I am a literary giant in Japan

"Good evening, Kyoko-chan~ I'm not getting fat!

Don't be angry, Liuli-chan, I was wrong recently, Xunzi will apologize to you!"

Kaoru took their hands and walked to the dining table where kotatsu, tea and snacks were already placed. Then she clasped her hands together and said to the two of them playfully.

Kyoko sat down cross-legged, picked up a piece of cake from "Chizuru Cake House" and put it into her mouth. While chewing, she didn't forget to complain: "Hey, I eat desserts from "Chizuru Cake House" every day, and you still say I haven't gained weight~"

"Humph! Since you apologized so sincerely, I will reluctantly forgive you this time.

But if there is a next time, hehe"

The tsundere Chihaya Ruri sat down with the two of them. After being fed a few pieces of cake by Kaoruko, she was actually already very happy, but she pretended to be dissatisfied on the surface and would never lose her character in front of her two best friends!

After easily making her two best friends happy, Kaoru picked up a copy of "Literature and Art" on the table, smiled and tore off the transparent film, inviting the two to enjoy the "large-scale solo show" of the Kitagawa writers together.

Since Mr. Beichuan became famous, his strong personal writing style, varied writing topics, and writing speed far exceeding that of ordinary writers have all deeply influenced batches of new blank-paper writers.

I don’t know when a group of writers calling themselves “Beichuan School” emerged on the Internet.

They raised flags and gathered followers online, swearing to defend Teacher Beichuan to the death while also taking advantage of the traffic to promote their own novels.

Among these writers, some have not yet made their official debut, some are already the mainstays of some publishing houses, and some are even quite famous in the Japanese literary world.

These people gathered together and called themselves the "Kitagawa Party" in the Japanese literary world. They began to regard themselves as anonymous disciples of Mr. Kitagawa. Over time, they were actually recognized by readers.

After noticing this, Kawaide Shobo did not send a lawyer's letter to this group of authors who seemed to be trying to attract traffic. Instead, it invited them to join its publishing house in the name of the company.

Seeing that "Party A" was so magnanimous, members of the "Kitagawa Party" immediately climbed up the ladder and joined "Bunnyei", forming a truly new force in Japanese literary circles.

Now, the "Kitagawa Party" headed by Mayumi Aso, Keigo Higashino and Shiro Dango has launched a blatant attack to defend the reputation of Teacher Kitagawa and to fight it out with the Nagai and other conservative Japanese writers who attacked him!
While flipping through the magazine and listening to industry insider Kaoru explain these secrets, Chihaya Ruri and Kyoko felt that today's magazine reading activity had become sacred.

It seems that just by buying and reading "Wenyi", you are also helping Teacher Beichuan and standing in the same camp as the "Beichuan Party" literati!

"I also want to be an editor in a publishing house in the future!" Chihaya Ruri said, clenching her fists.

"Ruri-chan is going to inherit the family business in the future, right? Then shouldn't your goal be the medical school of the University of Tokyo or Osaka University?" Kyoko said, puffing her cheeks.
"As for me, I just want to have something to eat in the future. It would be best if Xunzi-chan becomes a big editor and I can be her assistant."

The Chihaya Group is a well-known small conglomerate in Japan with a total volume of approximately 300 billion yen. Its main business is medical auxiliary equipment such as hearing aids.

Chairman Chihaya has only one daughter, Chihaya Ruri, so the Chihaya family will definitely find a son-in-law in the future, let Chihaya Ruri control the consortium, and then let her children inherit the family business.

Therefore, no matter from which perspective, the Chihaya family should require Chihaya Ruri to apply for the medical school of a famous university.

When talking about this heavy topic, Chihaya Ruri suddenly felt that the Chizuru brand cake in her mouth no longer tasted good.

Kyoko also realized that she seemed to have said something wrong, and quickly clasped her hands together and apologized to Chihaya Ruri.

"Sorry, sorry, Liuli-chan, I didn't mean to throw cold water on you."

".Actually, what Kyoko said is not wrong. Dad has trained me for so many years, but I only care about what I want to do."

Chihaya Ruri lowered her head.

"Ruri-chan!"

Seeing her friend suddenly become dejected, Xunzi, who had experienced the beatings of society and the workplace, immediately put down the magazine in her hand, held her shoulders with both hands, and encouraged her vigorously,

"Don't be discouraged! You are much more talented in literature than I am. You will definitely become a top editor like Reina-sister in the future.

