Chapter 38 Chapter 4
It was almost eleven o'clock at noon when Touji Takanashi came to the Rising Sun Art Exhibition Room again.This time, Takanashi bought a box of high-end dim sum at the department store and held it in his hand.
The glass door opened.At the entrance, there is a carved table that can be called an antique. On the table are some postcards with photos of rainbows and a brief introduction to the photography exhibition. The words "When the Rainbow and the Cloud Meet" are printed on the postcards .On the outer wall, hung a large photo of a rainbow in a frame, and beside that frame, there was another frame with a bust photo of Kiyoshi Sugai in the frame.
Touji Takanashi feels: I have finally seen the light, there is still a photography exhibition today, and the exhibition period has been extended!
Takanashi walked into the exhibition room happily.Next to a round table inside, a middle-aged man with a beard and long legs was smoking a cigar. He was probably the operator of this exhibition room.
"Excuse me." Takanashi greeted solemnly.
"Welcome!..." The manager thought Takanashi Touji was here to visit the photography exhibition.
"Ah... no... I'm not here to visit, I'm..."
Listening to Takanashi Touji's self-introduction, saying that he is a member of "Xianmin Xinbao", the operator surnamed Yoshida smiled boldly: "I have convinced you "Xianmin Xinbo". Thanks to you, the exhibition period has been extended. One day. Today I can only kill time here."
Takanashi Touji was also infected by Yoshida and laughed.Joy made him tremble all over.
"It's also on display today, isn't it?"
"What can we do? The famous County Citizens' Newsletter asked us to extend the exhibition by one day!"
"You have helped me a lot." Takanashi Touji couldn't help but say what was in his heart, "By the way, please accept this. It's not a good snack, just a little apology."
"Why is this so embarrassing? Then... I won't be polite." The bearded Yoshida took the snack bag with a smile on his face.
"Look at what you said, you are the Bodhisattva in hell, you really helped me a lot." After Gao Li finished speaking, he suddenly became worried again, "Is there someone who came to see the photography exhibition after reading the "County Citizens' News" , you have no choice but to extend it by one day?"
"No, no, that's not the case!... I decided to extend the day after I read the "County Citizens' News", but..." Yoshida laughed again, "The door opens at ten o'clock. So far, it's only Here comes a silly elder brother. It seems that people don't read "Xianmin Xinbao" very much."
Takanashi might be disappointed if he heard Yoshida's last words on another occasion.
"By the way, Mr. Yoshida..." Takanashi Touji has one more thing to worry about, "Mr. Sugai Kiyoshi..."
"Ah, I don't think he knows yet. I tried to contact him, but I couldn't." The bearded Yoshida said with a smile, "Last night, we had a drink together to celebrate the successful conclusion of the photography exhibition. He drank too much Now, maybe he's still sleeping with his head covered."
"Is it because he is in a bad mood after reading our report?" Takanashi Touji casually guessed.
The bearded Yoshida waved his hands and said: "No, no, Sugai is very cheerful, maybe he is quite happy. Yesterday, when he was drinking with me, he was complaining. He said that since the reporters had already come to interview, why didn’t they publish it in the end?”
"I'm sorry!..." Takanashi Touji nodded in shame.
"Okay, okay, don't say sorry." Yoshida said with a happy smile, "Isn't it just two days late, won't this be posted for him?"
Yoshida and Sugai Kiyoshi were classmates in high school.Yoshida is tall and tall, with a lot of white beard and beard. He looks in his fifties. If he and Sugai are classmates, they should be forty-three years old.
As for Kiyoshi Sugai, he looks very young from the photo.With delicate features, he can be called a handsome man.Tan-skinned, with a gold necklace around his neck, he was stylishly dressed.Because when taking pictures, his eyes are fixed on the lens of the camera, and whoever stands in front of the picture seems to be watched by him.
Takanashi Touji thinks that Sugai is Narcissus in Greek mythology.
"What kind of person is Mr. Sugai?" Takanashi Touji planned to go to Sugai's house and apologize to him in person, so he wanted to understand the simple situation of Sugai first.
Yoshida is a talkative and laughing person, but Sugai is not necessarily so.
"Just like the photo. He used to say, I'm going to chase the rainbow."
"Huh?..." Takanashi Touji felt incredible.
"That is to say, he has been looking for his dream. He said he wanted to be a photographer, because when he was nineteen years old, he submitted an article to a photography contest sponsored by a second-rate magazine and won an encouragement award."
Takanashi Touji looked at the photos hanging on the wall.There are more than twenty pictures in total, all of which are rainbows and clouds.The variety of collocations and angles shows that he really put in a lot of hard work when taking these photos, because it is difficult to predict when and where the rainbow will appear.
