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"Who knows, each of these writers has their quirks. Maybe Akihara Yuto thought it was inconvenient to announce this matter, so he didn't talk about it. After all, the celebrities who do this in support of tribal people are still Relatively few."

He thought for a while, then said in a firm tone.

"If it's not to support the Burakumin, then why should these Burakumin march to the gate of the Mandansha for him? It can't be for any benefit, right? According to the news, many people deliberately came from Hokkaido The place specially ran here, and the travel expenses will cost a lot of money!"

When he said this, Sota Nishijima's tone contained a hint of sarcasm.

Under the premise that the mainstream of society discriminates against Burakumin, he is naturally no exception.

Hearing this explanation, Satake Maki could only nod his head. After all, it has become such a big commotion now, and it seems that this is indeed the reason.

After Nishijima Sota finished speaking, he sneaked a few glances at Satake Maki's profile, then reached into his pocket and took out two movie tickets.

"Satake, are you free these two nights? A friend of mine just gave me two tickets, I wonder if you can..."

Seeing the two tickets handed to him, Satake Maki was stunned, and then replied with an apologetic smile: "Sorry, I have a lot of work these days, I may not have much time..."

"Ah, that's right, I understand." Sota Nishijima withdrew his hand and put the ticket back in his pocket.

He touched the back of his head with his right hand, pretending not to care and said: "It's okay, no need to apologize, after all, it's just an extra ticket."

Although he didn't care about it, he involuntarily clenched his left hand in his pocket.

Satake Maki didn't notice his small movements, but continued to turn his gaze to the TV screen.

Seeing the host continue to report on this incident, she couldn't help becoming worried.

Akihara-sensei, he shouldn't have a big problem, right?

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Another half a week passed, and during this period of time, the disturbance of public opinion caused by the tribal people was getting bigger and bigger.

In addition to the parade outside Mandanshe, Burakumin groups in various places in Nihong also launched parades of various sizes, ranging from dozens of people to thousands of people.

The slogan of the parade has also changed from protesting Mandansha's discrimination against Burakumin to demanding that the government and society face up to the interests of Burakumin.

During this process, the other three major publishing houses have also made trouble, claiming that they will never discriminate against the Burakumin, and even some other congressmen who want to win the votes of the Burakumin have also spoken out on TV programs.

This one after another development made the Mandansha very overwhelmed, and even called several times, raising the sincerity fund from 8000 million yen to 3 million yen, saying that it can be negotiated.

However, Hiroto Akihara responded by saying that he would wait.

After all, no matter what, even if it keeps procrastinating, I won't lose much.

In other words, if you drag it by yourself, you can still get a lot of benefits from it.

Akihara Hiroto stood up, sat at the desk, and began to think.

This morning, An Jiujin Gangyi called and informed that due to the turmoil caused by the Burakumin group, many people became curious about the "Death of the Reasoner" with the Burakumin as the protagonist.

On the third day after the parade, it was already difficult to find this book on the shelves of bookstores everywhere, including Tokyo.

And this means that the 5 reprints of "Death of the Reasoner" were sold out again.

In order to replenish and place orders, bookstores from all over the country called Anjiu Bookstore to replenish and order, requesting to increase the order for the book "Death of the Reasoner".

Even Tokyo Sales, which is a distributor, once again sent a section chief, and while paying the previous payment, they also requested an additional order of 10 volumes.

According to the statistics of Sota Nishijima, who is in charge of the sales business, together with the inventory of bookstores in various places, the total number of orders for the third batch of "Death of the Reasoner" has reached a full 15 copies!

It is exactly 3 times that of the first edition of 5 volumes!

Not only that, the book "The Devotion of Suspect X" also sold a lot more due to this turmoil.

In addition to the great sales of books, his related works have also attracted the attention of more book reviewers.

Hiroto Akihara fetched a newspaper, spread it on the desk, and read it.

The headline of this newspaper still talked about the protests of Burakumin, but in the cultural section, a book reviewer wrote a book review analyzing "Death of a Reasoner".

"...Although it is now believed that this work depicts the unfair treatment suffered by Burakumin. But in my personal opinion, the connotation of this work is more reflected in the issue of the gap between the rich and the poor in society."

"After World War II, all the wealth in neon society was accumulated by the workers and citizens at the bottom through crazy overtime, but through stocks and real estate, chaebols and capitalists can easily transfer these properties to their own hands. superior……"

"After the transfer of wealth, the rich passed the wealth to the next generation through inheritance. It will only become more and more difficult for the children of ordinary families to succeed."

"...And the work "Death of a Reasoner" describes related social issues. In my opinion, the deep meaning of this work is to satirize the current class solidification of Neon!"

"No matter how you look at it, Mr. Hiroto Akihara is indeed a writer with society in mind!"

After reading the entire book review, Hiroto Akihara subconsciously nodded.

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

The work "Death of a Reasoner" is adapted from "Knives Out of the Sheath", and the latter is to satirize the gap between the rich and the poor in American society and the issue of political correctness.

After my own adaptation, the issue of political correctness has been weakened a lot, but the issue of the gap between the rich and the poor has been highlighted.

And alluding to the unfair treatment of the tribal people, he actually didn't think about it at all...

I didn't even expect it would cause such a big social controversy...

It can only be said that the things written by writers are often viewed from another angle.

Hiroto Akihara couldn't help but think of the news he had seen in his previous life. There was a writer who helped his children write reading questions for Chinese test papers, and the article he read happened to be the writer's own work.

But the result was unexpected. The writer wrote the whole thing, only to find that the score was less than half...

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

Akihara Hiroto shook his head, briefly flipped through the newspaper, and read some other related book reviews, then he stood up, changed into his out-of-the-way clothes, and walked out of the house.

Next, he is going to meet an important person.

……

Chiyoda Ward, Double Cafe.

"Mr. Seto, I didn't expect Mandansha to invite you."

Akihara Hiroto looked at Seto Yue who was sitting opposite, and showed a helpless wry smile.

In the morning, Seto Yuzhi called and said that he hoped to have a brief talk.

After hearing the other party's proposal, Hiroto Akihara immediately understood that she was here to act as a lobbyist for Mantansha.

If it was someone from Mantanshe, he could naturally refuse it mercilessly, or find a reason to continue procrastinating.