I am a literary giant in Japan

"There is a dense fog area ahead. Please drive carefully! What a very immersive sentence."

Naoto Kan, who came from Ube City, always had an inexplicable sense of nostalgia for the thick white fog.

I still remember that when I was a child, my deaf-mute grandfather rode an old-fashioned bicycle in such a thick white fog and took me, who was only eight years old, to a primary school near home to attend school.

At that time, he often thought that it would be great if such thick fog would never dissipate.

In that way, he could always be protected by his grandfather, taken to school, day after day, year after year, and live a peaceful but comfortable life.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. When Naoto Kan was in junior high school, his grandfather died in a car accident.

After his grandfather passed away, his whole family moved to Tokyo with his father.

Since then, Naoto Kan would only sneak to Ube City with his men to pay tribute to his grandfather on his grandfather's death anniversary.

In Ube City, which is shrouded in thick fog all year round, there are many signs with similar labels to prevent drivers from touching something they shouldn't touch in the thick fog and causing tragedy.

Tanan and Mingzi, who were also reading "The Crucible", could not detect any sense of nostalgia from the thick fog in the novel.

This deaf-mute brother and sister were abandoned by their biological parents when they were six years old. Fortunately, the director of the welfare home who was passing by a trash can saw them and saved their lives.

After joining the welfare home, Akiko and Tatsuo were unable to integrate into the life there for a long time.

Because their philosophy of life and world views are completely different from those of other deaf-mute children in the welfare home, everyone was reluctant to play with them at first.

This is exactly what happened in The Crucible.

The children in the Ci Ai School for the Deaf and Mute are not of one mind.

Among them, some come from outside, while others have been raised by schools since childhood.

However, on the contrary, those deaf and mute children from outside are more like the people in the welfare home in Nerima District, while those children who have been raised in the school since childhood are like the original Akiko siblings.

"Senior Mako, are these kids really as xenophobic as you said?"

In the novel, Kitahara Hiroshi, who finally parked the car and met his first acquaintance in Wujin City, asked the beautiful woman in front of him with a hot body.

Kitajima Mako, a senior who is one year older than him, was once the most dazzling campus beauty in a liberal arts university, an unattainable existence for countless men. However, after graduation, she rejected the pursuit of various outstanding men, married to a distant place, Wujin City, and became an unknown housewife.

Her husband is a postman at the local post office and they have two daughters, both of whom are born with physical disabilities.

Mako Kitajima has been engaged in charity activities for the deaf and mute and is quite familiar with this special group.

“Yes. But rather than xenophobia, it’s more about personality differences caused by different world views and life philosophies.

In fact, the deaf-mute community is not as harmless as you think.

Because they have lived in a deformed and simple environment since childhood, their own defects mean that their parents are likely to be the same. How can such parents provide them with a good educational environment?

Over time, some deaf and mute children become much more brutal than their peers.

After all, their perception of right and wrong is completely different from that of normal people."

These are also the "bloody lessons" that Kitajima Mako learned after coming to Wujin City and interacting with batches of deaf and mute people at the bottom of society.

Her wallet had been stolen, she had been molested, and she had been told lies to her face and behind her back. The bitterness and tears she went through could not be told to outsiders.

"Of course, that is only a small part of them. The vast majority of deaf-mute people are still disadvantaged groups in society in all aspects. They need our full help to survive normally."

Kitajima Mako said this to remind her younger classmates who come to work at the Ci'ai School for the Deaf and Mute not to be misled by some of the illusions in front of them.

There are good and bad people among normal people, and the same is true for special groups.

Mr. Kitagawa portrayed these details in "The Crucible" very delicately, so delicately that deaf and mute children like Akiko and Tatsuo, who had a distorted worldview due to bad education in the past, felt extremely involved in the story.

Akiko feels that the beautiful sister Jabami Rei is a warm harbor, and every time she comes, she brings a sense of reliability to her and her brother.

But Mr. Beichuan, whom she had only met once, was more like a guide and a weather vane in her confused life.

It seems that as long as I follow his footsteps, my life will not go astray!

This was a strange feeling that Sister Jabami Rei had never given her in the past two or three years!

