I am a literary giant in Japan

1998 12 Month 30 Day.

Thirteen days have passed since the December 1998 issue of "Wenyi" and "12Q1 (Complete Edition)" were released.

According to the official data released in real time by Oricon, the total sales of the December 98 issue of "Wenyi" is currently 12 million copies. Within the statistical period of a natural month, it is not a problem to reach a total sales volume of more than 531.4 million copies.

Such an achievement can be regarded as a perfect ending for Kawade Shobo and Wen Yi Magazine in 1998.

As for the previously heated competition between Hechu Shufang and Xinwenxiang for the title of "No. 1 in the world" in the publishing industry, it has long become a big joke on the Internet after the sudden "backstabbing" by Onishi Ping, the president of Xinwenxiang Publishing House.

Even the two major conglomerates, Mitsubishi and Sumitomo, behind Xinwenxiang have announced their withdrawal from this business war. Naturally, Xinwenxiang Publishing House can only swallow the bitter fruit and remain in the second place position for eternity.

Oh no.

In today's publishing industry, relying on the popularity of Kitagawa Hide and several of his disciples, as well as a large number of Kitagawa-affiliated writers, there are already several up-and-coming companies eyeing the second place.

Among them, the more famous ones include "Kitagawa", "Dazhong", and up-and-coming newcomers such as Dengeki Bunko.

It is hard to say whether Xinwenxiang can continue to hold the second place in the publishing industry in 1999.

As for the physical book, "1Q84 (Complete Edition)" suffered from its late release and short sales period. So far, a total of 691.9 million copies have been sold in thirteen days. It is estimated that the total sales volume will exceed million only next year.

On the contrary, "No Longer Human", "Norwegian Wood" and "The Dancing Girl of Izu", which were brought up by this wave of traffic, have successively broken through the 1000 million, 900 million and 800 million marks with the support of a large number of readers, which is much faster than expected.

To this day, if measured purely by sales volume, Kitagawa Hide is already the undisputed number one in Japanese literary history.

What literary hero of the pre-war era, what "number one in the world" who led waves of trends in the post-war era, what former "number one in the world" who was once nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, when it comes to sales, they have to step back when they meet Kitagawa Hideto.

Even moving a little is considered humble.

In terms of total sales data of novel volumes, if you randomly pick ten outstanding writers in the history of Japanese literature, bundle them together and multiply them by two, I guess they are no match for Kitagawa Hide.

In his previous life, Kitagawa Hide watched Stephen Chow's "The Mermaid". When he heard Deng Xiaoping twisting his waist and singing in an exaggerated manner, "How lonely it is to be invincible~", he thought that Deng Xiaoping was a bit too exaggerated.

Now it was his turn to feel the loneliness of invincibility. Beichuan Xiu suddenly felt that Old Deng was just nowhere near what he was getting.

On the other hand, "1Q84 (Official Edition)" officially published and promoted by the Ministry of Education has been on the market for half a month, and has achieved an astonishing total sales of 367 million copies in the Tokyo area.

Although the sales volume of the official version was cut in half compared to the complete version, in terms of book revenue alone, the official version is not inferior to the complete version due to its exquisite production and higher price.

Of course, the Prime Minister's cabinet and the Ministry of Education did not expect to revive the Japanese economy with a novel.

What they care about is the impact of "1Q84" on the subway industry in the Tokyo area and even nationwide.

Fortunately, both the official version and the complete version allow readers to truly feel the elimination of cults and the official attitude towards dealing with this kind of social scum.

The campaign to crack down on cults and eliminate their remnants was being promoted in full swing, and Kitagawa Hideka became the official anti-cult propaganda ambassadors in many prefectures.

As for all the profits generated by "1Q84 (Official Version)", Machimura Nobutaka transferred all of them back to the public account of Kitagawa Entertainment as soon as they were received in accordance with the previous agreement, without even deducting taxes.

After the incident at the Yamanashi Prefecture Charity School for the Deaf and Mute, Kitagawa Hideya paid attention to the government's treatment of people with disabilities, such as the hearing and visually impaired. He immediately asked Kitagawa Entertainment to use the money to set up a hearing and visually impaired relief foundation, which was specifically used to provide assistance to the deaf and mute people.

With this money, Jabami Rei, who was financially strapped but had to continue helping the deaf and mute, suddenly had a lot more money on her hands and was able to smoothly advance her charity school project.

Of course, the original charity school project could not be carried forward mainly because people from the Charity Group were interfering.

