551. If its in a dream, does it count as cheating?!
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After seeing off the two people from Shogakukan, Nagayama Naoki sighed. There was such trouble at the beginning of the new year. It seems that this year is not going to be easy~
At this moment, Taro Taro came over with a rice bowl in his mouth. After placing it in front of the sofa, he grinned at Naoki Nagayama without even barking~
"...Yutaro, although you came back a little late from the walk, haven't you just had breakfast?" Nagayama Naoki patted the dog's head, knowing that Labradors always have Labrador pigs.
title, but my own Yongtaro has always been very well controlled, right?
As if he was aggrieved, Taro put his head against Nagayama Naoki's leg, and then made a sound of "嘤嘤嘤"... However, when he was a child, he was very cute like this, but if such a big dog does this again
, it’s very inconsistent!
"Yingtaro, at your age, it's no longer suitable to pretend to be cute~"
Seeing that Gouzi had no choice, he could only look at the corridor with an aggrieved look, and then pointed his front paw at Meowtaro, who was slowly walking over.
The big orange walked slowly from the kitchen through the living room, with its swollen belly, and then towards the verandah of the yard.
As if feeling the sight of Naoki Nagayama and Taro Taro, the orange cat paused, turned its head and looked at the four-legged beast and the two-legged beast. It felt that there was no danger, and returned to its contented posture.
Lying down on the cat mat on the verandah, her belly even exceeded her shoulders, as if she was pregnant...
Nagayama Naoki looked at Yutaro in disbelief: "Yutarou, has your dog food been snatched away by Mewtaro?! You are a large fierce dog!"
Only then did Nagayama Naoki remember that one cat and one dog were equipped with timed feeders. If Taro came back a little late, his share of dog food must have been stolen by Daju!
Seeing Yutaro's aggrieved look, Nagayama Naoki sighed again: "Okay... I'll give you another meal..."
.......
After preparing a snack for the dog, Naoki Nagayama returned to the sofa and saw the greeting cards on the table. One of them was from Wonta Nakai. It seemed that he had been on vacation at home after returning from New York.
Thinking that the two of them had not seen each other for a long time, and also considering the establishment of an investment company in the New Year, the idea of meeting up arose in my mind.
"We haven't seen each other for a long time. Let's make an appointment for dinner~"
I called Nakai's phone number and was picked up not long after.
A tired voice came from the microphone: "Moses, Moses, this is the Nakai family."
"Wonta-san? I am Naoki Nagayama."
"Ah, it's Naoki-san!" Nakai Wonta's voice sounded a little happy, "Have you come back from your hometown?"
"Haha, I didn't go back to celebrate the New Year this year." Naoki Nagayama was more direct when talking to his good friends, "Won Taisang, do you have time today? How about we have a drink together?"
"..." There was a sudden silence in the microphone, and then Wonta Nakai's excited voice came, "Todoroki! Now? Right away?! No problem! I'll be here right away!"
Nagayama Naoki was confused. He originally wanted to make a dinner date, but it was only noon now!
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a distant voice coming from the microphone: "Lingmei-chan, Gasang, colleagues, please go out and communicate with me if you have anything to do!...Ah, it's very urgent, I have to go out at noon!"
........There’s nothing we can do about it, you’ll be blamed if you don’t go!”
Then I seemed to hear a baby crying loudly...
Before Nagayama Naoki came back to his senses, he heard Nakai Wonta's voice appear on the microphone again: "Then Naoki-san, it's settled, we will meet in Asakusa, I know there is a restaurant called 'Miku'
Sukiyaki restaurant, very good....”
He seemed to be in a hurry, and even the place for the dinner was decided at once, leaving Naoki Nagayama to respond in agreement.
After hanging up the phone, Nagayama Naoki finally came to his senses: "I seem to have been used as an excuse!"
........
Asakusa is not far from Nagayama Naoki's house, so he didn't choose to drive because he wanted to drink, but took the subway there.
Yoneku's main store in Asakusa, Taito District, is actually not very big, but with two floors, it still has plenty of space.
