Tokyo Literary Godfather

As soon as the two books "Naoki Hansawa" and "The Devotion of Suspect X" were put on the market, they were like two atomic bombs, which immediately exploded the summer book market.

It ranks so high on major book lists that it almost forces other novels into a corner. Especially as soon as the list comes out, it has a great impact on readers' willingness to buy.

Readers who are not very interested in these two books at first can’t help but think in their hearts when they see that these two books are at the top of the sales list, leaving other works far behind. looks good? Buy a copy and try it out.

"It's really amazing...that Fujiwara-sensei..."

Momoka Kamiya came to Junkudo Bookstore, looked up at the weekly sales ranking posted in the bookstore, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

There are only ten books on the list, and Kamiya Momoka’s new book is ranked eighth. Although it has a very good sales performance, Kamiya Momoka can’t help but feel that the top two books are both written by Fujiwara Kei. Some frustration.

He walked to the most conspicuous part of the bookstore, where "Naoki Hansawa" and "The Devotion of Suspect In a small basket.

Then he found the shopping guide and asked: "Hello, may I ask where is the book "The Time for Girls to Meet"?"

The shopping guide said respectfully: "Hello, wait a moment, I will help you find it."

After a while, the shopping guide came over, holding a book in his hand. The pink book looked very girly, and it looked like a romance novel.

"Hello, this is the book."

Momoka Kamiya glanced down, took the book and said, "Well, that should be it, and then put it in the basket."

The shopping guide looked at Kamiya Momoka's back and thought to herself: Is this a romance novel bought for his daughter? Or buy it to see for yourself?

It’s not surprising that aunts and mothers in their forties and fifties also have girlish hearts.

Momoka Kamiya went to the counter to pay, wrapped the three books in brown paper, put them in her tote bag and took them away.

After leaving the bookstore, Momoka Kamiya went to a nearby bakery to buy a lot of desserts and bread, and then directly waved for a taxi.

"Go to the Medical University." After getting in the car, Kamiya Momoka said.

After the taxi arrived at the Medical University, Momoka Kamiya paid the fare and came to the inpatient department. Under the guidance of the hospital nurse, she walked into a ward.

"Teacher Sakurada, are you okay?" Momoka Kamiya walked into the ward and said.

"Is it Taoxiang?" It's been a long time since we last saw a thin old man with gray hair lying on the hospital bed.

This old man’s name is Sakuradabe Ga. He is a very famous screenwriter and novelist. He used to be a movie screenwriter and later became a novelist.

The novel "Virgin" won the Akutagawa Prize. His writing career lasted for decades, and the total sales of his works exceeded 10 million. His works have influenced a generation, and he is a well-deserved master in the palace of Japanese pure literature.

As for Sakuradabe, I am nearly eighty this year. I have serious health problems and need to stay in the hospital for a long time to recuperate. However, Kamiya Momoka received a lot of help from this senior when I was young. I am very grateful to him, so I often come to visit him.

"It's very good...it smells so good, what did you buy?" Sakuradabe shrugged her nose and then looked at the paper bag containing bread in Momoka Kamiya's arms.

"I bought some bread... Teacher Sakurada's favorite." Momoka Kamiya said, looking at an older aunt not far away with a guilty look.

Yamada, the female nurse responsible for taking care of Sakuradabe, said with a straight face: "Ms. Kamiya, he has already eaten. Teacher Sakurada's digestion is very weak, so he cannot eat more snacks. He is also greedy..."

Hearing this, Sakuradabe looked unhappy and tried to exchange glances with Kamiya Momoka, but she couldn't see Kamiya Momoka's eyes at all.

"I'm sorry, Miss Yamama... please forgive me this time." Momoka Kamiya smiled and handed over the bread bag.

Seeing the way Sakuradabe and I swallowed, the nurse couldn't bear it, so she took out a croissant from the paper bag and handed it to Sakuradabe and me: "Really... Teacher Sakurada, you can only eat one a day."

