Chapter 209: Winning the Prize
Time flies, and the footsteps of time move from July to August.
All major schools in Japan have entered the summer vacation, which is the most popular time for students.
In the past month, Sakamoto Kiyoshi has been busy with exams, as well as discussing with the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House the release of the single book of "Golden Dreamland".
"Golden Dreamland", which was serialized in the June issue of "Literature and Art Spring and Autumn", was officially finished in the August issue of "Literature and Art Spring and Autumn" after being serialized for three months.
And "Golden Dreamland" ushered in the final ending, and many readers, when they saw the note at the end of the "perverts are all going to die", they couldn't help but tremble, and every tense pore seemed to be relaxed and relieved.
And it is not only the readers who see the happy ending who are relieved, but also the editor-in-chief of the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House and the editors of the Reasoning Department.
"Golden Dreamland", which has been serialized for three months, at the beginning, although I was very confident in this work, but rashly putting a newcomer's reasoning work on the front page also made the editor-in-chief a little apprehensive.
After all, it's useless for them to like it, and only when readers like it can the magazine sell more sales.
So when he saw the sales figures of the June issue come out, it also made the editor-in-chief of "Literary Spring and Autumn" secretly relieved.
Five hundred and seventy thousand!
That's 20,000 more than the average sales of 550,000 copies.
originally thought that as long as sales did not fall, then I could continue to put "Golden Dreamland" on the front page.
But they didn't expect that after putting "Golden Dreams" on the front page, sales increased instead, which was beyond their expectations.
So, logically, the front page of the July issue of "Literature and Art Spring and Autumn" was still given to "Golden Dreamland".
As a result, the magazine's sales in July cheered up the editor-in-chief and editors of "Literature and Art Spring and Autumn".
700,000 !!
Such a result has reached the top ten sales in the history of this magazine.
However, it's not over yet, the August issue, which publishes the end of "Golden Dreamland", has not yet counted sales, but in half a month, nearly 600,000 copies have been sold!
According to conservative estimates, the sales volume of the August issue of "Literature and Art Spring and Autumn" will exceed 800,000!
Such data, the editors of Literature and Art Spring and Autumn all know that this is all because of the work "Golden Dreamland".
After all, after each issue of "Literary Spring and Autumn" is released, there will be a large number of readers who send fan letters, all of which are written about their love for "Golden Dreamland" and their curiosity about the writer "Leisure".
After the serialization of such a popular work by the public, the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House received a large number of letters from readers from all over the country, asking them to make "Golden Dreamland" into a single book and sell it.
For the strong demand of readers, and driven by money, the publication of a single book of "Golden Dreamland" was quickly put on the agenda by the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House.
Therefore, this is why Sakamoto Kiyoshi discussed the publication of a single book with Wenyi Chunqiu through Uncle Ishida.
However, in the midst of his busyness, he still thinks about the arrival of the Akutagawa Award.
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August 15th, fine.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was at home, received a call from Uncle Ishida.
"You mean, the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House called you?" said Sakamoto Kiyoshi with his mobile phone in a tone of disbelief, and said into the phone with a look of surprise.
"Hmm. From Uncle Ishida's tone, Kiyoshi Sakamoto couldn't hear any joy or sorrow.
"That... What did they say?" asked Kiyoshi Sakamoto, a little nervous.
The palms of his hands holding the phone were covered with sweat.
He said... ”
"Congratulations! Your work won the 135th Akutagawa Prize! ”
The uncle is like a master of ceremonies who presides over the award ceremony, and after selling a wave of guanzi, he suddenly became passionate and told Sakamoto Kiyoshi the great news over the phone.
And Kiyoshi Sakamoto, like a person attending the award ceremony, was full of anxiety and faint expectations when he knew that he had a chance to win the award.
And just after hearing Ishida's "master of ceremonies" say the name of the winner, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was stunned as if he was on the scene.
Then, a wave of excitement arose.
"Yo Gada (great)!!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto took away his phone, looked up to the sky and yelled loudly, and when he felt that he could not vent the excitement in his heart, he suddenly jumped up and waved his fist in the air like a football player after scoring a goal, as if he were celebrating, to show himself
Although Uncle Ishida was talking about the time and place of the award ceremony on the phone, he did not continue to listen, but took his mobile phone and began to look for his family at home.
At this time, he had an impulse in his heart to share this joy with others.
At this time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who ran up to the second floor, saw his younger brother, who was lying on the bed in the room reading the comics.
So, his eyes lit up, and he immediately pounced on him!
Poor Sakamoto Feng, looking at his brother, rushed to him with excitement, and before he could make a frightened expression on his face, he was knocked down by Sakamoto Kiyoshi.
