The First Arrival: Chapter 423: The Dawn of Inuyama Shiba (Middle)

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Since leaving the bookstore, Inuyama Shiba has not read a newspaper for more than a month, and when he used to work at the bookstore, the bookstore would subscribe to some newspapers every day for the writers and staff in the bookstore to read.

But after losing his job, Inuyama Shiao was reluctant to spend money to buy newspapers, although he really wanted to see the current affairs news in the newspaper, but in order to let his wife and children at home eat an extra rice ball, he still endured.

It's too uncomfortable for a worker not to read the newspaper for more than a month, and now that he got the newspaper that flew in unexpectedly, Inuyama Shiba immediately opened it up and read it.

"U.S. food aid arrives in Japan today, including 100,000 sacks of flour and ...... salt"

"The law and order in the Minato Ward of Tokyo is becoming more and more chaotic, and some retired soldiers have changed from the role of national soldiers to the yakuza society, which has had a very big impact on the lives ......of ordinary people, and there have been 129 robberies recently, of which 28 people have died, and 101 have suffered injuries ranging from minor to severe, and so on."

"The socio-economic environment is becoming more and more severe, and according to our statistics, the number of unemployed people in the Tokyo area alone has reached as much as 500,000 this year, which is more than six floors above the total number of people employed in the Tokyo area, and if this continues to develop, it will bring ...... to society."

“……”

After reading a few news items in a row, Inuyama Shiao turned the newspaper to the other side, but when he saw the information on the other side, the whole person was immediately stunned, and then his face slowly turned red, and his breathing became heavy.

"The first Sakura Novel Contest has been held, and this contest is organized by the Sakura Group with the aim of discovering domestic talent. From today until September 1, the competition will be a two-month registration period, and all interested writers can submit their manuscripts to this newspaper or 7th Publishing Company. Mailing address......"

"In line with the principle of fairness, justice and openness, all competitions will be judged by the senior management of the Group, a number of masters, and the general public, and the competition is divided into two categories: popular category and traditional category."

Among them, the popular categories include horror and suspense, reasoning and adventure, and colorful romance. and novels in the four categories of human life. As for traditional contributors, we do not limit the subject matter, and let you play freely, as long as the article is wonderful and in-depth, we will enter the ......"

"In addition to a large number of physical prizes, we have also prepared a prize of up to one million yen, including 100,000 yen, 50,000 yen, and 20,000 yen respectively for the first, second and third places in each theme of the popular category."

"The first, second, and third places in the traditional classification are 150,000 yen each. 100,000 yen, 50,000 yen reward. In addition to these, we will also set up a Best Rookie Award, which is a reward of 20,000 yen for newcomers who have not published an article before......"

"In addition to these prizes, the organizers of this contest will also select a grand prize winner, who will sign a five-year long-term publishing contract with the Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun and Shichikaichi Publishing Co., Ltd., and we will give the writer a broader platform to develop and let the public in Japan know too much. For the rest of the category winners, we will also sign a publishing contract ranging from one to three years, depending on the situation......"

“…… Finally, we would like to welcome you to join us. Tel: 03-372613......"

Inuyama Shiba Nan read the contents of this newspaper seriously, word by word. The more he looked at him, the more excited he became, until he finished reading the last contact number, he still clutched the newspaper in his hand, and if someone watched from the sidelines, he would find that his hands were trembling slightly, which showed that he was quite excited at this time.

With a few deep breaths, Inuyama Shiba forced himself to calm down a bit. Then he rubbed his cheeks vigorously with both hands, and repeated this several times, and finally he regained his normalcy.

