I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 207 He is the “best man in the world”, whether you admit it or not!
Suddenly, a busy tone came from the receiver.

Kitagawa Hide looked at his phone in surprise. It seemed that the boss hung up on him?

Maybe something urgent happened suddenly.

At a large publishing house like Kawaide Shobo, the president has to attend more emergency meetings every day than a middle-aged office worker has to urinate frequently, and it is very common for the phone to be hung up halfway through.

Without thinking much, Kitagawa Hide followed a group of bodyguards to the luxury business car.

Outside the car, driver Kinoshita was smoking a cigarette, and behind him was parked a Mercedes-Benz that he was very familiar with.

Seeing Kitagawa Hide and the other person coming, the door of the Hutouben was opened with a click, and the pretty figure he had been thinking about day and night suddenly rushed out from inside!

"Xiu-jun~Welcome home!"

Yumeko was still wearing the same OL uniform as Saito Reina, and her princess-cut hair fluttered gently in the wind.

She jumped into Kitagawa Hide's arms as quickly as a rabbit, and her loud shouting scared Saito Rena.

In Saito Rena's impression, Yumeko was a shy, gentle girl like Yamato Nadeshiko, who usually spoke in a soft voice. This was the first time she had seen Yumeko shouting and losing control of her emotions like this!

"Wow, wow, wow~ I miss you so much, Xiujun~"

Kitagawa Hide hugged Yumeko tightly, feeling her soft body, warm lips, and the surging love like a mountain and an ocean.

His backpack also contained a pile of unsent postcards, gifts purchased from various luxury stores, and most importantly, trophies and prizes.

He had many interesting stories from his trip to Paris that he wanted to share with his lovely wife.

He also wanted to tell her in person that he had won the prize! He became the first Japanese writer in the history of Japan and France to win the Prix Goncourt.

But all of this, at this moment, became less important as the two of them embraced each other tightly.

He enjoyed the hugs, the kisses, and the warmth of the other person's body.

I just hope time will stop at this moment.

So this is what it means when a short separation is better than a new marriage. It turns out that when you really fall in love with someone, even a separation of just a few days can be so painful!

The two slowly separated after a long time, and Mengzi realized that she was still at the airport and she couldn't help but be intimate with Xiujun in public!

She hid her head in Beichuan Xiu's arms, not daring to look outside.

Rena Saito was waiting in the distance with a smile, and when she saw that they had finally returned to normal, she slowly walked up.

The Hutouben was packed with people. When Beichuan Xiu stuck his head in, several familiar voices suddenly rang out.

"Welcome home, Master!"

"Teacher Beichuan, long time no see!"

"Welcome back, teacher!"

The drinking and boasting trio, plus their senior sister Mayumi Aso, waved excitedly at him, and voices of blessing and welcome reached his ears.

Kitagawa Hide felt a slight warmth in his heart. Looking at the people in front of him, he suddenly felt that he had found something more important than the Goncourt Prize.

Yes.

Saito is right.

Life is not just about writing books, making money and struggling, but also about love, friendship and family.

It is because of these people who have always surrounded him, and the love, hate, and vengeance that always linger in his heart, that he can appreciate the delicate emotions conveyed in countless literary masterpieces, and then pass them on to readers one by one through his nose!

"Master." Mayumi Aso looked at him expectantly. She always kept a glimmer of possibility in her heart.

The famous figures in the Japanese literary world all said that the chances of Master winning the award were slim, after all, the Prix Goncourt had never been awarded to a foreigner.

But she believed in her master's ability and believed that as long as it was him, he could create miracles!

"It lived up to my expectations." Kitagawa Hide took off his backpack, gently took out the trophy, and was then overwhelmed by a wave of cheers and joy!

Shortly after returning to "Peter Cat", Hide Kitagawa stuffed his trophies - trophies, prizes, and the French translation of "Paradise Lost" that Rena Saito bought specially in Paris - into the honor display cabinet one by one.

Under the conspicuous calligraphy and painting of "The Best in the World", the originally empty honor display cabinet is slowly being filled up.

At the same time, Shizuko Kawaide, who had not yet figured out what to use to keep Kitagawa teacher, immediately notified the public relations department, publicity department and distribution department, and directly made posters, banners and other promotional materials about Kitagawa Hide's award, and asked the factory employees to work overtime to produce them, striving to shock the whole of Japan with one shot tonight!

Shizuko Kawaide lacks aesthetic qualities, but her business operation skills are top-notch.

Even though Bungeishunju, which got the news first, had not yet prepared a countermeasure, the news had already become known to everyone in Kawaide Shobo. Kawaide Shizuko even allocated 100 million yen of her own funds to directly buy the headline of the literature section of today's evening edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun, allowing it to build up momentum for Kitagawa Hide!

What is worthy or not, what is worth it, and whether it counts at all.

None of this matters.

Anyway, in Shizuko Kawaide's mind, Mr. Kitagawa is the best in the world, whether you recognize it or not!
Moreover, although "Tenka Ippin" is the unspoken highest honor in the Japanese literary world, there is no substantive evaluation criteria.

If I have to say, if you want to be the best in the world, you must have an unparalleled top achievement in the Japanese literary world.

