The Goddess Shines on America

At the end of July in Tokyo, it was a hot time. Beautiful girls in short skirts could be seen everywhere in Shibuya, and this also gave many idiots a chance to feast their eyes. At this time, it was the most vigorous development of the entire Japanese economy. The country's high prosperity can be seen from the most prosperous administrative districts of the Capital Region.

Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, is located in the central area of ​​the 23rd ward of Tokyo. It is only about three kilometers away from the residence of the Emperor and the seat of the central government. This is the cultural center of Tokyo. There are many private universities, middle schools, and high schools in Japan. The main campus of the University of Tokyo is located here. In general, there are no fewer than ten universities of various types and no fewer than 20 high schools of various types. A total of nearly 100 colleges and universities are gathered within a radius of only a few kilometers, which does not lose its reputation as a cultural and educational district.

One of Japan's largest publishing companies, Kodansha is located here.

Kodansha is Japan's largest comprehensive publishing house and one of Japan's major comic publishing houses. It is also known as the manga Sano of Japanese publishing industry along with Shogakukan and Shueisha. Its predecessor was the Dainippon Eloquent Society founded in 1909. At that time, the debate magazine "Debate" was published. Since 1911, it has been used together with the name Dainippon Eloquent Society, and then changed to its current name in 1958. Kodansha.

However, even if it enjoys a lofty status in Japan, the office building itself is not an exaggerated skyscraper, but just a five-story bungalow style ⑩≌long⑩≌wind⑩≌wen⑩≌learning, w□ww. cfw↓x.ne√t total building only.

The word small and refined has always been common in the literature publishing industry. As a company that publishes books, it does not need too many employees, because most of the products are delivered directly by writers living in all parts of the country. Coming. A book is a product, and how much space does a book use?

At noon, about a quarter past nine o'clock, a small truck stopped at the entrance of the Kodansha building. When Hirota got out of the car, he was pleasantly surprised to see that a handsome middle-aged man was walking towards him quickly.

"Oh, isn't this Tsukamoto-san, why did you pick up the goods at the door yourself?"

The middle-aged man nodded at him with a serious expression, but said in a kind tone: "Ashamed, ashamed, I am actually a bit late today, and I just walked into the lobby just now. Hirota-san, are there many express shipments today?"

Hirota opened the door of the cargo box swiftly: "About twenty-five pieces, all of them are manuscripts sent to you Kodansha. Haha, don’t look at the quantity, it doesn’t take up space at all. It’s not like I went to East University. Like sending textbooks there, stacks of them will sink to death!"

Tsukamoto smiled indifferently: "It's just different in nature. For college, twenty-five books are just a subject in a small class. Just pile up the manuscripts at my feet. You can go upstairs if you don't bother."

Hirota smiled with joy: "Thank you so much, Tsukamoto-san, then I have to work harder."

Twenty-five books are not a small weight, but of course Hirota’s physical fitness as a courier does not need to be doubted. After swiftly placing things up the steps, he quickly unpacked the boxes and was ready to go to the next store.

Standing in front of the company's door, Tsukamoto beckoned inside.

A young guy ran out immediately: "Editor in chief!"

"Find two people and move these books back. I'll take one first."

Looking at the thin package on the top layer, Tsukamoto drew it up casually, and walked quickly into the company.

Tsukamoto is a person who cares about details, and the editor-in-chief on the fifth floor is well organized by him. Not only the books, but also the placement of the ashtray, where each half-smoked cigarette is placed on the ashtray, and how the flower pots on the windowsill are placed. He can clearly remember every detail. , And will never let the secretary change at will.

When he walked into the editor's room, he instructed the secretary Eshima to pour himself a cup of good biluochun, and Tsukamoto sat on the office chair. The first thing that caught your eye was the nominations for this year's "Edogawa Ranbu Award".

That was what he asked Eshima to put here the day before yesterday. The Edogawa Ranbu Award is one of the most important awards in the Japanese mystery world. It uses unpublished novels as submissions, and every time it can unearth the stars of tomorrow. A rookie in the literary world. It can be said that understanding this list is the best way to understand the development of the Japanese literary world in the next few years.

Since the first edition of the 1950s, the winning works of the Edogawa Ranbu Prize have been published by Kodansha, and it has long been one of the most important parts of this long-established publishing house. Not only Tsukamoto, but the editor-in-chief of each past session has to carefully grasp the list of each session.

However, for two full years, Tsukamoto has been disappointed.

The reason is simple, there have been no outstanding works.

Although there will still be winners in each session, it is just choosing the best from the inferior. They are also newcomer debuts. The winners of these two sessions are actually quite unworthy of this title.

