Chapter 151

Time passed for another half a week. During this period, the public opinion storm caused by the Burakumin became larger and larger.

Besides the demonstration outside Mantanshe, Burakumin groups in various parts of Japan also launched demonstrations of different sizes, ranging from dozens of people to thousands of people.

And the slogans of the demonstration also changed from protesting Mantanshe's discrimination against the Burakumin to demanding that the government and society face up to the interests of the Burakumin.

In this process, the other three major publishers also fell into the well one after another, claiming that they would never discriminate against the Burakumin, and even some other legislators who wanted to strive for Burakumin votes also spoke out on television programs.

These successive developments made Mantanshe exhausted, and even called several times, raising the 80 million yen sincerity money to 300 million yen, and indicating that it could be discussed.

However, Akiwara Yuto's response was still to wait.

After all, no matter what, even if it drags on, he won't suffer much loss.

In other words, by dragging it out, he could also gain no small benefits from it.

Akiwara Yuto stood up, sat at the desk, and began to think.

This morning, Anju Jin Gangyi called and informed him that because of the storm caused by the Burakumin group, many people were curious about the book *Death of a Detective* with a Burakumin as the protagonist.

On the 3rd day after the demonstration ended, it was already very difficult to find this book on the shelves of bookstores in various places, including Tokyo.

And this meant that the 50,000 copies of the reprint of *Death of a Detective* had sold out again.

In order to replenish and order, bookstores in various places called Anju Bookstore to replenish and order, requesting to increase the order of this book *Death of a Detective*.

Even Tokyo Sales, as a distributor, sent a section chief again, and while paying the previous payment, requested to increase the order by 100,000 copies.

According to the statistics of Nishijima Zongtai, who is in charge of sales business, together with the order lists from bookstores in various places, the total number of orders for the third batch of *Death of a Detective* had reached a full 150,000 copies!

It was a full 5 times the 30,000 copies of the first edition!

Not only that, the book *The Devotion of Suspect X* also sold a lot more through this storm.

Besides the big sales of books, his related works were also paid attention to by more book reviewers.

Akiwara Yuto took a newspaper, spread it on the desk, and read it.

The headline of this newspaper was still talking about the Burakumin's protest, but in the culture section, a book reviewer wrote a book review analyzing *Death of a Detective*.

"... Although it is now considered that this work depicts the unfair treatment suffered by the Burakumin. But in my personal view, the connotation of this work is even more reflected in the wealth gap problem of society."

"After World War II, all the wealth in Japanese society was accumulated by the bottom-level workers and citizens through crazy overtime, but through stocks and real estate, chaebols and capitalists could very easily transfer these properties to their own hands..."

"After transferring wealth, the rich handed the wealth to the next generation through inheritance, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for children from ordinary families to get ahead."

"... And this work *Death of a Detective* describes the relevant social problems. In my view, the deep meaning of this work is to satirize the class solidification problem in Japan now!"

"No matter how you look at it, Mr. Akiwara Yuto is indeed a writer who cares about society!"

After reading the whole book review, Akiwara Yuto subconsciously nodded.

It seems that there are still smart people who know the true meaning of this work.

This work *Death of a Detective* was adapted from *Knives Out*, and the latter was to satirize the wealth gap and political correctness problems in American society.

After his adaptation, the political correctness problem was weakened a lot, but the wealth gap problem was highlighted.

And hinting at the unfair treatment suffered by the Burakumin, he actually hadn't thought about it at all...

And he didn't expect it to cause such a big social controversy...

It can only be said that what a writer writes is often viewed from another angle.

Akiwara Yuto couldn't help but think of the news he saw in his past life: a writer helped his children write the reading comprehension questions of the Chinese test paper, and the article read was exactly the writer's own work.

But the result was unexpected, the writer finished writing everything and found that the score was less than half...

After the incident, the writer sighed: "I don't know what I want to express myself..."

Akiwara Yuto shook his head, flipped through the newspaper simply, read some other related book reviews, then stood up, changed into outdoor clothes, and walked out of the house.

Next, he was going to meet an important person.

Chiyoda Ward, Double Cafe.

"Ms. Seto, I didn't expect Mantanshe to invite you."

Akiwara Yuto looked at Seto Tamae sitting opposite him and revealed a helpless wry smile.

In the morning, Seto Tamae called, hoping to talk simply.

After hearing the other party's proposal, Akiwara Yuto immediately understood that she was here to act as a lobbyist for Mantanshe.

If it were someone from Mantanshe, he could naturally refuse mercilessly, or find a reason to continue dragging it out.

But for Seto Tamae, he couldn't do that.

At the previous Mantanshe Literary Award, because of the questioning of the award results, Seto Tamae took the initiative to stand up for him.

So, whether it was kindness or human favor, he had to find an opportunity to repay it.

Seto Tamae picked up the coffee and took a sip, shaking her head, "Mr. Akiwara, I hope you don't think I'm meddling in other people's business. However, you should also know my intention today."

She came here this time because she was entrusted by Furukawa Kento, and besides this, even the former editor-in-chief of *Tokyo Literature* hoped she could help.

Because of a series of storms, the sales of the two magazines *Tokyo Literature* and *New* had dropped by a full 40% compared to 1 month ago.

After all, she was still a signed writer serialized in *Tokyo Literature*, so the drop in sales also had a certain impact on herself.

Seeing Akiwara Yuto nod, Seto Tamae sighed again and then said: "To tell the truth, this time it was entrusted to me by Mantanshe, but I also have a certain selfishness. So, whether you can accept the reconciliation, you should weigh it yourself, Mr. Akiwara."

Pausing, she added: "The blacklist incident has always been handled privately by Takei Kohei, so I have never heard any news. However, this matter is indeed too much, so even if you don't accept the conditions here, Mr. Akiwara, I don't think there is anything inappropriate."

Akiwara Yuto was silent for a while and then replied: "Actually, I don't want to reach this point today either; I can only say that many things are very difficult to predict."

He picked up the coffee and took a sip, then said: "Ms. Seto, if possible, out of your human favor, I am also willing to accept Mantanshe's reconciliation. But because of the current public opinion, if I agree to reconcile, I might be considered a 'traitor.' So, I'm sorry..."

No matter which country or society it is, when it involves political groups, things will become extra complicated. For example, the white left and white right in the United States in the past life is a vivid case.

The actions and moves of any key figure will be constantly expanded by the group that supports him. If these actions and moves do not meet the wishes of the supporters, they will often be abandoned or even spurned immediately.

In other words, although he gained a lot of benefits under the banner of the Burakumin, he was also somewhat unable to get off the tiger because of this, let alone publish any "statement of understanding."

Seto Tamae nodded understandingly and then handed over a document, "Executive Furukawa over there just entrusted me to hand this document to you for a look. As for whether to accept it, it depends on your opinion."

Akiwara Yuto thought about it and still took the document to read.

After all, just taking a simple look wouldn't take much time.

But as he read, he couldn't help but be surprised...

This Executive Furukawa is worthy of being a PR person for many years. According to his proposal, not only can he solve the problem of being unable to get off the tiger, but he can also solve Mantanshe's current crisis...