Waseda University, headquartered in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, is not too far from Takeshita Kusakesu's elevator apartment. Not only is it one of Japan's most prestigious top universities, but it is also Japan's number one university in the liberal arts. To date, 30 people from Waseda University have won the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's highest literary award, the highest in Japan.

Takeshita Kusaoke, who received an official written invitation from the dean of the Faculty of Letters at Waseda University, was accompanied by Chie Sakai, who graduated from this faculty at the university. Regardless of his previous life or this life, in all fairness, he really can't be admitted to this kind of world-ranked, Asia-class comprehensive university.

However, it does not affect Takeshita's determination to become a writer in the slightest, after all, this profession is extremely special, and it often does not depend on how high your education is, how many books you read, and how extraordinary your IQ is...... Writers worthy of the name, great writers, and even literary masters are not cultivated talents at all, and they cannot be cultivated by any university.

They generally have ill-fated life circumstances, so by chance, they have no hesitation to go to this path that is to speak for God in the world. This requires that I have an interest in writing that is more important than life, be willing to be lonely, be able to withstand the hardships and pains of writing, have a high level of talent and talent, and have a keen insight into society and human beings...... It is precisely a quality that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, and only human beings who are chosen by God will be given inspiration at the right time to write immortal works.

Prior to today, Waseda University's campus network announced that the winners of the Akutagawa Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Kafka Literary Prize, and other large and small national and international awards will come to the largest and 300-person lecture hall in the Faculty of Letters. and print out an admission ticket from the web.

The school had expected that the students and teachers of the Faculty of Arts would be extremely interested, but they did not expect that this would not be the case. In addition to the teachers and students of this university, there are also students and teachers from other colleges and universities who are also very interested, after all, Takeshita Kusa is not only the golden body of millions of writers, but also has the divine circle of national writers. Moreover, he had a book signing. Once on TV, he never appeared in public again. So, in the minds of fans, Takeshita Kusa is the god sent to them by Amaterasu.

In the short period of time published on the Internet, the number of people who signed up to listen to the lecture not only far exceeded 300, but the scale was more than five times larger, and the momentum of the increase in the number of people continued to soar. Seeing this, the university did not expect that the enthusiasm of the people was more interested than the foreign heads of state coming to the university to give speeches, so they had to change the venue of Takeshita's lecture from the lecture hall of the Faculty of Letters to the auditorium. Not only that, but they also imposed a quota limit of 2,000 people.

Waseda University's move was originally well-intentioned, but it was immediately criticized and protested by many parties. The teachers and students of the Waseda Faculty of Letters, who had not yet received their tickets, were the first to express their dissatisfaction. And for good reason. The dean of the Faculty of Letters personally asked Chie Sakai, a senior graduate of the Faculty of Letters, to give a lecture on ideas, so that those who are majoring in literature can have a chance to listen to the profound thoughts of national writers.

How did it suddenly become a matter for colleges and universities and people from all walks of life? Do they know what literature is? How many times have you read and how many times have you read Takeshita Kusaoke-sensei's book? I can count the world's famous books on one hand, and what are you doing when you run in and mix them blindly?

Without their involvement, the teachers and students of the Faculty of Letters, as well as some leaders of the school, would have been sufficient. The most annoying thing for them is to study politics. Students majoring in liberal arts such as history and law can still endure it. And how to make the science students who study computer, physics, chemistry and other related majors also come to the house, which is simply unbearable.

For the teachers and students of the Faculty of Arts, who even have tickets in the hands of science students, the dissatisfaction is even greater. They knew very well that they had missed this one village. But there is no next store, after all, it is not very easy to invite Mr. Takeshita Kusa to give a speech at the school. Maybe some people will be very easy to do there, after all, it is very lofty and honorable to be able to stand on the podium of Waseda University and give a speech. Something particularly glorious.

However, in Takeshita Kusaoke-sensei, I'm afraid it's completely different, after all, the writer's head hates kitsch and secularization the most, but thinks about things that are very different from ordinary people. If it weren't for the fact that the TOEFL predecessor Chie Sakai graduated from the Faculty of Letters, she would not only have been the responsible editor of Teacher Takeshita Kusaoke, but also the relationship between her confidante and agent, and she would not have been invited by the dean of the Faculty of Letters. What's more, such speeches can't be held in a row like a concert.

For a while, the head of the dean of literature was big. I knew that this would be the result, and I didn't even invite Takeshita Kusaoji to give a lecture at Waseda University. Not only did he have to face pressure and protests from the teachers and students on campus, especially his own Faculty of Letters, but he also had to deal with phone calls asking for admission tickets, and people of one kind and another.

It is not unclear that the dean of literature in the school auditorium, which can only seat 2,000 people at most, has long foreseen that on the day when Takeshita Kusaoji comes to the school to give a speech, there will be a flock of reporters and photographers from various media outlets. There are two or three hundred people, but if there are more, it will be more troublesome. I estimate that there may be three or five hundred people, not including readers and fans who heard the news and ran in.

The dean of literature, who proposed a lottery plan, was immediately rejected by the representatives of teachers and students. Their meaning is very clear, it is not impossible to draw lots, but the premise is to ensure that the teachers and students of the Faculty of Arts have one vote first, and then give the excess votes to other people to draw lots. For this reason, the dean of literature, who is crying and laughing, is not unaware that the result of doing so will only lead to further deterioration of the situation, after all, the number of protests and expressions of dissatisfaction will increase rather than decrease. Knowing that the Faculty of Arts couldn't eat alone, and he couldn't persuade them to make compromises and concessions, he already had a decision in his heart to hide and not see anyone, and kick the ball to the people below to deal with. (To be continued.) )