I am a literary giant in Japan

Chapter 209 The Happy People and the Stupid Prime Minister!
".The above is all the judgments made by this court on the defendant Shinichiro Azuma. If the defendant is dissatisfied with the judgment of this court, he may appeal to the Tokyo High Court within one month. If there is no objection, this trial will be officially ended."

The judge stood high above and read aloud from a piece of paper. After saying this, he first looked at Shinichiro Tou in the dock, and then looked at the plaintiff's seat and the witness stand.

When his gaze swept over the seated Kitagawa Hide, the judge's eyes changed slightly, revealing a rare hint of respect.

While reading the newspaper at home last night, my wife mentioned the news that this new literary star won the Goncourt Prize.

Not long ago, Mr. Arima Yoshiyoshi, the "number one writer in the world" who had stopped writing for 30 years, was preparing to make a comeback.

Comparing the two things, as a lover of pure literature, the judge has a hunch that the literary world in August will be extremely hot.

No matter who wins or loses the battle between "Literary World" and "Wenyi", these readers will definitely be feasting their eyes!

It was Mr. Kitagawa, whose age and calm personality were very inconsistent. Every time the judge saw him, he had the illusion that he was older than himself.

Is this the cultural heritage and aura of the new literary elite?

On the other hand, no one from the three benches questioned the verdict - in fact, the verdict had been conveyed to them through various channels a few days ago, and it was not a temporary verdict at this time.

Here, Shinichiro Tou had only one lawyer who was eager to gain more attention through this case and was willing to speak for him. Most of the people present did not want to see him suffer.

As for the plaintiff's seat and the witness stand, once the court has made a decision, they cannot change the verdict with words or other means.

The families of the victims are already satisfied with being sentenced to life imprisonment as a "former official's courtesy."

They all looked at the silent Kitagawa Hide and Yamaguchi Hiroshi, their eyes full of gratitude.

The bailiff came and escorted Shinichiro Tou, who looked relieved, back to the cell.

When passing by Kitagawa Hide and the others, Shinichiro Tou suddenly stopped, made a disgusting face at Kitagawa Hide, and then secretly made a V-sign for victory. His attitude was extremely arrogant, as if he was the winner.

This action immediately aroused the anger of those in the spectators' seats. The bailiffs did not want to see a conflict in the courtroom, so they immediately dragged away Shinichiro Higashi, the troublemaker.

Shinichiro Azuma looked back at the guy who had once given him endless humiliation, endless false expectations, and then ruthlessly shattered them.

Kitagawa Hide finally looked up at him, and then his lips moved.

That lip sync is simple.

Shinichiro Tou understood it at a glance.

"Just wait for death."

He was stunned, totally not understanding why Kitagawa Hide would say such a thing.

Are you furious?
Are you angry because of shame?
Are you raging with impotence?

Shinichiro Tou thought so in his heart, but his body trembled involuntarily.

After the last eye contact between the two, Shinichiro Azuma was quickly taken into a police car and rushed to the nearby Tokyo Prison. According to the provisions of the new "Juvenile Law", sentenced juvenile offenders will no longer be imprisoned by juvenile reformatories in various places, but will be managed by local prisons like other prisoners.

Watching the familiar scene gradually receding from both sides, Shinichiro Tou, whose hands and feet were handcuffed, kept thinking in his mind how to reduce his sentence after going to prison, and how to take revenge on Kitagawa Hide after he was released.

The car soon arrived at the prison gate and was supposed to follow the prison van in front of it into the prison, but it was inexplicably stopped outside.

Shinichiro Higashi saw several tall prison guards coming and he knocked hard on the door of the prison van. The policeman in charge of escorting him immediately jumped out of the car and started talking to the prison guards.

The few people walked away while talking, and then started smoking where he could just barely see them.

After a while, the prisoner vans behind him went in one after another, but the prisoner van he was in remained motionless.

Ten minutes later, several policemen returned to the car, and the expressions they looked at him suddenly became somewhat playful.

Shinichiro Tou was very confused, but he didn't dare to ask.

From now on, he must strive to be a "good boy" so that he can get continuous sentence reductions.

The prison van rumbled into the gate, and everything seemed to return to normal.

Looking at the unfamiliar environment, Shinichiro Tou was curious and worried.

The car suddenly stopped when it passed several basketball courts.

Group after group of strong men covered with tattoos stopped exercising and walked towards the barbed wire. Following behind them were some young prisoners who were equally scoundrelly and looked difficult to mess with.

Are they looking at me?
Why are you smiling at me?

Shinichiro Tou shuddered, and after taking a few glances he finally confirmed that these prisoners seemed to be looking at him in the prison van!
At this moment, Kitagawa Hide's words suddenly rang in his ears.

"Although the law protects you, I will not forgive you!"

