I am a literary giant in Japan

The next morning.

After a sleepless night, Yasushi Ishida, who was yawning and rushing to the company by subway from home, had just arrived at the office area of ​​the "Dazhong" editorial department. Before he even greeted his colleagues, he heard one enthusiastic greeting after another.

"Good morning, Deputy Editor Ishida!"

"Good morning, Ishida-senpai!"

"Congratulations, Ishida-san!"

Among the various greetings, Yasushi Ishida heard some "strange" words.

For example, "Deputy Editor-in-Chief", "Congratulations", etc.

He didn't react for a moment and could only nod in agreement mechanically.

It wasn't until he arrived at his workstation and saw a bouquet of colorful flowers and a congratulatory letter on his desk that he realized what had happened.

“Although I believe that people are inherently good, I will repay a tooth for a tooth, double the amount! This is my principle.

Well done! Ishida-san! Oh no, I should call you Deputy Editor-in-Chief Ishida now.

Tsk tsk tsk, a 26-year-old deputy editor-in-chief, you have a bright future, congratulations!"

A familiar voice came to Ishida Taijun's ears.

He looked up and found that it was Editor-in-Chief Sawamura who had been forcibly dismissed by the editor-in-chief yesterday.

Due to a series of follow-up problems caused by the popularity of "Hanzawa Naoki", a lawyer's letter from the leading central bank in the banking industry was sent to the legal department of Beichuan Entertainment.

After layers of accountability, Ishida Yasujun's immediate superior, Editor-in-Chief Sawamura, became the biggest unlucky guy and scapegoat.

After learning that his immediate boss was kicked out of the company, Yasujun Ishida was angry but helpless.

After working in the company for a while, he is no longer the passionate young man he was at the beginning.

Failure in the university doctoral entrance examination, various beatings from society, and the lessons learned from the unspoken rules of the workplace have made the originally sharp-minded Ishida Taijun a lot more smooth.

Faced with such a thing, he could only watch Editor-in-Chief Sawamura leave sadly.

Unexpectedly, just one day later, Editor-in-Chief Sawamura returned to the company inexplicably.

"Editor-in-Chief Sawamura, you?" Ishida Taijun was surprised and happy, and couldn't help asking, "Are you okay now?"

"Yes! Thanks to you, I received a personal call from President Kitagawa less than three hours after I left the company."

Sawamura raised his head slightly and recalled what happened yesterday.

After being scolded by the editor-in-chief and forced to leave the editorial office with his boxes, Sawamura felt angry and helpless. He had to call some colleagues at the same time to find a way out.

After all, the editor-in-chief is a senior executive hired by President Kitagawa himself, and his value is far different from that of an ordinary editor-in-chief like himself.

If he were to become the president, he would probably fire people even faster!

Unexpectedly, after a lot of complaints and inquiries, the news somehow reached the ears of President Kitagawa.

Less than three hours after leaving the company, he received a call from President Kitagawa.

When he heard the pleasant voice of the woman on the other end of the line, his first reaction was that it was a phone scam!
It was not until the other party proved her identity many times that Sawamura realized that the person on the other end of the phone was indeed the elusive Kitagawa Yumeko!
It is said that President Kitagawa has been at home taking care of her two babies and does not have much time to deal with the affairs of Kitagawa Entertainment. Everything is handled by her assistant.

For a period of time within the company, many employees privately said that President Kitagawa relied on his wife's status to get Kitagawa Entertainment from Mr. Kitagawa.

Rather than this 26-year-old female president, everyone would rather have Director Shunji Iwai become the president of Kitagawa Entertainment.

Since the company was founded, employees like Sawamura have never met the president in person.

Amid such doubts, he gradually began to doubt the ability of President Kitagawa Yumeko.

Until this phone call came.

Yumeko asked about the details of the matter in a gentle manner, and then informed Sawamura of the information she had obtained after collecting evidence from multiple sources in fragments.

During the entire call, Sawamura was basically led by Yumeko.

Sawamura didn't react until Yumeko informed him that he could go to work as usual tomorrow and hung up the phone.

After a while, he realized that the female boss did not know as little about the company as everyone had assumed.

On the contrary, President Kitagawa Yumeko's grasp of the company's internal situation, understanding of industry trends, and office management capabilities far exceeded Sawamura's imagination.

Even after chatting for a while, this middle-aged man in his thirties actually felt that "I am not as good as this 26-year-old girl."

This made him extremely frustrated and shocked.

Sure enough, a woman worthy of Teacher Kitagawa is no ordinary person!
".So, the editor-in-chief was the one who was fired, and you, Sawamura-senpai, succeeded in staying."

