I am a literary giant in Japan

The next afternoon, a mourning hall was set up at a luxury home in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Kitagawa Hide and his wife, dressed in black suits and black dresses, bowed slightly to the black-and-white photo in front of the mourning hall, then turned around and handed the "pawn money" in their hands to the person in charge of the sign-in office.

The people in charge of signing in and collecting the pawn money were shocked when they saw Kitagawa Hidekazu Yumeko's name. They didn't expect that such a big shot would come to pay tribute to his wife when Karasawa Toshiyuki was in such a bad situation.

Kitagawa Hide and Yumeko ignored their surprised expressions, completed the process, burned incense, and walked straight towards Karasawa Toshiyuki, who looked a little dull and had completely lost his original high spirits.

"Professor Karasawa, please accept my condolences." Kitagawa Hide looked at the black-and-white photo in the center of the mourning hall again, winked, and asked Yumeko to go and comfort the family of the deceased, leaving space for him and Karasawa Toshiyuki to talk.

"I'm Mr. Kitagawa, thank you for coming to see Huizi off." Tang Ze Toshiyuki's voice was a little choked, and what he held in his hand was no longer an imported cigar, but a very ordinary "King" cigarette.

Noticing Kitagawa Hide's glance at him, he sighed slightly, raised the cigarette in his hand, and looked at the black and white photo of his wife again.

For some reason, when his wife was alive, he felt that the yellow-faced woman was more and more annoying, and he wished he wouldn't even go home.

But now, after being separated from his loved ones forever, even a black and white photo with no warmth can make it difficult for him to let go.

"When Huizi was alive, she always advised me not to smoke cigars, saying it was bad for my health.

At that time, I just felt that she could not get rid of the natural aversion of the old-time Japanese to Western imported products, and she couldn't bear to see me moving step by step towards heights that she could not reach.

Compared to her, I feel more comfortable with those prostitutes who can please me.

But in the end, when Huizi really left me forever, I realized that she was the one in my heart who could never be replaced. "

Toshiyuki Karasawa spoke in a loud voice, and Keiko Karasawa's family could hear it, but they did not express emotion, but contempt and ridicule.

“I know that when most people hear me say this now, they will think I am being pretentious or acting.

Oh, it is true. Mr. Beichuan, sometimes when I calm down and think about it, I also feel that I am really hypocritical.

When Huizi was alive, she wanted to travel, go abroad, and see different scenery, but I was impatient and kept making excuses.

He was obviously very financially well-off and would give all kinds of luxury goods to many women, but he had never given her a decent gift.

Compared to what she has done for me,
Alas, now that she has passed away, I stand here and shamelessly say that I miss her.

I. I really am.”

Tang Ze Toshiyuki's voice choked again.

Anyone who is familiar with him will be surprised by him at this moment.

Since entering the Affiliated Hospital of Tokyo University of Technology, Toshiyuki Karasawa has been honored with the halos of "genius", "surgical master", and "calm and sharp doctor".

He is like a mountain that cannot be surpassed. To the medical staff of the First Surgery Department, Professor Tang Ze is invincible.

And now this invincible man has fallen into such a state, which is really sad.

"Professor Tang Ze, do you remember what I said to you when we had dinner together with the doctors from the Osaka Medical Association?"

Kitagawa Hide pulled him to sit on a small stool beside him. He could already feel the regret and apology coming from Karasawa Toshiyuki.

Just as he had initially judged.

Toshiyuki Karasawa is very similar to Goro Zaizen, but he is not Goro Zaizen.

If possible, he really hopes that Tang Zemin will take a different path.

"I keep every word you say in my heart."

Tang Zemin put out his cigarette, sighed deeply, and then smiled bitterly.

"You said that at the beginning, and you also told me clearly that if Goro Zaizen continued, his only destination would be death.

To be honest, I didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that you wrote that because you didn't want to offend the medical community and the Ministry of Labor.

But looking back now, your judgment on both Goro Zaizen and me was extremely accurate.

If only I had listened to your and your wife's advice at that time."

"Professor Tang Ze, you are a doctor and you should know better than me that there is no such thing as regret medicine in this world.

What happened in the past is a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed. There is no need to regret it.

For a person, the most important thing is to be alive, and the second most important thing is how to live well in the future.

Now if you are willing to listen to my nagging, I think it is the same. "

Kitagawa Hideru said.

"Now, things have come to this point. Is there really any hope?"

Tang Ze Minxing smiled bitterly. The second trial of the medical lawsuit would begin in a few days.

Recently, he has received "warning letters" from many forces including the University of Tokyo School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo Hospital, and the Tokyo Medical Association.

The contents of these "warning letters" were similar, and they simply reminded him to "assess the situation" and to die by himself if he wanted to, and not to drag the entire Tokyo medical community into it.

Even his wife's memorial service had few friends from the medical field attend, which shows how bad his situation was at the time.