Sakamoto Feng didn't react at all, so he was thrown on the bed by Sakamoto Kiyoshi, and was grabbed by his brother by the shoulder, shaking his body while shouting loudly at himself.
"Kaze (Romanized sound of the wind)! I won the award! I won the Akutagawa Prize!!"
At this time, Sakamoto Qing, in an instant, Brother Xiaoma, roaring the emperor's upper body, like the male protagonist of Qiong Yao's drama, caught the little wind, it was a burst of shaking and roaring.
In the end, seeing Xiao Fengfeng who was shaken and dizzy, Sakamoto Kiyocai let go as if he had just woken up from a dream, grabbed his shoulders with both hands, and held Xiao Fengfeng who rolled his eyes a little.
"It's okay!Kaze!Hey!Wake up!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto asked with concern, patting his brother's chubby face.
So, if you knew it was so, why bother in the first place...
Fortunately, Xiao Fengfeng's body is hard enough, otherwise, by Sakamoto Kiyoshi such a wave, I'm afraid I'm going to foam at the mouth and my eyes are dizzy...
Xiao Fengfeng, who was slapped on the face a few times by Sakamoto Kiyoshi, after he came to his senses, the first thing he did was to "crusade" against his brother.
"Ouch, ouch, you're dizzy, you're dizzy, why are you dangling around with me, you psychopath!"
Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was complained about by his younger brother, didn't care about his brother's complaints about him at all, and still said to his younger brother excitedly, "Kaze!
"What? Won? You don't win awards very often, what's so exciting about this... ”
However, for his brother, who often wins various music awards, Xiao Fengfeng is used to it, and he doesn't know what Sakamoto Kiyoshi is happy about at this time.
Xiao Fengfeng's slightly complaining answer, with a look of "disgust", in the eyes of Sakamoto Kiyoshi, he is a tsundere little fat man, complaining about his brother.
"Kawaii!" Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who was already a little overexcited, grabbed the little fat man and put his hand on his fat face, which was a ravage.
Terrible brother control...
In the end, the little wind that was destroyed by Sakamoto Kiyoshi had a loveless face, so he could only give up resisting, and lay on the bed like this, letting Sakamoto Kiyoshi knead his fleshy face...
And after catching the little fat man and ravaging it, the excitement and excitement in Sakamoto Kiyoshi's heart also dissipated a little.
At this time,Sakamoto Kiyoshi realized that he seemed to have forgotten.,I was still talking to Uncle Ishida just now.。。。
In his brother's disgusted eyes, Kiyoshi Sakamoto walked out of his brother's room.
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"Moximoxi, uncle! I'm sorry, I was so excited that I forgot to talk to you on the phone, hehe. I walked to the first floor, picked up the mobile phone that was casually placed on the dining table, and continued to chat with the uncle on the phone.
In the uncle's slightly helpless words, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also knew that the award ceremony of the Akutagawa Award was held together with the Naoki Award.
The event will be held two days later in the evening at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
At that time, the organizer of the Japan Literature and Art Promotion Association, will announce to the public the winners of the 135th Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize at the press conference.
Not only that, Kiyoshi Sakamoto also knew in his uncle's mouth that his award was so special.
Generally speaking, the Akutagawa Prize, like the Naoki Prize, is to wait for the results of all shortlisted candidates to be notified at a hotel or other venue by the publishing house in charge of their business on the day the award is announced.
Then, a dedicated staff member will call and announce the results.
It is said that if the phone call is finally received, the caller's opening words are: "I am XX of the Spring and Autumn Period of Literature and Art." If the opening line of the final call is: "I am XX of the Cultural Promotion Association." It implies an award.
However, for "Qing Xian", a mysterious writer who doesn't know his real name, doesn't know his age, and doesn't reveal his true identity, the sudden discovery of Wenyi Chunqiu, such an announcement is not feasible at all.
Therefore, after careful consideration between their Literature and Art Spring and Autumn Publishing House and the Japan Literature and Art Promotion Association, it was finally decided to notify him by phone in advance.
It was said that the writer himself was notified, but it was only notified to the writer's "free" agent, Uncle Ishida.
Therefore, Uncle Ishida will know the news of the award one step earlier than Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the winner.
"Then, there will definitely be a lot of reporters who will come to the press conference?!!
Kiyoshi Sakamoto thought to himself.
Silently planning in his heart, Sakamoto Kiyoshi felt that the award ceremony was the moment for him to draw a successful end to this plan.
"Well, everything is ready now, only the east wind is owed. ”
"It's time to uncover the mystery of the author of "Golden Dreams", "Idleness"!