I am a literary giant in Japan

After the screening of "Children in the Dark", the applause in the theater lasted for a full minute.

Even though there were only about thirty people in this VIP theater, it still received thunderous applause and rave reviews.

Moreover, everyone applauded and cheered from the bottom of their hearts, not just to flatter Mr. Kitagawa who was there.

The most excited person was the actor who played the male lead, Hiroyuki Nambu.

He was in tears, holding the armrest of the sofa and covering his face with his hands, and he was unable to get up for a long time. It was not until the staff came in to clean up the mess that he slowly got up from the sofa and strode to Kitagawa Hide.

Kitagawa Hide was afraid that he would kneel down before him in front of everyone, so he quickly grabbed Nanbu Hiroyuki's arms with both hands to prevent him from suddenly performing a salute and leaving him unable to react.

Nanbu Hiroyuki really wanted to pay his respects to Kitagawa Hideyuki in public, but he didn't want to kneel down. Instead, he wanted to prostrate himself on the ground and kneel down to Mr. Kitagawa like he was kneeling to the Buddha.

When his intention was discovered by Mr. Kitagawa, he felt a little embarrassed. His knees were bent but his body remained stiff.

What a strong force.
Nanbu Hiroyuki is 1.75 meters tall and has a sturdy build. He has a muscular body from traveling around all the time, but he was held down by Kitagawa Hide and was completely unable to move.

Kitagawa Hideya was shocked. Fortunately, he usually paid attention to fitness and trained his upper limb strength to be very strong in order to hold Yumeko in his arms, otherwise he would have been in trouble.

The two men were in a stalemate for a few seconds, and Kitagawa Hide took the lead in breaking the deadlock and lifted Nanbu Hiroyuki up with force.

"Mr. Nanbu, there's no need to say thank you. These are all what I should do. They're not worth mentioning."

Kitagawa Hide patted his shoulder gently and said in a comforting tone,
"It's me who should say thank you."

"Huh? Why?" Nanbu Haoxing was confused.

"If you hadn't come to me through the crowd, I wouldn't have written Children in the Dark.

Without this novel, the trilogy of "Disabled but Determined Us" would be incomplete and the reading experience would be greatly reduced.

The most important thing is that without the original novel, there would not be this popular and well-received adapted movie.

Without this film, will the dark interest chain rooted in Thailand and Japan really be uprooted by us? I don't think so.

So, I have to say thank you. Because of your persistence, your decades of perseverance, I have achieved success and the future of countless children with disabilities.

These applause is for you, and my thanks are also for you, you deserve it all. "

These are Kitagawa Hide's inner thoughts, and he believes that this is the most meaningful part of the trilogy "Disabled but Determined People".

After hearing this, Nanbu Hiroyuki's eyes filled with tears again. He was not a good talker, so he could only hold Kitagawa Hide's hand tightly and express his feelings with his eyes and future actions!

He decided to use his film salary and box office profits to set up a charitable foundation after returning to China, specifically to help disabled children living in darkness!
After hearing this, Kitagawa Hide and the other two all showed great respect for Nanbu Hiroyuki.

After its release in Thailand, "Children of the Dark" will continue to be released in countries around the world, and the box office is expected to be high.

The male lead Hiroyuki Nambu's salary was 300 million yen + 5% of the net box office profit. After deducting taxes, the final amount would most likely exceed 1 million yen, directly making him jump from a penniless teacher to a billionaire in the late 90s.

In the future, as long as he continues to market his own personality and consume the surplus value of the movies, his income will be visibly high.

Ordinary people absolutely cannot withstand the temptation of getting rich quickly.

However, Nanbu Hiroyuki admitted that he would turn all his income into a charity fund to continue his work - he really meant it, unlike those celebrities and businessmen who evaded taxes in the name of charity.

Kitagawa Hide admires every ordinary person from the lower class who can withstand the temptation of money. If their positions were reversed, he would definitely not be able to do that.

“In that case, if Mr. Nanbu trusts me about the charity foundation, then go ask President Senhara Masato of Kitagawa Finance for help!”

Previously, Takuya Yanai's family was harmed by a cult. Later, Hide Kitagawa used part of the proceeds from "No Longer Human" to set up a charity foundation in the name of "Yumiko Yanai" to help ordinary people whose families were broken up by cults.

The actual operator of this foundation is also Masato Senhara.

Now the "Yumiko Yan'ai" Foundation is very famous in Japan, which shows the strong ability of Masato Senhara to get things done.