Jabami Rei suddenly went to their territory to build a school and help the deaf and mute. Looking back now, it was no different from stealing people's jobs.

At that time, she was at a low point in her career, but she was able to leave Yamanashi Prefecture alive and well, and was not targeted. Even the school she was building was still under construction and was not destroyed.

To some extent, Jabami Rei is indeed a super koi with incredible luck and talent, which made Kitagawa Hide and Yumeko once suspect that even without them, this woman's future life would be smooth sailing until her death!
It’s so irritating that people are so different from each other!
Through other official channels, Inspector Nako Hikigaya, who has been promoted to Deputy Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division 3 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, is leading her subordinates in a thorough investigation of all criminals related to the Charity Group in the Tokyo area.

Japanese police do not have much power and a low status, but when it comes to daily public security, no one can challenge them.

After listening to Yumeko's explanation of the whole story, Nako Hikigaya couldn't sleep all night. The next day, she used the name of "security inspection" to crack down on various criminal organizations under the Charity Group, and achieved considerable results.

Her former superior, Inspector Kei Fujiwara, who is now the chief of the Kokubunji City Police Station, also gave Kitagawa Hide the greatest support within his jurisdiction.

According to Japanese police promotion practices, the two of them would never be able to reach a police rank above that of inspector general in their entire lives.

Now, Nako Hikigaya is already the youngest female inspector in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and Kei Fujiwara has been promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police, which he would never have dared to imagine in his entire life.

All of this is thanks to Kitagawa Hide——

The boss behind the promotion of the two is the current Metropolitan Police Commissioner Hara Bunbei.

The reason why Hara Bunbei treated them so well was entirely because of their close relationship with Kitagawa Hide.

After all, as long as one can make friends with the "number one in the world" in Japanese literary world, promoting a mere police captain or a superintendent of police wouldn't matter.

Hara Bunbei was able to take the position of Metropolitan Superintendent thanks to his cousin-in-law Machimura Nobutaka.

Now Machimura Nobutaka has gone one step further and become the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the biggest supporter behind him is still Mr. Kitagawa.

This rekindled the fire in the heart of Hara Bunbei, who had originally given up on a career in politics.

Maybe Mr. Kitagawa will write a novel about Japanese police with a wave of his hand. If it becomes a hit, he, as the Metropolitan Superintendent, may be able to move closer to the position of Minister of Justice!

Kitagawa Hide didn't care much about these messy calculations in the officialdom.

Anyway, he just wants these friends to help him at the critical moment.

It has to be said that when one reaches a certain class level, power and status are much more useful than money.

In addition, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, which had been keeping a close eye on Kitagawa Hide, hoping that he could write a novel related to the Special Investigation Department, also dispatched a number of personnel to assist the police and the government in investigating people related to the Charity Group in the Tokyo area.

The prosecutors of the Special Investigation Department, led by Miyamoto Juju, are not as timid as the police.

The Americans are behind them. Even the Prime Minister's cabinet and the conglomerate are investigated and arrested by these prosecutors. Therefore, after the members of the New Democratic Party behind the Charity Group found that the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office had also dispatched, they finally realized that Kitagawa Hide was serious!
Outside the Tokyo area, a group of elite members of the Sumiyoshi-kai recently sneaked into Yamanashi Prefecture.

They acted ruthlessly, were well-equipped with sophisticated weapons, and had an innate ability to suppress the "country bumpkins" in local communities. It didn't take long before they uncovered the entire interest chain and network of relationships of the Charity Group in Yamanashi Prefecture.

Shigeo Nishiguchi personally went to Kitagawa Hide's house with a bunch of information to "take credit", just like a puppy wanting to be praised by his owner.

After reading the information sent by Shigeo Nishiguchi, Kitagawa Hide found that things were far more complicated than he had imagined, so he called Tetsutaro Mori and Hiroshi Yamaguchi again, asking them to be responsible for preparing public opinion and the other for breakthrough work in the legal field.

What makes Kitagawa Hide feel particularly difficult is that there are two masterminds behind the Ci Ai Group.

One is Seiji Maehara, a new generation leader of the New Democratic Party who is only 36 years old this year.

Maehara was born into a well-known political family in Kyoto. His father was the governor of Kyoto Prefecture and director-general of the Commerce Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. He is currently the vice-president of the House of Councillors, and his mother is the president of Kyoto Women's University.

It can be said that Seiji Maehara's family background and political resume are no less impressive than those of Nobutaka Machimura and the rising Naoto Kan.

