The conversation with Liu Hongbo lasted for about a few hours. Liu Hongbo made some sushi, prepared some Northeastern side dishes, and had a Sino-Japanese "dinner". The two drank wine and Geng Chaozhong talked about China's political situation.
Anecdotally, Liu Hongbo talked about some Japanese customs and customs, which was quite agreeable.
As for his own mission, Geng Chaozhong never mentioned it. Liu Hongbo also knew it and didn't mention it at all - for him, it didn't matter what mission Geng Chaozhong performed. What he had to do was to act as a good Japanese and serve Geng Chaozhong.
Chao Zhong left a way out.
After drinking until the evening, Liu Hongbo was already drunk and unconscious. Geng Chaozhong took advantage of the darkness and slipped out and walked quickly towards the Osaka train station.
Osaka is extremely quiet at night. Except for the roar of sirens from the port in the distance, there is almost no movement. Occasionally, a few police officers in black uniforms pass by on the asphalt road, but these police officers are talking and laughing.
, looks no different from the Chinese patrol police.
Compared with China at this time, Japan's domestic security is actually very good, with few vicious incidents happening, and the Japanese police seem to be much more relaxed. As for residents, due to the economic crisis and factories closing down, they either returned to their residences early or went to "
"Izakaya" and "Kabucho" and other places for fun, and no one noticed Geng Chaozhong, a "fake Japanese devil".
While Geng Chaozhong was rushing towards the train station, he was thinking about the scene where he had just met Liu Hongbo - the bare-bones station chief of the Osaka branch of the Secret Service was not actually a very professional spy, and he was probably trained very well by his acting boss.
Limited, but Liu Hongbo himself has no wife or children, and has more than ten years of experience as a "Japanese". As long as he doesn't do anything particularly outrageous, no one will doubt it. This may be why the acting boss likes him.
s reason.
Forget it, don't think about it so much.
Geng Chaozhong shook his head silently. As long as nothing unexpected happened, there should be no need for Liu Hongbo, an idle chess player. The top priority was to go to Tokyo first and catch up with Yun Wei, who had been away for half a year!
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After a night on the train, at 9 o'clock the next morning, accompanied by the roar of the whistle, Geng Chaozhong, carrying a suitcase, walked out of Tokyo North Railway Station with the flow of people.
A Japanese "gentleman" wearing a suit, carrying a civilized stick, and a mustache on his upper lip; a "fashionable girl" wearing high heels, a long windbreaker, and a traditional Japanese hairpin on her head; and
There are many young people wearing black student uniforms and workers' hats. These constitute the unique scenery of Tokyo Railway Station. All of this is not much different from what Geng Chaozhong saw in Shanghai. The only difference is that
People here walk much faster than Chinese people in Shanghai, and their expressions are generally very serious. This is also a significant change brought about by industrialized society - everyone's pace of life has been accelerated.
But for Geng Chaozhong, all this is relatively easy to accept, because he has seen people who walk faster and have more serious expressions.
After leaving the train station, Geng Chaozhong walked outside in a familiar manner. He looked like a native Japanese. This was not because Geng Chaozhong had been to Tokyo, but just out of habit - he would not look like a strange tourist.
He doesn't look around like a stranger who has just arrived in a certain place when he pulls out a map and looks around. He prefers to calmly study the roads and road signs, which will save him some unnecessary trouble.
At least, the few men with fierce faces, wearing open-breasted kimonos, who looked like gangsters at first glance did not bother me.
After getting on the tram, he found an old lady sitting next to him. Under the slightly disgusted look in her eyes, Geng Chaozhong asked clearly about the location of Tokyo Normal School. It wasn't until he got up to leave that he heard the other party whisper:
“The cattle breeder of Hokkaido!”
It turned out that it was his Hokkaido accent that was to blame - Geng Chaozhong walked off the tram with a wry smile. It seemed that there was no exception to the so-called regional discrimination.
Half an hour later, Tokyo Normal School.
Tokyo Normal School, later known as the University of Tsukuba, Japan, was still a full-time vocational school at this time, and the school buildings were very simple. Except for two four-story "high-rise buildings" that could be seen at a glance, the rest were all low-rise buildings.
It’s a short bungalow. Needless to say, compared with several universities in Shanghai, even compared with several schools in Nanjing, it is far behind.
"Visiting scholar from Shanghai?"
The janitor in the communication room looked at Geng Chaozhong with strange eyes. It was not until he found a hint of "teaching and educating" on Geng Chaozhong's smiling face that he picked up the phone on the table and began to call his superiors.
Reporting the situation, Geng Chaozhong waited quietly at the side.
Within a few minutes, a man wearing a suit and glasses walked quickly to the school gate. He took one look at Geng Chaozhong, walked over quickly, bent at 90 degrees, and said:
"Dear Sir, I am Odagiri Jiro, Assistant to the Deputy Director of Education of the school. Welcome to Japan. Welcome to our school. You are Zhou Xuanhe, Zhou Sang, right?!"
"Yes, senior, thank you for welcoming me personally. You are so polite!" Geng Chaozhong also bowed in return.
The assistant to the deputy director of education should be a role similar to the secretary to the director of education. It seems that Odagiri Jiro should be at the lower level of the school management organization. However, it should also be the most convenient and fastest channel for him to learn about the school.
"Please follow me. I have just received news that a scholar from China is going to visit our school. If there is any negligence, please forgive me." Odagiri Jiro led the way diligently while walking in front.
Chatting with Geng Chaozhong.
"It doesn't matter, this is our fault, you know, those stupid and inefficient Ministry of Education bureaucrats." Geng Chaozhong shrugged.
"Haha, I understand, I understand."
There was a smile on Odagiri Jiro's old-fashioned face, and his complaints about the bureaucrats of the Ministry of Education can be said to be the biggest common ground among the educational circles of the two countries. Odagiri Jiro suddenly developed a good impression of this Chinese from the far west.
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"Senior, if it's not presumptuous, can I call you brother Odagiri from now on? You know, in China, we call our respected peers brother, so, is it okay if I call you this?" Geng
Chaozhong smiled.
"Of course, it's an honor. Of course you can call me that. It would be too unfamiliar if you keep calling me senior." Odagiri Jiro replied with a smile.
"Thank you then. Strictly speaking, you are the first person I officially know in Japan. I really want to give my trip to Japan a good start and to better learn about your country's advanced education system.
"Geng Chaozhong bowed slightly while walking.
"Of course, I also admire the profound and long-standing Chinese culture. I will ask for your advice in the future!" Odagiri Jiro nodded quickly.
After a warm and respectful exchange, Odagirijiro took Geng Chaozhong to an office on the third floor of the school's four-story office building. He asked Geng Chaozhong to sit down. Odagirijiro bowed again,
He opened his mouth and said:
"Zhou Sang, you are different from the Chinese people I have met. You are very graceful and charming. I hope that we can become friends in the future. In Chinese terms, many friends lead to many paths. I hope that I will become
Your first journey in Japan. However, please tell me now that Mr. Suzuki, our deputy director, has gone to the Ministry of Education for a meeting, and he will be back in half an hour."