Mingzi took a deep breath and subconsciously glanced at her younger brother Da Nan beside her.

Da Nan was also watching "The Crucible". He once told her that his idol and hero was Mr. Kitagawa.

He must study hard, write hard, and strive to become a great writer like Teacher Beichuan.

But for Mingzi, it doesn’t matter at all what kind of person Tanaka will become in the future.

She only hopes that Danan can grow up healthy and live a peaceful life.

If it weren't for Sister Jabami Rei and Teacher Kitagawa, perhaps Tatsuo would have been hit by a train and smashed to pieces like the deaf-mute boy who committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks in the novel!

Whenever she thought of Danan's similar behavior when she was a child, and read the explicit description of suicide in the novel, she felt a chill down her spine.

Mingzi lowered her head and continued reading the third chapter of "The Crucible".

The title of the third chapter is "Hell on Earth, the Melting Pot of Society", such a hot word.
"Oh! Isn't this Inspector Jiang? I've already reported this to the principal this morning. These kids just won't listen when I tell them not to go out on Sundays.

So really, we have tried our best to discipline the children, but..." The tone of the administrative director was as exaggerated as that of a soap opera actor.

Although he didn't know what happened, to Kitahara Hiroshi, it sounded like "this is my responsibility, but it's not under my jurisdiction."

"What on earth should I say? They can't hear me at all."

Obviously one was the director of the administrative office and the other was the inspector of the police station, but they got together and told some unpleasant jokes and laughed heartily.

The two people's laughter was exaggerated. Kitahara Hiroshi stood quietly by. He knew that they were referring to deaf and mute children, but he also had the thought that "we shouldn't joke with them like this."

However, looking at the two people's laughter and obscene looks, it was obvious that they were playing a dirty and vulgar joke on the children in the school.

And it sounds like a poor child has just died under the front of a train.

But their laughter and expressions showed no respect for the dead child. Kitahara Hiroshi knew that there were additional government subsidies for operating welfare facilities and schools for the disabled, but the thought that these people might be doing this just for this made him feel uncomfortable.

Danan, who was also reading the novel, also felt uncomfortable.

Because the novel reminded him of the Charity School for the Deaf and Mute in Yamanashi Prefecture.

He and his sister had a friend there named Hanako, who told them a lot about that school.

It turns out that Mr. Beichuan's "The Crucible" was directly based on that school.
Danan clenched his fists, thinking that Teacher Beichuan had done another great thing. In the future, he would also like to be like Teacher Beichuan and speak up for this special group!

Just when Hide Kitagawa's "The Crucible" was shocking readers all over Japan and even the world, another work he wrote, "Confessions", which was also aimed at a certain special group, was finally approved by Kitagawa Entertainment and Toei Co., Ltd. to be filmed as a big-budget movie.

The original movie of "Confessions" was released in 2010, 11 years ago.

Originally, Kitagawa Hide wanted to wait until the main actors were a little older and then find a reasonable time to shoot it.

However, after "The Dancing Girl of Izu", there has been a lack of film and television adaptations of Kitagawa Hideki's works for a while.

Apart from the "Youth Trilogy" which Kodansha spent a huge sum of money to buy, the film and television adaptations of his works have basically all been huge hits. They are the dream works of celebrities in the entertainment industry and an unshakable cash cow in the entertainment industry.

The adaptation rights of several other major works are firmly in the hands of Kitagawa Hide. If he doesn't want to move, no one can do anything about it.

In order to expand its influence and deal a fatal blow to Shinichiro Azuma, the film and television adaptation rights of "Confessions" were sold to Toei Company for 2.7 million yen at an early stage.

Toei is much smarter than Toho, which fired Jabami Rei without any thanks.

Toho had several adaptations that failed in succession, and there was also the lesson learned from Kodansha’s previous experience.

For the adaptation of "Confessions", Toei spent another 1 million yen to invite Hide Kitagawa to be the producer and chief screenwriter, and asked him to be present on the set. From the beginning of casting, everything was done according to Hide Kitagawa's opinions and he would never do anything on his own.

