I am a writer in Tokyo

Chapter 206 Paradise Lost

"I can't provide any advice, Mr. Jiumu, I don't know if you have heard a word.

If a writer can offer anything constructive, he should not be a writer but a politician. "

Kitajima rejected such a proposal without mercy. He has always been a person who doesn't like trouble.

Looking at Mr. Matsubara who was frantically scratching his hair in worry, you can see how complicated and even difficult this matter is.

It was so troublesome that the poor trainee lawyer even lost his job because of this incident.

Seeing the atmosphere freeze once again, Mr. Matsubara twitched the corners of his mouth, and then looked at him as if he had something to say.

It's just that he looked back and forth several times and didn't know what to say, so he could only look at Kitajima, hoping that he could break the ice.

But Kitajima chose not to see it.

This meeting can't be called a happy ending, but it definitely can't be called a happy one.

And for Mr. Matsubara, his career seems to be really coming to an end.

Looking at the two people gradually moving away in the heavy snow, Mr. Matsubara felt an inexplicable sense of desolation.

As for how they solved the matter later, or how Mr. Matsubara used his powerful mind to keep his job, Kitajima Koma was not very interested.

For him, the purpose of this trip has been achieved.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Matsubara, he returned to the hotel, picked up his bag, and left.

Seeing Kitajima Koma appearing at the door of the store with a bag on his back, everyone in Ito Tavern couldn't help but be a little curious.

I just heard from Boss Ito that Ju is going to travel for a while.

But when I turned around, I saw that before I could notice anything, they were back again.

It doesn't seem like he's having much fun, or does this guy think that traveling is just a trip?
On the other hand, Oshima Kazuya sat next to Koma with a look of joy on his face: "I just thought about taking Yuriko over, but I didn't expect that it would come so quickly."

Just when he was about to say something else, he subconsciously glanced at Kitajima's backpack.

Perhaps because he came back in a hurry, there were several torn pieces of paper mixed with the zipper, and there were some writings on them.

Seeing this scene, Oshima Kazuya turned into ecstasy.

Others don't know, but he knows very well what this means.

It seems that during this period, Kazuki Xiaoyuan did not make a big voice in the literary world, so there were some bad voices saying that the talent was exhausted.

Kitajima Koma thought it was okay, he was not in this circle, but Oshima Kazuya couldn't stand it.

It's not that I don't have the same experience as this group of people, but I always feel that a group of frogs are noisy, which makes my ears very irritated.

Naturally Kitajima didn't talk too much about the new book to Oshima Kazuya.

As an old friend, Oshima Kazuya would not ask.

After knowing each other for a while, they already know each other's temper very clearly.

We chose tacit understanding on this issue.

During this period of time, Bei Daoju's life was still so ordinary.

However, he started asking people to explore the surrounding houses.

I had been living in the Ito family before and didn't think anything of it.

But after a long time, he suddenly had an idea.Can you try to buy a property of your own in Tokyo?

As soon as I told Kazuya Oshima about this matter, I saw that he had an expression that should have been like this a long time ago. Without saying a word, he didn't even go to work, so he pulled him and started to look around the house.

Finally, we decided to build one house per house and hand over the house at this time next year.

After signing the contract and paying the money, Kitajima took out a portfolio from his backpack and handed it to Oshima Kazuya.

Oshima Kazuya glanced at the title written on the portfolio.

It was a little strange for a while.

"So, the title of the book this time is a fairy tale?"

Kazuya Oshima never thought that Koma would choose the topic from this perspective.

He vaguely remembered that Editor Kashiwagi had told him about the topic of the new book. It would be better if he could try to write about what happened in neon in modern times, so that people in other countries could understand neon.

This is an opportunity to go out.

It is also a window for people outside to know neon.

However, since Bei Daoju can be named like this, there is a reason for it.

Although Oshima Kazuya did not fully understand the meaning of this.

"It's not about love, is it?"

Oshima Kazuya asked tentatively.

After seeing Kitajima's surprised expression, he felt that he had guessed correctly.

"And it should be a relatively failed love, just like the original Eve and Adam."

Actually Paradise Lost has this poem,

This poem tells the story of Satan, the rebellious god, who was sent to hell for resisting God's authority, but he refused to give in and sought revenge in the Garden of Eden.

Adam and Eve were tempted by a snake possessed by Satan and ate from the tree of knowledge, which God had expressly forbidden to eat.In the end, Satan and his associates were condemned and turned into snakes, and Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden.

John Milton's original idea of ​​writing Paradise Lost was to illustrate that human beings must rely on knowledge and labor to move from a primitive society of ignorance to a civilized society of productive labor.

At the same time, there are two opposing and contradictory forces in the universe. In human history, there have been repeated bloody events of change and struggle, and the tragedy of missing paradise.

In short, this matter should have nothing to do with love, or the relationship is not that big.

However, if Kitajima used this as the name of the novel, it would definitely not involve contradictions and other philosophical thoughts. If it matches the essay given by editor Kashiwagi, then it must be about the neon society.

Therefore, this novel should generally relate love to society, and then reveal some of the current ideological and mental state of neon society from the side.

After thinking about it for so long, Oshima Kazuya felt that he had guessed everything.

But I guessed it, I really admire Kitajima's insight and performance ability.

When a good writer writes something, he is never just writing something, but a representation.

It's like they are writing about a person and can see themselves in this person.

Oshima Kazuya couldn't care less about things like there was still half an hour before get off work. He ran back to the company without stopping, and then announced the matter to the people in the editorial and proofreading departments.

"Although I haven't read this book, I think it is a definition of neon society and an interpretation of contemporary ideology."

(End of this chapter)