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

Chapter 254 The crown of Wenhua is reserved for me 4
Taro Ono thought about the happiest thing in his life.

I still can't stop the feeling of blockage in my heart.

He was happily taking his daughter out to play during the Golden Week, but when he heard that Longchuan Che had published a book, he rushed over without stopping.

The results of it.

The author hasn't even read the book, but he is being tricked into writing some magical realism.

“Who is this woman who asked you to write a book?”

When the editor-in-chief of Shinchosha said this, everyone present felt like a wife coming out to catch a mistress.

Otaru City, Canal Restaurant.

The historic warehouse buildings are located on both sides of the canal, and the clear blue water reflects the city's appearance.

Colorful decorations are placed along both sides of the canal, and the atmosphere inside the restaurant is somewhat tense.

"Oh? So you are a guest from Gallimard Publishing House."

Although Taro Ono was talking to Anne Erno, his eyes were fixed on Ryukawa Toru.

He just found out that Ryukawa Toru only had a title for his new book, and his feeling of myocardial infarction became even worse.

Instead of writing books, he flirts with foreign editors.

And he used photos to fool himself.

I'm not expecting him to write a traditional trilogy, but Mr. Ono is really going to pull out a knife.

"I'll write it in a moment. I'll write it in a moment."

Longchuan Che smiled awkwardly. He had never felt so embarrassed before.

I had the illusion that I was chatting lively with another woman, but when I turned around I found that it was my ex-girlfriend.

"Miss Annie, do you think Longchuan-kun shouldn't write novels with oriental literature?"

After talking with Ryukawa Toru, Ono Taro looked at Anne Erno.

The French woman's words of advice reached his ears just as he got off the car.

Taro Ono was somewhat glad that he came to Otaru today to visit Ryukawa Toru, and he was also somewhat glad that JR Otaru Station was only 300 meters away from Otaru Port.

He took his daughter back to his hometown in Hokkaido during the May Day Golden Week. It only takes half an hour to get from Niigata to Otaru.

Ryukawa Toru made a mistake this time. He didn't expect Ono Taro to be around during the Golden Week.
It’s not far away, and Longchuan Che has published a new book.

Taro Ono came over excitedly with his bag.

"Uh"

Although the man opposite was smiling, Anne Erno felt a little scared in her heart.

Orientalized novels still have a large market in their own country, and Anne Erno seems to be destroying other people's jobs.

"take it easy."

Perhaps he felt that he was too fierce, so Ono Taro turned to Ryukawa Tetsu and said:

"You've probably already told me the content of 'Ancient Capital', okay."

Ono Taro wanted to say something, but ended up changing the sentence structure.

"Could you please write some prose first?"

Ono Taro's attitude suddenly became somewhat respectful, and Anne Erno was stunned.

She already knew the other person's identity, the editor-in-chief of Shinchosha.

Shinchosha is the best publishing house in the field of pure literature in Japan and is well-known internationally.

Just as the Akutagawa Prize is one of the world's most prestigious awards, Shinchosha also has a say in the international literary world.

Such a great publishing editor in the literary world suddenly showed respect to Ryukawa Toru.

Everyone present was looking at Long Chuan Che.

"At this?"

Longchuan Che looked around.

The Canal Restaurant is a converted old warehouse that was once used to accommodate Western shipping. It is now abandoned and has been converted into a specialty restaurant by the owner.

The mottled walls are bare red bricks, and the chandelier above illuminates the empty hall. Ryukawa Tetsu has written books in many places, but never in a restaurant.

"understood."

Taro Ono stared at him closely, and Toru Ryukawa took out a piece of manuscript paper.

The so-called prose refers to some inspired creations of novelists during the writing process.

Many times, writing a novel is not a linear process from beginning to end.

Novelists often have bursts of inspiration and create various pieces of writing.

Finally, these essays will be filled into the author's own works.

Maugham, the author of "The Moon and Sixpence", had this habit. He wrote several novels in 15 volumes of essays.

"What does it mean."

Anne Erno was stunned when she was suddenly invited to create a work. After a while, she reacted and began to chuckle.

"Do you think that my opinion of this novel will change after I read it? Excuse me, it's an oriental theme."

Anne Erno was interrupted by Taro Ono before she could finish her words.

"You haven't read his Snow Country, have you?"

From day to night, he was asked first by Ryukawa Tetsu and then by Ono Taro.

Anne Erno was a little impatient.

"Novels similar to Japanese stories? There is an international market that is interested in this kind of thing, but..."

"Market, market, so I think editing should be done by people majoring in literature."

Taro Ono offended the two women present with just one sentence, but it was obvious that Anne Erno reacted more strongly.

“You said I’m unprofessional?”

After all these years in the industry, this is the first time that someone has reprimanded me in my own professional field.

Anne Erno jumped up like a cat.

"I don't know the whole story, so I won't comment. You haven't read all of Longchuan's works. What makes you think that Longchuan's Westernized writing is better than his Easternized content?"

There was only one point that Anne Erno repeatedly emphasized.

Ryukawa Toru shouldn't have gone back to creating oriental content when he already had an international bestseller in hand.

Westernization dominates the literary world today, and the cultural and literary trends initiated by Europe and the United States have long swept the world.

Chandler, Hemingway, Shakespeare, etc.

As the wave surged into all countries and circles, the local cultures of various countries were shattered, and Japan also entered the process of Westernization early on.

"A thoughtful person cultivated a strange vine in a vase, and the vine was three feet and six inches long."

While the two were chatting, Longchuan Toru had already started writing.

He wrote about an episode in which Chiyoko grew flowers and raised golden bells, which contained a lot of differences caused by the conflict between Eastern and Western cultures.
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Chieko looked at the purple violets on the tree, then lowered her eyes to look at Christ.
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Chieko did not attend a church school, but in order to learn English, she often went to church and read the New and Old Testaments of the Bible.
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However, it would seem inappropriate to offer flowers or light candles to this ancient stone lantern because there is no cross carved on the lantern.

Different from the previous "Hear the Wind Sing" and "The End of the World".

These creations of Ryukawa Tetsu are highly repulsive.

It obviously contains Western content, but it has a strong repressive flavor.

Even under his creative style, these imported things have some oriental colors.
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The violet flowers above the Christ statue can be imagined as Mary's heart.
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Chieko's eyes left the Kirishidan lantern and looked up at the iris flowers.
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——Suddenly, she thought of the golden bell kept in the ancient Tanbo pot.
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The golden bells are kept in ancient Danbo pots. They can only be born, sing, lay eggs and die in these narrow and dark little pots.
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Nevertheless, being able to reproduce is much better than keeping them in a cage and only being able to preserve one generation.
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It’s just like the world in a pot in Chinese stories.

The short text seems to show a creative mindset.

Someone once said that one should use one's own creative content to showcase the beauty of Eastern culture as much as possible.

Anne Erno got goose bumps on her hands as she read Ryukawa Tetsu's content.

A deep chill rose in my heart.

It was as if an old man was drawing a city in front of her.

No western culture allowed.

(End of this chapter)