Chapter 085: Brother
As expected, once "Rashomon" was launched, it received a strong response from the market and was warmly welcomed by the majority of readers. The initial printing of 50,000 copies was far from satisfying the domestic demand in Japan, and it was inevitable that they would be sold out of stock and out of stock. As a result, the Spring and Autumn Publishing House of Literature and Art urgently notified the printing factories below to work overtime and print an additional 300,000 copies.
received a call from Chie Sakai to report the good news, and Takeshita Kusaoke, who left the keyboard with his hands, was not ecstatic, and his eyes were still staring at the novella "Brother" that had not yet been typed on the laptop screen. After simply responding with the word "I know", I told her to come over and see the new short story "Kappa", which was printed. If he writes well today, he will be able to see the birth of the novella "Brother".
Sakai Chie on the other end of the phone, hearing him say that he has two new novels, is happy for him, it can be said that she is in good spirits, and she can't wait to directly indicate that she is rushing over now to have a sneak peek. After hanging up the phone, she only needed to explain to the editor-in-chief that she had gone out to fight for Takeshita Kusao's new work, which could be regarded as going to work, not leaving early, and left the publishing house smoothly.
I threw my phone casually on the low table in Takeshita Kusaoke, and picked up the short story "Kappa" printed out by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and flipped through it. This is a world of hypocrisy and fiction, and the clever irony and sharp criticism throughout the whole text point to reality. In the article, through the male protagonist of patient No. 23 of the mental hospital, he describes his experiences and experiences as a human who entered the country of kappa by mistake. What I remember most is that the price or decrease of meat in Kappa Country depends on the mass unemployment of Kappa workers. As a result, hundreds of thousands of kappa workers lose their jobs, they are all sent to slaughterhouses and the price of meat falls.
His attention was on Takeshita Kusaoke, who returned to the laptop screen, and did not rush to finish writing Mr. Natsume Soseki's novella "Brother" silently. I know very well that Mr. Natsume Soseki and Akutagawa Ryunosuke are in a master-apprentice relationship. Mr. Natsume Soseki, who is known as the "great national writer of Japan" and created a precedent for "private novels" in later generations, has a status in real Japan, not in the current parallel world of Japan, which is equivalent to Lu Xun's status in China. Among the eleven disciples of his "Soseki School", Ryunosuke Akutagawa is the first high-ranking disciple. And Akutagawa Ryunosuke's achievements in Japanese literature can be compared to his own teacher.
Put "Kappa" back to Takeshita Kusaoke, put his hands on the keyboard, and continue to write the novella "Brother" attentively. The reason why I chose Mr. Natsume Soseki's novel is that the male protagonist is an unsophisticated, frank and upright reckless brother who stepped into the society and launched various dramatic conflicts with the mundane things around him, which satirized the ugly phenomena in society bitterly and skillfully, and in which the master-servant relationship between him and the old maid A Qingpo is deep, and it shows some of the beautiful flashes of human nature. He likes smooth writing, bright rhythm, and vivid image, but he likes this masterpiece quite much.
Takeshita Mustard, who likes the sentence of the actor the most, "If you have real skills, who would go to such a remote place to be a teacher", I fully feel that it highlights the most real side of the male protagonist. In addition, the male protagonist with a natural personality spent money lavishly, so that he once gave a person too much tips, and fell into a shortage of money, and turned to A Qingpo to explain this matter. Ah Qingpo, who comforted himself with the small master, not only told the essential fact that the countrymen there were only one word "bad", but also sent him the only money she had on hand to help him tide over the difficulties.
Takeshita Kusaoke, who entered a state of self-forgetfulness, didn't take much time, and completed "Brother" silently very smoothly. He still habitually checked it three times, and after checking that it was correct, he printed it out. I and the short story "Kappa" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa can be handed over to Chie Sakai for review.
Takeshita Kusaoke, who turned off his laptop, walked out of the bedroom with the manuscripts of these two novels in his hand, and walked downstairs to the living room, waiting for Sakai Chie to come to the door. Before his buttocks were hot, he heard the doorbell ringing "Ding Dong". Instinctively, he blurted out "coming", and took the initiative to stand up and open the door.
As soon as the door opened, Chie Sakai, who suddenly appeared in front of him, rushed into the house in a hurry, and while quickly taking off the boots on his feet, he couldn't wait to ask, "Where is the new work?" Isn't it still the same as before, stored upstairs on your laptop in a folder called Manuscript on the D drive? ”
"I've printed out the novella 'Brother' and the short story 'Kappa' and put them on the glass coffee table in the living room." Takeshita Kusaoke, who has long been thinking about rejection and worrying about whether he will be able to pass the editorial review, believes that both works will be published and presented to the public.
Taking off her boots, Chie Sakai, who ran "dong dong" on the tatami mat, went straight to the living room. Holding the manuscript in her hand, she sat on the couch with her buttocks, and began to read it carefully. And Takeshita Mustard, who didn't follow her up, squatted down without hurrying or slowing, and personally put her boots that were not neatly placed.
Then, he didn't go to the living room, and once he started to do something, he would forget to eat. I waited until the thing was done, and then I realized that I was a little hungry, so I went into the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and took out the fruit and vegetable salad that Kitagawa Kako made for herself and ate it with great pleasure.
While eating, I was thinking about Takeshita grass mustard, but I felt that the person who knew and cared about himself the most in the world was probably none other than Kitagawa Kako. She often doesn't have to say anything, she will be prepared one by one. He couldn't deny that she was a good wife and mother. Takeshita Mustard, who has long seen all this in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, is not the kind of man who often talks about good words, but the kind of person who belongs to the action and doer.
It is precisely because Kitagawa Kako knows very well that Takeshita Kusaokei will forget to eat when he is busy with work, and the bento box prepared for him makes him feel that it will be troublesome to put it in the microwave to heat it, and he can't just take it and eat it. As a result, there is a fruit and vegetable salad that always puts a large glass bowl for him in the refrigerator.