I am a literary giant in Japan

"Why not? I wish I could use every one of these songs!"

After reading all the music scores, Kitagawa Hide gave Sakai Izumi a thumbs up.

Saito Rena, who knew a little about music, took a quick glance and knew that Kitagawa Hide was not saying this because of her friendship with Izumi Sakai or her fame in the music industry.

These songs are really great!
It is hard to imagine that Izumi Sakai worked overtime to produce this batch of high-quality music scores in just a few days.

Could it be that she was also infected with the "Beichuan virus"?
Rena Saito secretly raised her forehead.

It seems that since she met Kitagawa Hide, she, as well as many people around her and those she knows, have slowly been infected with the so-called "Kitagawa virus."

Nowadays, when people get together, the whole thing they talk about is work.

For example, Keigo Higashino can write 10,000 or 20,000 words in one night as easily as drinking water. After finishing writing, he still lamented that he did not work hard enough. Thinking of Mr. Kitagawa's achievements and his tireless creation, he could not even eat!

Seeing that the gentle and fragile sister Izumi Sakai has also turned into such a workaholic, Rena Saito does not know whether to laugh or cry.

"Eh?! Is, is that so?" Izumi Sakai looked up suddenly, and for the first time, the pair of eyes under her air bangs did not avoid Kitagawa Hide's gaze. She just stared at him straight, and tears were about to overflow.

Saito Reina looked at Izumi Sakai, whose eyes were about to be drawn to Kitagawa Hide, turned her head and smiled at Kitagawa Hide, and nodded first and said, "That's right. Kitagawa never jokes with others on serious matters."

"That's right. If you are willing, Quanshui, I can immediately ask the public relations department of Beichuan Entertainment to purchase the copyright of these music scores from BEING Company." Beichuan Xiu nodded and added.

Kitagawa Hide estimated in his mind that as long as the price was right, the profits that these sheet music could bring in the future would far exceed the cost. It was a pure bargain!

In fact, the "leak" he most wanted to pick up was Izumi Sakai herself.

However, after Kitagawa Hide took Nakamori Akina away, BEING company's president Nagato Daiyuki refused to let go of Sakai Izumizu.

Even though Kitagawa Hide raised the price to 10 billion yen, the cunning Nagato Daiyuki gritted his teeth and refused to give in.

However, although this guy was unwilling to let go of Izumi Sakai, he always allowed her to run around in Kitagawa Entertainment.

Other companies are very strict with their top artists; some are so strict that they assign someone to be responsible for their food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Especially when it comes to artists’ relationships and scandals, entertainment companies are like guarding against thieves, fearing that something like the “X Xiaolu incident” next door would happen, which would directly ruin an artist’s career.

Nagato Daiyuki, on the other hand, not only did not take any precautions, he also secretly encouraged Sakai Izumi and Kitagawa Osamu to have a scandal!

Whenever Kitagawa Hide thought of these things, he couldn't help but sigh that businessmen are businessmen, and old foxes are worthy of being old foxes. As a newbie in the business world, he should stay away from them and try to leave professional matters to professionals.

"I do! And President Nagato said that as long as it's a collaboration with Beichuan Entertainment, we don't need his signature and can sign the contract directly!"

Izumi Sakai's eyes sparkled like stars, and then her voice suddenly became softer. She blushed and lowered her head, pinching the corner of her clothes and whispering,
"Just, that's it."

"Huh?" Kitagawa Hide looked at her in confusion.

"These are just the music scores. I would like to ask Mr. Kitagawa to write the lyrics. I wonder if Mr. Kitagawa is free recently."

At this point, her voice became almost inaudible.

This guy!
Kitagawa Hide smiled helplessly. When it comes to music, Izumi Sakai is equivalent to the ultimate weapon at the nuclear bomb level. A popular TV series with a score of 7 can instantly be upgraded to 8-8.5 points if it is accompanied by the theme song sung by her, and it will become a national hit drama.

Every TV station and film company wants to have this ultimate weapon in their hands.

Now Kitagawa Hidetoshi is almost "getting something for free", he is happy just to help write the lyrics.

"Of course no problem. Let's have dinner together later. Tell me the type of lyrics you want, and I'll start writing a few for you when I get home in the evening." Kitagawa Hide agreed readily.

