Akimi Oshima's apartment is a two-bedroom apartment, and she is empathetic when she sees Lin Hai yawning after taking a bath, so she arranges for him to sleep early.

This night, Xiaomei Oshima lay on the bed tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, thinking of Lin Hai for a while, and thinking of HIDE for a while, happy and sad, and her heart was like numbness.

The next morning, Akimi Oshima opened her eyes to the sound of the piano.

She walked out of the bedroom with a pair of dark circles under her eyes and found Lin Hai sitting in front of the bay window playing the guitar.

"Good morning, Miss Oshima. Lin Hai stopped to greet Akimi Oshima.

"Good morning. ”

Xiaomei Oshima sat next to Lin Hai, hugged his neck and said, "Don't call me Miss Oshima in the future, call me Sister Xiaomei." ”

"Okay, Sister Xiaomei. ”

"Hmm. Oshima nodded with satisfaction and asked, "By the way, I've always wanted to ask, who did you learn your guitar from?"

"Self-taught, what's wrong?"

"It's not that I said, your skills are terrible, and you don't play as well as me. Akimi Oshima said and stretched out her hand: "Give it to me, I'll play a piece for you!"

Lin Hai handed her the guitar.

Taking over the guitar, Akimi Oshima adjusted her posture and was about to play when she suddenly froze.

"Wait, this guitar ......"

This guitar is so broken, even if it is a guitar, it is lifting it, this is clearly a burning stick!

The strings were rusty, one string was missing, and the neck was so badly cocked that the string could reach almost a finger at the farthest point from the neck. In addition to this, the frets are badly worn, and there is a noticeable crack in the body......

Is this a guitar that a person can play?

"You...... Where did you get this guitar?"

"Picked up in the trash. Lin Hai didn't feel embarrassed at all, and reminded: "By the way, don't throw it away." ”

"Why?"

"It's me, well, the first guitar, and I'm going to keep it as a souvenir. ”

Lin Hai said vaguely.

Of course, he knew that this guitar was hopelessly rotten, but it was his first instrument after crossing over, and without it, Lin Hai would have starved to death.

Akimi Oshima fell silent.

After a while, she carefully put her guitar down, stood up and said, "Follow me!"

"What are you going for?"

"Go buy a new guitar. Akimi Oshima rolled her eyes: "It's okay to collect, you can't practice with it, right?"

……

I said I was going to buy a guitar, but I ended up in a clothing store all morning.

"Broke the bank. ”

Coming out of the mall, Lin Hai thanked Xiaomei Oshima seriously.

Oshima Xiaomei patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Don't kick me away when you become popular, even if you repay me!"

"How is that possible. ”

"So don't talk nonsense, the artist's daily outfit is the agent's responsibility!"

"But you don't have to buy so much, do you?"

When the two of them went in, they were empty-handed, and when they came out, they took out six oversized tote bags that were stuffed to the brim, and in addition to their clothes and trousers, they even had three pairs of shoes.

"That's a lot?" retorted Akimi Oshima, "YOSHIKI, YOU KNOW, HIS CLOAKROOM IS BIGGER THAN MY APARTMENT. ”

"He's a celebrity after all. ”

"As long as you listen to my arrangement, you will also become a celebrity, besides, you call me sister, is there anything wrong with my sister buying clothes for my brother?"

"That's what I said...... Lin Hai was halfway through his words, and when he saw Xiaomei Oshima's eyes, he quickly changed his words: "Sister Xiaomei, thank you." ”

"That's right," Akimi Oshima opened the trunk and shouted, "Come here and put things down, and then we'll go to dinner, GOGOGO!"

……

Lunch, like last night, is served at a traditional set restaurant, with a light taste based on vegetables. During the meal, Xiaomi Oshima has been instilling in Lin Hai the precautions of the singer in terms of diet, and despite the nagging, Lin Hai is not bored.

After eating, the two drove to the Ishibashi Musical Instrument located at the Shinjuku Subway Kaikan.

It's not the first time Lin Hai has been here, but in order to avoid suspicion from Oshima Xiaomei, he is not as familiar as he appears.

followed Akimi Oshima to the guitar area, and looked all the way, Lin Hai's footsteps suddenly stopped.

What caught his eye was a white jazz electric guitar.

"Gretsch falcon. ”

Noticing Lin Hai's gaze, Akimi Oshima beckoned the clerk over.

The clerk looked at her fingers and said with a smile: "You have a good eye, although this piano is a second-hand product in the 56th year of Showa, the sound is particularly charming." ”

"Do you like this instrument?" asked Hayashi Hai Oshima.

"Ah, sort of. ”

It's not about liking, it's about knowing.

"Can you take a look?" Lin Hai asked the clerk.

"Of course you can, just be careful not to bump into it. ”

The clerk said, taking the piano off and handing it to Lin Hai.

Lin Hai held the piano and did not try to play, but stared intently at the scratches across the falcon's wings on the guitar guard.

That's right, it's the one in my memory.

You must buy it!" Lin Hai shouted in his heart.

However, looking at the price of up to 1 million yen, he hesitated. After all, it was Xiaomei Oshima who paid the money, why was she embarrassed to speak?

Akimi Oshima guessed what he was thinking, and wrote lightly, "It's only a million yen, and if you like it, buy it." ”

Lin Hai's heart warmed when he heard this, knowing that she said this just to reassure herself.

