will develop in the future and whether there will be a Naoki Hanzawa among bank employees.

If Kitagawa Hide were to write now, he might be picked on by the people in the bank and accused of slander.

Since this involves national financial issues, even if Ryutaro Hashimoto is willing to help, the Ministry of Finance probably won't be able to withstand the offensive of the consortium.

But now the background time has simply moved back, who still cares about these things?

If you still care about whether a futuristic science fiction novel reflects reality, then you have something wrong!
No one thinks that Kitagawa Hide can accurately predict the future economic situation, right?

Of course, Masato Senhara, who made this suggestion, does not believe that the future banking industry will be as bad as portrayed in the novel.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse!
"Okay! I'll write it as you say! This way I can give the manuscript to Ishida-kun in a few days."

Kitagawa Hideya thought this was a good idea. With his reputation as the best in the world, no one would care if he wrote a science fiction novel that predicted the future.

"I'll finish this tonight, and I can continue writing Tokyo People tomorrow. Saito and Shizuko are pushing me so hard, I really can't stand it anymore."

"Teacher Kitagawa, please take care of yourself!"

Masato Senhara hurriedly advised Hide Kitagawa to pay more attention to rest.

Nowadays, the probability of sudden death among writers is greater than that of middle-aged and elderly people. He doesn't want to wake up one day and see Teacher Beichuan as the headline of the morning news!
"Don't worry, I have discretion."

Kitagawa Hide waved his hand, and as he was speaking, they arrived at the headquarters building of Kawade Shobo.

The two parted ways, and Kitagawa Hide ran into the building quickly with a pile of manuscripts, and went straight to Saito Rena's office amid a bunch of greetings.

Today is the release date of "Mass". He was supposed to go to the bookstore to check out the situation. However, just as he left the house, Saito Rena called him one after another, saying that there seemed to be some trouble in the selection of the Nobel Prize this year!
"Boom boom boom——"

Hearing the knock on the door, Saito Reina, with dark circles under her eyes and puffy eyes, replied weakly, "Come in." (End of this chapter)