Chapter 136: Become famous at a young age
Back to Sumida District again, where the Skytree will be built in the future.
Many people from the media and newspapers came.
In the noisy environment, lawns were laid on the ground, adding a bit of life to the dilapidated ruins of the past.
“It’s more grand than last time.”
The Youth Award for Creation lasts for three weeks, and the selection of works lasts for one week.
The works of more than a hundred young writers have been released through various channels, and today is the day to announce the winning works.
One winner and two second-best winners.
There are still ten outstanding works left.
"The Youth Award is a national cultural project created with the Sky Tree, and of course it is very popular."
Having already seen reporters from three media outlets including the "Asahi Shimbun", Takeda Maifei looked around and saw Toru Ryukawa in a corner.
Walking over with my idiot sister, the organizer arranged a large area for young writers, publishers, and media to rest.
The weather is clear and the daylight is just right.
As I walked over, I heard Toru Ryukawa talking about the Writers Association.
"What's the point of the Writers Association? Those people are all old. What we want to do is become the New Writers Association."
The Writers Association is the largest writers group in Japan. When she heard the boy's mutterings, the corners of Takeda Maifei's mouth twitched.
The sun shines on the green lawn, and everything looks youthful and perfect.
Takeda Princess sat down, and Ryukawa Toru glanced at her.
"Congratulations, Toru Ryukawa."
Thanks to Kodansha, it has captured a huge group of young readers. This Youth Awards event is more like his coronation ceremony than the announcement of the winning works.
"Miss Takeda."
Ryukawa Toru glanced at the three people who came after him, first winked at his wife, and then turned to look at the executive of the largest publishing house.
Kodansha is the largest entertainment publishing house in the country.
In this country where automobile manufacturing is the largest industry and novels and comics are the second largest industry, the identity of the other party is self-evident.
"Go for a walk over there."
The woman raised her eyebrows at Ryukawa Tetsu.
Princess Takeda is noble and elegant.
The off-white haute couture suit made her look very cold, and Ryukawa Toru still remembered that she had mysophobia.
After standing up and buttoning the first button of his suit, Toru Ryukawa bowed to Takashi, Kana Saijo and others who had just chatted, and followed the woman towards the riverside.
The Youth Cultural Center is adjacent to the Sumida River. This river named ‘Arakawa’ in ancient times is an important waterway in Tokyo.
The sparkling, wind-blown river surface brings a faint scent of bitter plum from the tips of the woman's hair.
The face of Princess Takeda is almost the same as that of Takako Takeda, which makes people a little surprised, but Tatsukawa Toru can now distinguish them very well.
"What's the matter? I should be here soon."
Ryukawa Toru pointed to the stage where awards had already begun and said.
Officials from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology counted the votes, and an old man from afar came to present the awards. The final protagonist was undoubtedly Tatsukawa Toru.
Somewhat dumbfounded, because Takeda Maifei said that the other party would not become a famous writer if she was with him.
Now that "Snow Country" is gaining momentum, with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Monk Kohei's resistance has become unnecessary.
As long as the momentum is big enough, the literati's stated disinterest will turn into secretly buying and reading.
"Sign it."
Her snow-white cheeks turned a little red, and Takeda Zhenbi slapped the publishing contract in front of Ryukawa Tetsu.
It was "Pinball 1973" and "The Adventures of Sheep Hunt" that I had promised my wife.
Mrs. Takeda helped a lot this time, and Ryukawa Toru naturally would not refuse.
10% of the sales share is settled based on the printing volume of the printing factory.
Ryukawa Tetsu signed casually.
It's great that the other party didn't cause trouble.
Takeda Zhenbi breathed a sigh of relief. She had taken out so many magazine pages. If she couldn't get any benefits back, her face would not look good.
Toru Ryukawa's "Listen to the Wind Sings" did not help the magazine's sales.
There are too many distribution channels, and Kodansha is large enough.
"Listen to the Wind Sings" is thrown in like a toothpick stirring up a vat.
But this exclusive publishing license is the real money maker. Takeda Zhenbi put away the contract in a good mood and glanced at Tatsukawa Toru, who had changed greatly.
The first time I met him was when I went back to Lake Yamanaka to find my relatives.
At that time, he had just paid off the debts of the Takeda family and wanted to bring his sister back.
The young man was wearing inappropriate clothes and had an innocent expression.
In the blink of an eye, he was wearing well-tailored clothes and was about to become a representative of the younger generation of writers.
In the future, he will be endorsed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and will oppose Monk Hongping.
"Toru Ryukawa, do you want to sign as a long-term author with Kodansha?"
The so-called long-term contract authors are the ones with security and job titles.
Takeda Zhenfei is a businessman, and after sensing the commercial value of the other party, she immediately extended an olive branch.
Long Chuanche was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
The representative who signed a long-term contract can only publish on Kodansha, and he doesn’t want to be trapped in one place.
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"If you don't become a contracted author of Kodansha, I won't be able to trust you with my sister."
The personal invitation was rejected, and Takeda Maifei said something that I don’t know if it was a threat.
"Then you marry her off."
Ryukawa Che looked at the water of the river and smiled casually.
The wind blew over his body, making him feel as if his shackles were gone.
With the Youth Award and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s future resource channels, it will never happen again that an old monk alone can affect the sales of his works.
"Cold-hearted and cold-faced, just like your grandfather."
Talking about getting married can only scare his stupid sister, but there is no way to control Ryukawa Toru, Takeda Maifei said with some gritted teeth.
"Excellent works "Heart Silence River", "Love Letter" and "Hua Nuan Curtain"."
Excellent works have already begun to be published over there. Ryukawa Toru smiled when he heard the woman's words.
"If it were two months ago I would have happily said yes to you."
Two months ago, Toru Ryukawa was still a young man who wanted to earn some royalties.
"But after participating in the Youth Award, I have other opinions."
Longchuan Che looked at the group of young people who came to the stage to receive the award happily.
There is his little girlfriend and the new friends he made this month.
During this month, they discussed new works together and witnessed the birth of novels one after another.
Toru Ryukawa likes the feeling of receiving generous royalties, but he also thinks it would be nice to watch people like him write what he wants to write by the way.
During the Youth Awards, everyone was in high spirits.
But an article called "Cracked Tongue" will break everyone's spine.
Toru Ryukawa is certain that without him, everyone would eventually fall into the embrace of class literature.
"It's not bad, it's just not good enough."
The deeper he gets into the so-called writer's circle, the more Toru Ryukawa feels the ambition of Ono Taro.
Seeing a dragon in the wild is a new experience.
Monk Hongping has become a ‘lone husband’ in the literary world, and he will become what he calls a ‘people thief’
The dictatorship of the ‘one man’ and the thieves of the people are reckless.
Ryukawa Tetsu didn't know what he said in the end, leaving Kodansha's Takeda-san standing there.
She watched the young man walk up to the podium and listened to his stories.
"I always feel desperate when I write. I often feel helpless that I can't finish what I want."
"The poet monk Liang Kuan said, 'There is a strong wind in the sky', and he said that the work should be free and easy."
"Ikkyu Zongjun started writing "The Collection of Wild Clouds" at the age of twelve,
The owner of Daji House wrote when he was seventeen: Under the lonely moon, the cry of blood is unbearable. ”
On March 10th, the Youth Award selection ceremony was held.
Most of the Japanese media watched the young man standing beside the sparkling water.
His head and horns were majestic, and the wind-swaying water looked like the scales of some giant creature.
He smiled and said to all young authors...
"Having drunk water from three rivers, why can't we spit it all out?"
(End of chapter)