Chapter 1 Rejection
1968 was an unusual year in history. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This year, the legendary Beatles, immortal rock 'n' roll, released their last album and the band members decided to part ways.
This year, the powerful U.S. military hated Vietnam, the United States and the Soviet Union exchanged offense and defense, and the red power led the world.
In this year, Japan's GDP surpassed West Germany to rank second in the world, ushering in an era of rapid growth for two decades.
In this year, the Japanese government secretly offered bribes, and the US military stationed in Japan happily transferred jurisdiction over the Ryukyus, and the layout of East Asia was initially visible.
This year, an American exploration team "accidentally" discovered oil near an island, affecting the pattern of East Asia for the next 100 years.
It was also this year that a traveler came to Japan and flapped his little butterfly wings.
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"Is there any mistake that Dragon Ball can be rejected?"
A young man of eighteen or nineteen years old lay down on the tatami mat weakly, and with a wave of his hand, the letter paper in the sky was sprinkled one after another.
In the past few days, he has received so many rejection letters, and he can even memorize the rejection phrases on the letterhead.
"What the hell went wrong? Is my adaptation of the text version of the novel not good enough? He muttered to himself.
The themes he chooses to contribute to are all comics that will become popular in the next few decades. There is no doubt that the quality is excellent, could it be that after he changed to the text version, he lost his original flavor?
Possibly, after all, when a Chinese writes in Japanese, there will always be some strange feelings.
Receiving seven rejection letters in a row, even with his self-confidence, he was a little shaken at the moment.
The thought of self-doubt was only a fleeting moment, and it was quickly pressed down by him. Instead, there is a firm conviction.
"No, there must be some other reason!" He said to himself, "How can a classic after twenty years be unappreciated? Even if the wording is awkward, this is a minor problem, and you can find an editor to polish it before publication! As long as the editors are not blind, they will definitely be attracted by the novel story after reading it! Therefore, it can only be disturbed by reasons other than the quality of the manuscript! ”
Thinking of this, his eyes became firm again, and he touched the mobile phone in his arms that never left his body, he couldn't just give up!
This young man's name is Li Shanhe, and he is a traverser.
And it's the second traverser.
As soon as he thought of the former traverser of the pit father, Li Shanhe was full of complaints. What a good start, why was he made like this, allowing himself to clean up the mess?
It's the sixties, and in this era there is a Nokia 2026 phone, no less than an artifact. If it is replaced by Li Shanhe, go directly to Beiping, turn on the mobile phone and put a video of "The Rise of a Great Power" or the military parade, and start the flickering mode:
"Look at my 64-core mobile phone, it's very awesome, how awesome, its computing speed is 200 billion times per second, what, how fast is this? Hundreds of times faster than all the computers on Earth combined...... No, no, I don't want to be the governor, and the mayor is exempt, just get me a small yard in Zhongnanhai, and the state will reimburse me for my purchases in the future......"
Isn't that the end of it? You can live a lifetime of freedom.
It's a pity that the ex obviously read too many novels, thinking that he was possessed by the halo of the protagonist, and took the nearly seventy-year-old eighth uncle to swim across the river together and ran to Hong Kong. Tragedy struck.
The sealed plastic bag was obviously of poor quality, and the phone was flooded.
Even if the Nokia 2026 is hard enough to smash walnuts, it still has the weakness of electronic products, and it will be finished if it enters the water.
Without the golden finger, the former traverser immediately showed the essence of waste wood, was cheated all the way in Hong Kong, and even more in Japan, the last bit of family money was gone, and finally fell into a job in a restaurant.
The predecessor persisted for two years, and finally couldn't survive anymore.
Then Li Shanhe was fooled by aliens.
The life of the ex became his life, the trouble of the predecessor became his trouble, the legacy of the predecessor...... Alas, it's all cheating!
Although he complained, he could get a chance to cross, and only Li Shanhe himself could tell whether it was worth it!
