Chapter 44 June 6th, the moment to decide the outcome is coming
Chapter 44 June 6th, the moment to decide the outcome is coming (Please read, please, please, urgent)
The "Sakurasuma" izakaya is indeed one of the most high-end Japanese restaurants in Bunkyo Ward. Kitagawa Hide spent nearly 5 yen on a meal.
But the food is really delicious, unlike some restaurants that make you feel like you have been cheated after eating there.
The proprietress, Miki Hanamori, even whispered to him that there were “better” things on the second floor.
Kitagawa Hide guessed that it was nothing more than the "human body mori" type of thing that was popular among the Japanese upper class.
It is said that eating this thing once will cost hundreds of thousands of yen. If you have enough money, you can try it in the future.
Just like this time when he took Yumeko and the others to eat at "Primrose Room", Kitagawa Hide finally traveled through time and space, and he had all kinds of awesome things in his hands. When it comes to quality of life and enjoyment, he never suppresses himself.
Isn't the purpose of life to be happy and comfortable?
Speaking of which, the proprietress Hanamori Miki still has her charm, and the scent of a young mature woman slightly attracted Kitagawa Hide.
However, even though his lust was aroused, he had no interest in this woman who was obviously a bus driver.
There is a treasure girl by your side, dig her out first!
Maybe she was a little tired these days. On the subway on the way home, my wife Yumeko leaned lightly on his shoulder, hugged his arms with both hands, and fell asleep.
Looking at the bunny girl costume in his little wife's arms, combined with the information he got indirectly during the meal, he roughly understood Jabami Rei's "anger point" and was instantly touched by the sweetness of his lovely little wife.
She was like a ripe melon, just quietly waiting for Kitagawa Hide to cut her open and taste her carefully.
Unfortunately, the missing "football" Kitagawa Hide was never found.
But the good news is that after these ten days of separation, Yumeko seems to have slowly let down her "vigilance" and has gone from only accepting hugs and hand holding to being able to accept kisses on the cheek with a blushing face!
Today, Kitagawa Hide is not in a hurry anymore. He has never felt the sweet love of a two-way relationship in his previous life. Shouldn't he enjoy it slowly in this life?
Thinking that he would get the new royalties soon, and then he could pay the down payment to take over the small bar from Yan Jing Takuya, this way, he and his young wife would finally have a little home that truly belonged to them.
His mood suddenly became much better.
In order to pay off my debts, to live a happy life with my lovely wife, and to make a name for myself in the Japanese literary world and earn a fortune, it's time to put a new novel on the agenda!
Don't let up, Kitagawa Hide!
At the end of May 1995, when "Pinball in 5" and "Tokyo Memories in 1973" were competing fiercely in major bookstores, another sensational terrorist incident occurred.
After Asahara Shoko, the culprit of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in March and the leader of Japan's largest cult Aum Shinrikyo, was arrested and imprisoned, a large number of cult members were dissatisfied with the government's verdict.
Then, a group of people led by Naoko Kikuchi, one of the "three evil leaders" of Aum Shinrikyo, were bold enough to mail a large amount of explosives to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and detonate them on the spot!
The parcel bomb incident at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, which shocked the whole of Japan, seriously injured more than a dozen officials, including the governor of Tokyo.
After Naoko Kikuchi was arrested, the other two members of the "Three Demons", Katsuya Takahashi and Nobuyuki Hirata, declared that if the government did not release their leader, they would continue to create terrorist incidents in Tokyo!
People fell into panic again, fearing that the terrorist incident would spread and cause adverse effects. Emperor Akihito issued a written statement to encourage the Japanese people, but it was of no use.
It's not the old era anymore. The emperor's words still have a certain influence. The emperor of the new era is not much different from a mascot.
In this way, most people welcomed June 95 in fear.
As soon as June began, Akira Yasuhara invested a large amount of money in the public opinion market and launched a final counterattack with the best-selling author Hikaru Oshima, whom he had promoted.
After reading Kitagawa Hide's two novels, Oshima Hikaru also felt tremendous pressure. He stayed in seclusion in his own villa throughout late May and managed to produce 8 words of manuscripts. He planned to compress the space given to other writers in the new issue of "Gunzo" and publish them all at once.
He planned to compete with Kitagawa Hide by offering "large quantities and unlimited servings".
An Yuanxian also understood that in terms of quality, it was basically impossible for Oshima Hikari to surpass Kitagawa Hide, so he had to work on quantity, public opinion suppression, publicity and other aspects to create a situation of equal strength.
Years of work experience have taught him that as long as the publicity is strong enough, a pile of dog shit can also sell well.
What's more, Oshima Hikaru's new work is not bad, it's just that Kitagawa Hide's excellent work before made him look a bit clownish.
As an extra layer of insurance, Akira Yasuhara also found many well-known figures in the literary world to write recommendations for Oshima Hikaru's new work.
Thus, a vigorous campaign to build momentum officially began.
#Recommended by professors of literature departments of top universities#
#Don't miss it! The new masterpiece by the 1994 bestselling author Hikaru Oshima! #
#Shocking news, the next issue of "Tokyo Past in 1973" will be serialized with over 8 words, so you can read it all at once! #
Recommendations like these are all over the counters of bookstores in Tokyo, and even advertisements for Oshima Hikaru's new book can be seen on subway billboards.
To be honest, Kitagawa Hide is still very envious of this kind of "money-burning" marketing treatment, but it is impossible for Kodansha to promote him so much at this stage.
After all, Oshima Hikaru has been a cash cow for Kodansha for six and a half years, and behind him is the deputy editor-in-chief, Yasuhara Akira, who is willing to spend money on promotion. In the eyes of Kodansha's top management, his status is definitely higher than that of Kitagawa Hide.