Lin Hai is not a fool, he knows that the income of professional copywriters is not high, one million yen is converted into nearly 60,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the income of ordinary white-collar workers for three months, which is definitely not a small amount.

But since she brought it up, Lin Hai didn't twist it, and nodded: "Okay, buy it!"

The clerk was very happy to see these two customers so happy, but out of professionalism, he still reminded: "Don't you need to try it?"

"No, I don't. Lin Hai shook his head and urged Oshima Xiaomei: "Go and pay first." ”

Oshima Xiaomei thought that he was afraid that he would regret it, and felt a little funny, but he still followed the clerk to pay, and when he came back, he found Lin Hai holding the guitar motionless, as if he was afraid of being snatched away.

Akimi Oshima shook the receipt in her hand and joked, "Okay, no one is stealing your piano." ”

The clerk also walked back and said, "Because it is a guru, there is no original case, we have a free case, you can choose ...... at will"

"Don't rush yet. Lin Hai waved his hand and asked, "Is there a screwdriver?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay, get me a screwdriver. ”

"Okay. Although he felt inexplicable, the clerk nodded and went to the maintenance office to bring a toolbox.

Lin Hai laid the guitar flat on the long ottoman, picked up a screwdriver of the appropriate size from the toolbox, and began to disassemble the guard.

Oshima Xiaomei and the clerk were watching inexplicably, not understanding what Lin Hai was doing, but they didn't ask.

Soon, the guitar guard was removed, Lin Hai turned over and looked inside, and laughed: "Sure enough!"

"What's wrong?" Akimi Oshima leaned in.

Lin Hai glanced at the curious clerk, casually tucked the guard into his trouser pocket, and said to Oshima Xiaomei: "It's okay, let's go." ”

……

After leaving the piano shop and returning to the car, Lin Hai took out the guard plate and handed it to Oshima Xiaomei.

Akimi Oshima took a look at it and asked puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Look at the back. ”

"On the back? hmm, signatures, two signatures?"

Oshima Xiaomei carefully identified it, and then her body shook, and she suddenly raised her head and looked at Lin Hai in shock.

Her eyes were like asking: Is this a joke?

Lin Hai was very satisfied with her reaction, and thought to himself that he was worthy of being a music writer, and he was well-informed. He coughed lightly and said, "I don't need to introduce these two people." ”

Akimi Oshima nodded dumbly.

For those familiar with the history of Japanese music, the names Masayuki Takayanagi and Reiza Nakamu can be described as "thunderous". They are two of the greatest guitarists in the history of Japanese jazz, the former being one of Japan's earliest avant-garde musicians, and the latter being known as the first Japanese Bossa Nova guitarist.

Akimi Oshima felt that her head was about to explode, and she had seen a lot of autographed pianos, but this was the first time she had seen this form of "co-branding". If it's an ordinary person, it's just two super heavyweights, this ......

"It's not fake, is it?"

Akimi Oshima asked subconsciously.

She didn't bother to ask Lin Hai now how he guessed that there was a signature on the back of the guard, she just wanted to know if it was real.

Lin Hai didn't answer directly, but threw a bigger bomb-

"Whether it's true or not, you have to ask the owner of this piano to know. ”

"The owner of Jean?"

"Their apprentice, Kazumi Watanabe. ”

After Lin Hai finished speaking, Xiaomei Oshima was completely dumbfounded.

Who is Kazumi Watanabe? He is the highest peak that a Japanese jazz guitarist can achieve, and he is known as a living legend.

Lin Hai's voice echoed in Oshima's ears.

In 1989, Mr. Watanabe lost a guitar on his way to Osaka for a performance, and at that time he offered a reward of 10 million yen to find clues, which attracted wide media attention, but unfortunately he was not found. ”

Lin Hai stopped at this point. The next words can't be nonsense -

If it weren't for Lin Hai's cutoff, the guitar would have fallen into the hands of former UNICORN lead singer Minsheng Okuda, a keen collector who, after getting his hands on the guitar, decided to replace it because he felt that the scratches on the guard plate were an eyesore, only to discover the secret hidden on the inside of the guard plate.

When Okuda Minsheng found the signature, Takayanagi Masayuki had already died, and Mu Lizhen learned the origin of the signature from his mouth-

In the 80s, the already famous Watanabe Kazumi asked two teachers who had come to the audience to sign the piano in order to pay tribute after a performance, but the two teachers thought that he was too blue to sign his name on the outside, but on the inside of the guard.

The scratch on the front of the guard plate was left when Master Takayanagi dismantled it with a key because he couldn't find a screwdriver at the time.

This incident was later revealed by the media, and it became a beautiful talk for a while, and the guitar was returned to Kazumi Watanabe by Okuda Minsheng, who in turn donated it to the Hamamatsu Musical Instrument Museum.

……

Lin Hai selectively told the story behind the signature to Akimi Oshima.

After listening to this, Akimi Oshima looked at the guard plate again, and it felt like she was looking at a mountain of gold.

It's not a signature, it's a legacy!

I used to think that 1 million yen was too expensive to buy a used guitar, but now it seems that this is a super bargain! If this piano is auctioned, how much can it be sold for? 10 million? 10 million?

No, no, no, how can you sell it!

Akimi Oshima took a deep breath, calmed down, and hesitated, "You say, shall we return it to Mr. Watanabe?"

"That's what I thought, too. ”

Lin Hai laughed as he spoke, thinking that he really didn't see the wrong person.