Ishida Taijun smacked his lips softly.

He heard many secrets about Kitagawa Yumeko from his girlfriend Tomoyo Kobayashi.

However, many of the things that Tomoyo Kobayashi talked about were about communication between girls, which did not make Yasushi Ishida feel that Yumeko Kitagawa was that outstanding.

After all, her husband is Kitagawa Hide, a man so dazzling that anyone standing next to him, even the Prime Minister of Japan, will be overshadowed.

Now it seems that Kitagawa Yumeko is extremely capable and resourceful, and is fully worthy of this position.

"Yes. According to President Kitagawa, this is the embodiment of the spirit of 'Hanzawa Naoki'!

'The boss's fault is the subordinate's fault, and the subordinate's credit is the boss's credit'. This classic workplace reality should not happen in the company she leads.

Especially for our "Dazhong", which is the magazine that serializes "Hanzawa Naoki", if something like this happens inside, it would be a slap in our own face!"

Sawamura smiled and nodded.

In short, he was completely impressed by the president's vigorous and decisive working style.

"Congratulations to you too." Ishida Taijun said from the bottom of his heart.

If Editor-in-Chief Sawamura has to leave Dazhong because of this incident, it will become a hurdle that he will not be able to get over.

Fortunately, President Kitagawa Yumeko was courageous enough to fire the editor-in-chief, risking paying a large amount of liquidated damages, and leaving the innocent editor-in-chief Sawamura behind.

"Haha, I'm happy for you, but to be honest, I really envy you."

Sawamura ignored the gazes from the people around him, smiled, patted Ishida Taijun's shoulder, and approached him and said,

“It took me six years and three months to move from editor-in-chief to deputy editor-in-chief.

This speed is considered above average in the industry and is not slow.

But compared to you, it's nothing!"

"Ah, that's just my luck" is what Ishida Yasushi really thought.

After in-depth contact, he found that Mr. Kitagawa was completely different from most authors.

There was no need for him to urge for manuscripts, nor was there any need for him to help with revisions, and there was basically nothing he could do.

For the book "Hanzawa Naoki", Ishida Yasujun just picked out some flaws and improved the scraps. It feels like anyone can do the job.

"Haha, luck is also a reflection of strength." Sawamura is in a good mood now, because he also relied on pure luck to squeeze out the editor-in-chief.

"Take a close look at the cake on the table," Sawamura reminded. Ishida Taijun pushed aside the flowers and picked up the congratulatory letter, only to find that there was a small cake underneath.

The number 51.4 was written on the cake in chocolate sauce.

He was stunned for a moment, then realized that this might be referring to the first-day sales data of "Volkswagen" yesterday.

51.4, it is definitely not in thousands of copies. It is in tens of thousands of copies.

51.4 copies!

51.4 copies were sold on the first day of printing!

A new magazine of popular literature!
"H-hiss-"

Even though he had anticipated this, Ishida Taijun suddenly felt dizzy and almost fainted.

This data is a bit too exaggerated.

Of course, compared with the historical record holder, there is still a long way to go.

The current record for the first print run of a literary magazine is still held by "Wenyi" with 97.2 copies. That issue was the final chapter of "Norwegian Wood".

But compared to "Wenyi" in terms of background, design, resources and other aspects, "Dazhong" is completely inferior. If it can achieve half of the results of "Wenyi" at its peak, it would be an achievement worth bragging about for a lifetime!

No wonder the Human Resources Department dared to directly promote him, a new employee, to deputy editor-in-chief, and no one else had any objection.

No matter who comes, no one can deny this achievement.

If you insist that it's all thanks to Mr. Kitagawa, then the question is, why didn't Mr. Kitagawa ask you to be the editor-in-chief, but instead asked Yasujun Ishida?

In the workplace and society, everyone is result-oriented, and the theory of "the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit" is deeply rooted in people's minds.

At this moment, seeing the reactions and expressions of his colleagues, Ishida Taijun finally felt the taste of "society".

He took a deep breath, stopped being modest, and calmly opened the cake box, picked up a piece of sweet chocolate cake, and put it into his mouth.

At this moment, he was also happy with his achievements.

This bite of cake is really eaten for yourself.

Just as Mr. Kitagawa had said to him.

He still has a long way to go.

Teacher Rena Saito can become Teacher Kitagawa's companion on the road of pure literary creation.

