I am a literary giant in Japan

The box office champion in Thai film history is the family ethics film "Grandma's Grandson".

The film's global box office has exceeded 18 billion baht, and its total box office in Thailand exceeded 1 million baht in just five days of release.

But this is a movie that will be released in 2024.

It is now 1999, and Thailand's box office champion in film history is still the Hollywood blockbuster "Titanic" released in 1998, with a total box office of approximately 2.1 million baht.

Currently, the box office champion of Thai local films is the horror film "Ghost Nana", which is adapted from the legend of the ghost wife Nana, with a total box office of about 1.5 million baht.

"Children of the Dark" earned more than 5 million baht on the first day of its premiere. Even without adding a release date, it is certain that the total box office will exceed million baht.

In other words, after "Jie Li", the second film produced and written by Hide Kitagawa himself will be a big hit again, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will continue to occupy the position of Thai film history box office champion for a long time!

After sorting out his thoughts, Kitagawa Hide breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the Thai market has also stabilized!
Jabami Rei, who was standing by, pretended to be looking at the scenery outside the window while stealing glances at Kitagawa Hide out of the corner of her eye.

Seeing a rare look of satisfaction on his face, she couldn't help but hum the song of Izumi Sakai softly -

She is the heroine of the movie, and the movie became a huge hit. Even if she has no credit for it, she has worked hard. From now on, she will no longer be teased by this guy as a vase with no acting skills!

The two were immersed in the joy of the movie's success for a short while. As the plane landed smoothly onto the runway, the sleeping Rena Saito slowly woke up.

Jabami Rei couldn't wait to tell Saito Rena the good news.

The latter instantly revealed a satisfied smile upon hearing this, then turned his head to look at Kitagawa Hide beside him, his eyes full of admiration and longing.

Writing original works, writing scripts, and being a producer are three completely different things, corresponding to the three different roles behind the scenes of a movie.

Generally speaking, these three roles are unrelated to each other and are completed by the novel author, screenwriter and producer respectively.

Although the three seem to have similarities, the actual work content is very different, and it is difficult for someone to hold multiple positions.

If someone can accomplish these three tasks at the same time and the movie can be a huge hit at the box office, this talent will definitely become a giant panda in the industry and will be snapped up by leading companies.

Unfortunately, with the development of the Japanese entertainment industry to date, there are only a handful of such versatile talents, and it may take decades for one to appear.

But this kind of "miracle" that is rarely seen in a hundred years or even a thousand years always happens to Kitagawa Hide from time to time.

"Maybe this is what genius is." Saito Rena thought so in her heart, but she did not feel the slightest jealousy, only pride and pride.

Kitagawa Hide himself was only happy for a short while, and then he focused his attention back on the novels he was writing.

Such success is commonplace for him.

Moreover, it has only conquered a small Thai entertainment market, which is not a big deal on a global scale and there is no need to regard it as a great achievement.

If "Children in the Dark" won a few Oscars, or even broke a few box office records in world film history, he would laugh as heartily as Jabami Rei and the others.

Of course this is impossible.

If this kind of niche art film wants to occupy a place in world film history, it has basically no chance.

Generally, this kind of achievement can only be achieved through fantasy films like "Avatar" or superhero films like the Marvel series.

These big-budget movies actually rely more on technology, actors and investment costs, and have relatively low requirements for the script.

Therefore, people like him who made their careers through cultural and creative work are not so popular and welcomed in the market for such big-budget films.

But these are things to consider later.

At present, Kitagawa Hide's focus is still on literary creation.

After all, even though he is already recognized as the "Number One" in Japanese literary circles, there is still a certain gap between him and reaching the top of the world literary world and becoming a globally recognized literary giant.

One of the reasons is the repeated smearing and lack of popularity of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

But the real obstacle that prevented Kitagawa Hide from reaching the top of the world literary world and becoming a world-class literary giant and a legendary writer like Leo Tolstoy was the discrimination of the Western literary world against the Eastern literary world, and his lack of several world masterpieces that could make the final decision.

"One Hundred Years of Solitude", "The Old Man and the Sea" and "Remembrance of Things Past" are not of high enough status, while "Norwegian Wood", "No Longer Human", "The Dancing Girl of Izu" and "Snow Country" cannot be thoroughly promoted globally and widely accepted.

Therefore, if Kitagawa Hide wants to make a name for himself in the history of world literature, he still has a long way to go.

