As soon as Hideki Hanyu finished saying a word of self-comfort, he saw the door of Asako Hirohashi's office being pushed open violently.

Then the assistant Reiko Uemura broke in.

Reiko Uemura didn't bother apologizing for the rude intrusion, but gasped and hurriedly said to Hideki Hanyu.

"Won...... Won the award, Hanyu ...... Teacher, got the nomination! ”

When Hideki Hanyu heard these words, he asked strangely, "What nominations did you get?" ”

Whew-

Reiko Uemura tried to calm her breath, then said, "There was just a call from the Elementary School Hall, and Hanyu-sensei's picture book Tsukishita's owl has been nominated for the Kate Greenway Award. ”

Before Hideki Hanyu could speak, Asako Hirohashi next to him asked in surprise, "Really?" ”

"Really." Reiko Uemura replied.

When Asako Hirohashi heard this, her expression immediately became a little excited.

Although Asako Hirohashi is not a person in the literary circle, she has also heard of the name of the Kate Greenway Award.

Know what it means to be nominated for a Kate Greenway Award.

In honour of 19th-century children's book illustrator Kate Greenway, the British Library Association created the Kate Greenway Award in 1955.

The Kate Greenway Award, together with the International Hans Christian Andersen Award and the Amerika Caldecott Award, is known as the world's three major picture book awards.

In 1966, the Hans Christian Andersen Award was added to the International Illustration Award.

Or the Amerika Caldecott Prize, which is only awarded to homegrown writers.

There is no restriction on nationality, the selection rules are stricter, more artistic, the combination of pictures and stories, and the Kate Greenway Award, which only focuses on the field of picture books, is the most valuable award in the international picture book industry.

This award is also known as the "Nobel Prize in Literature" in the picture book industry.

It is the highest honor in the dreams of picture book writers all over the world.

Don't look at Hideki Hanyu just won the nomination.

But for a neon picture book writer, it's also the first time in the world.

"Asako-san, don't get excited."

Hanyu Hideki was quite calm, and continued to ask Reiko Uemura, "Is it the first stage of nomination?" How many nominations are there? ”

If he's not mistaken, the Kate Greenway Award has two stages of nomination.

It's certainly good to be nominated for the first phase.

However, in the first phase of nominations for each Kate Greenway Prize, more than 30 picture books will be selected.

If you want to win the award, you have to make a second nomination.

The number of picture books nominated in the second phase will be less than eight.

And the Kate Greenway Award for three awards.

In addition to the most important "Greenway Prize", only one will be selected.

The number of consolation "Best Recommendation Awards" and "Honorable Mentions" is not limited to one.

Therefore, as long as you can enter the second stage of nomination, the chances of mixing up a consolation prize are still very high.

"It's the first stage, and the number of nominations doesn't tell me." Reiko Uemura said.

"It doesn't matter, the number won't be less anyway."

Although history has been made, for Hanyu Hidekira, it is not for the sake of getting a nomination to create the owl under the moon.

It seems to see the attitude of Hideki Hanyu, Asako Hirohashi said disapprovingly.

"Hanyu-san, the nomination is also an honor, you have made history, this is something to be proud of."

"It's okay to be proud, but it's better to keep a low profile, otherwise if you don't make it to the second stage of nomination, and if you don't win the award, you will inevitably be ridiculed."

The attitude of Asian countries in this regard is surprisingly unanimous.

How high the expectations are for you, and how high the disappointment in you is after failure.

If I can pick you up, I can also throw you down.

Hanyu doesn't have to guess to know that when the news of his nomination gets back to Neon, it will definitely be a big hit.

At this time, there is no need for him to pick it out and pretend to attract attention.

When you really win the prize, you can show off as much as you want.

"It's okay to keep a low profile, but at least one sentence proves right." Asako Hirohashi said.

"What?" Hideki Hanyu asked strangely.

"That's what I said before, and Seon doesn't know if he's lost."

As soon as Asako Hirohashi said this, Hideki Hanyu admitted his mistake with a smile.

"I was wrong, and I admit that these words are not meant for self-comfort."

There is another sentence that Hanyu Hideki did not say.

That is, Haruki Murakami's bad luck doesn't seem to have been transmitted to him.

