Chapter 119: Noma Airi's Defeat Prelude to Paradise Lost Confession of Boy A

Chapter 119: Noma Airi's Defeat Prelude to Paradise Lost Confession of Boy A

Chapter 119: Noma Airi's Defeat Prelude to Paradise Lost Confession of Boy A

"Boom" a loud noise!
The 21-inch high-definition color TV in the TV cabinet was pulled down and fell directly onto the mahogany floor.

But the quality of the TV was surprisingly good, the picture just shook slightly, and it was still playing "Akadashi", a low-budget satirical movie that is currently popular all over Japan!
Hearing the laughter of Shirou Dangui and others on TV, Noma Airi became even angrier. She raised her leg and poked the screen with the heel of her high heels, wishing she could just make holes in the faces of those poor "dirty writers"!
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

"Asshole! Asshole! Asshole!"

Airi Noma kept cursing. Although the guy she hated the most did not appear in this movie, it was this mess that forced her big-budget movie "Hear the Wind Sing" which cost nearly 10 billion yen to be taken off the screen early!
As December approached and the monthly sales figures for the November 12 issue of Gunzo were announced, all of a sudden, all the pressure and doubts came at her like a tsunami.

After the "Youth Trilogy" was completed, no one could carry the banner.

The haiku column became a joke.

The Akutagawa Prize winner that they carefully cultivated failed in both serialization and publishing.

The movie version of "Hear the Wind Sing" had a total box office of less than 2 million yen, becoming a major stain in Nikkatsu and Kodansha's film and television drama adaptation business.

There was also the matter of forcing Kitagawa Hide to leave.

All of them hit Noma Airi on the head.

These days she didn't even dare to look at the gate of Kodansha, for fear that she would be seen by readers holding banners and throwing rotten eggs at the door, and then forced to kneel down and admit her mistake, or go to Kitagawa Hide to apologize.

Shintaro Ishihara also cut ties with her at the speed of light - just like when he realized the situation was not good, he immediately closed the door and refused to see Akira Yasuhara. Airi Noma couldn't get through to him on the phone at all!
why?
Why do you have to go against me?

I gave you whatever you wanted in the beginning, and even took great pains to help you contact Nikkatsu to adapt your debut work, helped you organize a literary salon to reconcile with the older generation in the literary world, and gave you the opportunity to get in touch with Shintaro Ishihara.

Even the Akutagawa Prize was already firmly in your pocket!
Originally staying at Kodansha, you were the mainstay of "Gunzo". If you really liked that woman Saito Reina, it would not be impossible to promote her to deputy editor-in-chief. Why did you have to go to Kawaide Shobo to disgust people?

If works such as "I Am a Cat" had remained at Kodansha, perhaps she would have already secured her position as the first heir to the Noma family!

Maybe he has received a promotion letter by now and been promoted to acting president.

"If I became the president, would I still treat you unfairly? Why!!! Damn it!!!"

Airi Noma screamed, and her ugly big nose was reflected on the broken TV screen, making her look ridiculous and clownish.
"Wait until I win the first place in the family successor election at the end of the year, and then you'll see how I deal with you! Kitagawa Hide!!!"

"Boom boom boom——"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Noma Airi glanced at the messy room, sat down on the sofa impatiently and ignored him.

The continuous knocking on the door hit her eardrums again and again.

She couldn't stand it anymore, so she picked up a vase and threw it at the door: "Get out! Don't you understand me?! Get out!"

"Boom."

The sliding door was opened, and facing the flying vase, a hand caught it steadily.

The person who received the vase was a middle-aged man, and behind him stood a short old woman, an old man with squinted eyes and a faint smile on his face.

"Aili, you disappoint me so much." The old woman looked at her daughter coldly, her eyes full of biting chill.

"Mom, mother!" Noma Airi was so scared that she rolled off the sofa, not caring that she was still in pajamas. She immediately crawled on the ground and whispered to the three people, "Uncle Ueno, Uncle Arima, why are you here?"

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered that she had dismissed the maid whom she had always disliked. She subconsciously thought that it was the same maid who knocked on the door, which was why she was so rude.

Thinking that the vase she threw almost hit her mother and Uncle Arima, she lowered her head even more.

"More than a decade has passed, and Ai Li's temper is still the same as when she was a child." Ueno Toru looked at her and laughed, and put the vase back in its place. "If it hits me, I can still survive it. What if it hits Arima-sensei? Tsk..."

"I'm not as fragile as you say, huh." Arima Yoshiyoshi snorted coldly, followed them into the messy room, his brows furrowed even more.

"Aili, the family successor election will be held at the end of the year soon." The current president of Kodansha, Sawako Noma, glanced at her daughter on the ground with a look of disappointment.

"Yes! I will be fine." Noma Airi looked up immediately, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted impatiently by her mother.