It has been four years since he traveled through time in 1995, but he has not yet been able to "unify the world" in literature. The unwillingness to admit defeat hidden in Kitagawa Hide's heart suddenly surged up.

After finishing the "Ring World Series", he decided to practice in seclusion, first studying the history of world literature in this parallel universe, and then carefully looking through the "arsenal" in his mind to see if there were any killer tricks he could use.

In early March 1999, "Children of the Dark", which was extremely popular in Thailand, began to be released simultaneously in countries around the world.

Because the movie contains a lot of blood and bizarre scenes, and the plot involves the issue of underage organ trafficking, Japan directly classified the movie as R18.

The staff of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Minister of Education Akira Arima really wanted to make the movie accessible to all age groups. After all, everyone knows that this movie will be a big hit as soon as it is released, and it will definitely crush other movies in terms of influence and box office. There is no need to block everyone's financial path.

However, Japan has very strict control over minors, especially after the "Drunken Rose Saint Fight Case", the "Minors Protection Law" has been revised again and again, and the corresponding laws and regulations have become more complete and stringent.

Now, whenever there is even a little bit of related content involved, not to say that everyone is in danger, but basically no public officials or relevant departments dare to deal with it casually.

Therefore, even the Minister of Culture did not dare to make this offer when faced with the covetous eyes of many political enemies.

As a result, even though there was a strong call in Japan to lift the ban on "Children of the Dark", the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Justice blocked this loophole tightly, and no one took the initiative to do so.

Thinking that the instigator of all this was the "Confessions" written by Kitagawa Hide himself, he didn't know whether this could be considered a different kind of "shooting himself in the foot".

Fortunately, the original novel is rated R20, which is even more outrageous in terms of literary work classification, directly locking out all young people under the age of 20.

Now that the movie version is only rated R18, a large number of young people aged 19 and 20 have been able to see the work as they wished, which has prevented the situation from getting out of control.

On March 3, Hide Kitagawa paid out of his own pocket to treat all of Kitagawa Group's tens of thousands of employees to the film "Children in the Dark".

Yumeko, who was accompanying them, cried loudly, her tear glands seemed to have burst a dam, and tears fell like beans, making Jabami Rei, who was watching with her, at a loss what to do, and she suddenly forgot to report Kitagawa Hide to her.

It goes without saying that Children of the Dark was a huge success in Japan. After the physical version of the original novel was released, it once topped the sales charts, suppressing several other novels by Kitagawa Hide.

Now that a more straightforward movie has come out, there will definitely be waves of people who care about the affairs of the Charity Group coming to watch the movie.

Every time this movie is shown in major theaters, Seiji Maehara and his charity group will be dragged out and beaten.

Originally, Shiroyama Saburo and others wanted to use the money and power in their hands to find a way to get Seiji Maehara out of Tokyo Prison.

it's good now.

The movie's explosive popularity is like Ling Chi, torturing their bodies and minds over and over again, reminding the public not to forget the damn Charity Group and those bastards who are hiding behind the scenes and benefiting from it.

Seiji Maehara is completely finished.

The Maehara family also saw the situation clearly and began to sell off various properties as quickly as possible. Those who could cash out offshore ran faster than rabbits, while those who had too many ties and could not leave plunged into the New Democratic Party, hoping that Naoto Kan could protect them.

Naoto Kan certainly won't let down at such a critical moment.

With a decisive move, he expelled these evildoers who came to seek refuge, and at the same time assisted the customs department in arresting those who tried to leave the shore.

The New Democratic Party's image has been severely damaged in this incident, and he has to continue to crack down on these "villains" to restore it.

On the other hand, the literary faction headed by Shiroyama Saburo was also sneered at by the industry and had to sit alongside the conservatives who had long been defeated by the new school led by Kitagawa Hide, becoming the eternal clown in the history of Japanese literature.

The disabled children who suffered the most in this incident, as well as countless welfare homes and special schools that were used as "treasury" by the Charity Group, have sprung up again like mushrooms after a rain, ushering in a new and bright future!

The case of the Ci Ai Group has finally come to an end.

Finally, the Fuji Group, which is relatively low-key among the six major conglomerates, also joined hands with the Kitagawa Group to create a "little easter egg" -

The Ciji General Hospital that killed countless people was acquired by the Fuji Group and then sold to the Kitagawa Group for 1 yen.