The other party's business card can be kept, and there is no need to find a shrine to burn it.

"If only the news of this nomination had come earlier."

Asako Hirohashi sighed.

In the eyes of Asako Hirohashi, this unprecedented breakthrough of zero international honors is much more important than the Naoki Award.

Asako Hirohashi is sure that if it had been announced a few days in advance, the Naoki Award would have been added to the list of winners.

After all, neon, which is in a period of rapid development, is most eager for recognition from the international community.

Reiko Uemura said at this time, "Mr. Hanyu, I would like you to take the time to go to the Elementary School, saying that it is to discuss the price increase of picture books. ”

Hideki Hanyu was pleasantly surprised, "It turns out that the price of nominations can also be increased, which is really good." ”

Originally, he didn't care much about a nomination, but when he heard that the price could be raised, he suddenly came to his senses.

"If other neon picture book writers see Hanyu-san like this, I'm afraid they will be angry."

Asako Hirohashi saw that Hideki Hanyu was gaining momentum as soon as he said money, and she couldn't laugh or cry.

In the eyes of everyone, the breakthrough of neon picture books in the historical honor of zero is not as important to Hanyu Hideki as the price increase of picture books.

"I'm also honored to be nominated, I just didn't show it."

Hideki Hanyu pretended to be a serious explanation.

He wanted to be serious, but unfortunately his smile was a little unconvincing.

Seeing that he couldn't pretend, he simply stopped pretending, anyway, there was nothing wrong with loving money.

"To celebrate my nomination, I announce that I will invite you to dinner tonight."

After announcing the news of the dinner, Hideki Hanyu took the bag containing the single from Shota Yoshioka.

"I'll go down to find President Panasonic first, don't run around in the afternoon, and eat together when I'm busy with my new single."

"Didn't Hanyu-san say that I should pass it on to President Matsushita?" Shota Yoshioka asked.

"Is there one? Maybe I'm mistaken, there are still a lot of new elements in this song, and I need to go there myself to explain it. ”

After Hanyu Hideki finished speaking, he happily hummed a small tune and walked out.

After arriving outside the door, I didn't forget to turn around and tell again, "Remember, I'll have dinner in the evening,"

Watching Hideki Hanyu leave, Shota Yoshioka said with a smile, "It looks like Hanyu-san's good mood has returned." ”

"Yoshioka-san thinks it's because of the nomination, or because of the price increase of picture books?" Asako Hirohashi asked with a smile.

"The answer is obvious."

After Yoshioka Shota finished speaking, he and Asako Hirohashi looked at each other and smiled.

Their young friend's personality really hasn't changed at all.

This not only familiarizes them, but also makes them happy.

There is no need to go into detail about the dinner, according to Hanyu Hideki's character, he will never be stingy in this regard.

As for the activities after the dinner.

Because there are female friends present, such as Asako Hirohashi and the little assistant Reiko Uemura, it must be impossible to arrange.

Fortunately, among the few people who ate, only Hideki Hanyu had a rich nightlife.

After all, among the partners, Shinsuke Ito, the only one who can accompany Hanyu Hideki Lang, went to Kanagawa to shoot "Beautiful Girl Through Time and Space".

……

Not surprisingly, when the news that "The Owl Under the Moon" was shortlisted for the Kate Greenway Award came back to Neon.

It immediately attracted a lot of media coverage.

It's the same as Asako Hirohashi's thoughts.

In this period, the economy is booming, and the semiconductor industry and automobile industry are sweeping the world.

Having succeeded financially, it is natural to want to succeed in other areas as well.

This is especially true in the cultural sector of soft power.

So even if Hideki Hanyu only won a nomination.

But the unprecedented breakthrough of zero still made everyone excited.

Newspapers, magazines, TV news, literary circles, non-literary circles.

Everyone is educating the public about what the Kate Greenway Award is and how high its status is in the world picture book industry.

And then it proves how powerful Hideki Hanyu is who won the nomination.

Some media even listed all the 47 picture books nominated for the first stage of this year's Kate Greenway Awards.

Analyze the pros and cons for the public one by one, and then calculate what is the chance that Hideki Hanyu's "The Owl Under the Moon" will enter the second stage of nomination, and what is the chance of winning the award.

