I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 48: The Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves, and the front waves just... (Please read on, please, sir!)

After signing the contract and pressing his fingerprints, Yan Jingtuo put all the keys together and handed them solemnly to Kitagawa Hide.

"Teacher Kitagawa, if you need the contact information of the beer supplier or the barbecue restaurant, I can compile them into a book and mail them to you in a few days." Seeing Kitagawa Hide taking away the keychain, Yan Jing Takuya had a look of reluctance on his face. This was the place where he had lived for seven years.

"Mr. Kitagawa, are you planning to continue running the bar?" Masato Senhara handed the suitcase to Takuya Yanjing and couldn't help asking.

He thought to himself that if Kitagawa Hide was planning to start some small business, perhaps he could help.

"I guess so. In fact, I plan to turn this place into a jazz cafe, selling coffee and records during the day, playing jazz at night, and allowing customers who like quiet time to have a drink here or something."

Kitagawa Hide answered truthfully, and then asked Chihara Masato,

"Master Qianyuan knows of a similar supply channel?"

"Yes. I have many clients selling cold meals, beer, coffee, as well as record companies and artist management companies. If Mr. Kitagawa needs anything, I can introduce some to you." Senhara Masato nodded immediately.

"That's great." Kitagawa Hide was overjoyed. It seemed that his identity as a famous writer was quite useful. The bank clerk was so polite to him, a highly indebted customer. It couldn't be because he was handsome, right?
"I hope that Mr. Senhara can try to introduce me to some reliable but financially difficult upstream and downstream businesses." Kitagawa Hide added that after seeing that Yan Jingtuo's life had undergone earth-shaking changes because of his intervention, he felt that he could take care of some poor good people within his ability.

"I see. You are worthy of being Teacher Kitagawa." Senhara Masato stood in awe.

Then Yan Jingtuo gave a brief introduction to the situation in the bar. After the three finished their last drink, they stood up and prepared to leave.

When locking the door, Kitagawa Hide remembered that he would definitely live in this house with his young wife in the future, and a bedroom would be indispensable, so he asked Senhara Masato to introduce a reliable decoration company, and they agreed to meet there in a few days to see how to renovate it.

After everything was settled, Kitagawa Hide checked the condition of the gate again and again, then went to the subway station happily, ready to go home directly.

Originally, he wanted to go to the department store to buy some small jewelry for his wife Yumeko today, but when he came out, it was dark, so he had to take a detour to the Shiose main store and bought a few bags of sweet potato buns. They will wait until the weekend when Yumeko is off, and then they can go shopping!

After one hour.

Kitagawa Hide hummed a song, greeted the apartment manager downstairs, and returned to the rental house in high spirits.

"Mengzi-chan, I'm back! I brought your favorite sweet potato buns." Kitagawa Hide found that the door was ajar, and quickly pushed it open with his butt, only to find another pair of men's leather shoes at the entrance.

"Meow~"

"Xiujun, are you back?"

My wife Yumeko, who was holding Pete tightly to her chest, was dressed neatly, still in the same attire she wore during school days, without even changing out of her pajamas.

After she saw Kitagawa Hide, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, quickly put Pete down, helped him take off his clothes, and took his slippers, while whispering, "Hide, Mr. Oshima Hikaru is here to visit you."

"Huh?" A big question mark appeared on Kitagawa Hide's forehead. It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and he didn't know Oshima Hikaru.

After changing his shoes, Kitagawa Hide hurried to the living room and found a short and fat man in a suit kneeling on the tatami.

Hearing the footsteps, Oshima Hikaru looked back and was immediately shocked by Kitagawa Hide's young and handsome face.

Beichuan Xiu had seen this kind of shocked face countless times since he traveled through time, and he had long been immune to it, but he was able to keenly catch the flash of jealousy and hatred in the other person's eyes.

It turned out to be this guy!

Kitagawa Hideya was also surprised.

Because he had actually seen the other person.

Once before leaving get off work, he saw people from a TV drama crew questioning a female singer at the door of King Records. The female singer kept apologizing to the short and fat man who was suspected to be the original writer of the script.

That person is Hikaru Oshima.

"It's our first meeting. Please take care of me, Mr. Kitagawa. I'm Oshima Hikaru." Oshima Hikaru tried his best to force a smile on his face, then picked up an envelope from the side and slowly pushed it in front of Kitagawa Hide. "It's just a little gift from me. Please accept it."