However, none of the more than twenty photos was enough to catch the eye.In a word, Sugai's photography skills have not yet crossed the scope of amateurs.
Takanashi Touji turned around, looked at Yoshida and asked, "Does Mr. Sugai do other jobs besides photography?"
"This..."
According to Yoshida, Sugai is in his forties and has no formal job yet. As long as he saves a little money, he will spend it on photography immediately.
He is single and lives in the dilapidated house his parents left him.Married three times, all divorced.Even so, there were at least four or five women, who claimed to be his, who took turns sleeping with him.The picture of the rainbow in a frame hanging on the outer wall was bought by his daughters and sold for a lot of money.
"It's very attractive to women, but you can't live with women." After Yoshida finished speaking, he burst out laughing.
Takanashi Touji said: Wanting to go to Sugai's house to apologize in person, Yoshida took a postcard from the table at the entrance and handed it to Takanashi.The address of the "studio" printed on the postcard is Sugai's home.The phone at home has been shut down because of non-payment of the phone bill, and the only thing I can contact is the mobile phone.
Takanashi called Sugai's cell phone immediately, but after calling several times, she couldn't get through.
Takanashi thanked Yoshida and left the Rising Sun Art Exhibition Room.Anyway, let's go to Sugai's house first.It took less than a quarter of an hour to drive to Xu Bei's house.Near a shrine, beside a quiet path, Takanashi found the dilapidated two-story building that Yoshida said.
The house has no walls, and the gate is just a few steps away from the path.There is a sign nailed to one side of the gate, and the name of Sugai is written on the sign in Japanese Roman letters.The house seems to have been renovated, and the gate was changed to a Western style.At the lower part of the gate there was a long and narrow opening, which was the letter slot, through which letters and newspapers would fall on the floor behind the gate.A section of newspaper was exposed from the letter slot, which was an incompletely stuffed "County People's New Newspaper".
The phone call was cut off by the telephone company, but the "County Citizens' News" is still subscribed. If the leader of the newspaper found out, he would be so happy.
Takanashi Touji rang the doorbell, but no one answered.Press it again.Although the screws holding the doorbell button were all gone and only the wires were still attached, the doorbell could be heard ringing at home.
Are you not at home, or are you still awake?
Takanashi Touji didn't dare to ring the doorbell anymore.
Yoshida said that Sugai drank too much last night, if he was forced to wake him up, he would be in trouble if he got anxious.However, it was not reconciled to go back like this. "County People's News" was inserted in the letter slot. After Xu Bei woke up and saw the newspaper, he would probably call the newspaper office to give his opinion.
Takanashi called Sugai's cell phone, but still couldn't get through.It seems that either the mobile phone is not turned on, or it is in a place where the signal cannot be covered.
The window facing the street was hung with thick curtains, and it was impossible to see the inside of the house, so Takanashi Touji walked around the house.There is a small motorcycle under the eaves. This is probably Sugai's means of transportation. It seems that he is really awake.
No... Last night, after drinking with Yoshida, maybe Sugai didn't come home at all.Isn't there four or five women who are close to him?Maybe with some woman, go straight to the love hotel to fuck.
Takanashi Touji raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was 12:20, it was time to go to work.He wanted to leave a note for Su Bei.I do carry a pen with me, but since I was transferred to the typesetting department, the habit of carrying a notebook has gradually disappeared.He had no contact with outsiders in the typesetting department, and the new business card made for him by the newspaper had not even been opened, and had been kept in the desk drawer.He suddenly remembered that there was an old business card in his wallet when he was a field reporter, and he wrote a few words on the back of that old business card.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, I will accept whatever you scold me, please contact me directly."
After writing, draw out the phone number of the reporter department and write the phone number of the typesetting department.
Just as he was about to put his business card into the letter slot, Takanashi suddenly thought of a good idea.He took out the "County People's New Newspaper", clipped the business card on the page of the regional edition, folded it carefully, and stuffed it back into the letter slot as it was.
it is good!This time it can be said to be perfect.
Even if Sugai didn't stay at home last night, whether he went home today or went to the Rising Sun Art Exhibition Room, he would know that Takanashi Touji had come to apologize after the report went wrong.
Takanashi Touji started the car and went straight to the newspaper office.He felt much more relaxed.
The newspaper office was in a mess because of an error in reporting the candidate's age. This small mistake in the regional edition may not be noticed by anyone.The only one in the newspaper office who knows about this is myself...
By the way, there is Tezuka Rie.
In front of Takanashi Touji, Tezuka Rie's eyes that became a pair of crescent moons appeared, and he smiled happily.
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