After Nagayama Naoki entered the door, the store asked him to put his shoes in a special place, and then played a drum to welcome him... The sense of ceremony was indeed full.
After arriving at the booth, Wonta Nakai was already sitting there. When he saw Naoki Nagayama, his eyes looked like he was looking for a life-saving straw: "Naoki-san, you're here!"
Nagayama Naoki saw his friend with bloodshot eyes and a sallow and haggard face in front of him, who looked like a frustrated middle-aged man. He couldn't help but take a breath: "Wonta-san, what's wrong with you?!"
The man in front of him sighed: "It's not because of the child..."
"Shouta?" Nagayama Naoki didn't understand. He was just a child?!
"That guy is so noisy!" Speaking of his child, Nakai Wonta gritted his teeth, "Every two hours at night, he will definitely wake up! Once he hugs him, he has to hold him and keep moving! Obviously, he will wake up every two hours!
I fell asleep just now, but as soon as I stop, I start crying again!..."
As he talked, Naoki Nagayama even felt that the friend in front of him was so wronged that he was about to cry...
"Is it so hard to take care of a child?" Nagayama Naoki wondered, "Didn't you hire a professional nanny to help take care of it?"
"Of course... even my mother was invited here." Nakai Wonta was about to cry, "But recently Suzumi-chan read the latest foreign parent-child research books, which said that parents should be trained before the newborn is one year old.
The parent-child relationship with my children and so on...so I must be required to spend some time every day taking care of Shota..."
"It will take a while, the endurance will pass soon..."
Naoki Nagayama comforted him by saying that in Japanese society, the father's responsibility for taking care of his children is actually relatively small, and the main responsibility lies with the mother.
However, new young people like Wanda Nakai and his wife, who have gone to college, have more exposure to Western culture, and their ideas are still very trendy, and they will consider parent-child relationships and so on.
At this time, the store brought over the ingredients for the sukiyaki pot, as well as a bottle of sake.
Nakai Wonta immediately poured himself a glass, poured it into his mouth in one gulp, and then sighed happily: "Ah... I haven't drank for almost two months!"
"So miserable?"
Miku's sukiyaki pot is shallower than other restaurants, and looks more like a teppanyaki. Naoki Nagayama puts square pieces of pure fat meat on it, frying it until oil comes out, and then puts onions, tofu, vermicelli and Omi
Put all the beef on it, pour it with the store's special sauce, and then wait for the ingredients to slowly cook.
At the same time, I was drinking and chatting with Nakai Wonta.
"Yeah...especially since I'm on vacation." Nakai Wonta drank another glass of sake, "My mother and Suzumi-chan said that it tastes bad and is not good for babies...but that's not allowed.
Drinking, not being able to leave home, and having to take care of Shota... I'm going crazy~"
"So Naoki-san called today and it really saved my life!"
Listening to his friend's ramble, Naoki Nagayama shook his head.
Wonta Nakai grew up too privileged and never experienced household chores. He had a mother and Suzumi, plus a professional nanny to take care of them. No matter what, it was enough.
"Yuan Taisang, just get used to it...it must be very tiring to take care of children."
"Yes, it's better for Naoki-san to have children later~" Nakai Wonta drank another drink, and his continuous drinking soon made his face turn red.
At this time, all the beef in the sukiyaki pot has turned brown, and the thin layer of soup exudes a mouth-watering meat aroma.
"Hey, hey... don't drink so hard, come and eat some beef."
The hot beef was rolled in the raw egg liquid. The temperature dropped slightly, but it was still a little hot. Just chew it gently, and the tender beef spread out, carrying rich gravy and special sauce.
The salty and fresh taste dances on the tip of the tongue, making the diners look satisfied.
A few slices of beef suppressed the smell of alcohol and the boredom in life, and Nakai Wonta's thoughts became clearer.
"Naoki-san, why did you come to see me today?"
"Let's have a drink~ We haven't seen each other for a long time~" Nagayama Naoki said, "By the way, I want to ask about how we are doing~"
"Haha, I've been on vacation since I came back from New York... I originally planned to go to work today, but after thinking about it, I was ready to leave my job, so I took my annual leave as well." Wonta Nakai said, "
After a few days, I will officially submit my resignation."
