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Chapter 1621 Distortion (I’m going to roll in the snow)

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It's still as quiet as ever here, or rather, a little too quiet.

"Come to think of it, I haven't seen Xiao Ai these few days."

Kurokawa Akane looked around the office in confusion.

"Did she go to film?"

Mai Sakurajima also asked curiously, and after hearing their thoughts, Kana Arima, who was sitting next to them, grabbed a handful of potato chips angrily.

"What kind of filming? She is singing praises to youth right now. Sing praises to youth!"

"What do you mean?"

"That guy went to participate in club activities! He joined a club called something..."

Arima Gana scratched his head and looked at Ruby who was sitting on the other side, and the latter answered hurriedly.

"Classics Department."

"Yes! The Classical Literature Department, I think that's what it's called! I went there once before, and it really pissed me off. We were so busy here, but she was in the department room singing praises of youth with other girls! It makes me unhappy just thinking about it!"

"Kana, why don't you join us?"

Ruby couldn't help but complain at this point, and Arima Kana glared at her.

"Do you think I have time?"

“…………Ahahahaha…………”

Ruby also laughed dryly. Under normal circumstances, students majoring in performing arts would not participate in club activities. The reason was simple: they didn't have time.

Students who are not yet famous should seize the time to hone themselves and become famous as soon as possible.

Students who have become popular should take more notices while they are popular and do their best to maintain their life as artists.

In this case, there is naturally no time to participate in club activities.

"It's hard to find someone like Xiao Ai in a hundred years, so we should not learn from her."

Arima Kanae has also given up.

"Xiao Ai went to participate in club activities?"

On the contrary, Kurokawa Akane was more concerned about other things.

"Are there any girls in the club?"

"There are three people in the club, including Xiao Ai, and they are all girls."

Magana seemed to have done some research and now he was talking about it in detail.

"One of them is called Yanami Kyouna, she's pretty cute and quite popular in the general department. The other one is called Chitanda Eru, she seems to be the daughter of a good family. Well, both of them have nice personalities, and they should be able to get along well with Ai."

It's not wrong for Yanami to be described as "pretty cute" by Arima Kana. After all, in an entertainment industry full of beauties, such a comment is already a good one. Those whose looks are below the standard are probably not even human, but goblins.

“…………Is that so…”

After hearing Arima Kana's answer, Kurokawa Akane pondered for a moment.

"Is it too late for me to transfer there now?"

"What are you thinking about? Why do you want to transfer schools for no apparent reason?"

"I also want to sing praises of youth with Xiao Ai."

"Aren't you going to rehearse a new stage play next?"

“……………………”

Kurokawa Akane didn't say anything, but just looked at Arima Kana angrily, who chuckled and rolled her eyes. Only Sakurajima Mai was beside her, looking thoughtful and didn't say anything.

“…………………That’s how we talked about these topics in the office.”

After returning home, Ruby told Duanmu Huai what happened in the office, and Duanmu Huai laughed out loud.

"Not bad, not bad. Let them be jealous. When they grow old and ugly, they will know that youth is gone forever. Hahaha..."

"Sister, if Kana knew what you said, she would definitely quarrel with you."

"Don't worry, she can't beat me in an argument anyway."

Duanmuhuai waved his hand.

"Actually, I'm a little envious. I also want to enjoy my youth with everyone."

Ruby threw herself on the sofa and began to complain while dancing around.

"But you can't perform at the Dome if you join the club."

Yanggao doesn’t have an idol club. Even if there was one, they wouldn’t let you perform at the Dome.

"Ugh..."

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Ruby pouted in dissatisfaction and stared at him. At this moment, suddenly, the doorbell rang.

"Ding dong."

"Who?"

Duanmu Huai and Ruby were both startled when they heard the doorbell. You know, although their address is not strictly confidential, it is not public, and outsiders cannot know it. Moreover, this apartment has double access control, so salesmen and the like cannot come. If they want to talk about neighbors, they can only talk about neighbors——but they don’t know their neighbors, right?

"I gonna go see."