If Kitagawa Hide remembers correctly, Seiji Maehara later competed with the leader of the New Democratic Party, Naoto Kan, in his political career.

The two were originally the "Murong of the South and Qiao Feng of the North" of the same party, but the 16-year-old Naoto Kan had a smoother career, more resources and resume, and always suppressed the young Seiji Maehara.

Over time, Seiji Maehara began to want to kill this big brother.

Unfortunately, this young man was never able to overcome the mountain of Naoto Kan throughout his life. After the millennium, he suffered a series of defeats in general elections and became a marginal figure in the New Democratic Party.

There are two things that Seiji Maehara is famous for:
First, he has an extremely tough attitude towards his neighbors. He is an extreme pro-American in Japan and has even repeatedly claimed that XXX is Japan's inherent territory and has nothing to do with his neighbors.

Second, even though he lost many elections, he spent the most money and received the most political donations among all the candidates.

When Kitagawa Hide was a graduate student in the Faculty of Literature, he would occasionally see small advertisements for himself from Seiji Maehara when reading the newspaper.

At that time, he was very curious. Are all politicians so rich that they can often advertise in major newspapers such as the Yomiuri Shimbun and spend tens of millions or even hundreds of millions on elections?

Now it seems that the one who is so rich is not the Maehara family, but Maehara Seiji, the "politician" who secretly controls the Charity Group behind the scenes.

Another person in control of the Charity Group is also a big shot in the New Democratic Party.

However, unlike most politicians, this big shot was a "land and sea" resident, following the path that Japanese writers in the pre-war era favored, which was to focus on both literature and politics.

This man's name is Shiroyama Saburo, and he is the least prominent of the seven "Tenka No. 1s" in contemporary Japan.

Saburo Shiroyama entered Tokyo University of Commerce in his early years, majoring in theoretical economics.

After graduation, he has been researching and teaching economic theory at Aichi Gakugei University.

During this period, he was engaged in literary creation, teaching, and secretly trying to enter politics.

In 1957, Saburo Shiroyama opened up a new subject area, "marginal group novels", with his debut work "Export". After that, he worked hard in this field for many years and finally won the title of "the best in the world".

Like several others, after becoming "the best in the world", he gradually faded out of the literary world, relying on his fame and old works to make money and gain resources, which were then all piled into his official career.

Today, Saburo Shiroyama is already past his prime and has no intention of participating in any general election.

The person he chose to succeed him is Seiji Maehara, who is now at the top of the New Democratic Party.

“No wonder they don’t do much business and don’t have much contact with the six major financial groups, but they can get so many political donations and election funds.”

Kitagawa Hide took the information and looked at the countless outrageous contents, and the anger in his heart grew stronger.

How can this be an election?

It's clear that he is taking human lives to satisfy his own political desires!
He knew that Japanese politics was dirty.

In other words, there is no country whose political circles are not dirty.

But the actions of Seiji Maehara and Saburo Shiroyama still made him a little frightened and shocked.

Those whose organs and lives were taken away by the Ci'ai School for the Deaf and Dumb and the Ci'ai General Hospital will never know that they lost their lives because of this shit.

"The opponent this time is very tough." It was the first time that Kitagawa Hide confronted a politician head-on.

Before this, his opponents were either the leading figures in the publishing and literary circles, or some famous figures in the Japanese literary world.

There are also scumbags like Shinichiro Azuma, Shoko Asahara, and Masumi Hayashi.

This was the first time I encountered opponents like Seiji Maehara and Saburo Shiroyama who had huge political resources and power.

Fortunately, the attitudes of the Prime Minister's cabinet and Congress are relatively clear.

However, this is also due to the internal struggle between the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Democratic Party. Otherwise, they would definitely not be happy to ask them to go all out to help themselves deal with such a powerful politician.

In terms of politics and law, professionals such as Machimura Nobutaka and Yamaguchi Hiroshi are in charge, and Kitagawa Hide only provides data and information and does not participate.

Literature and public opinion are his main battlefield and world.

It is impossible not to expose such a big thing and such a heinous act in large quantities.

In Japan today, the person with the greatest public opinion flow belongs to Hide Kitagawa!

As for what kind of top-notch works to use to expose and reveal them, Kitagawa Hide has already thought about it in the past few days.

He selected three works in total:

The famous work "A Wonderful Journey" by Yasunari Kawabata, who was the undisputed "Number One" in Japanese literary history;
The Crucible, the top movie that changed South Korean law in the original history;
Darker than The Crucible, Children in the Dark is considered the most controversial film in Japanese film history. (End of this chapter)