hotmtlnovel Chapter 594 Protest March
Chapter 594 Protest March
Chapter 594 Protest March
There is no sight more spectacular than fire.
The fire ignited by Hojo Kyosuke burned more and more vigorously with the help of many enthusiastic people. According to statistics, the sales of Asahi Shimbun increased by 500,000 copies, and the same was true for Sankei Shimbun.
Even the newspapers that were just discussing the work saw a huge increase in sales, and the novel itself was naturally extremely popular. The publishing house from Eishusha sent another contract to print an additional 500,000 copies.
The next day, fans who had read the novel and were convinced that Hojo Kyosuke had been treated unfairly by the Mystery Writers Association finally held a protest march. The crowd gathered in Bunkyo Ward, and the members of the Rampage Angels, who had rich experience in opportunities, showed extraordinary discipline, which surprised the relevant department personnel who came to assist in the march.
In response to this, the members of the Special Attack Department gave a unified explanation: In order to better support Mr. Hojo, we usually train ourselves strictly.
In response to this, the reaction of ordinary book fans was: He is really worthy of being called Mr. Hojo, even the quality of his fans is so high.
The two sides got along very happily and agreed to hold more parades in the future when they have time.
The route for the parade was planned in advance, and Tetsuta Kisaki prepared sufficient support along the way, including food supplements, doctors and ambulances, flags and banners, and uniform clothing...
Of course, although almost all the protesters are people related to Hojo Kyosuke, the theme of the protest certainly cannot be "My brother has been treated unfairly." If such a banner is really raised, it will not help Hojo Kyosuke increase traffic but harm him. Only a brother with a really bad brain would do this. Hojo Kyosuke does not have the skills of justice cutting, so he has to take better care of his fans.
Through "The Dreams and Death of Writer K", they raised the banner of making the award evaluation transparent and open, so that every author has the right to win the award and there is no secret manipulation.
Don't say this is a good move. There are many writers who failed in the past who couldn't afford the award and are resentful. Some of them are more reckless and directly donate money and materials to express their support, while some express their concern on social platforms such as Twitter, talking about what happened when they were candidates, and secretly saying that they are also victims.
As the only designated partner, TV Asahi occupied the best camera position and followed the report all the way.
In the middle of the process, a team that seemed to be organized by Motohiro Matsumoto seemed to want to stop the march, but they were cleared out without even causing a ripple. This made the people from Sankei Shimbun look very unhappy, thinking, didn't they agree to perform together? Now they are trying to eat alone?
The parade arrived at the downstairs of the Neon Mystery Writers Association without any interruption. Here the team had doubled in size, and this was because it was a weekday, otherwise there would be even more people joining in the fun.
Unfortunately, the people on duty at the association today were Kurokawa Toyomasa and Naganuma Hiroki, the two social judges.
Hearing the protests coming from outside the window, Kurokawa Toyomasa's face looked extremely ugly. He looked up and saw that Naganuma Hiroki opposite him was not much better than himself. His face, which was already loose due to age, was black and blue like a devil.
"What should we do?" he asked.
"What did the president say?" asked Naganuma.
"He said he would be back as soon as possible."
"Oh, wait until we lose all our face and then come back to reap the fruits of victory?" Naganuma sneered.
Hearing this, Kurokawa Toyomasa became even more annoyed and started cursing:
"What on earth does that bastard Hojo Kyousuke want to do! We already said we would vote for him, and we didn't let him distribute the book, and now he wants to hold a protest march. Does he really want to kill us?"
Naganuma Hiroki's eyes were filled with resentment, but he was smart enough not to say anything. He was not that idiot Kurokawa, who dared to say such things after the last intimidation. Did he really have to wait for someone to stick a knife into the bed before he knew how to be afraid?
Knock knock—there was a knock on the door.
Kurokawa Toyomasa immediately shut up and looked towards the door.
"Director Kurokawa, Director Naganuma, the protesters said they would storm the association if they couldn't see the person in charge again. The people over there also asked our person in charge to go out and calm the crowd immediately."
The secretary at the door looked panicked. It was really strange. She didn't expect that a literary association would be attacked one day. She had no experience. What would happen to her when those people rushed in? It seemed that the teachers in the association had written in their works that in the chaos, even the teacups would not be intact.
Thinking of this, the secretary added:
"Everyone in the association is very scared. Some have already run to the other side to join the protest. Please make a decision quickly, both directors."
"..."
Naganuma Hiroki raised his head, and his dark blue old face scared the young secretary so much that her face turned pale.
