The next day, as soon as Kazuma came back from school, he was grabbed by Chiyoko who went home first.
"Brother, let's talk in the empty room upstairs."
He Ma looked puzzled: "Can't talk in the living room?"
"Amao is studying in the dojo, I don't want him to hear."
He Ma looked at the corridor of his house: this corridor is quite wide, separated by the door of the dojo and the door of the living room, and this corridor, unless Amao has the hearing of Kiryu and Ma, it is impossible to hear it.
Chiyoko couldn't help but dragged Kazuma to the second floor.
Arriving at the empty room on the second floor, Chiyoko took out the small table and cushions from the cabinet and put them down, then sat directly in front of the table, and put the big book she brought up in her arms on the table.
He sat down opposite his sister with the horse.
Chiyoko opened the big book and turned all the way to the latest page: "Brother, this is our family's account book, and the current situation is not optimistic."
He Ma: "How pessimistic are you?"
"It's very pessimistic! In April of this year, after paying the University of East China's tuition fees, our family's deposits were cleared, and there was nothing left except the cash I hid in several places at home. Then from April to now, I I deposit a sum in the bank every month, and if I save enough for my plan every month, it will be just enough for you to pay your tuition in April next year."
He Ma was shocked: "Is our family so tight?"
"What do you think?" Chiyoko asked back, her eyes staring like copper bells, "it wouldn't be so tight at first. When I calculated at the beginning of April, I was still ample, and I could even have a little savings left after paying the tuition next year. But five Qingliu moved in at the end of the month, she didn’t generate any income, and we paid a tuition fee for her to continue her education.”
Chiyoko paused, and added: "She is especially good at eating!"
He Ma scratched his head: "This... I thought..."
"Fortunately, Ah Mao works hard and subsidizes almost all the money he earns to the dojo. Otherwise, my savings plan would have been suspended long ago. Now I can save six months of money—that is, half of your tuition fees for next year. Amau."
He Ma realized the problem: "But now that Amao is not working, there is not enough money saved, right?"
"Yes, and what's worse is that next year Qingliu will be in high school. If she really takes the music test, she can only go to a private school. This is another big tuition fee. If she can get a scholarship like me, the tuition fee will be waived That's fine, but I don't think she looks like she can get it."
Talk to the horse.
Chiyoko continued: "If Ah Mao is also admitted to the University of Tokyo, I don't know where to squeeze the tuition fees. He should have saved some, but it is definitely not enough."
He Ma can only scratch his head.
Chiyoko sighed: "I was so stupid back then. Really, I only knew about guarding the dojo full of memories, but I didn't realize that money is needed to continue my life. Seventy million! Just sell it."
He Ma teased, "Maybe it's not too late to sell now?"
"It's too late! Now ours is considered a historic site, with a brand from the Ministry of Education and Culture! It can't be developed, and no one will buy it even if they want to sell it!"
Of course Kazuma knew that it was impossible for the dojo to take action now, he just used this to tease Chiyoko.
Chiyoko sighed: "My brother will be 20 years old next year, and he will start paying the national pension, which is another expense, not much, but it is a heavy burden for our family.
"I'm 20 years old and a student. Do I have to pay the national pension?" He Ma was shocked. He always thought that the national pension was only collected from those who came out to work.
Chiyoko sighed: "Just you, a university student in Tokyo, don't you even know the national pension subscription standard? Your standard, next year will be a type of pension collection group."
He Ma's mouth was wide open, he hadn't thought about it before.
"Why don't you live in a container next year, brother. If you don't live at home, you can be removed from the district office's registration list." Chiyoko said suddenly.
He Ma was shocked: "You want to drive your brother to live in a container?"
"That way you don't have to pay the national pension! The money to rent a container is much cheaper than the national pension. Now there are a few new container storage yards, and the people who live in them are people who don't want to pay the national pension! It's not that you want to be a homeless person. It just becomes a person who has no fixed place in the legal sense."
Japan's national pension collection is based on government files similar to household registration. Every house in Japan has to hang a sign with the last name of the family living here. This sign is not hung casually, and government agencies such as the district office have to go through procedures.
You have this brand, and when you arrive at the age district office, the annuity will be collected according to your file records.
Therefore, many homeless people in Japan are actually avoiding the national pension for various reasons.
He Ma didn't expect that after traveling for more than a year and experiencing so many storms, he was now stumped by money.
Chiyoko: "Don't really go out and live in a container, or this home will be too lonely."
"I won't. By the way, the copyright fee for my music hasn't arrived yet?"
"I asked Sang, the producer of Sony Music, and he said that the budget for this money should be compiled in the second half of the year. Now the second half of the year is already halfway through, and there is no trace..."