Recalling this, Li Shanhe sat up and carefully put the phone close to his body. This is the greatest guarantee for his development, and there can be no mistakes.
The ex broke the phone and won't fix it, but he will! He used to crawl in society, dabbling in all walks of life, and repairing mobile phones happened to be the job he once did.
It's just that he has to earn enough money to buy a mobile phone repair tool first. A set of tools cost only a few hundred yuan on Taobao, but in 1968, it cost more than 100,000 yen, and there was no market. In 1968, those who could understand LSI were definitely high-end talents, so the price was so expensive.
How much is that? Let's put it this way, the monthly salary of a Tokyo university student who just graduated in 1968 was only about 10,000 yen, which was almost equivalent to 1,000 yuan in China's second- and third-tier cities in 1990~2000.
At this time, the purchasing power of 100,000 yen was equivalent to 10,000 yuan in 2000. A penny is difficult for a hero, not to mention hundreds of thousands of tool repair costs, that is, thousands of yuan per month heating expenses, he can't afford it now, so he can only shiver and heat himself.
Alas, the cheating father's ex, why did he leave such a mess for him!
Sighing, Li Shanhe got up, he had nothing to do, so he had to sit on the table in front of the window and read his predecessor's diary.
Unlike what is common in novels, the memories of his ex are not transmitted to him, so he can only look for clues from his diary. When he first crossed over, he made a lot of jokes, and it was not easy to fool the past, so now when he is fine, he reads the diary and tries to integrate into the current life circle.
Flipping through the diary, a photo slipped from his hand, Li Shanhe bent down to pick up the photo, it was a very beautiful female high school student, she was standing next to the telephone pole, tilting her head with her hands behind her back, and smiling at the camera a little shyly. The photographer's technique is very good, and the background is blurred, which sets off the girl's smile, which is very sweet, very sweet.
Li Shanhe rummaged through the diary and couldn't find the description of the photo. Maybe it's the celebrity photos attached to the magazine, Li Shanhe thought, in the era when there was no Internet, there were countless idols who disappeared before they became famous, maybe this girl is one of them.
While reading silently, I dodged the cold wind. Shortly after the New Year in Japan, the streets are deserted. The walls of the old houses are so thin that they can't block out the sounds of the outside world. The crying of children next door wanting to eat candy, the sound of chopping vegetables downstairs, and the sound of flushing in the public bathroom at the end of the corridor......
He can endure all this, but what is unbearable is the raging cold wind blowing through the cracks in the wall.
Li Shanhe, who was reading the diary, couldn't help but shudder. He took out his wallet for the Nth time and counted it, sighing.
Alas! I really shouldn't have been impulsive at the beginning, but I just crossed over and couldn't figure out the situation, thinking that the golden finger was protecting the body, and the pig's foot halo was around, and I resigned from the position of the former restaurant manager and chef as soon as my head was hot. But who would have thought that the path he set for himself to submit novels would be rejected one after another!
Miscalculated! The ex is so miserable, he must have tried this way a long time ago!
"It's just that so many magazines, why did they all reject me unanimously?"
He couldn't help but think.
At this time, Li Shanhe keenly noticed that a familiar figure appeared on the street outside the window, waving here with a pergola in his hand. The appearance of the tiger head and tiger brain is Li Shanhe's younger brother in the previous restaurant, Zhang Jie.
Zhang Jie is sixteen years old, two years younger than the current Li Shanhe, and if it were in a peaceful and prosperous China in the future, he would still be a child enjoying high school life. But now, he dropped out of school early and crossed the ocean to a foreign country, carrying the livelihood of his family on his shoulders.
Therefore, whether it is the predecessor or the current Li Shanhe, he usually takes good care of him.
With a visitor, it doesn't seem to be so difficult today. After thinking about it, Li Shanhe pushed open the door and went to the public drinking water to get a pot of hot water.
