I am a literary giant in Japan

"I can understand his youthful ambition, his desire to write a masterpiece comparable to War and Peace, and even his desire to use this to criticize the suppression and slander against him by the Nobel Prize authorities in the past two years.

Only this worldview background and topic selection

Combesco, who was hurriedly called home by Odmesson, said this in confusion before his first foot landed.

Tsarist Russia had a large number of top writers who shocked the world, such as Leo Tolstoy, who is a must-mention in the history of world literature, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, who wrote "Crime and Punishment", Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, a world-class short story master, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, who is known as the "Sun of Russian Poetry", and Mikhail Sholokhov, who wrote "Quiet Flows the Don", and so on.

Although these top writers have passed away for many years, their names are firmly engraved at the highest point in the history of Tsarist Russian literature.

As a result, Tsarist Russian literature fell into a long winter and a period of transition in recent years. Writers and readers in the Tsarist Russian literary world still had a high opinion of themselves. On the one hand, they were complacent and wrote works imitating their predecessors, but their works failed to achieve the desired effect and they failed to learn any essence. On the other hand, they were unwilling to introduce literary works from other countries and open their eyes to see the world.

To this day, the world literary world of this parallel universe has basically excluded the Tsarist Russian literary world, and few international awards and large literary organizations are willing to include them.

In recent years, the French literary world has been in an awkward situation of a lack of top-level talents and an overabundance of middle-level talents. As the leaders of the current French literary world and the leaders of the Mesozoic era who are about to take over the baton of the first literary world, Oudmaison and Combesco have tried many times to conduct literary exchanges with the Russians across the ocean.

However, the final result was that both of them agreed that they were beyond help.

They exclude all writers from other countries. Even winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be "despised" equally. At the same time, their own literary literacy is constantly declining. In recent years, there has not even been a single decent literary work in the country.

Such a former literary holy land, now a literary desert, has been targeted by the rising star Kitagawa Hide!

Kitagawa Hide, this young man, has produced top literary works time and time again, and has constantly broken people's inherent impression of him. Even though he has never been officially recognized by the Nobel Prize, everyone's evaluation of him is very bright -

When he wrote The Old Man and the Sea, American literature took a huge leap forward.

He wrote Remembrance of Things Past, and soon after the novel was completed, it was selected into the French national "Seven Stars Library", and twice won the Goncourt Prize, the highest literary prize in French literature, as an overseas writer;

The United Kingdom couldn't wait to present the Booker International Prize to The Little Prince.

After the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a small town in Colombia immediately became a well-known tourist destination.
The recently released "Disabled but Determined Us" trilogy, in which "Children in the Dark" broke the box office record in Thai film history, instantly reversing Thailand's negative impression and once again becoming the preferred tourist destination in Southeast Asia.
Although no one says it, if Kitagawa Hide really wants to write a "literary masterpiece" that can compete for the world's literary world, it is estimated that the officials and literary circles of various countries will fight over it and do everything they can to get him to write about their own country.

This is the literary status and writing ability of Kitagawa Hide, the most influential young writer in the 90s.

But he chose Tsarist Russia, which no one expected.

It was still Tsarist Russia in the 1870s and 1880s.

Odmeson racked his brains but could never have imagined that this would be the topic.

"I heard that he is preparing to leave for Tsarist Russia." Odmesson looked carefully at the "Literature and Art" in his hand again.

The introduction to Kitagawa Hide's new book was written by Tetsutaro Mori, "Japan's No. 1 Kitagawa fan". It consists of tens of thousands of words and introduces readers to all aspects of this new work.

Such a high-profile publicity has never been seen in any of Kitagawa Hide's previous works. If this was not the idea of ​​Kawaide Shobo's publicity and promotion department, then it means that Kitagawa Hide really wanted to "take advantage of the issue."

"Yes. I received similar information from the Swedish Academy, saying that he went to Moscow alone, without any family or friends."

Combesco specifically added that "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was written during Kitagawa Hide and Yumeko's honeymoon trip. Looking at Kitagawa Hide's creative experience, many of his works seem to have been inspired by his travels.

But this time, he obviously went to Tsarist Russia with a purpose.

When a world-renowned top writer is going to collect materials and create independently, and muster up the energy to write a top-notch work he wants to write, Combesco can't help but feel anticipation and curiosity.