"I mean you don't have to go." Noma Sawako waved her hand. "Starting next year, we will consider cooperating with Literary World. I will be in charge of this project myself. You should step aside and go to Bali to relax before coming back to work."

"Mother!" Noma Airi suddenly got furious.

What do you mean I don’t have to participate in the family successor election?

What does it mean to take a back seat?
What does it mean to go to Bali to relax and then come back to work?
Am I abandoned?

I will also fight back fiercely against the abominable Kitagawa Hide! ! !
Noma Airi had a ferocious expression and wanted to say something else, but Noma Sawako glared at her and all her anger instantly vanished.

"I've booked your plane ticket. We'll leave tomorrow." Noma Sawako called the maid to clean the room, and then she personally helped Ueno Toru and Arima Yoshiyoshi pull out the stools. "Aili, if you say one more word, I'll transfer you to Hokkaido immediately! Get out!"

Airi Noma didn't even get to say the word "I" before she forced herself to hold it back.

She clenched her fists, placed her hands on her lower abdomen, bowed slightly to the three people, walked out the door and closed the sliding door.

Then there were heart-wrenching roars and sounds of smashing and smashing coming from outside.

Noma Sawako frowned upon hearing this and said calmly, "Because I only have this one daughter, and I have neglected to discipline her since she was little. I am sorry to have embarrassed you."

"Haha, my son is not much better than Ai Li." Ueno Toru, the president of Bungeishunju Publishing House, smiled and tried to smooth things over. "It's good to go out for a walk. Maybe when she comes back, everything will be different."

"It's impossible for Ai Li to win over the little girl in Kawade's study." Noma Sawako shook her head. She was much smarter than her stupid daughter. "Kawade Akira is dead, but with that little girl around, Wen Yi Magazine won't fall."

"It would be great if the next generation were as good as her. We old bones wouldn't have to come out and clean up the younger generations' butts before we lie in the coffin, hehe." Ueno Toru smiled and took a sip of tea, but his eyes followed the maid's perky buttocks.

He is not feeling as bad as Noma Sawako now. Although everyone has only one child and they are all hopeless, his child is a son, so he just needs to find a good wife to help him.

Noma Airi is a woman who is destined to find an excellent son-in-law. Future offspring, inheritance, wealth, and power are all issues that Noma Sawako has to consider.

Many chaebol families are lessons from the past, and there are countless cases of them being ruined by an extremely ambitious son-in-law.

So Noma Sawako had to help her daughter clear all obstacles, and she went to him despite her old age to seek cooperation with Bungeishunju.

Arima Yoshiyoshi was a witness to this project.

He is one of the seven "world's best" writers still alive in the world, recognized by the Japanese literary world. He is 1954 years old this year and the third son of Count Arima Reinin. In , he published the short story collection "Lifelong Prisoner" and won the st Naoki Prize.

He is also a member of the Academy and his status in the Japanese literary world is extremely high, almost reaching the pinnacle.

Like most of the remnants of the old era in Japanese literary circles, Arima Yoshiyoshi is a straight-up right-wing writer and an extreme rightist, and his entire family has a dirty laundry.

In particular, his father, Arima Lainin, was listed as a Class A war criminal in 1945 after World War II.

"For many years, the five major publishing houses have only joined forces once since their founding, when they were defeated. After that, they have been fighting openly and secretly, and have never cooperated at all. How could something like this happen at this time?"

Arima Yoshiyoshi is very interested in Kitagawa Hide, the "culprit" who caused all this.

Of course, a mere young junior is not worthy of the efforts of people like them who stand at the top of the mountain.

Kodansha and Bungeishunju joined forces, and with the death of Kawaide Akira, there was chaos within Kawaide Shobo. The only hope was that Kitagawa Hide would never write another masterpiece like "No Longer Human".

"Wenyi" is likely to be reduced to dust again.

The five major publishing houses have stood firm in the Japanese literary world for more than 50 years. When they really engage in a bloody hand-to-hand fight, the outcome cannot be reversed by one or two writers.

If I can't handle Kitagawa Hide, can I handle Kawade Shobo? "How scary."

It should have been the happiest moment, but Muramatsu Tomoshi suddenly said this.

This made Matsubara Rinko, who was immersed in pleasure, couldn't help but reach out and touch his cheek, and whispered: "What's so scary? Are you unhappy, Youshi-kun?"

"Happy. But I also feel so terrible." Muramatsu Tomoko slowly lay down with his tired body, hugged this other man's wife tightly in his arms, looked at the ceiling, and muttered to himself.

Having been in the industry for nearly twenty years, what kind of storms has he not seen?

Unexpectedly, after finally being promoted to the company's core management and climbing to the coveted position of deputy editor-in-chief, what he encountered was an endless abyss.

After Kitagawa Hide left, his days at Kodansha became increasingly difficult. He originally wanted to regain the trust of the board of directors by adapting "Hear the Wind Sing" into a film.

Unexpectedly, he followed Noma Airi into hell.

