Although the Akutagawa Prize and the Naoki Prize are the most important awards in the Japanese literary world, it would be ridiculous to think that these two awards are absolutely fair and impartial. Although the hosting and selection rights of these two awards have been transferred from Bungeishunqiu Magazine to

Japan Literature Promotion Society, but everyone knows that there are still many connections between the two organizations. Just look at how many authors from "Bunshun" magazines are in the nomination lists and/or winners of these two awards.

The big prizes will still be given to "Literary Spring and Autumn" and its affiliated magazines. Lin Junxiu's works are either published in "ALL Readings" or "Literary Spring and Autumn" or "Belterous Edition of Literary Spring and Autumn", so Lin Junxiu can be regarded as a direct descendant of the "Literary Spring and Autumn Series"

As the author, Lin Junxiu naturally has certain advantages in this nomination.

Moreover, the Japanese literary circle is not so aloof. On the contrary, they are very keen to embrace the media. Many Japanese writers are well-known media commentators in Japan. They are not only willing to appear in current affairs politics or cultural and historical programs, but are not even interested in music or even variety shows.

Exclusion. Therefore, this group of people in the Japanese literary world are well versed in media hype, and they are eager for very special nominees and winners to appear in major literary awards. As an author who was nominated for the Naoki Award in the second year of junior high school, these literary

Both the promotion committee and the jury know how to arrange who will win the award. As long as Lin Junxiu's works are good enough and can continue to attract media attention and support, then there is a very high chance that the Naoki Award will eventually be awarded to Lin Junxiu.

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"Wengeishunqiu Publishing House will do its best to recommend you and your works to the public." Tsuneyasu Ijima lowered his voice and said in Lin Junxiu's ear, "After the nomination meeting is over, we will arrange an exclusive interview with you.

This exclusive interview will be published in the magazine "Literary Spring and Autumn". Although it is not recommended for the cover image, it will be recommended for the cover text. At the same time, your "4TEEN" will soon reach 300,000 copies sold. The publisher and Johnny Affairs

The association will issue a press release to the media to recommend this matter. In addition, I don’t know why Sonoda Shizuka-san values ​​you very much. She has recommended your book many times in public and private situations. I suggest that after the nomination meeting is over, you can accept Sonoda Shizuka-san.

Sang invites you for a cup of coffee or something. Don’t worry, since Tianyuan Sang is so respected in the literary world, it proves that she is a person who understands the rules and will not do anything inappropriate to a child like you."

"Thank you for your sincere recommendation." Although Junxiu Lin, Tsuneyasu Isoshima and Bungeishunqiu Publishing House are allied with interests, I still have to say thank you. Japanese society is also a humane society influenced by oriental culture.

What matters is how to behave. "Before I came here today, the agency also told me. After the nomination meeting, the agency will also help recommend them in the media. After all, there are many idols in the agency.

Give interviews to the media and stuff like that.”

"Book sales and media attention are the two indicators that ultimately determine whether you can win the award." Tsuneyasu Isoshima said. Whether a literary award can have credibility depends on whether the works of the writers it selects are good.

Obtain social recognition. Social recognition is reflected in two indicators, one is the sales volume of the work, and the other is naturally the reputation of public opinion.

While Junxiu Lin was chatting with Tsuneyasu Isoshima, several other writers nominated for the Naoki Award also arrived one after another. There was only one woman among the six nominees. Sure enough, the Japanese literary world is not so friendly to female authors. In terms of age,

Most of them are middle-aged people in their thirties and forties. After all, this is still a newcomer award, and authors who are too old will generally not be nominated by the Literature Promotion Association.

Although Lin Junxiu is relatively tall among Japanese teenagers of the same age, the childishness on his face cannot be concealed by formal clothes. Seeing a childish child waiting here wearing formal clothes, the writer who came to accept the nomination

Most of them have guessed the identity of Lin Junxiu. You know, since the official release of the single book "4TEEN", the age and identity of the author of this book have been the focus of the publisher's promotion. And it turns out that this promotion point is correct, many Japanese

I still have a certain interest in the work of a teenager who is in the second grade of junior high school. In particular, "4TEEN" written by Lin Junxiu not only truly writes the anxious reality of contemporary teenagers, but also exposes and accuses the current Japanese society. Of course,

Lin Junxiu's revelations and accusations may not be that profound, but after all, this is the work of a young man, and the public and readers still maintain a certain degree of tolerance.

Among the five other authors nominated together with Lin Junxiu this time, the most popular one is Kurutani Nagayoshi, who is also from Bungeishunqiu Publishing House. However, Lin Junxiu is mainly active in the popular literary magazine "ALL Readings" of the Bungeishun series, while Kurutani Nagayoshi

He is mainly active in the serious literary magazine "Literary World" of the Bunshun department. The remaining four nominated authors are Kobunsha, Shinchosha, Chuo Koron Shinsha and Asahi Shimbun Publishing House. Because from now on, everyone is basically a competitor.

So everyone had a tacit understanding not to stand together and chat, but just nodded and said hello from far apart.

"Kurutani-kun should have been competing for the 'Akutagawa Prize', but he unexpectedly released a single volume for the 'Naoki Prize'." Tsuneyasu Isojima couldn't help seeing the satisfied look of Kurutani Nagakichi and his editor.