Seeing that he agreed without hesitation, Izumi Sakai breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Thank you very much, Mr. Kitagawa! I am really sorry to trouble you!"

Beichuan Xiu smiled and said, "That's settled. For the subsequent arrangement and recording, all these processes will be assisted by Beichuan Entertainment professionals. If you are not satisfied, you can also dispatch suitable personnel from your own company to help.

If you have any problems, just come to me or Mengzi and we will help you solve them immediately.

"Children in the Dark" is about to be filmed. I think you have seen this work. The main tone is quite sad, and the tune may be more gentle. You can decide when the time comes."

"Yes, Mr. Kitagawa. I will read this work several more times!" Izumi Sakai's eyes were firm, and he clenched his fists under the table, his morale inexplicably rising.

“Haha, there’s no need to be so harsh. Just watch it once and get familiar with the plot.

I have great confidence in your ability to create music." Kitagawa Hide said with a smile.

To Izumi Sakai, this one sentence is worth thousands of troops.

She continued to bow to the two of them until the secretary came and knocked on the door, saying that Nagato Daiyuki had also arrived. Only then did she stop thanking him, followed the secretary out of the meeting room, and ran to negotiate with her own president.

After Sakai Izumizu left, Saito Rena glanced at Kitagawa Hide with a smile, wanting to tease him, but when she looked down, she found that this guy had instantly changed his form and was carefully organizing the manuscript in his hands. She instantly lost interest.

No wonder Yumeko sometimes complains to Jabami Rei and the others, saying that Kitagawa Hide doesn’t seem to be as “interesting” as before since he experienced many ups and downs.

What she called "interest" probably refers to the way Kitagawa Hideo showed in junior high school and during his "scumbag period" to please girls.

Reina Saito, 29 years old this year, is no longer at the age when little girls' hearts flutter, and she doesn't care much about these things.

On the contrary, she felt that Kitagawa Hide in this state was the most comfortable spouse candidate for women.

"I was distracted by the spring water. I don't know if I can finish the new book before lunch."

Kitagawa Hide scratched his head and pushed the manuscript in his hand to Saito Reina.

"Reina, you should take a look at the manuscript first. Tomorrow is the magazine's release date. I guess we'll have to trouble everyone at Kawade Shobo to work overtime tonight."

The release dates of "Kitagawa" and "Wenyi" were only three days apart. At first, Kitagawa Shu didn't feel anything. Anyway, many rules and habits of "Kitagawa" were inherited from "Gunzo". With a serious and old publishing house as a reference, there was really no need for him to be innovative.

But over time, the extremely short interval not only made Kitagawa Hide, who was responsible for the creation, exhausted, but also forced the employees of Kawade Shobo to work overtime with him until late at night every time.

This made Kitagawa Hide feel very guilty.

Saito Reina didn't care much about this.

In the post-bubble era, it is difficult to find a job. Employees are eager to work overtime and get more overtime pay. Who cares about this!

However, when Kitagawa Hide mentioned this, she still patiently answered his questions.

Kitagawa Hide didn't know whether to be happy or sad to hear that the office workers had become like this. The two chatted for a while about whether to change the magazine's release date, and then Saito Rena took the manuscript and read "A Wonderful Journey" carefully word by word.

According to Hide Kitagawa, "The Crucible", "Children in the Dark" and "A Wonderful Journey" are a trilogy about deaf and mute children. Although there is no connection between the plots, the main themes and themes are closely connected.

After hearing this idea, Rena Saito's initial suggestion was to name the trilogy the "Dark Trilogy", which was more in line with the overall tone.

But Kitagawa Hide insisted on naming it "We who are disabled but determined."

After reading the first few lines of "A Wonderful Journey", Rena Saito finally understood why he named it that way.

You can get a glimpse of this from the title of the first chapter, "Little Bird, Little Train".

“Flocks of birds came along the railway.

The height they flew was just above the roofs of city houses.

The three or four tits in the flock seemed to be going to fly over the woods behind Hanako's house and return to the lakeside as usual today. As if to tell Hanako of this intention, they landed on the albizzia tree in her house.

Because Hanako was sitting next to the tree."

Among the trilogy, "The Crucible" gives people a sense of mystery and horror. As I read it, Rena Saito's back became inexplicably wet.

