Chapter 651, book buying is also crazy

When he arrived in Nagoya, he happened to encounter a good day when the library discounted old books, so Lin Yi followed the local customs and queued up at the library early to get the number. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Looking at the Japanese people, there are men and women, old and young, and some even go out with their families to buy discounted old books.

It seems that like China, the price of books in Japan is quite high, especially as a small country, resources are already poor, paper sometimes even needs to be imported, and the paper industry is also a particularly polluting industry, so Japan is relatively conservative in this regard, and it is understandable that the price of new books is relatively high.

New books that were originally sold for tens of thousands of yen can be purchased for a few thousand yen, which is the biggest incentive to attract Nagoya people to buy books.

Because he came early, Lin Yi didn't wait long before he heard someone call his number, and there were fifty or sixty people who entered the library with him to select books. They are already in the third batch. The first two batches were mostly fully loaded, and the baskets full of brand new books were filled.

Lin Yi entered the book purchase area, unlike ordinary book buyers, who went to the computer to check the specific location of the books they needed, with a clear purpose.

Lin Yi came to search for books, and what he wanted was the feeling of mud and sand and gold panning in big waves. So he glanced straight down the bookshelf.

The whole library is very large, and the number of books is also very large, densely placed on the shelves, and there are also placed in very high places, even reaching the ceiling. But that's okay, there's a ladder that automatically lifts to help you get up and keep looking for books there.

Lin Yi took a general look at the old books in front of him, and couldn't help but be surprised, surprised that the book culture in Japan was indeed different from that in China.

First of all, most of the manga and mystery novels that sell well in Japan are also some sensory novels for adults. There are also world classics, Japanese literary masterpieces, etc., but they are not placed in a conspicuous place. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't fall into the category of "best-selling".

Those famous works Lin Yi has basically come into contact with, such as Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji", Kawabata Yasunari's "Snow Country", Mori Ouwai's "Dancing Hime", Shimazaki Fujimura's "Breaking the Ring", Tayama Hanabukuro's "Quilt" (this book is a bit colorful, but it is a model of Japanese naturalism) Natsume Soseki "I Am a Cat" (an outstanding representative of modern Japanese literature, with a world reputation, if memory serves, there seems to be an episode in Conan that also mentions Natsume Soseki) The author of "Paradise Lost" is called Junichi Watanabe, and it is a banned book!

Japan's technology is more advanced than China's, and the video game market is even more prosperous, so many young people simply disdain these traditional Japanese classics and world classics. Many otaku people like to play games and read manga at home, watch "Death Note", "One Piece", watch "Detective Conan", and no one will watch "The Tale of Genji...... Like in China, many people who buy such books either put them on the shelves to serve as window covers, or press them under their heads as pillows.

The decline of paper books is more vividly reflected here.

Looking at the people who came in with Lin Yi, they were all busy. One of them, a lewd uncle in his forties, took a basket and frantically selected books.

Lin Yi saw that they were all restricted-level erotic comics.

If you look closely, there are not a few Japanese who choose manga. Lin Yi first thought that the world seemed to have become a time when vision was dominant, and books were gradually tilting towards more pictures and less words.

If this is the case here, why not the same in China?

Although domestic online literature now occupies an overwhelming victory, who can predict that in the future, comic-themed novels and stories will defeat these ancient words and become the winners?

After all, the information contained in a picture is much larger and more intuitive than a text.

Lin Yi came back to his senses and was immediately attracted to some Japanese women. I saw that after these women jumped into the bookstore, they ran directly towards a counter, all of them looking excited, and their movements were swift, like marathon runners.

What books are they so excited about?

Lin Yi couldn't help but be curious, so he looked at the bookshelf, and when he saw it, he was stunned, because the books placed on it turned out to be --- notepads!

The flowers and green, and the various styles of notepads, turned out to be the favorite of these Japanese aunts--- incredible.

In fact, the Japanese are attentive, conscientious, and have strict time management, which can be felt by anyone who has dealt with Japanese people. In addition to their unique personality and long-term training, the notepad they carry with them is an indispensable tool for them to manage their time and plan of action.

In people's daily life, many things need to be booked in advance, such as going to a beauty salon for a haircut, going to the hospital to see a doctor, asking friends for dinner, or even sending mail packages to their homes. Because of the wide range of contacts for those who have jobs, detailed time management tables are naturally indispensable; Even if she is a housewife, she will write everything into the timetable of the notepad in detail about the arrangements for her children's school, bank payments, notices of big price reductions in the store, and things that others ask her to, so that there will be no negligence.

Japanese people are rarely reckless and impulsive, and everything has to be planned in advance and then acted according to the plan. Even when shopping, housewives shop according to a pre-considered purchase order, so it is not uncommon to see some housewives looking for products while checking a note in the supermarket.

However, there is a more suitable notepad for housewives, and that is the "family book". One page a day, payroll days, bonus days, monthly expense records, one-year savings plans, and more. In addition to the running account of the day, the housewife will also write down the words of the family affairs on the note, such as where to go that day, how much the ticket costs, who drank coffee and so on.

It is said that a Japanese farmer has been recording the changes in the weather for thirty or forty years, and a housewife has been keeping a record of the swallows coming to the roof to build a nest every year for 16 years. Therefore, it is probably not an exaggeration to call the Japanese nation a "diary nation".

It is precisely because they are so interested in notepads that when bookstores discount books, the first thing they think about is to buy more of these books. The Japanese-designed notepad is very distinctive, and in addition to recording things, there are also very beautiful illustrations and manga, and even some incisive chicken soup for the soul, etc., which are very beautifully made, and people can't put it down. Hence the popularity. Even if you don't use it when you buy it, it's a pleasure to look through it as a book once in a while.

Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn't help but feel a little emotional, when he was a child, when he went to school, the teacher often taught him to write a diary and develop the habit of recording things, but he didn't stick to it. Now if you want to remember the past, you can only rely on the unclear memories in your head, and if you stick to it, you may be able to keep a lot of good memories.

Unfortunately, there is no going back.