Sakuradabe I grabbed the croissant and couldn't help but take a bite. Although Sakuradabe I am old and have many problems with my body, my teeth are very healthy and I can bite hard food. It is amazing.

"Kamiya, your new work has been published recently." Sakuradabe asked me, "How is the sales going, and how is the external reception?"

"It's okay, the sales are pretty good." Momoka Kamiya said with a smile.

Sakuradabe whispered at this time: "Where is the book I asked you to buy for me?"

"it's here."

Momoka Kamiya put her hand into her bag and took out the three books wrapped in brown paper. After tearing the brown paper apart, she took out the book "The Time for Girls to Meet" and handed it to Sakuradabe.

Sakuradabe I happily took the novel and rubbed the pink cover.

"Oh, I've been so bored these days, now I have something to do."

Momoka Kamiya also smiled helplessly. This senior, known as the standard bearer of literature in the 1960s, has created many classic and profound literary works, and is a character that will be introduced in textbooks. But in his later years, he became crazy about romance novels and girl comics.

Moreover, I read these books with true feelings. I often burst into tears when I see a romance novel in which the hero and heroine are not together.

Sometimes I still feel that today's authors are really talented, and what I write is nothing compared to them.

I guess the authors of these romance novels will be so scared that they will fall to their knees when they hear these words...

"Huh? What are these two books?" Sakuradabe asked, pointing to "Naoki Hansawa" and "The Devotion of Suspect X".

After seeing the four words "Hanzawa Naoki", he said: "Isn't this the name of the TV series?"

"Yes." Momoka Kamiya nodded, "It's the novel of the same name written by the TV drama screenwriter. I bought it and read it myself."

At this time, she suddenly thought of something and said to Sakuradabe: "By the way, the author of these two novels is the same person. Moreover, this person has some similarities with Sakurada-sensei's experience. He is both a screenwriter and a novelist."

"Oh?" Sakuradabe picked up the two novels and glanced at them twice, "But he is much luckier than me. The scripts I wrote were not written by me willingly. I think back then, my These hands have written a lot of excuse stories for those bastards."

After hearing this, Momoka Kamiya stopped talking and did not continue, for fear of triggering any bad memories of Teacher Sakurada again. People always like to recall the past in their old age, and they always get emotional when recalling the unpleasant past.

Sakuradabe started out as a film screenwriter, but the types of films he created were quite special, and later generations collectively referred to those films as "national films."

The so-called national policy movies are war aid movies produced by the Japanese government in special times.

The purpose of such movies is to brainwash the public and advocate "aggression is justified" and "the spirit of sacrifice." The protagonists of the movies are ordinary people with a high degree of courage and are willing to fight to the death and win the battle for the emperor. For a long time, this type of movie was the mainstream of Japanese movies.

Although Japan looked fierce on the surface at that time, it actually had a weak foundation and weak internal strength. In terms of physical resources, they simply cannot support them in winning such a large-scale victory, but "people" are also a kind of resource. As a result, Japan at that time carried out brainwashing education to encourage citizens to die, and movies, as the most effective weapon for spreading ideas at the time, also participated in this.

And Sakuradabe participated in the creation of this type of national policy film when he was young. Although he did not agree with every word he wrote, in this special era, these are all things that he cannot help but do. However, his elder brother was influenced by the type of national policy films he created. He joined the army and participated in a famous death squad, and eventually died in a plane crash.

This incident caused great psychological harm to Sakuradabe. After the war, he stopped writing movie scripts. Even if he could no longer make those annoying national films, he was somewhat repelled by movie creation. . He turned around and wrote some literary works with delicate emotions and sad thoughts, but he became a literary master of a generation.

After he stopped writing in his later years, he began to like horror novels and romance novels that seemed to have no nutrition. This may not be a way of escaping painful memories.

"Naoki Hansawa... it's a very good TV series..." Sakuradabe said, holding all three books in his arms, "Forget it, give me these two books. I hope before I die. , give me more fun."