Tokyo Girlfriend Guide

Chapter 861: The First Generation of the Mountain Monster Hojo Reasoning

"I was thinking of discussing with Xiaomei the murderer's murder method or the protagonist's crime-solving skills, but she actually said that the male lead is so handsome, the supporting actor is so handsome, the villain is so handsome, and the police are so handsome...?! Are we talking about some idol drama?!"

Even with thick mosaics and changed voices, the audience can still feel Kobayashi-san's collapse on the screen.

The reporter laughed out loud without any hesitation, but this time the sad Kobayashi no longer had the energy to protest. Perhaps he was reluctant to give up the shopping vouchers that could soothe his heart.

While Kobayashi was crying alone, the program team released several other interview videos about "Detective Conan". Most of the interviewees were women or people who had never watched any mystery works before.

Then the camera cut back to the studio, and the host smiled and looked at the guest next to him:

"So, what does Futami Jiraiya-sensei think about this?"

Futami Jiraiya was in great spirits, pretending to have just finished watching a video. He crossed his fingers on the table and looked at the camera and said seriously:

"I believe everyone in front of the screen has read my article about Hojo Sensei a few days ago, right? Of course, it doesn't matter if you haven't read it, after all, today is the day I will truly introduce a new school of reasoning, "Hojo Reasoning" to you!"

Then he picked up a few pieces of information on the table and pointed them towards the camera, and an electronic version appeared on the screen.

They were all survey results, including surveys from Weekly Shonen High, sales records from bookstores, and online discussion surveys... There was a lot of stuff on display, and the common point of these surveys was that they were all about the three mystery works of Hojo Kyousuke. There were gender statistics for the people who bought and watched the books, and comparisons between new and old customers...

Although online shopping in Japan is not well developed and statistical data is not as convenient as imagined, there are many survey companies and Japanese people have long been accustomed to surveys. New product launches require surveys, house sales require surveys, large companies recruit, and my daughter's dating requires surveys, so no matter what the matter is, it is always more convincing to take out a bunch of surveys.

"From these data, you can see that among the buyers of "The Devotion of Suspect X", 20% have never read a mystery work before. Among the buyers of "The Dream and Death of Writer K", although the proportion of people who have never read a mystery work has dropped to 15%, 10% of the total number of people started to like mystery novels after reading "The Devotion of Suspect X", and 15% of the people have only read and purchased two mystery works by Hojo Sensei.

As for the latest mystery comic "Detective Conan", its data is even more amazing. According to the data and survey provided by "Weekly Shonen High", the total sales of the magazine increased by 0.5%, and these people actively filled out the survey letter.

After further telephone interviews, this group of readers, that is, the newly added group, all agreed with what the investigators said. "

Jiraiya Futami had a very proud expression on his face. He gestured to the host next to him, and a photo immediately cut across the screen. People who had bought "Weekly Shonen High" were very familiar with it. It was a reader survey form, and readers could often receive small gifts, and it could also decide the fate of the comics in the magazine.

I filled out the questionnaire quite casually, and didn't seriously fill in one, two, or three favorite comics. I just gave a high score to "Detective Conan" and wrote my thoughts.

"I never thought that mystery comics could be so interesting! Kudo Shinichi is so handsome, the man in black is so handsome, Maori Kogoro is so handsome, Xiaolan is so cute, and Conan is so cute too!"

Futami Jiraiya appeared on the screen again and said:

"As you can see, this doesn't look like a review of a mystery manga at all, but more like an otome manga. But it is indeed the work of this year's highest award winner in the Japanese mystery literature world, Mr. Hojo Kyousuke.

I believe that if people in the mystery world saw this, they would probably start attacking Hojo Sensei again, criticizing him for having no reasoning spirit.

However……"

The smiling expression on Jiraiya Futami's face suddenly disappeared. He raised a thick stack of questionnaires in his hand high up and said in a high-pitched tone:

"The fact is! Mr. Hojo has attracted a huge number of people who have never read mystery works by his own efforts, and made them interested in mystery!"

"One hundred thousand! That number is one hundred thousand! That's the number of new readers that have appeared in the comics in less than two days. The two novels have attracted at least the same number of new mystery readers!