As everyone was astonished, Kitagawa Entertainment and Fuji Group jointly built a Fuji-Q Highland in the local area, and the Ciji General Hospital was converted into a large haunted house, with many patients who had been persecuted by the hospital serving as employees. It will officially open at the end of March.

This plan was proposed by Hide Kitagawa himself, who spent hundreds of millions of yen to promote it.

He remembered that in later generations there was a haunted house with the same name that created an excellent horror atmosphere. It was world-famous based on real cases and a high degree of freedom in gameplay, and it frightened countless haunted house enthusiasts from all over the world.

Of course, making money is secondary. The key is to use this once black-hearted hospital to benefit the patients who have been harmed. This is what Kitagawa Hide really wants to do.

After the Aum Shinrikyo incident, the biggest inspiration he got was not to just focus on the surface and traffic popularity.

Many people get rich by taking advantage of other people’s misfortunes, but in the end fail to give back to the victims from whom they benefited.

Compared with the perpetrators who hurt the victims, these people who made their fortune by taking advantage of others' misfortunes are not much better.

However, in such incidents, the ones who profit from the misfortunes are usually big corporations, news media, and official personnel. Ordinary people forget about them after seeing them, and the victims can only hide in a corner and cry silently, being exploited again and again until they die.

Now that he has the ability and resources, Kitagawa Hide will naturally not turn a blind eye to these things.

He was inspired by Hiroyuki Nanbu's plan to set up a charitable foundation, so he built this haunted house in the hope of giving more victims hope for the future.

His actions have been widely recognized and supported by all sectors of society.

Not long after, Hiroyuki Nanbu's charity foundation was officially launched. Under the operation of Kitagawa Finance, it raised more than 1000 million yen in start-up funds on the same day, which was considered the first shot in the redemption campaign.

It is worth mentioning that after this incident, Kitagawa Hide specially set up Kitagawa Charity Co., Ltd. under the Kitagawa Group.

The president of this new company is none other than Jabami Rei, who initially secretly helped disabled children but was repeatedly targeted by the entertainment industry and certain people.

The slander and defamation that were initially directed at her have now become boomerangs, hitting those bad media hard!
Hiroyuki Nanbu served as honorary president, with no real power but able to receive dividends and shares from the company.

This is also Kitagawa Hide's support and praise for him never changing his original intention along the way.

The current Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi could never have imagined that Japan's sluggish economy would gradually recover thanks to Kitagawa Hide's novels. He also did not expect that Kitagawa Hide, who was just an ordinary member of the Diet, would have a greater political influence among the people than him and the then Speaker of the House of Representatives Nobutaka Machimura!

What he didn't expect was that after the trilogy "The Disabled but Determined", Kitagawa Hideki would suddenly take a different approach, no longer involving humanities, documentary and other themes, but instead heading towards the blue ocean of horror and science fiction themes!

1999 3 Month 5 Day.

The March issue of "Mass" is on sale as scheduled.

Early in the morning, countless readers lined up in front of major bookstores, waiting to see the final ending of "The Crucible".

"Children of the Dark" has been very popular recently, but due to the rating system, many young people cannot watch this work, so they have to continue to focus on "The Crucible" which has the same flavor.

As the millennium approached, Japanese technology was rising steadily, and the Internet and computers were no longer toys for the rich and the middle class.

As Internet cafes quietly appeared in Tokyo, many ordinary people gradually came into contact with this new thing.

The number of Internet users in Japan is heading towards 100 million, and the online shopping that Hide Kitagawa started a few years ago is also starting to gain momentum.

The online pre-sale of "Mass" sold three million copies, which should have diluted the number of people coming to the store to buy physical books, but today, looking at the endless long queues, many people were still shocked.

Chihaya Ruri, who was standing in the crowd, yawned. She was not interested in the "Disabled but Determined Us" trilogy, so she did not pre-order the magazine online.

But her roommates at Shinseki Ochanomizu University loved watching it, so in order not to appear to be a maverick as a daughter of a chaebol, she had no choice but to watch it with them.

There is no way. Even if you are a young lady, you have to learn to "read the air" under the unique campus culture of Japan.

And this is also the book that Xunzi likes to read, so of course she can't ignore it.

Just when Chihaya Ruri was considering whether to give up queuing and let the driver go to other cities to buy the goods on her behalf, bursts of low cheers suddenly came from the crowd in front.

"What's going on? Could it be a terrorist attack?" Chihaya Ruri looked over in confusion.

The influence of Aum Shinrikyo in the early years is still there, and she is a little scared. (End of this chapter)