Time flies quickly, and it's winter in the blink of an eye.

Snow fell from the sky and fell on the tree-roofed streets, staining them white, and there were fewer pedestrians on the road, but the Shin-Shikawa Hotel was still crowded with vehicles and surrounded by many reporters.

If you get closer, you can hear the voices of these reporters discussing Ooka Prize.

Undoubtedly, today is a big day to announce the final winner of the Ooka Prize, and this time the festival will also be held at the Shin-Shishikawa Hotel, where the Araki Award was held last time.

Wearing a light blue suit, with equipment in his hand and a pass around his neck, reporter Mitsuki Tsukamatsu is a member of the newspaper "Into Life", a major Japanese newspaper, and this time he is in charge of the interview of the outline award.

This white card is not eye-catching, but this pass is very important, and without it, you can't go in and out of the Ooka Pavilion at will.

Passes are issued very strictly, and only a few top newspapers and media outlets in Japan can get them for free, while other passes need to be strictly reviewed.

Mitsuki Fukamatsu had to work hard at the newspaper to get this opportunity to interview Ooka Katsuki, and the reason why he had to get this opportunity was because he had been in big trouble recently.

A few days ago, Mitsuki Tsukamatsu was taken to gamble by a friend, but he fell into a trap and accidentally owed a huge amount of gambling debts, and now the only way to pay off his gambling debts is to borrow money from the society.

And to borrow money from the company, it is not enough to rely on the current status, and you can only have a chance to make outstanding performances recently, and the recent big news is undoubtedly the winner of the Ooka Award.

Mitsuki Takamatsu consumed a lot of connections to seize this interview opportunity.

"Gotta make big news. Mitsuki Fukamatsu muttered and entered the venue, and soon the festival began, with various programs and programs going on, and many people concentrating, but Mitsuki Fukamatsu had no intention of watching these, looking through the materials, listening to his peers and well-known critics and writers, discussing who would win the Ooka Prize, and thinking about how to make a big news.

Not far from the VIP seat, Kitahara Kuniaki took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and his voice was a little hoarse: "The winner of the Ooka Award this time, although Kawamo Hirofumi is also good, but I am still the most optimistic about Kotaro Otami." ”

Kuniaki Kitahara is a well-known critic known for his sharp eye and astonishing intuition, and is known for successfully predicting an Ooka Award winner in front of millions of viewers on a show.

Muraoka Masaichi, who was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, fanned his teacup with his hand, blew a breath, and said slowly, "Really, I don't think so!"

"Kotaro Oniwa's recent "Notes of the Villain" is indeed very good, with both ideas and connotations, and profoundly criticizes the phenomenon of negative corruption in society. ”

"However, Hirofumi Hamao's "Crazy Fisherman" is more popular as far as I know!"

"'The Crazy Fisherman' sold more than 20,000 copies last week, which is unique even in history!" said Muraoka Masaichi said he disagreed: "Ooka is particular about artistry, but as an acknowledgement of a famous author, he is also concerned about sales, because it represents the influence of the writer." ”

The three major awards, Araki Reward, promote newcomers, which can be said to mean the newcomer king.

Ooka is sure to become a famous writer, which means that he has entered the ranks of first-class writers.

Although Ogawa Prize only emphasizes artistry, the system of selecting famous authors inherits the consideration of popularity, and selects authors and works that are super-notch and can become great Japanese writers in the future.

Masaichi Muraoka is a director who is known throughout Japan for making art films, and his film "The Life of an Orphan" won the highest award in Japanese cinema the year before last, so he also has a lot of weight.

At this time, Ryozo Hayata, who was bareheaded, looked at the information and saw one, and couldn't help but admire: "Shinichi Yamada has been nominated!"

"Tsk!tsk!t!!"

"This Shinichi Yamada, it's only been a year since his debut, it's really a big dark horse!"

"I won the Araki Award last time, and it can be said that I was promoted to a newcomer, but now I am nominated for the Ooka Prize, which is incredible!" Hayada Ryozo shook his bare head and said in surprise, "In this case, in a few years, there will be another first-class writer in the literary world, right?"

Ryozo Hayada is the editor-in-chief of a large publishing house, and his hair is thinning due to his busy work or other reasons, so he simply shaves his head and maintains this image.

And Yuji Takatomi, who was wearing a dark black suit, took over the words and said objectively: "Shinichi Yamada's "Night Walking Ghost", this book is indeed quite good, and it is eligible to be shortlisted for the Ooka Award. ”

"Whether it's word-of-mouth or sales, 150,000 copies have been sold now!"

Yuji Takatomi is also a well-known writer, good at writing long novels, the most famous work is "The Death of the Black Fox" written three years ago, this book was also shortlisted for the Ooka Award that year, but unfortunately did not get the final winner. But even so, this book made Yuji Takatomi famous.

"Indeed, Shinichi Yamada's book was also taken by the great director Kiyuki Uemori for the first time and made into a movie!"

"So far, the box office has reached 2.5 billion yen, which is in the top 10 of Japan's local films this year, which can be said to be very good, and given this impact, it is acceptable to mention a name. Hearing what they said, Masaichi Muraoka also expressed his opinion.

"Besides, depending on the situation, it can also pull some box office, maybe it can rush to sixth place. ”

The sixth place box office of the year is 3 billion yen.