Picking up the newspaper again and looking at the contents on it, Inuyama Shiba couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "The novel contest is actually a novel contest." With all my writing experience over the years, if I can prepare well, I should still have some chances. ’

Although I can't win the newcomer award with the greatest chance, I may be able to win a second or third place if I work hard, and if I am lucky, the first place is not possible, and once I have more rankings, I can become a new writer again, and I don't have to sell hard work on this dock anymore, I have to seize this rare opportunity, and I must not let it go. ’

After letting go of the thoughts in his heart, Inuyama Shiba took a new look at the newspaper to save his life, and immediately got up and walked towards the head of his group in the distance, he wanted to talk to the other party first, he was afraid that he would not be able to come in the second half of the month, and he had to concentrate on writing at home.

But there are all kinds of possibilities for everything, Inuyama Shiao didn't say that he died, he didn't say that he wouldn't come in the future, after this period of selling coolies on the docks, his understanding of life has become more profound, and now he won't think about a thousand to see these coolie sellers clearly.

"Inuyama-kun, I knew that people like you wouldn't be here for a long time, this time I wish you a good ranking, if you become famous in the future, don't forget it, please take care of it in the future." Outside the dock, Kunisoichiro said to Inuyama Shibao.

Looking at this neighbor, Inuyama Shiba is really grateful to the other party, if there is no other party's care during this time, he can't work so safely and quietly, this qiē is thanks to the other party to help him cover up, so for this neighbor who he looked down on a month ago, now he has regarded it as a friend.

"Guozuo-kun, don't worry, I'm Inuyama Shiao, I'm not the kind of person who is in power, no matter what I do in the future, we're all friends, don't worry, I'll definitely work hard in this competition, don't send it away, go back to work."

After finishing speaking, Inuyama Shiao waved his hand and walked directly to the outside, now the time is August 15th, he still has half a month to prepare, he wants to write an excellent novel in this half a month to sign up, this novel he must think about it carefully, because this is his chance to turn over and change his life.

Nihonbashi District, Sakura Group Production Area, Administrative Office Area, Conference Room on the 3rd Floor. Kojima was looking through the novels selected by the judges, and now there were more than 200 of them collected by him.

After a month and a half of fermentation, the newspaper and bookstore have received more than 3,000 submissions for the novel, including more than 1,000 in Tokyo alone and more than 2,000 in other parts of the country, all of which came to participate in the novel contest held by the Sakura Group.

These entries. A few days ago, Kojima was still in the mood to take a look, but after a few days, he was not interested, because most of these manuscripts were written in the clouds and mountains, so he couldn't understand it at all. Popular fiction accounts for only one-third of these sets.

Such a big gap made Kojima puzzled for a while, he remembered that if I remembered correctly, this competition seemed to have a larger proportion of popularity, accounting for more than half of the prize money of the competition, but now there are so many people announcing the tradition, which makes him puzzled for a while.

For this. Kojima Masashi specially consulted Edogawa Ranbu, a master of popular mystery novels invited for this competition.

In the words of this master of reasoning: 'Although most of the literati in China have now put down their faces, most people still think that popular novels are written for the lower classes, and they do not want their works to be relegated to the lower class, which is why there is such a tradition of submissions. ’

After becoming familiar with what happened, Kojima Masashi could only say to those literati in his heart: 'Death is a shame to suffer.' ’

Putting down the list of novels in his hand, Kojima was glancing at the masters in the conference room, none of these masters were simple characters, they were all the leading masters of our time.

Osamu Dazai. Kawa Rui Kangcheng, Edogawa rambling. Uno Chiyo, these four masters, there are traditional factions and popular factions among them, and it took a lot of work to invite these four masters to Kojima.

Others don't talk about this Osamu Dazai, but he knows that this master often has suicidal impulses, and it is said that he staged a suicide drama last year. But fortunately, he was rescued, and the other party's health is not very good, so he put a lot of thought into inviting him.