Just complain. The "Naoki Award" has one more criterion than the "Akutagawa Award", which is that it must publish a physical book. After all, the nomination of the Naoki Award also takes sales into consideration.

"But his new book sold 100,000 copies that month, which is not far behind my sales volume." Lin Junxiu responded in a low voice. Although social novels are more popular with critics than youth novels, they cannot compare in terms of sales.

Youth novels. After all, many readers read novels just for entertainment. Who wants to read so much heavy content.

"Gentlemen, the press conference will be held soon. Please follow me to the guest table." At this time, the public relations officer in charge of the press conference came in.

The meaning of "Mister" in Japanese is close to the ancient usage of "Mr." in Chinese. It is a respectful title for cultural people, rather than just the translation of the English "Mister" now. In Japanese society, there are only writers, doctors,

Lawyers, teachers and congressmen can be respectfully called "Sir". Although Lin Junxiu is not very old, after all, he is also an author who has published novels and been nominated for important literary awards. He is considered a writer recognized by the literary circle, so he is also called "Mr."

There is nothing wrong with that.

Under the leadership of the public relations staff, Lin Junxiu and other nominated authors entered the venue one after another. Several people were already sitting on the guest stage at the venue, probably people from the Literature Promotion Association and the jury representatives of this year’s Naoki Award jury. Lin Junxiu and others followed the instructions

The nameplates on the seats sat down respectively, and then they heard the host on the scene begin to introduce them as writers. To Lin Junxiu's surprise, he was actually the last one to be introduced. And when he was introduced, the reporters seemed to be very enthusiastic.

It has improved a lot, and the flash suddenly lights up. No wonder big-name celebrities wear sunglasses, this flash really blinds their eyes.

After the representative of the Literary Promotion Association introduced the nomination overview of this year's Naoki Award, it was the turn of the representative of the jury to speak. After these two speeches were over, almost an hour had passed. Fortunately, the reporter who was working on the literature and art field had already

It's relatively free. If you are a reporter on current affairs or entertainment, I am afraid that most of the reporters have already left. After chatting for so long, it is finally the reporter's turn to ask questions. To Lin Junxiu's surprise, half of the questions were asked

They all came for himself. But among the reporters who came for him, Lin Junxiu not only discovered TV Asahi and Fuji TV, which are the most popular domestic TV stations in Japan, but also discovered overseas TV stations such as KBS. Tsk tsk, literary promotion

The promotion of the club is pretty good.

After the two-hour press conference ended on time, Lin Junxiu was called aside by many major media to accept interviews and take photos. Of course, Isoda Tsuneyasu could not help Lin Junxiu shirk the demands of these top media. Other authors may have mixed up.

You may not be interviewed by these media for five or ten years. Lin Junxiu, a new author, is really good at ASXS since his debut. And what surprised Tsuneyasu Ijima is that Lin Junxiu's English and Korean are actually good.

Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Johnny & Associates, is originally a Japanese-American, so naturally he has no problem speaking English and Japanese. In addition, Mr. Kitagawa also worked in Panmunjom as an employee of the U.S. Army Command after World War II, so Mr. Kitagawa’s

Korean and Korean have a good relationship. Because of this, there are English and Korean classes in the office, but little Johnny may not take them as electives.

Lin Junxiu's good foreign language skills have also aroused greater enthusiasm from foreign media. The most painful thing for foreign media in the country where they are stationed is to meet interviewees who do not speak foreign languages. Now it is difficult to meet interviewees who are proficient in foreign languages. These

The reporters' questions were thrown at them desperately. As a result, the other nominees left early. Lin Junxiu was surrounded by this group of reporters for almost an hour, and was finally "rescued" by people from the promotion committee.

"Jun Lin, I didn't expect you to be so popular with reporters from the United States." Tsuneyasu Isojima said excitedly. Because Japan was once occupied and transformed by the United States, Japanese society has very complicated feelings towards the United States. But

Among the Japanese elite, they still have more respect for the United States than they hate it. Therefore, if the Japanese art circle can be recognized by the United States, then sales back to Japan will definitely become popular. Tsuneyasu Isoshima feels that if Junxiu Lin can attract a wave of attention and reports from the American media,

I am still very confident about winning the award in February next year. "By the way, Mr. Lin, don't forget the exclusive interview on the weekend."

"Yes, I remember." Lin Junxiu replied. He packed his things, said goodbye to Tsuneyasu Ishima, then changed the train and rushed back to the headquarters of Johnny & Associates. It was only a little over a month before his debut.

, as a result, his debut single has not been recorded yet, let alone the cover photos and PV shooting. Lin Junxiu decided to hurry up and finish these things quickly.

When Lin Junxiu dared to return to his office in the firm, he saw Akanishi Jin bringing Kamenashi Kazuya to him. Akanishi Jin patted Lin Junxiu on the shoulder and said: "Junxiu, I'm on NHK's "Noontime News" at noon.

I saw the report about you!"

NHK is Japan's public broadcasting station, and its coverage and credibility are naturally first-class. Due to the nature of NHK TV station, NHK's TV news generally broadcasts serious news. Lin Junxiu's nomination for the Naoki Award is naturally more important and serious.
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