Kitagawa Hide suggested that Nanbu Hiroyuki accept the assistance of Senhara Masato and Kitagawa Finance, hoping to contribute to this charity.

"Thank you very much! I was just wondering whether I should go find someone from the official organization." Nanbu Hiroyuki didn't trust the official people, especially the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, which was in charge of welfare. It was said to serve the people, but before these things happened, the officials of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare were better at playing dead than the other, and it was really hard to trust them.

Moreover, the current Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Naoto Kan, is the head of the New Democratic Party, and Seiji Maehara, the mastermind behind the Charity Group, is also from this party.

Nanbu Hiroyuki doesn't care about the tacit understanding between politicians. He has already blacklisted this party in his heart!

“If you want to seek official help, I have some channels to provide you with.

Anyway, you won't be alone like you were ten years ago, Mr. Nanbu."

Kitagawa Hide spoke earnestly, but he knew that Nambu Hiroyuki was prejudiced against the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Labor, so he did not take the initiative to take out Naoto Kan and others' business cards.

As the "political novice" Jabami Rei said, "I don't care who they are. The party that is not good to me is a bad party, and the party that is good to me is a good party."

This is the attitude of ordinary Japanese people towards political parties and politicians.

Either you can be a fun person and watch the political parties fighting each other, or whoever gives you milk is the mother.

Even someone as upright as Nambu Hiroyuki would develop a direct bias against a political party because of these things.

A late philosopher once said that politics is a game for those in power, and nowhere is this more true than in Japan.

It was this extremely bad political environment that made Kitagawa Hide even more unwilling to continue to stay in Japan and be slaughtered after becoming bigger and stronger.

Now he has the double insurance of being the "number one in the world" in Japanese literary circles and a national teacher. In addition, the Kitagawa Group has a good reputation among the people and has official backing, so he can live such a comfortable life.

But things change. In the past 20 years, the next country has seen several richest people. Some of them left the stage in disgrace, some were sent to jail, and some were never as good as before. In short, none of them had a good ending.

Kitagawa Hideki didn't think that good luck would always be with him. Moreover, after the millennium, the right-wing prime ministers he hated the most would take office. It was unknown whether he, the first in the literary world who had long been labeled as a leftist, would have an easy life. Nanbu Hiroyuki's attitude made him consider the irreconcilable contradiction between politics and him again. It was also Kitagawa Hideki's top priority to arrange offshore as soon as possible!
"Thank you, Mr. Kitagawa. I will consult you if necessary." Nanbu Hiroyuki declined Kitagawa Hide's proposal. He really didn't want to have anything to do with any politician.

Kitagawa Hide smiled and nodded, and then turned the topic back to the movie itself.

At the same time, dozens of cinemas of all sizes in Bangkok, Thailand were showing "Children of the Dark".

Because the movie is designed to be watched by people of all ages, a rare sight of thousands of people emptying out the streets of Bangkok that night occurred.

Many theaters screened the film three times in a row, and the attendance rate was maintained at around 80% the last time. The movie's big hit is a foregone conclusion.

At three or four in the morning, when the biker gangs on the streets of Bangkok were having their midnight snacks, they could always hear people around them excitedly talking about this movie, which aroused their interest even though they had never been interested in art films.

In this way, wave after wave of motorcycle gangs called on their friends and contributed a lot to the movie's box office and popularity.
The next afternoon.

Kitagawa Hide and his party arrived at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport surrounded by countless people, and then boarded a passenger plane to Tokyo amid heavy cheers and applause.

Kitagawa Hide's seat was stuck between Saito Rena and Jabari Rei. Jabari Rei, who was sitting by the window, looked at the ground excitedly. She felt very proud of the groups of Bangkok people who came to see her off.

Since becoming a top star, this is the first time that Jabami Rei has felt such strong "public opinion".

Although Japanese people are very fierce in chasing stars, most rational fans are still very reserved and rarely express their emotions to their idols like this crazily.

"Next time I have the chance I will come to Bangkok to film! The atmosphere here is so great!" Jaburi Rei said while lying by the window.

"Haha, then we might as well just move the filming location of "Call Me If You Can 1" to Bangkok. This will not only satisfy your wish, but also avoid domestic film and television censorship. It's like killing two birds with one stone." Kitagawa Hide joked.

When she heard that they were going to film "Call Me If You Can 1", Jabami Rei, who was so excited just now, suddenly became listless.

She is really afraid of ghosts and really doesn't dare to act in horror movies!

