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Chapter 49 The Rise and Fall of Tangle Biscuits

Noisily looking at the morning newspaper, I accidentally found an advertisement in the corner, "Mingguo Tanguli Biscuit Company Solicits New Products, Explanation Conference".I really don't know what Tangguli Shaobing is, but since it is a famous fruit, it is probably a kind of dim sum. I am quite picky about dim sum.And anyway, being idle is idle, so I decided to show my face at that "Explanation Conference". Explain that the meeting was held in the lobby of the hotel, and refreshments were prepared, of course, the tanguli biscuits.I took one and tasted it, but it didn't taste very good, it was a bit greasy and the skin was too thick.I really don't think young people these days would like to eat this kind of thing.

But those who came to the briefing were all about the same as me, or even younger.I received a plate numbered 952, but then a hundred people came, so a total of more than a thousand people came to this briefing, which is really amazing. Sitting next to her was a girl in her twenties with deep myopia glasses.It's not pretty, but it looks like it has a good temper. "Excuse me, have you ever eaten Tangle biscuits before?" I tried to ask. "Then there's no need to ask?" The girl said, "It's very famous." "But the taste is so..." When I was about to say it, she followed my foot.The people around me also looked at me in disgust, the atmosphere was very awkward, but I still looked back at them with innocent eyes like a "baby bear".

"You are so stupid." After a while, the girl whispered to me: "When you come to this kind of place and still say bad things about Tanguli biscuits, let the Tanguli crow talk about it, and you will never go back alive. "Tanguli crow?" I was startled and shouted: "What is Tangulli crow..." "Shh----" the girl said, and the briefing began. In the explanation session, the chairman of the "Tanguli Confectionary Company" will first talk about the history of Tanguli Biscuits.There are so-and-so people in the Heian period who, for some reason, made the prototype of tanguli rice cakes. It is also said that there are waka records about tanguli rice cakes in the ancient and modern waka anthology, etc.It sounded really funny, but everyone around me listened seriously, and the Tangulli crow was scary, so I didn't dare to laugh.

The chairman spoke for a full hour, which was very boring.What he wants to say can be summed up simply, but it is just the fact that "Tangguli sesame seed cake is a traditional cake", which can be solved in just one line. Then the general manager came out and explained why he wanted to solicit new products of tanguli biscuits.Because Tangguli biscuits, which are proud of a national name with a long history, must adapt to the changes of each dynasty, add new blood, and have to continue to develop in dialectics. This statement sounds quite grand.In fact, to put it simply, the taste of tanguoli biscuits has become obsolete, and sales have also declined, so young people's creativity is needed.If that's the case, frankly, wouldn't it be okay?

When I went back, I received a brochure on what to do.That is to say, based on Tangle biscuits, the innovative pastry will be ready in one month, and the bonus will be 2 million yuan.With two million yuan, I can marry my girlfriend and move into a new apartment, so I decided to try the new tanguli. As I said earlier, I'm a little fussy about dim sum.Bean paste filling, cream filling or biscuit crust, you can do whatever you want.It is relatively easy to make a new kind of tanguli biscuit with modern taste in a month.I made two dozen new tanguli biscuits on the deadline and took them to the tanguli confectionery company for registration.

"It looks delicious." The girl at the reception said. "It's delicious." I said. A month later, the Tanguli Confectionery Company called and asked me to come to the company the next day.I put on a tie and went to Tanguli Confectionery Company, where I had an interview with the general manager in the reception room. "The new Tangle biscuits you applied for are well received within our company," said the general manager. "Among them, oh--especially the comments from the young class are the best." "Thank you so much," I said. "But on the other hand, um--the older ones, some people say that this can't be regarded as tanguoli biscuits. Hey, let's fall into the so-called situation where one argues and the other refutes!"

"Oh." I said.I have absolutely no idea what he was trying to say. "So, the cadre meeting decided that at this time, we have to ask Tang Guli for his advice." "The Tangulli crow said to me: 'What the hell is a Tangulli crow? " The general manager looked at me suspiciously. "You didn't know Tangulli crow, so you came to participate in this competition?" "Sorry, I'm so ignorant." "It's really nerve-wracking." The general manager said and shook his head: "If you don't even know the Tanguli crow... yo! Forget it, it doesn't matter, please come with me."

I followed him out of the room, down the corridor, took the elevator up to the sixth floor, and then through a corridor that ended with a large iron door.After ringing the doorbell, a burly guard came out and opened the door after confirming that the other party was the general manager. The security was quite strict. "Tanguli crows are here." The general manager said: "The so-called Tanguli crows are a special kind of crow family. Since ancient times, they only eat Tanguli biscuits for a living..." Beyond that, no further explanation is needed.There are hundreds of crows in the room. In the empty warehouse-like room with a height of about five meters, there are several horizontal wooden sticks, on which Tanguli crows live in dense rows. Tanguli crows are larger than ordinary crows. much.The big one is about one meter long, and the small one is about sixty centimeters.If you look closely, they don't even have eyes.Where there should be eyes, there are only white fat balls stuck, but the body is swollen as if it is about to burst.

As soon as the Tanguli crows heard the sound of us entering, they flapped their wings and called in unison.At first it sounded like a chaotic sound, but after my ears got used to it, I realized that they were all calling "Tangguli Shaobing, Tangguli Shaobing".It is a disgusting animal. The general manager took out tanguli biscuits from the box in his hand and sprinkled them on the ground, so a hundred tanguli crows flew up together.And in order to compete for tanguoli biscuits, they peck each other's feet and even eyes of other black-bone chickens.oops!It's over.That's why they lost their eyes.

Next, the general manager took out other cakes similar to Tangle biscuits from another box and scattered them on the ground. "Look, these are the losers in the tanguli biscuit competition." The crows swarmed up the same as before, but when they found out that it was not a tanguoli pancake, they all spit it out and shouted angrily together: "Tanguli Biscuits!" "Tanguli Biscuits!" "Tanguli Biscuits!" They yelled.The cry echoed to the ceiling, and it hurt the eardrums. "Look! They only eat real tanguli biscuits." He said triumphantly, "They won't even try the fake ones."

"Tanguli Biscuits!" "Tanguli Biscuits!" "Tanguli Biscuits!" "Then, next, let me spread the tanguli biscuits you made and have a look. If they eat it, they will be selected, and if they don't eat it, they will lose." Is there any problem?I became uneasy, and suddenly had a very ominous premonition.It is fundamentally wrong to let these dubious fellows taste the food to determine whether they are elected or not.But the general manager ignored my doubts, and just sprinkled the "New Tangle Biscuits" that I had applied for all over the ground.The crows swarmed together again.Then the chaos began, some crows ate it contentedly, some crows spit it out and shouted: Tangle biscuits!Secondly, the crow that couldn't snatch it and didn't eat it got excited and pecked at the throat core of the crow that ate it violently, and the blood splashed colorfully.The other crows were just pounced on the biscuits spit out by other crows, but they were caught by the huge crow yelling tanguli biscuits, and their stomachs were torn apart.Thus began a chaotic battle.Blood beckons blood, and hate beckons hate.Although it's just a cake, for the crows that movie means everything.Because only Tangguli biscuits, or non-Tangguli biscuits, is a matter of life and death for them. "Look!" I said to the general manager, "Because you sprinkled too much all at once and stimulated them too much." Then I walked out of the room alone, got off the elevator, and walked out of the Tanguli Confectionery building.Although it is a pity that the bonus of two million yuan wasted, but in the long life to come, if I have to deal with those crows, I can avoid talking about it! I only cook what I love to eat for myself.No matter what kind of crows they are, they will all peck each other to death!
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