I am a literary giant in Japan

1998 12 Month 22 Day.

Citing "major loopholes in the company's internal system and a large amount of data missing to be supplemented", Oricon, which had been suppressing the data for three days, suddenly announced at 2 a.m. that "all the lost data has been recovered and the data will be supplemented before 8:30 this morning."

The public, who have long been hungry for "real data", celebrated and began to wait for Oricon to announce the physical book sales list and literary magazine sales list.

After hearing the news, those industry insiders who were familiar with the literary and publishing circles got up and rushed to their landlines, starting a series of long phone calls.

They knew that Japan's literary and publishing circles were about to undergo a real change!

Not long ago, some people who are quite familiar with the industry discovered through obscure equity dilution and analysis that Oricon, a giant in the data analysis industry, had been quietly acquired by Mitsubishi Technology, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Group.

Oricon is the first technology company in Japan to engage in data analysis and chart reporting. Relying on various big news and competitions in the literary world, it has gradually climbed to the top of the industry.

The Mitsubishi Group spent a huge amount of money to acquire it, apparently in order to have a sharp sword to deal with Kawaide Shobo and Kitagawa Entertainment in its relatively weak public opinion circle.

On December 12, the December issues of "Wenyi" and "18Q12 (full version)" were released, but there was no first-day data the next day. This shows the sinister intentions of Mitsubishi and Sumitomo.

Industry insiders originally thought that the battle between the old and new in the literary world and the competition for the leading position in the publishing industry would continue until 1999.

Unexpectedly, just three days after the data cover-up, everything was settled.

Oricon's announcement to re-release the data means that at least the Mitsubishi Group has decided to withdraw from the competition in these matters.

Industry insiders cannot imagine how many copies of the December issues of "Wenyi" and "12Q1 (full version)" were sold, as it was able to make a top consortium with a size of over one trillion dollars surrender!
If you were a little higher up the social ladder, you might be able to guess some clues from the House of Representatives, which is going to undergo major changes in the near future.

As for the spectators below, they only care about how to have a good time after the data comes out.

Who cares about the struggles among the top leaders?

It has nothing to do with us!
Shortly after Oricon released the announcement at 2 a.m., Mitsubishi Entertainment, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Group, officially announced that it would no longer engage in "encirclement and interception" competition against Kitagawa Entertainment and Kawaide Shobo.

Mitsubishi Entertainment even said that it is possible to cooperate with them in the future.

Following closely behind is the Sumitomo Group.

Sumitomo does not have any decent entertainment companies. In recent years, they have been focusing on the metal and electrical and electrical fields in which they are good at.

However, Sumitomo has close ties with top entertainment companies such as Johnny & Associates, Horipro, and KEN ON.

At the instruction of the Sumitomo Group, artists from these top entertainment companies have expressed their support for Mr. Kitagawa on the Internet, which also indirectly shows Sumitomo's attitude.

Having lost its two most important backers, the New Bunxiang Publishing House, which was formed by the merger of top publishing houses of the old era such as Shinchosha and Bungeishunju, suddenly fell to the bottom.

Nagai Kazukaze, another person at the center of the incident, stayed indoors and suddenly cut off all social contacts.

As for those conservative literati he called upon to help, each of them vividly demonstrated what "the literati's flexible bottom line" meant.

Those who are more shameless would simply say online that they have evolved into a new-style writer, and quickly separated themselves from the conservatives.

Those who have a little more dignity are also expressing in various ways that they are not that "stubborn" and that "things of the new era need to be accepted and treated kindly."

Those who want to save face but don't want to be dragged down by the title of conservative school simply close their social media accounts, lie down on their beds, and pretend to be dead.

The Japanese Literary Society, the stronghold of conservative writers, which had long been infiltrated by Nagai Kazufu's people, once again experienced a "mass withdrawal" movement among its members.

Fumio Niwa, who was "recuperating" in Los Angeles, USA, rushed back to save the situation, but things had already come to this point. The Japan Literature Society was destined to become a big joke in the history of Japanese literature.

The only official literary organization that is officially recognized, accepted by readers, and identified with writers, finally had less than ten people left, including the president, vice president and other staff members, including the cafeteria auntie who was a regular employee.

Kato Shuichi, who had a complete falling out with Niwa Fumio due to the "defection incident" of the Japan Literary Society, finally got some relief.

