I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 372 "Tokyo People": A true documentary literary masterpiece!

In the end, Meggie gave up the idea of ​​inviting Yumiko to a cafe or milk tea shop.

He was short of money and hadn't been to such a consumption place for a long time.

He was not familiar with the current market conditions of those stores and was worried that he would not be able to afford the consumption there, which would be embarrassing.

Gongzi saw through his embarrassment at a glance and readily took him to the park nearby.

The temperature in Tokyo in June is just right, and the park benches are filled with all kinds of young couples.

The two of them randomly picked a piece of fresh grass to sit down, sitting back to back, and started reading "Literature and Art" in their hands.

Groups of bosozoku and bad girls can be seen everywhere on the streets of Tokyo.

But there are very few people like them who sit back to back and read pure literature magazines.

It feels like a corporate guy in a suit and tie suddenly turns into a biker, which is very eye-catching.

Meggie and Yumiko didn't care about the looks from people around them. They had experienced all kinds of looks and were long past the age where they would get furious.

“Before reading some weird text, think about how you are going to get your next meal!”

Before reading Kitagawa's novel, Meggie had a disdainful attitude towards those homeless people who had no money but still insisted on reading novels.

Tokyo Broadcasting System TBS and many other TV stations have reported on this type of special readers in large numbers.

They were left penniless due to the bursting of the bubble economy and wandered the streets of a bustling metropolis. They survived on free curry rice and drinking water in Internet cafes and their lives were precarious.

But it is this group of people who are willing to use the government relief money to buy literary magazines.

Every time she saw these people, Meggie felt only endless disgust and nausea in her heart.

His father was such a person.

The mother is not much better.

The literary magazine did not change the fate of his parents, sisters and him, but the expenditure of several hundred yen per month did allow him to eat less meat.

Today, this concept has undergone a radical change because of "Tokyo People".

Gongzi also thought so at first.

The unique nature of her job allows her to come into contact with a large number of different men.

Many men who seek out Fan Chunniang like to pretend to be literary and artistic, making themselves appear to be frustrated writers.

In fact, they say things that they might have learned today from literary magazines.

Some of them don’t even understand the meaning.

Of course, no matter how outrageous they blew, the girls would applaud wholeheartedly and praise them with all their might.

Use soft moans and boasting to make them lost, so as to empty their pockets.

Of course, Yumiko also knew some girls who were truly fascinated by these fake literati.

Their final fate is the same as Komako in "Snow Country", being completely abandoned by the men they loved and becoming resentful women in the boudoir.

Those men would gather together to exchange experiences. The successful ones never got tired of it, while the unsuccessful ones blamed themselves for not pretending to be cool and decided to buy some popular new books to read.

Now, her prejudice against pure literature was also broken by "Tokyo People" serialized in "Wenyi".

At the end of the last episode of "Tokyo People", the relationship between Akio Koyama and Keiko Koyama had broken down due to financial problems.

But what interested and curious Yumiko the most was the story between the female character with the same name in the novel and her brother Qing in the reconstituted family.

"Gongzi, don't walk so fast!"

Qing caught up with her and put the shirt in his arms over her shoulders.

“On a rainy day, whether you walk or run, you will get wet.”

Is that so? That's not the truth!

If you get under the eaves earlier, you will get less rain.

Yumiko didn't think so. She tried her best to run and walk under the eaves to avoid the raindrops. After entering the bright west exit of the station, she immediately returned the shirt to Qing.

"Thank you. I'm feeling a little hot." She looked up at the big clock above the ticket gate. "Tomorrow's class schedule hasn't been arranged yet. I also want to talk to my mother about watching a movie today. If I don't go back early, I'll forget it."

Qing could clearly feel that Yumiko was avoiding him.

At this moment, he was sure that the girl in front of him was no longer the little girl who had followed him around since childhood.

She was avoiding her kisses, her caresses, her passionate and unfettered love.

Qing didn't understand why Gongzi said that. He wanted to grab her shoulders and ask her clearly, or just punch her hard.

Gongzi did not hate Qing and always regarded him as her own brother.

But because of this, she could not accept the intimate love of the opposite sex as brotherly love.

Gongzi was puzzled.

If it is true as Qing said, the love between brothers and sisters is a symbol of the love between men and women.

Must childhood playfulness become an engagement that continues into the unknown future?
"Put it on, otherwise you will catch a cold." Qing picked up the coat and stubbornly wanted to put it on Gongzi, and tried to hold Gongzi with one hand and walk forward like before.

"No, it's hot."

Gongzi twisted her body to avoid the coat and stopped the big hand that was about to wander around her waist.

this moment.

The rain spread like smoke.

In front of the seemingly high-end residence, tall trees blocked out the sun, and from time to time the sound of branches cracking and creaking could be heard from among the dark branches and leaves.

"Do you like me or not?"

Qing could no longer restrain himself and asked Gongzi.

