bookbashuk Chapter 596 Is this how you thank me?
Chapter 596 Is this how you thank me?
Chapter 596 Is this how you thank me?
The Mystery Association acted very quickly, probably because the final selection date was approaching, and they launched a special website the day after the protest march. In addition to setting up a voting interface, they also updated the judges' evaluations from previous votes, which seemed very fair at first glance.
The organizers of other awards, such as the Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize, laughed out loud when they saw that the Mystery Association Award was thrown into a mess by a small parade. Some people even took advantage of the situation and made comments in the newspapers, saying in a sarcastic tone that the Mystery Association was keeping up with the times and keeping up with the trends of the new generation, etc.
That was a nice statement, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was mocking the Mystery Association, which, as a literary award, has lost its seriousness and professionalism, and has gone along with the Benwu Awards, bringing shame to cultural people!
Amidst the ridicule, the association's president, Kenzo Chikano, ignored all the criticism and pushed forward the reforms on his own. He even added a vote and discussion, invited professionals to conduct a live broadcast in the conference room, and placed the entrance on the voting website so that the public could see how the selection process was carried out.
This idea was of course proposed by Hojo Kyosuke, who got the inspiration from the fights between congressmen and the quarrels between literati. If you want to watch it, let everyone watch it all at once. On the one hand, it shows the determination to reform the openness and fairness of the award, and on the other hand, it is also conducive to increasing the credibility of the award itself.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that his novel is written in a fluent way, telling all kinds of shady stories at once, and the protagonist is killing, killing, killing, killing, this does have an impact. Ahem, the impact here is not the sale of 1.5 million copies, but the impact on the association itself. Just like the emperors in ancient times, Li Shimin killed his brother and forced his father to give up the throne to become the emperor. His son followed suit and disturbed the family, and his wife also followed suit and became the eldest brother herself.
So breaking the rules can indeed bring huge benefits. Hojo Kyosuke's new work "Dreams and Death of Writer K" can be said to be very popular now. Whether you read mystery novels or not, everyone wants to see what this magical book that can force the Mystery Writers Association to reform looks like.
In order to prevent others from following his example and to restore the association's reputation that had been damaged by his actions, Hojo Kyosuke, who had already eaten his fill, decisively smashed the bowl and called on Kisaki to give Kenzo Chino advice, in order to eradicate the idea of anyone wanting to take advantage of him.
The live broadcast has a written script, including what each person should say and do. Now Kenzo Chikano can be said to be the sole dictator in the association and has absolute power. Everyone is afraid of being thrown out as a scapegoat to quell public grievances.
In the conference room, each judge was dressed appropriately, and their comments were more professional than each other with extremely tough attitudes. They argued with red faces and thick necks, and two of them even walked across the circular conference table to the open space in the middle and grabbed each other's ties, literally fighting for the works they supported.
The barrage was also quite lively, and netizens enjoyed watching the monkey very much.
"Why is it different from what is written in Hojo-sensei's book? These judges are too hard-working. Is it because the author paid them too much (laughs)?"
"wwwww maybe we agreed to go to Ginza to see Mama-san together after the matter is settled."
"They actually fought!?"
"It's a pity that Hojo-sensei is not here, otherwise he would definitely be able to convince all the judges with his knife."
"Although I don't understand it, I can't stop laughing. It's much better to cover up the Congress."
"That is to say, the most reliable thing is the violence of money"
"You must be kidding, right? After all the arguing, we should be having a duel after the meeting, right?"
These people who are talking nonsense have obviously seen the new work of Hojo Kyosuke. Of course, there are good ones too. Many people said that their views on the Mystery Association Awards have changed.
"I thought the judges were voting based on their own interests and personal preferences, but I didn't expect that they saw so many things in the novel that I didn't see."
"Isn't Hojo-sensei's "The Devotion of Suspect X" too good!? I only saw Ishigami's love for Ms. Yasuko, and Yukawa Manabu's love for Ishigami. I didn't expect that this novel also pays attention to women's issues and the issue of homeless people. So it is Hojo-sensei who is a good writer who can be called a national teacher!"
"I support you! I have voted for Hojo-sensei. Oosaka Tsuyoshi is such a good brother. It's worth it that Hojo-sensei has worked so hard to promote his new book."
Yes, one of the two people fighting is Oosaka Tsuyoshi, and the one being beaten is Kurokawa Toyomasa. This scene was proposed by Kurokawa Toyomasa himself. As for the purpose, I don't know whether he wanted to show that he was awakened by the beating or to show the outside world his upright image.