After quickly closing the door, the secretary walked down the stairs quickly, ignoring the questions from his colleagues and the conquered personnel, walked out of the association's door, walked into the protesting team opposite, took a flag with the word "fairness" written on it, and began to shout "bullshit association".
"Let's go..." Kurokawa Toyoma sighed, flicked his trousers, and was ready to get up from the ground.
Naganuma Hiroki said nothing and stood up on his knees.
The two went downstairs and stood in front of the protesting crowd under the protection of relevant personnel (members of the Violent Angels).
"I..." Kurokawa Toyomasa was about to say something polite but was interrupted by the person opposite him.
"Councilor Kurokawa, what are the criteria for the association's awards? Is it based solely on your personal preferences? Or does it depend on the sincerity of the writer?"
Tetsuta Kisaki interrupted directly. Without his nod, the microphone in front of Kurokawa Toyoma would not be powered on. As he spoke, he opened a huge poster, which listed in detail the works that won the Mystery Association Award in recent years, as well as several other major literary awards. It can be seen that there is no overlap between the lists.
"... In other words, the works you selected are not favored by other awards, including the House Award. Is it because the public's vision is very poor? Or is it that your vision has never been down to earth..."
Having watched countless speeches, Xiqi's skills are amazing, and every word he says is extremely provocative. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, everyone in the Crazy Angels would have wanted to shout for him to be offboard.
Kurokawa Toyomasa, who was described as a fool by Naganuma Hiroki, didn't know whether the presence of so many people gave him courage, thinking that Kisaki wouldn't dare to hurt him in such an occasion, or whether he had forgotten the pain after the wound healed, so he raised the microphone and started to speak, but unfortunately the microphone didn't make any sound, and he was so angry that he repeatedly slapped the microphone. Then he shouted at the top of his voice, but how could he beat Kisaki Tetsuta who had a speaker?
Hiroki Naganuma shook his head, completely disappointed with his ally.
This guy is an idiot. Thinking of this, he lowered his head with a guilty look and made up his mind.
After the microphone was turned on, he directly threw dirty water on Kenzo Chino, saying that he could not decide who to vote for, and that if they were to die, they should die together and no one should try to step on him to get to the top!
The reporters from the nearby TV station were so excited that they wanted to point their cameras at Tetsuta Kisaki's face.
This is too much to say!
But that's not enough, aren't there so many muscular men in the team? Let's fight!
If they fight, the news will be even bigger.
In the middle, Kisaki also gave Kurokawa Toyomasa on the opposite side two chances to speak, but the power was cut off again before the other party could organize his words.
In just a short while, the protesting group grew larger. Many passers-by who did not know what was going on were attracted by his speech and began to curse the injustice of the Reasoning Association.
After looking at the signal sent by his subordinates next to him, Xisaki finally put down the microphone. At this moment, in the protest team behind him, the people who had taken leave to protest were all excited and they could launch a board charge with just one order.
Kurokawa Toyomasa's face was frighteningly stiff, as if he had completely forgotten how to smile. Naganuma Hiroki seized the opportunity to pick up the microphone and was about to start blaming others when he saw someone walk straight up to the podium and squeeze him out of the way.
Damn, how did this bastard come here at such a coincidence?
Hiroki Naganuma's eyes widened. The person who came was the association's president Kenzo Chino.
Seeing that the other party was about to speak, he quickly raised the microphone and shouted.
Damn! Why is there no electricity again?!
What made him even more furious was that a microphone suddenly appeared in Kenzo Chikano's hand.
When the president arrived, he bowed 90 degrees without saying anything, with his waist and legs straight to form a perfect right angle. Otherwise, how could he be the president? Just the ability to bow shows that he is not an ordinary person.
"I'm sorry, we've let everyone down. As the president, I have an unshirkable responsibility for the current state of the association. I..."
Kenzo Chino's words made the faces of Kurokawa Toyomasa and the other man next to him even gloomier. Not only did this bastard not want to solve the problem, he also wanted to put them both into the coffin and nail them down.
He made a series of apologies and showed a very good attitude of admitting his mistakes. Tetsuta Kisaki also cooperated and said that he was willing to believe President Chino.
The protesting team disbanded on the spot, and Xisaki, the person in charge, was invited to the association to discuss how the association could improve.
"Haha, Kisaki-kun, is everything going well with the Hojo? I heard that they printed another 500,000 copies. That's incredible. It's amazing that a work written in just two days can be so good. It's really scary for us old veterans."
In the office, Kenzo Chikano laughed and personally made tea and brought it to Tetsuta Kisaki.
"Hehe~ I also want to thank President Chino for his help."
