I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 416: Shocking Finale
"The two big financial groups, Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, underestimated the appeal of Mr. Kitagawa's novels."

Holding the Nikkan Sports Newspaper with the article "Literature" wrapped inside, Kaoru whispered to Yumiko and Meggie.

Yumiko and the other person kept nodding their heads like chicks pecking at rice, and were shocked by Seikado Bookstore's "shy sales model".

They still remember the frustration of not being able to find a sales point to buy Beichuan.

But at that time, these well-known bookstores would not take such a big risk for "Beichuan".

So in the final analysis, it is the combination of Mr. Kitagawa and "Wenyi" that has an influence far beyond the foundation, which makes bookstore clerks take risks and sell magazines secretly.

Of course, there is no doubt that the shop assistants are dissatisfied with the stupid trick that the top management of the consortium came up with on the spur of the moment, which is to "kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of your own."

"So it seems that Kawade Shobo and our Beichuan Entertainment are not completely unable to compete with the two major financial groups?"

Meggie whispered, scratching her head.

"Snapped!"

Gongzi slapped him on the head in anger, and then said firmly: "Idiot! What do you mean by completely unable to compete? It's obvious that in the literary market, we are much better than those annoying consortiums!"

Although he has only joined Beichuan not long ago, Gongzi has already sat firmly on the throne and is determined to stand by Beichuan forever.

No matter what the real situation was, at least in front of Teacher Kaoru, she had to appear to be completely convinced.

"Okay, okay, let's just read the magazine first."

Xunzi took a look at their "duo act", chuckled, and then turned her attention back to the "Literature and Art" in her hand.

Last time at the Asakusa Shrine, Mr. Kitagawa took her to watch "The Villain" and explained the writing ideas, techniques and philosophy contained in the story one by one.

From the plot to the writing style, "The Villain" subverted Kaoru's inherent understanding of pure literature novels, and also made her realize that Mr. Kitagawa was deliberately blurring the boundaries between pure literature and popular literature.

She believes that in the future, this writing style will become popular throughout Japan and be sought after by a large number of readers.

As a new generation of editors and writers, she and Yumiko should study this writing technique as early as possible to pave the way for their future works.

"Yes, Teacher Kaoru!" Yumiko and the others were still unclear about Kaoru's deeper intentions, and they just followed her to learn Teacher Kitagawa's novels.

No matter where Teacher Kaoru points, they will hit there without any hesitation.

The plot of the novel continues from the previous chapter.

In the previous serialized episode, "The Villain" freezes on the conversation where Hayashi Masumi begins to "teach" Terada Tatsumi how to control a man.

The Japanese people were shocked by Hayashi Masumi's theory of "emotional value" and her in-depth analysis of men's needs.

As a result, a large number of people imitating the "Hayashi Masumi" writing style even appeared on the Internet.

It can be said that the Hayashi Masumi presented in the book "The Villain" has become more popular than the real Hayashi Masumi who committed heinous crimes.

Kaoru had imagined many times, what kind of expression would she have when she learned about this if Hayashi Masumi had not yet been sentenced to death?
Satisfied? Shocked? Regretful? Angry?
she does not know.

But she knew that the answer was hidden in the final chapter of this issue.

Opening the magazine "Wenyi" with a strong scent of ink, Kaoru and the other two immediately turned to the serialized page of "The Villain".

The chapter title that catches your eye is "On the Road to Happiness".

After fruitless negotiations with Hayashi Masumi and herself being somewhat influenced by her, coupled with her fiancé's inexplicable infidelity and betrayal, Terada Tatsumi finally reached the brink of a mental breakdown.

She returned to the company and used the news resources and power at her disposal to first maliciously edit the reports, then incite public opinion, and even collaborated with judicial institutions to manipulate evidence and directly expose Hayashi Masumi.

In the real world, Tatsumi Terada has indeed done something similar.

However, in reality, she is just a female anchor of a small radio station under Tokyo Broadcasting System TBS. Her influence is limited and she has not caused any substantial harm to Hayashi Masumi.

But in the novel, Mr. Kitagawa magnified her power and energy, thereby speeding up the plot and intensifying the conflicts.

Tatsumi Terada felt that she had definitely won.

Little did she know that her father, Takao Terada, had long been bewildered by Hayashi Masumi, and no matter what others said, he just didn't believe that Hayashi Masumi was that kind of person.

