I live my life in Tokyo

The two of them exchanged glances tacitly and started correcting the papers quickly.

Sakakibara Feng glanced at his phone. Well, he hadn't done anything yet. It was almost time to go home from school. He had thought he could run away after the exam. He was also planning to apply for a part-time work permit and find a temporary job tonight to be a thief.

The mock exam required filling out answer sheets, and only a few questions required writing long paragraphs about the solutions, so the two of them naturally graded the questions very quickly.

"Hiss... Sakakibara, did you eat something weird? Don't worry, tell me, I will beat the weird stuff out of your stomach." Shizuka Hiratsuka rubbed her hands, looking at the answer sheet with almost perfect marks, puzzled, and surprised as much as a 10-magnitude tsunami. She knew Sakakibara's situation very well. If she asked him to write an essay, he would easily write a ten-thousand-word spicy article. If she asked him to do math problems, it would be better to chop off his head.

Yuichi Sakai stood up on his knees. His old hands were dry but warm. He gently placed them on Kaede Sakakibara's black hair, as if he was putting a crown on him.

"Child, what's your choice? Do you choose liberal arts or science in the unified college entrance examination?"

He chuckled and said, "I know this is a very difficult decision. If it were you in the past, you would have chosen liberal arts without hesitation. But I see potential in you, the potential to soar to the sky. Such an outstanding student should shine at the top of the mountain where he is suitable."

"Go home tonight and think carefully about whether to choose arts or science. Give us an answer tomorrow."

Sakakibara Kaede bowed with emotion, "Thank you, Mr. Sakai."

"By the way, Mr. Hiratsuka, I would like to apply for permission to work outside of school."

"What..." Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned, glanced at the bright red high score, and persuaded, "Sakakibara, this is the last autumn of the third year of high school. Between the unified college entrance examination and part-time work, you should also know which one is more important, right?"

"You have achieved such excellent results in just half a year of self-study. With such talent, you should shine in the advanced class of Sobu High School... But you tell me, you want to work part-time?"

Sakakibara Kaede lowered his head in thought. It was not that he didn't want to attend the advanced class, but his family really couldn't make ends meet.

Sakai Yu's glasses flashed a sharp light, and he chuckled, "Teacher Hiratsuka, Sobu High School's advanced class is not mandatory. I think we should follow Sakakibara's pace. Everything should be done in moderation, right?"

The setting sun shone on his profile, as sharp as a knife, "Sakakibara boy, I agree that you can work part-time. You can leave early or even not come to school."

Sakakibara Kaede's expression brightened, and then he asked in a deep voice, "So, Mr. Sakai, what is the price?"

The old man raised his hand and pointed far away, "Leave the liberal arts class that can only recite poems and paint, and become my direct subordinate. I will command you to charge into battle on the battlefield of science."

"Here!"

Chapter 7 If science had not given birth to me, the world would have been in darkness forever!

It would be extremely boring to take high school courses again.

Sitting in the last row of the classroom, except for listening carefully for twenty minutes on history and geography, which were different from his previous life, Sakakibara Kaede was slacking off the rest of the time.

He worked part-time at a restaurant for one night these two days and earned 6,000 yen, which is a considerable income for him now.

During breaks he would write and draw on paper, mostly meaningless notes.

There are still three months before the unified college entrance examination and the resumption of school. Everyone is busy preparing for the exam and reading materials, and social life is restricted to a minimum.

Sakakibara Kaede was also happy to have some free time. It would be better to review some real test questions than to engage in meaningless social activities after class.

Just as he returned to Sobu High School, the school held another mock exam.

"Sakakibara, how did you feel about this mock exam?"

After class, Sakai Yu brought Sakakibara Kaede into the office, made a cup of wolfberry, and lay comfortably on the cushion.

“I feel pretty good about myself.”

Sakakibara Kaede grinned, "There is a small trap in the third-to-last parabola question in mathematics, but there are no problems with other subjects."

"Haha, the real test set and the mock exam papers from group 1017459498 that I gave you should cover the whole range, right?"

Sakai Yuichi's lenses reflected the light. "What's your deviation value this time? Any guess?"

Sakakibara couldn't guess it for a while. After all, he didn't know how other people did. He asked uncertainly, "70?"

A deviation value of 70 points is enough to get into famous universities. Public universities such as the University of Tsukuba and private universities such as Waseda University are easy to get into, and the University of Tokyo can also be easily handled.

"Alas! You still underestimate yourself." Sakai Yuichi sighed, and after a moment he smiled, "In my opinion, your deviation value can be at least 75, and 80 is not a problem."

