What to do to save the world literary world

Nakajima Atsushi is an orphan, the kind who grew up in an orphanage.

This year, he is about to leave the orphanage because...

"Brother Dun! A letter for you!" A child from the orphanage ran over with a formally wrapped letter in his hand.

Atsushi Nakajima put the letter in front of him and took a deep breath.

The circle of children who were eating breakfast around him also took deep breaths with him.

"Open it! Brother Tun! If the scholarship application is approved, you will be the first college student in our orphanage!" A child encouraged Atsushi Nakajima to open the letter, but he was immediately caught by another older girl next to him. He patted his head, "What nonsense are you talking about! If you don't pass the scholarship, Brother Dun has already been admitted to a university, so you can still go to school! It may be less money, but there is always a way! The big deal is that we won't eat it. Meat!"

"Kyoko, open it!" Atsushi Nakajima closed his eyes and handed the envelope to the older girl. Although she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, she was three or four years younger than Atsushi Nakajima, but she might It is a girl and an orphan who is naturally sensitive and mature. She has always been the leader in this group of children, and Atsushi Nakajima is sometimes trained to be obedient.

Atsushi Nakajima covered his face and peeped at the girl opening the envelope between his fingers. When he saw the girl take out the letter paper, he couldn't help but close his eyes tightly.

"Dear Nakajima-san, I am very pleased to inform you that you have applied for scholarship through the Port Shipping Group..."

Atsushi Nakajima couldn’t hear the words behind him. He jumped up happily. He jumped three feet high. The agility and jumping ability of cats are really suitable for playing basketball. If it wasn’t for his lack of height, Atsushi Nakajima might You can apply for a scholarship for basketball special admissions.

"Brother Dun! There are two! In addition to the port consortium, the Yamamoto Literary Award also gave you a scholarship! This money is much more than the port consortium! It also requires you to engage in literary activities..." Kyoko continued to look The content under the scholarship, "However, the Yamamoto Literature Award requires that you cannot accept the scholarship from the Port Foundation, because both parties require you to engage in their related work after graduation. There is a conflict...Brother Dun, which one do you want to choose?"

Atsushi Nakajima only hesitated for a second and immediately made a decision: "Yamamoto Literature Award!"

Xingzi nodded: "I think so too. After all, everyone knows that the port shipping group is run by the port mafia. Who knows what they want you to do after you graduate and work for them for a few years..."

Kyoko came to the orphanage a few years ago when both her parents died of illness. She used to be from a relatively wealthy family, so she has more experience and knowledge.

Atsushi Nakajima finally got his scholarship notification letter from all the children who had read his notification letter, and he happily began to read the specific terms of the notification letter.

"Tuition is free, and besides the basic living expenses, there are also scholarships based on performance. In addition, it is required to engage in literary work during the university. If an article is published in a newspaper, a certain degree of literary allowance will be provided according to the remuneration. If a book meets the publication standard, The Yamamoto Literary Award will provide assistance for publication..." Nakajima Atsushi read all the entries in a hurry, and sighed, "It's awesome!"

He strengthened his confidence: "Although I don't know if I can write something, I must write hard! When I have money, I will buy meat for everyone!"

"Long live≧▽≦!" the children cheered.

Kyoko poured cold water rationally: "The daily expenses of the university are a lot, and you are going to Tokyo to study. What if you are stingy and your classmates look down on you? You should spend it yourself first after you get the scholarship. Although our orphanage is not counted They are very rich, but they still have meat to eat every now and then.”

"That's right! Brother Dun, eat well in Tokyo by yourself! Every time Brother Dun eats the most, what if you don't have enough money to eat!" The children became worried again.

"I...I will definitely work hard!" Atsushi Nakajima was so moved that he was about to cry.

In fact, it was not like this before.

About two to three years ago, the orphanage was still controlled by a terrible director. Although the director was not stingy with the children, he was very cruel, especially Atsushi Nakajima, who often locked him in confinement.

It wasn't until two or three years ago that government staff conducted a routine investigation that they discovered the former dean's abuse of Atsushi Nakajima.

Afterwards, the former dean was fired immediately, and the orphanage was replaced by a new manager. The children in the orphanage were scattered and assigned to other orphanages because they might have psychological problems. Atsushi Nakajima was also one of them. , though he was not sent very far.

The original orphanage was torn down and rebuilt because it was too dilapidated, and Atsushi Nakajima was sent to a new orphanage built on the ruins of the original orphanage.

Originally, the children in the orphanage were the children of poor people, orphans from the leading war and so on, but afterward, some children from ordinary families came to the new orphanage, and sometimes there were even children from well-to-do or even rich families like Xingzi.

Although children with bad personalities are indispensable among such children, at least compared to the leading war orphans who lived in a harsh living environment, children from ordinary families are less aggressive and much easier to get along with.

So Atsushi Nakajima has been doing quite well in recent years, he is not as skinny as he used to be, because his academic performance is good, and the administrators of the orphanage like him very much. Prestige, in short, Atsushi Nakajima has lived a happier life in recent years than before.

