I am a literary giant in Japan

Thailand is probably the only country in the world that has no aversion to horror-themed works.

In Thailand, to this day, countless people are still exposed to and learning folk traditions such as black magic, infant corpses, and evil spirits.

Horror films, cult films and other niche films are also very popular in the Thai film and television industry. "Ghost", "The Ghost Story", "Ghost Husband" and other films that will become popular all over the world in the future are all niche masterpieces worth watching.

Kitagawa Hide knew that this was a unique national culture extended from the fact that all Thais believed in Buddhism, and senior intellectuals like Pente were no exception.

Sure enough, when he heard that Yumeko and Kitagawa Hide's new books were both related to horror elements, Pengte immediately kept asking for details and even had the idea of ​​asking Kitagawa Hide to release the new book first in Thailand.

".As long as Mr. Beichuan is willing to publish the book first in Bangkok, I can find someone to take care of the official import and export affairs!"

Seeing that Beichuan Xiu was a little interested, Peng Te immediately struck while the iron was hot and spoke.

Considering that Thai people do like this type of subject matter, the effect of the first release in Bangkok will most likely not be bad.

But the Thai literature market is too small.

The trilogy of "The Disabled but Determined" has only sold a total of more than 150 million copies so far, which is far from the sales data in Japan.

This is the result achieved with the unremitting assistance and publicity from the Thai government.

However, in 1999, Thailand's total population had reached 6300 million, which was higher than that of South Korea.

If the Thai literature market can develop, there is a good chance that it will become half of Japan, so it is worth considering.

Peng Te looked at Kitagawa Hide eagerly. Saito Reina, who was standing beside him, noticed Kitagawa Hide's hesitation and concerns, and immediately came over and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, Principal Peng Te, I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation.

Mr. Beichuan has officially signed a cooperation agreement with us for his new book, and it will definitely be first published in our "Literature and Art".

As for Thailand, if you want to become an overseas channel, we welcome you very much. You can contact our overseas marketing department for details.

But if we want to get the starting position, I think it is unlikely."

In Thailand, the status of women is very low, and polygamy is even condoned in the country.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Pente did not think highly of Rena Saito, who was traveling with Kitagawa Hide.

This is a prejudice ingrained in their bones.

Now that Saito Reina suddenly interrupted, he felt a little dissatisfied, but seeing that Kitagawa Hide looked like he agreed, he could only smile helplessly and said, "I see, that's the case. There's nothing we can do about it. But it's not bad to get the overseas distribution rights. I'll send someone to contact your company's overseas marketing department."

"Then I wish you a pleasant cooperation in advance." Saito Rena also noticed Peng Te's attitude towards her. She was neither humble nor arrogant. She stretched out her slender hand and gently shook hands with Peng Te.

Pente nodded slightly and brought the topic back to the open literature class at Chulalongkorn University tomorrow.

Kitagawa Hide has participated in this kind of activities several times in recent years and has become very familiar with it.

Moreover, as time went by, he gradually summed up a set of literary theories of his own, which was not just pure fabrication without any knowledge.

Peng Te was a science major and didn't know much about literary theory. He got stuck during the conversation and had to turn the topic back to the filming of "Children in the Dark".

“We have received the message from the government and will fully cooperate with your crew in filming.

But the government hopes to insert some actors to act together, what do you think, Mr. Beichuan?"

Peng Te took a sip of fruit tea and glanced at Beichuan Xiu's reaction.

These were conditions added later, and this kind of behavior of raising the price is actually very disrespectful. He didn't know Kitagawa Hide's character and didn't know whether the other party would be disgusted.

Kitagawa Hide waved his hand and said indifferently: "Sure, just ask the actors to come for auditions. As long as they meet our crew's review standards, no matter how many people can come to participate, it doesn't matter.

However, I have already decided on the male and female protagonists, so please forgive me."

"Of course." Pente breathed a sigh of relief. The people they had placed there would at most play supporting roles for women or men. If they were to snatch the main role from others, that would be too tactless.

In fact, he himself didn't want to mention these disgusting things.

After all, he didn't get any benefit at all, but he had to bear all the disadvantages and blame.

But the actors who were inserted here all have powerful backgrounds, so we have to help them.

Kitagawa Hidenai has decided on the male and female protagonists as Nambu Hiroyuki and Jabami Rei.

The former is performing in his true colors, and even if his acting is not good, the audience will naturally understand as long as his identity is revealed.

