[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-literary-master-of-tokyo":3,"chapter-literary-master-of-tokyo-literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-324":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Literary Master of Tokyo",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2355173,4607,"Chapter 324: Pseudonyms and Film Adaptation","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-324",324,"\u003Cp>For hard science fiction works, the scientific speculation is the most important element, even far exceeding writing style and narrative quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many science fiction works even place the scientific speculation from within the book directly into the title, allowing readers to understand it at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Andy Weir’s *The Martian*, Jules Verne’s *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*, and Asimov’s robot series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the president of the Science Fiction Club, Yuriko Tatsuzawa naturally understood this principle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, upon seeing the title *Japan Sinks*, she immediately knew what kind of theme this book would address.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, she felt a bit excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these submitted manuscripts, there was finally one that was not a soft science fiction work about space battleships or robot combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, this scientific speculation work about the sinking of Japan was something no one had ever written before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, amidst her excitement, Yuriko Tatsuzawa was also secretly a little worried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, although this subject sounded very attractive, this contributor named Akihara was someone she had never heard of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, could such a newcomer really write an excellent work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would he waste this subject and write something specious?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, using the gimmick of Japan sinking to tell some love story between a man and a woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such things were not unheard of; in fact, there were too many precedents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Yuriko Tatsuzawa composed herself and decided to read it first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pulled out this thick manuscript, placed it on the desk, then lowered her head and began to read carefully with a critical mindset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beginning covered a lot of geographical and cultural knowledge—not bad, not bad; it seemed the author had put in a great deal of effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh, so Japan’s sinking could be explained in this way!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the Japanese archipelago is located at the junction of the North American Plate, the Pacific Plate, the Philippine Sea Plate, and the Eurasian Plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Pacific Plate, due to crustal movement, is currently subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This leads to three possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first is that the two plates push against each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second is that one plate slides beneath the other, pushing the other plate upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the third is that the subducting plate will drag the large plate where the Japanese archipelago is located deep into the Earth's crust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The text also cited the viewpoint of a scientist from 1977, which was that scientists had confirmed the Japanese crust was indeed gradually sinking toward the eastern trench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Yuriko Tatsuzawa couldn't help but feel a chill; could Japan really sink? And what would happen after it sank?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carrying these new questions, she continued reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed bit by bit, and the sky outside the window changed from azure to dusk, and then into pitch black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By 3:00 AM, Yuriko Tatsuzawa finally finished this extremely heavy manuscript, and she realized she had spent over 10 hours in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, she was both hungry and thirsty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, despite this, she had no intention of getting up to eat something; instead, her pupils contracted, and her eyes shone with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this very moment, she was thoroughly impressed by this work and its author.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This book, this... who on earth wrote this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was far more interesting than those books that wore a science fiction skin but told love stories between men and women!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With rigorous and detailed scientific settings, social dynamics of humanity facing a crisis, and a concise writing style, it could even hold a place in the world of global science fiction literature!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be some retired science fiction master who was dissatisfied with the current state of the genre and decided to take up the pen again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was it a foreign science fiction writer who specifically wrote a Japanese version to enter the competition?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Yuriko Tatsuzawa turned her gaze back to the first page of the manuscript, the contributor column.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On it, the word \"Akihara\" was written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akihara?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuriko Tatsuzawa silently recited it twice and associated it with the Japanese translation of the name, which was \"Akiwara.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the mystery writer Akiwara Yuto was entering the science fiction world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuriko Tatsuzawa couldn't help but consider this possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she quickly shook her head, feeling she was overthinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto, as the best-selling writer in the current Japanese mystery world, had already won the Uemura Prize, which represented the highest honor in Japanese mystery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the status of mystery was currently much better than that of the declining science fiction genre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, she couldn't think of any reason for Akiwara Yuto to enter the science fiction field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, as a mystery writer, even if he were truly interested in writing science fiction, he would likely only write soft science fiction, and at best, he would be a newcomer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A work as rigorous and logical as *Japan Sinks* could not possibly be written by a newcomer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the question remained: whose work was this, which senior or peer had written it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She frowned and thought for a long time, but in the end, she couldn't figure it out, so she decided to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in her view, as long as the person came to the venue to receive the award, she would definitely see the real person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yuriko Tatsuzawa was marveling, Akiwara Yuto was in a private room at an izakaya, drinking shochu while waiting for someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the person he was waiting for today was Utsumi Takuto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After *Memories of Murder* became a hit, this director, who worked as an independent investor on the side, had also gained many opportunities thanks to this chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only were many film companies inviting him to direct, but there were even investors willing to fund him to shoot new films.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it simply, he had now become a popular figure in the film circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason Akiwara Yuto was looking for him today was regarding the film adaptation of the work *Japan Sinks*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the promotional effect of the Science Fiction Club's award on book sales, he believed that a film adaptation would be even more effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the former could at most offer a few kind words on the cover or the obi strip, while the latter could help the work be seen by a much larger audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once a social sensation was formed, it would inevitably lead to massive sales!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like in his previous life, after the film *Japan Sinks* was released, it quickly sparked heated public discussion and was printed in hundreds of editions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could simply be said to have created a \"miracle\" in the publishing industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, no other Japanese science fiction work could compete with it, until *The Three-Body Problem* arrived in Japan, which could barely put up a fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Akiwara-sensei, what is the matter that you asked me here today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, Utsumi Takuto arrived in a hurry; in fact, he had just rushed over from a film set in Kyoto, which was why he was quite late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akiwara Yuto nodded and stated his idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Utsumi-san, I would like to ask you to direct a film about Japan sinking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1209,"2026-06-21T03:58:02.196Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4b3f7322c89c636c7aa1523e52a5362d97ccec50b1e51424a816ef22c7f90d0f","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-325","literary-master-of-tokyo-chapter-323",334,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fliterary-master-of-tokyo-cover.jpg"]