“That year, the Japanese people launched twenty-three consecutive large-scale just struggles, which caused great shock in the intellectual community, and many intellectuals left their studies.
Standing at the forefront of the people's struggle, we must breathe with the people and share their fate, and more people will take to the streets..."
Naoko Kondo excitedly recounted her experiences when she was young. With her heart surging, she opened the gift she had brought this time.
A picture album titled "The Japanese People Stand Up" is full of scenes of Japan's passionate people fighting bravely.
Lin Chaoyang, a Chinese, couldn't help but feel a little hot after seeing it.
So damn exciting!
This is called cultural export!
"It's a pity that we couldn't defeat U.S. imperialism and their lackeys after all."
At the end of the story, Kondo Naoko couldn't help crying, and Lin Chaoyang and Hong Zicheng were also very sad when they heard it.
Lin Chaoyang saw that Kondo Naoko was in a low mood, so he changed the topic and asked her about her feelings and knowledge of her trip to China. After chatting for a while, the atmosphere became happy again.
Then several people talked about the introductory research article written by Naoko Kondo for "Breaking Through the Kanto". This article was written by Naoko Kondo after reading "Breaking Through the Kanto". She invested a lot of energy in this article. After the article was published,
It also caused a certain response in the Japanese sinology community.
"Lin Sang's "Crossing the Guandong" is magnificent in layout and extremely epic. It is not only a first-class work in the Chinese literary world, but also in Asia."
Kondo Naoko's admiration and love for "Enter Guandong" are unabashed, and her exaggerated words are more explicit than the writing style of many domestic critics.
After Lin Chaoyang was polite and chatted with her about the details of the novel's creation, Kondo Naoko suddenly said:
"Lin Sang, books like "Crossing Guandong" should be seen by more readers. I have a heartfelt request."
"Ms. Kondo might as well just say it."
"I would like to obtain your authorization to cooperate with Japanese publishing houses to distribute your novel in Japan."
Having said this, Naoko Kondo lowered her head with a sincere attitude.
The status of writers in Japanese society has always been very high. Naoko Kondo highly respected Lin Chaoyang, so her attitude was particularly respectful.
"This..." Lin Chaoyang hesitated and asked: "Ms. Kondo, my works and I are not well-known in Japan. I'm afraid it's not that easy to publish, right?"
Kondo Naoko raised her head and replied: "I can translate your novel first, and then contact the Japanese publishing house. The only regret is that my sinology level is not outstanding enough, and I am afraid that I cannot translate the essence of your original work."
Listening to Naoko Kondo's words, Lin Chaoyang didn't know what to say. This was a case of bringing his own dry food to make trouble. It would be too unreasonable for him to disagree.
"I'm naturally happy to have Ms. Kondo's help, but I'm afraid it will cause you trouble."
"You must not be polite. If I can really introduce "Crossing Guandong" to Japan, it will be my greatest honor."
Lin Chaoyang was taken aback by Kondo Naoko's respectful and humble attitude, and he felt like he was about to be sacrificed.
The main reason is that they really made a free contribution. Before a publisher was determined, they had to translate a novel of more than 600,000 words, "Into the Guandong". It would take no more than a year and a half to complete such a huge amount of work.
Who would do such a stupid thing if they didn't really love it so much?
Not to mention the time and energy consumed by this matter itself, if no publishing house takes notice of this novel by then, then all this long-term hard work will be in vain.
Not to mention Lin Chaoyang, even Tao Yushu and Hong Zicheng were deeply moved after listening to it.
Before Naoko Kondo left, Tao Yushu pulled Lin Chaoyang aside and said, "Ms. Kondo is so dedicated to helping, regardless of whether things can be done or not, we have to show something."
Lin Chaoyang nodded. He also had this idea, but he didn't know what to give at the moment.
They were not looking for money to help introduce Lin Chaoyang's works to Japan. The gift was not given well, but it turned the matter into a utilitarian one.
Tao Yushu said: "How about giving her the manuscript of "Crossing Guandong"."
After Lin Chaoyang completed the creation of many works, he sent copied versions to the editorial department, and he kept the real manuscripts in his own hands.
Hearing this, Lin Chaoyang thought for a few seconds.
The manuscript is of course precious to the writer himself and the readers who love his work. But you can't say how much it is worth.
The key is that giving something like this not only reflects Lin Chaoyang's sincerity, but also fulfills Naoko Kondo's love for this novel. She will definitely like it.
"That's fine."
After the couple discussed it, Tao Yushu went to the study and took out the manuscript.
The manuscript of more than 600,000 words was recorded on 500-square manuscript paper, and the thick pile was bound with thread. It looked a little simple, but it was full of heaviness.
"I am very happy to meet Ms. Kondo today, and thank you for your love for "Guandong".
Translating "Crossing the Guandong" is probably an arduous task. Here is the manuscript of the novel, I hope it can be helpful to you."
Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Kondo Naoko's face was full of surprise.
She looked at the manuscript in Lin Chaoyang's hand, her expression extremely excited, and she suddenly bowed at a ninety degree angle.
"ありがとうございます!"
Lin Chaoyang doesn't speak Japanese, but he can understand this sentence, "Aunt Aligadogude is dead", which means "thank you"!
