Chapter 316: A Foreign Land as a Stranger
"Because they cover up the most laughable parts of themselves, and they want to make the audience happy in the same way as ordinary people." Makoto Chiba said with great feeling.
Don't the people in the troupe know that the stories they perform are old and not funny?
Definitely know.
But they would rather continue to act like this than use their physical defects to make people laugh, poverty is indeed difficult, but what is even more difficult is to sell their self-esteem, they are using this way, carefully caring for the only remaining self-esteem.
But today, for the sake of Durban, they gave up their only self-esteem and took the initiative to inform the victory team of their shortcomings, which is why Horii and Shinjo finally gave up separating Durban from the troupe, preferring to be more troublesome and responsible, but also to bring those people with them.
People are not plants and trees, who can be ruthless.
This troupe is a big family of people on the margins of society, and the prosperous world has an invisible wall with them, a wall that cannot be broken with hard work, so they can only huddle together to keep warm, because only each other can ignore and care about each other's flaws.
Will they, who are reluctant to show their flaws even in front of a small audience, be willing to go to newspapers, magazines, or even television to let everyone see the last thing they want people to see, and tell stories that are true and false?
What's more, there is Durban, which is part of their big family, and they will not give up no matter what, which is why they do not stay in one place, but wander to perform, because if they stay in one place for a long time, the danger of Durban exposure will skyrocket.
Once on TV, after getting attention, there will be more people staring at them, and Durban will definitely be exposed, so unless it is to abandon Durban, it is impossible for this troupe to agree to such 'hype'.
After listening to Chiba Makoto's analysis, Maya was also silent, she was at the peak of her debut, but she knew it too well, the spotlights that can be seen everywhere, the candid photography that worries at any time and the fans who are so enthusiastic that they inquire about flight information and even their home addresses.
Every little thing will attract great attention, and you must be cautious and cautious in what you say and do, because you don't know where the camera is facing you, hoping to shoot big news, and all kinds of rumors made up by rivals and jealous people, there are countless rumors.
There is no such thing as perfection, and what you gain is what you lose.
This topic did not continue, and instead talked about Maya's "Red Hot Encouragement", this very charming lyrical song, Chiba Makoto really didn't expect Maya to finish it so quickly, you must know that fill-in-the-blank questions are much more difficult than sentence-making, after all, sentences can be made casually, but fill-in-the-blanks have to be carried out in context.
In the face of not very professional praise, does Maya think that she is treating her as a little girl? Will you be happy if you coax casually?
It seems to be quite interesting, unconsciously the corners of his mouth are curled, a smile is revealed, looking at Chiba Makoto, he always feels like a puzzle that can never be solved, and when you think you have seen the answer, you find that there are more unknowns behind you.
For example, this song, with a nice melody and lyrics, but it is certainly not written by Chiba Makoto, a little white who can't even read staves, but she has never heard anyone sing it, and she has also asked curiously, but Chiba Makoto said that she is from another world, and she is really coaxed as a little girl.
In the midst of a pleasant conversation, a black car slowly stopped in front of it, and the cab window fell, revealing Lucia, who was dressed in the same style as Maya, and said in fluent language: "We should go back, there is still a lot of work tomorrow." ”
"Lucia, have you learned to drive?" Chiba Makoto was very surprised, how long has it been, not only have I learned the language of the earth, but I can also drive, and my ability to learn and adapt is a bit strong.
Lucia parked the car and said, "It's very simple, I learned it all at once, but this car is so slow, it's not as fast as me." ”
"Uh... You're running pretty fast, hehe! Chiba Makoto can only laugh dryly, she can run thousands of kilometers away in a few hours, this speed is comparable to the Shinkansen, a car or something, it is estimated that in her eyes it is as slow as climbing.
"She's now my bodyguard, assistant, and driver," Maya introduced Lucia, who wears many hats, and finally asks, "What about you?" Did you get your driver's license? ”
“... This time by all means. "I have long said that I want to learn to drive, and Chiba Makoto, who still rides a motorcycle, is speechless.
Lucia couldn't help laughing out loud when she watched the conversation between the two, and said hello to Makoto Chiba, and then chattered about Maya's work tomorrow, to shoot magazine covers, and an interview, and...
In short, the itinerary during the concert is basically full, and it is already a luxury to be able to spare half an hour to walk and chat here.
Chiba Makoto couldn't help but smile happily when she looked at the dutiful Lucia, it was great that she could live on this planet.
Maya got into the car, lowered the window and waved goodbye to Makoto Chiba, until Makoto Chiba disappeared behind before turning around and sitting down, sighing slightly, with a bored look on her face, her hand unconsciously grabbed the seat, what she wanted to say, what she wanted to ask, but she didn't say it in the end.
Because she is keenly aware of what Chiba has been worried about, won't it be because of the gap in social identities between the two sides? But it doesn't mean much to them, telepathy can easily obtain the money, power, and status that humans can only obtain through hardships and dangers.
Last time, she heard the news that those big companies were going to cut leeks from those spacemen, and then made a fortune, and the psychological hints to humans made her agent agree to a lot of things that would be absolutely opposed under normal circumstances.
And so on, so the class gap that human beings care about, for aliens, they are more concerned about strength, because in the dark jungle of the universe, only the strong can survive better.
Lucia, who was driving in front, glanced in the rearview mirror, looked at the bored Maya, and showed a hesitant look on her face, and finally turned her attention back to the road ahead.
And Chiba Makoto in the back looked at the disappearing car, and suddenly felt that the three of them were actually the same as the troupe that was being abandoned by the times, in a world that did not belong to them, carefully hiding things that they didn't want to be seen, and they were also huddling together for warmth.
"Alas!" Chiba Makoto sighed deeply, suppressed the thoughts in his mind, and began to think about how to deal with that other-dimensional demon god, he dared to listen to the concert here today, instead of following Durban and the victory team, it was because Aemi would not come out in a short time, so the bait plan of the victory team was destined to be a failure.