That's why I can hold my head high and shout out to you all that Hojo-sensei created a whole new school of thought!"

Futami Jiraiya raised his arms and shouted, his tone was very enthusiastic, and anyone could see his admiration for Hojo Kyousuke. This professor of the Faculty of Literature of the University of Tokyo had become a believer of Hojo Kyousuke.

"Numbers alone may not be enough for you to understand how great the miracle created by Hojo-sensei is. Let me explain it to you this way.

If before Hojo Sensei appeared, there were 100 million people in Japan, and 10 of them would buy a mystery novelist's book when he published it, then now, the total number has been raised to more than 110 million, which means that more people are likely to choose to buy this writer's work.

Perhaps after what I said, the greatness of Mr. Hojo is still not clear enough in your minds. Then I will introduce to you a giant in the Japanese mystery literature world, Mr. Seicho Matsumoto!

As we all know, Matsumoto Seicho changed the connotation of Japanese mystery and pioneered social mystery novels. This statement is also abstract. If we want to truly explain why he is supported by mystery novelists and the public, then just one sentence is enough:

Matsumoto Seicho attracted a large number of people who were not interested in mystery novels to become mystery fans, which means that mystery novels have become popular! "

Having said this, Futami Jiraiya stood up, ignoring the host's advice to calm down, and raised his arms and shouted:

“And now, Hojo-sensei is performing this great miracle!

Even someone like Kobayashi-san, who usually doesn't dare to say a word to the goddess at work, can now happily discuss with the goddess through Hojo-sensei's works during the holidays!

So many surveys have proved what I said, more and more non-mystery fans are attracted by Hojo's works! Maybe now they are just fans of Hojo's books, but in the future, more people in this huge crowd will definitely become true mystery fans!

They will buy other mystery novels! They will read the works of Edogawa Ranpo, appreciate the ideas in Matsumoto Seicho's novels, and also look at many writers who lived in the same era as Hojo!

All the writers and scholars who have attacked Mr. Hojo in newspapers, magazines and on television, criticizing his mystery works as not mystery at all, whether you are willing or not, whether you admit it or not, you will benefit from Mr. Hojo! "

"Snapped!"

Futami Jiraiya threw the documents in his hand fiercely on the table and shouted:

""Hojo Reasoning"! ! "

"An absolute miracle in the history of Heisei culture!"

At the end of the show, Jiraiya Futami created a new title for Hojo Kyosuke.

"The Demon of Reasoning"

Anyone who has a little cultural awareness and is familiar with the entanglement between Hojo Kyosuke and the mystery literature world knows that this is Mr. Futami mocking those who do not recognize Hojo Kyosuke.

Monster.

Monster, weird.

Monsters are beyond common sense and unpredictable.

At the same time, demons are powerful beyond the reach of humans.

This TV talk show was broadcast very close to the time. If you count carefully, it started when Kei was held hostage by Hojo and Yukinoshita for extra lessons, and ended when Hojo and Spencer finished their overtime work.

At that time, neither Hojo Kyosuke nor Yamauchi Sakura had time to watch TV. Everyone was singing praises of youth.

But thanks to the contribution of Kato Keiichi, who dreams of becoming the number one Hojo fan, everyone in Ruyi Liao has now watched the show.

Hojo Ichiro was confused: "Who can be ranked alongside Matsumoto Seicho in history?"

My son is such a talented person? Then wouldn't I have a chance to appear in history textbooks? Yes, next time someone wants to interview me, I will tell them that it is because I have always liked mystery novels and read to Kyosuke since he was a child that gave birth to his talent.

The expression on the old father's face was extremely interesting. Anyone who knew that he had a son who would be studied as a historical figure decades or hundreds of years later would be at a loss.

Miyamizu Toshiki was confused: "The demon of reasoning? The one who benefited the entire Japanese reasoning world?"

He stared at Hojo Kyosuke with wide eyes, feeling shocked and depressed. He thought that Miyamizu Toshiki only got the title of "Miracle Actor" thanks to his daughter, but only three years had passed, and now no one would discuss this matter even if the colleagues had a boring party.

