The Japanese like to establish various literary societies, such as the Song and Dancers Society, the Japanese Comparative Literature Society,

Japan Modern Literature Society, etc.

Most of these literary societies focus on a certain sub-field of literary creation. For example, the Kabuki Society specializes in studying modern Japanese drama. The Comparative Literature Society, as its name suggests, studies comparative literature.

Literary organizations like Lin Chaoyang (Japan) Literary Society, which focuses on individual writers, are not very common in the Japanese literary world.

Most of these literary societies are not large in scale, and the number of members is basically what it was when it was established. It may still be what it is ten years later, and there won’t be much change.

The number of members of Lin Chaoyang (Japan) Literary Society has nearly doubled in two years, which firstly shows that the influence of Lin Chaoyang's works in the Japanese literary world has become stronger.

The full text of "The Evolution of Xu Lingjun's Creative Style in the Mid-to-late 1980s" is more than 8,000 words, which deeply analyzes the changes in Lin Chaoyang's creative style in the past three years and the underlying reasons behind it.

The author Lin Chaoyang was in a daze when he wrote it. I thought so much when I was writing the book?

In addition to being published in the journal of the Literary Society, this article also appeared in publications such as "The Yomiuri Shimbun" and "Literary Arts", causing considerable repercussions in the Japanese literary world.

The most important thing that caused a repercussions about this article was not the article itself, but the subject of its study, Lin Chaoyang.

The publication of works such as "Enter Guandong", "The Truman Show" and "The Ferry" in Japan made Lin Chaoyang gradually become famous in Japan.

As a foreign writer, it is difficult for his fame and influence to break through the barriers of nationality, culture and language. If there are no accidents, it will only become popular in a small circle and slowly spread.

But this accident just happened.

In March this year, the third China-Japan Go Tournament ended. The Chinese team once again defeated the Japanese team with a score of 9:8. With three consecutive victories against Japan, Nie Weiping was officially named the "Go Saint" for his 11 consecutive victories against Japan.

This is the first official chess master in Chinese history, and the Go community is rejoicing.

The winning streak in the group competition has also brought Go fever among the people to a peak. Go interest classes have sprung up in various cities, and seven or eight out of ten primary school students have gone to learn Go.

Together with the novels and movies of "Chess Master", they have become popular again. In the past year alone, the sales volume of the "Chess Master" novel has increased from 10 million copies to 15 million copies, and it is still moving towards the 20 million copies mark.

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The movie was also translated and re-screened.

Compared with the joy in China, the situation in Japan is gloomy and gloomy.

The Sino-Japanese Go Tournament was proposed by Japan. At that time, they were full of confidence and thought they could easily kill the Chinese team and let the Chinese team see the insurmountable strength gap between China and Japan in Go.

Unexpectedly, it took three years for the group match to be held, and the Japanese team lost for three years. This group match seemed to become a dark cloud hanging over the Japanese Go community, and it became a dream they couldn't get rid of.

In Japan, where one in ten people is a Go enthusiast, such a disastrous defeat brought a huge wave of criticism.

According to many radical Go fans, all losers should commit seppuku, but this is obviously unrealistic.

Not to mention committing seppuku. When they failed in the first year, the Japanese team even shaved their heads as a token gesture. By the second and third years, the Japanese team simply failed and didn't even bother to shave their heads.

Their performance naturally made Go fans even more angry, but there was nothing they could do about it.

Of course, the Japanese team is not completely bad, they actually want to win, and they have put in a lot of effort to win against the Chinese team.

For example, studying the chess style and chess style of the Chinese team, such as studying "The Master of Chess".

As early as last year after the second Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, Kawade Shobo got Lin Chaoyang's "Go Master"

I have the publishing rights for a book, but it has not been published yet.

In fact, they were commissioned by the Japanese Go team to translate this Chinese novel into Japanese for reference by the Japanese Go team.

But obviously, reading "The Master of Chess" did not bring any bonus to the Japanese team, and they still ended in a disastrous defeat in the third arena competition.

While the Japanese Go team was being criticized by domestic Go enthusiasts, Kawade Shobo made a shocking move.

They published "The Master of Chess", an "anti-Japanese" Go novel.

Not only was it published, but a promotional slogan was also issued for the novel - The Secret of Chinese Go Victory.

It coincided with Japan's three-game losing streak against Chinese Go. As soon as this slogan came out, it immediately caused a stir among Japanese Go enthusiasts.

What? The Chinese team relied on this novel to defeat the Japanese team for three years?

This is a must see!

When I bought it, I found out that we Japanese are actually the villains, eight Yalu!

These Go enthusiasts immediately felt deceived after taking one look at it. They were about to curse and criticize, but then they thought of the slogan of "The Master of Chess", and their reason immediately defeated their anger.

They want to see how the Chinese team defeated the Japanese team with the help of this novel.

At the end, many people couldn't help but be moved when Jiang Nansheng fought one against nine and did not lose his integrity under the threat of gunpoint. He finally fell into a pool of blood.

The charm of the novel is that it allows people to enter the world of the book and experience a life that is not their own.

