Akutagawa and Naoki are two pearls of Japanese literature.

At present, it is controlled by the Society for the Promotion of Literature, which is a public welfare foundation under the jurisdiction of the Japanese government.

In short, this is a national literary award.

It's just that there are many rules and habits for this national literary award.

The office is located in the Spring and Autumn Publishing House, but the annual awards are not here.

Tokyo has a famous market.

Tsukiji Market, this market is mainly engaged in wholesale fish.

Many high-end fish ingredients are found here.

Further northwest is Ginza, and between Ginza and Tsukiji Market, there is a kiosk.

The so-called restaurant can be regarded as a high-end private restaurant.

There are some rules for this kind of kiosk, for example, it can only be old customers with new customers, if it is ignorant and new, sorry, it will not be accepted.

It's quite similar to a private restaurant.

However, the cost is quite high, and the minimum cost per person is about 50,000 yen.

Anyway, it's all about money.

But this restaurant called Shinki is a little different.

The famous Akutagawa Award and Naoki Award are held here every year.

From the outside, Higashino Qiang is just a small building, very ordinary.

This definitely has nothing to do with the Kamen Rider helmet he wears, and it has nothing to do with the green compound eyes.

Today, it's the judging of the Akutagawa Prize.

Higashino Qiang, also known as Kigo, is one of the judges of the latest issue, the 126th Akutagawa Awards.

The Akutagawa Award is a newcomer award, and this jury is naturally controlled by the bigwigs of the Literature Promotion Association, but it is impossible to have only a few old faces every year.

Just like this year's edition.

Ishihara, Junichi Watanabe, of course, has to preside over the overall situation.

In addition, Mariko Hayashi must also appear as a female judge.

And then there is, Miyamoto Wake, Murakami Takashi.

And then there's the new addition, Onigo.

Finally, there is another one, and that is a professor at Meiji University, Kim Won-rui.

When Higashino Qiang heard the name Jin Yuanrui, he was suddenly shocked.

This is the father of Jin Yuanjing.

I am a newcomer, so I will follow the predecessors.

The old place is just a little awkward, and as far as the corridor is concerned, it's really too short.

"Okay, this is it. ”

"Sit down, everybody. ”

Came to a relatively large box, apparently reserved for a fixed amount, and is here every year.

Such as Ishihara, such as Junichi Watanabe, such as a big guy, seems to be very relaxed.

Even arrange seating.

Ghost Wu is at the end of the first-class, no way, that's how it is in seniority.

As for Jin Yuanrui, his seat is quite high, and he is only below Murakami Takashi.

You know, isn't he also a new judge?

But Higashino has no way to complain about this.

"Today, Akutagawa Reward, I still have to rely on you. Ishihara spoke first.

Junichi Watanabe continued, "The works are all screened, and we can talk while eating. ”

The so-called screening means that several publishing houses send people to read the submissions, as well as the published articles, or magazine articles, etc., first.

There's no way, this process is necessary, as far as these bigwigs of the Literature Promotion Association are concerned, their ages have to be selected from the new works published in Japan in half a year, and it's strange that they don't get tired and vomit blood.

Therefore, some people criticized these judges for being useless guys at all, because good works were killed before.

But no matter what, it's such a judging process now, and finally being able to come to this new joy work is already a great success.

First of all, the food is served.

The plate is big, the stuff is small.

Really, it can't be described as less, it's small anyway.

Higashino Qiang is very right, he is wearing a mask, so he just sits upright.

I heard that today's dish is 100,000 yen per person...... At least in my ghost's place, I'm completely blind.

Seeing this, Junichi Watanabe over there smiled, "Ghost Go-sensei, it's better to take off your helmet, we won't reveal any of your information to the outside world." ”

That's right, this box is like a secret room that often appears in reasoning.

But Higashino Qiang smiled, "Thank you, Mr. Watanabe, but I'm not here this time, isn't it to evaluate literature and art?"

As soon as these words came out, they had a sharp feeling.

All of you here are masters of literature, how can you not hear it?

The gaze cast over me has changed a little.

But it was this change that Higashino wanted.

He can only make a splash, otherwise, he will be doomed if he has been quietly matched to the end.

The old fellow from Ishihara was also quite straightforward, "Okay! Let's get started!"

Junichi Watanabe still smiled, "Anyway, it's all about eating and talking." ”

A few works were taken out.

To be able to get here, there are a total of 7 works, and the most attractive to Higashino is naturally two of them.

"The Back of the Underkick".

"Snake Tongue".

You don't have to look at the name to know whose work it is.

Sure enough, it can come this far, Yamada Lisha and Jin Yuanjing are indeed powerful characters.

However, "The Back of the Underkick", Higashino Qiang couldn't help but flip through it.

What exactly is written?

But the first thing he watched was "Snake Tongue".