Kazuma suddenly showed a bad expression: "Chiyoko, the fiscal year of listed companies all starts in April. He said that it will be compiled in the second half of the year. I'm afraid it won't be included in the budget until October."
It happens to be October now.
Chiyoko shrugged: "At least there is hope, isn't it? I remember the copyright fee is..."
Chiyoko picked up a pencil and wrote the copyright fee under the income column, then looked at the difference with the scheduled expenditure and shook her head.
"It's still not enough, it's definitely not enough. Brother, hurry up and marry Honami, at least get engaged, and then you can justifiably ask her for money."
Kazuma: "Honami has already paid tuition every month, and she has helped us enough..."
Honami's appearances at the dojo have decreased recently, but she continues to pay every penny for her tuition.
In fact, He Ma has been eating her soft rice.
Chiyoko sighed, and made another suggestion: "Then, it's okay for us to take a cut of Mikako's announcement fee, right? What Mikako said was taught to her by you brother, I think we have to take 50%."
"However, Mikako didn't get a lot of announcement fees. This kind of news program announcement fee is not high. It's not a variety show, and Mikako is not a star."
"Then let her appear on variety shows! Now she is so hot! Then we will take half of the announcement fee, and a few more appearances should be able to make up for the shortfall."
He Ma was silent, he was seriously considering his sister's proposal.
Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, the hero of Osaka, the knight of justice in Tokyo, and Kalixi Kiryu and Ma in Kagoshima actually have to make a living by selling monkeys.
But after thinking for a long time, Kazuma still shook his head: "No, Mikako is too capable of causing trouble. Now I have nightmares every day because she made Qian Jiang Kazuo vomit blood. The public opinion began to besiege us, saying that I used black magic."
"Besides, variety shows are not something you can get on if you want to. The more famous the variety show is, the more advertised it is, the more backed people will be."
Chiyoko: "That's right. And Nichinan told me a lot of unspoken rules and shady things in the entertainment industry. I'm afraid Mikako will be wiped out soon after entering."
"You actually get along well with Rinan Licai? I thought you would always be wary of her."
"I'm wary, but it doesn't prevent me from chatting with her. This is how girls become good girlfriends while guarding against each other."
What the hell!
Chiyoko looked at the account book in front of her, and sighed again: "What should we do about this, why don't we borrow money from Honami. Make an IOU and pay it back slowly."
"This is a way." Hema thought for a while, and could only agree. He couldn't really live in a container to escape the national pension.
Chiyoko looked at Kazuma, and suddenly asked: "But if you borrow money, the Nanjo family's test will fail, right? So bro, you gave up marrying Honami?"
Kazuma: "When you say give up, it's better to say that it's not time to think about it. Honami is also focusing on her career now."
"Well, that's right. Although there are more and more people advocating women's independence, if you get married, there will definitely be many obstacles in your career."
Chiyoko let out a sigh that didn't look like a high school student at all.
"Is this taught in high school now?" He Ma asked.
"I don't teach, but I can also read newspapers and books by myself. Especially after seeing Honami like that, I can't help but want to learn more about it."
Chiyoko stretched her waist, and then brought the topic back to the original track: "Then it's settled, Honami Amen's loan will solve the current financial problem."
Waving with Ma: "That's the last solution, I'll think of another way."
"Brother! Don't you usually eat Honami's soft rice enough? What's wrong with having more?"
"I didn't eat it just because I wanted to eat soft food."
He Ma emphasized.
I can't help being fed!
"In order to be able to straighten my back upright in the future, I tend to find a way to solve financial problems by myself. At worst, I will go out to work."
Chiyoko: "Oh! There's another trick. I thought that university students in Tokyo would not go to that kind of blue-collar job because of their pride and arrogance."
He Ma snorted: "Our Dongda University is a left-wing lair. As a left-wing intellectual, I came from the masses, and of course I have to go to the masses."
Chiyoko blinked and blinked: "What the hell, I didn't understand. If you want to work part-time, bro, here's something good for you!"
After speaking, Chiyoko lifted up her jacket, took out the part-time job magazine that she had hidden under her belly, and slapped it on the table.
He Ma frowned and looked at the magazines on the table.
"My boy, Chiyoko, you're plotting against me!" he said.
Chiyoko: "Hahaha, this is Kalma's line, I watched a bit of it when it was replayed before late at night."
He Ma: "Are you free to watch TV?"
"At that time, I was making supper for Amao who stayed up late to study! When I was doing supper, I turned on the TV and listened to the sound. After all, there was no sound at all in such a big house, which was scary."