Seeing that Hayashi Masumi was about to be arrested and sentenced, in order to prove her innocence, Terada Takao took extreme measures. He left a suicide note condemning his daughter and then committed suicide by burning charcoal.

In the letter, he used tears and blood to denounce his daughter, whom he had raised since childhood and with whom he had always had an extremely close relationship.

"I don't know when my originally lovely and kind daughter became a demon."

"They distorted the facts, used public opinion, and confused right and wrong.

In order to achieve the goal, he would stop at nothing, even using his own father!"

The words that hit her heart one after another almost made Terada Tatsumi collapse.

What she could not accept the most was that the person who finally pushed her father to his death was not the evil Hayashi Masumi, but herself.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him!
Hayashi Masumi was acquitted because of Terada Takao's suicide note.

Terada Tatsumi's behavior of confusing right and wrong and manipulating public opinion was also made public.

Realizing that this was the best opportunity to reform Terada Tatsumi, Hayashi Masumi immediately went to Terada Tatsumi and had another long talk with him late into the night.

This time, the conversation between the two was no longer as tense as their last dinner table conversation.

Two women with completely different personalities and conditions in all aspects sat at the table and chatted like a mother and daughter.

From Terada Tatsumi's broken childhood, to her seemingly perfect but actually devastated career, to her current miserable life of being alone with nothing.

Terada Tatsumi's defenses were finally completely broken by Hayashi Masumi.

Question the evil woman, slander the evil woman, and become the evil woman.

At this moment, Terada Tatsumi suddenly realized.

What pained her was not that she had forced her father to death with her own hands.

What she was unwilling to accept was not the miserable defeat.

She just felt unhappy from the bottom of her heart.

Why can a vicious dinosaur woman who is not as good as me in age, appearance, figure, ability, etc. live better and a hundred times more wonderfully than me?
At this point, Terada Tatsumi completely accepted everything about Hayashi Masumi and became her successor.

In fact, Kitagawa Hideto has hinted in this direction in every corner of the novel.

For example, when she was working in the past, Terada Tatsumi would do anything to get breaking news.

In order to exaggerate the news, she used her father's birthday number to open Hayashi Masumi's mansion and exposed her family's luxurious life one by one.

After seeing her father and others mesmerized by Hayashi Masumi's cooking skills, she secretly took the exact same Japanese cooking course.

The second half of the plot perfectly reproduces the entire process of the Wakayama poisonous curry case committed by Hayashi Masumi and his wife.

Because Kitagawa Hide had previously specifically sought out Hayashi Masumi for a talk, he was very familiar with the cause and process of the case.

In addition, he also consulted a large number of police files through Hikigaya Nako's channel and understood every corner of the case from all angles. Therefore, although the last half of the ending plot is something that readers have already known and read, it is still vivid and interesting to read, making people unable to stop.

This also cleverly avoids the defect that the last half of the plot is not fresh enough and easily makes readers feel bored.

Only by reading and deconstructing Mr. Kitagawa's novels in depth can you fully appreciate their power and exquisiteness.

This is the most profound feeling that Kaoru had after reading all of Kitagawa Hide's novels.

The Wakayama poisonous curry case was originally a major mystery.

From top to bottom, countless people found it difficult to understand why Hayashi Masumi, who was sure of victory, would do such a stupid thing.

At the end of the novel "The Villain", Kitagawa Hide answered this question for all readers:

Hayashi Masumi was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and it was in the late stage.

The medical examination report sent to him by Terada Tatsumi was also attached at the end, becoming the ironclad evidence to prove the truth of the matter.

"So, this is what you mean by the road to happiness?"

When Xunzi saw the ending, she felt a chill.

Hayashi Masumi went on a killing spree due to her advanced cancer, and finally successfully selected and trained a successor. She also gave Terada Takao's life insurance and all her inheritance to Terada Tatsumi.

In a sense, isn't Hayashi Masumi on the road to happiness?

She was "resurrected" in the body of Tatsumi Terada.

Takao Terada committed suicide by burning charcoal for his lover, using his own life to prove Hayashi Masumi's innocence.

This is also a way to happiness, and he is on the road to happiness.

Terada Tatsumi, who survived in the end, finally won, got everything, and became the new "villain".

In her future life, won’t she be “happy”?
But is this kind of happiness real happiness?

When she was on the verge of death, didn't Hayashi Masumi ever regret it?
At the moment of burning charcoal, Takao Terada must have thought of his beloved daughter and thought about the rest of her life, which would be spent in pain and despair.

