Last spring, Misawa Junko immediately joined the R newspaper after graduating from a women's university in Tokyo.At that time, during the entrance examination, the relevant personnel asked her which department she wanted to go to, and she replied that she thought of the social department.The relevant personnel looked at her resume and said: "Your English is pretty good!" Yes, the women's university that Misawa Junko graduated from is quite famous for its English teaching.However, Shunzi was not able to go to the social department, but was assigned to the data investigation department of R Newspaper.Among the women admitted to the newspaper office at the same time as Shunzi, there was one from the business department and one from the proofreading department.

The work of the so-called data investigation department is roughly like this: this department mostly investigates some difficult problems in the political society and provides materials for news reports.In fact, it is a manual operation room with paste and scissors. In this manual operation room, they have to collect all newspapers and magazines, cut and paste them, and then store them in categories according to events and people.Of course, there are also some precious photos. For example, for reports on some well-known people, all the materials related to him should be clipped and sorted into files.Like Yasuhiro Nakasone, Konosuke Matsushita, etc., there are five or six information bags just for them.The same goes for photos about them.In addition to pasting and pasting by the data investigation department, all photos printed by the picture department must be received and classified for storage.Not only that, but even reports on sports, education, culture, science, career, etc. related to these characters must be collected, sorted, and archived.

There is only one purpose for collecting and sorting out these materials, which is to prepare them for newspaper layout at any time.In the past, they only collected domestic newspapers and magazines. Later, they expanded to foreign newspapers and magazines, and all reports and photos that were considered important had to be clipped and sorted.Especially the news of developing countries is frequently published in the newspapers, and even the photos of lesser-known people have begun to be saved, such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Pakistan and other Southeast Asian countries, and even the reports of some emerging countries in Africa must be carefully cut and pasted .For foreign reports, some simple and concise translations are also required.

For example, regarding the USS Enterprise nuclear-powered attack aircraft carrier bombing Sasebo port, according to the requirements of the Organizer Department, photos of the aircraft carrier and related reports must be collected and cut and pasted immediately. A description similar to this, for example: "The 'USS Enterprise' aircraft carrier is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that entered service in November 1961. It has a total length of 335.9 meters, a width of 76.8 meters, a draft of 10.9 meters, and a speed of 35 knots per hour. It can carry F14 type aircraft carriers. There are 90 fighter jets with 5,500 people on board. Judging from the size and number of aircraft on board, they are all first-class aircraft carriers such as the US Navy, and they are also a symbol of the US Seventh Fleet." Such text descriptions must be as timely as reports Take it down.In this way, a steady stream of data was continuously collected and sorted out by the data investigation department.In a word, they have to keep doing the manual work of paste and scissors.For a newspaper, the data investigation department undoubtedly plays an important role.

However, this data investigation department is not so popular among newspaper agencies.Because of the editor's relationship, it was the political department and the social department that really became popular, no matter from which point of view.Just judging from the majesty and majesty of their publicity vehicles flying the banner of the newspaper, it seems that only they are the symbol of the agility of the newspaper, and only they can continuously capture those exciting news. It is their activities that make the evening paper of that day and the morning paper of the next day colorful.They made frequent calls to various places, as if they were commanders, moving about in the editorial office with dignity.

This kind of high-spirited scene is absolutely not seen in the data investigation department.Speaking of it, the activities of the staff of the data investigation department are those who work hard after the power, they are unsung heroes, just like those staff who follow behind famous actors or do drama affairs behind the stage, the audience does not realize their existence, nor can they Look down on them.The emergence of this situation may be related to the personnel arrangement of the newspaper office.The personnel assigned to the Political Department and the Social Department are generally considered to be journalists with strong organizational and activity skills, and those who are eliminated from the Political Department and Social Department and are considered unqualified are assigned to the Data Investigation Department.Therefore, this has artificially caused the air in the data investigation department to be dull and suffocating.They have an inferiority complex and are trapped in a lazy and lifeless environment.

It is even more interesting to talk about the appointment of ministers.In the R newspaper, many people only regard the position of head of the data investigation department as a ladder to climb up. There are many people who are willing to occupy this position, but there are very few people who are serious about working.The people in this position devoted almost all their energies to spying on the political trends and personnel arrangements within the newspaper.They run up and down for their own promotions and vacancies, and engage in many activities, but it is difficult for them to get to their offices.

Who knows what their desks are for! Those who bring bad luck to the data investigation department have been appointed to this position several times.why?Because those who had worked in the Political Department, Social Department, and Arrangement Department and were deemed unqualified to be kicked out, they were appointed as the deputy director of the Data Investigation Department.These people are depressed.It will be even more difficult for those who have been branded as "not qualified" to raise their heads again. Misawa Junko worked in such a data investigation department. Misawa Junko lives in Koenji's apartment.It usually takes only 15 minutes by bus, and the rent is extremely cheap.She goes to work around 11 o'clock every day, so that she can avoid the peak hours of commuting and commuting passengers, and avoid the hard get off work of crowded cars.Seats are still available when arriving at Tokyo Station.

