Chapter 29 Section five

The next day, Kosuke went out after breakfast.Kimiko said with a look of embarrassment: "There's no need to choose today to go to the movies." But Sadayuki convinced her. Kosuke has been to Tokyo with his classmates before, but this is the first time he has gone to Tokyo alone. After arriving at Tokyo Station, he changed to the Yamanote Line and got off at Yurakucho Station.He checked the map of the station and found that the movie theater was nearby. Since it was the last day of summer vacation, the cinema was overcrowded.Kosuke lined up to buy movie tickets.He read the newspaper to confirm the show time, and there was still thirty minutes before the next show, so he decided to take this rare opportunity to take a walk around.Although he has been to Tokyo, this is the first time he has visited Yurakucho and Ginza.

After walking for a few minutes, Kosuke was stunned. It turns out that this city is so huge!There are so many people and so many high-rise buildings around Yurakucho, which surprised him. He didn't expect Ginza to be bigger, and the shops lined up in a row are luxuriously arranged and lively, as if some special event is being held. Everyone in the pedestrians is very temperamental and looks rich.It would be nice to have such a place in an ordinary city, and it can be called a downtown area, but every place in Tokyo is so lively, it seems that there are carnivals everywhere. After a while, Kosuke noticed that the World Expo logo was posted in many places, and then he remembered that the World Expo was being held in Osaka, and the whole of Japan was rejoicing about this event.

Kosuke felt like a small fish in the river accidentally swam to the mouth of the sea. It turns out that there are still such places in the world, where some people sing about their lives.But I have nothing to do with this world, I can only live in a dark creek, and, after tomorrow, I will dive into the bottom of the river where no one will find me. He left with his head down.Because he felt that this place did not belong to him. Back at the cinema, I found that the time was just right.He showed his movie ticket, walked into the theater, and found a seat.The movie theater was not very crowded, and many people watched the movie alone.

The movie started soon, and the first shot was a close-up of the words "THE BEATLES". Kosuke felt his heart beating faster.You can see the Beatles perform, and just thinking about it makes your temperature rise. However, as the movie played, his excitement gradually became depressed. "Let it be" is a documentary film composed of rehearsals and live singing images, but when shooting, it does not seem to be edited into this film. On the contrary, the members of the orchestra are very negative about the filming itself , I feel that because of many complicated factors, they agreed to shoot in desperation.

Between the lackluster rehearsals, there are interspersed conversations with the members of the band, which also appear to be inactive and somewhat inexplicable.Although Kosuke desperately followed the subtitles, he couldn't feel the sincere thoughts of the four band members at all. From the image, something can be felt. Their hearts are no longer together. Although they didn't argue or refuse to play, the four of them were doing what they should do in front of them, but they all knew in their hearts that what they did in front of them couldn't create anything. Finally, the four members of the Beatles took to the rooftop terrace of Apple Records.Musical instruments and sound equipment are on the roof terrace, and the crew is on hand.Since it's winter, everyone looks cold, John?Lennon was wearing a fur jacket.

They began to play "Get back" intensively. The audience soon discovered that there was no formal application for this live concert.As loud speakers and the Beatles sang from the roof of the building, there was an immediate commotion and the police arrived. Then, they played "Don't let me down" and "I've got a feeling".But there was no enthusiasm in their playing, and it was the last live performance of the Beatles, and none of them fell into sentimentality. Then, the movie ends.After the lights in the cinema were turned on, Kosuke was still sitting in his seat in a daze.He didn't have the strength to stand up, and his stomach felt extremely heavy as if he had swallowed a lump of lead.

How is this going?He couldn't help thinking.This movie completely subverted his original expectations.There was no serious discussion among the four members, and the conversations were always the same. Only dissatisfaction, sarcasm and sneers came out of their mouths. I heard that as long as you watch this movie, you can understand the reason for the disbandment of The Beatles, but Kosuke still can't understand after actually watching it.Because what appeared on the screen was the Beatles, which had been virtually disbanded, Kosuke wanted to know why they became like this? Having said that, maybe that's what the breakup was all about - on the tram home, Kosuke changed his mind.

