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

Chapter 262: Authors of the same type

I stayed in Otaru for two more days after my wife's birthday party.

After selling books, I went to Sapporo for a day.

"What a tiring Golden Week."

At Sapporo's New Chitose Airport, my wife stretched.

The body showed a beautiful curve in the air, and the wife's tone was a little complaining.

“In the end, there were still more than a thousand copies left.”

Ryukawa Toru's book signing event was only promoted near Otaru, and although many people came, there were only more than a thousand copies left out of the 30,000 copies.

Ryukawa Toru is going back to Tokyo to prepare for the closed selection for the Group Portrait Award.

My wife had no choice but to sell all the books at a low price.

The books were packed and given to the owner of the Music Box Museum, where more than a thousand books were displayed.

Mrs. Takeda also didn't know what would happen to the books in the end.

"It's hard to be perfect, but it's pretty good that we can handle more than 30,000 instincts like this."

Ryukawa Tetsuya was a little surprised. It was quite unexpected that only 70% of the 30,000 books were sold in Otaru. Pure literary works could not be compared with popular reading materials.

A popular reading material that sells for millions is not considered top-notch, but a work of pure literature that sells for a million is already a remarkable achievement.

Ryukawa Toru remembers that last year's work "Revenge of Muwan Village", which was awarded the Akutagawa Prize, only sold 300,000 to 400,000 copies.

He was very satisfied with the result of a single signing of "Youth Trilogy".

"He's not very old, but he speaks in an old-fashioned way."

The lady curled her lips and looked around.

The New Chitose Airport where the two were located is known as the gateway to Hokkaido, and everyone who is going to fly to Tokyo is here.

It was considered off-peak travel, but there were still quite a few people.

The theme of New Chitose Airport is Doraemon. My wife saw that Ryuukawa Toru was busy, so she went shopping.

The third reprint of "Snow Country" will bring in 10 million.

The last part of the "Youth Trilogy", "A Wild Sheep Chase", will be published in May. Together with the reprints of the previous two parts, it will probably bring in around 20 million.

"I Am a Cat" is still being serialized, and the largest copyright income will be in August.

Because he had purchased a house, Longchuan Che was frantically calculating the accounts.

There is still more than 80 million yuan in bank loans left, and he is now a pauper.

"I should have kept the card."

After all the calculations, he would not be able to pay off the bank loan until August at the earliest, and Long Chuan Che looked a little strange.

Takeda Maki had given him a card before, but he returned it to her.

Teacher Longchuan now has an expression on his face that says, 'Writing a book won't save Longchuan Toru, and a boy will have everything if he loosens his belt.'

I really want to send a message to Takeda Maki, "Do you think I still have a chance?"

Longchuan Cheyi gritted his teeth and decided to change his identity and write popular novels after finishing "The Ancient Capital".

Ryukawa Toru, who was praised by Taro Ono as the greatest hope of Japanese literature, is beginning to fall, but the chief editor of Shinchosha does not know it yet.

He returned to Tokyo one day earlier than Ryukawa Toru and was currently receiving guests in his own house.

"Long time no see, Mr. Yukawa."

Taro Ono's house is a single-family house in Bunkyo Ward.

Several guests visited us this morning.

Natsuko Imamura helping with a smile, and Yukawa Imamura in casual clothes.

Taro Ono poured his tea and looked at the man who had suddenly visited him.

He and Kujo Fujitaka have a nominal teacher-student relationship, because Kujo Fujitaka is also listed in the Writers Association.

He occasionally came into contact with the adopted son of the Kujo family, but they didn't talk much.

He even cursed at the other person.

Being approached by the other party suddenly, Ono Taro was a little nervous while drinking tea. The literary world now is a little different from a year ago.

In the past, a group of authors, led by Monk Hongping, used a magnifying glass to find faults with the government all day long.

Since the emergence of Ryukawa Toru, he has been a young and mid-stream writer.

More and more writers turned to the New Sensationalism, and the Ministry of Education became more comfortable with its life.

"This time I came to discuss something with Mr. Ono."

The two sat for a while. When Ono Taro's wife took Imamura Natsuko to the study to look at calligraphy and paintings, Imamura Yukawa revealed the real purpose of this trip.

"discuss?"

Taro Ono was stunned, wondering what the editor-in-chief of Shinchosha wanted to talk to him about.

A tea stem stood upright like a needle in the green tea soup, and Imamura Yukawa hesitated for a moment.

"It's related to Longchuan Tetsu."

Every time I mention Ryukawa Tetsu and Imamura Yukawa, I feel as if my throat is blocked.

The new role chosen by the Ministry of Education to take the lead is very difficult.

Although he has changed the literary atmosphere a little, he is not easily persuaded.

"Longchuan-kun?"

Taro Ono was stunned for a moment, and without thinking, he took out the expensive gift the other party had given him.

It is well known in the literary world that Ryuukawa Tetsu has a bad character and a bad temper.

But he seemed to be particularly respectful to his first editor.

You can say it is a favor of recognition or you can say we have similar interests.

When Ryukawa Tetsu criticized today's intellectuals as all sour Confucianists and pedants, he singled out Ono.

Everyone knows that the two of them have a very good personal relationship, so Imamura Yukawa must have something shameful to tell him about today.

The gifts he brought were neatly stacked at the door, and Imamura Yukawa's mouth twitched.

"It's a good thing, something that's good for him."

Imamura Yukawa knocked on the sofa and quickly explained what had happened.

Ryukawa Toru is now considered a leading figure among the younger generation, but there are no particularly outstanding "New Sensationalism" authors like him who write in pure art forms.

Imamura Yukawa handed Ono Taro a manuscript.

"have a look."

The man raised his eyebrows, with an expression that said, "Will you help me persuade him?"

"Beauty and sorrow?"

The name of the novel was very ordinary, but Ono Taro frowned deeply when he opened it.
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In the sightseeing car of the Tokaido Line's express train "Pigeon", there are five swivel chairs next to the windows on one side.
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Oki Nianxiong discovered that there was only one at the end, which was turning silently with the vibration of the train.
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Da Mu stared at him without moving his eyes away. The armrests of the chair on his side were low, so he couldn't move, and of course he couldn't turn around.

The plot that began on the train reminded Taro Ono of the novel "Snow Country" that he had read.

The story also began on a train, with Shimamura taking a train to Snow Town to find Komako.

And this novel.
A man took a train to Kyoto and met a woman named Haizi, and began an affair with her.

There is a strong sense of 'Snake Husband' in both the writing style and the writing style.

What we pursue is the delicate and sticky love similar to that in "Snow Country".

“It’s well written, but this…”

Taro Ono had a strange expression on his face, as if he saw a replica of Toru Ryukawa in this novel.

"This is the manuscript that was sent to Kodansha before the Golden Week. Xia Zi gave him the last spot. If Ryukawa Toru wants to expand the influence of his school..."

Imamura Yukawa stared at Ono Taro closely.

The editor understood what he meant.

"You want him to cheat?"

Ono Taro raised an eyebrow.

(End of this chapter)