Disgraced entrepreneur Takafumi Horie (aka Horiemon) has already surprised us recently with his entry into the porn business (yes, really).
Now the founder of Livedoor seems to be throwing his energies into a literary career! He’s already turned out some books of essays before and next up is fiction. His first novel is called, appropriately, Haikin (拝金, money-worship) and was published in June.
[Pic via Business Media]
Horie is seen as a hero for many young would-be entrepreneurs and his arrest for fraud in 2006 was a blow to his admirers. He famously battled the Japanese Old Guard with a hostile takeover bid of Fuji TV but is currently entangled in a long appeal of his conviction.
However, the fact that Haikin has slowly become a minor hit — selling 50,000 copies in its two months since release, and 10,000 digital copies — demonstrates that people are still keen to hear what Horiemon has to say.
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