I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 484 This is the invincible teacher Beichuan!

“Regarding the sale of physical books, Children in the Dark will still adhere to the R20 rating principle and will only be available to adults over the age of 20.

Because there are many channels for printing physical books, many bookstores will circumvent laws and regulations by means of "gifts" and "trial readings", so we will ask the Ministry of Education to be more careful in supervising this aspect."

Shizuko Kawaide took the report in her hand and continued what Reina Saito had said.

"The rating system is a milestone in the Japanese literary market, and we cannot let it be destroyed in our own hands."

"Yes. But I think we can relax restrictions on Internet supervision appropriately."

Kitagawa Hide glanced at the computer in the office that was always on.

Since he explained to them the importance and transformative nature of the Internet, Rena Saito and Shizuko Kawaide have equipped their offices with the latest computers and changed their original attitude of "just playing around" to "studying it."

After hearing him talk about Internet supervision, the two of them immediately became interested and looked at him curiously, not quite understanding why he had to secretly leave a door for those readers on the Internet.

"You must have seen those posts on Yahoo Japan forums that copied the content of physical novels, right?"

Kitagawa Hide did not explain directly, but first opened the portal and then linked to the literature section of the Yahoo Japan Forum.

You don’t even need to look for it deliberately. There are many resource posts like [Shocking news! A collection of the uncensored original texts of Kitagawa-sensei’s “The Dancing Girl of Izu”! ] and [Quickly get the first and revised versions of “Norwegian Wood”! ] in the highly praised posts.

Before going to study in Japan in his previous life, Kitagawa Hide always thought that Japan's piracy control was very strict, definitely much stricter than that next door.

But when he arrived, he found similar resource posts and quite a few strange pirated channels.

If I have to say, Japan is a country that openly cracks down on piracy with great force, and the Ministry of Justice will deal with some illegal organizations and piracy channels strictly. For example, in the original history, a certain subtitle group was caught next door.

In addition, the public is relatively willing to support genuine products - if their finances allow, they basically do not touch pirated products.

However, all of the above are based on the conditions of peace and prosperity in the country and an upward trend in the economy.

But now is the period of the Great Depression and the treasury is empty. The government can hardly pay the salaries of civil servants. Who has the time to care about the problem of piracy?

There are even some so-called pirated works, such as the reposting posts of Hide Kitagawa's novels on the Internet, where the profiteers behind the scenes may be the guys from these government agencies.

Piracy and genuine products have always been an entangled relationship of both enemies and friends.

Since it is impossible to stop piracy at the source, it is better to relax some restrictions so that they can read novels more easily on the Internet, which can also promote the increase of traffic and genuine sales.

We must kill all pirated profiteers with one blow, but we cannot kill the pirated readers as well.

In this day and age, there are many single mothers like Mayumi Aso. It is already difficult for them to survive, let alone spend money on various entertainment.

But as long as they have extra money, they will pay off the "debt" they owe as soon as possible, so they are also high-quality customers.

Instead of getting hung up on the issue of revenue, it would be better for the Japanese government to be more friendly to copyright holders.

For example, increasing the profit share of songwriters from 1% to 5%.

Of course, being able to give these creators a certain share of royalties is already better than most countries in the world.

This is also the reason why Japan was able to develop the entertainment industry in just over a decade.

Capital is eating the meat, the stars in the front and the top entertainment creators are eating the vegetables, and the workers behind the scenes can also have a share of the soup. Only such a virtuous cycle can stimulate the creators' original motivation.

If you work hard to write a lot of scripts, lyrics and the like, but in the end the ones who benefit are always the client and the front-stage stars, then who would be willing to maintain the creative soil?
After all, not every creator is as good as Kitagawa Hide who doesn't care about the meat thread stuck between his teeth.

Most creators, like office workers who punch in and out every day, live close to the poverty line all day, and sometimes even go hungry.

What supports them to continue creating is passion, but money is also indispensable.

Regarding the issues of copyright protection and profit-sharing rights, Kitagawa Hide has submitted written applications to Congress many times as a member of the House of Representatives.

The good thing about the Japanese parliament is that the entire meeting is broadcast live to the public, and the parliamentarians are like AV actresses without pants, allowing the public to stop and admire them.

The people know exactly what you said and did, and how Congress responded and viewed it. They have a scale in their hearts to measure it.

Saito Rena and the other person came up and scanned the computer, and found that there were so many pirated posts on Yahoo Japan. For a moment, they didn't know whether to be angry or happy.

The two looked at Kitagawa Hide, their eyes full of confusion and questioning.

Kitagawa Hide simply explained this logic to them.

This is also the change in thinking that a publishing house must go through if it wants to transform into an entertainment group company after it becomes bigger.