"You're making supper for Ah Mao without me? I'm an older brother, but I've never eaten supper once!"
"What a fart you are sleeping. If you were awake when I made supper, which time did I not give it to you! Or next time I make supper, I will pour it on your bedding?"
He Ma: "No, thank you."
Chiyoko shook her head: "Don't mention this, I have already read the latest part-time job magazine, and I found that the part-time jobs near the campus of Dongda University are relatively new, so bro, you should find a job near Dongda University , go to work after class! I recommend this, hey, which page is it on?"
Chiyoko said as she quickly turned the page.
On this part-time job magazine, there are densely packed advertisements for recruiting people. It feels like a large collection of small advertisements that I often see in old residential buildings in my life.
"Found it, this one!"
Kazuma stretched his neck and glanced, and what Mikako pointed to was an advertisement for a cowherd shop recruiting workers.
"Mikako! This is a cowherd's shop!"
"What's the matter, Shixin is so high, the working world completely staggers the class time, what a great job! It's a deduction for missing the last subway at night, but if you use Honami's car to go back and forth every day, brother, you don't need it at all Worry about this!" Chiyoko's eyes sparkled.
He Ma wanted to cover his face. Was it the feeling of being sold for money by his own sister
At this moment, the young man saw the coldness of people's hearts.
Chiyoko is still persuading: "Look, brother, you don't lose anything with this. You are tall enough, and you have a good figure because you practice kendo. Although your face is a bit more popular, you just need to make up! You go, definitely Suddenly became the top card, can make a lot of money.
"At that time, the whole Kabukicho will spread your legend. When people mention that street, they will say it is 'Kiryu's night street'! How cool!"
He Ma raised his voice: "That's weird! This incident broke out, and the East Conference fired me! What do you think?"
Chiyoko looked dissatisfied: "Will you? Just be a cowherd..."
"Yes, okay!" He Ma interrupted his sister, "Although there are many students who know how to drink in that kind of shop, it's not the same as working in that kind of shop, okay?"
In Japan, the custom shop does not necessarily sell that, or it may just be a nightclub with beautiful accompanying girls.
Going to this kind of nightclub is considered normal entertainment.
Some companies will specially grant a large amount of hospitality money to entertain customers to go to this kind of place. If you can't spend it all night, you will embarrass the company and be scolded by the leader as a waste.
But it's one thing to spend money there, it's another to work there.
When women work in this kind of place, it is an out-and-out scandal.
Enough for men too.
Chiyoko looked at the job advertisement with a regretful face after being beaten up by the horse: "That's it, I'm sorry, I'm obsessed with money."
After she finished speaking, she sighed again: "Oh, why didn't I support selling the dojo at that time? If I had a time machine, I would go back and beat myself up at that time first."
He Ma: "You are stupid, if you have a time machine, you must first remember the number of the lottery and then go back and tell... eh?"
He Ma was stunned suddenly.
Chiyoko looked at Kazuma suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? Isn't it? You invented the time machine? Is Dongda so powerful?"
Kazuma patted Chiyoko on the head: "How is that possible! But your brother may have thought of a way to get money quickly!"
Chiyoko was still skeptical: "What way? Let Yuzao do a fortune-telling and buy a lottery?"
"No no, but it's almost there."
Talking with Ma, he got up and left the room, and Chiyoko followed, still asking in confusion, "What is the solution? Robbing the bank?"
"Am I crazy and I rob a bank?" He Ma laughed dumbfounded.
"Eh? But, I think if it was you, brother, you might be able to think of a perfect crime and steal hundreds of millions of yen."
"Even if it's stolen, you can't spend it until the retrospective period expires. Before that, you can only live in a container. The way I came up with is..."
Talking with Ma, he went down to the first floor and went into the living room to pick up today's newspaper.
He turned to the horse racing page.
Japan has a strong horse racing—or horse betting—atmosphere, so there is a special horse racing section in newspapers every week.
The page published the introduction of this week's race, the sales of horse tickets and other information, as well as the situation of the race that will be held next week, as well as the current situation of famous horses, interviews with famous racecourse owners and so on.
Chiyoko was very disappointed: "Betting on horses, how can you make money quickly? In a game with a big gap in strength, the odds for the strong horse are too low. Do you have to bet on the dark horse every time to hit the big luck?"
"I heard you speak so professionally, have you already studied it?" He Ma asked a little surprised.
"Of course I've researched it. I've checked all the projects that have the potential to make money. Anyway, I won't give you money for betting on horses. If you want to buy horse tickets, save your own meal expenses to buy them."
and horse shrug.