Inheriting the family business is important, but I don’t want the future Liuli-chan to cry among mountains of gold and silver.

I don’t want Liuli-chan to become unhappy.

So let’s work hard together! Let’s work hard for the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tokyo!”

"Kaoru. Woo woo woo."

Although she knew that Kaoruko's words were meant to comfort her, the sensitive Miss Chihaya Ruri couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat, which completely ruined her character.

Kyoko also came over and nodded, "That's right. Liuli-chan always gets A grades in Chinese exams, so being an editor at a publishing house shouldn't be a piece of cake."

"Thank you, Kyoko." Chihaya Ruri wiped her eyes.

Indeed, among the three, Kaoru's grades are the most balanced, while Chihaya Ruri is the most biased in one subject, but her preference happens to be Chinese.

Especially the Chinese questions, I could always get nearly full marks.

After some consolation, Chihaya Ruri's mood finally improved, and the three of them continued to read this issue of "Wenyi".

Kaoru and the other two are all fans of Kitagawa's books, and they also like Kitagawa's four formal disciples.

Kyoko, who is usually the most carefree, likes the "healing queen" Mayumi Aso.

Aso's novels are delicate and sincere in emotion, and often involve some little girls' fantasies, which is very much in line with Kyoko's taste.

When they first heard Kyoko say that she loved reading Aso's novels, Kaoru and her boyfriend were surprised.

After all, this kind of pure literature with a lot of romantic scenes is what literary girls who hope for perfect love like to read.

Kyoko doesn't look like a high school girl who can be associated with a literary girl.

"The title of the book is "Premonition of Sorrow", which sounds very emotional."

Kyoko crossed her legs and couldn't wait to read Mayumi Aso's new book.

This novel was also placed on the front page of the November issue of "Wenyi", which meant that it was the leader of the "Beichuan Party" in resisting the first wave of offensives by conservative literati.

This shows the importance and confidence that the editorial department of Wenyi Magazine attaches to Mr. Aso's novel.

"The girl Yayoi, who was born with supernatural powers, received many revelations and finally came to the house of her 'aunt'.

Xue Ye, a music teacher with eccentric words and deeds, lives alone in that old house filled with lush greenery.

Time passed silently and almost transparently as the two of them were together.

On a gloomy afternoon, the sound of Yukino's piano faded away in the air, and the early summer story of Yayoi at the age of nineteen began.

Aunt? Biological sister? What unbearable pain does Yukino have in her heart that makes her escape until now? How can the mystery of the complicated relationship between Yayoi and Yukino be solved through tracking and redemption? "

After reading the introduction, Kyoko was shocked again. The title of the book seemed like a romance novel, but the introduction...
There are superpowers, other women of uncertain identities, and seemingly many mysteries.

Is Mr. Aso going to follow Mr. Kitagawa's example and create a completely new track?

She continued to read and found that the beginning of the novel was full of the "Beichuan Party" style -

After Keigo Higashino's "The Secret" became a hit, a group of authors learned that the conception and early opening of the novel came from Mr. Kitagawa.

As a result, this writing style that creates suspense and exciting plots at the beginning suddenly became popular in the literary world.

The same is true of Mayumi Aso's book "Premonition of Sorrow".

The heroine Yayoi had been staying at "Aunt" Yukino's house during the holidays.

In the early summer of her nineteenth year, when Yayoi used her supernatural powers to sense that she still had a forgotten childhood, she realized that the "Auntie" Yukino who lived alone was actually her biological sister, so she resolutely went to meet her.

Unexpectedly, Yukino, who had been chatting and laughing with Yayoi like a close friend before, left without saying goodbye the next morning because he could not bear the pain of memories when Yayoi came to recognize her!

In order to help her sister get out of the haze and stop running away, Yayoi follows her sister, guided by her gradually recovering memories. But when she arrives, she's gone.

Just like that, in just the first three chapters, the suspenseful and exciting atmosphere, coupled with Mayumi Aso's extremely delicate writing style, immediately attracted Kyoko's attention.

During this process, Yayoi also developed feelings for her former "brother". This forbidden "sister-brother love" made Kyoko blush, but she couldn't stop.

“This new novel will surely take Mr. Aso to a higher level in the literary world!”

After reading the five chapters of "Premonition of Sorrow", Kyoko said this with certainty in her heart.

