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The day before the final selection, the online judging panel of the Neon Mystery Writers Association Awards closed the voting entrance. The total number of votes cast was as high as 500,000, which is unprecedented and shocking.

The Neon Mystery Writers Association Award is the oldest award in the neon mystery novel industry so far, and it is also the highest award for neon mystery novels. It has received far more attention than ordinary people imagine.

It can be said that if the waistband of a novel reads "Neon Mystery Writers Association Award - Novel Award", then the book will still be a classic even fifty years later, and the award-winning work may not necessarily be Suitable for everyone's tastes, but absolutely no parallel imports. This is a throne that has been piled up with masterpieces one after another since 1948. Every mystery novel writer is proud to win this award.

A prize you can only win once in a lifetime!

And such an award with a long history that is almost equivalent to the history of neon mystery novels actually made changes like a joke, pushing the selection system that has been passed down for more than half a century in an unpredictable direction.

The oldest award combines the latest technology, just like using coffin boards to customize a solid wood keyboard. To paraphrase a veteran mystery writer in the newspaper these days——

"If Mr. Edogawa finds out, he will jump out of the ground and smash your idiot's brains out with his pipe!"

There are countless similar comments. Although everyone is shocked by the attention this year's Mystery Writers Award has received, this does not prevent them from criticizing this reform move.

In response to this, the powerful Kenzo Kono also responded with an extremely strong-willed report in the newspaper——

"Mr. Edogawa is the father of neon mystery novels. He created the history of neon mystery novels and is a first-class pioneer and innovative person. If anyone can take my reform move to the Santo River and let Jiang Mr. Togawa knows that he will definitely regard me as his adopted son..."

This man spoke eloquently, dragging the dead Edogawa Ranpo to endorse his actions, boasting that he was second to Ranpo, and every word of his humorous and interesting words was full of shamelessness.

If you are so talented in literature, of course, Hojo Kyosuke's advice is indispensable. In fact, the counterattack article was written by Hojo Kyosuke. The two are now completely on the same front. Anyone who wants to attack Kenzo Konno and the Reasoning Association I just can't get along with him. However, ghostwriting fees still have to be charged. After being the president for so many years, Kenzo Konno has collected a lot of good things. There were even many original manuscripts of Matsumoto Seicho and Edogawa Ranpo, and Hojo Kyosuke took the opportunity to ask for a lot.

This shameless remark caused many seniors in the literary world to curse, not only in the mystery novel world, but also in the serious literary world in general. Writers who have been judges of the Naoki Akutagawa Prize for many years also made comments on newspapers and TV programs. All exceptions are made to say that Kenzo Konno acted recklessly in disregard of tradition.

During this period, major newspapers and weekly magazines can be regarded as celebrating the New Year every day. Daily sales have increased by a few points. People in the sales department are sitting at home and are overjoyed. The sensible newspapers have taken the initiative to scold these participating companies. War writers have had their remuneration increased. Well, yes, even though the published stuff is not serious, you can still get royalties. This is the happy life of a neon writer. On the other side of the sea, only during the Republic of China could writers be so happy.

Readers across the country thought that the previous scolding battle between Matsumoto Motohiro and Futami Jiraiya, each taking sides with Hojo Kyosuke, was exciting enough. They were laughing so hard when they were watching Hojo Kyosuke’s direct warning of force threats on TV, but they didn’t expect that there would be a big drama later. , Hojo Kyosuke, who is just a newcomer in the literary world, actually single-handedly dragged down many leading figures in the neon literature world, and everyone put aside their dignity and shame to fight fiercely.

Although he is not a moral person, such a direct scolding battle still made many readers enjoy watching it.

Do you understand what the traditional and inherent systems in this country represent? Lifetime employment is oppressive but why not immigrate? Perhaps most people just don’t feel too deeply when they look at the words “lifetime employment system.” So if we put it another way, “all state-owned enterprise employees”, the two cannot be said to be exactly the same. I can only say that there is basically no difference.

It seems that the Neon Mystery Association's reform of the review system is just a matter of their own selfishness, but it is not the case.