He and Tetsutaro Mori, the new leader in literary criticism, jointly wrote a purely satirical article entitled "On the Ridiculousness of the Japanese Literary Society."

This satirical article of only 500 words received over 1 million hits on Yahoo Japan!
And all the conservative writers who appear in this satirical article are unlikely to continue to work in the literary world in the future.

There is only one outcome waiting for them: quitting the literary world!
Some people say that the darkness before dawn on the eve of victory is the longest and most torturous.

But the literati of Kitagawa Hide's faction only felt that this time passed very quickly, as if they closed their eyes and in the blink of an eye, it was already 8:30 in the morning.

As soon as the second hand passed the number 12, the literature section of Yahoo Japan Forum refreshed the latest statistics released by Oricon.

Countless people rushed to forward and spread the message.

People who had neither computers nor mobile phones were running around, spreading the exciting news to their peers.

The December 1998 issue of "Wenyi" had a real sales volume of 12 million copies on the first day of printing.

"1Q84 (Complete Edition)" had actual sales of 168.5 million copies on the first printing day, with an additional 309.7 million copies sold in online pre-sales.

Oricon's data is almost consistent with the data released by Kawaide Shobo and Kitagawa Entertainment!
In other words, these two data have truly broken the historical records of the Japanese literary and publishing circles. Mr. Kitagawa once again used his terrifying market appeal to tell everyone -

Who is the undisputed number one in Japanese literary world?

The total sales volume of "1Q84 (Complete Edition)" on the first day of printing was 478.2 million copies, and this figure will most likely not be broken within ten years.

After all, both sides in this competition have invested too much in marketing costs, which is equivalent to using money to buy a lot of traffic, and the data is somewhat false.

After this resounding victory, the total sales of "No Longer Human", "The Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Norwegian Wood" in Japan also successfully exceeded 1000 million copies, dominating the top three in the history of Japan's physical book sales list!
Of the five novels that followed, only one was not written by Kitagawa Hide, namely Ichiro Tanizaki's "The Devil's Tattoo".

The reason why "The Devil's Tattoo" made the list is purely because it was released in 1960 and has been reprinted more than a dozen times in the past three decades. It has defeated some of Hide Kitagawa's "unknown books" simply by piling up volume and time.

If this list is expanded to the top 30 or even the top 50, readers will be able to more clearly perceive the strong market appeal of Kitagawa Hide and the literati of Kitagawa Hide's faction.

All of Kitagawa Hide's novels are among the top 30 in history. In addition, Keigo Higashino, Mayumi Aso, Shiro Dango and Shunji Iwai are also among the top 50.

These are all pure-blooded new-age intellectuals who emerged after 1995!

It can be expected that in another five or ten years, this list will most likely become Kitagawa Hide's "family empire".

From this perspective, Kitagawa Hideo deserves the title of "number one in the world" in Japanese literary world.

At 12:22 a.m. on December 9nd.

Da Xiping, president of Xinwenxiang Publishing House, suddenly held a short and explosive press conference in the name of the company's president.

"As the president of New Wenxiang Publishing House, I hereby publicly apologize to Kawade Shobo, Kitagawa Bunyu, and Mr. Kitagawa! I'm sorry!
We should not confuse right and wrong, confuse the public, and forcibly follow the Nobel Prize officials to slander Professor Beichuan!

There is no such thing as a dispute over the succession of the old and the new in the Japanese literary world.

As we all know, the replacement of old people by new people and old ideas by new ones is the general trend of the times and the embodiment of historical development and progress.

Anyone who attempts to reverse the course of the times should apologize for their inappropriate words and deeds!
Mr. Kitagawa’s new literary faction is a further manifestation of Japanese literature, and we should recognize and promote it!

I am so sorry! "

Ninety degree bow x3.

The sudden backstab from Da Xiping caused the board of directors of Xinwenxiang Publishing House to explode on the spot.

Before the directors of the board of directors had a chance to speak out, they received resignation letters from senior editors one after another.

These guys who were supposed to take the blame for them, turned out to have no integrity at all. When the time came, they ran away faster than anyone else!

The sky fell on Nagai Kazukaze.

The sky has collapsed for Xinwenxiang Publishing House.

The sky also collapsed for the conservative intellectuals.

But the story is far from over.

On the NHK morning news on December 12, the news anchor reported another breaking news.