In fact, he also has the mentality of giving it a try, because his understanding of horse racing comes from the animation of horse racing girls and related mobile games, and then the prototypes of horse girls appearing in animations and games, most of them only started to emerge in the 1990s Famous horses, some are horses that started running after 2000.
But in this time and space, the timing of many events has been messed up. The Falklands naval battle broke out more than half a year earlier, so it is entirely possible that some famous horses were born earlier.
Of course, Chiyoko was right, the odds of the favorite to win the championship are low, because everyone bets on it, and even if they win, they won't make much money.
So even if Hema sees the name of the famous horse that was born in advance, there is no guarantee that he will make a lot of money from him.
Only when he sees the names of those horses that will be upset, it means that his chance to get rich overnight has come.
For example, Mi Yu, and Ma Shisheng, this guy defeated the favorite Miura Bourbon, and made many people's tickets evaporate in situ, so even though it won, the audience was full of curses.
But it also means that he and the horse can make a fortune on him!
Miyu, my hero!
Kazuma looked carefully at the list of racehorses that will appear next week, but he didn't see any familiar names.
Chiyoko looked at Kazuma's side face from the side, and asked suspiciously: "Brother, you don't really know which horse can win, do you? Could it be that the guidance you gave Mikako was not based on common sense in international relations?" Analysis and judgment, but a simple prophet?"
He Ma Xin thought you were right, but what he said was: "How is it possible. I don't have a blue-skinned robot to follow."
After speaking, he threw down the newspaper.
—I didn’t see a familiar name, and my dream of getting rich overnight from horse racing was also shattered.
It seems that I can only find a more fashionable part-time job and start working first.
Traveling through more than a year, saving Osaka and Tokyo, experiencing a series of vigorous events, and then continuing to work—this development has the flavor of a Japanese light novel.
The name of the light novel and the horse have all been thought of, it is called "Working!" Lord Swordsman! "
Chiyoko looked at Kazuma, and said from the side: "Okay, brother, fortunately, there is still plenty of time. I can choose a part-time job at Shixingao for the first half of the year. The money problem is still easy to solve. I will also find a place to work in the future." alright."
"No, you already have to do housework, and then work..."
"The housework can be handed over to Senior Sister Gao Jianze. She is equivalent to a free worker now. We give her a room to live in. She will help with the work without paying wages. We have to use her well!"
Kazuma glanced at Chiyoko: "Sister, a black-hearted capitalist like you will be on the street in the future."
"This is Japan, that kind of thing won't happen." Chiyoko waved her hand.
He Ma sighed: "That's really sad."
Japan, a sad country.
He Ma was about to go back to the second floor to find some good part-time jobs with Chiyoko, when the doorbell rang.
Chiyoko looked at the wall clock in the living room: "What time? Probably another salesman."
People in the Kiryu dojo either have their own keys, or they don't like to go through the main entrance, and none of them can ring the doorbell in a proper manner.
Chiyoko responded loudly, "Come here, come here", and walked quickly to open the door.
Then Kazuma heard the voices of Anno Akito and Okada Koji: "Sister Chiyoko, is Teacher Kiryu there?"
Chiyoko: "Yes, yes!"
Her tone seemed to say "I smell small money".
Alas, if my younger sister had become a miser earlier, Kiryu and Ma might have become wealthy tycoons by speculation.
While Kazuma sighed, Okada Koji and Anno Akito appeared at the door of the living room: "Mr. Kiryu, long time no see!"
He Ma pretended to know it was their appearance: "It's you two, I still feel familiar with the voice."
In fact, you can recognize who it is just by hearing the voice, but it doesn't matter.
Okada Koji smiled and said, "It's our fault, we haven't visited Mr. Kiryu for so long."
Akito Anno interjected: "The main thing is that we want to get the things out first, and bring them here to report to Mr. Kiryu. It will appear more sincere."
Daxi with Ma: "You guys actually came up with something in half a year? Not bad!"
The implication is that this is not like the artist team in He Ma's memory that was known for its hard work and profligate investment.
Akito Anno and Koji Okada took this as a compliment and smiled happily.
Akito Anno put the suitcase on the table, opened it and took out a video tape. On the side of the video tape was a sticky note with the words "Concept Demonstration 1".
Kazuma showed embarrassment: "I don't have a video recorder here..."
"We know, so we brought a video recorder." Anno Akito said and took the video recorder out of the box. "We also brought a signal transcriber. Teacher, your TV should still have an old-style input interface, right?"
He Ma thought it must be, but did not answer.
Akito Anno and Koji Okada quickly installed the video recorder and adjusted it a little.
