Chapter 3 The Tokyo version with clear reception on the second radio

Xiaosheng goes to Shibuya to watch the movie "The Matrix".Shibuya is only ten minutes away from the apartment where Xiaosheng is currently living.When I want to watch a movie, Xiaosheng will go to Shibuya, which is very convenient.Xiaosheng used to live in the countryside of Fukuoka Prefecture.If you want to say how rural it is, it is to such an extent that when Xiaosheng used the scenery near his home as a model to write a novel, it would make people feel "vividly describing the Japanese folk customs of the past".In fact, it was not the scene before, even now, which made Xiaosheng feel mixed feelings.

※The novel written by the author is called "Summer·Spark·DianDianDian".I have forgotten what the correct title of the book is. But before Xiaosheng liked that kind of countryside very much, he once thought that he would live until he died in a place surrounded by rice fields.Xiaosheng can't understand the feelings of people who yearn for urban life and live in Tokyo.To be honest, Xiaosheng has a self-righteous imagination about the place Shibuya in Tokyo.Xiaosheng believes that as long as a demented person like Xiaosheng steps into such a place, accidents will happen in less than ten minutes.Xiaosheng thought that there would be young people with dyed hair secretly laughing, "I'm taking advantage of it", and then surrounded Xiaosheng, snatched Xiaosheng's purses and clothes, even socks, and then roared away.Xiaosheng has always thought that he must never go to such a terrible place as "Shibuya".

When I was living in Aichi Prefecture, I was often called to Tokyo by the publishing house.At the strong request of his friend, he made an appointment to meet in front of the statue of the loyal dog Hachiko. Xiaosheng had no choice but to go to Shibuya, but he couldn't hide the feeling of fear in his heart.However, nothing terrible happened. When going to Tokyo afterwards, Xiaosheng will definitely spend a long time at a manga shop in Shibuya.Xiaosheng often wanders the streets of Shibuya in the middle of the night, does not stay in restaurants, and always sleeps in comic shops.And now Xiaosheng has become a resident near Shibuya. Unknowingly, Xiaosheng is no longer afraid of the crowd in front of his loyal dog Hachiko.Before he knew it, Xiaosheng also dyed his hair.Unknowingly, Xiaosheng will also abbreviate "Starbucks coffee" as "Starbucks".Before I knew it, Xiaosheng and his mother who lived in the country would send photos of their lives to each other via photo-mail.Before you know it, Xiaosheng will start collecting receipts for future income tax returns.Leaving that aside, the content of "The Matrix" is interesting※.

※When the author watches a movie, the comment often only has one sentence "very interesting". Mr. Y, a writer, and Mr. M, a photographer, are going to visit Xiaosheng's house. We make an appointment to meet at a certain station at 6:00 p.m.In front of the exit, there was a huge dog squatting beside Xiaosheng and watching.It has beautifully colored hair and sharp eyes. Xiaosheng thinks its favorite is the thief's calf, right?Looking at the dog, Xiaosheng almost had an idea for a short story in his mind, but when Mr. Y and Mr. M who came to the station called him, all the ideas disappeared immediately.

We returned to Xiaosheng's residence and drank the awamori shochu brought by Mr. M.Awamori is really delicious.Xiaosheng heard them mention many things in the industry.Xiaosheng is convinced that Tokyo is an amazing place, and novel ideas in the industry with endless interest are slowly rising in his heart.However, the intoxication brought by Awamori kept coming up, and the source of the idea was suddenly interrupted. Mr. Y used his natural brisk walking skills to diligently place all kinds of snacks on the table.Seeing his virtues, Xiaosheng almost thought of an idea for an amazing novel that might win an award, but Mr. M said, "I am good friends with Lily Franky (composer, lyricist, performer...)" I was taken aback, and the miracle I thought of was lost from my hands.

In the middle of the night, we ate Turkish ice*.Seeing the sticky and silky appearance, Xiaosheng's mind began to flutter again.Xiaosheng thought he would never let this feeling go away this time, and decided to run out of the room where Mr. Y and Mr. M were.Xiaosheng stood up suddenly, and left the room with Turkish ice in his hand, leaving behind two people who were astonished, put on their shoes, and ran outside. ※Very sticky.Writer Shinji Shinkin was ripped off when he was in Turkey, so I was impressed. Xiaosheng has a male friend Y who is the same age.With his long hair and unkempt beard, he looked like a bum at first glance.

Today he sat in front of Xiaosheng to eat, trying to break a raw egg into the bowl of rice, but there was too much rice and there was no room for the raw egg.The egg whites and yolks then slide over the surface of the rice and fall onto the table. "Oops, Oops!" He said, quickly using chopsticks and fingers, trying to pick up the raw eggs on the table.However, the egg yolk that fell on the table kept slipping from between the chopsticks and fingers and could not be picked up. Xiaosheng picked up a large spoon and said, "Try this with this."He said "no problem" and took the spoon.But the yolk is also quite spineless, slithering around the metal end of a spoon and scuttling across a tabletop like Lupine the Third.

"Xiaosheng attacks from the right, Y attacks from the left." We rushed to the egg yolk on the table together, but the egg yolk accelerated in an instant, crossed the table, and slipped between Xiaosheng's fingers. Y once scooped up the egg yolk onto the spoon, but the egg yolk took advantage of the slippery properties of the egg white, slipped onto the handle of the spoon, and just jumped out of the window. Y was a little annoyed, and murmured: "When you want to put raw eggs on the rice in the future, you have to dent the rice first." Today happens to be Friday the 13th, so Jason can often be seen on the street*.Xiaosheng saw three Jasons.