The Prime Minister's cabinet headed by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi announced the official dissolution of this term of the House of Representatives!
The list of new members of the House of Representatives was also announced.

如无意外，这一政策将在12月25日后正式实行，新议员们将于1999年1月1日当天正式上任。

Japanese members of parliament have enormous power but are too far away from ordinary people, so each replacement and change is unlikely to cause a stir among the national circle.

What the people like to watch most is the comedic scenes of those high-ranking congressmen fighting over trivial matters on the live broadcast of Congress.

There was a female congressman who was dissatisfied with Congress and took off her clothes in public; there was a male congressman who was dissatisfied with a proposal of Congress and took off his pants and urinated in public.

In short, the live broadcast of Japan's parliament and the elections of governors in various places are quite magical. To call them a joke would be a bit of an exaggeration.

But this time.

When Kitagawa Hide's name appeared in the first row, the people were shocked instantly!
Although there have been cases of "celebrity" and "conglomerate controllers" entering Congress in the past, those guys either came to power as puppets of certain political parties, or entered Congress to manipulate power for their own companies.

Anyway, there is nothing strange or interesting.

But Teacher Beichuan is different!

He has publicly stated many times that he does not join any political party or participate in any political activities.

The reason why he is ranked in the first row in the list of new members of Congress is because he belongs to the column of "non-partisan special persons".

The most important thing is that it was the members of Congress who had scolded him the most harshly before.

And now.

All those who cursed him were expelled from Congress, but he became a member of Congress instead.

In this matter, the people experienced for the first time the pleasure of "civil rights" defeating "power"!

The series of chain reactions caused by this incident caught many people by surprise.

For example, the cabinet led by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's public approval rating exceeded 50% for the first time, reaching 53.1%, a rare level since the Heisei era.

The newly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nobutaka Machimura, also received extremely high support, which even made him think of competing for the position of Prime Minister in the future;
The Ministry of Education became the one with the highest support rate among all central departments, and it suddenly went from being the last in the class to being the top student!

On the afternoon of June 12th.

The Beichuan Entertainment Public Relations Department, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly issued a temporary notice:

Kitagawa Entertainment, Kitagawa Investment, Kitagawa Finance, Kitagawa Technology and other Kitagawa-related companies will officially merge into Kitagawa Group Co., Ltd. on December 12.

Kitagawa Group Co., Ltd. will be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on December 12.

Kitagawa Hide has been stuck on the issue of listing the company under his name until now.

The reason is simple. 1997 was the period of the Asian financial crisis, and the Nikkei Index at this stage was not much better than during the bubble burst period.

Anyone who has opened their eyes and looked at the Nikkei Index during this period would know that no one would let a company go public at a loss.

It is now approaching the end of 1998. With the recent good news, the Nikkei index is also recovering. This is the best time for Beichuan Group to go public!
Moreover, starting from 1999, with the rapid development of the technology industry, the Nikkei index will experience a period of small-scale increases, and Kitagawa Hide will naturally not miss this good opportunity.

Soon after the announcement, the Nikkei index began to rise rapidly, which was also due to the traffic brought by Kitagawa Hide.

Stock investors do not believe in those junk companies or those junk stocks that made them lose all their money during the bubble period, but they believe in the number one figure in the literary world, Mr. Kitagawa.

This incident also became a major case that the Japanese economics community focused on studying in the future!
Just like that, time flew by, and soon it was December 12th, Christmas Eve.

On the day Kitagawa Group Co., Ltd. was established, countless celebrities came to congratulate.

As the actual controller of the group company, Kitagawa Hide and Yumeko were busy with various social engagements, from the imperial family to tycoons and nobles. There were many people whose names Kitagawa Hide couldn't even pronounce, so he could only thank them "Arigato" over and over again.

After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Kitagawa Hide and his wife left at lightning speed on the pretext of something, and did not even attend the luncheon, which is one of the most bizarre situations in business history.

Kitagawa Hide is not interested in this kind of business activities, and Mengzi doesn't like to be in the spotlight.

Therefore, after everything that needed to be done was done, the rest was fully entrusted to Masato Senhara and others.

At this time, the two people sitting in the business car were discussing with the long-legged Snake Rei what gifts to buy for the deaf-mute children in the welfare home in Nerima District.

Compared with those messy business activities and literary competition, Kitagawa Hide obviously cares more about the lives of these special groups. (End of this chapter)