After seeing this part of the plot, Gongzi, who was holding the novel, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and was sincerely impressed by Mr. Kitagawa's extremely delicate writing style.

This kind of interesting situation sometimes happens when young men and women are in love.

Usually, when boys are sure to lose, they still can't help but confess to girls.

In fact, true and smooth love does not require confession. Two people can slowly become lovers through ambiguity.

Confession is a declaration of victory, not a clarion call to charge.

Sure enough, Qing's confession did not get a response from Yumiko, and his deep kiss was also disgusted by Yumiko.

"Rude! I don't like rude people!"

Gongzi struggled to break free from Qing's arms, wiped his lips with his hand, and ran away along the wall.

Also on this same day.

Keiko, who worked as a maid in Kitagawa's house, was confessed to for the first time by Mr. Shimamura, who often visited her.

In this way, the mother and daughter, who were not related by blood, accidentally felt the man's love in different senses.

At this point in the novel, Gongzi can clearly feel the sense of oppression in the dull plot that is so close to real life.

Keiko Koyama, who was tortured to death by her husband;
The eldest daughter Asako was raped by a young producer because of her dream of becoming a star;
The eldest son Qing, who has developed an illicit love affair with his step-sister, is already unable to control himself;

And the second daughter Yumiko, who only retreats from love and doesn't even know what she wants.
Keiko Oyama's family is the most typical "Tokyo-born" family from outside.

The whole family depends on the head of the family, Akio Koyama, who is just an ordinary Tokyo native.

Yumiko's family background is not good, otherwise she would not have ended up in Kabukicho.

This is true for all the bad girls who hang out in Kabukicho.

We all come from this imperfect "Tokyo family".

Some were once Asako who had dreams of becoming a star, and some were once the innocent and naive Yumiko.

But in the end, without exception, they all became young prostitutes who made a living in sex shops. Tokyo is such a charming and cruel place!

When reading these plots, Meggie thought more about his childhood experiences.

The imperfect "Tokyo family" brought him to this point. Other memories have long been blurred, but the depression and anxiety of his childhood are still fresh in his memory for a lifetime.

"The life of 'Tokyo people' is like a fine net. They use their past enthusiasm and expectations to weave such an airtight net, and then lock up their last freedom."

Meggie couldn't agree more with what Kitagawa-sensei had said in voice-over mode.

The two of them finished reading this issue of the serial at the same time, and then let out a loud cry of delight at the same time.

Many young couples on the park benches were also watching "Wenyi". After watching the new content of "Tokyo People", the emotions in their hearts were no less than those of Meggie and the others.

This new book written by Hide Kitagawa does not have the heart-wrenching conflicts and contradictions like "Hanzawa Naoki" in the plot, nor does it have suicidal emotional entanglements. It just unfolds the characters lightly and slowly. It is written in a light and leisurely manner, but it is so fascinating.

Most readers who just feel that the novel is good cannot express the wonderful feeling that "Tokyo People" brings to them.

Meggie and Yumiko racked their brains but couldn't even describe their current mood.

However, university professors such as Takeuchi Osamu saw it very clearly.

"Tokyo People" is different from Hide Kitagawa's previous works.

The "Kitakawa Hidefu" among them is almost zero.

From an objective point of view, Takeuchi Osamu and others feel that the "Hidefu Kitagawa" novels best reflect Kitagawa Hide's literary creation ability, and are also an important reason for his future deification in the world literary arena.

"Youth Trilogy", "Border", "No Longer Human", "The Dancing Girl of Izu", and "Snow Country" are the masterpieces among the masterpieces.

But now, after watching "Tokyo People", their views have changed again.

"A heavy sword has no edge, and great skill appears clumsy." This is the true highest realm of writing!
In the book "Tokyo People", Hide Kitagawa introduces Keiko Oyama's life and her family, reflecting the current living conditions of a large number of "Tokyo people" from a particular point to a whole.

These seemingly mundane and trivial things exist in every society and every class. Kitagawa Hide digs out the joys and sorrows of life from these ordinary things and reveals the loneliness and solitude in people's hearts.

While allowing readers to taste the bitterness of life, they can also directly experience the cruelty, helplessness and sadness of reality.

The current situation of "Tokyo people" will be the current situation of many young people in neighboring big cities in the future.

Working in Shanghai, spending money in Shanghai, I want to take some home as soon as I leave!

A worker, a worker’s soul, it is impossible to become a Shanghai resident if you work all your life!
The slightly surrealist style of writing is more shocking than the "aesthetics of death" in some of Kitagawa Hide's works.

As a pure literary work, "Tokyo People" perfectly took over the popularity after the completion of "Snow Country".

Kitagawa Hideya once again became famous in the world literary world with this new work.

Then something outrageous happened again.

I heard that the Pulitzer Prize in the United States has begun considering giving this year's award to Hide Kitagawa.

