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

Chapter 372: Scandal

Walking in the magnificent concert hall, Colm's face was full of joy.

The reason why he was happy was not only because the Oriental people he disliked were eliminated early on.

"Today's winning work, The Dead, was also directly recommended by me."

It is somewhat similar to the situation in Japan. Works directly selected by the chief judge who is qualified for direct recommendation can also be given the title of Bole after winning the competition.

"Joyce has been really upset this year."

In previous years, the majority of winning works came from Joyce, and women are often able to select meaningful winning works.

Simon van Booy's "Love Begins in Winter" and Ron Rush's "Rich and Strange".

Both are works from the past two years that proved women's vision. Both works received good responses internationally before and after winning the awards.

Good works and good awards complement each other.

I thought that if "The Dead" won the award this year, I would get a certain amount of public exposure.

Colm couldn't help but hum.

"Mr. Colm!"

The sudden voice frightened Colm so much that he trembled. He turned his head and saw that it was Longchuan Toru, whom he had just met.

Behind the boy is a grand concert theater, and next to him is a girl who is eye-catching.

"What are you here for?"

I was in a hurry to go to the toilet and was in no mood to greet this 'loser'.

Colm, in his suit, took two more steps forward.

There is a path two or three people wide from the concert hall to the restroom.

Kerosene lamp-shaped decorations were hung around, and the song of "Ulysses" flowed into the air through the half-open door.

Virtual and real, empty and full, concept and image, tradition and modernity.

"Ulysses" tells the story of a middle-aged man wandering around Dublin, drinking and fantasizing, while his wife waits for her lover in her bed at home.

"I want to talk to you about the novel award."

Long Chuan Che had a smile on his face, completely different from the coldness and arrogance of the past few days.

"About the novel award?"

I was in a hurry to go to the bathroom, but suddenly stopped halfway.

In fact, Ryukawa Toru had invited himself before the Frank Novel Award. At this moment, he looked at the boy with a smile on his face.

"hehe."

Colm stopped.

You have to be arrogant because the person in front of you dares to be rude to you.

"Go sit over there for a while."

There is a lounge next to the concert hall, which is only used by VIPs who frequently come and go.

Colm held his head high and walked to the lounge with Ryukawa Tetsu and the others.

Expensive Vanilla carpets and red lacquered wood wine cabinet.

Colm looks like he comes here quite often.

After glancing up and down at Longchuan Che and the other man, Colm sat down on the sofa with his arms and legs stretched out.

"Tell me what the novel award means?"

Colm put his feet up and swayed up and down. This lounge was his, and he could talk about things here without worrying about being overheard.

The upper class has some dirty things going on, and he also enjoys the privileges in this lounge.

Ryukawa Toru said nothing and kicked Takeda Akane.

"cut."

The girl curled her lips, then smiled.

"The Frank Novel Award is very important to my brother. I accidentally made a mistake last time, so I came here to apologize."

When you first meet Takeda Akane, you will always associate her with cuteness and well-behavedness.

Long eyelashes and big eyes.

She has a pure girl-next-door vibe.

Colm was stunned by the girl's smile, but quickly shook his head.

"Is it useful to bring a pretty girl to apologize?" Colm sneered. He was not moved by the two people's flattery.

"Some things are useless just apologizing."

Colm picked up the bottle on the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass of dry red wine. He shook the glass and felt that he should teach this young man a lesson.

"To be honest, I have excluded your article "The Ghost of Lexington" from the winning works."

In fact, it was the decision of the organizing committee, but in this safe room, Colm took this "right" as his own.

Deciding a writer's future at random, Colm saw panic on the little girl's face.

"How can this be? The subsequent selection of the shortlist has not yet begun."

In fact, we can tell which creators are on the shortlist from the seating arrangement of the organizing committee today.

There were about a hundred names on the long list, but only ten writers were placed in positions convenient for them to go on stage.

Introduce the work and express your gratitude.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see who has been shortlisted for the Frank Fiction Prize.

“It’s not enough to make the short list.”

The more annoyed the two people in front of him became, the more pleasure Colm felt.

Although I can't use my rights as the main reviewer to gain any benefits from Longchuan Che, it's also nice to see the surprise on this arrogant boy's face.

Panic and confusion.

It seems that not winning the Frank Novel Prize is a very serious matter for them.

"My brother's situation in China is not very good. He originally wanted to rely on the popularity of the Frank Novel Award to open up the market overseas."

Akane Takeda perfectly portrays the image of a girl who is worried about her brother.

She looked at Colm with grievance.

"Can't Mr. Colm forgive his brother? He is still young and ignorant."

“Is the situation bad at home?”

Colm ignored the girl's pleas and looked at Ryuukawa Tetsu.

To be honest, he didn't know much about this young author, but the collection of novels "Ghosts of Lexington" gave him a sense of horror.

The absurd and realistic "Blind Willow and Sleeping Girl" and "Silence" which reflects the phenomenon of youth.

Later, many judges studied the novel "The Ghost of Lexington" and believed that it was a more suitable work for the award than "The Dead".

Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow", Beckett's absurd drama, Colm can even see the shadow of Borges' labyrinth narrative in it.

"It's only natural that you have a bad personality."

I don’t know what happened to the other party in the country, but Colm gave him a smile that said, “You deserve it.”

“You can’t become a good writer just by writing good works.”

Colm said something very arrogant, and he enjoyed the eager expressions of the two people.

"How about this."

Colm picked up his glass and filled it up.

"If you drink this wine, I will not affect the progress of The Ghost of Lexington in the subsequent selections."

Just as Longchuan Che was about to raise his hand, Colm drank the wine in gulps.

A completely playful expression, Colm said in the room.

"I'm kidding you, hahahaha. We're only going to choose Irish people for this Frank Novel Award."

Colm was really drunk and couldn't hold it in any longer, so he wanted to laugh at the other person for a while longer.

"The Frank Fiction Prize is an Irish award, you Oriental"

Colm made a sinister expression.

"Go ahead and dream!"

I originally wanted to see what kind of trouble Colm was going to cause me, but I suddenly heard something incredible.

"that."

Ryukawa Toru looked at Takeda Akane's chest, whose eyes began to shine.

"What do you want to say?"

Takeda Akane covered her chest, her face full of excitement after Colm left.

(End of this chapter)