Duanmu Huai stood up, walked to the door, turned on the intercom, and then he saw Sakurajima Mai standing outside.

"Well………"

"I'm Mai Sakurajima, who just moved next door today."

The latter spoke into the intercom with a smile as if they were meeting for the first time.

"This is the first time we meet, so please take good care of me."

“……………………Come in.”

Duanmu Huai sighed silently and opened the door.

Ruby was naturally surprised by the appearance of Sakurajima Mai, but she was still very happy.

"Sister Mai lives next door to us? That's great, we'll be neighbors from now on!"

"Me too. I didn't expect that Ai and Ruby were next door. I was shocked."

You're lying. When you had puberty syndrome and had nowhere to go, I stuffed you here for several days.

Of course, Duanmu Huai would not be so idle as to expose Mai Yi's words.

It was originally just a simple greeting from a neighbor, but after Mai Sakurajima walked into the house, she exchanged greetings for a short while and then stood up.

"By the way, you haven't had dinner yet, I'll cook."

"Eh? I'm sorry to bother Mai-sister..."

Ruby was obviously a little surprised and looked to Duanmu Huai for help, and Duanmu Huai nodded.

"It doesn't matter. Since Mai said she wanted to make it, we'll just leave it to her. We haven't decided what to eat yet."

"Oh well."

Ruby was more open-minded. She frowned, thought for a moment, and then stopped thinking about it and continued to watch TV. Duanmu Huai took the opportunity to go to the kitchen, and saw Mai cutting vegetables neatly. "There are not many ingredients in the refrigerator. I can only cook curry. Is that okay? I will buy vegetables when I come back tomorrow. If there is anything you can't eat, tell me in advance."

"Ah, oh......"

This isn't your home, do you really plan to come to my house for dinner every day? Then why do you live next door to me?
Duanmu Huai just complained in his heart and then returned to the subject.

"By the way, I encountered something that might be puberty syndrome today."

"Oh?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Sakurajima Mai paused and then handed over a potato.

"Please help me peel it."

"Ok."

Duanmu Huai took the potato and peeled it while telling Sakurajima Mai what happened in the club today. Sakurajima Mai frowned when she heard it.

"You mean the script hasn't even been written yet, but a DVD of the filming of the script has appeared? And no one knows who the actors are in it?"

"Yes, after that I checked the roster of Class F and indeed did not find those people, but..."

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"but?"

“There are a few blank spots on the roster.”

"…………"

Hearing this, Sakurajima Mai turned around.

"You mean, you suspect those people are like me, unable to be recognized by others?"

"It's still unclear at the moment, but this matter is indeed a bit strange. I plan to investigate and see if I can find any clues."

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"Can you believe it? That group of people made the entire film by voting."

"A vote?"

"Yes, that squad leader showed me their meeting minutes. Most people voted on what to release for the cultural festival and chose movies. Then, most people chose mystery movies... and they voted on each item one by one. Even the filming locations, how many people would die in the script, and how they would die were all voted on."

Having said that, Duanmu Huai shook his head speechlessly.

"I am speechless when they shirk responsibility to this extent. If they really don't want to do it, they might as well not do it."

Duanmu Huai hates this kind of ambiguous Japanese culture the most. As mentioned before, in Japanese culture, once someone takes responsibility, it means that the whole society can impose just sanctions on him. It is precisely because of this that the Japanese are unwilling to take responsibility, so they came up with this method to disperse the responsibility.

Even if the movie is bad, it will be the responsibility of the whole class, not just one person.

When Duanmu Huai read the minutes of the meeting, he was speechless. If you are all like this, you might as well quit. What the hell is going on? If Duanmu Huai himself encountered this situation, he would just quit.

"If that's the case..."

Hearing this, Sakurajima Mai thought for a moment.

“Maybe the problem isn’t with those few people, but with the others.”

"Huh? What do you say?"

"Xiao Ai'ai said before that the film was terrible."

“That’s how it is for beginners.”

“But it sucks.”

"That's true. Whether it's the camerawork or the acting, there's nothing good about it."

"I guess... they may not be able to accept this situation."