“As long as you are willing to do it, it is never too late.

I believe that as a doctor, especially a top doctor like Professor Tang Ze, as long as you have medical ethics and always focus your work on medicine, instead of excessively pursuing fame and fortune.

So at no time or for any reason should you be directly sentenced to death.

There is an old saying that goes, 'No one is perfect, no one is without fault'. Even saints make mistakes, so how can we ordinary people not?
Just have the courage to admit your mistakes, be willing to apologize, take the consequences, and try to make corrections.

Then there should be a chance to start over.”

Kitagawa Hide answered confidently,

"If you have figured it out, Professor Tang Ze, please call the person on the business card.

He will do his best to help you with your affairs.

Of course, the final outcome is up to fate.”

Toshiyuki Karasawa took the business card handed to him by Kitagawa Hide and was surprised to find that it said "Member of the Prime Minister's Cabinet Group and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Naoto Kan" on it.

In 1998, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the Ministry of Labour had not yet merged. The former was mainly responsible for national industries such as the social welfare system and medical care, while the latter was mainly responsible for human resources, the labor welfare system, etc.

Naoto Kan, who came from an amateur background, is now a well-known rising star in Japanese politics.

His father is a veterinarian and his mother is a housewife, with virtually no political background.

In the 70s and 80s, he spent more than 800 million yen in campaign funds raised from various places and borrowed, and failed in his bid for parliament several times.

It was not until 1980, after three failures and when almost no one was willing to lend him money, that the previous head of the Kawaide family, Kawaide Akira, invested 1000 million yen, allowing him to finally enter the Diet auditorium and become a member of the House of Representatives.

In 1996, Naoto Kan became famous for his successful handling of the much-talked-about "AIDS issue" and became a hot commodity in the then Ryutaro Hashimoto cabinet.

However, at that time he was just an assistant secretary of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, not a big shot.

But with the friendship with the Kawaide family and the trust of Ryutaro Hashimoto, Naoto Kan used many connections and finally met Kitagawa Hide.

After Keizo Obuchi came to power, Naoto Kan rose through the ranks and became the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, who now holds great power in the government and is in charge of the medical system. Toshiyuki Karasawa often heard Minister Ukai and others mention this young Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, but it was a pity that he was too far away from that level and could not even get there.

The most recent news about Naoto Kan was a scandal that was exposed in the famous gossip magazine "Weekly Bunshun" in November.

The news reported that Naoto Kan had an ambiguous relationship with his female assistant, Yuko Tonomoto, a female image analyst from the media industry.

At that time, the "dedicated" paparazzi secretly photographed Naoto Kan and his female assistant entering the hotel room together, and after squatting at the door of the room all night, he captured the two of them leaving the room the next morning.

As the evidence was irrefutable, Naoto Kan had no choice but to admit it.

This scandal made Naoto Kan, who has always been known to the world as an incorruptible person, feel ashamed.

The one who helped him settle the matter was Beichuan Entertainment, which is owned by Beichuan Xiu.

The editor-in-chief and president of Weekly Bunshun were both avid fans of Kitagawa Hide. Since Kitagawa personally interceded for Naoto Kan, they were naturally happy to give him face.

So after November, this scandal disappeared quietly.

Kitagawa Hide was willing to help Naoto Kan, firstly for the sake of Shizuko Kawaide's reputation, and secondly because Naoto Kan was considered a relatively pro-China Japanese politician (in 1999 he made a special trip to a memorial hall to lay flowers and express his friendship).

If the Kawaide family wants to take the next step, they must cultivate some new forces in the political arena. Kawaide Shizuko, who has a strong sense of family honor, is also burdened with the pain of her father's death and is unable to get out of this dilemma.

Therefore, Kitagawa Hideya could only help her to the best of his ability.

From Ryutaro Hashimoto, Nobutaka Machimura to the current Keizo Obuchi and Naoto Kan, Shizuko Kawaide has benefited greatly in the political arena because of Kitagawa Hide's guidance.

Now that Naoto Kan's scandal has been properly resolved, he naturally wants to return the favor to Kitagawa Hide.

With this business card, Tang Ze Toshiyuki knew that as long as he was willing to make that call, all problems could be easily solved.

It’s just that Mr. Beichuan modestly said “everything depends on human efforts”.

"Kitanabe" Toshiyuki Tangze burst into tears of gratitude, but before he could finish his words, Kitagawa Hide patted him on the shoulder, got up and left.

That afternoon, after eating a vegetarian meal and attending the funeral service, Kitagawa Hide and Yumeko quietly left the Karasawa family.

On the way home, Mengzi comforted Kitagawa Hide about the changes in Toshiyuki Karasawa, and was glad that he did not really go down the path of no return.

“Oh, by the way, Professor Tang Ze also said that he hopes I will return all the luxury goods he gave him before.

Ah, that's great! I've been wondering what to do with that pile of stuff.