Kitagawa Hide himself knew nothing about filming, and apart from "Kei-chan", he had never participated in the in-depth production of any film or TV series.

However, "Confessions" was a masterpiece that he had watched repeatedly, and he was quite familiar with the lines, plot, and costumes and props in it. In addition, he also hoped to use this movie to open up the Japanese film market, so he agreed to the deal.

Of course, while supervising the production of "Confessions", Kitagawa Hide did not forget to promote his new book, so that more people, especially more people in the entertainment industry, can recognize this special group of deaf-mute people.

Maehara Seiji is determined to destroy the Ci Ai Group that he tried his best to protect!

Although Kitagawa Hide's "The Crucible" has caused waves of heated discussions after its release on January 1, the literary circle is ultimately not as popular as the entertainment industry.

The 90s is Japan’s most famous post-bubble economy era. During this period, countless animation and film and television works emerged, which is recognized as the golden age of Japanese entertainment development.

Idol economy and culture also emerged during this period.

These artists who are still unknown today will become very popular and become national idols in a few years.

These people generally have a low level of education and have great respect for writers.

In fact, many of them don't read Kitagawa Hide's books very much. They just buy a few to decorate their homes, to pretend that they love reading and are very cultured.

After all, the highly educated persona is still very popular at this stage.

Fans also hope that their idols are "talented men and women" with high education, high culture and high cognition.

The first task that the leadership of the "Confessions" crew gave to the following artists was to finish reading "The Crucible", a new book written by Mr. Beichuan, and then each of them should write a review and submit it!
Don't think this is an exaggeration.

In the Japanese entertainment industry, artists have a very low social status and are easily manipulated by others.

Not to mention reading books and writing book reviews during filming, some crews even let the artists in the crew work in various places during their free time to earn funds for the crew.

This exploitative model of Japanese entertainment has always been used as a reference by South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

It is said that the once popular Hong Kong TVB learned this blood-sucking model, making its artists complain bitterly but dare not speak out.

Kitagawa Hide didn't care about these trivial matters, but he didn't expect that this group of new artists would make such a great contribution, causing the entire entertainment industry to start speaking out and promoting "The Crucible".

Only five chapters of "The Crucible" have been released, but there's a feeling that it's bound to be a huge hit once it's made into a TV series.

The original movie, "The Crucible" starring Gong Yoo, had a very depressing plot and the final total box office was not very ideal, about 355.6 billion won, equivalent to more than 1 million RMB.

However, the influence of this movie in South Korea is unparalleled. It basically surpasses all Korean movies in other aspects and is a masterpiece worthy of being recorded in the history of human cinema.

Now that the novel has Kitagawa Hide's fame as an endorsement, and with the exaggeration of real events, the film and television adaptation is bound to become very popular.

Of course, whether he is popular or not, or makes money or not, is no longer important to him.

Kitagawa Hide now only hopes that this series of combined punches in January will completely disintegrate the Ci Ai Group and make Maehara Seiji and others pay the price they deserve.

As for the other things, they are just extras.

At the same time, in a luxury house in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

"Mr. Ewendt, what do you think of Kitagawa Hide's novel?"

Seiji Maehara looked at the reinforcement he had brought to the sofa and showed a rare flattering and humble expression.

The white-skinned old man in front of you is Evindt Johansson, a famous contemporary Swedish novelist and writer. He won the 1974 Nobel Prize in Literature for his famous work "The Story of Olof".

Among the winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, some support Kitagawa Hide and some support Arnault.

Evand Johnson has deep roots in Stockholm, and his family's influence is also attached to many powerful people in the Arnault Club, so he is a staunch Arnault faction.

After Arnault was taken into custody by the Ministry of Defense, he was the only person who could visit him freely in and out of the prison.

He followed Seiji Maehara to Japan in order to dampen the arrogance of Kitagawa Hide, the rising star.

Indeed, Kitagawa Hide is as famous as any Nobel Prize winner.

But if you don’t win a prize, you don’t win a prize.

Evint Johnson didn't think that a 27-year-old boy could write a masterpiece that could match his own.

"For these five chapters, it's OK, but it's just popular literature, not worth mentioning." Evint shook his head. (End of this chapter)