Chapter 9 Section IX

When seeing this topic, many people may ask "what does this mean?" It turns out that this is the content of the program "Teko's Cabin".When this episode was broadcast, although I made a silly joke, the ratings increased a lot all of a sudden.People who often watch the program "Tetsuko's Cabin" probably know that I can't do arithmetic, and I can't do addition and subtraction well, so I finally persisted until now. Why do you need to do arithmetic in a talk show?For example, a guest said: "Oh, from the age of 26 to the age of 43, I almost only played a few side roles."

In this case, you can actually proceed directly, but I just want to know how many years he has played the role of a walk-on, so I boldly tried to calculate it.This is also where my temper is weird. Since I am not good at arithmetic, I think in my heart, "Well, everyone will understand this, so let's forget it." That's it, but I have to know how many years it is.In addition, I also want to express another meaning in the dialogue, which is: "After playing a supporting role for so long, but still not giving up this career, it is amazing to finally play the leading role." However, this is actually something that can be quickly calculated. Only talented people can have thoughts, and people like me should hide their clumsiness quietly.But I started counting anyway.

Of course, if I had talked about such things with the director in charge of guest work in advance, the director would definitely count it for me during the rehearsal.But such numerical problems often appear suddenly.If it is a single digit, I can calculate the answer immediately, but once it reaches more than two digits, it will be difficult. "Oh——, 43 minus 26, it would be easy if we subtracted 20..." In my opinion, if the mantissa of the subtrahend is larger than the mantissa of the minuend, that would be a big deal.After I started counting, my eyes glazed over for a little while, and the part of my brain responsible for numbers began to squirm. After struggling for a while, it told the part of my brain responsible for feeling: "It doesn't seem to work." Finally, I had to say:

"Ah, you have worked so hard for a long time!" I had no choice but to use such words to hide my frustration that I couldn't figure out. Recently, however, producers and directors have learned about my situation. As soon as I say "oh-" and start counting, the assistant director standing in front of me will immediately write the number on a large piece of paper with a marker pen , such as the above occasion will write "17".The current assistant director studied physics in college, so the calculations are naturally very fast.So I said to the guests with confidence:

"Ah, you've been doing it for seventeen years! You have such perseverance!" Backed up by numbers, words of hard work also carry weight.You must have noticed that in this case, addition and subtraction are necessary in the program "Tetsuko's Cabin". Let's talk about the "father minus mother" thing.A while ago, the guest on the show was Ms. Caodi Guangzi. Everyone knows that Ms. Caodi is a star of SDK and an excellent actor who is good at singing and dancing.I love Lady Grass Flute in "The Man of La Manche".When Ms. Caodi said something like this, a problem arose:

"My father is 91 and my mother is 83. Both are healthy." I can't help being very envious that if my father was still alive, he would be at this age. "Oh, how wonderful! Their marriage lasted so long!" Ms. Caodi said happily: "My mother got married as soon as she graduated from girls' school. She was just 16 years old and gave birth to me when she was 17 years old the next year." I almost cheered: "You're so happy! So your mother is married to her first love!" Then I said: "Then, isn't it more than a golden wedding? 91 and 16! It's amazing! Far more than a golden wedding, it should be a diamond wedding! Your family is so happy!"

Ms. Caodi also said: "Oh, yes, it's really good." I went on to say: "Please wait a moment, let me do the math. Oh——, what is 91 minus 16?" Later, when I watched this program broadcast on TV, a subtitle appeared at the bottom of the screen: " Subtract my mother’s age at marriage from my father’s current age?” However, during the live broadcast, I didn’t know this, but hurried to see the director’s assistant, and he quickly wrote “75” on a piece of paper for me to see. I said to Lady Caodi: "Ah, amazing! Now that the number is written over there, it has been 75 years! Hey? 75 years is the diamond wedding! Hey, this year happens to be the diamond wedding anniversary! Be sure to congratulate!"