"What do you mean, Mr. Oshima?" Kitagawa Hide didn't take it, nor did he give him a good look.

He hates the Japanese's pretentiousness. You copied my beginning and made a big fuss all day long, as if you wanted to crush me. Now you come to visit me again, do you really expect me to be nice to you and be polite to you?

"This." Oshima Hikaru's face twitched. Kitagawa Hide looked to be in his early twenties, but he was almost forty. The other party didn't even want to call him Teacher Oshima. He was so arrogant.

But now he had to bow his head under the eaves, so he could only continue to laugh dryly and said: "Inside is a check for 1000 million yen, please accept it, Mr. Kitagawa."

After returning, my wife Yumeko sat beside them like a little wife, helping them serve tea and water. When there are guests at a Japanese home and the male host is at home, the hostess is not allowed to sit at the table to accompany them, and can only serve by their side like a maid.

Hearing this, she was also surprised and felt like something in her heart collapsed.

"What exactly does Mr. Oshima want to do?" Kitagawa Hide raised his eyebrows and completely ignored the envelope.

No matter what his purpose was, the money he gave would certainly not be enough to cover the price Kitagawa Hide would have to pay.

Kitagawa Hide is no fool.

"It's a long story." Oshima Hikaru suppressed his anger and continued to smile, "I heard that Mr. Kitagawa has finished writing "Ball". I read your book, it's a novella, right? If I use this money to buy subsequent manuscripts, I think it should be enough."

My wife Yumeko hugged Pete and was even more surprised. She actually heard that Mr. Oshima Hikaru was going to buy the remaining manuscripts of Hideki!

Kitagawa Hide understood.

He inquired about today's sales and looked at his own book. After making sure that there was no possibility of a turnaround, he came here in an attempt to use money to settle the matter.

Seeing that Kitagawa Hide didn't say anything, Oshima Hikaru thought he was moved, and immediately struck while the iron was hot and said, "Teacher Kitagawa, I have heard from Deputy Editor-in-Chief An Yuan that you are very short of money and want to make money very much, right? In fact, there is no need for us to fight to the death, right?

You are a new writer, and I am an old writer. We can enjoy all the benefits of Kodansha together without any conflict of interest. As long as you sell all the manuscripts to me, my novels will be able to reach a higher level, and this will not affect your sales, right? If you are worried about the loss of income, I can make up all the money for you. "

"Also, those things before were actually led by Deputy Editor-in-Chief An Yuan, and really had nothing to do with me! I personally admire your talent and ability very much. As long as you are willing to help me, I can recommend you to the judges of the Akutagawa Prize. By the way, I am also familiar with people in the film and television industry. You can adapt it if you want, or even sleep with a female star or something like that."

"That's enough!" Kitagawa Hide saw my wife Yumeko shrug her shoulders slightly, and realized my wife's strange mental state, so he immediately interrupted this guy's stupid speech, "Please leave immediately, Oshima-san, I won't show you the manuscript. Also, I have a girlfriend, so please don't say these things that may cause misunderstandings!"

It can be seen from the way he arrogantly shows off his power to the vulnerable and the fact that he only came to apologize and ask for forgiveness after the incident that he is definitely not a good person.

If you give a bastard like this a helping hand, he will sell you out in the end.

And Yumeko must have felt terrible to hear the idol writer she had been following for several years say such things.

What about sleeping with female celebrities? What would Mengzi think when he heard about it?
He doesn't care about Oshima Hikaru at all, but if he makes Yumeko unhappy, he should get out!

"Why? Is it because the money is not enough? Kitagawa-san, this is 1000 million yen. The royalties from your book "Hear the Wind Sing" can't even reach this amount, right?"

Oshima Hikaru totally didn't understand why the other party was so unwilling to give in. Wasn't it just a manuscript?

Look it up for yourself, what does he have to lose?
"Don't you understand? As long as you are willing to help me, I will use my resources to support you in the future. You haven't joined the Japanese Literature Society yet, and you don't know anyone in the industry, right? Even if your two novels are popular now, in the eyes of Kodansha's top management, you are definitely not more important than me."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Oshima Hikaru became anxious and turned to look at Agatsuma Yumeko and growled at her,
"Hey, you just said you're a fan of my books, right? Please say a few words for me. As a fan, shouldn't you lend a hand when you see your idol in trouble? Do you want to see your idol fall from the top?"