"You're welcome, Ms. Kondo!" he said and handed the manuscript out.
Kondo Naoko raised her head, but her body was still leaning forward, her hands stretched forward, and she took the manuscript from Lin Chaoyang solemnly with a pious expression.
Then she bowed again and repeated what she just said, and said: "Lin Sang, thank you for your trust, I will do my best!"
After saying these words, she straightened up, carefully held the manuscript in her arms, glanced at it, her face showed excitement again, and she felt flattered.
After saying goodbye again and again, she and Hong Zicheng left together.
A few days later, Christmas in the West had just ended, and the news of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament came again.
On December 23, the Chinese team faced the Japanese team again in Tokyo, Japan. The match was held at the Ishiyotei Hotel in Hakone, which is also the venue for many important Japanese chess competitions.
This match is between the Chinese champion Jiang Zhujiu and the Japanese champion Kobayashi Kaku. The two had a record of fighting as early as 1979.
After five years, the two met again, and Jiang Zhujiu performed as stable as ever.
Relying on the outside pull in the 143rd move, Jiang Zhujiu directly slaughtered Xiao Linjue's big dragon in the middle game. Xiao Linjue had no choice but to surrender before he even reached the official stage.
The news spread back to China and once again aroused domestic public opinion.
Originally, before the start of the arena competition, both Japanese and domestic public opinion were not optimistic about the Chinese team. Unexpectedly, after more than two months of competition, the Chinese team actually led the Japanese team by 2:1.
Although they knew that this result did not mean anything, everyone was still happy because they had won the game after all.
Amid the heated discussion about the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, the matter of the Chinese team watching "Go" before the game was discussed by many people.
Everyone began to feel that there might be some mysticism behind this seemingly absurd behavior.
After all, in previous battles with the Japanese team, Jiang Zhujiu had never shown such bravery.
Of course, many people sneer at this argument.
It is true that "The Master of Chess" is a good movie, but what does winning chess have to do with the movie? It all depends on the players' good performance!
Public opinion continues to ferment, and the media and Go enthusiasts have begun to predict the results of the next game.
With Jiang Zhu's advantage of winning two games in a row, everyone optimistically estimates that the Chinese team may be able to defeat Koichi Kobayashi, meet Masao Kato, and if they are lucky, they may even meet Hideyuki Fujisawa in the finals.
Thinking of such a peak showdown, everyone in the Go world couldn't help but get excited.
After half a winter of exaggeration, the trend of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament has spread more and more widely and has become more and more popular among the people.
Recently, whenever Tao Yushu is free, Lin Chaoyang takes her out to practice driving. Now she is becoming more and more proficient in driving.
In the past few days, when I heard about Lin Chaoyang's car purchase, my friends all came to watch the fun. When everyone saw the crown, they inevitably screamed.
In an era when the average person has a bicycle, driving a high-end car like the Crown is simply more popular than driving a "Laoer" in later generations.
The eyes and words of these people are full of envy and jealousy. People in the 1980s were simple, but that doesn't mean they don't yearn for a better life.
Driving a private car is undoubtedly an important symbol of a prosperous life. Who can not yearn for it?
Otherwise, would there be so many intellectuals risking their lives to go to European and American countries?
"You still have to get royalties! Look at Chaoyang, how long has it been since "Crossing the Guandong" was published? I've already bought the crown!"
Li Tuo's emotion was full of flaws, and Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but reply: "The royalties from "Crossing Guandong" haven't been paid yet!"
Li Tuo added: "How about you being the richest man in the literary world? You didn't even touch your royalties, so you bought a Crown."
Yes! I can’t explain!
Lin Chaoyang didn't bother to explain anymore.
"Crossing Guandong" was only published in September. According to the agreement between Lin Chaoyang and Huacheng Publishing House, the royalty settlement cycle is three months, and the first royalty settlement is coming soon.
The day after Lin Chaoyang and Li Tuo raised the royalties, Li Shifei from Huacheng Publishing House knocked on Lin Chaoyang's door.
"Old Li?" Lin Chaoyang was a little surprised to see Li Shifei. After saying hello, he let Li Shifei into the house.
After sitting down and drinking two sips of tea, Li Shifei couldn't wait to talk to Lin Chaoyang about the sales and royalty settlement of "Enter Guandong".
Since its release on September 20, "Enter Guandong" has sold a total of 2.08 million units in three months, including 2.02 million units of the paperback edition and 60,000 units of the hardcover edition.
Calculated based on this figure, Huacheng Publishing House has earned 6 million yuan in the past three months from just one novel "Enter Guandong".
1 novel, 3 months, 6 million yuan.
These three numbers may seem fine individually, but when combined together, they are a set of numbers that shocks all publishing houses in the country.
A single novel has achieved sales of 6 million in such a short period of time, which is unprecedented in China's contemporary literary world and may not be seen since.
Because there may be works that may break the three-month sales record of 2 million copies, but there are very few works that can reach the scale of "Enter Guandong".
One "Enter Guandong" is almost worth three full-length novels of normal length. How can this be compared?
Isn't this cheating?
Chapter completed!