1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 465 "Atomic Bomb"

"Nani?!"

Editorial department of Bungeishunju.

Editor Mao Omura received a report from the business department and was so surprised that the rice ball in her hand fell to the ground.

Because according to statistics from the business department, this issue of Bungeishunju sold 3 copies in just hours!

This is undoubtedly because this issue contains a blockbuster novel
——《Heavenly Bureau》

This result is terrifying.

Back then, Weekly Asahi got the diary of Yamazaki Tomoyoshi, who committed suicide by drowning with Dazai Osamu. Because of this explosive first-hand information, Weekly Asahi set a record of selling more than 100,000 copies within a few hours.

And today, because of an article called "The Heavenly Game", Bungeishunju actually replicated such a horrific publication record.

3 copies sold in hours!

Moreover, this happened in Japan, where traditional literature was gradually declining.

At this time, Japan's media industry was no longer dominated by small-scale fan publications.

Since the post-war period, Japan's media industry has undergone tremendous changes.

The booming cultural demand led to the rapid expansion of the media industry. As a result, weekly magazines that took into account both timeliness and depth of reporting, a format that was not very popular before World War I, began to enter the mainstream stage.

As a result, daily newspapers and magazines, which had originally kept to themselves, began to come into direct conflict with each other.

The fierce competition made every editor of Bungeishunju realize that literature and art cannot make a living!
Thus, Weekly Bunshun came into being.

This magazine, which originated from Bungeishunju, no longer serializes monotonous best-selling novels and female content. Instead, it focuses on the traffic codes that best suit the Japanese constitution: scandals, gossip, and murders.

It was this publication filled with explosive gossip that quickly became the most widely circulated comprehensive weekly magazine of its time, reaching a peak of 70 copies in one fell swoop, becoming the king of weekly magazines and replacing Weekly Bunshun within the company.

However, even for this Weekly Bunshun, Mao Komura had never heard of the terrifying distribution speed of selling 3 copies in hours.

"It's truly a miracle of Japanese literature in the 80s!" Mao Komura excitedly shared with her colleagues.

"Mr. Komura, I still need to correct you. It's not Japanese literature, it's Chinese literature."

"But it's really amazing. I didn't expect a Chinese writer to have such a huge influence in Japan."

"That's Jiang Xian, a Chinese writer whose works are popular all over Japan."

"This is also because the Go competition incident was too big and attracted too much attention from the public."

Editor-in-chief Masata Moriyama said so.

The popularity of "Tian Ju" is absolutely due to the China-Japan Go Challenge.

Nie Weiping's half-point victory over Kobayashi Koichi with black can be said to be a legendary victory, and the shock to the Japanese people was equivalent to that of Hugo's victory over Ma Long in table tennis in Brazil in later generations.

The term "half a step ahead of the heaven", a term that is extremely consistent with Japanese aesthetics, makes this game even more "legendary".

This is why the article "Tian Ju" became so popular in Japan.

On the other side, Nie Weiping, the protagonist of the legendary victory, took the Shinkansen to Tokyo to prepare for the 14th game of the China-Japan Go Challenge, and compete with Kato Masao, who has three titles: "Throne", "Crane Saint" and "Tianyuan".

As soon as Nie Weiping arrived in Tokyo, he was warmly welcomed by the local Chinese people. The embassy arranged food and accommodation for him. Worried that he might not be able to get used to Japanese food, they specially prepared a table of hometown dishes for him.

In addition, many local Chinese in Japan also wrote to Nie Weiping, saying that the victory over Kobayashi Koichi was like dropping an "atomic bomb", and they hoped that he would continue to work hard and defeat Kato Masao and drop another "atomic bomb".

"Don't feel pressured." The ambassador encouraged Nie Weiping.

He also knew that Nie Weiping's next battle would still not be easy.

Completely different from Kobayashi Koichi, Kato Masao is best at attacking and killing, and has titles such as "The Evil Star" and "The Executioner".

Moreover, Kato Masao is also at the peak of his chess prowess and is the Japanese player with the most chess matches this year.

Someone has counted that Kato Masao and Nie Weiping had played against each other four times before.

In four games, Kato Masao won all of them.

Last year, China and Japan held an exchange match between the people. Nie Weiping and Kato Masao played three games, and the final score was: Kato Masao 2:0 Nie Weiping.

Judging from this record, it would be extremely difficult for Nie Weiping to surpass Kato Masao.

Therefore, the Japanese organizers did not take Nie Weiping seriously at all.