That would be great.

"Brother Dun! Watch TV! Is this the literary award that gave you a scholarship!" A child who was closest to the TV lit up his eyes.

The TV in the restaurant is always fixed on the news channel, and they only watch it during breakfast, lunch and dinner. Only news can be watched during this time period.Therefore, compared to the TV in the activity room where you can watch anime, the children are not interested in the news in the restaurant, and generally turn the volume down to a very low level, so that only the children who are closer to the TV can hear what is being said inside. .

"That's it, amplify the volume." A slightly older child recognized the words on the TV.

The child near the TV presses a button on the TV to amplify the sound.

Atsushi Nakajima's attention was also drawn to the TV.

"Welcome to the awarding site of the 'Yamamoto Literature Award' and 'Ranpo Reasoning Award' jointly organized by the Yamamoto Foundation, Port Shipping Group, and Weekly Art Autumn..."

"The Yamamoto Literary Award is a literary award established by Mr. Yamamoto Junhei last year. The prize money for the winners is provided by Mr. Yamamoto himself... The winner of the first Yamamoto Literary Award is Mr. Yamamoto's daughter Ayukihiro..."

"The Ranpo Reasoning Award was established to recognize the detective Edogawa Ranpo-kun as the original form, and contributed to the series of mystery novels "Detective Edogawa". "Copyright proceeds from the series of novels..."

"The nominees for this year's Yamamoto Literary Award are—

"Tobacco and the Devil" Akutagawa Ryunosuke

"Vulgar Stink" Oda Sakunosuke

"Pastoral Symphony" Gide

"The Setting Sun" Shuji Tsushima②

"The Hypocrites" Ayuki Hibiki..."

The beautiful hostess on TV is interviewing a middle-aged critic: "Mr. xx, which writer do you think may win this year's Yamamoto Literature Award?"

"This year's writers are all very good. I have read all these works. To be honest, I am very surprised that there are so many new stars in the Japanese literary world at once..."

"Brother Dun, who do you think it will be?" The children were a little impatient listening to the advertisement, so they asked Atsushi Nakajima, who was the oldest and most literate.

Atsushi Nakajima scratched his head. In fact, there are a few books he hasn’t read: “I think it might be Sakunosuke Oda. After all, he was also nominated last year. Mr. Ayuki won the award last year. This year it should be It’s unlikely to continue, and Mr. Ayuki donated the bonus last year, which seems to indicate that he doesn’t want the award...”

Like Atsushi Nakajima, the commentary of the commentator on TV also ruled out Hibiki first.

"Besides Ayuki-sensei, I don't think Mr. Gide is the second one."

"Why?" The tool hostess asked a question according to the script.

"Ms. Gide is French, and Japanese is not his mother tongue. Although it can be seen from the works of these years that Mr. Gide is still studying Japanese very hard, but after only studying Japanese for a few years, he wants to express in Japanese. His real thoughts are still very difficult. I heard that this book was written by Mr. Gide in a mixture of French and Japanese, and then translated with the help of a translator. My friend who knows French said that the writing style of the French version is very good. Excellent, but unfortunately I can’t read it. The Japanese version I saw may be due to the participation of translators. The literary quality of the translation is not as high as Mr. Gide himself, so it is inevitable that there will be some defects and regrets. In fact, compared to French writing , English works will have more advantages. Some of our current English translations have very high literary literacy, and their translated English works can easily make people read the beauty of the original work—of course, it may also be thrilling. This is the case with Mr. Edgar Allan Poe, the nominee of the Random Step Reasoning Award. Although he is a foreigner, because his works are in English, the translation is better than French. It's a bit of a pity to write..."

"That's true." The hostess repeatedly nodded in agreement.

The hostess continued to chat with the critic for a few words and changed the subject.

"Next are the nominees for the Ranpo Reasoning Award——

"Detective Edogawa Three" Ayuki Hibiki

"Night Baron VII" Yusaku Kudo

The Raven Edgar Allan Poe

... "

The children in the orphanage obediently watched the ten-minute comments and the commercial breaks, and finally, after the host's lingering, the winners of the awards were announced.

"Congratulations to Shuji Tsushima and Yusaku Kudo!"

Hibiki and Yamamoto Chunhei, who were in charge of presenting the awards, came on stage, as did the two winners.

"They look alike!" A child pointed to the TV and stood up in surprise.

The other children also nodded frantically, stunned.

The camera panned to the relatives and friends of the winners in the audience, especially Yusaku Kudo's movie star wife and son stayed for a while longer.

The children were even more surprised.

"Brother Dun! Why don't you go for plastic surgery! We don't eat meat to save some money, and you go get it done too! Do all people who are good at writing books look like this!"

The author has something to say:

① Pinch his weekly Bunshun, although Bunshun is a gossip tabloid, Bungaishunju is the publishing house that founded the Akutagawa Naoki Prize,

②Because Osamu Dazai is his real name, and Zhongji Yandao is an unlucky friend of "Detective Edogawa", so the original name is used as a pen name