"If you dare to vote online today, will you have to live broadcast the burning of the Capitol Building tomorrow?"

The fire of reform and innovation must be nipped in the bud. The Neon Mystery Association, which is thriving because of the change in the evaluation system, is like a mirror, revealing the true colors of the traditional awards opposite.

While the organizers of major awards are envious of the National Interest and Credibility of the Mystery Association, they feel like their buttocks are on fire and they are restless. Although they do not rely on the general public to raise funds for their organization, the publishing houses and magazines behind them need the support of readers. In the past few days, many people have called or sent letters asking if they have any plans to reform. If so, Quickly open the voting website, they want to vote for Hojo Kyosuke.

Hojo Kyosuke and Konno Kenzo are not without allies. For example, the Honya Grand Prize and a number of emerging awards took the opportunity to launch attacks. When the people questioned traditional awards, they took the opportunity to promote their own awards. Not to mention that the results were really good.

Art or the public, literature or the public, this is an enduring topic. Take the title "teacher" for example. It seems that both cartoonists and voice actors can call them "teacher", but in fact, these teachers dare not call themselves teachers in front of serious literary writers, and they will laugh out loud.

Weekly Shonen High, as Hojo Kyosuke's mentor, is also a manga magazine famous for its voting book-cutting system. Not to be outdone, it actively talked about the various innovations they embraced in the new era, taking advantage of the momentum, and also advertised, hinting that a mystery manga would be launched after the Neon Mystery Writers Association Award.

The words were almost like saying that the grand prize winner Hojo Kyosuke had already prepared a new work, waiting to start serialization after the award ceremony.

Under the attention of the public, the online voting channel for the Mystery Association Award was officially closed, with a total of 500,000 votes. The first place was undoubtedly "The Devotion of Suspect X", with 320,000 votes, more than the votes of the other four candidate works combined, showing a cliff-like lead.

The key vote was locked before the final selection officially began, and Hojo Kyosuke's fans have already started celebrating.

The people of the Neon Mystery Writers Association are also celebrating. The association has two awards, one is the Edogawa Ranpo Award, which focuses on new writers, and the other is the Mystery Association Award. Both awards have a tradition of recruiting ordinary audiences from the society. Before the Internet era, information and mailing addresses were published in newspapers, and people who were interested in watching the award ceremony were asked to send letters to register, and they would reply with tickets, which were free. After entering the Internet era, it became much faster and changed to sending emails.

This activity has always had regulations. If there are too many people who sign up, a lottery system will be adopted. In the past, the staff responsible for sending tickets to the masses who wrote letters had a very easy job. But this time, just counting the letter writers made the person in charge scalp numb, and he had to seek help from colleagues in the technical department. Because there were so many people, the identity information of the letter writers showed that there were even many people from China, South Korea, the United States, etc.

When the person in charge saw those messages, he thought someone was playing a prank, but after selecting a few emails to verify, he found that they were all real. Some people even asked directly if they could pay for tickets directly. They just wanted to witness the glorious moment when Mr. Hojo won the award.

It is well known that diplomacy is no small matter, let alone such a face-saving thing. There is a common problem in backward countries - worshipping foreign countries and fawning on foreigners. This problem is particularly evident in the citizens of occupied and colonized countries. Neon, which received the Emperor's "Gyokuon-Housou" declaration of surrender, had its spine broken, and then developed under the care of American father, has brought this trait to the fullest.

Even if there are no foreign audiences, they have to pay for a few extras, and the level of prestige will rise in an instant, not to mention that these real fans come to watch the ceremony. Doesn't this mean that the influence of their Neon Mystery Writers Association has spread to the world? In the past, the influence of their association was actually okay. The winning novels and candidate novels were favored by foreign publishers, but they were mainly in several Asian Han cultural circles. The popularity in Europe and the United States is not that high. It is only spread among mystery fans, far from the spread of Neon and China.

So when he heard the report from the person in charge, President Kenzo Kinno immediately issued instructions to give priority to foreigners for tickets, well, the kind of foreigners who live in foreign countries, not those who work in Neon. This way, when the media interviews, it will be more authentic, and it can also add some gold content to Hojo Kyosuke's award. In fact, even if there was no such accident, he had prepared other means to establish his authority.

