Chapter 184

After the lecture ended, Akiwara Yuto bowed again, accompanied by applause.

For him, today he successfully showed his face in the Literature Department of Kyoto University, and became familiar with some professors in the academic circle, almost achieving his goal.

And the theory he talked about regarding "narrative studies" also happened to fit the research direction of this era, and should be able to arouse the interest of some people.

In that case, if some professors plan to study "pluralistic narrative" in depth, then the "The Invisible Guest" he wrote before will undoubtedly be the focus of their research.

The boundary between the academic circle and the literary circle is very blurred. If this article can attract attention in the academic circle, then others in the literary circle will also value him more.

Akiwara Yuto walked off the podium, then walked out of the classroom, and as soon as he went out, he saw the professor named Yuanshan Xiu, who smiled and said: "Mr. Akiwara, let's have tea together later."

He originally thought that Akiwara Yuto was just a talented writer, and just wanted to invite him over to talk about writing ideas and creative motivation.

But what surprised him was that Akiwara Yuto fully demonstrated his academic theoretical knowledge in this lecture.

He vaguely guessed that this Mr. Akiwara might have been constantly making up for various things in the library in his spare time besides writing. Otherwise, how to explain that he, a high school graduate, could talk about the latest research currently concerned by narrative studies.

This point made him appreciate Akiwara Yuto even more!

In his view, if this Mr. Akiwara is willing to study further and enter the school to take a position, he will probably skip the lecturer stage soon and become a university associate professor.

However, he was just guessing. After all, although the social status of an associate professor at Kyodai is high, the annual income is only a little over 10 million yen, which might not be as much as the fraction of the other party's annual royalties.

Akiwara Yuto didn't know that Yuanshan Xiu thought so much in his heart, nodded politely, "Then I will trouble you, Professor Yuanshan."

"Then let's go!"

Yuanshan Xiu turned around and took Akiwara Yuto to walk in the direction of the stairs...

Tea fragrance overflowed, Akiwara Yuto sat on the tatami holding tea, looking at the surrounding environment, and still felt a bit puzzled in his heart.

He originally thought that this Professor Yuanshan would take him to a lounge on campus. But he didn't expect that the other party drove directly and took him to an old house in the city area.

This is a detached house with a courtyard, with a path paved with pebbles in the courtyard, matched with bamboo forests and green trees, forming a "beautiful" Japanese-style courtyard, which has a very warm feeling.

Akiwara Yuto scanned it with an appreciative look, then said in an apologetic tone: "Sorry for the intrusion, I didn't bring any gifts, I'm really sorry."

"Mr. Akiwara, I was the one who took the initiative to bring you here, so please don't be polite," Yuanshan Xiu smiled, then said in a familiar tone: "Your lecture today was beyond my expectation."

He paused and raised a question, "General writers don't have as much knowledge reserve as you. You should have done quite a lot of relevant research in private, right."

"Uh, I have done some relevant research, but it's just looking at books casually in private."

"Sure enough, it's like this," Yuanshan Xiu's appreciation became heavier. He didn't believe the ghost talk of looking at books casually in private, and just regarded it as Akiwara Yuto's humility.

He held the tea and took a sip, then said politely: "Mr. Akiwara, regarding the content of your lecture today, I want to organize a paper and publish it in the corresponding journal."

"Is it joint signature?"

Yuanshan Xiu nodded, "Yes, you are the first author, this point is beyond doubt, but I will also add some of my own viewpoints."

Akiwara Yuto heard this proposal, thought for less than two seconds, and immediately agreed.

For him, this proposal from Yuanshan Xiu was simply like sending a pillow when he wanted to sleep.

Although he has knowledge reserve in his mind, writing an academic paper still requires considering paper format, submission channels, and review modification problems, which is as troublesome as writing a long story.

Since this Professor Yuanshan is willing to take the initiative to "help," then of course it is the best! As for giving up a second author or something, it doesn't count as a matter at all.

"Then I will trouble you," Akiwara Yuto said in a sincere tone.