After being separated from the novel, Go fans' perception of this novel became somewhat complicated. They understood what the so-called "secret of victory" in the slogan was, and it was different from the martial arts advocated by the Japanese.

There is a kind of coincidence in spirit.

Although the Japanese become the villains in the book, such novels do seem to have certain reference significance for Japanese Go.

Thinking again that the Japanese team has indeed lost to the Chinese team for three years, at this time it is even more important to be aware of shame and then be brave.

Instead of hiding the disease and avoiding medical treatment and being arrogant.

Since he is strong, there must be something worth learning from him.

At this time, the Japanese self-CPU spirit played a powerful role. Although many Japanese Go fans with nationalistic complexes felt unhappy after watching "The Master of Go" and cursed after watching it.

But at the same time, there was a group of Go enthusiasts who took the initiative to promote the novel. When the two sides were arguing, the rumors came from unknown sources.

It is said that the author of "The Master of Chess" is Nie Xuanfeng's confidant, and his level of Go is even better than that of Nie Xuanfeng.

I often go to coach the Chinese team.

A writer's Go level is higher than that of top chess players. It was originally a quite outrageous rumor, but when it reached the ears of Japanese Go enthusiasts, it became very reasonable.

Yes, if there were no such masters to guide us from behind, how could Chinese Go, which was originally under Japanese Go, be able to suddenly emerge as a new force? Beat the Japanese team for three consecutive years?

After this rumor spread, the voice of the legitimate client group suddenly became louder.

Statements such as "The Master of Chess is the best warning to losers" and "Only by learning from the strong can we become strong", and so on.

Completely overwhelming those criticisms, the sales of "Chess Master" in Japan soared.

50,000 copies, 100,000 copies, 300,000 copies, 500,000 copies. In just half a year, "The Master of Chess" has achieved a terrifying sales volume of nearly 800,000 copies in Japan. Not to mention novels by foreign authors, even in Japan

The most popular novelists rarely have this sales volume.

The royalties brought by such exaggerated sales are naturally exaggerated. The royalties settled by Kawade Shobo this time to Lin Chaoyang reached an astonishing 210 million yen, equivalent to 1.7 million US dollars.

This is the largest single royalty income that Lin Chaoyang has received in so many years.

The popularity of the novel, in addition to bringing huge royalties to Lin Chaoyang, has another biggest benefit: it has greatly increased his reputation in Japan.

Before the popularity of "Chess Master", Lin Chaoyang's works sold well in Japan, but the people who knew him were limited to pure literary readers.

Go enthusiasts can be found in all walks of life in Japan. After the popularity of "Go Master", Lin Chaoyang's readership has naturally become wider.

Although there are still some Japanese who are disgusted with him because of the hostility towards Japan in his works, this does not prevent Lin Chaoyang's reputation in Japan from growing, and this reputation has increased suddenly in the past few months.

The publication of "The Evolution of Xu Lingjun's Creative Style in the Mid-to-late 1980s" naturally attracted the attention of many people and made them interested in Lin Chaoyang's other works.

"Wow! Brother-in-law, your royalties this time are too much!"

Tao Yumo couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the royalty figures settled by Lin Chaoyang this time.

210 million yen, which is close to 14 million when converted into Hong Kong dollars. Even an average medium-sized company does not have this profit, not to mention that this is just a royalty settlement for Lin Chaoyang.

"Why do I feel like you are almost as powerful as a listed company on your own?"

Tao Yumo's words are a bit flattering, but after careful calculation, they are not exaggerated.

Taking Yulang Institution as an example, the overall revenue has increased slightly this year, reaching almost 600 million, and the net profit is only HK$70 million.

Lin Chaoyang's various royalties this year add up to 40 million Hong Kong dollars, which is definitely less than Yulang Agency.

However, the size of Yulang Institution is not small. It is also a medium size in the Hang Seng Index. Lin Chaoyang’s copyright income is lower than that of listed companies with a market capitalization of less than one billion.

After collecting a large amount of royalties and being amazed by his sister-in-law, Lin Chaoyang was in a happy mood.

Seeing that his treasury was once again full, Lin Chaoyang began to think about spending money again. He and Tao Yushu discussed buying a house.

Since coming to Xiangjiang, the family has been renting Li Hanxiang's house.

Although Lao Li wished he could give the house to him, Comrade Chaoyang is a decent man after all, so how could he want it!

Tao Yushu, a scroll master, does not have high requirements for material life. She just scrolls for the sake of scrolling. Listening to Lin Chaoyang's thoughts, she did not express any opinions and asked Lin Chaoyang: "Do you need money?"

"Need not."

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand with great momentum.

In today's Xiangjiang, except for a few top-level luxury houses, there is no house that he cannot afford.

Compared with Tao Yushu, Tao Yumo's performance was much more exciting.

"Brother-in-law, how big a house do you plan to buy? Can I arrange a bedroom with a private bathroom this time?"

Lin Chaoyang looked at his sister-in-law's happy look, and suddenly felt a sense of conscience.

"I'll buy you a big house this time too!"

Tao Yumo was stunned when he heard this, "Me too?"
To be continued...