Perhaps sensing Kitagawa Hide's determination, Oshima Hikaru finally panicked and started talking without thinking.

"Get out! Now!" Kitagawa Hide suddenly stood up and stood between Agatsuma Yumeko and Oshima Hikaru, pointing at the door with his hand, as if to say, "If you don't get out, I'm going to beat you up."

"Idiot. Do you know what you are talking about?" Oshima Hikaru was frightened by his roar. Looking at Kitagawa Hide's body which was taller and stronger than his, he felt that he might really dare to punch him. He quickly grabbed the envelope and ran to the door in panic.

Before leaving, he did not forget to say, "Kitagawa Hide, you will regret it."

boom!
As soon as Oshima Hikaru went out, Kitagawa Hide closed and locked the door.

"It's inexplicable." Kitagawa Hide sat back on the tatami, next to my wife Yumeko. Seeing that she was still looking down, he quickly hugged her and comforted her, "Okay, don't be sad, ignore this guy."

"Hmm~" My wife Yumeko lay weakly in his arms, her nose twitched a little, but it soon recovered. She touched Pete's fur and suddenly found that her mood was not as bad as she thought.

"Don't worry, your Xiujun is not that kind of person." Beichuan Xiu added that his little wife must not think too much.

"Xiujun, I know you're not that kind of person. I'm not upset, but I'm just a little angry."

My wife Mengzi sat next to him and said softly.

"Angry?" Kitagawa Hide was stunned.

"Because it was clearly the manuscript you worked so hard to write, but he wanted to buy it with money. And what he said was not right! The best and most outstanding writer in Japan is right next to me." Mengzi suddenly raised her head and looked directly into Kitagawa Hide's eyes when she spoke like this for the first time. Although she was very shy and her face was red, she wanted to say, "I am not a fan of his books. I am just a fan of Hidejun. Hidejun alone."

When she heard Xiujun say that she had a girlfriend, she became completely confused.

No matter what Oshima Hikaru or what sadness is, it doesn’t matter anymore.

She just wanted to stay by Xiujun's side like this for the rest of her life.

This time, Kitagawa Hide was really moved.

He saw pure light in Agatsuma Yumeko's eyes, she really thought so.

I really can’t bear it anymore!

Kitagawa Hide hugged her tightly and kissed his little wife hard on her lips.

The fact that Oshima Hikaru came to buy the manuscript and betrayed his boss at the same time did not cause any waves.

With the money, Kitagawa Hide, who finally succeeded in breaking the kissing point with Yumeko, began to devote his energy again to writing a new book and negotiating with Kodansha about new treatment.

But this time he decided to add another clause to the terms. He couldn't let that dog-like thing have such an easy time in Kodansha!

Of course, as Saito Rena said, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. He has to wait until the market feedback completely defeats Oshima Hikaru before going to Kodansha to discuss a new contract.

In the first week after the incident, the supplement sold a total of 53.1 copies, and "Hear the Wind Sing" sold more than 1 copies, climbing from fifth place to fourth place, and once again received high praise from Shizuko Kawade.

Then in the second week, Kodansha seemed to have finally realized the situation and began to slowly withdraw the promotional resources of the main issue of "Gunzo", and quietly superimposed it on the supplement. At the same time, the sales of "Hear the Wind Sing" were also boosted, and it sold less than 2 copies, and it actually squeezed into the top three of the list before the end of the first half of the year!

This supplement once again proves what Shizuko Kawaide said: "Kitagawa Hide is the most unexpected dark horse in the literary world in the first half of 1995!"

截止6月30日，1995年6月号《群像》增刊累计销量正式突破86.1万册，这才只卖了半个月，不仅打破了他刚创造的78万4332册的新纪录，还将其提高了近8万册！

On July 7, Kitagawa Hide was woken up from his sleep, and then answered a call from Saito Rena in a daze.

"Kitagawa-san! I don't know if this is good news, but I think I should tell you right now! Editor-in-chief Muramatsu told me that the editorial department has decided to stop updating "Tokyo Past in 1973"!"

Kitagawa Hide suddenly woke up.

This is certainly good news!
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front of them, and the waves in front of them should die miserably on the beach!

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