After finishing, Anno Akito solemnly stuffed the videotape into the card slot of the video recorder: "Now, teacher, please watch the masterpieces we have brainstormed these days."
Chiyoko just came in to deliver tea, and after delivery, she hugged the empty plate to her chest and looked at the TV screen curiously.
Accompanied by a burst of music, the concept demonstration began.
After the first screen, Akito Anno pressed the pause button and explained: "This music is a symphony we randomly found, and it is just for demonstration. In the future, the soundtrack will definitely use your composition."
Kazuma nodded, motioning for the demonstration to continue.
Akito Anno pressed the play button again.
In the magnificent symphony, what Kazuma saw was cool pictures, dazzling cyber ninja battle scenes.
The demo was over quickly.
He Ma: "What did you come up with? Why does it feel different from what you talked to me last time?"
"Yes, we have been brainstorming. How about it, does this look good now?" Although Anno Akito used a questioning sentence, his expression and tone showed that he firmly believed that this is very good, and he will get Mr. Kiryu Appreciate.
He Ma touched his forehead: "I only saw the cool battle scene, and I didn't see much else."
Chiyoko also interjected at this time: "Me too, I don't feel like I understand it at all."
Akito Anno spread his hands: "But he is very cool! Not only the pictures, but also the concepts explained and the stories contained in them are all so cool!"
He Ma opened his mouth wide: "There is a story in this demonstration? Where is it?"
"Can't you see it? It's a story told in the language of the camera!" As he spoke, Akito Anno compared the frame of the camera with his hands, aiming at Kazuma.
Make an O-shape with the horse's mouth.
Damn it, although Wang Li's cosmic army was wiped out by a butterfly that travels through time and space, the virtues of this group of people have not changed at all.
Wang Li's space army is good everywhere, but it just doesn't look good, it looks boring and boring-except for the air battle at the end.
But that air battle lasted only a few minutes.
The rest of the movie is long, boring, and boring. Maybe they used the language of the camera to tell a very complicated story, but because it was not good-looking, no one could stand it except Leeuwenhoek who came to interpret it.
Kazuma held Akino Anno who was excitedly explaining with his hands: "Anno, you are a genius, I have to admit this, but most of the world is ordinary people, if you want us to accept it, you have to tell us something first. Stories that laymen will find amusing, and then we can appreciate your genius."
Akito Anno was shocked: "Compared with you, how can I be called a genius? This is all inspired by your thinking spark!"
He Ma: "Yes, this may be inspired by the spark of my thinking, but I can't understand it now. Can you grasp the things inspired by the spark of thinking and make it into a situation that I can understand?"
Akito Anno had a greatly shocked expression: "You... don't understand it? When I explained it to those fat people from the Chiyo Group, they couldn't understand it. I thought you would be able to... "
He Ma: "Believe me, although I am also very upset with those fat heads and big ears, but I think it's not necessarily their fault that they don't understand this time."
Akito Anno was completely discouraged. He sat down on the cushion, propped his hands back on the tatami, and looked up at the fluorescent lights on the ceiling.
"Unexpectedly... I didn't get the approval of Mr. Kiryu... Am I too radical?"
Hema hurriedly appeased: "Actually, the battle is already very cool. This battle can be said to be revolutionary. Just this battle alone should be able to fool the Chiyo consortium into continuing to invest money."
At this time Okada Koji said: "No, actually according to the information I got, the employer is planning to invest the money withheld from us into a new Gundam work."
After thinking about it with Ma, at this point in time, it should be Z Gundam.
He couldn't help humming the melody of Z Gundam's famous song "Mercury Love".
Okada Koji didn't know what Kazuma meant, he was stunned for a moment, and then continued: "Teacher Kiryu! Help us! We don't want to be deducted funds! We will come up with a plan that will allow them to invest a lot at the next review meeting." Demonstration of money!"
Kazuma: "With your abilities, it's definitely okay to make a demo, as long as you don't think too much about being different. Remember, it's not okay to have high-quality animation songs, at least not now. When you become masters of animation, even If you shoot a pile of shit, someone will blow it for you."
Akito Anno went directly to the tatami, put his hands under the back of his head: "If you want to pursue art, you must become an animation master first..."
He Ma was about to say something, Okada Koji approached him and whispered: "You should come and watch us. Just come and show your face every afternoon, and we can pay you wages."
Chiyoko interrupted suddenly: "How much salary?"
Okada Koji held out two fingers.
Chiyoko: "Two thousand an hour? We did it!"
Okada Koji shook his head: "It's a daily salary of 20,000, until the next editorial meeting. A total of 24 working days."
Chiyoko patted Hema on the shoulder: "This is yours."