Just like Hojo Kyosuke helped the association to help himself, Kenzo Kinno helped Hojo Kyosuke to help himself. He wanted to tell the outside world that the Neon Mystery Association Award not only did not decline because of his reform, but became more authoritative.

Even Matsumoto Motohiro, who has been satirizing Hojo Kyosuke, and a group of antique writers who jumped out to oppose the Mystery Association, seemed to have seen the scene of Hojo Kyosuke winning the award, and they all lamented that he was going to ruin Neon mystery novels. Some even directly stepped down on the Fuji TV program, crying and saying sorry to Mr. Matsumoto Seicho for not protecting the Neon mystery he had opened up, and asked Mr. Matsumoto Seicho to possess him and take Hojo Kyosuke away like summoning a soul.

So the respect for ancestors in Japan is really very strange. On the one hand, they attach great importance to tradition. The ten family rules are hung on the wall and the whole family recites them three times in the morning and evening. On the other hand, they often use their ancestors as weapons. Before, it was Edogawa Ranpo and now it is Matsumoto Seicho. I am afraid that Edgar Allan Poe will be dragged to play Landlord.

Hojo Kyosuke wanted to laugh when he saw it. It felt like he saw Jidian monk holding his Arhat golden body and feeding wild buffaloes, and the whole room laughed.

However, Hojo Kyosuke is not a person who just takes scolding without fighting back. The ancestors are used by the barbarians, so I will use them too! He made a lot of money directly and neatly, and the editor of "Asahi Shimbun" thanked him repeatedly.

"The social mystery novels pioneered by Mr. Matsumoto Seicho have popularized mystery novels, allowing mystery novels to appear in the eyes of more people and giving them such a special status today. If I am a demon, a devil, or an evil god, what is Mr. Matsumoto Seicho?

A considerable number of my readers are not just fans of mystery novels. They do not read my books because they can enjoy the fun of reasoning and the charm of tricks, but simply like the emotions and the world described in my works. As you said, I have indeed lowered the threshold for reading mystery novels without limit.

But what I am doing now is any different from Mr. Matsumoto Seicho?"

Wilful, flamboyant, wild...

Hojo Kyosuke changed his previous artistic scolding style, not at all humble, but full of youthful arrogance. Especially the last sentence, the confidence between the lines that was about to overflow from the paper made everyone who saw it gasp and feel the extraordinary appeal.

Arrogant! Too arrogant!

He actually compared himself to Matsumoto Seicho. This guy is really arrogant when he is successful. He doesn't hide his villainy at all.

Whether it is those who come to blacken Hojo Kyosuke for money or those who sincerely want to beat this young man who is too outstanding, they are all shocked by Hojo Kyosuke's outburst, so they launched a more fierce attack, and some even said that they will go directly to the award ceremony tomorrow to protest.

Hojo Kyosuke didn't say anything, but posted the video of him swinging a knife on TV last time, and added another picture.

The picture is a samurai sword, the scabbard is a black wood as luxurious as lacquerware, with light brown lines on it, like segments of lightning. The shank is round and has a maple leaf pattern carved on it. Except for the black scabbard, the shank, the handle and other decorations are all silver.

The copy is an introduction: The name of the knife is "Silver", given by my friend Lily, and forged by Mr. Tsukiyama Sadaichi, a treasure in the world, and it is wiped day and night without getting tired.

Some literary masters who have not yet learned to use the Internet were told about this by their nephews and disciples, and they were so angry that they trembled all over. This guy's meaning is too obvious, just short of saying "If you dare to ruin my good deeds, I will chop you to death", and this time he used a prop knife!

Kenzo Chino and Tsuyoshi Osaka laughed so hard that they said that if those old predecessors were really scared to death, Hojo Kyosuke would be guilty.

"Friend Lily" hid in the room and laughed so hard that she squealed like a pig, and she was so proud. Because her stage name is written on the poster~

But the only problem is that she didn't go home tonight because of her chores.

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