Anyway, in the mouths of these seniors and relevant experts in the industry, it is already a sure thing that Hideki Hanyu will enter the second stage of nomination.

In fact, not to mention the second stage of nomination, even if they win the award, it is also a probe in their mouths.

Anyway, the public likes to watch this, and they say it to the public for the sake of ratings and sales.

This led to Hideki Hanyu, who was already very popular, and his attention rose again, and his exposure increased greatly.

For a time, large and small media, from print media to television, could see Hideki Hanyu.

And for the sake of sales, for the sake of ratings, the media can take out any news and stir it up.

For example, Hanyu Hideki's previous experience as an idol, such as his romantic affairs, such as his wealth, etc.

Some media even began to question why Hideki Hanyu, who was nominated for the highest international picture book award, would not be selected for the Naoki Award before.

Watching the lively media that is not afraid of big things, completely ignoring the fact that the two awards are not the same type.

They concoct all sorts of conspiracy theories to stir up the public's nerves and the sanity of Hideki Hanyu's fans.

One of the most "daring" speculations is that Hideki Hanyu, who has been internationally recognized, did not win the Naoki Award because he was ostracized in Neon.

This speculation, fueled by the media, has convinced many of Hideki's fanatical fans of Hanyu to be true.

They began to make phone calls and write letters to the organizers of the Naoki Awards, the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, and the Neon Literature Promotion Association.

Ask them if they're crowding out Hideki Hanyu.

There are even some extreme fans who have already protested at the door of the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House with banners.

Because of this incident, the Neon Literature Promotion Association specially accepted an interview to explain.

It is said that Hideki Hanyu was nominated for the Kate Greenway Award for a picture book work, while the Naoki Award was a literary award, and the two are not comparable.

Avid fans of calf care can not handle this, coupled with the hype of unscrupulous media.

In a short period of time, the Spring and Autumn Publishing House of Literature and Art and the Neon Literature Promotion Association are considered to have fallen into bad luck.

A black hat that doesn't want money, all buttoned up on their heads.

At this time, not to mention the explanation of the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, even Hanyu Hideki explained it himself.

Those media also completely turn a blind eye for the sake of sales, for the sake of ratings.

As for how long this matter will be troubled, it depends on how long the heat of this news can last.

When the time comes, no one else will come forward, and the media will automatically jump out to apologize and explain.

Squeeze the news out of the last bit of heat.

Of course, at this time, in addition to hyping up the gossip, what the media wants to do most is to interview Hanyu Hideki.

And Hideki Hanyu, who had already expected everything, would be interviewed.

After receiving the news, he quietly went to the Shogakukan.

When I saw Masahiro Aiga at the Shogakukan, the other party asked for it.

"I think the unit price of Hanyu-san's picture books after Hanyu-san can be increased by 500 yen."

The price of a picture book is determined by the size and number of pages of the picture book.

Hideki Hanyu's picture books cost 1,250 yen for the lowest price and 2,200 yen for the highest.

According to Masahiro Aga's increase, the lowest price of picture books in the future will be 1,750 yen.

Although the price of neon books has not been cheap, even Hanyu Hideki, who loves money, thinks so.

At this price, the intention of cutting leeks is too naked.

After all, in his plan, the price of the electronic pet is only 1980 yen.

So he said directly, "It's too high." ”

But Xianghe Masahiro didn't think so, he persuaded.

"Hanyu-san, in fact, the price of picture books has been rising in the past two years, but the price of your picture books has not changed, and this nomination is our best opportunity to increase prices."

In Soga Masahiro's words, there is also a layer of hidden meaning.

That is, if you just get the nomination and don't get the award.

If the price does not increase this time, there will be no chance to increase the price.

It's just that because of Hanyu Hideki's face, Masahiro Aiga didn't say anything.

Hideki Hanyu could naturally hear what Masahiro Aiga meant.

Although he is not sure if he will win the prize, he is greedy for money, but he is not greedy.

He always believes that no matter what he does, it is better to go longer and more steadily than to achieve quick success.

In particular, according to historical development, the publishing industry, which is still glorious now, will quickly decline after the advent of the Internet.