As soon as this unconfirmed news came out, the British Booker Prize for Literature also began to stir.

Last year, Kitagawa Hide won the Booker International Prize, and was criticized by many readers for this.

This year, the jury of the Booker Prize for Literature even planned to bypass this international award and directly give the local literature award to a foreigner, Hide Kitagawa.

However, whether this news is true or not, the huge wave of popularity it brought has made "Tokyo Human", which has only been translated a little, a hot seller overseas.

On the afternoon of June 6th.

Oricon, a rare company, issued a supplement and held consultations with the six major TV stations, and finally decided to broadcast a news insert at 3 pm.

According to incomplete statistics, the June 1998 issue of "Wenyi" sold 6 copies in Japan in just half a day!

If this trend continues, breaking the new record on the first day of purchase is almost certain.

It seems that there is no upper limit to Kitagawa Hide's novels. Just when everyone thinks they have reached the limit, they always soar a few more times!

The person who was responsible for all this, Hide Kitagawa, who was busy changing diapers for his daughter and son, didn't care about these things at all.

Recently, Yumeko and her friends went to Paris for a trip, and the responsibility of taking care of the two little ones fell entirely on his shoulders. Kitagawa Hide is now too lazy to even pay attention to the Nobel Prize.

Nothing in the universe is as important as his two treasures!

These days, after receiving special training from Jabami Rei, Kitagawa Hide can finally take care of the babies' diet and daily life with ease. He has also become proficient in changing diapers and his speed has also increased.

The only thing that made him extremely defensive was that when night fell, if Jabami Rei didn't come to sleep with them, he found it difficult to coax the children to sleep.

But Jabami Rei is both a busy superstar and a single woman, so it is not good for her to always go to Kitagawa Hide's house.

As for Keiko Oyama, before the release of "Tokyo People", she resolutely divorced her ex-husband, moved into the villa opposite with her children, and became the new hostess.

These days she was busy planning her wedding and honeymoon with Shimamura and was unable to come to Kitagawa Hide's house to help.

On the evening of January 6th, at 18:9.

"Whoa whoa-"

Kitagawa Toru's loud crying soon attracted his younger sister Kitagawa Midori.

Kitagawa Hide was so angry that he wanted to hit his son on the head.

But he was afraid of turning him into a fool, so he finally refrained from doing it.

He pushed the cradle with one hand and comforted the two little ones with the other. After half an hour, he finally succeeded in calming them down.

But before Kitagawa Hide had time to celebrate, his daughter Midori suddenly opened her eyes wide and burst into tears again.

The daughter was crying, and the son next to her naturally couldn't calm down either.

Kitagawa Hide, who was going crazy again, picked up his daughter helplessly. He first rocked her back and forth, patted her back with his hands, and then sang a nursery rhyme to put her to sleep.

This went on for a long time, and when Kitagawa Hide looked up at the clock again, he found that it was already 12: in the evening!

"This is more tiring than writing a book." Kitagawa Hide slumped on the bed and asked Jabami Rei for advice on his phone.

Although this sharp-tongued woman's words are unpleasant to the ears, she is really good at coaxing children.

Every time she came, the two little guys would quickly be trained and obedient.

"Of course, otherwise if children were so easy to raise, there wouldn't be so many young people giving them to their parents to raise."

Jabami Rei is applying a facial mask and feeling happy.

She just hoped that Archer and the others could make more noise so that Kitagawa Hide would suffer more "punishment".

But despite all the joking, after venting her depressed emotions, Jabami Rei still explained to Kitagawa Hide the little secrets of raising a child and many things to pay attention to.

Beichuan Xiu took notes while listening: ". Appropriate nursery rhymes or bedtime stories are also very important. Although children may not understand them for the time being, this is similar to prenatal education. It will gradually have a good effect.
Wait, you promised me a bedtime story?"

"Yeah. There aren't any good stories on the market recently." Jabami Rei had already helped him explore the way.

Children's literature is also a desert area in Japanese literature.

The reason for this phenomenon is quite interesting.

In Japan, due to the existence of a rating system, all kinds of works in the entertainment industry are of a high standard.

Among youth reading materials, there are very few literary works specifically for young children to read, because that would go against the general market trend.

Shogakukan Publishing House, which originally specialized in producing reading materials for elementary school students, has gradually begun to transform. Most of the content it produces now covers all age groups and is no longer exclusively for elementary school students.

When Kitagawa Hide was asked to think of similar reading material, he really couldn't find it.

The first ones that often pop up are anime works such as "Detective Conan", "Crayon Shin-chan", and "Ultraman Series".

But if you think about it carefully, these works are not just for young children.

After thinking for a while, he came up with another children's book that was very popular in his previous life.

"The Little Prince".

This is a milestone in French children's literature. In the history of world children's literature, it is as famous as "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and "Aesop's Fables", and is known as the world's three major short fairy tales in children's literature!

(End of this chapter)