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

Chapter 318: 49 Days Plan to Occupy Europe 4
“The Booker Prize?”

To be honest, Ryukawa Tetsu also considered foreign literary awards.

They represent a higher level of recognition.

It is also a more beautiful wreath of achievement in the eyes of the public.

"Can you recommend me there?"

Longchuan Che looked at the woman with some curiosity.

The Booker Prize is a literary award established by the British book industry in 1968.

It was originally established to have a literary award that could be on par with the French Goncourt Prize and the American Pulitzer Prize.

The award focuses on authority, orientation and fairness, and the only requirement for nomination is that the work be created in English.

"Anto Whiteman also knows Patrick Modiano. If you are interested, you can ask him for help."

Before Takeda Shinki could finish her words, Ryukawa Toru rejected her outright.

"why not?"

Ryukawa Toru refused bluntly, and Takeda Maki walked up to Ryukawa Toru and raised her eyebrows.

Natsuko Imamura didn't know why the great French writer recommended her to participate in the Booker Prize's derivative award, but if Toru Ryukawa participated in the Booker Prize, it would undoubtedly be an alternative victory over the hateful heir of the Kujo family.

The Cheltenham Prize is a very important award, but it is nothing like the best achievement in English fiction.

"It doesn't work anyway."

Longchuan Che looked a little serious.

Asking a woman to ask her suitor for help is a bit of a masculine pride.

"What should I do?"

Takeda Shinki raised her eyebrows, feeling that the other party was very interesting.

Women are creatures that are afraid of not caring about anything if they get it, so a little jealousy can be used as a spice of emotional life.

"Let me tell you first that the space in French Review and Literary Magazine won't be very large. Media publicity is nothing compared to the publicity that a literary award can bring."

The popularity of a work is related to the work itself and the author's fame.

It is unlikely that a good work will sell well immediately. It is more likely that the sales will grow slowly like Ryukawa Toru's "Snow Country".

Do you want sales or face?

Takeda Shinki raised her eyebrows at Ryukawa Toru.

Longchuan Che did not respond to the woman's question. He muttered, "Let's talk about it later," and walked into the bathroom to take a shower and go to bed.

Princeton's cheap hotel is no match for Takeda Maki's luxurious suite.

When Ryukawa Toru lay down in the bathtub, Takeda Maki also walked in.

The woman was wearing a silk nightgown, with a gloomy look on her face and a package behind her back.

"Is something wrong?"

Long Chuan Che was stunned. The hot water that had just been poured into the bathtub was emitting waves of steam.

The heat turned into mist and turned into water droplets on the ends of Ryukawa Tetsu's hair.

Takeda Maki looked at herself and then at Ryukawa.

There were kiss marks all over his body, and there were several tiny teeth marks on Longchuan Tetsu's body.

The tooth marks were small, as if a rodent had done something wrong.

Takeda Shinki rubbed it with her fingertips.

"Add something for you."

The woman threw the object in her hand into the pool, and it turned into wine red and dissolved.

Long Chuan Che sniffed it.

It's a red wine-flavored bubble bath ball.

A foaming bath bomb made with baking soda and anhydrous lemon, filled with bright red rose petals.

"Women like this kind of thing."

Long Chuan Che scooped up a handful of foam, with a slightly dissatisfied look on his face.

For boys, it is enough to wash cleanly, put in a bath ball and take a shower later.

"how about this?"

The woman lifted one of her dazzlingly white long legs and tiptoed into the burgundy bathtub.

"this is okay."

Longchuan Tetsu instantly became beaming. The water with bubbles added would make the skin smoother.

There was a person in the bathtub and the water overflowed.

The two of them were soaked in hot water, and the naked Takeda Shinki was sandwiched between his legs.

The surface of the water with the red petals floating on it just covered the woman's chest.

Takeda Shinki rubs her body with foam.

"I read the novel in your luggage this morning."

The woman suddenly spoke, and Longchuan Che, whose body was softened by the soaking, hummed softly.

When he came back in the morning, he found that the manuscripts in his luggage had been moved, and there were signs that "Kafka on the Shore" had been read.

"Kafka on the Shore, I originally thought it was related to the Czech writer Kafka."

Franz Kafka, a Czech writer of Jewish descent.

When Takeda Maki saw the title of the book, she thought that Ryukawa Toru had written a Kafkaesque novel based on her, but when she read it, she found that was not the case.

“Kafka means crow in Czech.”

Ryukawa Toru thought that Takeda Maki came to talk about literary works.

With one hand he drank Takeda Shinki's bedtime milk while stroking the woman's body as it swayed in the water.

The foam was fine and dreamy, and Longchuan Tetsu found it hard to imagine that the woman who smiled at him at the end of the year would develop the relationship with him to the present.

Although Takeda Maki has a strong and cold personality, some parts of her are as soft as melted ice cream.

Longchuan Che put his chin on the other's shoulder and looked curiously at the kiss marks on her body that looked like flower petals.

The light pink kiss marks were tiny and fragmented, like a scattered rose.

"No one will help me, at least no one has helped me so far."

Takeda Shinki rubbed her face against Ryukawa Toru.

"I've caused you trouble before, and I want to help you this time."

Takeda Maki was talking about the time when they met at the end of the year. If it weren't for her, Hiroki and others would not have noticed him so early.

"Snow Country" is a work that can change the trend of the literary world. Ryukawa Toru's current situation is somewhat related to Takeda Shinki.

"No one will help me, at least no one has helped me so far."

“I can only rely on my own strength to carry on.”

"I have to be strong for this."

"Like a crow lost from the flock."

“So I named myself Kafka.”

Takeda Maki was talking about the opening page of Kafka's work, and the metaphor of Murakami's work seemed to be transferred to Ryukawa Toru.

The crows left the island nation.

Ryuukawa Tetsu must become stronger as soon as possible.

"Although the senior is a little annoying sometimes, he is still easy to talk to."

Takeda Shinki seriously advised Ryukawa Toru that if Anto Whiteman helped her, she would give him some money as a reward.

"you"

Longchuan Che smacked his lips.

He felt that Takeda Shinki didn't really want to ask her senior for help, but she had no choice for his sake.

Patrick Modiano is an internationally renowned writer and has the right to recommend many international literary awards.

"Forget it, I'll make a phone call."

The bottom line is not to let your girlfriend ask her suitor for help.

Longchuan Che fumbled and called the eldest lady.

Although I don’t know how the eldest lady convinced Patrick Modiano.

But they are all friends.

Ask her to help make an introduction.

Should, probably, maybe
"is that OK?"

Longchuan Che explained the matter to the eldest lady outside the door.

I didn't notice that Takeda Shinki's eyes in the bathtub became a little dangerous.

(End of this chapter)