In later generations, even in the neon publishing industry, the only one that can make a stable profit and is still growing is the field of children's books.

Therefore, in Hanyu Hideki's view, as a picture book writer, he can still harvest leeks for a long time, and there is no need to dig them up all at once.

Making money is important, and word of mouth is equally important.

However, if he judged the future in this way, he could not tell Masahiro Soga, so he could only find a separate reason.

"Senior Minister, I can understand what you mean, but I want to say that if we increase the price by so much now, then if I win the award, we will have no room to continue to raise the price."

Hanyu Hideki's words made Masahiro Aiga feel conflicted.

I think what Hanyu Hideki said is very reasonable, after all, if the price increases by 500 yen this time, there is really no room for price increase next time.

And he felt that if Hideki Hanyu couldn't win the award, wouldn't he miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to increase prices.

After all, as a senior executive of the publishing house, he knows that the reputation of "The Owl Under the Moon" overseas is really good.

This kind of work that combines art, story, and family affection will not win an award if it can't be awarded.

He thinks that even Hideki Hanyu will find it difficult to create works of the same caliber again.

But Hideki Hanyu seemed to have guessed what Masahiro Soga was thinking.

Straightforward opening.

"Mr. Aga, I propose to raise the price to 100 yen, and if I don't win the prize this time, then I'll stop all work and concentrate on creating a book that is no less than an owl under the moon."

Hanyu Hideki said everything about this, and even if Masahiro Aiga didn't believe it, he could only nod in agreement.

If you want to raise the price again in a short time, you can only hope that the calculations of those experts in the media will come true.

Hideki Hanyu really won the Kate Greenway Award this year.

Leaving the Shogakukan, Hideki Hanyu returns to his luxury apartment in Chuo-ku.

In the face of the surging media and public opinion in the outside world, he lived a low-key life in a simple place.

In the past, when I lived in Manshiya, the media could occasionally take pictures of Hideki Hanyu going out.

But now that he is hiding in his apartment, the media have completely lost track of him.

However, the absence of media harassment does not mean that Hideki Hanyu can be idle.

Exercising and creating, of course, it goes without saying.

He has to deal with the work of the two clubs under his name.

The picture is released on the clouds, the new single of the Genki Girl, and he needs to be the producer.

After all, the addition of electronic dance music elements, except for him, other producers of YM Records can't handle it at all.

In order to avoid the reporters besieging him everywhere, he could only leave the apartment at night and sneak to the cloud film headquarters to help the Genki girl record a single.

In addition to this matter, the idea of building an office building for Yunying Film has also begun to be put on the agenda.

Asako Hirohashi calls several times a day to ask for his opinion.

On the cloud culture side, Sympathy Kitahara will also make a phone call from time to time to inquire about the promotion and sales of game exhibitions and electronic pets.

In this rhythm, the time flashed to February.

The temperature in Tokyo is starting to warm up, but the news about him in the media is gradually getting colder.

That morning, Hideki Hanyu woke up from his sleep.

Look at Kyoko Koizumi, who is leaning on the crook of his arm, and then look at the warm sun outside the window.

Thinking that public opinion had finally calmed down, he was finally able to go out for a walk, and he was in a very happy mood.

Just then, the bedside phone rang suddenly.

Picking up the phone, the voice of Eiichi Jimbo came from there.

"Boss, there's something I need to report to you."

"What's the matter?" Hideki Hanyu asked.

He heard the tone on the other end of the phone, obviously anxious.

"Someone is pulling up Nintendo's stock price, and Nintendo's stock price has risen by 50 percent in the past few days."

When Hideki Hanyu heard Eiichi Jimbo's words, he immediately sat up from the bed and leaned on the head of the bed.

His movements woke up Kyoko Koizumi, who was sleeping soundly.

However, Hanyu Hideki couldn't care about her anymore, and asked Kamibo Eichi with a frown.

"Tell me everything you know."

In Hanyu's memory, Nintendo's stock price rose only after the completion of the new factory in March.

And the initial increase was also very low, and the real explosive growth was only after the FC red and white machine began to be promoted.

On the other side of the phone, Eiichi Kamibo replied in a serious tone.