After becoming an investor, the first thing to consider is no longer to make money from readers, but to make the pie bigger, securitize assets, and then harvest money from countless shareholders.

In recent years, Shizuko Kawaide has been working hard to run Kawaide Shobo, pushing the crumbling family business back to the top of the publishing industry, all thanks to her understanding and love for the publishing industry.

The Kawaide family's total assets have grown from tens of billions to hundreds of billions, and now to nearly 5000 billion yen, basically all of which were obtained through the publishing industry market.

But as Kitagawa Hide said, at this point, Kawaide Shizuko found herself wanting to go further, as if Kawaide Shobo alone was not enough.

The ceiling of the literary market is here. Even if copyright adaptations and film and television works are taken into account, it is difficult for the Kawade family's total assets to exceed the trillion level.

On the other hand, Beichuan Entertainment has been on a tear since it absorbed the advantages of Beichuan Finance, Beichuan Investment, Beichuan Technology and other companies, and has left its big brother Hechu Book House, which it relied on, far behind.

Is Beichuan teaching me how to do business?
Shizuko Kawaide's heart was pounding. She looked up at him again, and a strange feeling gradually rose in her heart.

In the past, when she looked at Kitagawa Hide, she always treated him as a fan looking at an idol, a boss looking at an employee, or a close friend looking at a close friend.

But ever since the 300 billion yen crisis, her feelings for Kitagawa Hide have become a little "sour".

Her grandmother, Keiko Kimura, once mentioned it to her.

If she doesn't want to get married, she should at least find an outstanding man to "borrow sperm" so that the Hechu family's excellent bloodline can continue.

"Borrowing seeds".
Shizuko Kawaide had never considered such a ridiculous idea before.

But now.
She shook her head, put the idea aside for the time being, and listened attentively to Kitagawa Hide's explanation.

Kitagawa Hide wants to develop the Internet, on the one hand, in order to continue to expand the literary market.

Because he knows better than anyone that when light novels and online literature truly rise, this market will be unprecedentedly large, enough to subvert the existing pure literature market and physical book market.

This also indirectly proves that the ceiling of the literary market is far from as low as Shizuko Kawaide and others imagined.

On the other hand, it is to pave the way for Beichuan Entertainment to officially enter the light novel industry.

The millennium is approaching, and countless light novels and comics that have been proven to be top-tier hits in later generations will appear one by one.

These works will occupy the top of the charts for a long time to come, eroding the entertainment industry in Japan and even countries around the world.

Instead of thinking about how to curb their growth or maliciously suppress them like the old stubborn people, it is better to let nature take its course and combine light novels, anime, games and literature to produce a more benign chemical reaction.

Of course, these things currently only exist in Kitagawa Hide's mind, and it will take a long time to realize them step by step.

Fortunately, the last thing he lacks now is time. "I understand. Regarding Internet regulation, I will personally go to the Ministry of Justice to discuss with the relevant department heads.

Oh, by the way, there is also the film adaptation of The Crucible. I heard that you, Beichuan, are also planning to complete it in the first half of the year? "

Shizuko Kawaide looked at him.

Kitagawa Hide immediately understood what she meant and nodded, "I may have to go to Thailand for a while, I have a lot of chores to deal with, and I also have to deal with the film adaptation of Children in the Dark.

But "The Crucible" must be filmed while it's hot, so I'll leave this project up to you and Reina."

"No problem! Just leave it to us." The two women nodded.

After talking about these things, the three of them shifted the topic back to the Charity Group and Seiji Maehara and others.

The tip of the iceberg is being dug deeper and deeper, and the problems they face are no longer something that ordinary people like them can touch.

After discovering that the interest chain behind the Charity Group was much larger than he had imagined, Kitagawa Hide decisively mailed all the intelligence and information to the Prime Minister's Office and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.

Let Keizo Obuchi, Juzo Miyamoto and others worry about it!
Kitagawa Hide just wanted a result and closure.

The final outcome of these things did not make Kitagawa Hide and others wait too long.

1999 1 Month 25 Day.

Oricon was the first to release the monthly sales figures of the January issues of its four leading literary magazines, namely "Dazhong", "Beichuan", "Wenyi" and "Xinwenxiang".

The January issue of "Wenyi", which was released the latest, came from behind and led the list with a total sales volume of 1 million copies, firmly occupying the top position.

"A Wonderful Journey" has also become the best-received novel among all Kitagawa Hide's novels in recent times.

The heroine of the novel, the deaf, dumb and blind girl Hanako, has become a phenomenal benchmark figure and was rated by many newspapers as the most popular literary character at the beginning of 1999.

The last literary character who was so highly praised by the media was "Xiao Xun" in "The Dancing Girl of Izu".

Ranked second on the literary magazine sales list is the January issue of "Beichuan", which serialized "Children in the Dark", with total sales of 1 million copies.