Due to the dissatisfaction of the Ministry of Culture, Kodansha did not even dare to give enough promotional resources to Kitagawa Hide, and just let him grow wildly.
Kitagawa Hide first saw his name and book in the Eastern United Economic News in June, where the author exposed a discussion that took place in the faculty office of the University of Tokyo in May.
The list of attendees is terrifying.
After a heated discussion, these literary giants came to a conclusion:
Kitagawa Hide's book is not considered to be a groundbreaking work. They do not deny that it has readability and certain literary value, but it is far from educating the people and boosting the morale of society.
Moreover, most professors believe that it is a kind of "blasphemy" to cover up the sacred pure literature with the skin of youth romance, and they do not encourage writers to develop in this direction. Kitagawa Hide heard about this from Jabami Rei last month, and he did not take it seriously at first. After all, the mouth is on the face of the person, and you can't tell them to shut up.
And as Jabami Rei said, the bosses did not deny his excellence, they just did not want to elevate him to the same level as them.
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves in front of them. The waves in front of them are afraid of dying on the beach. It's human nature and he understands it.
But when I read it now, it feels wrong.
What is "blasphemy" and what is discouraged?
This is secretly blocking his writing career!
"There is a person behind the scenes who is doing bad things. Don't let me know who you are!" Beichuan Xiu is not a soft persimmon that can be bullied by anyone. He does not fight or compete because he does not need it.
But what if someone insists on riding on his head, shitting and peeing, and smashing his rice bowl?
Then don't blame him for showing his fangs.
Fortunately, this incident was only reported once in "Eastern News", just like the time when Shintaro Ishihara dissed him, it was probably only spread among the upper echelons of the industry, and before most people could come to their senses, the thing disappeared.
This is also one of the advantages of this era. Without the high-speed transmission of the Internet, if you want to get a lot of information into the ears of most people, you have to spend a lot of money and time to do it.
After the other party fired a test shot, Kitagawa Hide decided to hold off for the time being to see what he would do next.
These public opinion wars did not affect the sales of the "Qun Xiang" supplement and "Listen to the Wind Sing" at all.
The total sales of the former has reached a terrifying 52.7 copies, which is probably a number that the original publication cannot sell in a month.
The latter is even more outrageous, with cumulative sales of 16.7 copies, jumping to the tenth place in Japan's physical book sales rankings in 1995!
For the next two weeks, the whole of Tokyo was immersed in a state of anxiety.
On the one hand, everyone was still afraid of Aum Shinrikyo's "terrorist attack declaration", and on the other hand, they were anxiously awaiting the release of the new issue of "Gunzo" and the supplement.
At the beginning of the month, Kodansha responded to readers' expectations and announced that the release date of the "Gunzo" supplement would be advanced to June 6, and it would be put on the bookshelves at the same time as the main issue of "Gunzo" for readers to choose.
It has to be said that in terms of marketing and making money, "Gunzo" is far ahead of its other four major competitors. This is also the consistent impression that Kodansha gives people: everything is about money, without any regard for human touch.
Kitagawa Hide was distracted by these things in the first few days of the month, and then he shifted his focus back to writing "A Wild Sheep Chase", thinking about what to copy in the new book, and waiting for his salary to be paid on the 20th to find Takuya Yanjing to hand over the bar.
In the blink of an eye, it was June 6th.
As if knowing that there would be a war without gunpowder today that would determine the future fate of many people, the weather today was exceptionally sunny, giving readers who would not be able to go out to buy books due to bad weather an opportunity to witness history with their own eyes.
Kitagawa Hide went out early in the morning. These days at home, thanks to the encouragement of his young wife who was wearing a bunny girl uniform, he managed to finish writing the 14-word "A Wild Sheep Chase".
The old mechanical computer keyboard was almost broken by him.
He was extravagant for once and directly printed out the manuscript, then put it in his bag and excitedly rushed to the subway to show it to Saito Rena.
Half a month has passed since the last time she gave him the manuscript. Reina Saito must have been getting impatient, but she probably didn't expect that Hideki Kitagawa would finish writing it all at once and give it to her.
Originally he was planning to hide some more, but considering the large balance after buying the bar, Kitagawa Hide felt that he could not delay any longer, so he simply took the full manuscript of "A Wild Sheep Chase" to discuss new treatment with Kodansha.
He is not a fool. Even if the third part is to be serialized in "Gunzo" first, there must be a new price.
"Hear the Wind Sing" suffered the hidden loss of being a newcomer's debut work, "Pinball 1973" suffered the obvious loss of a short-term contract, and "A Wild Sheep Chase" must strive for a new remuneration that matches its fame, right?
Of course, these things still need to be discussed by Muramatsu Tomoshi and Saito Rena with the senior management of Kodansha. Professional matters should be left to professionals, and Kitagawa Hide will only be responsible for proposing the requirements.
Thinking of this, he followed the crowd to squeeze into the subway. Even though he arrived early, Tokyo's rush hour was still terrifying, with dense crowds of people everywhere.
Those who couldn't get on the subway tried desperately to squeeze in, and a few staff members behind them pushed in as if they were clearing a sewer, wishing they could cram dozens more people into the crowded carriage!
Kitagawa Hide was in a hurry and didn't dare to play like this. He stood aside and waited for the next subway. Just as he was about to open the newspaper to read, a familiar voice sounded not far away.
"Kitagawa-san!" Saito Rena greeted him while holding her handbag.
Today she looks very different from her previous image. She wears a black tank top with a short skirt and black tights, which makes her look both fashionable and sexy.
This was the first time Kitagawa Hide met her at the subway station.
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