"These judges are really good people, as they work so hard for the works they support."
"Next time I introduce Hojo-sensei's work to my dad, I know what to say"
"Asshole, stop grabbing your dad's tie!"
"Don't throw tea at people either!"
"Baga! Who would do that?!"
"Why not just fight in the octagon? The loser will just get to eat Amway."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Naturally, the discussion in the barrage gradually went off topic, but it also showed how terrifyingly popular this live broadcast was.
The live broadcast was quite effective, with more than 100,000 people watching in real time. Although this number is insignificant compared to the huge sales of novels and newspapers, it is actually quite amazing in today's Japanese live broadcast industry. After the live broadcast ended and the data was disclosed, everyone was shocked.
Not to mention the Internet entertainment industry, which has already contacted the Mystery Writers Association to seek cooperation. Although the organizers of many literary awards do not understand the value of this live broadcast, they can see the comments on the voting website and the rapidly rising number of votes. As of now, the total number of votes has approached 200,000, of which Hojo Kyosuke alone has received more than 150,000 votes.
You should know that this is not anonymous voting, but real-name voting based on registered resident registration numbers. Such terrifying data is also reflected in the sales of the novel.
In previous years, the winning novels would have to wait until the award results were announced before they would have a second spring of popularity under the buff of the honor. But now with this move, not only has the sales of "The Devotion of Suspect X", which is currently ranked first in the voting, increased, but even "Labyrinth of the Arm", which only had more than 5,000 votes, has sold more than 5,000 copies in a short period of time.
In modern society, money is everything. Even if your work is highly praised but the sales are terrible, people will not buy it. When people see that the work with the highest sales volume wins the award, they will think that the jury still has eyes.
As for the seriousness and professionalism that were previously ridiculed by major literary awards, look at the current public opinion. Through a live broadcast, netizens may laugh at it, but looking at the "reading comprehension" written by professional writers, I have to admit that the judges' thinking height and pattern are still higher than mine. But it doesn't matter, now those opinions are mine! I will like this book, and it's definitely not just CP!
This huge reversal made the literary world's veterans dumbfounded. They could not help but curse the major newspaper groups. If you guys were not so unpromising, how could people nowadays be so stupid? If there was no Internet, everyone would still read newspapers and listen to experts like before, and Hojo Kyosuke would not have gotten such a big benefit.
It is better for the common people to be a little stupider. They should not be allowed to have a say!
Hojo Kyosuke didn't know or care about what people were saying outside. He just accepted the expensive wine and several original manuscripts sent by Kenzo Chino with peace of mind.
Yes, it was the manuscript of that guy's masterpiece, "Kendo Tournament Murder Case". This guy is still the same, no matter what he does, he likes to talk about his own work. But the fact that he gave the manuscript as a gift also shows his sincerity.
How could he not be sincere? Seeing the reputation of the association soaring like a roller coaster, and the mystery writers association under his leadership about to surpass its predecessors and become the pride of the Japanese literary world, Kenzo Chino wanted to commit suicide immediately and go to the Sanzu River to have a good chat with Edogawa Ranpo.
Oosaka Tsuyoshi, who was sitting at the same table, was also beaming. He had been writing for ten years but nobody knew him. But once he got into a fight, everyone knew him. All his previous works were dug up and his royalties increased greatly. His wife also praised him as a manly man. His reputation in the writer circle was also very good. Everyone praised his character and wanted to be his friend. They would look for him when they had a fight in the future.
Even his latest work, "Night Memories," which tells the love story of a woman with Alzheimer's disease, has been praised by netizens, who say that although he is a little ugly, he has a very delicate heart and is worthy of being a friend of Mr. Hojo.
This gave the old man unprecedented confidence, and during the dinner he shamelessly asked Miki Okudera if he could find a beautiful lady in the women's university.
Hearing this, Kenzo Chino almost laughed out loud, but Miki Okudera, who was sitting next to Kyosuke Hojo, kept smiling, still bright and generous, and just said gently:
"Even without what happened during this period, Oosaka-san is still an attractive man."
Hearing this, Oosaka Tsuyoshi laughed so hard that his back teeth showed. Chikano Kenzo also laughed and kept patting Hojo Kyosuke's shoulders, saying that he had a good girlfriend.