"Okay, if you keep scaring Rei-chan like this, this cash cow will abandon you and you'll be crying." Saito Rena, who was typing away on her laptop, smiled at the two of them.

Ever since she got the inspiration for "The Grudge", she would type in front of her notebook whenever she had free time, as if she wanted to pour out all the passion for writing that she had accumulated over the years.

"That's right! When I get back to Tokyo, I'll go complain to Yumeko!" The frightened Jabami Rei glared at Kitagawa Hide and used her trump card "Yeko".

Kitagawa Hide ignored this outwardly strong but actually weak sharp-tongued woman, and instead smiled and stole a glance at Saito Rena's writing progress.

When he saw that she was already writing the ending plot of the first part of "The Girl Without a Chin", he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

"What's wrong, Xiujun? Is there something wrong with what I wrote?" Saito Rena noticed his gaze and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

In the past, she was the editor and he was the author. Saito Rena always spoke her mind and rarely considered Kitagawa Hide's feelings - anyway, with his ability, it was basically not her turn to give orders.

Now that their identities have been swapped, Saito Rena can't be as calm and at ease as Kitagawa Hide is with her.

Every time Kitagawa Hide looked at her meaningfully, she would become extremely nervous, fearing that she would make mistakes or write poorly and be criticized by the "editor".

So this is what the mentality is like when you are a lower-ranking person.

As she thought about this, she stole a few glances at Kitagawa Hide.

Kitagawa Hide sighed and shook his head, "No, it's not about the content. Reina, you write too fast, please take care of yourself."

"Oh~ I know." Saito Rena breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there was no problem with the quality of the manuscript!
After exchanging identities, she finally understood how obsessed Kitagawa Hide was with writing books, and how crazy he was about to die in her eyes.

When I have inspiration, I really don’t want to leave the keyboard!
Kitagawa Hide knew that she was in a state of excitement, so he didn't say anything more.

As the three of them chatted and laughed, the plane gradually flew away from the ground and glided into the air.

Kitagawa Hide was ready to close his eyes and rest for a while. He had been working hard on the movie these days, and he also had to write "The Crucible" and "A Wonderful Journey" and prepare for the "Ring World Series" which would be published in the new magazine later. He was really exhausted.

Just like that, he didn't know how much time had passed. In a daze, he suddenly felt someone calling his name in his ear. He rubbed his eyes, and when he opened them, he found that it was Jabami Rei's big face pressing over him.

He was startled and asked quickly, "What are you doing?"

"Wake you up." Seeing that he had woken up, Jaburi Rei turned around and returned to her seat, throwing him a cell phone. "I just received news that the first-day box office statistics for the movie are out."

"So fast?" Kitagawa Hide took the phone and found that the sky outside the window had darkened and Saito Rena beside him had fallen asleep holding the computer.

The flight from Bangkok to Tokyo takes seven and a half hours. They departed at around 11: p.m., and now the phone screen shows : p.m. The plane is on its way to land, so it's no wonder I received the message.

"Since this concerns the reputation of the Thai government, how can they not act quickly?" Jaburi smiled and seemed to be in a good mood.

"That's right." Kitagawa Hide nodded, picked up his phone and opened the mailbox. The familiar interface made him feel as if he had returned to the time before he traveled through time.

The Nokia 7110 is a special edition mobile phone produced by Nokia for neighboring China. Due to its excellent performance and appearance, its sales exploded as soon as it was launched on the market, so Nokia took the opportunity to promote this phone globally.

Nokia 7110 was officially introduced to Japan in January. The price of a single phone was 29 yen. For Japanese people, buying it was equivalent to the workers next door who earned over yuan a month buying a top-of-the-line Apple phone. It was quite a luxury.

Of course, for Jabami Rei, there is not much difference between 29 yen and 29 yen. She bought one as soon as the mobile phone was launched.

By the way, this phone later appeared in “The Matrix 3” which was released in the United States on March 31, and it is also considered a legendary phone.

The Thai authorities sent the data to Kitagawa Hide and others via encrypted MMS, but they were all asleep. Only Jabari Rei, who had been slacking off, saw the message first.

"On the premiere day, the first day box office totaled approximately 53.61 million baht!"

Kitagawa Hide converted the amount into Japanese yen in his mind, which was about 1.06 million.

According to the average movie ticket price of 100 baht in Thailand, the number of moviegoers reached more than 50. This box office performance is definitely taking off. No wonder the Thai government sent a congratulatory letter so quickly! (End of this chapter)