A few days ago, he received a message about his suspension pending, and had another sleepless night.

When he returned home, his ignorant children and his wife and family who only depended on his salary for a living, no one cared about his spiritual world or his pain, and only condemned his suspension and lack of work effort.

Complaining that life is getting worse and worse!
What do they know? !

Have they ever considered my feelings?
Tomomi Muramatsu found the lost feelings and comfort in Rinko Matsubara.

A married man and a married woman fell into the hell of lust and could not extricate themselves.

After the bubble burst, the infidelity rate in Japanese society has remained high. In particular, many housewives felt lonely at home and began to have affairs.

But the current social situation does not necessarily mean that it is recognized by mainstream values.

The culture of shame makes everyone both yearn for and sneer at extramarital affairs.

Muramatsu Tomoshi chose this hotel to have a tryst with Rinko because it is about an hour's drive from Tokyo and has the atmosphere of a trip away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Moreover, the room faces the sea and is located in the ancient capital of Kamakura, with an elegant environment. In addition, it is a newly built hotel, so there are not many regular guests and it is not easy to meet acquaintances.

If someone found out that he was visiting a hotel with a woman other than his wife, he would get into a lot of trouble.

Until now, the married Muramatsu Tomomi has always been very cautious in his interactions with women to avoid being talked about behind his back.

However, since he was suspended from work and could not get any emotional value at home, Muramatsu Tomoshi gradually lost the determination to deliberately avoid other people's eyes.

He was very tired, but only here, in Rinko's body, could he feel a long-lost warmth.

As he was thinking about this, Muramatsu Tomoshi suddenly realized that in two years he would be 55 years old and would never have the chance to be promoted.

Even if there is a promotion, it will only be to a more boring position or branch.

No matter how unwilling you are to admit defeat, you only have one life.

With a slight change in the perspective of looking at things, things that you previously thought were important become insignificant. On the contrary, things that you previously thought were unimportant suddenly seem valuable.

He realized that he had never loved a woman from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, he had developed feelings for his wife and some other women, and had secretly flirted with them, but they were all lukewarm and there was no burning passion at all.

If you continue to live like this, you will leave a big regret in your life.

Maybe I can consider divorce and then be with Rinko
"boom!"

The door of the small hotel room was kicked open roughly, and the man who rushed in shattered all the fantasies in Muramatsu Tomoshi's mind!
In front of a kindergarten in Kokubunji City, Tama area, Tokyo.

The young man with a hammer in his arms squatted on the side of the road, watching all kinds of people passing by.

All he had eyes for were those tiny figures.

Who should I choose as the next target?
Thinking of this, his body began to tremble with excitement.

It turns out that there will be no punishment for injuring people, so what about killing people?

As long as the offender is a minor, can all crimes be forgiven?

He looked towards the kindergarten, searching for a new target.

Several small figures came into view.

"Lily, Sadako, goodbye. Let's play together tomorrow!" A little girl waved at the other two little girls, and her mother also smiled and bent down to say goodbye to her daughter's friends.

She was a beautiful mature woman with a voluptuous figure that made people want to commit a crime.

She held her daughter's hand and said "My dear son." Then she was suddenly surprised by the man who came to pick up the little girl.

She began to bow inexplicably.

"Teacher Kitagawa! Why are you here? Ah, so Teacher Saito has been so busy lately."

The tall and handsome man's smile was dazzling to his eyes. As he spoke, the man picked up the little girl named Lily and stuffed her into the car.

As they were about to leave, the little girl named Sadako was left alone.

The boy stood up from the ground, walked towards the little girl step by step, reached his hand into his clothes, and gripped the handle of the hammer tightly.

That's her.

Then he hit her head hard.

We can't let her escape as easily as those two little brats did before.

"Sadako-chan, has your sister forgotten to pick you up again? Why don't you go sit in my brother's shop?"

Kitagawa Hide came back, squatted down with a smile and touched Chizuru Sadako's little head.

Chizuru Sadako pouted and said, "Sister, you're such a fool!", then smiled shyly at Kitagawa Hide and nodded.

Kitagawa Hide picked up Chizuru Sadako and went to his new car.

Ever since he bought a new car, he has been acting as the driver for these little ones every now and then. There is nothing he can do about it, since their parents have become his employees!

I guess Mayumi Aso will be busy once the new plan is finalized.

At that time, he might have to take all the little ones to "Peter Cat" for boarding like a full-time nanny!
Fortunately, Kitagawa Hide had the foresight to take a long vacation in December so he didn't have to be so busy.

It's just that when he's alone, he feels a little uncomfortable.

Maybe it’s time to think about what the new book should be about?

bother!
I feel like there is no good material!

Kitagawa Hide held the steering wheel, preparing to go to the Asakusa Shrine again during the New Year to ask the shrine maiden to bless the temple. Who knows, the idea for a new book might come to him.

(End of this chapter)