※A murderer who appeared in the movie "Friday the 13th".Travel between universes and fight Freddy. The first Jason eats junk breakfast at McDonald's.Because there are no holes in the hockey mask, he has to move the mask slightly to eat chips and muffins.He was careful not to let others see his face, almost as embarrassed as a girl who hides her bento at school. The second Jason seemed to be a housewife living nearby. She was wearing an apron, with a shopping basket hanging on her right hand. She stood in front of the fruit and vegetable store, and spent a long time debating whether to buy 200 yen bananas.Maybe you think this Jason is a bit too shabby, but she has a hatchet that Jason holds in the movie hanging from her waist.Xiaosheng felt Jason's soul and spirit from this knife, and couldn't help feeling good.Xiaosheng thought to himself, she tied a rubber ring on the handle of the hatchet to avoid slippery hands. This should be regarded as a kind of wisdom of housewives, right?

The third Jason squatted on the side of the road and wept.Xiaosheng stepped forward and asked, "Why are you crying here?" This Jason seemed to be taken away by the dog when he took the dog out for a walk.Xiaosheng accompanies this Jason on the streets looking for a dog.When the sun was setting and the whole street was dyed red, I finally found the dog behind the pachinko shop.Jason thanked Xiaosheng several times, and then walked away. "Don't let go of the rope!" Xiaosheng said to Jason, but Xiaosheng wasn't sure if Jason responded to Xiaosheng with a bright smile (because he had a hockey mask on his face).

I haven't lived in Tokyo for a long time.Xiaosheng stayed in Aichi County these days.Because a friend released an independent film, Xiaosheng went to join him, and met some friends by the way. Xiaosheng lived in Aichi Prefecture for four years before moving to Tokyo.Because the university I attended was located in Toyohashi City, Aichi, Aichi Prefecture became Xiaosheng's second hometown. It happened when Xiaosheng boarded the Shinkansen Swallow from Tokyo to Nagoya.The Shinkansen will pass through Toyohashi City, so Xiaosheng plans to look at the nostalgic street from the car.Although it was only for a moment, you should be able to see familiar buildings from the window of the Shinkansen.Xiaosheng even felt that memories would fill his heart, maybe he would cry on the spot. Just when the Shinkansen was about to pass through those streets, the person sitting next to him talked to Xiaosheng and asked me what I thought of "Ichiro".When Xiaosheng answered the other party's thoughts about "Ichiro" in 300 words, Toyohashi City was already behind my mind. When traveling, a lot happens.I also walked between the feet of the Nana doll (Nagoya Station Subway Exit 7, a famous dating place, 6.1m tall).The so-called Nana dolls are dolls that stand beside Nagoya Station.It is so huge that it shoots straight to the sky. When a monster appears in Nagoya, she seems to be dispatched immediately to save the city from a crisis.The friend who saw the doll for the first time murmured, "Where is the cockpit?" Xiaosheng thought to himself, next time he must see Toyohashi City on the Shinkansen from Aichi to Tokyo.Xiaosheng concentrated all his energy on his eyes, and waited by the window.After starting from Nagoya Station, Xiaosheng has kept this posture.It happened when the Shinkansen Swallow came to Toyohashi.What do I think of the "Hanshin Tigers" sitting next to me?When Xiaosheng answered his thoughts on the "Hanshin Tigers" in 300 words, Toyohashi City had slipped to the back. Xiaosheng went to Shueisha for an interview.Xiaosheng, who is not good at talking, is as usual and doesn't know how to respond.After that, Xiaosheng took the ice cream and went to Kadokawa Bookstore. As for why Xiaosheng brought this kind of Western-style snacks, it was because Xiaosheng got information that manga artist Kenji Oiwa, who was also born in 1978 as Xiaosheng, was staying in the Kadokawa Shoten head office building since yesterday. Work.He used to help Xiaosheng draw Xiaosheng's novels into comics, and we called each other soul friends (but Xiaosheng would use honorifics for him).Xiaosheng's idea is that if he feeds him some sweets at this time and gives him a little favor, he may get some benefits in the future. ※Also contributed to Tatsuhiko Takimoto's novel "Welcome to NHK!" "The comic version of the artist.He is known for his stunts where he can freely control the speed of his heartbeat according to his thoughts.On July 5, 2004, something that people want to forget and never forget happened.The author, Takimoto and editor Kadokawa were sitting in a certain Chinese restaurant in Tokyo. At this time, Oiwa Kenji and his girlfriend appeared holding hands, and they seemed very affectionate.The author prayed in my heart: "God, please give me a machine gun, and then please let me shoot this cartoonist in front of me into a honeycomb." The place where