158. Traveling to the United States at public expense?
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After hurriedly escaping the studio, Naoki Nagayama drove Taro Taro back to Yamasakura-in.
When the little guy saw a familiar place, he waggled his tail and ran over.
Then he crossed his hind legs at the door...
"Yutaro, be careful!" Naoki Nagayama shook his head. This bad habit needs to be changed.
I made some random food at noon. After feeding myself and the little one, I collapsed on the sofa again.
The movie is waiting for the actors, the record is waiting for the recording studio, and the house is waiting for Fujita Keiko... In other words, I have returned to a free life in a short time~
When I think about it, I feel happy all of a sudden~
He picked up the little dog next to him and said, "Ying Tailang, let's play together all afternoon today!"
Yingtaro struggled again~
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There are many pastimes suitable for young people these days, such as singing karaoke, dancing, watching movies, and traveling, but there are very few projects suitable for Naoki Nagayama.
In my previous life, we had food delivery, computers, games, and social networks. You could eat, eat, make friends, have fun, learn about family and country affairs, etc. just by staying at home.
In the Showa era, basically all recreational activities required going out, and even dating someone...
Speaking of which, this may also be the reason why the older generation has good relationships. After all, there are three irons in life~
I took a dog happy ball (don’t think blindly, it’s just a tennis ball~) and wanted to train Taro’s ability to catch and throw the ball.
However, after Naoki Nagayama threw the tennis ball, the little guy barked at the tennis ball in the distance and had no idea what to do. Then Naoki Nagayama had to demonstrate and ran over to pick it up.
When I put the ball next to the little guy, he played around happily, but when Naoki Nagayama threw it away again, he had no intention of picking it up and had to demonstrate again.
After going back and forth several times, Naoki Nagayama watched the little guy happily playing with the tennis ball he had picked up.
Eh? Am I training Yutaro or myself?
Thinking like this, the tennis ball rolled to his hand again, and Yutaro seemed to be sitting aside, looking at Naoki Nagayama with his small eyes, as if he was expecting something...
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Naoki Nagayama rubbed his dog's head angrily, and finally managed to calm his heart, which was shattered.
The snow in the yard has melted, but there are still some unmelted snow patches at the base of the wall.
On the empty black land, there are still holes left by weeding years ago, which looks very ugly and dilapidated.
Nagayama Naoki suddenly remembered that he had previously said that he wanted to create a dry landscape landscape in the yard. Simply getting some white gravel would make the yard unique. What a great idea.
Take advantage of this free afternoon and do whatever you say.
He walked to the phone in the living room, found Takashi Honma's number and dialed it. Anyway, all matters related to decoration were directed to him.
"Moses Moses, is this Honma Architects?"
"Hi! This is my assistant, Naoya Sakata. What can I do for you?" The answer came from a young voice, who must have been a newly recruited assistant.
"I am Naoki Nagayama from Chiyodayama Sakurain who I worked with before. I would like to find Mr. Takashi Honma."
"Private Marseille, President Honma is currently on a business trip overseas." Naoya Sakata replied, "If there are any problems, there is a designer in the office who can help solve them. I would like to ask, is there any problem that happened in the previous project?
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"No, actually I just wanted to ask, have you ever done dry landscape painting here?"
"Hey, I've done this traditional landscape many times."
A load of white gravel is needed to pave an open-air courtyard. Such a simple task does not actually require a professional architect. After telling the request, the assistant named Naoya Sakata enthusiastically agreed to come over and take a look and help.
Contact materials.
In less than an hour, a young man carrying a briefcase rang the doorbell of Shanyingyuan.
"This is the first time we meet. I am Naoya Sakata, an assistant at Honma Architectural Office. Please give me your advice!" The young man bowed respectfully.
Naoki Nagayama had no choice but to return the favor: "Hi, I'm Naoki Nagayama. It's our first time meeting you. Please give me your advice."
Etiquette is a bit troublesome...
Naoya Sakata came over and measured the size of the yard, and took out three white gravels of different sizes for Naoki Nagayama to choose from.
"The coarsest kind is generally suitable for purely outdoor courtyards, the finest white sand is more suitable for indoor dry landscape scenery, and the yard with Yongshan Mulberry is more suitable for the coarsest kind."
After hearing Sakata Naoya's introduction that dry landscaping generally cannot be stepped on, Nagayama Naoki gave up the idea of turning the entire yard into a dry landscape, and instead asked Sakata Naoya to slightly design the yard to take into account both aesthetics and practicality...
Yes, it’s the kind of request that every designer wants to beat people upon hearing. It should be both luxurious and simple, both modern and classic...
But Naoya Sakata still agreed very seriously and would reply a few days later.
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I thought there would be nothing else to do in the afternoon,
But when dinner was approaching, Kuniji Morikawa from Shogakukan brought a novel news to Naoki Nagayama.
"Invite me to America?"
"Hi! The important children's literature awards in the United States: the Newbery Medal for Children's Literature and the Caldecott Medal will be announced at the end of January. The American Library Children's Services Society takes the opportunity to hold a world children's literature exchange event, inviting people from all over the world to
Children's literature writers went to participate.
Shogakukan has a recommended quota, and Xuele Group also sent an invitation letter to Naoki-san."
"But it's probably too late for the awards at the end of the month~"
In fact, Naoki Nagayama doesn’t really want to go abroad. Not to mention the backward facilities in this era, the discrimination problem in the United States alone is very serious. What should I do if I am beaten up by a white man while walking on the street...
"Daipao, because he is a children's author facing the world, he was notified in advance. The actual event time is at the end of February."
Nagayama Naoki didn't quite believe the reason for inviting children's literature writers from all over the world to come and exchange ideas. Let alone other things, he could just invite Soviet writers over?
Most likely it is just an event that demonstrates the strength of American soft culture.
"Naoki-san, the cost of this event will be fully borne by Shogakukan and Xuele Group. Your overseas procedures and passport and other information can also be handed over to us." Kuniji Morikawa said,
"There will be an interpreter for the entire journey, but I think with Naoki-san's English proficiency, we won't need it."
So... this is a publicly funded tour?!
Speaking of which, the facilities in big cities in the United States are actually quite good. After all, it was the most advanced country in the 1980s, and the scenic spots and historic sites are also very interesting.
Besides, in a big city like New York, the security in wealthy areas is still very good.
As long as you don't go to those remote corners, no black brother will come up and rob you, right~
Naoki Nagayama immediately found ten thousand reasons in his mind for this trip.
In short,
The opportunity to communicate with other writers around the world is so rare, how could you miss it!