Odmeson was silent for a long time, and finally turned his gaze back to the "Annotated Collection of Kitagawa Hide's Novels" which he was still writing.

He and his Japanese literary friend Osamu Takeuchi are working together to annotate and research all of Kitagawa Hide's novels. This is a job that is enough for them to devote the rest of their lives to. Although the new book is very tempting, he can only suppress his curiosity and continue to focus on his work before everything is settled.

He hasn't had time to read the recently released "Ring World", but a simple "French version" translated by readers seems to have appeared on the Internet.

Odmeson seldom goes online, but a few days ago, he heard his granddaughter who came to visit him mention "Ring World". It seems to be a horror novel with an exciting and tense plot and extremely interesting content, which is very much in line with the tastes of today's young people.

A horror novel that can't even be called popular literature, but it has its own light novel website
Sometimes, the more Odmeson analyzed Kitagawa Hide, the more he felt that this 27-year-old young man was like a terminally ill schizophrenic patient.

His works are bizarre and his ideas and thinking are different from those of ordinary people. It seems that there are countless different personalities living in them, but they are perfectly integrated together.

It turns out there really are geniuses in this world.

After the Nobel Prize officials rescinded Kitagawa Hide's "ban on candidacy" document and restored his qualification as "Japanese nominee for the Nobel Prize", the Swedish Academy, which is responsible for operating the Nobel Prize in Literature, also took advantage of the situation and called back those lifetime judges who had voluntarily left.

Ma Yueran, Knut and others are actually reluctant to give up their status as lifelong judges of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

After seeing that the Swedish Academy had also issued a document dealing with the Arnault Club and condemning the Arnault couple, they took the opportunity to return to the Academy.

But before they could get comfortable, news came from Japan that Kitagawa Hide was writing a new book about "Tsarist Russia".

After confirming again and again that it was not a rumor, the group of people were no less confused than Odmeson and others.

Their understanding of Tsarist Russian literature and literary world still remains at the time when Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965 for his novel And Quiet Flows the Don.

But Sholokhov died in 1984, and in the fifteen years that followed, Tsarist Russian literature did not produce a single writer worth mentioning!

Moreover, this group of people don’t like to play with other people in the literary world. No matter what awards, literary organizations, or literary festivals, you win if you can get one!
Oh, in recent years, it seems that only the British Booker Prize has set up a "sub-award" there, but it is not recognized by their natives.

"The Tsarist Russia in the 1870s and 1880s was still a feudal and slave society period, right?" Ma Yueran frowned slightly, "It seems that they themselves don't write much about that era."

"It's not that I don't want to write, but I don't dare to write. I'm afraid to write." Knut, who knows that period of history well, said like a treasure trove.

"In 1861, Alexander II abolished serfdom. His core purpose was to reform the old and corrupt political and economic system of Tsarist Russia, because he was deeply aware of the many problems exposed by the Russian army in the Crimean War.

The abolition of serfdom is the necessary and crucial first step in reform.

Unfortunately, this reform was not so smooth. It was implemented with bumps and bruises for more than 20 years, and the resistance was terrifyingly great.

On March 1881, 3, Alexander II was about to sign a decree to reorganize the State Council and initiate the political reform process of the Russian constitutional monarchy, but on this day, he was assassinated.

Abolishing serfdom was a challenge to the entire aristocracy of Tsarist Russia. Alexander II's reforms were both admirable and regrettable.

Even if you are the ruler of a country, you have to think twice before challenging a huge interest group. In such a turbulent era, there are countless interest groups and dark whirlpools involved. Even their own people dare not write about them or dig up old accounts, let alone outsiders interfering.

After Knut finished speaking, the tenured judges gathered in the Faculty of Arts fell silent.

This year's Nobel Prize in Literature has been temporarily cancelled, but they will still look at good works and accumulate them for selection next year.

In other words, next year, the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2000, the year of the millennium, will be more valuable than any previous one.

It is stuck at the beginning of the new century, which is the most talked-about period, and it is also a joint evaluation of candidates from two sessions.

Everyone knew that Kitagawa Hide was coming towards them with great momentum, but this punch made people a little confused.

"What does the Russian side think?"

"Why do you care about what Tsarist Russia does? Anyway, as long as Mr. Beichuan writes this new book, our Wenxuecun Publishing House will acquire all its copyrights in Korea at all costs!"