Mr. Oiwa works is a conference room.After Xiaosheng walked in with the ice cream, he pulled out a chair for Xiaosheng to sit down.He handed the written manuscript to Xiaosheng with a swipe, and stuffed another pen into Xiaosheng. "Well, please paint here." Teacher Oiwa instructed, so Xiaosheng had no choice but to fill in the blank space while sweating strangely. Today is a sad day.Xiaosheng wrote this article around ten o'clock in the evening, but so far, Xiaosheng has not been able to break out of the cocoon from the shock. That sad incident happened at noon.Xiaosheng took a nap and went to the bakery to buy lunch.Xiaosheng bought chocolate rolls.Look at it made into a spiky, yet sweet as hell.Xiaosheng wants to eat while walking on the way back to the apartment. But an unfortunate incident happened.The bread roll that Xiaosheng was eating while walking fell to the ground. There are many people coming and going on the road, and everyone's pace is so hurried.Xiaosheng who moved to live in other areas has long known that there are people from Tokyo in that area, but Tokyo people walk really fast.Everyone has an expression of indifference to others, as if no one saw the scene where Xiaosheng dropped the roll on the ground, maybe no one cared about Xiaosheng at all. Xiaosheng picked up the bread roll with an expression of "although the bread roll fell to the ground, but Xiaosheng didn't feel regretful at all, and it wasn't very tasty in the first place".Xiaosheng took the bread roll that fell to the ground home and stared at it for a long time.There was no mud on it, so it should look edible.Doesn’t the appearance of the bread roll look like it can be cleaned with hands even if it gets muddy?Because the bread was still smooth and clean, Xiaosheng felt that it would be okay to eat it.If you are worried about hygiene, you can just eat the chocolate cream inside.Xiaosheng remembered that somewhere in this world, there were many children who starved to death without food. As a result, Xiaosheng still didn't eat the bread roll.Although Xiaosheng sleeps late until noon, he is still a very self-respecting creature.In this way, Xiaosheng gave the bread roll to A who came to Xiaosheng's house to play and ate it. Xiaosheng and his friends went out to buy a sofa and walked a long way. Y said "It only takes about fifteen minutes to walk to that store", in fact we walked for nearly an hour.At the beginning, Xiaosheng was in a relaxed mood, singing the theme song of "My Neighbor Totoro" in his head, walking and dancing with Xiaomei in his heart.However, when she walked into the store, Xiaomei in her mind was already so tired that she was about to fall to the ground. She was really more fragile than Xiaomei's mother. ※A child who appears in the animation "My Neighbor Totoro".My sister's name is Satsuki. Leaving this aside, Xiaosheng and his friends went to a recycled furniture store. "What is this stuff!" Xiaosheng saw the sofa with the shape enough to make this kind of exclamation sound, so he decided to buy only this one.It was a sofa with an almost comical shape.It's the kind of shape that will make someone walk into a niche room wondering "this guy must be up to something bad". In addition, there are many strange sofas.We moved all these sofas to the sidewalk in front of the store to form an ad hoc reception furniture group.We sat on the couch, and the people walking up and down the sidewalk all looked back with "young people doing some crazy stuff again" in their eyes.Xiaosheng felt embarrassed, stood up quickly, and looked at those friends from a distance. The sofa I bought yesterday was sent to Xiaosheng's house.Xiaosheng sat on the sofa with a teenager and spent the whole afternoon.The young man had a slightly livid face, but he was a quiet and well-behaved child. Then again, it's a surprisingly large and oddly shaped sofa for a surprisingly cheap price. For example, when you go to a beautiful and fashionable furniture store and look at the price of sofas, you will find that there are prices of 200,000 yen and so on everywhere.There are obviously furniture everywhere, but when you want to take it home without telling the store, you will be grabbed by the shoulder and stopped, "please wait a moment". The sofa delivered today is only 7,000 yen.Xiaosheng was a little worried, it was too cheap, could it be a sofa with some problems?There are hundreds of questions in Xiaosheng's mind, will this kind of sofa die once you sit on it?Will my feet be itchy when I sit on it?Will the bangs be cut too short when I sit on it and go to the beauty salon?But the owner of the recycled furniture store didn't say a word. "There are red marks here, which may look like blood, but they are not blood. They are not stained with blood from a child's vomit. There are scratch marks here, but they are not scratched by a child who is suffering from illness. No kids died on it." The owner of the recycled furniture store said so, so it should