tokyo writer

After all, people are different, and the choice made by Hiroto Akihara may not be the choice of the judges of the Mystery Writers Association.

Aiko Asano has no idea about how to do it in the society and whether she has the ability to do it.

After all, from the perspective of hierarchy, she can't even be called a middle-level cadre.

At this time, the waitress with fluffy hair brought them the food they ordered, and the two said "thank you" before moving their chopsticks while continuing to talk.

Akihara Yuto suddenly remembered the phone call from Asano Aiko today, and asked, "Asano, you said you have something to tell me today, what aspect are you referring to?"

Asano Aiko put down her chopsticks, wiped the corners of her mouth with a paper towel, then took out a black and white document from her bag, and put it on the table next to the cutlery, "This is it, I think it might be helpful to you."

Hiroto Akihara also put down his chopsticks, took the document, and looked at it. After seeing the line "Work Report of the Public Relations Bureau of Mantanshe" on the document, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Asano, where did you get this?"

Asano Aiko smiled, but did not answer the question.

As a functional department of Mantanshe, the proofreading department is sometimes assigned additional tasks, such as helping other departments such as administration to check documents, in addition to the most basic work of proofreading manuscripts for writers, to avoid simple errors in the content of documents.

After discovering the rumors about Hiroto Akihara before, she became active in the review department, and even took on more irrelevant tasks to facilitate access to more information.

And this report, she came into contact with after taking the initiative to help a newcomer get a job.

Hiroto Akihara picked up the document, carefully read it several times, and found that it recorded a series of recent work matters of the Public Relations Bureau, including the promotion of new books, the promotion of writers' activities, the maintenance of the image of Mandanshe and other matters.

In the column of other matters, there is a line of words "Due to the request of the editorial board, recently through the relevant cooperative media, individual writers have been treated coldly..."

Hiroto Akihara lowered his head and pondered.

According to the previous meal with Keiji Kawada, he has already learned about Mandansha's "banning" of him, and the candidates he guessed are "Kihara Daigo" and "Takei Kohei". After all, apart from the two of them, Others have no motive.

This document further proves that it is these two people.

When Hiroto Akihara was meditating, Aiko Asano patted the back of his hand holding the document, and after he raised his head, he said, "Akihara, I have a plan, can you consider listening to it?"

She paused, and then continued; "If you can get the newcomer award, I plan to..."

Then, she explained her thoughts again.

After listening to Asano Aiko's plan completely, Akihara Hiroto couldn't help being surprised.

If Asano's plan can be carried out smoothly, he can even defeat Mandansha.

But for Asano personally, will there be legal risks?

There is also how to express the source of the document, after all, this is non-public content.

As if aware of Hiroto Akihara's doubts, Aiko Asano smiled and replied: "I copied this document, no one will know, even if it is exposed, I will only use an anonymous letter." .”

"As for me personally, I will hand in my resignation when the time comes."

After saying this, she said in a relaxed tone: "You will not refuse to take me in, will you?"

After hearing about her choice, Akihara Hiroto replied with a smile: "Why, but don't blame me for being a black-hearted boss..."

Although he didn't care about it, he still planned to find a lawyer and ask again, so as to make relevant preparations and avoid any mistakes.

"Then don't blame me for quitting again."

Although Asano Aiko was smiling, there was still a little worry in her heart.

The set of plans she proposed is entirely based on the fact that Hiroto Akihara won a well-known award.

Without this award, the effect would undoubtedly be much worse. After all, only by winning a well-known award can it attract the attention of more people and the media, and break the ban of Mandanshe.

In short, I hope that the Mystery Writers Association can fully recognize the talent of Hiroto Akihara!

[Chapter 138.137 The thoughts of the judges]

9:[-] am, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Setagaya Ward, Mystery Writers Association.

"Master judges, these 3 works are shortlisted for this year's Mystery Writer Newcomer Award. I hope all teachers can taste them and make corresponding evaluations."

The man who spoke was a man in a suit wearing glasses. His name was Shinta Kawai, and he was the vice president of the Reasoning Writers Association.

He is directly responsible for the planning of the "New Talent Award for Reasoning Literature" and the selection of the final shortlisted works.

After Kawai Shinta finished speaking, he looked around at the five judges in this conference room.

In order to ensure the fairness and fairness of the selection, Kawai Shinta specially invited one person from the Benge School, the Social School, the New Book School, the Suspense School, and the Cold School from among the many members of the Reasoning Writers Association.

In order to avoid the judges' excessive preference for a certain work.

And there is also a very important point, that is, in recent years, the influence of the Benge School has become larger and larger, so that more and more awards have been awarded to the works of the Benge School, which has caused great dissatisfaction among other factions.

Therefore, Kawai Shinta selected one person from each faction.Although doing so is not necessarily very fair, it can at least avoid making false statements.

After Kawai Shinta finished speaking, he asked the assistants on the side to distribute the copies of the three works to the writers on the field, and then began to wait patiently.

Let's see who is the lucky one who can win the favor of these writers!

……

On the other hand, the new writer Yuho Morioka, who was the judge of this year, won three works.

She briefly looked at the covers of the next three works, and found that they were called "Death by Wrongdoing", "Spiral Staircase", and "The Third Person Behind".

Just by looking at the names, she has simply analyzed the styles of these three works.

The first part only talked about the motive of the crime, so it may be a socialist school or an authentic school.

In the second part, just by looking at the name, you can tell the meaning of a mechanism. There is a high probability that it is the original or the new original.

The third part, such as "behind" and "third person" are a bit scary keywords, if nothing else, it should be a change of style

In addition, the three books did not include the author's name except for the title of the work.

Yuho Morioka is not surprised, because if the author's name is included, it can often reveal a lot of information, such as the author's publishing house, related contacts, and debut works.

And these external factors will become the choice of the judges.

Therefore, in order to make this reasoning literature newcomer award fairer, the organizing committee has hidden the names of the authors and only showed the works to the judges...

Yuho Morioka thought for a while, then picked up "Spiral Staircase" and read it first.

In any case, as a new writer, she still hopes that her works can be carried forward and accepted by more readers.

She opened the book and studied the plot carefully.

"The protagonist and his party came to stay in a villa deep in the mountains. This villa was built in the Taisho era and has a long history. And in this villa, there is a ladder that can lead to different rooms. On the third day, a person died in the On the stairs, on the fourth day, another person died in the same position. In order to find out the truth and protect himself, the protagonist decides to find out who the real murderer is."