The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 114 Asahi Shimbun

The next day.

"Yomiuri Shimbun" reported a headline in the news magazine: "Students from the Qing Dynasty kicked the first high school in the hall and all the kendo clubs and judo clubs of the University of Tokyo won a big victory."

"Asahi Shimbun": "The martial art of the Qing Dynasty is shocking!"

"Daily News": "Once the remaining samurai of the shogunate, Yagyu, were defeated by the students studying in the Qing Dynasty."

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All the well-known newspapers in Dongying published the incident of Baigui kicking the gymnasium. They used different titles, but the content was similar. The name Baigui Baimei was well known in Dongying.

The evaluation of this news on each news board is different.

Some journalists said: "The samurai's pride and narrowness destroyed the relationship between Japan and Qing, and almost caused a catastrophe. According to our recent investigation, the reason is that these samurai in the Kendo Club did not recruit students from the Qing Dynasty. Bai Gui was out of righteous indignation..."

"Samurai is a cancer of the shogunate era. It should have been eliminated long ago. Once Yagyu wears a staff sword, this violates the abolition of swords and should be punished..."

"Once Liu Sheng was ashamed to be a samurai, he would attack in groups..."

"Su Xun in the Qing Dynasty and the Song Dynasty said, 'If a husband fights for righteousness, he can win a hundred times.' Liu Sheng once and his Kendo club are unjust battles, and a disastrous defeat is a due friendship..."

There are also some negative reviews, but these are relatively few.

Strictly speaking, the commentators who write in the newspaper tend to be Westernized, and most of the newspapers are advanced intellectuals who have studied abroad.There is a big break with the samurai class, so the news published is extremely unfavorable to the samurai.

Not to mention that once Liu Sheng used the stick sword this time, it would be considered a violation of the abolition of the sword, which is even more disgusting.

Not everyone likes the samurai during the shogunate period, those samurai were loyal to the shogunate, rebellious...

In contrast, Bai Gui's fight for righteousness this time, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he must give positive comments.

It’s just surprising that the female writer Tanabe Ryuko commented in the Asahi Shimbun: “Unexpectedly, Mr. Bai is not only outstanding in literary talent, but also brilliant in talent. And martial arts are so powerful, it is really admirable."

Then Mori Ogai and other writers also began to praise Baigui.

Compared with those unsatisfactory and disgusting samurai in the same country, writers like Mori Ogai still think that Bai Gui, who is also a novelist, is more kind, and start to stand up for him.

"Thank you, Senior Tanabe, for your help."

a restaurant.

Bai Gui expressed his gratitude and poured a cup of coffee for Ryuko Tanabe.

The two sat opposite each other.

"It's not like I'm helping you. I've seen these warriors commit crimes. When I was young, I went on a trip. I even saw a warrior try a knife with an inhuman..."

"I still can't forget that scene."

"Senior Sen and the others are also like this."

Tanabe Ryuko said quietly.

Satsuma and Changzhou were the main powerful feudal clans in the Falling Curtain Movement, as evidenced by the number of samurai in Satsuma.The Southwest War broke out in Kagoshima, which was the domain of the Satsuma domain.

Non-humans refer to the untouchables outside the gentry, peasant, business class in the old days of Dongying.These inhumans would not be severely punished by the shogunate if they were killed, so samurai usually took these inhumans to test their swords.The samurai sword usually has several battles, which means that several corpses can be completely cut off with one stroke, and most of these corpses are from non-human sources.

"I see, but senior Tanabe spoke up for me, I still have to thank you."

Bai Gui suddenly realized.

Dongpu, who was not born at this time, may not be able to imagine the disgust that ordinary people have towards these warriors.After all, when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain.Civil and military struggles have always been like this, suppress as much as possible.Otherwise, the Abandoned Sword Order would not have been executed so thoroughly and so quickly.

The implementation of the abolition of swords is also seen as the road to Westernization from a barbaric country to a civilized country.

"In addition, the novel's best-selling this time cannot avoid the comments of senior Tanabe."

Bai Gui smiled.

With the impact of the real headlines on various pages this time, his reputation for Baiguibaimeihe has been greatly improved.But this is not enough to make the newspaper of the Minjin Daily popular. The fundamental reason is that Ryuko Tanabe mentioned it in his comments, which made many people know that Baigui Baimeihe not only kicked the magazine, but also wrote a novel.

"Your novel has been released for four issues, and the sales volume keeps rising. There is also a reason why your novel is of good quality... I came to you this time not only for personal matters, but with a mission..."

Ryuko Tanabe glanced at Bai Gui with her beautiful eyes, she probably knew what Bai Gui was thinking, but she didn't alienate her either.

"The Asahi Shimbun News Agency values ​​your novel and wants to publish it on the follow-up novel page. The remuneration for your manuscript is [-] yen per thousand words. What do you mean?"

She took a sip of coffee and said softly.

"I can't ask for it!"

Bai Gui smiled.

Tanabe Ryuko, like Natsume Soseki, published novels and editorials full-time at Asahi Shimbun.

Although the sales volume of Minjin Newspaper is also increasing day by day, a single novel cannot compete with a big newspaper like Asahi Shimbun, which is distributed all over Japan, and even some overseas. business.

As long as his novels are published on it, his net worth will double.

Returning to China is also famous.

In addition, it is impossible for the Asahi Shimbun to publish novels in a few pages in a large page like the Minjin Daily, but it is less than the Minjin Daily. This will not affect the sales of the Minjin Daily newspaper. .

Only good, no bad.

"Of course, it's not just about publishing the novel in the newspaper. There are two conditions. One is, after the novel is finished, please Miwa and you to grant the copyright of reprinting the book to Asahi Shimbun..."

Tanabe Ryuko continued.

Baigui nodded. Sure enough, Asahi Shimbun did not want to waste its resources in favor of red and white expensive, and there were conditions.

For a large company like the Asahi Shimbun, there is no shortage of good novel manuscripts.When encountering such a good novel manuscript, they will dig it out immediately, thereby increasing the popularity of the newspaper.

It is also a mutual achievement.

This is the same as some well-known enterprises in later generations, but the annual publicity fee is still very high, which is higher than that of ordinary small enterprises.

"In terms of royalties, how about 11.00%?"

"This is only the first issue. If it is released well, there will be more reissues."

Tanabe Ryuko explained.

"I still have some understanding of this, and the price is very reasonable."

Bai Gui hesitated for a while, but agreed.

The royalties of well-known writers are definitely higher than those of unknown writers. For example, Mori Ogai, who was the first to have a royalties record in Japan, had a royalties of 1892% of the total sales of his book "Water Foam Collection" published in 20.00.Prior to this, the royalties paid by the media to writers were all one-time buyouts.

Last year, Natsume Soseki's "Quail Cage" was just published. The 3000 volumes published were 15% of the royalties. After reprinting to the fifth edition, the royalties were 20.00%, and the sixth edition reached 30.00%.

He is a newcomer in the Dongying novel world now, and the royalty rate is 11.00%, which is undoubtedly much lower than that of well-known writers, but it is also in line with his status, and the price is not bad.

　Thank you for the 200 starting coins rewarded by Leishen Suoer, and the 100 starting coins rewarded by star Yingying L

　　
　
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