be fine, right?Xiaosheng never believed in things like ghosts or curses, and Xiaosheng didn't go to a beauty parlor to cut his hair, but to a general barber shop, so there would be no problem. Friends who came to the house in the evening said "it's too big" when they saw the sofa.Then he pointed to the boy sitting next to Xiaosheng with a livid face and asked, "Who is this boy? Look at him in pajamas, is he your friend?" The boy just looked up at his friend with an incredulous expression, and said nothing. Did not say.Xiaosheng explained that he was a stranger who was moved here with the sofa, so his friend said, "Well, there are all kinds of strange things in this world." Xiaosheng works for Shueisha*, a publishing house located in Jimbocho.Xiaosheng is engaged in the job of earning a small amount of money from novels, and a new book will be released at the end of this month.Five hundred new books will be signed at two o'clock this afternoon.It's kind of scary to see five hundred books piled on the table. ※Published by Jump J Books ultra-mainstream fiction company.It is a very good publishing house that is representative of Japan. As for why the book was deliberately signed, the intention is to let the bookstore buy the signed new book, and return it if it cannot be sold.Therefore, the more signed books that can be delivered to the bookstore, the more "best-selling" image can be formed.That is to say, book signing is the most reliable sales activity for poor and little-known writers like Xiaosheng. After signing, Xiaosheng had dinner with his writer friend Yoshida and people from Kodansha, and then went to a small hotel in Jimbocho for a drink or two. This store is known as a bar in the literary world.I didn't expect to meet Mr. Hiromi Kawakami here.Xiaosheng was so nervous, his whole body was as stiff as if it was sealed with cement.Some of my college friends liked Mr. Hiromi Kawakami very much.Xiaosheng wanted to show off with that friend right away, but he parted ways with that friend because of the quarrel, so he didn't have such an opportunity. After returning to the apartment, Xiaosheng told what happened today to the boy in pajamas sitting on the sofa with a livid face. The current time is after noon on the 28th.Some things have happened in the past few days. Because there are too many things, it is a bit troublesome to write this kind of article.Therefore, Xiaosheng wanted to briefly state what happened in the form of item by item display. ・Wrote the commentary for the library version of the novel "Jihad" written by Sensei Seinjin*.When writing the text of the commentary, I was always uneasy, afraid that Teacher Deposit would be angry. ※When taking over the work, the deposit teacher explained, "Please write some articles like this diary in moderation".The author did as he said.As a result, due to excessive boasting, I wrote meaningless works.The author will reflect deeply. ・Meet people from Shueisha in Shinjuku and visit bookstores. ·Have to visit fourteen bookstores in two days.On the 27th, I went to the Shinjuku area to sweep the streets, and on the 28th, I visited the Kanda and Ueno areas. · Signed some books in the bookstore.Xiaosheng felt that autographing was really a silly and ridiculous thing.I am very scared in my heart, wondering if the readers will be angry? · Someone asked Xiaosheng to hold an autograph session, but Xiaosheng felt too embarrassed, so he declined.As a result, Xiaosheng spread a pile of straw in the alley behind the bookstore, and sat down to sign the book. ·Xiaosheng's signature is ridiculously simple.Xiaosheng even signed the title of the book, which looks like a very formal signature. ·The act of writing his name on the book made Xiaosheng feel a bit like reporting anonymously. ·The clerk in the bookstore gave Xiaosheng a CD. Went on a tour with several editors to visit bookstores. During the trip, I sometimes talked about past memories, childhood trauma, quarrels, reconciliation, betrayal, being betrayed, ears being pulled, forgetting to give change, forgetting to lock, The drama of being forced to sign dubious contracts—none of them happened. ・On the first day, eat chirashi sushi rice for lunch (rice seasoned with sugar, vinegar and other seasonings and sprinkle green vegetables, fish, scrambled egg shreds, seaweed, etc.), eat tempura at night, and eat tempura on the second day Eating noodles at noon every day and barbecue at night are all editor treats.What a luxury!While eating delicious food, Xiaosheng felt a sense of fear of "I don't know who will be scolded if I eat this kind of food". ・After finishing the first day of the trip, I showed my face at the continuation of the Mystery Writers Association Awards Celebration.It was a celebration for Mr. Arisukawa. "Please say something," someone asked Xiaosheng, and handed over the microphone.Xiaosheng didn't prepare in advance, so he just said "Congratulations" and threw the microphone back.It's not prudent