"Does your Shingyo-senpai know that you are resigning?" Nagayama Naoki asked while eating.
"Some information has been revealed." Nakai Wonta said, "Our future investment company will definitely have a lot of business dealings with Mitsubishi Bank. Senior Shinyuki Ito is a reliable bankman."
"Well... I will definitely get in touch with him in the future~"
Over a glass of wine and a mouthful of meat, Naoki Nagayama and Genta Nakai talked about several directions for investing in companies in the future, including real estate in the short term, Microsoft, Oracle, Qualcomm, Coca-Cola and other companies in the long term, and then paying attention to companies in the emerging computer field, etc.
"Actually, in the third technological revolution and the era of electronic computer information technology, I pay more attention to the Internet, which has just developed. It will definitely become an area that affects the world in the future."
Seeing Wonta Nakai looking very confused, Naoki Nagayama explained,
"Ah...that's inter. The United States and Europe have almost built networks based on the TCP/IP protocol, and Japan is also building JU (Japanese Unix Network)..."
Nakai Wonta, who had drank a lot, felt even more confused after listening to Nagayama Naoki's words:
"Qiudou Sack, Naoki-san, are you speaking Japanese?"
"..."
With a background as a coder in his previous life, Naoki Nagayama has been paying attention to the development of the Internet, and he can easily accept such front-end technological information. However, Mrs. Nakai Wan in front of him is just a college student studying economics... and cannot understand these.
.....Probably a very common thing.
After all, Japan is lagging behind when it comes to the Internet~
"Wontaisang, just think of it as a new field that has just sprouted...a field based on computer technology." Nagayama Naoki said, "This field will definitely develop rapidly in the future."
"How come Naoki-san is so confident?!" Wanda Nakai asked.
"It's just an expectation, I won't say it anymore~" Naoki Nagayama did not answer, but changed the topic, "In short, in the next five or six years, our main energy will be spent on real estate investment, and then those
Blue-chip stocks on the U.S. stock market..."
It's not that he doesn't want to invest in Japan, it's just that Naoki Nagayama really doesn't know much about Japan's stock market twenty or thirty years ago.
"However, in short-term trading, you can also recruit some brokers to operate." Naoki Nagayama said, "In the next five years, Japan's stock market should be a bull market."
Nagayama Naoki didn't deliberately lower his voice when he spoke. Many of the people who had lunch at Mijiu had small fortunes. At this time, they even pricked up their ears to listen to Nagayama Naoki's words.
After all, the string of professional terms I mentioned before are really too bluffing.
"Hi, I understand."
Nakai Wonta nodded, since he decided to follow Naoki Nagayama to open an investment company, then he should firmly agree with Naoki Nagayama’s judgment!
"I will rent an office in Ginza and recruit some people to build up the company."
"By the way, after the year, Shuyou Picture Company will be restructured, and the new investment company will also be merged into the structure of Shuyou Group."
"Hi!"
Chatting and communicating while eating, this lunch actually lasted more than two hours.
At the end of the day, Wonta Nakai was already drunk. It looked like he was having a great time drinking this time!
After calling a taxi to take this drunkard back to his home, Suzumi-chan would scold him tomorrow. Nagayama Naoki slowly walked towards Yamazakura-in with a slightly dizzy head.
........
The gloomy weather that started yesterday finally turned into snowflakes in the afternoon.
As Naoki Nagayama walked on the road, the snowflakes in the sky were blown by the cold wind, drilling towards the neck and collar.
By the time I returned to Sansakura-in, there was already a layer of snow on my hair.
"Yangtaro, I'm back!"
Nagayama Naoki called the dog and patted the snowflakes on his coat. However, although Yotaro ran over wagging his tail, he seemed to smell something and kept beating in front of him, but he refused to come and get close.
"Ha, you know I drank~" Nagayama Naoki hung up his coat, walked into the entrance and touched Gouzi's head, "I just drank a little, it's okay~"
After calming the dog, Naoki Nagayama made a cup of hot tea, walked to the veranda, leaned against the wall of the verandah and looked at the snowy scene outside.
