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Even if there are still a batch of popular books with traditional literary names published at that time, they may have nothing to do with the traditional ideas of Neon, but are more inclined to the category of popular literature (say, Haruki Murakami and Junichi Watanabe).

Because Akihara Hiroto didn't answer for a long time, Yoshikawa Yuichiro stared at him with cloudy eyes.

After a long time, Hiroto Akihara said truthfully: "I don't think traditional literature has any future."

While he could have made up some lies, he didn't think his own lies would have any meaning here.

As a master of traditional literature, Yuichiro Yoshikawa should be more aware of the changes in the industry than himself.

After all, in an increasingly impetuous era, popular literature will definitely crush traditional literature.

But what surprised Hiroto Akihara was that after hearing his answer, Yuichiro Yoshikawa did not appear disappointed or furious.

He just smiled and said in a calm tone; "It's like cherry blossoms."

After hearing these words, Akihara Hiroto immediately understood his intentions.

The so-called cherry blossoms actually have a flowering period of 4 to 10 days.

So what the other party means is that traditional literature is about to usher in the curtain call like a cherry blossom.

But how should I answer the call?

Consolation, pity?

Akihara Yuto didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only lower his head and take a sip of tea.

Dealing with such a writer, my redundant nonsense may be directly seen through.

"Come here first today."

At this moment, Yuichiro Yoshikawa stood up staggeringly, and the middle-aged woman next to him immediately supported him.

The two walked around the low table and walked outside the shoji door.

Seeing their actions, Akihara Hiroto was stunned.

Feelings called me here today, just to ask these confusing questions?

This is too nonsense, right?

Or, did I not answer the answer the other party wanted?

He couldn't think of an answer, so he could only stand up, ready to go out and say goodbye to Yuichiro Yoshikawa.

At this moment, Yuichiro Yoshikawa stopped outside the shoji gate, and turned around with the help of the woman next to him.

He said to Akihara Hiroto in a gentle and sincere tone.

"Mr. Akihara, can you make this cherry blossom bloom longer?"

Hearing this request, Akihara Hiroto's confusion immediately disappeared.

He stood up, bowed respectfully and replied: "Of course there is no problem!"

[Chapter 278.277 "Personal Experience"]

There are two main reasons why Hiroto Akihara readily agreed to Yuichiro Yoshikawa's request.

In the current literary world, the vitality of traditional literature is like cherry blossoms, which is about to disappear.

If I can make this cherry blossom bloom longer, it will undoubtedly prove to the outside world that I have extremely high literary talent.

In addition, Yuichiro Yoshikawa's sincerity for literature also touched Hiroto Akihara to a certain extent.

After leaving the tea room, Akihara Hiroto returned home in a special car, returned to the study and continued to think.

How should I complete this request?

For example, continue to write more Kawabata Yasunari works?

Further advances in aestheticist literature?

After pondering for a long time, he gave up this plan.

Among Kawabata Yasunari's many works, "Snow Country" can be regarded as the most representative one.

In addition, his other three representative works such as "The Dancing Girl of Izu", "The Ancient Capital" and "Thousand Cranes" (the latter two also won the Nobel Prize in Literature).

Although the literature and stories are still beautiful, they have not made breakthroughs on the basis of "Snow Country".

It can only be said that it still represents the aesthetic literature of "sorrow".

In this world, Yuichiro Yoshikawa is already a representative of aestheticism literature, no matter what he writes, it will be regarded as a tribute and supplement to him by the outside world.

Therefore, it is best for me to be able to write something different, and it is best to be able to create a new genre based on the current traditional literature.

Hiroto Akihara took out a pen and wrote three names on the paper—Sakushi Natsume, Yukio Mishima, and Kenzaburo Oe.

Looking at the names, he began to think about them one by one.

Natsume Soseki, nicknamed banknote writer (the portrait is printed on the 1000 yen banknote), is the teacher of Akutagawa Ryunosuke.

He holds a very high position in the history of neon modern literature, and is known as the "National Great Writer". He has written a lot in his life, such as "I am a cat", "Brothers" and so on.

The styles of these works are not uniform, some are more romantic, while others are realism.

But the fame of his works must have something to do with the neon mainstream naturalism literature struggle at that time.

In this day and age, it may not have such a big impact.

So it doesn't seem to make much sense for my own purposes.

Hiroto Akihara thought about it, and crossed out the name.

Yukio Mishima, nicknamed Caesarean Writer (Seppuku suicide), it is said that the scene of his death was one of the reasons that indirectly prompted Yasunari Kawabata to commit suicide.

He is one of the masters of Japanese post-war literature. He not only has a high reputation in the Japanese literary world, but also has a high evaluation in the Western world. Some people even call him "Japan's Hemingway".

In Akihara's opinion, his writing is excellent, featuring violence, blood, and darkness (hence his popularity in the US).

However, such works are inseparable from his radical thoughts, which also led to his final death.

On November 1970, 11, Mishima led people to kidnap the head of the Self-Defense Force’s Eastern Command and Division, and then delivered a speech to the Self-Defense Force’s non-commissioned officers, calling on “real samurai” to launch a mutiny with him, demanding the overthrow of the constitution and the defense of the emperor.

After all the soldiers remained indifferent, Mishima went back indoors, stabbed himself in the abdomen with a short knife, and cut out his intestines.

To help him out (seppuku is the ritual of decapitation), his followers slashed at him four times before successfully decapitating him.