enough!Afterwards, Xiaosheng had a strong self-reflection.Arisukawa-sensei, congratulations.Also, Xiaosheng's speech was too short, I'm really sorry.But there were a lot of great teachers at the celebration.Xiaosheng is always uneasy in his heart, not knowing when he will be scolded. ·The day after the renewal meeting, that is, the second day, Xiaosheng felt serious fatigue.People from Shueisha bought yunker※ for Xiaosheng, and Xiaosheng drank the drink.Drink it well, the nosebleed seems to be spurting out.Although the fatigue is gone, every time I visit the bookstore and see the people inside, I will have some negative delusions, such as "Is this person angry with Xiaosheng?" or "Will the people in this place blame Xiaosheng? ?” “Which person would talk about Xiaosheng’s shortcomings?” etc., causing Xiaosheng to hide in a corner of the wall and tremble. ※Nutrition drink.It's like elixir (magic potion) in fantasy space. ·Xiaosheng must leave a sentence on the colored paper decorated in the bookstore.So Xiaosheng moderately wrote a few sentences, "Be careful not to eat too much shaved ice", "Be careful not to eat too much pudding", "Call your parents occasionally". That's how it goes these days.Feeling very tired today, has been very low tide.When Xiaosheng was passing a few faxes to the editor, someone came to repair the water heater.There was no hot water in Xiaosheng's house before, so he had to take a bath with cold water. For some reason, the repairman ignored the presence of the boy on the sofa and started repairing the water heater.There doesn't seem to be a teenager in his eyes, maybe his eyesight is too poor? My head hurts, Xiaosheng drank too much alcohol. Went to an independent film event in Tama yesterday.For some reason, a friend I met when I lived in Aichi prefecture also came.After the movie event, everyone went for a couple of drinks together.All kinds of strange people were present at the reception. There was a commotion for a while, and at dawn there were four people in the Shirakiya: Xiaosheng, Nonaka, Mr. Sato, and Mr. Yamaoka.Nonaka was Xiaosheng's classmate when he was in college, and he hadn't seen him for about half a year, so this reunion made Xiaosheng have mixed feelings.Xiaosheng has received many favors from him, and he is a person who has a deep connection with Xiaosheng's life. When they left the white wooden house in the morning, the four of them were a little tired, and their eyes looked hazy.On Monday morning, many people in suits were getting ready to go to work, but the clothes of the four of us looked a bit sloppy.The weather was fine, with a blue sky above my head, but too much wine and my head was sick.The four of them took the tram to Shinjuku, and then disbanded in Shinjuku. Xiaosheng really wanted to hide in the quilt at home and sleep. When the tram stopped at a certain station, it was obviously not Shinjuku, but Nonaka stood up and walked out through the door.Xiaosheng was surprised. He hadn't arrived at Shinjuku Station yet, but at this moment, Nonaka suddenly vomited on the platform of the station. The door closed, and the tram dropped him on the platform and began to gallop forward.I don't know when the next time I will meet him again.While thinking in his heart, Xiaosheng stared at his figure that was gradually receding and covered in vomit*. ※As a result, I did not see him again in the future.Mr. Sato and Mr. Yamaoka, who were on the tram together at the time, started the train and lost sight of Nonaka, and they quickly turned the topic back to the movie, as if nothing had happened. Xiaosheng went to Osaka, Kyoto, and Aichi for a three-day and two-day tour.This is a trip to sign a book written by Xiaosheng.Does someone like Xiaosheng have signature value?It's really frightening.Every time I walk into the bookstore with the editor, I feel very nervous. The most impressive part of this trip is the tacit teamwork of the editors and Xiaosheng who accompanied me when I signed the book. First, Mr. C, the editor, opened the book written by Xiaosheng and handed it to Xiaosheng. Xiaosheng used a marker to draw a signature with very few strokes on it, which seemed to be a fraudulent technique.Then the editor, Mr. A, fanned the colored paper like a round fan to let the ink of the marker pen dry quickly.Immediately afterwards, Mr. A (laughing violently when he was drunk) closed the cover again and stacked the books together. We were each doing our own thing, feeling like cogs in a big machine.At the end of the journey, Xiaosheng has awakened to the simple homework he was responsible for, found the fun in it, and established a personal philosophy.Whenever someone takes someone else's job, "Don't take my job because you don't realize I exist" eyes will fly.Everyone formed a united group, to the point where no one could be lacking, Xiaosheng felt that we could form a band. After returning home, the whole person was paralyzed. In addition to signing the book, various