Just as Shinichiro Azuma was about to usher in his new life of "opening a hole" in prison, a long-awaited celebration party was officially opened in a jazz cafe in Kokubunji City!
"Pop!" The champagne sprayed out milky white foam, pouring freely on Kitagawa Hide's body.

Also attacked were Saito Rena and Kawaide Shizuko.

“Congratulations, Mr. Kitagawa!!!”

"Congratulations, Mr. Saito!!!"

“Congratulations, President Kawade!!!”

Mayumi Aso was mixed in the crowd and rarely let out her voice. Like them, she sprayed champagne at Kitagawa Hide and the other two and shouted out blessings.

Since entering 1996.

Kawaide Shobo and Kitagawa Hideto encountered problems that they had to pay attention to, but with everyone's efforts, these problems were resolved one by one.

At the beginning of the year, the old president died unexpectedly, and Kawade Shobo was blocked by the other four major publishing houses and was forced into a dead end by the joint writing competition of Bungeishunju and Kodansha;

Thanks to Kitagawa Hide who released "Border" in time to hit him hard in the face and shattered everything.

Afterwards, Muramatsu Tomoshi and the other were forced into a dead end by Noma Sawako, and it was the "Lost Paradise" that sparked heated discussions among the whole nation, which completely brought down Kodansha, their arch-enemy, and cleared the two of their names.

Even the mastermind behind the incident, Sawako Noma, died in prison!
Then the arrogant Shinichiro Tou relied on the protection of the Juvenile Law to do whatever he wanted, and even wanted to use "The Last Song" to severely whip the families of the victims;
Just when everyone thought that this frustrating issue could not be resolved, "Confessions" written by Kitagawa Hide pushed for legislation, and Shinichiro Azuma was arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

During this period, the three disciples coached by Kitagawa Hide also gained a lot and reached the peak of their lives.

Mayumi Aso's "First Love" established her reputation as the "Healing Queen" in the world of pure literature;

Keigo Higashino's "The Wandering Blade" is the best-selling work this year besides "Confessions", "Border" and "Paradise Lost", making him the hottest newcomer in the world of pure literature;
Shiro Dango's "Everything About Lily Chou-Chou" was first scheduled to be adapted into a movie. He has completely gotten rid of the title of "sensual novelist" and successfully made it to the top!

Others have also had glorious moments in their lives during these eight months.

Relying on the revenue from Kitagawa Hide and others' new book, Shizuko Kawaide successfully made the market value of "Wenyi" surpass that of "Gun Xiang" and "Qun Xing", and infinitely approached "Literary World".

In the first half of the year, she was included in the Forbes Japan Richest Women list with a net worth of 1200 billion yen, ranking th. She is the youngest female billionaire in Japan to be included in the list so far!

A well-deserved little rich woman!

Shortly after Rena Saito returned to China, she received a new letter of appointment.

The board of directors of Kawaide Shobo unanimously approved her transfer plan. From today, she is the deputy editor-in-chief of the "Bungei" editorial department - the second female deputy editor-in-chief in the history of the Japanese publishing industry!

There are many people around Kitagawa Hidee who have also been affected by her.

For example, Jabami Rei, who established her position in Toei before she even graduated by starring in "No Longer Human";

Tomoyo Kobayashi, who has become famous among the graduate students of the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tokyo by studying Kitagawa Hide's novels;
Chizuru Hui, who designed the "Kitagawa Hide Cake" and became a new generation of famous Japanese pastry chef with this unique dessert;

There are also Takuya Kimura who got rid of the title of box office poison, Shizuka Kudo who has regained a second spring in her career, Izumi Sakai who publicly thanked Kitagawa Hide during the concert, the entire crew who participated in the production of "No Longer Human", Nako Hikigaya who was inexplicably promoted, and so on.

Kitagawa Hide looked at his friends who surrounded him and shouted excitedly.

During the Chinese New Year, there weren't that many friends coming here to celebrate.

More than eight months later, the tiny “Peter Cat” hall seemed almost too full to hold.

He was very happy.

Seeing more and more friends who are influenced by me and are moving towards better lives.

He suddenly felt that awards and such were not important anymore.

It doesn’t matter whether or not one can be recognized as “the best in the world” by the Japanese literary world and industry.

Wasn't the original intention of his writing the book for this moment?

The merits and demerits will be judged by posterity!
"Meow~"

Pete yawned as he looked at the crazy humans in the hall, totally confused as to why they and their master were so happy.

It shook its butt, which was fatter than before, and slowly came to its own territory - the open space next to Kitagawa Hide's computer, and then clicked on the small mouse.

The web page on the computer screen suddenly changed, jumping from the literature section to the current affairs section.

At this moment, a hot post was suddenly pinned to the top——

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has confirmed that he will visit the Yasukuni Shrine on August 1996, 8

(End of this chapter)