Is he really happy doing this?

Although she survived and got everything, but lying on the bed in a mansion, having lost her father, mother, fiancé, work ideals, and sense of shame, did Tatsumi Terada really have happiness?

The evil of evil women is not just their personal evil.

This inherited evil is like a curse, causing evil women to live in endless pain from generation to generation.

This is the deeper meaning that Kitagawa Hide really wants to express through this story.

The evil woman's inheritance is not a gift, but a curse!

"call--"

Kaoru let out a long sigh.

Yumiko and Meggie, who had just finished reading the novel, also shuddered.

Mr. Kitagawa fills the entire novel with unknown "malice".

After reading it through, no one will want to be Masumi Hayashi or Tatsumi Terada anymore.

That kind of endless feeling of pain and suffocation makes one's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

“No wonder Mr. Beichuan said this ending might cause an uproar.”

Kaoru remembers the helpless yet determined look in Mr. Kitagawa's eyes when she mentioned the ending of "The Villain" at the Asakusa Shrine.

He knew that writing this would make readers uncomfortable, but he did it anyway.

"The right and wrong, the merits and demerits, will be judged by future generations."

Hide Kitagawa used an old saying from next door to put the final nail in the coffin of "The Villainess".

Just as Kitagawa Hide expected, shortly after the October 1998 issue of "Wenyi" was released, the huge response brought by the final chapter of "The Villain" instantly overwhelmed the entire literary market.

The "blackening" of Terada Tatsumi and the cause of death of Hayashi Masumi have become topics of much discussion.

Writing important characters in the novel in a dark and evil direction is unprecedented in the history of Japanese literature.

This requires the creator to have great courage, a deep understanding of his or her readers, and great confidence in his or her creative abilities.

"The Villain" is a "semi-original" novel adapted from a real case by Hideki Kitagawa, combined with the movie of the same name and his own writing style.

This should be a new monument for him in his writing career.

The final response to "The Villain" is also a true reflection of his tireless learning and hard work over the past three years.

Whether he has the potential to climb to higher peaks with his own writing ability, "The Villainess" is the first step to verify this.

The final result was neither good nor bad for Kitagawa Hide.

The sales of the October issue of "Wenyi" on the first day of printing once again exceeded 10 million copies, achieving the amazing achievement of "three consecutive million" for the first time in history.

The final chapter of "The Villain" was so popular that even the famous bookstores that were fully controlled by the consortium did not hesitate to go against their will and secretly sell "Wenyi" despite the pressure.

However, readers have different opinions on the BD ending (bad ending) of "The Villain". Some admired Kitagawa Hide's ingenious writing skills and said that the novel has reached a new level, while others cursed him, saying that he did not give them any hope.

Shortly after the final chapter of the novel was published, Tatsumi Terada resigned from Tokyo Broadcasting System TBS and left Tokyo forever on a plane to London.

This was the escape route she had negotiated with Kitagawa Hide after she sent the medical report and her own notebook.

In reality, Tatsumi Terada did not inherit Masumi Hayashi's legacy. After losing everything and gaining enlightenment, she chose to leave Japan to study abroad and start a new life.

This is also one of the reasons why Kitagawa Hide dared to write the final ending like this.

The unscrupulous media who originally wanted to take the opportunity to hype up Terada Tatsumi suffered a setback, so they vented their anger on "The Villainess".

Just when the two major foundations and the Nobel Prize officials are angrily criticizing Kitagawa Hide, the unscrupulous media are adding fuel to the fire, criticizing Kitagawa Hide's writing for not having enough positive energy.

It is obvious that now is a time when the people are depressed and the country is frustrated. Instead of writing something inspiring, he deliberately wrote such a disgusting ending. His heart is despicable!
But despite the negative reviews, the ever-increasing sales of "Wenyi" cannot deceive anyone.

People are curious about something, and the more controversial it is, the more they want to know about it.

In terms of economic and commercial value, "The Villain" is undoubtedly the most successful pure literary novel in the second half of the year.

It sold much better than "Tokyo Human", and its sales volume is catching up with "Snow Country" and "Norwegian Wood".

the other side.

Kitagawa Hidenori, who was in the whirlpool of public opinion, suddenly disappeared.

Keizo Obuchi's secretary visited him several times and finally learned that Kitagawa had gone to the University of Tokyo School of Medicine.
(End of this chapter)