incidents occurred, such as catching up with the Shinkansen at the last minute, which was almost impossible to catch up; Mr. Shinkin Shinji, who settled down in Kyoto, lived in Xiaosheng’s house; Vitamin C powder like an experimental drug; listen to his story of being chased by wrestlers; imagine the appearance of a tennis caddy; run in the Shinkansen with soybean powder around his mouth; meet Mr. Doudou; search for the word pickpocket drinking buckwheat soup boiled in buckwheat shochu; "hot buckwheat cake" (sobagaki) became "lap joint" (sogabaki) and so on.But because it was too troublesome, Xiaosheng didn't write these things out.Xiaosheng was so tired that he almost lay on the ground, and reluctantly returned home.Sitting on the sofa, the livid-faced young man saw Xiaosheng come home, and his face suddenly brightened. Xiaosheng finally bought an air purifier, and the motivation for the purchase came from the dust that filled the room.Before that, there were countless tiny dust floating in Xiaosheng's house.The dust was sucked into Xiaosheng's lungs bit by bit, and then accumulated, which must have shortened Xiaosheng's life span.But because he bought an air purifier, Xiaosheng felt that he could say goodbye to the dust. At night, Xiaosheng talked about air pollution with the air purifier.Xiaosheng is not very clear about air pollution, so he only listens to the air purifier one-sidedly. The air purifier is very concerned about the exhaust gas emitted by cars. While smoking a cigarette, it says, "We should switch to an oxygen-powered engine as soon as possible."The air purifier has a really good mind, and for some reason, it speaks with a Western accent. It saw the cigarette smoke that it spit out, said "ah, it can't be like this", and quickly pressed the switch on its body.The fan installed in its body started to rotate, sucking in the smoke and purifying the air in Xiaosheng's room. Today is Tanabata, and Xiaosheng bought blindfolds. The custom of blindfolding on the day of Tanabata has been formed a few years ago in the Shibuya area where Xiaosheng lives.The Cowherd and the Vega would meet at night, but it would be impolite to peep at them from the ground, so someone suggested that everyone cover their eyes together.This incident has not been reported on TV or magazines, so people who do not live in Shibuya area must not know. Xiaosheng went to Balco in Shibuya to have a look, and sure enough, they sold all kinds of eye masks.It can be used as glasses, and the eye mask that can be directly applied to the eyes while wearing it is the most popular. After Xiaosheng bought the eye mask, he stopped by to watch a movie "The Moment" that he had wanted to watch for a long time. The content was very interesting.Then go to Xijianda to eat ice.Xijianda will provide a delicious ice cream called 7 on the days when the date is 7, but it is not usually sold.Today I ate the delicious ice cream I dreamed of. On the way home, the impatient people had already put on blindfolds.As soon as these people put on blindfolds, they couldn't see the road ahead clearly, and they ran into electric poles one after another.The officers who alert people also wear blindfolds, so they tend to alert the wrong people.Back home, Xiaosheng quickly put on the blindfold and tried it out. At night, when I put on the blindfold and hold my breath in the darkness, I could hear a rumbling sound coming from high in the sky, as if something huge was approaching, and that sound was slowly approaching from the east.A loud buzzing sound can also be heard from the west direction.That is the sound of the Cowherd and Vega meeting in a place higher than the clouds. Xiaosheng has been interviewed in the coffee shop since 2 o'clock in the afternoon today.Xiaosheng has always been very concerned about it. Recently, too much time has been taken up by interviews and book-making activities, and he has little time to write.Therefore, Xiaosheng didn't care about anything, and forced the interview to be conducted in the cafe closest to the station.The editor is a very soft-hearted person, as long as he pinches his head under Xiaosheng's armpit to show his righteousness, he will agree to Xiaosheng's conditions. Xiaosheng, who had to sleep until noon so as not to contract a deadly disease, did not wake up until noon.Because there was still a little time before the interview at 2 p.m., Xiaosheng decided to go to the donut shop to think about writing a novel.The coffee at the donut shop is refillable, so Xiaosheng can spend a long time in it while ruminating about the content of the novel. While Xiaosheng was sitting at the bar of the donut shop thinking about novels, a thin man wearing glasses was sitting two seats away, with a piece of transparent graph paper stuck to his clothes.The so-called transparent coordinate paper is pasted on the original manuscript of the manga, and there are countless dots of paper. The man spread his notebook on the bar and began