It stands to reason that most of the new reasoning writers in Japan will send their works to Kodansha, even if they can’t win the prize, it’s good to try their luck. But in the past two years, it seems that because of the great economic development of Japan, many potential writers who might have gone to the literary world have given up their pens and thrown their energy into the stock market like crazy.

Whether they have made any money, Tsukamoto is unclear, but if the quality of the works of the next Edogawa Ranbu Awards is still not high enough, the editor-in-chief of him will definitely be blamed by the president.

"Editor in chief, your tea."

While Tsukamoto was staring at the list and frowned, Secretary Eshima walked in with a teacup.

Tsukamoto didn't have time to care, waved his hand and said, "Well, just put it wherever you go."

"Good editor in chief."

Eshima put the teacup on the tabletop, and at the same time looked at the courier package placed on the tabletop by Tsukamoto.

"Oh, isn't this an American address!?"

Tsukamoto looked up: "What America?"

Jiang Dao pointed to the package on the table in surprise: "Address, editor-in-chief, this package is from...Oh, it's from Los Angeles!"

It's just the submissions sent to the publishing house every day at the regular meeting. I have to deal with so much every day, and Tsukamoto really didn't pay attention to the address problem. He picked it up and saw that it was actually the address in Los Angeles, USA!

"King Alice?"

Seeing this name, which is obviously not an ordinary Japanese, Tsukamoto frowned slightly: "Ejima, you go out first."

"Good editor in chief."

There was no sense of existence in Eshima's departure, and Tsukamoto's attention was all attracted by the name.

King Alice?

At the first moment when he saw the name, Tsukamoto realized that he was very familiar with it. It seemed that he had heard the name through various channels for a long time. This idea is somewhat funny. For him, who has been in the publishing industry for 20 years, he understands more thoroughly than any ordinary person.

"...It doesn't matter, let's see the content first."

Having memorized this person's name deeply, Tsukamoto skillfully unpacked the package, revealing a very delicately bound manuscript.

What made him a little funny is that the author of this novel actually wrote "Shelf Suggestions: Mystery Novels" on the cover.

"Really, it is said that Cao Cao Cao Cao has arrived, and another mystery novel has been brought to my eyes?"

Tsukamoto smiled wryly and glanced at the nomination list for the Edogawa Ranbu Award next to him. This year's work will be published early next year, but the list is now being compiled. After all, this is an award for unpublished novels by newcomer writers. Whether it is for awards or subsequent publicity, books must have a lot of work to be done before they are officially launched.

"Maybe this instinct can catch up, just look at the quality."

In this way, Tsukamoto turned the page at will, and three huge men suddenly came into view.

At the same time, just outside the editor-in-chief's office, more than ten senior editors are also starting a new day in small chats.

"Ah~ I'm so sleepy..."

But early in the morning, Qingzhi lay lazily on the table and stopped working. He had been yawning since he first started working, and anyone could see the two black panda eyes.

The female editor Chunzi sitting behind him spoke up, but Wang Zhi despised: "It's not because you have to stay up late to clear Mario, you deserve it."

This can cause a backlash. The graduate student of Dongda who is only 25 years old is eligible to sit here, Hongji said: "Oh, Junko, you have to understand. Super Mario is a super fun game. When it was released, I stayed up late to play with a few classmates."

Chunzi didn't want to say: "You are in college, Qingzhi is going to be a father next year, and his parents are almost 60 years old, so how can you still rely on your own temperament?"

Hongzhi rolled his eyes on the spot: "Ah...the old immortals...have to feed..."

"What are you talking about, brat, are you looking for a hit? Yamamoto, look at it, you talk about Hongji..."

"Oh, so annoying~!"

The noisy voices of colleagues awakened Qing Zhi~www.readwn.com~ He raised his head with a voice, and then, with a bang, his forehead knocked on the table again: "Five minutes, let me sleep for another five minutes." , There’s nothing to do right now anyway. Hongji, can you make me a cup of coffee, double espresso, it’s hard work."

"Yes, senior..."

However, just as Qingzhi said this sentence for three seconds, with a bang, the door to the editor-in-chief's room was violently opened.

"Everyone!"

Standing at the door, Tsukamoto's face flushed red, and he was undoubtedly excited to the extreme: "A new era is coming!"

This voice immediately alarmed all the personnel, and Hongzhi quickly put down the cup and woke Qingzhi up and down.

"What happened?"

I saw that Tsukamoto waved the manuscript in his hand excitedly: "Junzi, hurry up and make enough copies of this manuscript, everyone, ready to meet at ten o'clock!" (To be continued.)