In addition, during this period, Nie Weiping's victory over Kobayashi Koichi was hyped up by the Japanese media, which made the organizers very angry during this period.

Today is the time to wash away the shame!
The last time Nie Weiping and Kobayashi Koichi played against each other, they prepared banners for the closing ceremony, but this time they just brought them over.

Not only did they bring banners for the closing ceremony, the organizers also notified top Japanese chess players such as Sakata Eio and Otake Hideo to come to Tokyo to participate in the post-match ceremony.

In short, no one took Nie Weiping, who had exploded in the game, seriously at all.

The game started in such an atmosphere.

However, the direction of the game dropped everyone's jaw.

Facing Kato Masao, who was known as the "Evil Star", Nie Weiping showed no mercy. He, playing with white pieces, launched a ruthless and fierce attack on Kato Masao's black pieces.

The attacks came one after another, one ring closely linked to another, and for a while Kato Masao was left without any chance to fight back.

After a morning of playing chess, anyone could see that:
Masao Kato is going to lose!

The Japanese organizers were embarrassed and quickly replaced the closing ceremony banner they had prepared earlier, changing the words "Closing Ceremony" to "Family Reunion".

The so-called family reunion is also a party.

As a result, this embarrassing scene was seen by Chinese personnel, who were quite dissatisfied and complained to Hao Keqiang:
"The game hasn't even ended yet, but the Japanese are already preparing for the closing ceremony. Isn't this a blatant disrespect for our chess players?"

Hao Keqiang is very generous.

"The results of the tournament are unpredictable, and every match could be the last, so it's understandable to prepare for the closing ceremony in advance."

"Old Hao, I wish I had your magnanimity."

"Haha."

Hao Keqiang smiled and said, "Well, I won't talk to you anymore. Go eat first. I have something else to take care of."

"You're not going to eat?"

"Don't eat!"

After saying this, Hao Keqiang quickly left.

What to do?

Go back to the hotel to revise the manuscript!
It's embarrassing to say it, but Hao Keqiang actually didn't have much hope for today's chess game, so even he himself had only prepared a speech for the closing ceremony after the Chinese chess players lost.

Take a look at the results now.

Okay, let’s revise the manuscript!

Therefore, when the Japanese staff were busy changing the banners, Hao Keqiang also quickly began to revise his speech!
However, in Hao Keqiang's opinion, this was probably the most satisfying manuscript revision experience in his life.

Willing to change!

In the afternoon game, Kato Masao was powerless to turn the tide. He stubbornly finished all the official moves, and the referee also announced the final outcome of the game:

Chinese chess player Nie Weiping, 4th dan, won by points with white against Japanese chess player Kato Masao, th dan.

Kato Masao sat up with a stern face. The Japanese side was also silent, unable to utter a word.

The most embarrassing thing is that they lost and they still have to hold a family reunion. Isn't this just shooting themselves in the foot? Sakata Eio and Otake Hideo looked at each other.

Both of them were dressed in suits, ready to celebrate today's victory.

As a result, the red wine in the glass now tastes bitter.

The most embarrassed one was Sakata Eio, who had to go on stage to speak. However, Sakata Eio did admire Nie Weiping, and he praised Nie Weiping for his excellent chess playing without reservation, and expressed his hope that the challenge tournament could continue.

Today's game of chess is over.

No one in the Japanese Go community dares to underestimate Chinese Go anymore.

At this moment, they really began to regard China as an opponent.

The head coach of the Japanese Go national team and Nie Weiping's teacher, Fujisawa Hideyuki, 9th dan, is quite humorous. He smiled and said to Nie Weiping:
"Half of my hair has fallen out. When I left home, I had already asked the barber to prepare the best razor for me."

All in all, this game of chess greatly shocked the whole of Japan.

"Nie Xuanfeng is half a step ahead of God!" Such words are being said by more and more Japanese people, as well as appearing in various newspapers and weekly magazines on the streets of Japan.

The novel "Tian Ju" also continued to be popular and became a novel read by more and more Japanese people in Japan.

After finishing two games of chess in Japan, Nie Weiping flew back to China in high spirits.

What surprised him was that the level of the domestic personnel who came to the airport to pick him up was so high that it was shocking.

You know, Nie Weiping's plane was delayed for more than an hour, and it was already 10:30 at night when he arrived at the Capital Airport.

These extraordinary old comrades waited for him at the airport for more than an hour.

Nie Weiping had never seen such a scene before.

He was just an unknown minority athlete before.

This scene is almost surpassing that of the world champion.

"Great, Old Nie, great job!"