And she had also read "New Literary Image" which was released on the 15th. After careful recollection, she found that several conservative writers whose styles were similar to those of Mr. Aso were completely defeated by Mr. Aso in terms of the quality of their new books!
This brand new setting and world view, coupled with the interesting and taboo story content, is simply incomparable to those old-fashioned novels!

If Kaoru and Chihaya Ruri beside her hadn't been still reading magazines, she would have wanted to run over to see how the "Aso fans" on the Internet were discussing "Premonition of Sorrow".

On the other hand, Chihaya Ruri, who usually behaves like a tsundere and presents herself as a hot girl in school, likes the equally rebellious Danki Shirou the most.

It is said that Mr. Tuangui once wrote disgusting erotic novels.

But in Chihaya Ruri's view, this is actually a manifestation of her "unrestrained personality".

What happened to erotic novels?
If there is no market, how can this kind of novel appear?

Besides, Mr. Tuangui had to write that kind of novel because of financial constraints, not because he was willing to degenerate!

In "Everything About Lily Chou-Chou", Chihaya Ruri saw her own shadow in many characters, and thus became more and more fascinated by Danki Shirou's novels.

The last book, "Under the Blooming Cherry Trees", which was popular in the niche circle, fascinated her with its weird and curious writing style, and she quoted some of it many times in the Chinese exams.

My Chinese exam results are so good, doesn't that prove that Teacher Tuan Gui is excellent?

In the past two years, Mr. Tuan Gui's output has been decreasing, and there have been many criticisms and doubts about him in the literary world.

This reminded Chihaya Ruri of how she was constantly questioned by her elders in the family.

Apart from her father who doted on her infinitely and affirmed her since she was a child, everyone else in the Chihaya family had an attitude towards Chihaya Ruri of "it would be nice if you were her son".

This is why Chihaya Ruri is a little rebellious at school.

"This new novel must have been written by Mr. Dangui to prove himself!"

Thinking so, she continued reading.

The title of the book "Slit Tongue" is simple and easy to understand, especially for an expert like Chihaya Ruri, who immediately understood what Mr. Danki wanted to write.

Would it be hard for many people to be upset if we just put this kind of non-mainstream culture into a serious pure literature magazine?
As she thought about this, she felt even more secretly delighted.

She just wanted to see something different wreak havoc in the long-dormant literary world!
The plot of "Slit Tongue" is not complicated. It tells the love triangle story between a girl who prefers body modification and two boys who have the same hobby.

The concept of love triangle was completely brought into people's hearts by Mr. Kitagawa starting with "Long Vacation".

It has now become an interpersonal relationship skill that countless creators can use skillfully.

Love triangles are not new, but the love triangle of three young men and women who are interested in body modification is very curious.

The serialized plot of "Slit Tongue" consists of only three chapters, but the story moves at an unusually fast pace, and just like Danki Shiro's previous books, it selects readers in a matter of minutes.

For those who like to read his novels, this is a feast for the eyes.

And people who don’t like reading will not dislike "Wenyi" because of its long length.

Kaoru analyzed the location and length of "Slit Tongue" from an editor's perspective, and felt that she had learned a lot of professional knowledge.

No wonder Sister Reina said before that if you want to be a top editor in the industry, you need to do more than just read novels and guide authors.

The magazine layout, user preferences, operational logic, etc., as long as it is related to the publishing house, editors must learn it.

Today, editors in the Japanese publishing industry have become so inward-looking!
As for Kaoru herself, she prefers the works of Keigo Higashino.

Whether it is the previous detective literature or "The Convenience Store of Sorrow" which mixes various styles, they are all her favorites.

Just this time
"'Ryusei no Kizuna', 'Detective Galileo Part 1', 'Laplace's Witch'. Serializing three new books in a magazine at once?"

Xunzi rubbed her eyes, a little bit unbelievable.

The fact that Mr. Kitagawa has published multiple articles in multiple magazines is already a challenge to the common sense of people in the industry.

It's better now.

Mr. Keigo Higashino simply serialized three new books in one issue of "Wenyi".

Is he also a humanoid typing machine?

Were these novels written a long time ago?
No, that's not right.

Kaoru remembered that Mr. Kitagawa had complained before that Mr. Keigo Higashino was becoming more and more lazy and was delaying writing a new book.

And if he had written it in advance, it should have been serialized in the first few issues of "Da Zhong" and "Beichuan", so as to share some of the pressure for Teacher Beichuan.

"Hiss—" She took a breath and couldn't help turning the pages to read. (End of this chapter)