No matter what I said before, Professor Tang Ze always kept sending me luxury goods, and at one point Li-chan even thought that I had changed my personality and started to like those things. "

Mengzi finally breathed a sigh of relief. There was another reason why she hated those luxury goods.

Accepting a large number of gifts from other men without knowing the reason and failing to return them will definitely hurt your husband's feelings.

She absolutely didn't want to have any emotional conflict with Kitagawa Hide because of this matter.

So she mentioned this matter many times and piled all the luxury gifts in a utility room and never touched them.

"Really? It seems that Professor Tang Ze has made his decision." Kitagawa Hide smiled lightly.

It seems that Tang Zemin's trip is coming to an end.

fair enough.

If he ended up with the same fate as Goro Zaizen, then this new version of "White Tower" written by Hide Kitagawa would become meaningless.

Go home.

Kitagawa Hide immediately saw Jabami Rei playing with the two little ones in the hall.

As winter approaches, she wears suspenders and hot pants indoors, exposing her long and beautiful legs. I don't know if she is really not afraid of the cold, or if she only cares about style and not temperature.

"I'm back, Rei-chan~"

"You're back, Mengzi~"

The two women hugged each other, completely ignoring Kitagawa Hide who was carrying various bags.

Seeing them clinging to each other again like they did in their school days, Kitagawa Hide smiled helplessly. He had to pack up his things, then picked up the two sleeping little ones and put them in the cradle.

After finishing the chores in his hands, Kitagawa Hideichi plunged into his study and began to carefully conceive the recent works he was going to write, "1Q84" and "Kafka on the Shore".

He had already completely written the subsequent plot of "White Tower" when he was traveling in Greece. Now, because of what happened to Toshihiko Karasawa, he had a lot of inspiration and immediately finished the final chapter in one go.

He decided to release all the remaining manuscripts in one go in the "Mass" magazine which will be released on the 5th of this month!
Just as the story of Toshiyuki Karasawa had a huge impact on all sectors of society, once the final fate of the fictional top physician Goro Zaizen is announced, it is expected to cause a huge stir in the literary and medical circles.

Soon after the release of "White Tower", it was hailed as a workplace masterpiece that was not inferior to "Hagane no Naoki".

Kitagawa Hide's understanding of the Japanese medical system, university medical schools and hospitals has won praise from countless medical professionals.

Everyone wants to know whether the ambitious Goro Zaizen will become a full professor of the First Department of Surgery like Toshiyuki Karasawa, and what his final outcome will be.

This kind of ups and downs and heart-wrenching story is ultimately more attractive than pure literary novels such as "Asakusa Red Group".

Shortly after Hide Kitagawa sent the manuscript to Yasujun Ishida via email, the phone in the study rang.

Yasujun Ishida watched the finale of "White Tower" as soon as possible. He was deeply shocked and called to inquire.

Like Karasawa Toshiyuki, Goro Zaizen was entangled in medical lawsuits and also caused the painful deaths of patients due to negligence.

Whether it is a novel or reality, when encountering such a thing, the tendency of public opinion will inevitably be to severely punish people like Zaizen and Karasawa.

In the novel, Kitagawa Hide used the core of the original work and had Goro Zaizen die before the trial and not attend the final trial.

In other words, he was more inclined to believe that "Goro Zaizen should not have been tried", but due to public opinion and the medical community, he could not write that Goro Zaizen won the case, so he had to compromise with this ending.

This made Ishida Taijun extremely shocked and agreed with it, but he also broke out in a cold sweat.

The charm of Goro Zaizen lies in his uncompromising attitude, his greed, his striving, and his tragic fate.

As a matter of public opinion, he must be punished by law.

Personally, if Zaizen were the reader himself, no one would want him to be judged and treated as a typical and scapegoat.

Behind this series of events, what actually corrupted Zaizen and his ilk was not money, beauty, or power, but Japan's deformed "white tower" system.

Unfortunately, this is a topic that cannot be discussed, and this is also true in Japan.

Kitagawa Hide's compromise writing style is already very "tough", so much so that even the usually bold Ishida Yasujun dare not release it easily.

After a phone call, Kitagawa's intention was made clear, and Ishida Yasujun gritted his teeth and put his name on the new manuscript.

Maintaining the original intention of the creator and the purity of literature is what he has always pursued.

"If the ending of White Tower really sparks some negative public opinion, I will resign and take all the blame on myself."

A gentleman will die for his friend. When Ishida Yasujun looked at the ending of "White Tower", he finally felt like he had regained the feeling he had when he was in the Faculty of Literature at the University of Tokyo, pursuing the path of literature regardless of any consequences.

Society and reality continue to smooth out his edges, but his heart remains as passionate as ever.

As long as there is such a fire burning, Ishida Taijun is willing to throw himself into it, to be the firewood, the fuel, and the skeleton that continues the fire! (End of this chapter)