Chapter 311

"Postpartum Care for Sows!"

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Ye Xuan almost doubted his own ears.

He silently took back his original words about it having nothing to do with him, only feeling it was ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!

Never expected that Murakami Haruki's new book inspiration would actually be related to raising pigs?!

Recalling Murakami Haruki's behavior of wishing he could live in the pig farm, Ye Xuan couldn't help but be speechless.

This... seems to really have something to do with him?!

With his mouth twitching repeatedly, Ye Xuan finally patted Murakami Haruki on the shoulder.

"Good luck."

After saying goodbye to Ye Xuan and returning to his country, Murakami Haruki continued to start his closed-door writing mode.

It was still waking up at 4:00 AM every day, burying his head in writing all day, living a repetitive life.

A month later, the full manuscript of "Postpartum Care for Sows" was completed.

When the publishing house that cooperated deeply with Murakami Haruki received the manuscript of this book, they were all a bit dumbfounded.

Why did Mr. Murakami suddenly change his style?!

Although they knew that Murakami Haruki's writing field had always been broad, it couldn't be broad enough to enter the pig-raising industry, right?!

Although all the editors were a bit skeptical, out of trust in Murakami Haruki, the publishing house's initial print run was still set at 100,000 copies.

Don't underestimate this number.

In the Japanese book publishing industry, the initial print run for most new authors is no more than 5,000 copies.

And Murakami Haruki has extremely high national popularity in Japan, so the publishing house's book print run is naturally not low.

Just never expected that this book would become a hit as soon as it was released.

First, literary masters in Japan spoke out on Twitter one after another.

"Youth literature writer Watanabe Mi: Mr. Murakami has finally stepped out of his comfort zone and started challenging a new style!"

"Realist novelist Nakamura Ye: This book by Murakami Haruki has simply exceeded all my predictions about him!"

Afterwards, in the reader's popularity survey ranking, this book ranked first in popularity as soon as it was published.

When the publishing house collected reader feedback, they were all dumbfounded.

"How did Mr. Murakami Haruki know that my family has been raising pigs recently? This book is written so well!"

"I used to think Mr. Murakami Haruki was out of touch, but now I think he is too grounded!"

"As an author who has liked Murakami Haruki for nearly twenty years, I am very happy that Mr. Murakami Haruki has found a brand new style.

We all know that Mr. Murakami Haruki's limitation lies in his fictionalism, and now, he has broken his limitations and created new possibilities..."

And just in this situation of rave reviews, the publishing house soon learned the latest news from major bookstores.

In just one week, "Postpartum Care for Sows" was sold out in major bookstores across the country!

What does this mean?!

It means the popularity of this book far exceeds everyone's imagination!

The publishing house welcomed crazy reprints again.

At the same time, the publishing house specifically invited Murakami Haruki to hold a book signing event.

The scene of the release event was a sea of people, including many well-known authors and famous book critics.

After all, Murakami Haruki has always been reclusive, and it is not easy to see him in person.

When Murakami Haruki appeared, everyone's questions followed one after another.

"Mr. Murakami, how did you come up with the inspiration for this book?"

"Mr. Murakami, how do you view your new book?!"

Looking at this stream of questions, Murakami Haruki's answer surprised everyone.

"This is an exclusive mental method I learned from Ye Xuan Sang! If you have no inspiration in the future, just go raise some pigs!"

Can raising pigs give you inspiration?!

A group of media outlets recorded Murakami Haruki's words with skepticism and published them in their own reports the next day.

[Murakami Haruki's Exclusive Mental Method: If you have no inspiration in the future, just go raise some pigs!]

["Postpartum Care for Sows" is a hit! Inspiration comes from raising pigs]

And other writers in Japan, after learning about Murakami Haruki's so-called exclusive mental method, acted one after another.

Everyone's actions were quite consistent.

That is, go raise pigs!

Even if it doesn't necessarily work, what if it does?!

When Ye Xuan received Murakami Haruki's thank-you email again and learned that almost the entire Japanese writer circle had started raising pigs, Ye Xuan's jaw almost didn't close.

Unexpectedly, unknowingly, he had made such a huge contribution to the pig-raising industry in a foreign country?!

The butterfly effect is awesome!

With this in mind, when he came to the pig farm for a walk again, Ye Xuan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the fat and strong old sows.

Never thought that these old sows would give Murakami Haruki endless inspiration?!

Not only wrote a new novel but also drove the vigorous development of Japan's pig-raising industry?!

It has simply made great contributions to the reproduction of the pig family!

Just as Ye Xuan was praising the heroic deeds of his old sows, the mobile phone in his pocket made a buzzing sound.

Taking it out to look at the caller ID, it was a call from the President of Peking University.

"Hello, Mr. Ye, long time no see..."

Hearing the familiar hearty laughter of the Peking University President on the other end of the phone, Ye Xuan also curled his lips.

"President, what's wrong?"

"Mr. Ye, it's like this: next week, a university expert exchange delegation from the United States is coming to Peking University for multidisciplinary academic exchanges. We were wondering if we could invite you to participate?"

Expert exchange delegation from the United States?!

Just when Ye Xuan was puzzled, the Peking University President on the other end cleared his throat, his face showing a serious look.

You have to know that American universities have always looked down on Chinese universities.

Thanks to outstanding scientific research strength and academic atmosphere, among the world's top 50 university rankings, American universities alone occupy 80%.

In contrast, China's top two schools, Qingbei, don't even have the qualifications to enter the top 50.

As a result, the pride of American universities has grown even more.

One of the schools even publicly criticized:

"We in the United States just don't like admitting Chinese students!"

Now that the American university expert exchange delegation is coming to China for exchanges, it is no different from a weasel paying a New Year's call to a chicken!

It is clearly ill-intentioned and deliberately looking for trouble!

Scanning the several professors in the same office with worried looks, the Peking University President pressed his hand down slightly, signaling everyone to be calm.

Afterwards, the President approached the microphone again and said slowly.

"The exchange delegation's visit, in our view, is clearly not pure in purpose..."

Hearing the Peking University President's voice, Ye Xuan also understood.

Looking at it this way, the visit of this group of American experts and scholars is clearly not coming with good intentions.

Just when Ye Xuan was sighing, the next moment he heard the Peking University President's tone on the other side carry more or less some fawning.

"So, isn't this wanting to ask Mr. Ye to be our backing?"

Backing?

Ye Xuan couldn't help but laugh.

This is clearly pulling him to fill the scene.