The headline of the "Yomiuri Shimbun" newspaper read: "Qing foreign students competed in all kendo clubs and judo clubs of the No. 1 high school and the University of Tokyo and won a big victory."
"Asahi Shimbun": "The martial arts of the Qing Dynasty are shocking!"
"Mainichi Shimbun": "Yagyu, the remaining samurai of the shogunate, was defeated by the Qing students."
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Every major newspaper that is a household name in Japan published the incident of Bai Gui's kicking the club. The titles used were different, but the content was similar. The name Bai Gui and Bai Meihe were suddenly known to everyone in Japan.
Each news section has different opinions on this news.
Some journalists said: "The samurai were arrogant and narrow-minded, which damaged the relationship between Japan and Qing Dynasty, and almost caused a catastrophe. According to a recent investigation by our magazine, the reason was that the samurai in the Kendo Club did not recruit Qing students from abroad, and Bai Gui was out of righteous indignation..."
"Samurai are a cancer of the shogunate era and should have been eliminated long ago. Once Yagyu wears a staff sword, he violates the order to abolish swords and should be punished..."
"Once Yagyu was ashamed of being a samurai, he attacked in groups..."
"Su Xun of the Qing Dynasty and the Song Dynasty once said, 'If you fight for justice, you can be victorious.' Once Yagyu and his kendo club fought unjustly, a disastrous defeat is the due course of friendship..."
There are also some negative comments, but these comments are relatively few.
Strictly speaking, the commentators who write articles in the newspaper tend to be Westernized. Most of the people who run the newspaper are advanced intellectuals and have studied abroad. They are very separated from the samurai class, so the news published is all about samurai.
Extremely disadvantageous.
Not to mention that once Yagyu used the staff sword this time, it would be considered a violation of the order to abolish the sword, which was even more disgusting.
Not everyone likes the samurai during the shogunate period. Those samurai were loyal to the shogunate and unruly...
In contrast, Bai Gui is fighting for justice this time. No matter what he thinks in his heart, he must give positive comments.
But what is surprising is that the female writer Ryuko Tanabe commented in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper: "Unexpectedly, Bai Jun is not only outstanding in literary talent, but also talented. Not only did he become a three-level scholar in Chang'an, but he also wrote novels such as "The Great Qin Empire".
He has such a strong martial arts, which is truly admirable."
Later, Mori Ogai and other literary giants also began to praise Bai Gui.
Compared with the dissatisfied and disgusted samurai from their country, writers such as Mori Ogai still considered Shirogui, who was also a novelist, more approachable, and began to support him.
"Thank you, Tanabe-senpai, for your help."
A restaurant.
Bai Gui expressed his thanks and began to pour a cup of coffee for Tanabe Ryuko.
The two sat opposite each other.
"It's not like I'm helping you. I've also seen these warriors commit evil. When I was young, I even saw a warrior test a sword with an inhuman way..."
"I still can't forget that scene."
"Senior Mori and the others are like this too."
Ryuko Tanabe said quietly.
Satsuma Domain and Choshu Domain were the main powerful vassals in the Overthrow Movement, and the number of warriors of Satsuma Domain can be seen. The outbreak of the Southwest War was also in Kagoshima, which was the vassal territory of Satsuma Domain.
Non-humans refer to the untouchables outside the scholar, peasant, industrial and commercial classes in the old days of Japan. These non-humans will not be severely punished by the shogunate if they are killed, so samurai usually use these non-humans to test swords. Samurai swords usually have several swords, which refers to
It is possible to completely cut off several corpses with one blow, and most of these corpses are from non-human beings.
"I see, but I still have to thank Tanabe-senpai for speaking up for me."
Bai Gui suddenly realized.
If you were not born in Japan at this time, I am afraid that it is impossible to imagine the disgust that ordinary people have for these warriors. After all, when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason to explain. Civil and military battles have always been like this. Suppress them as much as possible. Otherwise, the Abolition of Swords Order would not be implemented so thoroughly.
, so fast.
The execution of the Sword Abolition Order is also seen as the road to Westernization from a barbaric country to a civilized country.
"Also, the best-selling novel this time is due to Tanabe-senpai's comments."
Bai Gui smiled.
With the impact of this real headline on every page, his reputation as Baiguibaimeiwa has been greatly improved. But this is not enough to make the Minjin Newspaper sell well. The fundamental reason lies in what Tanabe Ryuko mentioned in his comment:
Let many people know that Bai Gui and Bai Meihe not only play in the gym, but also wrote a novel.
"Four issues of your novel have been published, and the sales continue to rise. This is also the reason why the quality of your novel is good. I came to see you this time not only for personal matters, but also with a mission..."
Tanabe Ryuko glanced at Bai Gui with her beautiful eyes. She probably knew some of what Bai Gui was thinking, but she didn't alienate him either.
"The Asahi Shimbun has valued your novel and would like to publish it in the subsequent novel section. The remuneration to you is three days per thousand words. What do you think?"
She took a sip of coffee and said softly.
“I wish I could have wished for it!”
Bai Gui smiled.
Like Natsume Soseki, Ryuko Tanabe publishes novels and editorials full-time at the Asahi Shimbun.
Although the sales of Minjin Daily newspapers are also increasing day by day, a novel alone cannot compete with a large newspaper like the Asahi Shimbun. Newspapers like the Asahi Shimbun are distributed throughout Japan and even some overseas.
business.
As long as his novel is published on it, his net worth will double.
When he returned to his country, he was also famous.
In addition, the Asahi Shimbun cannot give it a few pages to publish novels like the Minjin Newspaper and other tabloids, but less than the Minjin Newspaper. This does not affect the sales of the Minjin Newspaper.
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There are only advantages and no disadvantages.
"Of course, it's not just about publishing the novel in the newspaper, there are two conditions. One is, after the novel is written, I also ask Miwa to grant the copyright to publish and reprint the single volume to the Asahi Shimbun..."
Ryuko Tanabe continued.
Bai Gui nodded. Sure enough, Asahi Shimbun didn't want to waste its resources in praising Bai Gui. There were conditions.
For a large newspaper like the Asahi Shimbun, there is no shortage of good novel manuscripts. When you encounter such good novel manuscripts, you will immediately dig them up, thereby increasing the newspaper's popularity.
It can be considered mutual success.
This is similar to some well-known companies in later generations, but their annual publicity expenses are still very high, higher than those of ordinary small businesses.
"As for royalties, how about 11%?"
"This is just the first issue. If it goes well, there will be many more issues."
Tanabe Ryuko explained.
"I also know something about this, the price is very reasonable."
Bai Gui hesitated for a while, then agreed.
The royalties of well-known writers are definitely higher than those of unknown writers. For example, Mori Ogai, who had the earliest royalty record in Japan, the royalties for "Shui Mo Ji" published in 1892 were 25% of the total sales. Before that,
, the media’s royalties to writers are all one-time buyouts.
Natsume Soseki's "The Quail Cage" was just published last year, and the royalties for the 3,000 published copies were 15%. When it was reprinted to the fifth edition, the royalties were 20%, and for the sixth edition it was 30%.
He is new to the Japanese novel world, and the royalty rate is 11%, which is undoubtedly much lower than that of well-known writers, but it is also consistent with his status, and the price is not bad.