Tokyo: The life of a literary giant begins with home self-defense!

Chapter 149: Sister’s Tips

The entire article says that Ryukawa Tetsu is too inexperienced. People who can write good novels may not be qualified to serve as judges. The judges have to face countless works by newcomers. Ryukawa Tetsu is only seventeen or eighteen years old, and it is unclear whether he has sufficient literary attainments.

This has nothing to do with any literary genre. Although the Japanese literary world is now dominated by class literature, the highest Akutagawa Prize each year is basically won by works of class literature.

However, as the "Gunzo Award" debuted as a newcomer award, the works in it have diverse contents, and whether Ryukawa Toru has the ability to distinguish works has become a focus of discussion.

Ryukawa Tetsu has not published many works.

One is "Listen to the Wind Sing" and the other is "Snow Country".

Although any discerning person can see that these two novels are excellent works, it does not affect the public's doubts about him.

Just because you can write novels doesn’t mean you can review them.

You can live well in your own small field, but what should you do when faced with thousands of submissions from all over the country?
Ultimately, it comes down to the problem of being too young and having too little experience.

It was difficult for Longchuan Che to convince the public, and there were even discussions about whether he would bury talented people.

Ryukawa Toru was reading a newspaper in Takeda Maki's study with a frown on his face, while Takeda Maki held her cheek with her hand and smiled teasingly.

"The Ministry of Education is giving you so many resources, and they're not afraid of you choking to death."

The trigger for the Ministry of Education to be attacked again by literati was that it urgently needed a literary master who could compete with Monk Hongping. Ryukawa Toru was only 18 years old when he was forced to be a literary judge, which was a bit like forcing a duck to do something.

"This time, we won't need Monk Hongping to deal with you. The saliva of our colleagues will be enough to drown you."

Takeda Maki crossed her long legs together, and her silver high heels were hooked on her toes to prevent them from falling off.

Ryukawa Toru is a little brat, but he has made himself, the executive director of Kodansha, so angry several times that there was nothing he could do. A smile of relief appeared on Takeda Maki's face.

"Sister, save me."

Longchuan Che folded the newspaper once, twice, and three times, and said with a serious face.

The woman's smile was stiff. She frowned, looked around, and interrupted Ryukawa Toru who was saying, "The Group Portrait Award is Kodansha's Group Portrait Award. I'm sure you must be troubled by being accused of a decline in credibility."

"What did you call me?"

Takeda Shinki rubbed her ears with her hands, as if she couldn't believe it.

"Sister."

Longchuan Che leaned closer to the table, supporting his face, and responded to the other party with a comfortable smile that was exactly the same as before.

"Your sister is with me, shouldn't I be here?"

"Bastard thing!"

Takeda Maki slammed the table, her hands shaking with anger.

"you you you you"

How could someone be so irritating? He calls me sister all the time, which sounds nice, but the frivolity in his eyes is overflowing.

Takeda Maki's earlobes turned red with anger. As the eldest daughter of the Takeda family, no one had ever dared to tease her like this since she was a child.

"Get out of here!"

Originally, he wanted to ask Ryukawa Toru to come in and laugh at him, but now he has goose bumps all over his body, Takeda Maki said, pointing at the door.

'This guy is not easy to tease.'

Longchuan Che smiled, stood up and prepared to leave.

"and many more."

Takeda Shinki covered her chest with her hands and called out to the shameless man again.

"Sign it."

The cold and beautiful woman casually threw a document over.

"What is it?"

"Withdraw from the contract for the judges' seat."

Longchuan Che's fingers paused for a moment and heard the other party continue speaking.

"Although the invitations to the literature award judges are sent out by the organizers to various parties for the sake of credibility, there are cases where the Ministry of Education is absent."

The woman pinched her nose bridge because of a headache.

Generally speaking, in order to ensure the authority of a publishing house's literary award, it invites judges from many fields.

This is easy to understand, because if you invite only your own editors or internal staff of Kodansha, you will inevitably be criticized for fraud.

The purpose of the award is to promote outstanding works and expand their influence.

In the end, publishing is about making money, and the opinions of one or two people are completely unconvincing. Therefore, the judges invited by major well-known literary awards are complicated, including editors-in-chief of publishing houses, university professors, and literary masters.

There have even been cases where rivals were invited to ensure fairness.

In the final analysis, it is to make a voice heard by the public.

The works we select are the best, pure and responsible to the public.

Only in this way will readers be willing to pay, and the awards will become better and better.

"Are you helping me?"

Longchuan Che looked strange.

Could it be possible that teasing the other person actually brought out her maternal instinct?
If he withdraws from this group portrait award, he can escape from the current criticism, but without the participation of the Ministry of Education, the credibility of this award will decline.

Why would a woman do something that would destroy the 'health' of the Kodansha Literature Prize?

"Since you"

Takeda Shinki pinched her forehead and looked outside the door.

Her sister, whom she was most worried about, was there.

"Now that you've become a famous writer, just take it one step at a time and don't do anything that will make Guizi worry."

The lights outside the window were just coming on, and the orange-white light shining on the woman's face made her look a little tired.

She could ignore Longchuan Che, but her sister was tied to the other party, so she could still make Longchuan Che withdraw from this vortex.

"What a good 'sister'."

Ryukawa Toru spoke a few words, and Takeda Maki's forehead twitched again.

"But no need."

Before the woman could get angry, Ryuukawa Toru pushed back on terminating the contract.

This was issued by Kodansha. Ryukawa Toru had already signed an agreement with Kodansha after the Youth Award. If he breaks the contract himself, he will have to pay a considerable amount of liquidated damages.

"I already have a solution."

He has no credibility and people question whether his literary attainments are deep enough.

Just produce some decent works.

There is not much else about Longchuan Che, except that someone used Japan's century-long literary fortune to gradually knock out a snake husband.

The cuckoo cries blood and the ape wails, the six-foot sickbed sweeps the past and present.

In terms of contribution to literature, who can compare with the owner of Dassai?

Ryukawa Toru had guessed this situation long ago and had made preparations, but poor Mrs. Takeda had to suspect that she was being used as a tool by Ryukawa Toru.

"what ever."

The boy only said that he had a way, but didn't say how to solve it. Takeda Shinki sneered, thinking that the other party was just showing off.

The current situation cannot be improved by Ryukawa Toru writing one or two novels.

Unless he sweeps away the current literary world and makes literary achievements that can shut everyone up.

But how is that possible? New genres like "Snow Country" will be excluded, and one or two novels will not be considered an achievement at all.

It is a huge concept that can be recognized by the literary world, similar to Mingzhijin's "Principles of Chinese Poetry" and "Theory of Vocabulary and Imagery in Tang Poetry", which has educational and guiding significance for the entire literary world.

The reason why a master is a master is not just because he can write books.

If you serve as a judge, you must prove that you are qualified to guide other writers.

In Takeda Maki's opinion, the other party's achievements are not enough.

"I've seen this look on your face too many times."

Long Chuan Che raised his eyebrows. This woman always looked disdainful and treated him like a little kid.

"How about we come?"

As Longchuan Tetsu was speaking, the contract that was being pushed around fell to the ground.

When he wanted to ask if he wanted to bet something.

He saw something under the woman's table that shouldn't be there.

(End of this chapter)