As soon as I brought the teapot back to the house, there was a knock on the door. He opened the door, and Zhang Jie rushed in stunned, shouting: "Brother Li! While picking up the teapot at hand, he tilted his head to the spout of the teapot and poured it into his mouth.
Not surprisingly, he was scalded by hot water.
Looking at this reckless little brother, Li Shanhe raised his eyebrows: "What's the hurry!" How many times have I taught you! Rinse with cool water! ”
Japan's tap water is drunk directly, Zhang Jie hurriedly put his head under the faucet and poured a lot of tap water in one go.
Well, I can't make tea anymore. Li Shanhe reluctantly put down the teacup that was being cleaned, sat back on the chair, and said, "Sit first." Say, what's wrong? ”
Li Shanhe's apartment didn't have any furniture, and Zhang Jie didn't care, sitting on the tatami mat with his butt crossed, and said:
"Brother Li, you must help me this time!"
Li Shanhe waved his hand: "I know that I will cause trouble, for the sake of your father introducing me to work back then, can I not help?" Except for borrowing money, everything else is easy to say. ”
"Brother Li, I got into a fight."
"Big...... So what are you doing with such a happy smile? ”
Zhang Jie smiled: "I have long seen that Bai Siwen that guy is not pleasing to the eye, usually this guy is always prestigious, a 'mainland boy', very angry!" I didn't expect that ugly face to feel really good, a punch is like slapping a watermelon, watermelon, you know? The sound of the knock is really relieving! ”
"What a broken parable!" Li Shanhe gave him a roll of his eyes, "Bai Siwen? It's the new store manager that the proprietress hired after I resigned, right? ”
"Yes, yes, that's the grandson! Don't mention how annoying it is! Zhang Jie slapped his thigh, "Isn't this just after New Year's Day, the proprietress has returned to Taipei, and the inside and outside of the store will be taken care of by Bai Siwen." Today's salary was paid, and he said that the accounts in the store were not matched last month, and there was a shortage of 2,000 yen, and the perpetrator could not be found, so everyone's salary was deducted 2,000...... With a salary of just over 10,000 yen, who can bear it? ”
Li Shanhe was speechless, and he could figure it out with his toes, it must be that this guy was picked up by everyone, and his blood surged, and he became this budding bird.
Zhang Jie said a little embarrassed: "It's all fought, as soon as the big guys are combined, you still have to ask Brother Xiao Li to come back and take charge." Everyone said, how good it would be if you hadn't resigned, Brother Li, and everyone would have thought of how good you were at the beginning......"
Li Shanhe sneered twice in his heart, and knew that he would wear a high hat for me. He was clear about the careful thinking of other employees, which was nothing more than finding someone to block the gun.
When he was the store manager, many people also scolded him behind his back. How can the relationship between the boss and the wage earner be as harmonious as a friend?
However, the good and the bad are all compared, at least Li Shanhe is confident and fair, and he can't do such a blatant discriminatory thing, compared with Nabai Siwen, he is indeed a conscientious store manager.
After the story was finished, Zhang Jie leaned over with a shy face and said flatteringly: "Brother Xiao Li, Bai Siwen is a relative of the proprietress, and the proprietress listens to you so much...... Except for you, no one can cure Bai Siwen's goods, please let you out of the mountain. ”
You think of me when you're in trouble.
Li Shanhe sighed: "Has anyone ever said that you are very cheap when you laugh?" ”
Zhang Jie immediately covered his mouth, but his eyes were still spinning, and he was a troublemaker.
"Forget it, it's cheaper if you don't laugh." Li Shanhe said helplessly, "I'll go over and help you take a look." Who made me unlucky, to have such a little brother as you. ”
Zhang Jie was overjoyed, and hurriedly patted the horse's ass before and after the saddle.
Li Shanhe is not a day worker, he happens to be short of money recently, so take this opportunity to get some start-up capital in the restaurant, if you get hundreds of thousands, it is estimated that it is enough to open a small company.