Puffs of snowflakes fell rapidly, and it was already a bit like heavy snow. At first glance, it seemed that feathers were falling down from the entire sky, blocking the distant view.
The falling snowflakes accumulated more and more in the yard, and gradually, a layer of fine velvet white coat was woven into the dry landscape and rockery.
Even the originally bare and gray cherry blossom trees have been replaced with sparkling new clothes, giving them a more graceful feel.
The winter evening came very early, and with the snowy weather like this, the sky was already dark, but the yard seemed brighter than usual. Under the illumination of the landscape lights, there was a psychedelic feeling for a while.
Nagayama Naoki quietly looked at the falling snow outside, letting his thoughts spread freely. Under the stimulation of alcohol, his slightly hot head became sober again in the gentle cold wind. Such a feeling of hot and cold.
Very strange.
At some point, Nyotaro ran to Nagayama Naoki's legs and sat looking out of the yard, as if he was also admiring the snowy scenery.
"Nyaotarou, do you understand this too?"
Nagayama Naoki touched the orange cat's little head, and the haiku of Hijikata Toshizo that I had memorized in middle school suddenly came to his mind,
"おもしろき夜之行の行や向日的雪(It's even more interesting, wearing a night suit and row, watching the snow today)"
Nagayama Naoki held Nyaotaro in his arms, covered his hands with warmth, and complained to this guy: "Nyaotaro, others are looking at the snow in the morning, but we are actually looking at the snow in the evening... At this time...
Isn’t that right~”
It is not uncommon for Naoki Nagayama to have memories suddenly pop up in his head. He knows that at this time, some keywords should have been triggered today, and they are connected with the memories in his mind. However, the connection is not very strong, so he
There is no immediate trigger for memories.
So I closed my eyes and started to think about what happened today...getting up early...taking a walk...chatting with the elderly...chatting with the newsstand owner...practicing the piano.
.....
Hey, I feel like my temples are twitching, and it’s related to the song “The Love of My Life”! It’s related to “Westward Journey”...
Naoki Nagayama continued to recall, "Journey to the West"... Five hundred years ago, the Great Immortal Pansi?
Time travel?!
At this point, Nagayama Naoki felt that a memory was about to appear in his mind, but there was always something missing...
The feeling of such a blockage is as if there is a hollow iron ball inside the head, which is very painful.
Nagayama Naoki kept trying with his eyes closed:
"What exactly is it? The movies or music I've seen related to time travel..."Your Name"? "The Butterfly Effect"? "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"?"
"The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" has responded. Naoki Nagayama continued to think in this direction, but got stuck again...
This feeling is like giving birth... The children have arrived at the door, but they refuse to be born... Naoki Nagayama kept trying, but failed to respond until the morning and elementary school flashed through his mind.
A conversation with library editors,
A tragic love story about meeting...and separation...
In an instant, as if a membrane had been pierced, paragraphs of text emerged from the depths of my mind, and then images and sounds appeared in my mind one after another!
I actually recalled a novel and a movie at the same time, no wonder it was like having a difficult childbirth...
Nagayama Naoki covered his forehead and sorted out the memories in his mind:
""Tomorrow's Me Dates Yesterday's You"... Two people with different timelines intersect at a certain time... Sure enough, it's time travel, meeting and separation, or...
What a destined tragedy~"
"But when did I see it?"
Naoki Nagayama pressed his temples hard to make his thoughts clearer.
"Anyway...write down the script of the movie first, and then start copying the novel tomorrow!"
There is so much content that I definitely cannot write it all down today. In other words, when you dream at night, you might dream about the plot of the movie "Tomorrow's Me Dates Your Yesterday"...
Didn’t you dream about dating Miss Sadako when you were watching "Midnight Ring"...
"Fortunately, the heroine Komatsu Nana is quite beautiful..."
Nagayama Naoki was recalling the movie script in his study and started typing,
"Wait a minute, if I date Komatsu Nana in a dream, does that count as cheating? Or does it mean cheating?"