to think about the name of the manga.Xiaosheng was unable to suppress the throbbing in his heart for a long time, it was definitely not because Xiaosheng fell in love with him.Xiaosheng has always been looking forward to cartoonists, even if he is facing a cartoonist who has not yet debuted.So Xiaosheng fixed his eyes on the poor man who was sitting on the bar counter drinking cheap refills of coffee and trying to force out his works just like Xiaosheng.Like him, Xiaosheng spread out his notebook and wrote memos related to the novel.Xiaosheng had the feeling of finding his comrades near the nearest station. Just when Xiaosheng had this idea, a couple of high school students sitting in a nearby seat spotted the man, and they smiled softly while looking at the cartoons drawn on the open notebook.Xiaosheng could vaguely hear their conversation, but the content made the man feel very uncomfortable.The man who drew the manga was middle-aged, and his appearance did not look refreshing at all. His outfit made him an easy target for high school students to laugh at.While sipping his coffee, Xiaosheng thought anxiously in his heart, men should be able to hear their conversation, right? Just when Xiaosheng asked for a refill of his coffee, the man who drew the manga closed his notebook and stood up. Looking at the not-so-transparent entrance, three middle-aged men in suits walked in from the door.The trio in suits came to the middle-aged man who was drawing manga, bowing their heads repeatedly.The man who drew manga* was politely taken outside the store, and got into a black luxury car, no matter how you look at it, it is a car that is not suitable for people with ordinary living standards.The pair of high school students broke off their conversation and watched this scene in surprise. ※ After investigation, this man is a famous manga artist. Xiaosheng was called to Shibuya by the editor.The cafe called Francais (French) located next to the Tokyu Bunka Kaikan is the place to meet.There are a lot of cakes in the window, and Xiaosheng really wants to eat them, but he is worried that the calories are too much, so he has to give up.Waiting and waiting, several editors from Kadokawa Bookstore arrived and began to talk about work.After the discussion of business affairs was roughly finished, only Mr. A, the editor-in-charge, stayed, and the others left first. Mr. A handed over the letters sent by readers to the publishing house to Xiaosheng, and Mr. A accumulated quite a lot of letters before handing them over to Xiaosheng. Xiaosheng marked "the address for letters from readers" in the preface of Kadokawa Bookstore, so most of the letters are sent to Kadokawa Bookstore.Xiaosheng sat in Francais Cafe and read letters from readers.This time, the letters from readers sent to Kadokawa Bookstore are roughly as follows. Total number of letters from readers: 274,962 Male contributors ※: 101,789 people Female Contributors ※: 145,904 Others※: ​​390 people ※According to the editor's statistics, if these three types of people are combined, there are about 248,083 people in total, which does not match the total number on the previous page, but Xiaosheng can't take this kind of thing to heart. "It's fun": 58,245 thoughts "Boring": 123,495 thoughts "Very touching": 34,294 thoughts "I haven't read the book written by the teacher": 3,295 thoughts "Please Don't Suicide": 4,294 Thoughts "Please send my regards to Auntie": 254 Thoughts Clever mind: 82,422 letters Anthrax bacteria: 603 bacteria Bombs: twenty one Wedding invitations: twelve Email: 124,495 addresses Mobile phone number: 33,283 numbers SEGA Saturn: forty-three Hair: 3,925,482 strands Photo stickers: 849 Cash: 10,000 won banknotes x three Dirty degree of 10,000 yen banknotes: "From the Northland, First Love in 1987" After reading the details, I probably have a spectrum in my heart. After unpacking all the letters, the Francais Cafe was bombed to pieces.Leaving the café, glared at by the shop assistants busy clearing the scattered glasses and plates.I hope that readers will try not to put some dangerous things in it in the future.There is also a letter asking: "Is the teacher single?" Unfortunately, Xiaosheng has nine wives and thirteen children. I hope you can give up this heart*. ※The letter sent by the reader, in addition to the cute letter paper, also contains a photo sticker, which says "Please marry me" in round fonts.It also includes a mobile phone number and email address.大头贴上穿着水手服的女孩子长得很漂亮，但是笔者没有跟她联络。因为这些信一定是某人故意写来陷害笔者的，要是笔者真的联络的话，一定会被笑掉大牙。Too dangerous!Too dangerous!仔细想想，根本不可能有女孩子会对笔者心存好感。 这是昨天的事情，住在爱知县的朋友到东京来玩。我们在水道桥会合，然后到东京巨蛋球场看棒球赛。 这个朋友叫MAJI，是日本火腿队的球迷。据他说，日本火腿队的球迷是相当异端的。 举例来说，日本火腿队的小学生球迷必须隐藏自己是该队球迷的事实才能活下去，要是不假装是其他球队的球迷的话，就会遭到异端审问。为了逼出日本火腿队球迷，还得在教室里故意践踏日本火腿队的帽子。为了掩饰自己是火腿队球迷的身份，还要故意将火腿队的徽章丢进河里，事后再一个人下水去找回来。 对棒球不是很热衷的小生只觉得日本火腿队的选手，应该都是很会玩无线电的火腿族吧？所以，日本火腿队的球迷才会走得这么辛苦。 MAJI为了得到日本火腿队的徽章，一直都花两百日圆买球员图像徽章，目前手上已经有很多稀有的徽章了。徽章上写有日本火腿队球员的球衣号码，有多少选手他就有多少徽章。