Misawa Junko is the earliest one in the data investigation department to go to work every day.Other employees will not come to work after noon.In the data investigation department, there is also a woman named Hanoi Mitsuko, who is 8 years older than Shunzi.However, Ms. Mitsuko Kawachi makes it difficult to recognize her as a woman at first glance.This person has short hair, and because the hair is so curly, he can't even comb it into a fixed hairstyle.She had a large, protruding forehead, a sunken nose and a wide mouth under thin brows, high cheekbones, and a short stature.It's just that her short stature did not add to her delicacy and leanness, coupled with those two bowed legs, on the contrary, it made people feel that she was a man.Mitsuko Hanoi puts on a leather jacket and corduroy trousers every winter.In summer, men's shirts and gabardine chinos or navy blue pants of other materials are worn.Clothes like women's suit pants are definitely not worn.From top to bottom, the whole body is in blue men's clothing.

Hanoi Mitsuko's voice is also dry and hoarse.She also likes to smoke.Seeing her sitting on a chair with her legs crossed and a cigarette in her mouth, you would never think that she is a woman. Mitsuko Hanoi also graduated from a prestigious women's university.In the examination to enter the newspaper office, her grades are so far ahead that even the men have to look at her with admiration.Soon, she was assigned to the social department.However, after a short time in the Ministry of Social Affairs, he was branded as "not qualified".Of course, it's not because she has no mobility, but because her body with a long upper body and a short lower body is inflexible, and she doesn't pay attention to grooming.In fact, this is completely different from her upbringing and working ability.