Chen Juncan, who had been promoted to deputy editor-in-chief of Wenxuecun Publishing House, crossed his legs and glanced silently at the female secretary in front of him.

This female secretary is good in every way: slim waist, nice butt, big breasts and good looks, but her brain is not very good.

Just like Choi Young-sil, who he abandoned after getting tired of playing with her, she has no ability to work at all!

After Mr. Kitagawa's last book "Kafka on the Shore" was strongly introduced by him, it set off a literary craze in Seoul.

Not to mention the "Disabled but Determined Us" trilogy which has recently become popular in Southeast Asia.

Among them, "The Crucible" always has a strong Korean style and it was a hit in Korea.

It’s better not to mention Korean native literature.

Now, not only Chen Juncan, but also the entire Wenxuecun Publishing House has become prosperous thanks to Teacher Beichuan's books.

Now this stupid woman actually thinks that the copyright of Mr. Beichuan's book is too expensive, and buying it may not be worth it
"This woman is hopeless. I'll throw her away when I get tired of playing with her." Chen Juncan thought to himself, and hurriedly asked her to bring a Korean version of "Literature and Art" over. He carefully read Mori Tetsutarou's "Introduction to Mr. Kitagawa's New Book" again.

Who cares about Tsarist Russia or India?

Chen Juncan never worried that Teacher Beichuan would make a big mistake in his literary creation.

Moreover, he would carefully read every novel introduced from overseas first.

He has been reading Mr. Kitagawa's new book "Ring World Series" crazily recently. The more he reads, the more he feels that this type of Japanese light novel may sell better than pure literature.

Unfortunately, the foundation of Wenxuecun Publishing House is pure literature, and introducing non-pure literature novels would really touch upon the foundation of the company.

Even he couldn't convince the old guys on the board of directors to agree.

Finally, the Korean copyright of "Ring World" was acquired by Seoul's Go! Wulin Forum.

go! Wulin Forum is similar to Yahoo Japan Forum, or it is a Korean imitation of Yahoo Japan Forum (Koreans are best at taking what is available). Soon after its establishment, it became a forum trust on the Korean Internet.

Now the holding group behind it has completed two rounds of financing, obtained support from Samsung Chaebol, and successfully listed.

Go! The first major project of Wulin Forum after its listing was to spend 350 billion won to buy all the copyrights of "Ring World" in Korea.

Under the leadership of Chen Juncan, Wengxun Publishing House bought "Remembrance of Things Past" for 7 million won, and then bought "One Hundred Years of Solitude" for 150 billion won, and then spent billion won to buy the copyrights of a number of old books by Kitagawa Hide.

It can be said that Wengxun Publishing House is a well-known distributor of Kitagawa Hide’s novels in Korea, and the market has recognized it.

For a long time, Korean readers only bought Kitagawa Hide's novels from Wengyu Village Publishing House.

Of course, these copyrights purchased for tens of billions of won were eventually returned to them with higher profits.

People in the finance department have calculated that since Chen Juncan took the plunge and introduced Hide Kitagawa's novels, Wengxun Publishing House has conservatively earned at least 3000 billion won (about 400 billion yen, about 4 million US dollars) by selling Hide Kitagawa's books in the past few years.

This money directly brought Wenxuecun Publishing House, which was about to be sold at a low price, back to the top of the mountain!

I didn't expect that such a good novel as "Ring World" would not be approved by the board of directors because of its subject matter.

Chen Juncan watched helplessly as his rival spent a lot of money to buy it, and it can be expected that "Ring World" will become a big hit in the near future.

He was filled with anger, and he would definitely not let go of Mr. Kitagawa's Tsarist Russia trilogy this time!

"At any cost? Oppa, are you serious?" The secretary was shocked by his aura.

"Do you think I'm a jokester?"

Chen Juncan felt that this big-breasted, brainless woman was a little too stupid.

"Later, when the board of directors holds its regular meeting, you will take the copies of the plan and help me distribute them to everyone."

That plan?

The female secretary was feeling very nervous. When she thought about the top row of numbers, she felt like fainting.

1000 billion won.

This is equivalent to one-third of the company’s profits in recent years.

Junchan Oppa is spending so much money to buy a novel that hasn’t even been written yet!
She felt as if she was going crazy.

Or is the world going crazy?

"That's my bottom line. If possible, I hope the number can reach around 1200-1500. Do you understand?" Chen Juncan looked at her and said word by word. (End of this chapter)