Hua Yigang, the leader of the Chinese national Go team, gave Nie Weiping a thumbs up and said, "These are two truly inspiring victories!"

"Tell us quickly, how did you win?"

The other members of the national Go team were also impatient.

Liu Xiaoguang rushed to ask, "Why did such a big mistake happen in the game against Kobayashi Koichi?"

"Hey."

Nie Weiping was embarrassed when he recalled that scene, "I wanted to get oxygen at that time, but my mind was full of chess and I couldn't open the oxygen tank.

Lao Hao saw it and helped me open the bottle cap, but he couldn't open it because he didn't open the oxygen bottle. I was nervous and hurried back to the stadium. My mind was blank and I took such a big step. "

"Oh, we knew it!"

The other members of the national team talked at once, "We guessed that something unexpected had happened."

"Yeah, with your level, you can't take that step."

"What happened next? How did you regain your glory?"

"What do you mean by revival?"

Nie Weiping rolled his eyes. "After that move, my mind went blank. I didn't know what to do next. I felt like I was sleepwalking. Suddenly, I remembered a novel."

"novel?"

Everyone was stunned.

Hua Yigang scratched his chin, "Could it be "The Heavenly Bureau"? "

"Ok?"

Nie Weiping was surprised, "How did you know? Yes, it was Comrade Jiang Xian's "The Heavenly Game"."

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Everyone looked at each other. They didn't expect that this novel, which had long been associated with the China-Japan Go competition in China, actually had such a connection with Nie Weiping.

"You may not know that right now in China, everyone says that your game of chess is 'half a move ahead of heaven', using the words from Jiang Xian's 'Heavenly Game'."

"Half a step ahead of heaven?"

"Yeah, you probably don't know how popular this novel is in the country right now."

Wang Jianhong, 6th dan, who is known as the "handsome Go player", said: "The phrase 'a half-move victory over heaven' in this novel is almost becoming a new idiom, and is being used everywhere.

Oh, by the way, that guy, even Comrade Feng Mu wrote a literary review for him! He even praised you in the review. "

"Is it?"

Nie Weiping had certainly heard of the famous Feng Mu, and heard that he was related to him, so he immediately found this literary review as soon as he got back:

"Fighting with Heaven, Earth and Man, the Fun is Endless! - Reading "Heaven's Game""

The commentary article mentioned the chess game between Nie Weiping and Kobayashi Koichi at the beginning. Feng Mu praised Nie Weiping's chess game as "like he had the courage to sink the Yoshino".

Then Feng Mu talked about fate again.

"Objectively, fate does not exist, but subjectively, the more experiences one has, the more one believes in it. I remember Holmes once said: 'Exclude all impossibilities, and no matter how incredible the remaining truth is, it is the truth of the matter.'"

Holmes, also known as the famous Sherlock Holmes, was introduced to China in the early 20th century and translated as Holmes.

Next, Feng Mu praised the novel "The Heavenly Game", believing that it was an excellent work that was completed in one go and had almost no redundant words.

". Jiang Xian wrote "The Heaven's Game" to tell the world that all living beings are practicing all day long."

"What is called cultivation? Fighting with oneself, fighting with the earth, fighting with the heavens."

"How to fight against yourself? The key is to study hard."

"How to fight the earth? It depends on wisdom and courage."

"How to fight against nature? The key is to be willing to give up."

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After reading Feng Mu's review, Nie Weiping's understanding of "The Heavenly Game" reached a higher level, and his admiration for Jiang Xian deepened.

Then I read the novel "Tian Ju" again.

After the battle with Kobayashi Koichi, Nie Weiping read "The Heavenly Game" again and felt that the novel seemed to be a mirror image of his life.

The experience of the protagonist Hun Dun of the novel is quite similar to his. When he was exiled to the Great Northern Wilderness, he, like Hun Dun, often walked dozens of miles to find good players to play chess with.

That game was similar to the one he played with Kobayashi Koichi, in which he won half a piece against his opponent in a game where he would never admit defeat.

In the following days, the Peking University Youth League Committee invited Nie Weiping to give a speech at Peking University.

Nie Weiping gladly attended the event and did not touch upon much of the subject of Go in his speech. Instead, he repeatedly did ideological work for the college students, hoping that they could distinguish between Go and national sentiment.

In addition, he also personally admitted that he thought of the novel "Tian Ju" during the most difficult moment of the match with Kobayashi Koichi.

This sentence is like cooking oil, making the fire of "Tian Ju" even more powerful.

(End of this chapter)