Relationships between people are often not severed for some specific reason.No, even if there is a reason on the surface, it is actually because the hearts of each other are no longer together, and these excuses are far-fetched after the fact.Because, if the hearts of each other are not separated, when a situation occurs that may lead to the severance of the relationship, one party will take the initiative to repair it.The reason why no one took the initiative to repair it was because each other's hearts were no longer together.Those four people had no intention of saving the Beatles, as if seeing the ship sinking, they were still standing by.

Kosuke felt that he had been betrayed and that what he cherished had been destroyed.So, he made up his mind. As soon as he arrived at the station, he walked into the public phone booth, ready to call his classmates.It was the classmate who said last week that he had already watched "Let it be". That classmate happened to be at home. When he answered the phone, Kosuke asked him, do you want to buy a record? "Records? Whose records?" "Of course it's the Beatles. Didn't you say that you want to buy all their records in the future?" "I told you...which record?"

"All. Do you want to buy all my records?" "Huh? All...?" "How about 10,000 yen? If you want to collect everything, it is absolutely impossible to buy 10,000 yen." "I know, but it's so sudden, I can't make a decision right away because I don't have a record player at home." "Okay, then I'll ask someone else." Kosuke was about to hang up the phone, when he heard a panicked voice from a classmate on the phone. "Wait a minute, let me think about it, and I'll get back to you tomorrow. Is that okay?" Kosuke put the phone to his ear, shook his head, "Not tomorrow."

"why?" "No reason. Because I don't have time, if you don't buy it now, I'm going to hang up." "Wait a minute, wait for me for a while. Five minutes, just wait for me for five minutes." Kosuke sighed, "Okay, I'll call you again in five minutes." He hung up the phone and walked out of the phone booth.Looking up at the sky, the sun is gradually setting to the west. Kosuke also couldn't explain why he suddenly wanted to sell the record, he just felt that he shouldn't listen to The Beatles anymore, or in other words, he had a feeling in his heart that a season was over. Five minutes later, Kosuke walked into the phone booth and called his classmates. "I'll buy it." The classmate said, with excitement in his tone, "After I discussed it with my parents, they were willing to help me pay for it, but they asked me to save the money to buy the record player. I'll go to your house to get it later, is that okay? " "Ok, I will wait for you." The transaction is established.Those records have to be sold.Just thinking about it made my heart tighten, but Kosuke shook his head lightly, this kind of thing is not a big deal. After returning home, he put the records in the cardboard box into two paper bags so that the students could take them home.He looked at the jacket of each record, and each record was full of memories. When he picked up the vinyl of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, he paused. It was the culmination of the Beatles' musical experiments. The design of the cover is also very peculiar. Around the four members in military uniforms, there are many portraits of celebrities since ancient times. The corner on the right looks like Marilyn?Monroe's woman, the darker part next to it, has a place that has been patched with a black marker.There was a photo of the previous owner of the record, that is, my cousin.Cousin was a huge Beatles fan and probably wished he had a spot on the cover too.After Kosuke tore off the photo of his cousin, the original printed color was a bit peeled off, so he repaired it with a black marker. Cousin, I'm sorry, I sold your collection of records, but this is also a helpless thing-he apologized to my cousin in heaven. He took the paper bag to the entrance, and Kimiko asked him, "What are you doing?" Kosuke felt that there was no need to hide it, so he told her. "So it is." She nodded without much interest. After a while, the classmates came.The classmate handed him an envelope containing 10,000 yuan, and he handed the two paper bags to the classmate. "It's amazing." The classmate said while looking at the inside of the paper bag. "Is it really possible? I know you have worked hard to collect these records." Kosuke frowned and scratched his neck. "Suddenly bored and thought the Beatles were nothing more than that. Actually, I went to the movies." "Is it 'Let it be'?" "Ok." "I see." The classmate nodded with an expression of agreement and reluctance. Because he carried two paper bags, Kosuke opened the door for him. "Thank you." The classmate walked out the door, and said to Kosuke, "Then see Luo tomorrow." tomorrow?Kosuke was stunned for a moment, he forgot that tomorrow is the first day of the second semester. Seeing the surprised expression of his classmates, he hurriedly replied: "Well, see you at school tomorrow." After closing the door, Kosuke let out a heavy sigh, and managed not to squat down on the spot.