"???"

Duanmu Huai was a little surprised by Sakurajima Mai's answer.

"How to say?"

"I naturally hope that the things I have worked so hard to shoot will be good, or at least of average quality. If the quality is so bad that it is horrible, then for other students, isn't it just a waste of time?"

"She was originally an ordinary student, not even a performing arts major, so it's not surprising that she would have such a result."

"Indeed, Xiao Ai is an artist and that's why you think so, but in fact, I think you also know that the audience doesn't really care about these things."

"Oh...that's true."

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai immediately understood what Sakurajima Mai meant. He recalled that before he traveled through time, a director once invested hundreds of millions to make a movie, but the box office was a huge flop. Then the director lost his temper and cursed the audience online for not understanding art and not knowing how to appreciate it, while the audience cursed his movie for being meaningless and a complete waste of money.

Yes, it's that simple.

When it comes to making something for people to watch, regardless of technique or artistry, it all comes down to whether the audience finds it interesting.

The audience doesn’t care how much money was invested in your film, how many stars joined in, or what new technologies were used. They only care about whether the film is good.

Similarly, for outsiders, it doesn’t matter how much Class F contributed to the film; what matters is whether it’s good or not.

In that sense, the movie was completely out.

"So you mean that the people in Class F thought this movie was so bad that they subconsciously wanted to forget it? Just like forgetting a dark history? But why are the actors the ones who disappeared?"

"Because they are laymen, they can't tell whether lighting, music, camera, script and other things are good or bad. But acting is very intuitive, and you can tell whether the acting is good or bad at a glance. Maybe they think that there is no problem with the part they are responsible for, and it's just that the actor's acting is too bad. We have encountered this kind of thing many times."

"That is……………"

Duanmu Huai sighed silently. When filming movies and TV series, such discussions often occur. The audience does not understand the technology, but they can tell who performs well or poorly. So at this time, the actors are the ones to take the blame.

Experts may be able to give a fair evaluation, but laymen...

"So what you're saying is that they think those actors ruined their work, and if they weren't there, the movie wouldn't be ruined, right?"

"It's always convenient to blame others, especially when it comes to voting."

When most people think you are guilty, then you are really guilty.

This is what is meant by the minority obeying the majority.

But for Duanmu Huai, he is better at turning the majority into the minority.

"To be honest, if this can really make several people disappear out of thin air, then this puberty syndrome is a bit too scary."

Duanmu Huai touched his chin and picked up another potato.

"What are you going to do?"

"I'll go talk to them again. Um...thank you for your advice. I've thought of a good idea."

Duanmu Huai said this with a cold smile. Mai Sakurajima's words reminded Duanmu Huai of the time when he was the consultant of the wind band club, when Nakasago Kaori and Kousaka Reina had a big fight over the solo spot. At that time, many people in the wind band stood on Nakasago Kaori's side, believing that Kousaka Reina should respect the elderly and love the virtuous.

The Japanese are like this, always like to hide behind others, and the same is true for Japanese. No language can compare to Japanese in terms of ambiguous expressions. In the final analysis, these ambiguous expressions are all to avoid taking responsibility.

At that time, the people in the brass band club didn't want to be thought to hate Kousaka Reina, so they came up with the cover of Nakaseko Kaori, which makes sense.

But at the end of the day, they just don’t want to take responsibility.

In fact, you can find this out by watching TV dramas or something. When Japanese people are angry, they will directly yell at the other person, "You are responsible, be responsible!" or "Call the person responsible!"

In the eyes of people from other countries, the Japanese can't even get angry. What's the point of yelling? Can't you yell a little harder? Saying "WTF" three times in a row is better than this.

But in the cultural context of Japan, this sentence is basically equivalent to "Go to hell".

So you see, the Japanese are just like this, whining and hesitant.

The same goes for the students in Class F. If, as Sakurajima Mai said, they wanted to avoid being blamed and therefore unconsciously hoped that those actors would take responsibility and disappear... then Duanmu Huai wouldn't mind letting these idiots realize who the makeshift group is.