Then Ishida Yasujun can also become Mr. Kitagawa's partner in the creation of popular literature!
Even though he had already had some new understanding of the popularity of "Hanzawa Naoki", when Kitagawa Hidema saw the follow-up reaction to the novel, he was still shocked!
Several Tokyo-area LDP lawmakers and cabinet members led by Ryutaro Hashimoto have adopted the model of touring with lecture cars as they compete for seats in the new round of parliament.

Then the embarrassing situation happened.

The June 6nd issue of "Volkswagen" sold more than 2 copies. At that time, Ryutaro Hashimoto was still speaking about the future economy on a speech car covered with "Hanzawa Naoki" advertisements.

He promised that as long as the people elected him, he would definitely revive the economy during his next term and make Japan's economy like the Industrial Central Bank that was resurrected from the dead.

Halfway through the speech, the secretary came running over and called for a stop, and only then did Hashimoto Ryutaro and others realize that they had been "tricked".

It is very ridiculous that these politicians are riding in the "rebellion" car and then preaching the concepts of "obedience", "order" and "citizens should serve the country".

The grand speech was forced to stop.

Hundreds of parade and speech vehicles were scrapped, which seriously affected the Liberal Democratic Party's strategy.

In the battle for seats in parliament, the Liberal Democratic Party is at a visible disadvantage.

Their mortal enemies are not stupid. After discovering that "Hanzawa Naoki" has become a big reversal, they began to support Kitagawa Sensei and "Hanzawa Naoki" and frantically suppressed the Hashimoto Cabinet.

What’s interesting is that among these people, the most motivated is the leader of another major faction within the LDP, Keizo Obuchi, who is now the foreign minister.

As a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, Keizo Obuchi went against his usual behavior and strongly supported Mr. Kitagawa and the "underdog" concept in "Hanzawa Naoki".

This is very rare among politicians.

Because doing so would mean that he would simultaneously make enemies with other parties and the majority of people in the Liberal Democratic Party.

Japan has become a mess because of "Hanzawa Naoki", and the situation overseas is even more outrageous.

Hiroshi Yamaguchi's circle of lawyers and Tetsutaro Mori's circle of literary critics simultaneously exerted their efforts, and these two large groups overseas began various discussions on whether the Nobel Prize Council and the jury are truly impartial.

Although their voices have no impact on the Nobel Prize organization, they have indeed led a large number of upper-class people overseas astray.

France, Britain, the United States, South Korea, and Civet.
Celebrities from all walks of life in various countries all have a copy of "Norwegian Wood". People who have read it or not say it is a good book and that Mr. Kitagawa is moving towards higher peaks step by step.

Everyone agrees that "Norwegian Wood" is no less literary than "The Dancing Girl of Izu", and in terms of popularity among the general public, it is even better.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is not a purely literary award; it also takes into account novel sales and public reviews.

Teacher Beichuan was shortlisted last year, so why isn’t he shortlisted this year?
Among your other works, you said "Remembrance of Things Past" is not good, and French readers have something to say.

You say "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is not good, and readers from the Six Civet Cat Countries have something to say.

You say "The Old Man and the Sea" is not good, and American readers have something to say.

You say that Mr. Beichuan is not good. Well, the Goncourt Prize and the Pulitzer Prize for Literature have something to say.

The Nobel Prize jury and board of directors were really embarrassed by this.

Among so many celebrities, there are some who are not afraid of trouble and do not collude with the guys in Arnault's private club.

Finally, a big shot stepped in to crack down on this corrupt literary club and the Arnaults who were abusing their positions to do illegal things.

Sweden and Norway, once literary sanctuaries, have suddenly become the rats crossing the street, and everyone is calling for their deaths.

This is probably the first time in the history of world literature that everyone has attacked the Nobel Prize itself just because a certain writer was not shortlisted for the Nobel Prize!
In fact, at this moment, the undefeated golden body of the Nobel Prize in Literature has been somewhat shattered.

But it’s not over yet.

Just when everyone was condemning the Nobel Prize officials, a new outrageous move came from the French literary world.

For the new Goncourt Prize, the French Literary Association and the University Literary Federation discussed it, and after several discussions with the literature award jury, they unanimously decided to give the award to Kitagawa Hide again.

Yes.

You heard that right.

As expected, Kitagawa Hide won the highest literary award in French literature for the second time.

He also became the only writer in French literary history to win the Goncourt Prize twice!
This kind of top award is basically not awarded to the same person twice——

Unless he is strong enough to crush all the writers of an era.

In this regard, no one dares to say that they are worthy.

And now.

The French literary world slapped the Nobel Prize officials in the face.

It tells the world through practical actions.

Beichuan Xiu, you deserve it! (End of this chapter)