Mitsuko is 31 years old, and so far no rumors about her affairs or affairs have been heard.Probably there are almost no such men who want to use her as an object of curiosity!From this point of view, she completely put herself in a safe circle. However, Sanjinzi has accumulated a considerable amount of money.For a woman who cannot arouse a man's interest, it seems to be a kind of psychological emptiness to make up for, perhaps in order to seduce men.She recently got her driver's license and bought a luxury car. Newspaper employees are almost all big spenders.They spend more than half their wages on drinking, and they are also pompous and fashionable.But on pay day, when businessmen near the newspaper office crowded at the front and back doors of the newspaper office to ask for debts from them, only Mitsuko Hanoi could walk out of the newspaper office with his head high and get into his car parked at the gate without any scruples. In the nearby car, they laughed at the reporters who were surrounded by debtors.Kenji Kanemori, the deputy head of the data investigation department, is the object of her ridicule, but she often receives relief and accommodation from her.Kenji Jinmori advances one sum after another in the accounting office, so every time the salary bag is always filled with IOUs.He often borrows money from Hanoi Sanjinzi to relieve his financial difficulties. Kenkichi Kanemori was originally the deputy head of the sorting department. Because of his negligence, he was criticized for reporting the same incident twice and was assigned to the data investigation department.This was three years ago.But since then, he has no chance of making a fortune! In addition to good wine, the deputy minister also likes to gamble.Racing (bicycle), horse racing, playing mahjong, etc. are also good at everything.He also plays chess quite well, he is simply a general who wins all the time, and no one in the newspaper office is his opponent. Kenkichi Kanemori was playing so profligately, probably to vent his accumulated anger.Needless to say, most of his colleagues in the finishing department have been promoted to deputy chiefs, and some have even been promoted to bureau chiefs. Kanemori did almost nothing, and the minister Suehiro Zentaro didn't take him seriously.He is often reprimanded by the minister on this side, and there is no trace of him on the other side.As usual, he didn't show up in the office until around one o'clock in the afternoon every day.I entered the office, sat down for less than an hour, disappeared in a blink of an eye, and appeared in the office again around 6 o'clock. After playing two or three games of chess, I took a shower, went to the beer hall, and then came back to collect my night shift pay.No one in the Ministry did not know him, but no one blamed him.It is said that Kenkichi Kanemori's night shift fee is completely used for living expenses. Tamura, Uemura, and Yoshioka who worked with him are still diligent in their work.They shared all the work that Jin Sen had left behind. Minister Suehiro Zentaro hardly ever came to the ministry.He traveled here and there.It is often the director of the photo department who has just left to chat with him, and immediately makes an appointment with the minister of learning and art or the minister of social affairs.The so-called minister of pictures is actually a guy who can't even play with a camera, and that chair is also a temporary habitat for him to transfer to the throne of other ministers.As long as Minister Suehiro slips out, he either goes to the editorial chief's office or chats with other ministers, as if this is his job.Occasionally, some downturned magazines held some symposiums, and he, as a representative of the newspapers, went to make a fuss and become prominent. The data investigation department is a department that the staff of the sorting department frequently visits.Once the layout is assembled, you need some photos of people, or some events that have been reported for reference.At this time, the staff of the data investigation department had to be busy running around according to the needs of the sorting department.It would not be too much to say that the data investigation department is a subordinate of the sorting department.Therefore, it is this phenomenon that Kanemori Kenkichi is most displeased with. "These guys, what's so great!" He began to scold his former subordinates: "Look at the arrogant looks of all of them, they have come here to show off their prestige. They are all sycophants!" He also told the data investigation department The young people said: "Don't pay attention to them, see what they can do!" In any case, this department, its atmosphere, was alien to the dynamism of a newspaper office, shut up in dullness and indolence. Misawa Junko is in such an environment, monotonously repeating the work of cutting and pasting every day.As soon as the lunch break came, after having lunch in the cafeteria of the newspaper office, I went for a walk on the nearby busy street.Sometimes I go out with Mitsuko, but most of the time she is alone. When she is alone, she drinks tea and reads, or chats with the staff who have work contacts with her. When she was off work, someone invited her to drink tea or something, but these did not arouse her interest after all, so she declined as much as possible.She thinks it is also a kind of enjoyment to read a book alone and think about her thoughts quietly.Of course, when you are with Hanoi Mitsuko, you can also hear Hanoi Mitsuko’s unique eloquence.Mitsuko is always nagging about how annoying marriage and family are, extremely annoying; and thinks, especially for women, it is simply a kind of destruction. "Some of my friends have no happy married life." She said, "They are all conquered by their husbands, completely obeying their husbands' instructions, and calculating and raising money all day long. For those men who are not regular I can only let it go. I want to break up but I can’t make up my mind. It’s even more difficult to do it after having a child. It’s really getting deeper and deeper. When they were young, they were still very beautiful beauties. After a long time, they were as thin as monkeys, old and haggard, Even the figure is blurred, to be honest, it's better not to get married." She also has a good idea, that is, single women must save more money, which may be more affordable than relying on those unreliable men.She once invited Misawa Junko to say: "Please come to the humble house sometime and talk about your impressions." Then he talked about how to decorate the room to be the most beautiful, how to reflect his upbringing, and so on.Perhaps, this is what she worked hard to let her friends feel her affluent single life from the embarrassing life of her own. "Have you noticed?" Mitsuko said, "If you are conquered by a man, it is like being pushed down a bottomless abyss, and you will never be able to climb up again. Men are so sweet with their sweet words! In order to get a woman, they both Attentive and patient. Don't be fooled by them. When a woman is tempted, a man will jump up and down like a vulture." This may not be the experience of Mitsuko Hanoi.I don't know if she heard it from others or read it from books.However, judging from the way she spoke, it made people feel like she had experienced it personally. Walking on the crowded and lively streets can change the dull air you breathe in the office.During this time, even the new staff wandered elsewhere.Avoiding the suffocating air and diverting sight is probably a kind of adjustment, a physiological requirement. When Sunja returned to the office that day, there was no one in the department.The minister, Zentaro Suehiro, seemed to have gone somewhere for dinner with a guest.Deputy Chief Kanemori Kenkichi said that he went to a nearby mahjong parlor and would probably not be able to return until very late.Mitsuko Kawachi and the other male staff have gone nowhere, and the office is empty. Junko Misawa sat down in her seat.About four or five minutes later, the door opened, and a young man in his mid-twenties walked in.This is a young man named Kiuchi Kazuo. "Can you get me a picture?" Kiuchi said. "Who do you want a photo of?" Junko Misawa stood up. "What's one called...? Oh, a picture of S. Blake." It's a name that's not well known.Junko Misawa walked towards the cabinet where the photos were kept.Inside the bookshelves, iron drawers full of photo bags ran down to the ceiling.According to the positive index, she found the S. Blake, a foreigner.Because it is not well-known, it is inserted in the "F" category.This S. Blake looked to be about forty-five, with the air of a philosopher. "Is it this person?" Junko Misawa showed the photo to Kiuchi. Kiuchi checked his name against the name he had written on a piece of cardboard, and said: "Yes, it's this person." As he said, he looked at the photo again and said, "Well, the expression is not bad." He commented, and looked around the office again. "Why, none of your people are here?" "Hey, it's time for dinner." "That's what happened. Your data department is really comfortable. Our side is currently busy with the closing work of the evening and morning papers." After Kiuchi finished speaking, he took another look at Shunzi, and then hurried out of the documentation department.