This really is ...

The plot is quite simple, just a girl who wants to explore the unknown territory, and is finally transformed, and the description is very bold.

It's not long, but it's shocking, and in the end, it's a crash.

Yes, there is only a collapse to describe.

Or a little more ruthlessly, with rot.

This is the darkest side of young Japanese today.

The reason why Higashino Qiang read this book first was that he was actually covering it up.

I didn't expect to be so shocked.

He can even imagine how this article will be criticized and even condemned.

It's hard to even imagine that this is something written by such a young girl, who even comes from a famous family.

Next, there is "The Back of the Underkick".

Just a simple flip through it, he immediately understood.

The story is very simple, it is a girl's youthful love.

I like a boy, but I don't know how to express it, so I can only look at him behind my back.

Especially at the beginning, I found out that this boy was very obscene, probably a playboy, and he was even more afraid to approach.

Of course, there has to be a twist.

Later, it turned out that this boy is not a bad guy either, he also has a sunny side and a good side.

I even helped because of the two rice balls.

Maybe he was misunderstood before.

However, this boy should have someone he likes.

It must be like this.

Until the end, the girl didn't really express her heart, she chosen, silently, secretly, and kicked the boy while he wasn't paying attention.

"Why did you kick me?"

"Kick it if you want. ”

And so it ended.

After flipping through the pages, he didn't even notice that he was in tears.

Got it.

I totally understood.

This is Lisa Yamada's tactics.

Kanehara writes about the darkest side of young people in Japan.

And what Lisa Yamada writes about is the sunniest side.

With pure love, it also fights collapse and decay.

There is not even good or evil, it just exists among these young people.

This is youth.

The youth of young people in Japan.

But at this time, in the review.

"I laughed at this "Mother, Fly!" ”

"That's right, the writing is humorous and hilarious. ”

"Nagashima has, I remember he was shortlisted for the third time. ”

"Do anyone else have recommendations?"

"Jin Yuan-kun, this time it's your daughter's work. ”

Several judges are looking at Jin Yuanrui.

As a university professor, Kim Won-seo's works are mainly children's literature.

Now, holding this work of his own daughter, he frowned, and then, he fell directly.

"This kind of garbage, let's not stain your generous eyes. ”

Higashino Qiang instantly understood why this Kim Won-seo would be a judge, and why Kim Hara-jeong would write like this.

Even, why is Mr. Dahe so entrusted.

It turns out that many adults don't want to hear what their children are saying at all.

The judging continues, and there are also people who evaluate it from a literary point of view.

"This "Underkicked Back" is very sincere, and "Snake Tongue" I think is also very direct. ”

"I wanted to express something, but I was still too immature. ”

"I'm too young, I think I'm only seventeen or eighteen. ”

These reviews were not bad, but soon, the focus was still on Nagashima.

He deserves this Akutagawa prize.

Suddenly, bang!

Who?

Onigo, he slapped the table.

"What do you mean, Kigo?" the old fellow squinted.

Junichi Watanabe came out to play a round, "Ghost Go, do you have any feelings?"

All eyes were on Kigo's body, on his helmet.

I saw Onigo pick up these two books.

"This is the young man's heart, you listen to me clearly!"

In a word, shock on the spot!

"Have you ever wondered why these two works are happening?" "Why do young people in Japan do this? Why do Japanese people have such a beautiful and shy love story, and at the same time there is such a dark and crumbling self-destruction?

Have you ever heard what young people want to say?

If you want, you don't care about anything.

Or over-arrange.

Have you watched Spirited Away?

That huge baby inside.

That Granny Tang is his mother, but how did she do it?

It doesn't matter that the baby can already walk on his own and has grown, but he still arranges everything according to his own preferences and his own ideas.

Now that the child has written everything he wants to say, you still choose to ignore it.

Japan is such a world, right? ”

These words silenced the bigwigs and celebrities in the literary world.

Even if you want to refute it, you don't know how to say it for a while.

Perhaps, it's because what this guy says makes sense.

"When I see this, I can't ignore it. That's all for today, Onigo, farewell. ”

With that, he got up and left.

Leaving a room full of bigwigs and celebrities.

Everyone looked at each other and finally came to a conclusion.

"This guy, he's definitely a teacher. ”

"Well, it's because I'm a teacher that I can feel that. ”

"Shaft! dare to teach us a lesson!"

In the speech, there is a slight emptiness.

Jin Yuanrui couldn't help it, picked up the book he threw on the ground, and read it carefully...

PS: These two chapters may be a bit literary, but please don't worry, in fact, there are some things, you can also feel it, don't say much, I continue to code the black car, at least four more today, I'll come on, oh yes, I miscalculated before, it seems that these two days are 5 thousand rewards, that is, I owe six more, don't worry, don't worry, thank you.