There is no need to say much about Jabami Rei.

After leaving Toho, Jabami Rei officially joined Kitagawa Entertainment. Now she is the undisputed number one actress in the film and television industry at Kitagawa Entertainment. It is only right and reasonable for Kitagawa Hidetoshi to spend a lot of money to support her.

Moreover, these things were caused by her in the first place. She can also use this new movie to open up the overseas film and television market and take a further step towards the international direction.

As for the other actors in the movie, Kitagawa Hidemoto wanted to give face to the Thai officials and gave about 30% of the candidates to them for free.

Now that they have taken the initiative to ask for it, he might as well do them a favor. Why not?
"Children in the Dark" has already involved cooperation and consultation between the two governments, and has become a large transnational project. Regardless of profit or loss in the future, anyone who can get a piece of the pie can take the opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune.

Therefore, Pengte intended to lead the crew to Chulalongkorn University. Kitagawa Hide understood his meaning and followed his suggestion, saying that he would modify the script to a certain extent to make it more suitable for Chulalongkorn University.

Pengte was overjoyed after hearing this, and felt more and more that Teacher Beichuan was indeed an easy-going and easy-to-talk to person, completely different from those Westerners whose butts were taller than their heads!

"After Mrs. Kitagawa's novel is released, I will ask someone to go to the film and television companies to negotiate and let those popular stars star in her works."

Peng Te was well aware of the unspoken rule of "returning a favor". He had received a lot of benefits from Teacher Beichuan, so naturally he had to give him some feedback.

Since it’s not my turn to worry about Mr. Beichuan’s new book, I’ll focus my main energy on his wife!
Kitagawa Hide nodded slightly, tacitly accepting the deal.

Thailand leads the world in terms of resources for horror films, and is the only country in Southeast Asia that can compete with Western horror films.

If "Call on Ghost" could get some support from the Thai side, the filming would be smoother and the chances of it becoming a hit would be greater.

This was the first time that Mengzi formally submitted a book, and Kitagawa Hide didn't want to interfere too much, so he only provided an idea and some scattered writing methods, and she had to complete everything else by herself.

He didn't want his young wife's hard work to go to waste.

This time he decided to accept all these tricks that could be used to accumulate more chips for Mengzi's success.

After chatting about these trivial matters and having lunch, Peng Te personally led people to accompany Kitakawa Hide to visit Chulalongkorn University. This university ranks first among Thai universities, but unlike the neighboring Tsinghua University and Peking University, it has some aristocratic college temperament, and most of the students come from prominent families and wealthy families.

Even if those small town test-takers manage to get into Chulalongkorn University with their superhuman wisdom and abilities, they may be forced to give up due to the high tuition fees and choose medical or law-related schools where it is easier to find jobs.

Like those developed countries, the only way for the lower class people in Thailand to cross the class barrier is to study medicine and law. Doctor, lawyer, and teacher are the best careers to become middle class in one step.

After Kitagawa Hide and Saito Rena took a tour and learned about Thailand's overall national conditions and current situation, they couldn't help but sigh at the huge gap between the rich and the poor in this country.

It is really amazing that a small country that is so far from the standards of developed countries is even more class-stratified than the old powers such as Britain, the United States and Japan.

After visiting the university, that evening, senior officials from the Thai cultural and diplomatic departments came to invite Kitagawa Hide and his partner to dinner, and discussed with them in a friendly manner the location for the filming of the crew.

In accordance with Pente's wishes, Kitagawa Hide finally chose the filming location in Pathumwan District, where Chulalongkorn University is located.

It is the city center of Bangkok, surrounded by wealthy residences and several famous large hospitals.

The organs of disabled children are removed and transplanted into children from wealthy families. This happens right under everyone's noses, in the richest, most prosperous and most civilized area. It would be very ironic to film it like this.

The senior officials of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also entrusted by others and did not want Kitagawa Hide to choose the final site in a slum area.

"Children in the Dark" has already damaged the reputation of the Thai authorities. Now the whole world is watching them and waiting for the follow-up. If the movie reveals some of the gap between the rich and the poor, it will undoubtedly make the situation worse.

Fortunately, everyone agreed on the site selection and it was quickly decided.

In addition to Pathumwan district, the cultural department also recommended several surrounding areas, hoping that the crew can go there several times to shoot scenes, thereby boosting the local tourism and consumer industries.

This was probably inspired by "The Dancing Girl of Izu", and they also wanted to take advantage of this good opportunity to achieve some political achievements.