Xisaki was very grateful, as the publicity work was not just done by him. President Chino also made a lot of efforts and introduced many writers and entertainment industry figures who were familiar with him to help with the publicity.
Yes, the popular "Are you satisfied with my trick this time?" in the entertainment industry also has a driving force behind it. Kenzo Chikano is not like Hojo Kyosuke who has no connections in the entertainment industry. His works have been adapted into three TV series and four movies so far, and his connections are amazing.
At this moment, he is not hesitating to drag the entire association into the water to help Hojo Kyosuke build up his momentum. Although he knows that the other party is using him and others as knives to eliminate dissidents, as they are both sinister villains, Kisaki says this is a good idea.
As for the reform of the association, Kenzo Chino had already thought about it long before. He simply added an online judge in addition to the five judges and held a referendum by the whole nation.
This move is enough to withstand all the backlash. Isn't it fair and transparent? Isn't this enough?
However, this vote actually has no effect on the final selection results. After this time, Kenzo Chino will have complete control of the association, with five votes to one, allowing him to manipulate the selection more easily than before!
In the evening, on a social talk show on TV Asahi.
Hojo Kyosuke, congressman Yamaguchi Daisuke, critic Futami Jiraiya, and Neon Mystery Association President Kenno Kenzo took the stage one after another. On the TV screen, when each person made a brilliant appearance, the character portrait would freeze briefly, and then a description of the character would appear next to it.
Hojo Kyosuke, known as the "Heisei Wind Style", is a traditional writer with a strong literary character. There was once a poll on the Internet about his girlfriend, with the options reaching double digits.
This is followed by a list of his works and the awards he has won.
The same goes for parliamentarians, critics and presidents. If they are not properly introduced, how will the audience know whose performance they are watching?
Japanese TV stations love to play pranks on guests, firstly to increase the effect of the program and secondly to increase controversy and explosive points. For example, when Japanese congressmen hold a meeting, who wants to listen to those boring speeches? Even watching them is a waste of electricity. But if two congressmen fight on the spot, or even a hundred people fight, it will be interesting, and even paying viewers will pay for it.
For example, for this show, the director originally wanted to invite the rival Motohiro Matsumoto to come along, but he refused outright and even tried to poach them, instead inviting Kyosuke Hojo and Jiraiya Futami to appear on the show at Fuji TV, which is owned by the Sankei Shimbun.
Well, so business is business, everything is for the sake of money. The higher the newspaper sales, the higher the advertising fee, and the more popular the TV program, the more sponsors there will be.
Without an enemy, the host had to take the stage by himself, and he wanted to start a fight right from the start:
"Mr. Hojo, are you aware of today's protest?"
As he spoke, banners of the protesting crowd and Kenzo Chino bowing 90 degrees appeared on the screen, and it was obvious that he wanted the two to have a quarrel.
The host then directly asked Hojo Kyosuke whether the reason he wrote the new work was because he suffered unfair treatment in the Mystery Writers Association, without giving any face to Kenzo Chino who was sitting next to him.
Hojo Kyosuke was not surprised by this. He was still elegant and smiling. He said in a gentle voice that he and President Chino were good friends. He did not expect what happened today. He did not know what happened inside the association. Then he looked at the camera and said seriously:
"…As you all know, I just won the Honwu Award not long ago. I feel very honored and happy. But I want to say here that as a writer, the honor is a kind of recognition of me, but my main job is always to create. The greatest honor for me is the recognition of readers. My goal is always to focus on creation and write better works to give back to my book fans."
Kenzo Chino's heart was twitching at these words, and Councillor Yamaguchi Daisuke's pupils were trembling, thinking what a shameless guy. If the face was not so young, he would have thought that the person sitting next to him was a cunning politician.
After a moment, the three of them applauded together, and it was unclear whether they were applauding for someone's feelings or for his shamelessness.
Seeing that his first move failed, the host targeted congressman Yamaguchi Daisuke. How could he not throw out some ruthless information to attract attention? However, this rising political star of the Liberal Democratic Party was no loser either. He fooled the host in a few moves and began to promote his own governing philosophy and canvass for votes crazily.
Kenzo Chino, who came next, was even more exaggerated. After talking about his ideas for reforming the association, he even started promoting his new book. Each one was more impolite than the last.
Only Futami Jiraiya was the most honest. Whenever he found an opportunity, he would directly scold Matsumoto Motohiro and the Sankei Shimbun. This made the host feel emotional, realizing that only family members can be trusted.
Hojo Kyosuke and a few others also gave face and followed suit by cursing a few words, saying that if the other side was not convinced, they were welcome to fight, and the truth would not be clear.
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