"It's said that Shinichi Yamada, it's really lucky, and it happens to have a fancy to Mori Kiyuki. Everyone sighed and said, but in the eyes of Muraoka Masaichi, Takatomi Yuji, and Hayada Ryozo, although Yamada Shinichi's "Night Walking Ghost" has been shortlisted, the final winner does not belong to him.

This is too young, Ooka Reward's review team, unless they are crazy, they will choose Shinichi Yamada.

Japan will really explode!

At this time, the previous procedure passed, and the climax came, and everyone stopped talking and watched intently, because the guests of the Ooka Award had also arrived at the venue.

Kenzaburo Kitamoru is one of Japan's top writers and was the winner of the Ogawa Prize.

Kenzaburo Kitamoru began to publish literary works at an early age, and his most famous works are "The Wonderful Man" and "The Last Luxury", but it is the most famous work that makes him the top writer, "The Anatomy of the Soul", which mentions a kind of opposing consciousness, that is, futility - the "wall" consciousness is dominant, because there is a "wall" consciousness, so there is a "futility" consciousness, and because there is a "futility" consciousness, the "wall" is strengthened, and the two interact with each other.

Such a peculiar formulation of consciousness made the book rave reviews as soon as it was published, and its influence was very widespread, and it can even be said that it influenced a generation.

And "Anatomy of the Soul" also successfully helped Kenzaburo Kitamoru win the Ogawa Award that year.

Kenzaburo Kitamoru was dressed in a white suit and read in a calm voice at the venue, "Ladies and gentlemen!"

"Let's greet the winner of the final Ooka Prize, the nocturnal ghost of Shinichi Yamada, with the warmest applause!!"

Immediately, there was a wave of applause from the audience, and at this time, Sakagami Sanchiko also slowly came to the stage and took the trophy for Pei Ziyun.

When Michiko Sakagami accepted the award, many people were shocked.

Kitahara Kuniagu's eyes widened, and he muttered, "How is it possible that the Ooka award will be won by such a rookie writer who has just debuted for a year?"

Yuji Takatomi clenched his fist with his hand, and his sharp fingertips pierced into the flesh, as if he still didn't feel it, and only shouted frantically in his heart: "Impossible, impossible!"

Ryozo Hayada touched his bare head with his hand and shook his head incredulously.

At this time, Mitsuki Fukamatsu, who was at the venue, was also very shocked, but after being shocked, he was overjoyed, and he immediately realized that the big news was coming, and he called the minister as soon as possible.

"Minister, it's incredible, Ooka was won by a rookie writer who just debuted for a year!"

"There's got to be a big shady scene!"

"Please let me lead the team to investigate, this must be big news, please!" Mitsuki Fukamatsu said, a look of excitement in his eyes.

If this is true, Mitsuki Fukamatsu believes that by digging out the truth of this matter, he will be able to become famous in one fell swoop!

In this way, Mitsuki Takamatsu can not only easily repay his gambling debts, but also have a higher status and money!

But at this time, the minister's voice came, and cold water was poured on it: "Deep Song, don't continue to investigate this matter!"

The minister ordered.

When Mitsuki Fukamatsu heard this, his face was full of unwillingness, and he asked regardless of his dignity: "Minister, why don't you investigate in depth with such big news?"

But the minister on the other side of the phone said in a colder tone: "Deep Song, you heard clearly, this is an order from above, do you want to disobey?"

Hearing this, Mitsuki Fukamatsu was extremely reluctant, his hands were clenched tightly, his eyes were bloodshot with anger, his face was blood-red, but the long-term education of Japanese society made him stand straight, and responded: "Hey, I understand, minister!"

When he hung up the phone, Mitsuki Mitsumatsu loosened his bow tie, gasped heavily, and looked around with a lot of discussions, and many authors showed unwilling and surprised expressions.

"Shinichi Yamada, how can you get a reward from Ooka?"

"But it's really an order from above, and if the investigation continues, there will be very serious consequences. Mitsuki Fukamatsu understands this, and is very unwilling.

It's not just a matter of gambling debts, but he lost this opportunity, he doesn't know if he has another chance, is he just a mediocre social animal for a lifetime?

Even Japanese people have dreams.

Mitsuki Nakamatsu felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and when he saw the end of the ceremony, he slowly went out, but he didn't expect to see Kenichi Taniguchi.

Kenichi Taniguchi was a classmate of his own at university, but he was involved in "Nippon Ming Pao" and had a hostile relationship with Mitsuki Tsukamatsu's newspaper "Into Life".

But this does not affect the personal friendship between the two, although they are in different newspapers, they are rivals at work, but because of their outstanding ability, they admire each other.

As soon as Mitsuki Nakamatsu went out, he heard Kenichi Taniguchi blushing in protest: "What? Let me give up an in-depth investigation into the circumstances of Shinichi Yamada's receipt of the Ooka Award, why?"

"Okay!" Kenichi Taniguchi was still deflated and had to obey.

Hearing this, Mitsuki Fukamatsu flashed a thought and leaned in: "Kenichi, are you like this too?"

"Ah, ah, are you also being asked to give up the investigation?" Kenichi Taniguchi reacted immediately, and the two looked at each other, both shocked.

The two media outlets are huge, influential, and belong to different consortia, and now they receive the same order, and this is a big deal!

There are only a few media outlets in Toei that are directly managed by government departments, and most of them are controlled by consortia, and this is the case now, unless several consortia join forces, or the shogunate comes forward.

"Let's go, let's have a drink!" Mitsuki Fukamatsu said immediately, his eyes shining.