(Osamu Dazai, born on June 19, 1909, his real name is Shuji Tsushima.) Famous Japanese novelist after World War II. Osamu Dazai had wanted to become a writer since he was a student, but he was sentimental and emotional, and at the age of 21, he attempted suicide by throwing himself into the sea with a waitress at a Ginza café. In 1935, he wrote the book "Later Years", and his work "Retrograde" was listed as a candidate for the first Akutagawa Prize. ）

(After getting married, Osamu Dazai wrote works such as "Hundred Views of Mount Fuji" and "The Setting Sun", and became a popular contemporary writer.) On June 13, 1948, he committed suicide by jumping into the water on the Tamagawa River with his lover Tomisei Yamazaki in the middle of the night at the age of 39, leaving behind works such as "Human Disqualification". His reviews in Japan are mixed, but his works are often pessimistic. ）

Compared with Osamu Dazai, who is pessimistic all day long and thinks about finding death and life when he has nothing to do, it is even more difficult to invite this master, because this master was personally invited by their family, and Kojima Masa, as for how he was invited, he doesn't know much about it, but he has a detailed understanding of this master, and his person can be said to be the top in the human world.

(Kawarui Yasunari, born in Osaka, Japan, on June 14, 19, graduated from the University of Tokyo, a Japanese writer of the New Sensation School, and a famous novelist.) His parents died when he was young, and his sister and grandparents died one after another, so he was known as a "celebrity who attended funerals". Throughout his life, he traveled far and wide, and because of the influence of his youth, he was depressed and depressed, and gradually formed a sentimental and lonely character, and this inner pain and sorrow became the background color of Yasunari Kawabata. ）

(He wrote more than 100 novels in his lifetime, and in 1926 he wrote the famous "The Dancing Girl of Izu".) In 1957, he was elected as a member of the Japan Academy of Literature and Art. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1968 and was the first Japanese writer to win the prize. He committed suicide in his studio on April 16, 1972. ）

Compared with the two traditional writers of Kawarui Yasunari and Osamu Dazai, in Kojima Masa's heart, he has to appreciate this master of Edogawa Ranbu more, and he is fascinated by the pieces of mystery novels written by this master, and he picks them up and reads them almost whenever he has time, and he is about to reach the point where he can't put them down.

For the character in the book, Wise Kogoro, Kojima is even more fond of it, he likes Kogoro's calm and calm feeling very much, as if a suspenseful case in the world can't escape that smart head.

(Edogawa Ranbu, whose real name is Taro Hirai, was born on October 21, 14 in Minari Town, Mie Prefecture, Japan, is Japan's most famous mystery writer and critic, and the founder of the Japanese mystery novel Benge School.) At the same time, he is also a master of Japanese mystery novels, and is known as the "father of detective mystery novels" with Matsumoto Kiyohari and Yokozo Masashi, and is known as the "father of detective mystery novels" in Japan. ）

(The character in his book, Detective Akechi Kogoro, is the name of the Japanese animation "Detective Conan", from whose name, and the name of Kogoro Mori in the animation was changed by Akechi Kogoro, who is a household name in Japan and is known as the backbone of popular fiction.) ）

Compared with the previous three, this master Chiyo Uno is not so conspicuous, this female writer is a female writer specially found by Kojima according to his own adult scale, and his people are quite famous in the world, especially among female book lovers, and in 1921 (Taisho 10), he won the first prize of the suspense novel of "Shishi Shimbun" with "The Face of Fat Powder".

(Chiyo Uno, born on November 28, 17, was a Japanese novelist and essayist who was active during the Taisho and Showa periods.) Known for his versatility, he was successful as a book editor, kimono designer, and industrialist. He has been described in a variety of works as a writer such as Shiro Ozaki, painter Seiko Togo, journalist Takeo Kitahara, and many other celebrities, who have had a rich career of ups and downs. ）

(However, he had emotional entanglements with many men at that time, and the mainstream of society at the time had mixed reviews of his style, and some men even regarded him as the most despicable woman, even more despicable than geisha.) The woman who supported her pursuit of a free life, regarded her as a representative of Japan's new era of women, and believed that her daring to love and hate was something that all women should learn from, and the controversial female writer died on June 10, 1996. ）

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