Hojo Kyosuke smiled subtly, not wanting to let Oosaka Tsuyoshi see the flaw. Miki was able to be a foreman in a famous restaurant when she was still in college, and her emotional intelligence and IQ were too high. Now that she is her own boss, she has evolved a lot. When she talks, even Oosaka Tsuyoshi, who is a writer, is fooled.
This statement clearly means that Osaka Tsuyoshi was a charming man before, and now that his reputation has risen, it should be easy for him to pick up girls. But if you think about it carefully, you can find something wrong. If Osaka Tsuyoshi was a charming man before, he didn't have such good luck in love. So this statement is to tell him to stop daydreaming.
Oosaka Tsuyoshi also laughed twice, and he also reacted to Kenzo Chino's mischievous smile, but he didn't care and was still cheerful. He also praised Okudera Miki for her high emotional intelligence, and congratulated Hojo Kyosuke, saying that it was a blessing to have such a smart girlfriend. As he spoke, he winked and Kenzo Chino laughed again, knowing that he was squeezing Hojo Kyosuke, saying that with such a powerful girlfriend, there would be no peace in the harem.
Before Hojo Kyosuke could say anything, Miki Okudera put down the chopsticks she was using to pick up food for her lover and started talking about other things with a smile.
"The poster for Kyousuke's new work should be submitted for an award, right?"
So there are many awards in the Japanese literary world. The works themselves can be awarded, the characters in the works can be awarded, and even the novel posters can be awarded. Film adaptations can be awarded, and there is also the Japanese Entertainment Novel Award, which selects the "original novel of the movie." It is more fancy than the awards in the entertainment industry.
The award that Miki Okudera is asking about now is one of the awards, which is the award for the best novel poster. By the way, there are also cover awards and the like. This award is jointly launched by several major publishing houses and is considered to be a relatively prestigious award in the industry.
Hearing this, Kenzo Chikano and Tsuyoshi Oosaka looked at each other, were stunned at first, and then looked at Hojo Kyosuke with complicated expressions.
What is this bastard's merit? A girlfriend is helping a girlfriend win a prize?
Do you have to get along so well? None of my wives are as harmonious as you!
"Drink, you bastard! If Jinye drinks one, you drink one!"
Oosaka Tsuyoshi started to yell loudly, having fully learned from his previous experience of being drunk. Chikano Kenzo, who also wanted to make a comeback with his well-trained drinking ability, happily raised his glass, not realizing the trick at all.
When Miki Okudera heard this, her bright face immediately turned unhappy, and she immediately replaced her lover's wine with fruit wine and the wine of the two people opposite her with vodka.
Hojo Kyosuke quickly raised his hand with a smile to stop them, and directly replaced the wine on both sides with brandy.
What a joke! Even if I damage my liver and kidneys from drinking, I will be back to square one by the end of the year. What can you two weaklings do to compete with me?
Looking at the strong liquor on the table in front of him, Kenzo Chikano's face suddenly changed and he quickly filled Oosaka's glass.
The noisy dinner gradually became silent, and the two middle-aged men got into the car driven by their secretary and were taken home.
Back upstairs in the "Yan Tei", looking at Miki Okudera bending over to clean the table, and looking at those two round and plump buttocks, Hojo Kyosuke walked up to her, put his arms around the girl's waist, and put his face close to Miki's ear.
"Thank you, Miki."
The drunken voice circulated around Miki's earlobe, then flowed along her smooth face into her nose.
Her hands that were packing up suddenly stopped, and feeling the thing in the buttock groove, Miki Okudera, who was always generous and proper, couldn't help but blush.
"I'm glad you know!" A voice filled with anger and shyness.
She and Eriri don't have such a good relationship, she just retaliated because she couldn't stand others making fun of Hojo Kyosuke.
Hojo Kyosuke chuckled and rubbed his forehead against Miki's neck and ears.
How could he forget about Eriri's poster winning an award? He had already discussed it with the publishing house from the very beginning. However, the fact that Miki could bring it up in an instant showed that she had thought about it before.
As expected, she is an older sister who knows how to care for people.
Hojo Kyosuke then grabbed Miki's little hand and pulled her into his arms.
Everyone was drinking heavily at the celebration banquet, but he still took a sip of his own wine.
"Do I still have to clean up?"
As she said this, Miki Okudera hugged her lover's waist tightly.
"Let the staff clean up tomorrow."
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(End of this chapter)