"I thought it was our actions that caused the stock price to rise so fast, but then I found out that other forces had entered, and I didn't know who it was at first, but I ...... some time ago."

Speaking of this, Eiichi Shen lowered his voice.

"Some time ago, wasn't the boss worried that I was being harassed by Jidao, and arranged for two bodyguards to come over, and two days ago, the bodyguard found out that someone was following me, so he tried to investigate, but he accidentally found that it was the force behind the stock price that was following me, boss, guess who."

"Less waste...... Ah......h

Hideki Hanyu was about to speak, but he said something inexplicably.

"What's wrong with you, boss?"

"It's okay, I accidentally hit the table."

After Hanyu Hideki finished explaining, he glanced at Kyoko Koizumi who suddenly buried his head in his homework and caused him to lose his temper.

As a result, the other party did not repent, smiled coquettishly and continued to bow his head to write homework.

Hanyu Hideki could only wait for the phone call to finish before cleaning up this little goblin, gritting his teeth and saying to Eiichi Kambo.

"You don't talk nonsense, hurry up and say who it is."

Shen Bao Yingyi didn't dare to sell Guanzi, and hurriedly said the answer.

"It's a fund owned by Marubeni Corporation, and although they do it very secretly, I happen to know one of them."

As soon as Shen Bao Ying said this, he added.

"After knowing who it was, I found out that the funds under Maruhongqi have absorbed a large number of institutional Nintendo stocks, and now they are big dealers."

"Marubeni Corporation? What do they want to do? ”

Hideki Hanyu muttered softly to himself.

"What to do, of course the big dealers are going to ship the stock price."

On the other end of the phone, Shen Baoying thought he was asking him, and answered as a matter of course.

However, Hideki Hanyu did not speak, but thought about the name of Marubeni Shoji.

Of course he knew about Marubeni Sho.

Together with Itochu Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsui & Co., and Sumitomo Corporation, it is known as the neon five major general trading companies.

When he heard about Marubeni Corporation, he immediately thought of Itochu Corporation.

After all, historically, these two were actually one, and they were later split up by America to become two.

And thinking of ITOCHU Corporation, he inexplicably remembered that young lady Haruko Naito, who had a brief chat with him at the reception, the leader of the ITOCHU Corporation.

And just when Hideki Hanyu thought of Haruko Naito.

Far away in a mansion in Tokyo, Haruko Naito is sitting across from a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man looked at Haruko Naito with a kind face, "Haruko is so sure that someone will take over Nintendo's stock." ”

Haruko Naito smiled cutely and replied in a delicate voice.

"Uncle doesn't believe me?"

The man said in a doting tone, "Haruko has been smart since she was a child, how could I not believe it." ”

Haruko Naito's expression is well-behaved, but her eyes are extremely confident.

Throughout Hideki Hanyu's fame to the present, he has never done useless things.

First, he established a game software development club, and then raised funds to quietly absorb a large number of Ninsky shares.

Is it just for stock speculation?

How many times can it be raised to be worth such a big fight?

The purpose is definitely for Nintendo itself.

……

At this time, the call between Eiichi Kamibo and Hideki Hanyu also came to an end.

Eichi Kamiho asked Hideki Hanyu, "Boss, if the other party really raises the stock price and then sells, we won't be able to accept it." ”

Hideki Hanyu laughed when he heard this.

"Pick up, pick up as many as you want! I was worried that the shares of those institutions would not be sold to us, and as a result, well-wishers came to help. ”

I thought that the stocks in the hands of institutions could not be bought, and he only relied on buying bulk stocks, but he couldn't make much money this time when Nintendo skyrocketed.

But suddenly a Marubeni business did something, although I don't know why.

But if the other party really wants to raise the stock price and let him take over, then he will really take over the plate.

Hideki Hanyu didn't know.

He is just simple, wanting to take advantage of the skyrocketing stock price of Nintendo.

As a result, there was a guy who thought he was smart, thinking that he was quietly absorbing stocks and playing Nintendo's idea.

I thought that the Kate Greenway Award was only awarded to local writers, and then I wrote that I wanted to compete for the Caldecott Award, but later I found out that it was the old American Caldecott Award that was stingy, and the previous one had been changed to the Kate Greenway Award.

(End of chapter)