听说日本火腿队的球迷们为了得到这些徽章，每个人都不断地投入两百日圆购买。小生对球团靠贩卖徽章就可以支撑下来一事感到惊讶。 小生鲜少到东京巨蛋球场，不过这边有各式各样的招牌，挺有趣的。巨蛋简直就是靠广告盖起来的。外野席上高挂着巨大招牌，当球员打出全垒打，球打到招牌时，还可以得到一百万日圆的附加奖。听说如果打到车子的广告招牌，附加奖就可以得到一部车，打到优酪乳的招牌，就可以得到一个游泳池那么大杯分量的优酪乳，如果打到代代木动画学院的招牌，就可以让你制作属于自己的动画。 比赛过程也很有趣。离开巨蛋之后，我们前往新宿。吃过什锦煎饼之后，和MAJI道别。回到家里，跟沙发少年打过招呼之后立刻蒙头大睡。 又有好几天没写日记了。自从上次写了到东京巨蛋球场去的文章之后，已经过了三天。这三天当中小生着实忙着工作。当这个没什么用处的可笑日记成为正规工作的阻碍时，小生就不写了。事前小生也获得幻冬舍责任编辑日野先生的首肯，所以就当是没办法的事了。 几个小时之后小生就要前往八岳了。在八岳等小生的就是那个笠井洁老师※。因为杂志上有对谈的专栏，所以小生和笠井老师有对话的机会。小生现在就开始紧张了，像小生这样的人能够站在笠井老师面前吗？小生担心在老师面前失礼，已经想好了一百八十种道歉的用语。如果这样还得不到谅解的话，小生打算把家人都献给老师。 ※本来是笔者这种程度的人不可能见得着的超级推理作家。 话又说回来，小生不清楚要跟笠井老师对谈什么？杂志编辑想必也心惊胆跳。说到小生，推理方面的知识相当于零，也没看过什么哲学书籍，什么是联合红军也搞不懂。这样的人却还经常写小说，小生自己不禁感到汗颜。这本日记没什么价值，只是让人感到困惑而已。内容一点都不好玩，敬请见谅。 今天发生可喜的事情。 小生想用行动电话发简讯给朋友“正在听mischiru的CD”。将“mischiru”这个词转换一下，就是所谓的“Mr.Children”。没想到这个词事先就登录在字典上※，小生觉得真是了不起。 ※当笔者跟各位报告此事时，大家都已经知道了，这好像是社会的一般常识了。 小生到八岳去两天一日游。不是为了去玩，而是工作。就如在前面的日记提到的，小生去跟笠井老师对谈。 十五日 抵达长野县某个车站的小生和光文社人员一共四个人，却被饭店接送巴士给放了鸽子，我们只好坐上计程车前往饭店。那是一间豪华而有着奇特外形的饭店。本来只看到泡沫经济之后日本面相的小生，终于体认到在那之前惊人的一面。出版社总是经常让小生感到惊讶，不知道他们让小生这样的人住这么豪奢的饭店是有什么企图？像小生这种人只要有漫画店的过夜包厢就够了。 小生在饭店的大厅和笠井老师碰了面。这是我们第三次见面，可是小生还是很紧张。一行人从饭店移往笠井老师的工作室，笠井老师开着自己的车载送我们。像小生这样的人能坐上老师的车真是太浪费了，其实只要用绳子把小生绑在车上拖着走就绰绰有余了。 笠井老师的工作室好气派，有地下室和阁楼，还有巨大的扬声器。笠井老师和光文社的人们聊着“五十肩”的话题。之后大家前往温泉泡澡。当小生从三温暖包厢中出来时，大家都不见了。小生心想，刚刚发生的事情果然都是一场梦啊。像小生这样的人根本不可能出书，还到笠井老师的工作室访问，甚至还一起去泡温泉。自己到底是什么时候开始在梦境中徘徊的啊？也许是从国中毕业那时候开始脑袋就变得很奇怪，做了一场成为小说家的白日梦。之前还在一起的编辑和笠井老师都是小生自行创造出来的幻影，事实上小生是对着空无一物的空中讲话，所以才会被饭店的接送巴士放鸽子。三温暖包厢里面的热气终于让小生的脑袋恢复正常了，小生终于发现了这个事实。 走出浴场时，看到编辑和笠井老师以及他儿子阿驱的幻影，小生知道自己的脑袋还没有完全恢复正常。小生跟着幻影们到中华餐厅去吃晚餐。明明是幻影，每个人却都有明确的存在感。用完餐之后便是对谈。结束对谈之后，和笠井老师及他的儿子道别。 十六日 在饭店的床上醒来，小生莫名地觉得自己是躺在脑科医院的病床上。或许把医院看成是内部豪华装潢的饭店的只有小生一个人，事实上只是一间简单朴素的病房吧？小生在饭店内信步走着，前往大厅。心里想着，连擦身而过的饭店工作人员应该也是护士吧？小生和在大厅等着的编辑们的幻影会合，办了出院手续之后前往车站。 抵达东京之后，一行人在新宿车站和插画家羽住都老师碰面，这个羽住都老师一定也是小生创造出来的幻影。小生做了一个和编辑及羽住先生三个人前往俄国餐厅吃饭的白日梦。明明只是一场梦，料理却好吃得不得了。可是就因为太好吃了，才更让小生确定这是一场梦，在现实世界中是不可能有这么好吃的东西的。 小生和两个幻影谈到年龄的事情。小生已经将届不想去思考年龄问题的年纪了，小生估算今年就要二十五岁了。编辑幻影说：“一到了某个阶段的年纪，人就会变得忧郁了。”可是在现实世界中，小生是不可能变成二十五岁的。事实上，小生应该大约只有十岁左右。一定是在棒球比赛完回家的路上，救了一只差点就要被车子撞到的小狗而受了伤，然后陷入深度的昏睡当中，以至于做了这样的梦※。小生好想快点醒过来做复健。 ※后来笔者去找精神科医生咨询，拿了几种药物的处方笺。知道自己的想法和担心根本是杞人忧天，姑且放了心。 因为八岳之行造成的疲累使小生一直卧床不起，所以决定今天不离开棉被。感到疲倦时当然只有躲在棉被里度过一天了。小生这样写可能会让有良知良识的人觉得小生是个人渣。在旁人的眼中，小生半张着嘴，口水从嘴角流出来的样子怎么看都像是在睡觉。事实上，躲在棉被当中也可以创造出小说构想的。生性喜欢工作的小生即使躲在棉被当中自然也在工作。如果各位有所误解，那真是叫小生伤脑筋了。 晚上几个朋友到家里来做布丁和中华凉面及起司蛋糕。小生大言不惭地都吃下肚了。朋友们都在上班，今天一整天好像都过度劳动了。 大家一边吃着中华凉面一边一个个谈起今天自己如何在工作岗位上拼命。小生不能实话实说，始终不发一语。中华凉面好好吃，之后又吃了朋友做的布丁。有人间：“味道如何？”布丁的柔软度让小生大感惊讶，一时之间脱口说出“好布丁哦！”于是在场的每个人你一言我一语“好布丁哦……”、“好布丁哦……”，现场一阵混乱。这是小生今天所做的第一件事。 小生目前住在公寓的二楼。夜里小生在房间里工作时，听到窗外响起一个声音。 “小幸！小幸！你在哪里？” It was a woman's voice.小生以为是喝醉的女性跟一个叫小幸的女性友人走散了，便不予理会，继续工作。 “小幸？你在哪里？” 之后那个女人的声音在窗外持续响了一个小时以上，当小生觉得声音渐行远去之际，没想到又回来了，还经过公寓前面，声音的主人一直反复叫着同样的名字。 女人的声音中隐含着极度的担心，叫小生开始感到不安了。时间大约是深夜两点左右。小生觉得一个人不可能会花一个小时以上的时间四处寻找喝醉了的女性朋友。 小生心想，小幸可能是狗或猫的名字吧？声音的主人一定是边走边找失踪了的宠物吧？ 小生对饲主四处寻找失踪宠物而在深夜里来回徘徊的声音产生同情心。也许该出去一起帮她找才对吧？但是已经感染了都市人冷漠的小生仍然埋首工作。尽管如此，还是忍不住想，声音的主人是个什么样的人呢？从声音听来，好像还是个年轻的女人。年轻的女人一边呼唤着某个名字，一边在深夜的街道上徘徊未免太奇怪了，因为她呼唤名字的声音太过执着了。小生也经历过心爱宠物突然失踪的事情…… “小幸！” 可是小生又想像着，也许这个小幸是声音主人的女儿或什么的。是不是女儿小幸到这个时候了都还没有回家，所以声音的主人才会四处找女儿？这种假设跟声音中隐含的专注和执着情感吻合。如果这是事实，那事情就严重了。恰好就在这阵子，巷子里发生了有人将四个小学女生监禁在自己家里的事件。小生顿时心浮气躁起来，再也没办法工作了。 Just at this time. “小幸，原来你在这里啊！” 声音的主人在窗外这样说道。出于偶然的机缘，声音的主人刚好在小生房间正下方跟小幸什么的重逢了。小生终于松了口气，压抑不住好奇心，便来到二楼阳台上往下看。 小生首先看到一个女性的头。虽然只看得到她的后脑勺，不过从服装打扮上看来，好像是个年轻的小姐。她穿着凉鞋，旁边蹲着一只白色的可爱小猫。猫抬头看着女人。真是可喜可贺。小生在心中这样想着。 “小幸，总算找到你了。” 白色的猫张开嘴巴，对着女人这样说。 小生去拜访角川书店。因为有人要小生去帮一些书签上名。前往“The Sneaker”※编辑部时，他们拿出哈蜜瓜招待小生，听说是某位编辑的老家种的哈蜜瓜。而当这些哈蜜瓜分给编辑部人员当点心时，刚好就让小生碰上了，小生来得真是时候。 ※“The Sneaker”是日本出版界广为人知的文艺杂志公司。里面的工作人员都是一些好人，送上来的咖啡也苦得够味，连大楼都闪闪发光，是间了不起的公司。 提到哈蜜瓜，这可是低阶层的人吃不到的高级水果。小生看着送到眼前来被切开的哈蜜瓜片时，不断地颤抖着。带着网状纹路的皮和鲜橙色的果肉，越看就越觉得哈蜜瓜真是气派非凡。 拿起哈蜜瓜，大口一咬，果实的汁液便溢满口中。真是人类不可不知的终极甜味啊。小生有一种好像做了什么坏事的感觉。大概是因为终于吃到低阶层的人不能吃到的水果的关系吧？小生的身份并没有大到可以大啖哈蜜瓜这种人间极品。 仔细想想，哈蜜瓜实在是非常了不起的水果。不知道各位还记不记得四年前发生在四国的事件？有一家人为了哈蜜瓜而起争执，长子忿而拿叉子刺杀了母亲等几个家人。在那个事件发生的一年前，也曾发生过有人被邻居抢走了获赠的哈蜜瓜而告上法院的事件。因为哈蜜瓜而引起的事端真是不胜枚举。 各位知道，在吃完哈蜜瓜只剩下外皮的时候，哈蜜瓜还是有用处的吗？大概有很多人只把哈蜜瓜皮当成垃圾丢掉吧？事实上，哈蜜瓜皮在不为人知的情况下被拿来做再生利用。全日本的人所吃过的哈蜜瓜皮会被集中在一个地方，再送到工厂去。里面的工人们仔细地用手指头将外皮上的网状一片片剥下来。这个网状纹路从蒂的方向往下方剥除时就可以很顺利地拿下来，被剥下来的大量网状物经过编织就成了捕鱼用的渔网。可能很多人都不知道，渔网的材料就是哈蜜瓜皮上的网状图案。小生就这样被以各种形态与人类社会息息相关的哈蜜瓜的存在给震慑住了。 我住在从东京学艺大学车站徒步几分钟即可到达的地方。搬来东京住之后，我体验了各种不同的感动。譬如，这里会上演在其他城市所看不到的全馆联合播放电影。涩谷地区的录影带店都有其他城市录影带出租店所没有的宗教影片。最让我感动的是，就如许多故事所描述的，很多年轻人都怀抱着梦想集中到东京来。 举例来说，我从就读爱知县大学时就认识一群独立拍摄电影的人。以前也想过自己来制作一部电影，但是在丰桥却找不到愿意担纲演出的演员。 可是东京就不一样了。只要前往下北泽，就有很高的机率可以过见为了成为演员而来到东京，因为没有钱只能在麦当劳打工，深夜则窝在六块榻榻米大的狭小公寓里看着星采杂志，心中满是疑问“这样下去对吗？”的年轻人。他们一心只想磨练演技，愿意不支领酬劳参加独立电影的拍摄。 东京是有野心的人聚集的场所。也有人是因为出生在东京，所以住在东京；也有人是因为公司在东京，所以非得到东京来不可。但是在独立电影相关领域的聚餐中所认识的人，多半都是一些想完成某种梦想而来东京的人。每次跟这些人接触，我都衷心地希望每个人都能成功。 可是在东京的生活不过几个月就结束了。这样写也许会让人以为我在都市里遭遇了什么挫折，其实也不是什么大事。基于许多原因，我只是搬到距离学艺大学车站远一点的地方而已。学艺大学和新家之间只有短短的一段距离，但是这个地区刚好位于县境上，于是我将文章分为东京篇和神奈篇来写。 “我想在文章与文章之间放进专栏，这是为了让书有更好的内容。请加油。” 当幻冬舍的编辑讲这种话时，我心知不妙。如果不搬到神奈川去，章节就会减少一个，而非写不可的专栏也会跟着减少一个。 总之，我离开了东京，搬到旁边的神奈川县。但是变化并不像从丰桥搬到东京那么大，想租录影带时一样到涩谷的录影带出租店去。对了，涩谷的录影带出租店里的CD出租专区，摆放着由我负责撰写剧本的戏剧CD“Calling you——只有你听得见”，一般的店里是没有的。都市的录影带出租店连这种东西都摆，真是服了他们。