Crossover: Pen name: Dazai Osamu, Omega Kasumigaoka

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On the large desk, some manuscripts were scattered haphazardly, with a name written in Japanese at the beginning—

《ノルウェイの Forest》

The translation is...

Norwegian Wood

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Chapter Twenty-Eight: Exposed

Norwegian Wood.

A masterpiece by Haruki Murakami, a master of postmodern Japanese literature.

Haruki Murakami needs no introduction.

The most famous 'literary master' in Japan after the millennium.

Many of his works have been bestsellers at home and abroad, winning numerous awards and enjoying a high reputation in countries around the world.

He is also the most internationally renowned literary master in Japan.

Even Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe is not as famous internationally as him.

Of course, he himself was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature many times, but he was never nominated and never won the prize.

Haruki Murakami is undoubtedly a 'national treasure' writer in Japan.

Norwegian Wood is one of his representative and famous works.

Total sales in Japan have exceeded 1500 million copies.

It has been translated into 36 different languages and is a bestseller overseas.

It is one of the important cornerstones that laid the foundation for Haruki Murakami's path to fame.

Its value is undeniably high.

Therefore, it was only natural that Kitahara Mari chose "Norwegian Wood" as her second book.

"Norwegian Wood" is nearly 200,000 words long, and the workload is four times that of "No Longer Human".

Adding to the fact that Kitahara Makoto had been stopping and starting, he had only written half of it so far.

Now, with Yamamoto and Noboru pushing him so hard, he has no choice but to reluctantly start working on it...

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"Hold the grass!"

It's Monday again.

school entrance.

Upon seeing the huge red banner, Kitahara Makoto immediately swore.

"Warmest congratulations to our student Kitahara Makoto for his work 'No Longer Human' being shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize!"

Kitahara Shin didn't want to use his real name because he didn't want to attract too much attention in real life.

As a result, that damn school actually exposed him.

Kitahara could now clearly feel the intense gazes around him.

The girls looked as if they were dragons that had spotted a treasure.

That's not even called 'coveting' anymore.

It's as if he's Tang Sanzang now.

I wanted to pounce on him and bite him.

Kitahara tightened his coat and hurried into the school gate.

Come to school.

Unsurprisingly, on the way, I was either accidentally bumped into by female students or bold female students came up to me directly asking for my contact information.

The shoe cabinet was also crammed full of love letters.

It seems like the girls around me are now treating writing love letters to him as a kind of ritual.

If you don't write him a love letter, it's like you're not a normal person, or you can't fit into the group around you.

Besides.

The principal even invited him to his office and showed him great concern.

He was implying that he wanted to speak at the opening ceremony as a student representative next semester.

Meanwhile, the president of the school's literary society also came to visit.

They hoped that Kitahara Makoto would join the literary club, and even offered him the position of 'president of the literary club'.

A renowned author who was shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize.

Being the president of a high school's literary society is more than enough for him.

But Kitahara Shinko didn't have time to play these childish games with them.

Kitahara Makoto agreed to the principal's request and agreed to speak on stage as a student representative next semester.

He declined the literary society's invitation, citing that he was working on a new book and didn't have time.

In return, the principal immediately promised to have Kitahara Makoto's teachers take good care of him.

I will never interfere with his creative process unless absolutely necessary.

The implication is that Kitahara Makoto only needs to avoid interfering with other people's studies.

He can do whatever he wants at school now.

Let alone things like not doing homework or not paying attention in class.

Even if he doesn't come to class.

The school and teachers won't say anything.

Kitahara Makoto was quite satisfied with this.

He was different from ordinary high school students and couldn't stay in school for long periods of time.

The things he learned in school were not relevant to him.

It's no longer of any use.

It's certainly a good thing that the school can give him freedom.

Of course, this kind of thing would be unthinkable on the other side of the ocean.

But here, all I can say is that it's a capitalist country; those who know, know.

……

12 month 27 number.

Christmas has just passed two days ago.

Shincho-sha held its year-end social gathering.

Although it was called a social gathering, it was actually a social party used by the Shincho Club to flex their muscles and build relationships.

The attendees included not only well-known authors who collaborated with Shinchosha, but also other prominent writers.

It also includes celebrities and bigwigs from various fields such as politics, business, and entertainment.

Even several members of Congress came.

Indeed, he was surrounded by learned scholars and had no uncultured people among his acquaintances.

Kitahara Makoto, with an incredibly youthful face, boasts titles such as "500,000 bestselling author," "Akutagawa Prize nominee," and "genius high school student."

She was undoubtedly one of the most dazzling 'stars' at the party.

Because he is visibly young.

Its potential is also clearly limitless.

Through mutual introductions by Yamamoto and Noboru.

Some political and business celebrities took the initiative to come and chat with him.

Moreover, his words placed him on an equal footing.

This is one of the benefits of becoming a well-known author.

Writers have a high social status.

Serious literary writers have a higher social status.

If a real 'entertainment star' were to do this, they definitely wouldn't be able to reach Kitahara Makoto's level.

Even though he is more famous than Kitahara Makoto.

They also failed to gain the approval of these 'upper-class people'.

This is determined by the inherent 'higher or lower' distinctions in professions.

Although people often say that everyone is equal, there is no distinction between high and low professions.

But the prejudices in people's hearts cannot be erased.

A master is a master, a talented man is a talented man, and an actor is an actor.

This is a set of ideas and concepts rooted in the same civilization and the same suzerain state, accumulated over thousands of years.

All things are inferior, only reading is superior.

The fact that watching celebrities date is called a "broken house" scandal, while a writer cheating is called a "talented and romantic man," shows the difference in how society views these two professions.

Although I am not very interested in this kind of socializing.

But after all, you can't hit someone who's smiling.

Kitahara Shin still managed to say a few words to these people.

And it's also good for him.

Getting to know these people will make things easier in the future.

They can enjoy the privileges of the privileged class in everything they do.

This is the power of connections!

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Chapter Twenty-Nine: My Naive Wife (Thanks to the generous donor, Yu Xiaoshu)