In fact, the real top of the list should be "Beichuan".

Unfortunately, this issue of "Beichuan" was strictly sold in a tiered manner. At least 1% of young readers were unable to buy and see the January issue of "Beichuan", preventing its sales from surpassing its big brother "Wenyi".

Following closely behind is the January issue of "Mass", which serializes "The Crucible".

This literary magazine, which focuses on popular literature, is also the only non-pure literary magazine in the top ten of the list.

The total sales of the January issue of "Popularity" is currently 1 million copies, which has successfully broken the 601.3 million copy mark, further enhancing the fame of "The Crucible".

The fourth place is naturally the January issue of New Literature, with a total sales of 1 million copies, a record high, "cause for celebration" -

If Evind Johnson had not chosen to abandon "City in Darkness" and run away, Xinwenxiang Publishing House could indeed be happy about the economic benefits.

Unfortunately, he ran away without looking back.

All subsequent adaptations and copyrights became big problems, and the subsequent development plans that were originally planned became empty promises.

In this wave, Xinwenxiang Publishing House gained sales, but lost stock price and market value, and completely disappointed readers.

That afternoon.

The new president, Takayama Hitoshi, who had just replaced Ohnishi Taira, attended the press conference in a formal attire. He bowed 90 degrees and apologized profusely, and then announced a shocking piece of news.

Shinbunxiang Publishing House will sell itself to Kitagawa Bunyu and Kawaide Shobo for 1325 billion yen!
After the sale, Beichuan Entertainment will hold a 51% stake in Xinwenxiang, and Hechu Shobo will hold a 29% stake.

In other words, from January 1999, 1, the giant Shinbunxiang Publishing House, which was formed by the merger of Shinchosha, Bungeishunju and many old-school publishing houses, will become a thing of the past.

It will be replaced by a completely new publishing house, which will be jointly controlled by Kitagawa Bunyu and Kawaide Shobo.

The name and main business of the new publishing house are currently unknown.

However, there are rumors that Takayama Hitoshi, who is known for his wise management style, will continue to serve as acting president.

Some industry insiders also revealed that Mr. Kitagawa seems to want to reorganize this arch-rival into a new publishing house that mainly deals in "light novels and animation"!
The industry insiders' statement caused an uproar, but few people really believed it.

Deep down, they still look down on the newly emerging light novel industry.

Their aggressiveness towards this new literary theme is very reminiscent of what happened to Kitagawa Hide when he first wrote the "Youth Trilogy", who was also targeted in the same way.

Even though "Kino's Journey" has sold like hot cakes, they just refuse to acknowledge it!

After discussing this for a while, everyone quickly turned their attention back to matters related to Kitagawa Hide.

On January 1, the petition of the Disabled Volunteer Association was delivered to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Nobutaka Machimura by Hide Kitagawa in front of 27 million citizens.

When millions of disabled people heard Machimura Nobutaka say on TV, "Please rest assured, all subsequent welfare systems and related laws will be improved and will not be delayed until the middle of the year!", their eyes were filled with tears and they finally felt that they were respected by society.

All this is thanks to the trilogy "Disabled but Determined Us" written by Hide Kitagawa -

Although Mr. Kitagawa himself does not quite agree with this.

1 month 28 day.

The welfare home in Nerima Ward and many schools for the deaf and mute in Yamanashi Prefecture were renovated, and a large number of volunteers flocked to the schools and welfare homes, giving the children more care and hope of survival.

1 month 29 day.

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nobutaka Machimura and Health Minister Naoto Kan attended the government's emergency press conference at the same time and bowed to apologize to all citizens for the incident involving the Charity Group.

The rectification and investigation of the Charity Group is also guaranteed to produce results before January 1.

That afternoon, Naoto Kan, as the leader of the New Democratic Party, made a public statement, saying that he would temporarily remove important party figure Seiji Maehara from all party positions and conduct a thorough investigation of him and his related interest lines within the party!
April 1st morning.

Kitagawa Hide, who was writing furiously in his study, continuing to write the sequel to "The Crucible" and "A Wonderful Journey", was interrupted by Yumeko who knocked on the door.

He turned around to look at his young wife and found that she was rarely smiling innocently, just like when they first met.

"You did it~ Xiujun~ dear~"

Kitagawa Yumeko tilted her head, holding Kitagawa Toru and Kitagawa Midori, who were already able to walk. The two little ones looked at their father curiously, and seemed to understand his greatness and how difficult it was for him.

"Seiji Maehara's public apology meeting will be held soon. Let's watch it together, dear!" Mengzi smiled at him again.

Kitagawa Hide put down the pen in his hand, looked at his young wife and lovely children, and then smiled too.

"Yeah! Let's watch it together!"

(End of this chapter)