An hour after the end of the Edogawa Ranpo Climbing Tour.
All the well-known newspapers in Tokyo unanimously published a special supplementary issue.
The themes of the newspaper all revolve around a name that is very unfamiliar to the public readers, Maijo Kyousuke.
Not only was it highlighted in the newspaper, Maijo Keisuke had just won the Edogawa Ranpo Dragon Prize for his book "Astrological Murderous Magic", and he was a rare genius writer.
It was also reported that Maijo Keisuke claimed at the award ceremony that he not only wanted to write a long mystery novel that no one had read, but that no one could write.
It will take another week to publish in the second issue of "Top Hat" magazine, a short mystery novel that all mystery writers can only look up to!
He even put down his bold words and accepted submissions from everyone in "Top Hat" magazine to openly compete with him!
As long as I lose to anyone in the popular vote, I will apologize publicly and never write anything!
The newspaper supplement about Maijo Kyousuke has a huge circulation, and almost all newspapers in Tokyo are rushing to report this strange news.
Some newspapers even directly published photos of Maijo Keisuke and Matsumoto Seicho shaking hands in their newspapers in order to gain attention.
And the front page of the newspaper was labeled "The most arrogant mystery novelist in history!" or "The dark horse writer most promising to become the standard bearer of the new era!"
Compared with Maijo Keisuke's "arrogance", everyone ignored the "emotional scandal" in the newspaper between Maijo Keisuke and the beautiful female editor-in-chief Eryome.
After all, as soon as he received the Newcomer Award, he dared to openly challenge all mystery writers in Japan!
Such an unprecedented thing, not to mention that no one has ever seen it in the history of Japanese reasoning, even if you look at the entire world of literature, it has never happened before!
But for the public, this is just a piece of talk after dinner.
Because Kesuke Maijo has no published works at all at the moment, everyone can only see his arrogant attitude from a few words in the newspaper.
"No one has ever read it? A long mystery novel that no one can write?"
"In one week, you can write a short mystery that can make all writers look up to you?"
"This guy named Maijo Kyousuke is too boastful. He is just a clown who doesn't know the heights of the world!"
Most people commented like this after seeing reports about Maijo Kyousuke.
No one thought that Maijo Kyousuke would win this game.
No one thinks that Maijo Kyousuke will become the standard-bearer leading the Japanese mystery literary world.
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Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo, in front of the Jōmei-no-yu.
After Maijo Kyousuke and Uyama Hinodeomi, Eryu said their beautiful goodbyes.
He immediately returned to his room on the second floor, sat at the table, and began to think about the short mystery novel that would be published in the second issue of "Top Hat" magazine.
Because this time, it is Maijo Keisuke’s challenge to all mystery writers in Japan. It can be said to be a last-ditch battle!
If you succeed, you will become famous and successfully join the ranks of famous writers!
But if you fail, you will almost have no way out!
Therefore, Maishiro Keisuke naturally knew that he had to come up with the strongest short mystery novel to ensure that it was foolproof!
Moreover, this short mystery novel must not only have the strongest logic, but also be insurmountable, unbreakable, groundbreaking enough, and have an amazing structure!
And it can combine so many characteristics, and can completely crush it at the logical level, it is a short mystery novel by all Japanese mystery writers!
So there is only one "Conclusion", right?
When Maijo Kyousuke thought of this, he immediately devoted himself to writing!
anyway! I have to rely on this opportunity to make a splash!
Because I lost this opportunity, I have no chance of making a comeback!
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While Maijo Kyousuke stayed up all night writing "The End", he planned to shock this parallel world.
The magazine departments and sales departments of various publishing houses are already undercurrent!
Although the people of Tokyo did not know who Maijo Keisuke was, as soon as the Edogawa Ranpo Climbing Dragon Award ended, almost all the magazine departments and sales departments of publishing houses smelled the danger!
The reason is naturally self-evident. Maijo Keisuke's momentum this time is really too great!
Even everyone is not optimistic about Maijo Keisuke, thinking that Maijo Keisuke will definitely lose this time!
But it is undeniable that Maijo Keisuke’s popularity has gone far beyond the scope of a new writer!
Just being able to have newspapers all over Tokyo specialize in reporting on him is enough to make him famous!
You know, even the death of Tatsumi Asayama, a mystery writer who focused on describing physical and mental bondage, was not enough for all Tokyo newspapers to issue a supplementary issue to report on it!
With Maijo Keisuke having such a great reputation, as long as Kodansha operates at will, Maijo Keisuke will become a super money-attracting tool!
Therefore, after many publishing houses learned about the news about Maijo Kyousuke, they all held meetings overnight to discuss whether to modify their company's magazine release time.
Change the magazine originally scheduled to be released on Monday to Tuesday to avoid colliding with the "horror train" of "Top Hat"!
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Although Genjiro Noma, the president of Kodansha, is extremely fat, he is a very ambitious and capable president.
When Genjiro Noma was walking around the Edogawa Dragon Climbing Festival, he heard Keisuke Maijo standing on the stage and said that he wanted to challenge all Japanese mystery writers in "Top Hat" magazine.
Genjiro Noma keenly sensed the business opportunities!
He immediately instructed his sales manager, Yasunori Okoshiba, who is also his brother-in-law, to contact the printing house immediately to increase the number of copies of "Astrological Killing Magic" from the initial 20,000 to 50,000!
Because, no matter whether Maijo Kyousuke loses or wins this time, it is a rare and valuable opportunity for Kodansha!
If Maijo Keisuke wins this bloody game!
So relying on Maijo Keisuke's ability and reputation to kill everyone, his first published work "Astrology Killing Magic" can sell at least 400,000 copies!
What if Maijo Kyousuke unfortunately loses the game?
Then Genjiro Noma can write the genius writer's final work on the cover of "Astrology Killing Magic" and squeeze out the last bit of value from Maijo Keisuke!
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January 14, 1980 (Showa 55).
"Top Hat" magazine, funded by Kodansha, makes its grand debut.
On the same day, nearly 80% of the magazines in Tokyo that were published on Monday were moved to Tuesday in response to the current situation.
Newsstands on the street, in front of convenience stores, and in front of bookstores were crowded with people who wanted to join in the fun!
Although everyone came with articles that wanted to make fun of Maijo Kyousuke.
But it also invisibly increased the sales of "Top Hat" magazine!
This makes "Top Hat" magazine like a "rambling horror train", directly knocking through all obstacles on the track!
When other magazines didn't even sell 5,000 copies.
Half a million copies of "Top Hat" magazine were sold out in an instant!
