Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Kazuo Hayakawa remembered that the album he had been looking forward to for half a month was finally going to be released, and he got up early in the morning in a hurry.

Mie Komuro, the wife who was sleeping next to him, heard the movement, opened her eyes sleepily, and saw that her husband had gotten up, she was stunned at first, and then got up in a hurry, picked up the alarm clock next to him and saw that it was only ten o'clock, which surprised Mie, you must know that her husband goes to work at half past eight in the morning, and normally gets up at seven o'clock.

Instead of asking her husband why he got up so early, she put on a thin coat and got up and said, "I'll cook for you." ”

"No need." Kazuo Hayakawa straightened out his suit and tie, looked left and right in front of the mirror, and then turned around and said.

"Not eating at home?"

"Well, I won't eat at home in the morning, so you can make a Minako to eat then."

After Kazuo Hayakawa turned around and went out, he went into the bathroom and began to wash.

Listening to the sound of water from the faucet, Komuro Mie rubbed her eyelids and looked at the alarm clock again, it was six o'clock and thirteen, and it was indeed just over six o'clock.

Click-

As the door of the bathroom was opened, Mie Komuro didn't have time to think about it, walked out of the room quickly to the outside, looked at her husband who was about to go out with his briefcase, and hurriedly said: "There are still some rice balls at home, do you want me to bring you to the company to eat?" ”

"I'll buy it myself on the road, it's still early, you can sleep a little longer."

Kazuo Hayakawa waved his hand, opened the door, and strode out, ignoring his wife's puzzled gaze.

The weather in the early morning was cold, which made Kazuo Hayakawa, who still had a trace of sleepiness, a little more energetic.

At six o'clock, there were not many pedestrians on the road, there were old people who got up early, and there were also young people who didn't return all night, and Kazuo Hayakawa walked all the way to the tram stop without paying attention.

About ten minutes later, when he arrived at the tram stop, he did not wait for the tram, but walked straight to a record store next to the tram stop that had not yet opened.

After saying hello to his boss, Kazuo Hayakawa took away an album cassette that had been reserved for greeting in advance.

Looking at the word "Yan Ge" on the cover of the cassette case, Kazuo Hayakawa tore open the cover in a hurry, took out the tape inside, took out the walkman from the briefcase, put it in, put on the headphones, and began to listen.

When the familiar song "The Original Scenery of Hometown" slowly sounded in his ears, Kazuo Hayakawa's slightly tired face had a little more smile.

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Neighborhoods near Hotel Mitsui.

In a record store, a few young people are picking up tapes.

After finding his album tape, Li Yange glanced left and right, the location was okay, and the most important thing was that there was a large promotional poster on the side, which customers could see as soon as they entered the door and walked two steps to the right.

Cheng Shaojun, who followed behind, picked up the tape on the shelf and looked at it carefully, it was exactly the same as the one Li Yange brought yesterday, the cover was a vast field, and the traditional Chinese character "Yan Ge" was written in the upper right corner.

After stopping for about ten minutes, three people came in successively, except for one person who looked at the poster, and the other two people went straight to other areas as soon as they entered the record store, obviously having a heart for a long time.

Li Yange frowned slightly, and glanced at Chen Hui beside her: "Miss Chen, you go and ask the boss how this album is selling." ”

"Okay." These days, when the guide came, Chen Hui also knew what Li Yange's identity was, picked up a box of albums, and walked quickly to a middle-aged man in his forties at the front desk, asking about the sales of this album from morning to now.

After some conversation, Chen Hui said thank you, and said a little embarrassed when he came back: "That Mr. Li, maybe the sales are not very good." ”

"It's okay, you translate the boss's words directly."

"Well, the boss said that this album has only sold ten copies since it arrived in the middle of the night last night, and the sales are very poor, and if it weren't for PolyGram's request that it be placed in the most prominent position in the store today, he would have decided to move these tapes to the back now."

Ten sheets!

Although Li Yange had been prepared for poor sales before, he really heard that a very large record store had only sold ten copies in seven or eight hours from morning to now, and he could imagine how disappointed he was.

Cheng Shaojun saw that his face was not very good, pursed his lips and stepped forward to reassure: "It's okay Yan Ge, take your time, you are a foreigner after all, and it is normal for sales to be bad." ”

Li Yange squeezed out a smile: "I'm fine, I expected poor sales before, but I didn't expect it to be so bad, anyway, I didn't have much hope, no matter how bad it is, it's not unacceptable." ”

said so on his lips, but what he thought in his heart, only Li Yange knew it, he didn't fantasize that the record might be an upset and a big hit, but the reality told him that the upset or something had nothing to do with him.

Forget it, this time I should have taken Cheng Shaojun out to play.

Without the expectation of an upset, Li Yange walked around tastelessly, and after losing interest in continuing to stay in the record store, he called the two girls and walked out together.

The front foot just returned to the hotel.

Ryuichi Sakamoto came with a man.

"Mr. Li, this is my good friend Masanori Takahashi, whose stage name is Kitaro, is a very famous composer in our book."

In the lobby of the hotel, Ryuichi Sakamoto introduced the middle-aged man sitting next to him.

Li Yange raised his eyebrows, glanced at the middle-aged man, had a mustache on his mouth, and tied a pigtail at random, looking sloppy, he was really the music master Kitaro who created "Silk Road".

Li Yange is very familiar with this music master, and during his college years, he studied Kitaro's documentary "Silk Road" for the Sino-Japanese co-production "Silk Road", and composed the music of the same name full of Chinese charm "Silk Road 1" and "Silk Road 2".

In 85 years, Kitaro also held a concert in China, and was the first musician to perform in China, and most of the music he composed was full of Chinese charm, so he was a relatively familiar musician in China.

"Mr. Li, I've been listening to your song "The Forbidden City" in the past few days, and the writing is really great, if I could hear your song before, I think "Silk Road" can be a little more perfect."

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Kitaro was amazed by Li Yange, he had heard Sakamoto Ryuichi mention Li Yange's name many times a long time ago, and he was curious about the song "The Forbidden City" at that time, but Sakamoto Ryu did not have a tape in his hand, and he never had a chance.

It wasn't until a few days ago that Ryuichi Sakamoto got the original soundtrack from director Bertolucci, reprinted it and gave it to Kitaro, and then I heard the song "The Forbidden City" that Ryuichi Sakamoto admired so much and called it the sound of brilliance.

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