Chapter 277: A Calculated Plot

Akiwara Yuto made his decision and began to prepare for the lecture carefully.

After all, this lecture was not just for the so-called director position; more importantly, he had to fight for some "face" for himself in the traditional literary world.

Otherwise, there would be a portion of traditional literary writers who would call him "Sensei" on the surface, and then curse him as a "high school student who never went to college" behind his back.

One must know that he was also a graduate student in the Department of Literature at a key university in his past life, far exceeding this era in literary theory.

He thought for a while, sat at the table, and began to write a draft for the speech suitable for himself.

One week before the lecture began, he decided to put down other work and write a lecture draft seriously to prove his literary theory.

While Akiwara Yuto was writing furiously.

Guanye Tuolang was in an *izakaya*, sitting with one of his friends discussing Akiwara Yuto's membership and lecture.

"Professor Guanye, regarding Akiwara Yuto's director position in the association, neither I nor Yan Jian and the others express approval. After all, not only is his academic qualification too low, but he is also just considered a newcomer."

"So in my view, this position should be yours."

The man wearing loose black clothing beside him said.

After finishing this sentence, he drank the shochu in his hand in one gulp and then poured a glass of wine for each of them.

Guanye Tuolang took the wine glass and said in a deep tone: "But my Sensei thinks highly of him, believing he can bring a different future to traditional literature."

While speaking, his hands were clenched tightly.

To an outsider, one could even see the veins popping out on his hands.

He himself was also very unwilling in his heart; the director position of the Classical Literature Association rotated every 5 years, and logically speaking, it should be his turn to serve this year.

But he didn't expect that his Sensei, as the vice president, would actually recommend Akiwara Yuto when the association held a meeting.

And once Akiwara Yuto served in this position, as a member of Jin Shang's faction, he could only give up serving in the director position according to convention.

However, he was very unwilling in his heart!

The man in black shook his head and said: "Jin Shang-sensei is also getting old, isn't he? Maybe he misjudged. After all, in terms of traditional literature, Akiwara Yuto is just a newcomer."

Guanye Tuolang let out a "humph," "But it is this newcomer who broke the sluggish situation of traditional literary work sales this year."

"There are even many people saying he will bring a revival to traditional literature!"

Hearing these words, the man in black was also speechless.

Although he looked down on Akiwara Yuto's academic qualifications and identity, in terms of sales, Akiwara Yuto's works were truly second to none in the traditional literary world.

By now, he even had quite a few loyal supporters.

And many of these supporters believed that Akiwara Yuto could bring change to traditional literature.

The man in black thought for a while, did not continue on this topic, but changed the subject and said: "Regarding Akiwara Yuto's lecture next week, is there any inner meaning?"

"What do you think?" Guanye Tuolang glanced at him.

The man in black frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Three days after the lecture, the association will hold a routine meeting to decide the candidates for the next director through voting."

"So, this lecture also has the meaning of giving Akiwara Yuto a chance to show himself, right? After all, it seems there are still quite a few members who do not recognize his academic qualifications?"

Guanye Tuolang nodded and then shook his head.

"You only got half of it right. The lecture is indeed a chance for Akiwara Yuto to show himself, but the real decision-making power is still in the hands of those old writers who have the right to vote."

"They don't care about what Akiwara Yuto's academic qualifications are; they only care about whether Akiwara Yuto is sincere and recognizes literature."

"So this lecture depends on how Akiwara Yuto chooses."

"Choose?" The man in black was a bit confused.

Guanye Tuolang laughed and said: "Did you hear me tell you about the wind of discrimination against Akiwara Yuto's academic qualifications within the association before, and did you specifically reveal it to Ms. Qiushan Xiaozhi?"

The man in black nodded and said: "Yes, but I didn't understand why I had to specifically tell her."

The discrimination against Akiwara Yuto's academic qualifications did exist, but he still found it strange to tell Qiushan Xiaozhi for no reason.

Guanye Tuolang took a sip of wine.

"The more people lack something, the more they want to prove it, and there is clearly a certain connection between Akiwara Yuto and Qiushan Xiaozhi."

"So upon learning that someone in the association looks down on his academic qualifications, will Akiwara Yuto bring out some of his literary theories to prove himself?"

The man in black was a bit confused, "Isn't he that kind of talent-type player who hasn't read university? Can he write any literary theory?"

Guanye Tuolang glanced at him with disdain and said: "He co-authored a paper with Yuanshan Xiuyi of Kyoto University before, don't you know? It even talked about the writing technique of non-linear narrative."

The man in black answered hesitantly: "Was that really written by him?"

Academic padding or fraud was not a fresh thing in the Japanese academic world, or the academic world of the whole world.

So he thought that Yuanshan Xiuyi had specifically "sent" an article to Akiwara Yuto for the purpose of making friends.

After all, there was hearsay that Yuanshan Xiuyi's daughter had taken Akiwara Yuto as her teacher.

Guanye Tuolang shook his head and said: "Regardless of whether he wrote it or not, he can indeed find some theoretical knowledge to put in the lecture. And as long as he specifically shows off these theories, it will undoubtedly achieve the purpose I want."

"This?" The man in black didn't quite understand.

Talking about literary theory in a lecture didn't seem to be a fresh thing.

What purpose could this achieve?

Guanye Tuolang continued to explain: "Didn't I say it? In the eyes of those old men in the association, they don't value any literary theory. What they value more is the thoughts of this person, Akiwara Yuto."

After a pause, he met the man in black's gaze and said seriously: "You must know that this lecture is set in the Department of Literature at the University of Tokyo, and the main audience is those students."

After hearing these words, the man in black thought for a while and showed a sudden realization in his eyes.

"If Akiwara Yuto, in order to show off his knowledge, talks about high-level literary theory, then it loses the educational significance of the lecture."

"By that time, he will undoubtedly be considered by the president and the others as too young and therefore too impetuous."

Guanye Tuolang laughed, then drank another glass of wine and took over the conversation.

"This also means that even with Jin Shang-sensei's recommendation, it is unlikely he will be elected as a director and can only become an ordinary member."

Everything he did was just to reveal a little bit of wind to Akiwara Yuto.

So let's see if Akiwara Yuto will actually show off some literary theories to prove himself.

If so, it undoubtedly forgets the educational significance of this lecture, and even more forgets to attract those students to love literature more!

Akiwara Yuto, the choice is already in front of you, let's see how you will choose! ===== CHAPTER 278 =====