Ichiro Tanizaki is a Nobel Prize nominee and the best-selling author in history. Yoriyoshi Arima is an aristocrat turned writer who pioneered the social and baseball genres of pure literature.
The seven living "world's best" are indeed unrivaled in their respective fields. But they have stopped writing for many years, and some became famous very early, so it is hard to say if we really look at their achievements and literary attainments.

However, due to the continuous deification of "the best in the world" in the literary world over the past century, no one dared to step out and say that they were not good enough, and no one could approach or even surpass them in terms of achievements and results.

But all this has obviously been broken by the sudden emergence of Kitagawa Hide.

When he founded Kitagawa Hidefu and the Rogue School, Professor Takeuchi Osamu mentioned this matter, but due to qualifications and sales issues, the matter was soon shelved.

Later mono no aware literature, haiku, etc., in terms of influence and other aspects, surpassed Arima Yoshiyoshi's social and baseball themes.

Unfortunately, Kitagawa Hide was never recognized by the industry and never won even the Akutagawa Prize or the Tanizaki Prize.

If Shizuko Kawaide had praised him like this before, he would definitely be attacked by others using the issue of honor.

it's good now.

With the Goncourt Prize, the last piece of the puzzle that Kitagawa Hide was missing was completed.

With confidence in her heart, Shizuko Kawaide, the woman behind Kitagawa Hide, will naturally give up everything to deify her idol!
A few days ago, Bungeishunju suddenly released news that Arima Yoshiyoshi was preparing to serialize a new book in the latest issue of "Bungei Kyoukai" in mid-August. The whole country was shocked for a while, and everyone was speculating and discussing the content of the book.

The sudden launch of "The Best in the World" is a great thing for readers, as it means they will have good books to read this month.

But this message is an extremely dangerous signal for the literary and publishing circles.

As a result, from August until the end of the year, it is estimated that the pure literature magazine market will be dominated by "Literary World". Anyone who wants to compete with it at this time is seeking death.

People in the industry are more sensitive.

Considering Kitagawa Hide's trip abroad and the recent movements, everyone can't help but think that this was an action by Arima Yoshiyoshi against Kitagawa Hide.

"The Tenkaichi" personally weighed this new Japanese literary star.

A strong smell of gunpowder suddenly spread in the pure literature market.

Shizuko Kawaide thought more clearly.

Arima Yoshiyoshi's purpose in doing this was very clear. He wanted to use the sales of his new book to deal a heavy blow to the popular Kitagawa Hide.

At least he can't be easily recognized as the new "best in the world".

Why is Arima Yoshiyoshi so anxious?
First, he is one of the major shareholders of Bungeishunju. As we all know, Bungeishunju, which has serious right-wing tendencies, does not get along with Kitagawa Hide, and is already a mortal enemy of Kawaide Shobo.

Kitagawa Hide's momentum led to the rise of "Wenyi", and the first one to get a piece of the pie was "Literary World".

Second, he is recognized as the best goalkeeper in the world.

The literary world speaks with strength.

As long as you are strong enough, you can have 100 or 1000 “best in the world”.

But the prerequisite is that the writers who can obtain this title are of equal strength.

The reason he became the goalkeeper was not because he was as strong as the previous six, but because the seven of them were ahead of the others.

After Kitagawa Hide won the Goncourt Prize, he surpassed Arima Yoshiyoshi in his weakest link.

In addition, both of them became famous for creating new schools of thought, making them very good objects of comparison.

Then the problem is coming.

Kitagawa Hide is stronger than you can see with the naked eye, and he is ahead in all aspects.

Then why aren’t Kitagawa Hide and the other six the “best in the world,” and you are an upper-class writer?

Therefore, Arima Yoshiyoshi was not afraid of Kitagawa Hidenari's new "Tenka No. 1".

It's just a title, a piece of cake, and we can share it. It's okay if there are not many people.

But he was extremely afraid that Kitagawa Hide would raise the threshold for "the best in the world" and then eliminate him, the former goalkeeper, directly!

Shizuko Kawaide was indeed planning to do so.

First, Mr. Beichuan was praised as "the best in the world", and then the literary critics asked a soul-searching question:
Is Arima Yoshiyoshi really qualified to be called "the best in the world"?

To eliminate this possibility, Arima Yoshiyoshi has only one way, which is to return to the arena and prove that he is on the same level as Kitagawa Hide, or even stronger than him.

At this time, Arima Yoshiyoshi and Ueno Toru were cursing in their hearts.

They can accept that Kitagawa Hide can dominate the domestic field at will. Anyway, you don't have any high-quality domestic awards. Whenever it comes to honors, it is your weakness. You can only cry to reporters that you have become an outcast in the literary world.

But somehow, this kid really made a name for himself overseas.

It would be fine if he won a literary award from a foreign country, but the one that is so terrible is the Goncourt Prize!

Just as the literary world was shaken by the news that Kitagawa Hide won the French Goncourt Prize published in the latest evening edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun, a literary review written by Tetsutaro Mori and published in the evening edition of the Nikkan Sports News swept across Japan at an even faster speed!

The title of this literature review is:
"France's Prix Goncourt - the top world literature award comparable to the Nobel Prize!"

(End of this chapter)