Somehow, old Miyamizu's father's radio waves were connected with Hojo's father.

In the future, my name will appear in history books because of this kid, right?

Yamauchi Sakura clapped her hands and cheered, "I knew you would become a great man, Kyousuke, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon."

Yukinoshita Yukino's pupils also dilated. She took out her cell phone and found Futami Jiraiya's Twitter account, and the other party generously showed her all the questionnaires.

The others, Mitsuha, Nozomi, Yukino... the girls behaved differently, the only thing they had in common was that their eyes were so wet that they seemed to be dripping with tears when they looked at Hojo Kyosuke.

No wonder people say that fame and fortune are the best beauty products for men.

Hojo Kyosuke turned his eyes away from Kato Keiichi's phone with a wooden face, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Facing the congratulations from Kato and the admiring eyes of the girls, he smiled stiffly:

"Thank you, everyone. I'll be leaving for a moment."

Kato Keiichi immediately asked:

"Are you going to thank Futami-sensei, Hojo-sensei? Wow! You two are really good friends! I like the words you said that Futami-sensei relayed the most."

He coughed twice and chanted in a deep voice:

"Novels, after all, have to be interesting!"

Asshole, I didn't say that, it's not me who said that, don't blame me!

Hojo Kyosuke cursed in his heart, then forced a smile and said:

"Yes, I have to thank Mr. Futami for his compliments on me."

Dragging his heavy steps, Hojo Kyosuke turned his back to everyone and walked towards the center of the lake...

Of course, it only stopped when it reached the wet sand and rocks at the water's edge.

Taking out his cell phone, he wanted to call Futami Jiraiya directly and ask, "Who asked you to harm me?" But thinking about the pleasant encounter between the two of them before, and thinking about Futami's argument for him in the newspaper, he called Tetsuta Kisaki.

After a short beep, the call was connected, but neither party spoke. Only the swans in Kawaguchiko who were reluctant to go to sleep in the middle of the night cried a few times.

Both of them are deep-minded and scheming people. They can remain silent like this forever, especially Hojo Kyosuke. Even a dog would shyly look away when he sees them staring.

But Tetsuta Kisaki didn't dare to remain silent, because he knew how unreasonable his elder brother was.

"Um...what's going on Hojo?"

Xisaki tried to make his tone calmer, but the long silence before had already exposed his guilty conscience.

Hojo Kyosuke spoke slowly: "Do you think I must be addicted to pleasure right now and definitely don't have the time to watch TV?"

Xisaki: “…”

If it wasn't for the wrong occasion, he would have wanted to cheer, "Why do you say we are a golden pair? Who in this world understands me better than you?"

Yes, in Xisaki's expectation, the eldest brother would never watch the interview with Futami Jiraiya, and even if he did, it would not be at this time. This is the time when most people stay at home or in the hotel, turning on the TV out of boredom!

And after that, when we returned to Tokyo, the publicity effect was achieved, my brother's anger had subsided, and everything was fine.

However, the clever Tetsuta Kizaki could never have imagined that a man named Kato Keiichi, whose dream was to become the best Hojo Fuki in the world, would record the program so quickly and show it to his brother on his mobile phone. If he knew about this, he would have killed the man during the Kendo Club training, or at least made him lie down so hard that the councillor couldn't get out of bed.

Kisaki's silence once again gave the answer. Hojo Kyosuke's temples throbbed twice and veins on his forehead were visibly popping out.

"'Hojo Reasoning' huh? 'The Demon of Reasoning' huh? The savior of Neon Reasoning huh?" He sneered.

Xisaki no longer dared to remain silent. Since he couldn't see his brother's expression when they were face to face, he had no way of guessing how bad his brother's mood was.

Ahhhh, damn it.

What are Ms. Yamauchi and Ms. Miyamizu doing? Why don't they cling to Big Brother? Why does Big Brother have time to watch boring TV shows?

Xisaki was filled with hatred, and if he had not lacked the courage, he would have wanted to make a phone call to ask.

With his clever brain working frantically, Tetsuta Kisaki seized the only chance to survive and shouted loudly:

"It was Editor-in-Chief Shimomura! He planned all of this! He forced me to do it!" (End of this chapter)