I beamed with joy, as if it was my own business.Ms. Caodi said in her usual steady tone: "Oh—really? Well, we've celebrated their wedding anniversaries a few times, too." "But this time is the 75th anniversary! It's so rare! It's a diamond wedding!" I found out such a great thing, and my heart was filled with joy.At this time, it happened to be the commercial time, so I said: "There will be some commercials below." House" program has been broadcast live for 25 consecutive years without editing.So there will be a minute or two of commercial break.When I said "advertisement break", the producer in the sub-adjustment room above ran down, showed me the note in his hand, and said hastily:

"Seventy-five years of marriage is a diamond wedding right..." At this time, the director's assistant called out: "25 seconds left!" The producer closed his notebook and added hastily: "But you can't subtract mom from dad!" After speaking, he ran away from me. The scene went back to me and Ms. Caodi. "Hey? Can't subtract mom from dad?" It happened so suddenly that I didn't understand what was going on for a while.But I know that this must be explained clearly, so I said to Ms. Caodi: "Oh, it is said that you can't use father to subtract mother."

Ms. Caodi didn't look surprised at all: "yes?" Hearing this answer, it seems that Ms. Caodi is as bad at calculation as I am, so I have to do the calculations myself.I sat down on the floor, and while drawing on the notes on the table, I said: "Understood! I made a big mistake. Everyone, I'm very sorry. You can't subtract my father's age from my mother's age at marriage! I just thought that 91 minus 16 can get the number of years two people have been married. This is No. Ms. Cao Di's mother is 83 years old, and her father was not 16 when she got married. ——Hey, how old was your father when he got married?"

When I asked this suddenly, Ms. Caodi was very embarrassed: "This is—" Convinced I had asked the right question, I urged: "Oh, you don't know! Your father and mother are about ten years apart, right?" Lady Caodi finally said: "I think my dad was 25 when he got married because they were eight years apart." I said another sentence, which is very strange when I think about it now, but I didn't realize it at the time: "Knowing the age difference between the parents, the problem becomes clearer!" At this time, the director's assistant held up the paper, and it said: "Please use mother minus mother." I understood it this time, "So that's the case." So I said to Ms. Caodi: "Understood, you must use 83 to subtract 16, you understand? You can leave your father alone. Although I didn't feel that I made a mistake, everyone said it was wrong, so I have to think again. 83 minus Go to 16, do you understand?" Lady Grass flute shook her head.I looked up and saw that the director's assistant had written "67". Although I didn't know it very well at that time, I thought it was right, so I said to Cao Di: "A total of 67 years. So it's not a diamond wedding, so it's worth not celebrating." As soon as the words came out, even I felt that something was wrong.Just now I was the one who made a fuss about celebrating the diamond wedding for others, but now I suddenly say that there is no need to celebrate. I turned to the camera and said: "Well, it's not because we're getting old that we're confused, I've been like this since I was in elementary school." Ms. Caodi immediately said: "That's why I never say anything about numbers in front of people." "Yeah, it still looks smarter that way." Hearing what I said, Ms. Caodi had a reserved look on her beautiful face, and she said "Yes." However, this is not the end of the story.I finally said: "'67 is also very remarkable. How many years are there before the diamond wedding? You can find out by subtracting 67 from 75." Ms. Caodi just pretended not to hear.The assistant director held up the "8" in front. "Ah, there are still 8 years until the diamond wedding!" "Really?" The gratifying affair of the Caodi family has finally come to an end.From the calls made by the audience to the TV station, we can know that everyone did not think our conversation was "too stupid", but many people watched this episode with a smile.In this way, he didn't do anything rude to Ms. Caodi.Interestingly, it is said that a middle-aged woman called and insisted: "Ms. Heiliu is right, it should be 75 years!" A few days later, I told this story to my good friend Yoko Noji. Noji is different from me. She is good at arithmetic. After I said a few words, she said: "Oh, how can you subtract mother from father?" I say: "Yeah, I thought it was the 75th wedding anniversary, it was a diamond wedding, but it turned out to be a mistake, what a pity." Noji immediately said: "But think about it, Ms. Caodi is not 75 years old!" "Hey?! That's right. She was born the second year after her parents got married. If they have been married for 75 years, then Ms. Caodi should be 75 years old too!" At this time, I finally understood why Ms. Caodi did not express a strong negative, but her expression always seemed to be "not quite right", that's why! However, anyway, I wish Ms. Cao Di's parents a healthy diamond wedding, and I'm sure they will.At that time, I was able to confidently say: "It doesn't matter if you subtract your mother from your father, it's a diamond wedding no matter what!"