A Novel Business Idea
By WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
Manchester, England
December 18, 2015 6:33am CST
It seems that the people of Japan have developed a passion for the emerging genre of the business novel.
Part James Bond, part Alan Sugar (sorry!! LORD Sugar. Doffs cap and tugs forelock with required levels of deference!!!), the hero is normally a hard-working, suited and booted, middle manager who tackles corruption in the organisation in which he works.
I really can't see this being something that would catch on in the UK. First of all, we all hate middle managers! And more importantly I think the story lines would get a bit repetitive!
Faced with any minor organisational crisis the first, and last, resort of the UK middle manager is to organise a meeting.
No matter how talented a writer you may be, there's only so many ways you can spin that!
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Dec 15
Same in SA @WorDazza , they love meetings, and can talk around one really boring issue for an hour, I could not imagine creating a business novel from that. Unless the James Bond type suffered a paper cut with the same aplomb he does a bomb going off...nope still nothing....
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
18 Dec 15
Ours would involve whodunnits about who took five paperclips instead of four and the dangerous union-talk in the ranks of the packaging team
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
21 Dec 15
@WorDazza yup, time for a few floggings by the water-cooler
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
21 Dec 15
Lol, erm ya the middle manager takes on the world and gets a p45? Then returns home to his true sweetheart who turns out to be brain behind evil Corp? Sure I can see potential
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@Drosophila (16571)
• Ireland
21 Dec 15
@WorDazza See.. you're already onto the plot! Very Futurama with the brain in a jar reference!
Then the rest of the novel is about how our hero tries to save the day and gets the girl.. (his assistant, who really is an ultra-sexy transvestite sleeper agent).
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
21 Dec 15
@Drosophila So he got a little bit more than he bargained for then 
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@Freelanzer (10743)
• Canada
22 Dec 15
I think if done realistically it could be similar to a soap opera; infidelity, deceit, lies, power, I could go on and on. Not sure I want to relive my days in the business world through a novel
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