In general, the filming plan of "Children in the Dark" is going very smoothly. After the important matters are settled here, Japan can send a large crew to Bangkok.

What remains is how to deal with the remaining forces such as the Charity Group in the future.

The Thai government does not have the complicated and tangled relationship with Japan.

They only see that batch after batch of "transnational terrorists" are destroying the harmony and peace in their countries and have caused them great trouble.

As we all know, Thailand's underground forces and official forces have long been in collusion with each other. Now they say this righteously, just to put all the blame on the Charity Group.

Kitagawa Hide was too lazy to expose their little thoughts, and said that as long as these scum could be completely cleaned up, nothing else mattered.

Of course, in order to ensure that everything goes well, Kitagawa Hide proposed to have people from the Sumiyoshi-kai come to "cooperate in the fight."

It is called collaboration, but in fact it is just surveillance.

People on both sides understand this.

However, this was a harmless point, and the Thai officials agreed decisively, saying that they would treat the Sumiyoshi-kai members to delicious food and drinks.

This time, the Sumiyoshi-kai made great efforts in Yamanashi Prefecture, and many of the "things under the iceberg" were dug up by their young people.

In order to find out some internal secrets of the Charity Group, more than a dozen members of the Sumiyoshi-kai died, and Kitagawa Hideya kept this favor in mind.

He plans to officially put the "Extremely Evil Series" that he had previously promised to write for Shigeo Nishiguchi on the agenda during this trip to Thailand.

When Shigeo Nishiguchi, who was far away in Tokyo, heard the news, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

All along, his embarrassing identity made him always feel that he was not Mr. Kitagawa's confidant.

Other people who knew Mr. Kitagawa at the same time, such as Masato Senhara, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Tetsutaro Mori, etc., are now well-known figures within the Kitagawa Group.

He is the only one who has always been outside the organization, like a rootless duckweed or a wandering ghost.

Now that Mr. Beichuan is willing to help me write scripts, it means that from now on, he is truly one of my own!

Shigeo Nishiguchi, who had spent his entire life giving names and identities to others, felt for the first time that he had "finally joined the ancestral temple"!

The next morning.

Kitagawa Hide and Saito Rena, representing Kitagawa Entertainment Co., Ltd. and Kawaide Shobo Co., Ltd. respectively, gave a unique open literature class to countless young students at Chulalongkorn University.

Kitagawa Hide quoted classics in class and intentionally instilled in them the concepts of electronic reading and light novels, which were the future trends. This shocked this group of students who had very little knowledge of literary concepts.

three days later.

Jabami Rei, Nambu Hiroyuki and their team chartered a plane to Bangkok, Thailand, and officially launched the filming project of "Children in the Dark".

At the same time, the second serial issue of "The Crucible", which was long awaited by countless Japanese readers, was officially published in the February issue of "Mass Magazine".

On February 2th, it drizzled.

Naoto Kan, who successfully toppled Seiji Maehara and completely drove the Maehara family out of the New Democratic Party, avoided all eyes and ears and came to Maruzen Marunouchi Bookstore alone.

Inside and outside the bookstore are posters and advertisements for the "Disabled but Determined Us" trilogy, and the constant flow of people reflects the popularity of this series of books.

Since "Children of the Dark" is rated R20 in Japan, the other two works received extra traffic and were more popular than expected.

The subsequent chapters of "A Wonderful Journey" will not be available until the 18th, so everyone's attention is focused on "The Crucible" at the beginning of the month.

Seeing such a popular scene, Naoto Kan secretly decided to help promote the film and television adaptation of "The Crucible".

He vaguely felt that the film and television version of "The Crucible" might be even more popular than the novel version and would have a more astonishing influence!
"666 yen, thank you." The clerk said to Naoto Kan with a smile on his face.

In the new year, many literary magazines have reduced their prices, except for those published by Kitagawa and Kawaide Shobo, which are still increasing their prices.

At 666 yen per copy, Dazhong already exceeds the average price of literary magazines, and last year it was only 580 yen.

But with the popularity of The Crucible, the sales of the more expensive Popular magazine are still rising steadily. It is one of the few magazines that the store clerks are willing to mention the price with a smile.

Kan took the magazine and immediately turned away to avoid being recognized.

He turned the pages as he walked, eager to know what happened to Kitahara Hiroshi in Wujin City.

The new chapter is called "Hell on Earth: Don't Break the Rules." (End of this chapter)