Yuanshan Xiu waved his hand. In his view, as long as he organizes the viewpoints of Akiwara Yuto's lecture and his own viewpoints, and lets his graduate students write them, it will be fine.

The two finished talking about these, and then entered the idle chat mode.

Yuanshan Xiu talked about how the Nihon detective literary world has become more stubborn and conservative in recent years, complaining that the group of people in the honkaku school are too exclusive, and in recent years they have monopolized various awards, making it more difficult for writers of other schools to win awards.

Regarding this topic, Akiwara Yuto naturally just responded with a dry laugh. Although he is a moderate in the honkaku school, outsiders don't know, so he is not good at expressing any viewpoints.

After finishing this, Yuanshan Xiu talked about the development of literary theory.

Akiwara Yuto became interested when he heard this, and then picked out some theories and viewpoints that did not exceed this era, and talked about them simply.

But just these few words made Yuanshan Xiu "shocked" again, and the meaning of "admiration" in his eyes became a bit thicker.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Yuanshan Xiu coughed and asked in a casual tone: "Mr. Akiwara, do you have any plans for the future?"

"At present, I just want to continue writing books, maybe compete for the Zhi Cun Award in the future." Akiwara Yuto also revealed his thoughts.

Now the Newcomer Award for Detective Fiction is in hand, and the association award or something has to wait for years, but the Zhi Cun Award has no age limit, so he can work hard.

Although the difficulty of winning this award is relatively large, he is just expressing his "ambition", and probably no one will say anything.

Just like Napoleon said, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. In other words, a writer who doesn't want to go further in the literary world, probably the achievements of this life are limited.

Yuanshan Xiu praised: "This idea is very good."

He believes that Akiwara Yuto is so young now and already has a certain fame. If he writes for a few more years, he will probably be able to wait for the "Zhi Cun Award" award.

After all, judging from the previous award results of the Zhi Cun Award, they are not necessarily all good works.

Yuanshan Xiu picked up the teacup and took another sip, and another thought in his heart turned around.

This Mr. Akiwara, with a tough personality and talent, has made achievements in the literary world at a young age. And since the other party has written quite a few bestsellers, the royalty income should not be low,

He coughed and persuaded with the voice of a person who has come before: "Mr. Akiwara, I understand your idea of wanting to go further in your career, but have you considered other aspects."

"Other aspects?" Akiwara Yuto was a bit confused.

"According to my experience, all writers who succeed in the literary world have basically stable families. So if you get married and start a business and find a virtuous helper, it will be of no small help to your future career."

Akiwara Yuto's mouth twitched subconsciously. He didn't expect that he would be persuaded to marry by this uncle who had only met once, but having said that, he currently really has no thoughts in this regard.

Yuanshan Xiu continued: "Mr. Akiwara, I have a daughter, and her interest is also literature. But she went out today. If possible, I want to arrange for you two to meet next time."

He sighed faintly, "I know this proposal might be too abrupt, but I still hope you can accept this proposal, Mr. Akiwara."

Akiwara Yuto originally wanted to refuse, but was blocked by this sentence. But in his heart, he was frantically complaining.

We have only met once, right? You want to introduce your daughter to me! Aren't you afraid that I have bad character?

Being your daughter is too pitiful!

No, could it be that this Professor Yuanshan's daughter is too ugly or has bad character, so she can't get married and wants to find someone to take the blame?!

It's not that there is no such possibility. No, no, I am here in Nihon to be a literary giant, not to take the blame or wear a hat.

"Professor Yuanshan, I think this matter is still not..." Just when Akiwara Yuto opened his mouth, a "deng deng deng" sound of footsteps interrupted his words.

Immediately after, the shoji door between the tea room and the corridor was pushed open, and a girl who looked about 15 years old walked in, bowed to Yuanshan Xiu and said "Dad, I'm back."

Seeing this scene, Akiwara Yuto didn't know what words to use to describe his mood, and then subconsciously looked at Yuanshan Xiu.

Mr. Yuanshan, is your daughter in high school?

We have no grudges, do you want to send me to prison!

Just when Akiwara Yuto intended to say goodbye and leave, another burst of footsteps came over...