He picked up the coat hanging on the wall, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Did you bring any money?" ”
"Uh...... Is 50 yen enough? Zhang Jie rummaged in his pocket for a long time and found only one coin.
Li Shanhe took the coin, but did not go downstairs directly, but knocked on the door next door. A few children wearing patches opened the door and cheered when they saw that it was Li Shanhe.
Mr. and Mrs. Yamamoto walked the streets selling snacks, and Li Shanhe touched the children's heads and bought a handful of lollipops for 50 yen, and each child got one.
"Well, I have to listen to my mother in the future, and if you want to eat candy, come to my brother, you know?"
The child grinned and nodded, saliva drooling from the corners of his mouth with a lollipop, and Mr. and Mrs. Yamamoto hurriedly bowed and thanked them.
Li Shanhe waved his hand, and then squinted at Zhang Jie: "This candy tastes good, come to one?" ”
"Uh...... No. "It's not a child, what kind of lollipop to eat, Zhang Jie thought to himself.
Li Shanhe shrugged his shoulders and didn't explain much, holding a lollipop in his mouth, his hands in his pockets, and the two walked towards the stairs one after the other.
The apartment was old, with a wooden staircase creaking and creaking. Many people poked their heads out of the door and greeted Li Shanhe, and Li Shanhe also responded with a smile.
It is said that the Japanese have cold interpersonal relationships, but that will be at least 20 years later. High-rise buildings may not get along with each other, but this dilapidated apartment has a lot of human touch, and they know each other well. Even if the sound insulation is too poor, and the Yamamoto couple next door is too clear at night, when everyone laughs the next day, Mr. Yamamoto always takes it as a compliment, boasting about how good his kung fu is.
Although the environment is a little worse, Li Shanhe still likes the human touch here, which is better than a cold duplex apartment. It reminded him of his hometown.
When they walked to the first floor, the two met the old lady of the landlady, who walked tremblingly from the entrance, holding a few letters in her hand, and said:
"Li Jun, writer Li, I have your letter again."
Li Shanhe hurriedly took it with both hands, hugged the old lady and said, "I'm bothering your old man again." Which magazine is it from this time? ”
"No trouble, no trouble." The old landlady put on her glasses with a smile and looked at the address on the envelope, "It's "Young Sunday." ”
A hint of joy flashed on Li Shanhe's face, he has prepared a total of three stories in the past month or so, "Dragon Ball" and "Naruto Daisen" have all been wiped out, and the remaining annual award essay for "Young Sunday" is his most confident work, and the winner will enjoy a bonus of 200,000 yuan, which is very tempting.
Li Shanhe couldn't wait to tear open the envelope, glanced at it, and the smile on his face gradually faded.
Zhang Jie is curious, a month after Brother Xiao Li resigned, he was busy with this? He peeked at it, "I'm sorry to inform you that your submission failed our review ......," he shrunk his head and wisely remained silent.
Li Shanhe pondered for a moment, twisted his fingers on the manuscript paper, and suddenly sneered.
In the envelope, his manuscript was sent back as it was, but Li Shanhe kept an eye on it when he submitted it, and between the second and third pages, a drop of glue was slightly sticked.
It only takes a small amount of force, as small as an inadvertent pull when turning the page, and the glue can be torn apart. But at this moment-
The glue is still there.
The two pages of manuscript paper are still glued together.
The editor didn't even look at his manuscript!
Li Shanhe exhaled a long breath, it was strange to say, and his mood at this time suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. Since you know that it's not a problem with the quality of the story, it means that the road hasn't been blocked yet, right?
I don't understand what resistance is, but I'm not a waste of wood like my predecessor!
He stuffed the manuscript paper into his pocket, turned around and smiled brightly at Zhang Jie:
"Hey, what are you waiting for, lead the way ahead!"