Like Kitahara Hiroshi, she was curious about the mysterious Ci'ai School for the Deaf and Mute, but she didn't dare to go inside to find out what was going on.

Moreover, the plot in "The Crucible" is very depressing. From the male protagonist Hiroshi Kitajima, the female protagonist Mako Kitajima, to the children in the school, no one can give Rena Saito a break.

Mysterious, thrilling, and depressing, this is the feeling that "The Crucible" conveys.

"Children of the Dark" is even more exaggerated.

It was serialized in one go and sold in graded versions. It was filled with bloody and violent language, so much so that Saito Rena thought she was reading some violent literary work several times.

After the main tone of the first two parts was set, she really couldn't imagine how wonderful "A Wonderful Journey" could be.

Saito Rena had previously confessed to Kawaide Shizuko that although this heavy trilogy could establish Kitagawa Hide's historical position in the world literary arena, it might also cause him to lose a lot of his early loyal fans.

After all, the changes in language style and plot content are too great.

Readers who are used to reading "Kitagawa Hidefu" will never accept this kind of thing.

But "A Wonderful Journey" completely broke Rena Saito's previous understanding of the trilogy.

This opening, this language style, this smooth and comfortable writing style, it is clear that "Beichuan Xiufeng" is back!
“Hanako’s yard is right next to the railway.

Hanako came to the yard today just to wait for the train to pass by.

Hanako loves trains, not only because her father is the stationmaster of this station, but mainly because she thinks trains are the most powerful thing in the world.

The train could shake Hanako's young soul, which was locked in darkness, and awaken it.

Although she couldn't see the train or hear the sound of its wheels or whistle, the vibrations from the train shaking the earth could be felt through Hanako's body.

Hanako seemed to be sucked into the earth, and every time she felt the ground shaking, her own body trembled as well.

Hanako's face, which used to be expressionless like a doll, now looks full of life and radiance.

Hanako was once held by her father and caressed a train parked on the platform: "It's dangerous, Hanako, come on, start the train."

Despite what her father said, Hanako turned a deaf ear to him and even wanted to hug the train.

"The train comes every day, and there will be many more days to come." Whenever this happened, the father would forcibly carry the disobedient Hanako away from the train.

Once her father took her to touch the railroad tracks. Hanako touched the tracks with both hands and even walked on the tracks.

As she walked, she asked in sign language: 'Where does this lead to?'

She felt that the railway seemed to have no end, leading straight to many places. She seemed to know for the first time the vastness of the world, and she felt mysterious fear and longing.
From then on, Hanako always liked walking on the railway.

She could move nimbly on the railroad tracks by herself, with such accuracy that no one would have thought she was blind.

Just like when she was just standing there quietly, no one could imagine that Hanako could neither hear nor see, and at the same time could not speak.

When she is silent, she is like a sculpture, but when she moves, she is freer and cuter than the birds in the sky!"

In the first chapter, Kitagawa Hide used smart and elegant sentences to write about the delicate psychological feelings of a girl who suffers from the triple pains of deafness, dumbness and blindness.

It was not until the end of the chapter that Saito Rena finally realized that Hanako was such a poor disabled girl.

At this moment, she suddenly thought of Helen Keller, the heroine in "Three Days to See".

She had been deaf, blind and unable to speak since childhood, but it was through this step-by-step exploration of the world that she gradually came into contact with reality and emotions.

This unique sense of immersion and reality has touched Rena Saito countless times.

Kitagawa Hide's opening is different from "Three Days to See". He abandoned the depression and discomfort in the early exploration and instead focused on Hanako's mood and happiness.

Through the images of rails, railways and trains, people can accept everything about Hanako in a more relaxed atmosphere.

It’s also a train, but the opening of “The Crucible” is full of despair and desolation.

"call--"

Saito Reina let out a sigh of relief.

“A Wonderful Journey” is actually really “wonderful”!
“For this trilogy, I wanted a progressive emotional experience.

From the mystery, unknowability and preliminary understanding of "The Crucible" to the darkness, bloodiness and thorough revelation of "Children of the Dark", to the beauty, hope and living towards death in "The Wonderful Journey".

While giving readers progressive emotions, it also brings hope to those real "readers".

If the trilogy was all dark, I wouldn’t be able to stand it myself.”

Beichuan Xiu looked at her and said word by word. (End of this chapter)