"Science subjects are not like liberal arts subjects. Liberal arts subjects require rote memorization. For example, the key points of history and modern Japanese history need to be memorized. When writing paragraphs or essays, fixed templates and sentences are used, and there is little innovation."

"If you choose the liberal arts, Sakakibara, you will probably spend the next three months studying hard."

Sakai Yuichi's back gradually straightened, and his voice gradually became louder, "Well, science is different, don't force yourself to remember it, just remember the technique."

"One formula and one set of question types are enough."

Choosing science is easy because you only need to remember the formulas and question types, and then you can quickly apply them no matter what numbers you change.

"You, do you know?"

Behind the glasses is a clear warmth, and the corners of Sakai Yuichi's mouth are slightly upturned, and that arc is a pleasure, a trumpet of victory, and a wild laugh of whipping the corpse. If you choose science, you have time to work, but if you choose liberal arts, you don't!

Heh, Mr. Hiratsuka, you still want to snatch my student from me. I tell you, it's impossible, Sakakibara Kaede is the man you can't have!

Kaede Sakakibara's lunch today was the leftover lunch box from last night. The restaurant owner heard him call her "little sister" affectionately and left some leftovers for him. The taste of the fried pork chop left him with an unforgettable aftertaste.

On that night, a new path appeared in his future, a path that he had only seen on the LCD screen in the past but was now within his reach.

And all of this was caused by the important decision he made on the day of the exam to choose science.

"If science hadn't given me life, the world would be as dark as night!"

"Good! Very energetic!"

The loud drinking of the two, one big and one small, made the other teachers sitting in the office laugh awkwardly. Shizuka Hiratsuka was furious. Originally, Kaede Sakakibara was her "cute" student, but she was bullied away by old man Sakai. Looking at the harmonious scene between the old and the young, Shizuka really wanted to grab Kaede Sakakibara and ravage her.

Sakai Yuichi took a sip of tea and hummed twice to show off, "How are you thinking about college? Are you going to apply to the University of Tokyo or the University of Kyoto?"

The leisurely tone sounded as if they were chatting about what to eat for dinner today, hamburger meat or curry rice?

"Crack!"

The teachers looked towards the source of the sound and discovered that a part of Shizuka Hiratsuka's desk was broken. Looking up along the broken debris, they saw a broken piece in her hand.

"Hiratsuka-sensei..."

"I am fine."

Hiratsuka said quietly.

"I want to go to Tokyo to try my luck." Seeing that Mr. Hiratsuka was fine, Sakakibara Kaede held up his chin and said slowly, "I think Tokyo is more suitable for young people to try their luck."

"Tokyo is even colder than Chiba." Sakai Yuichi said kindly, with the tone of an experienced person, "Go visit the University of Tokyo if you have a chance. There are no open days recently, so you may have to find a way by yourself then."

Now that it is not an open day, Kaede Sakakibara is completely in the dark when she enters the University of Tokyo for a visit. She needs to ask and explore everything on her own.

"Teacher Sakai, I'm going to Tokyo on Saturday."

"Good! It's fast as the wind, slow as the forest, aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain. Sakakibara, you have already mastered the wind and fire, but you still need to slowly comprehend the forest and the mountain."

After taking a sip of warm wolfberry tea, Yuichi Sakai showed the composure of a winner.

Under Hiratsuka Shizuka's sharp gaze, Sakakibara Kaede said goodbye to Sakai Yuichi and walked out of the campus with his backpack on his back. He now had a leave note issued by Sakai Yuichi, and he really had no interest in attending the afternoon classes and make-up classes. He might as well submit a few resumes with this time.

A week passed, and all the resumes he sent out fell into oblivion. This week he managed to make ends meet by working as a part-time worker, and he would go to STARS on Saturday. Sakakibara Kaede didn't know what the outcome would be, but he always left himself a way out.

After returning home and playing the guitar for a while, Sakakibara Kaede began to hum a song along with the rhythm.

He has never learned to play a musical instrument, but the original owner has.

The mother was a musician, and the original owner learned all kinds of musical instruments when he was a child, and he naturally played the guitar at will.

In the Neon of this era, those familiar songs no longer exist. For example, "The Only Flower in the World", which was almost regarded as the national anthem of Japan in the previous life, does not exist at all in the Neon of this era.

His fingers plucked the strings thoughtfully, and the combination of the strings formed different harmonies, sometimes high, sometimes low.

"It doesn't matter if you're not the first, you're always special and unique..."

Humming the familiar tune, the piano sound is like a bowl of mellow wine, flowing quietly in the room.

"Ding!"

The notification sound of the mobile phone interrupted the beat. Sakakibara wiped it and put it aside, then picked up the phone.

It wasn't a call alert, the only person calling him now seemed to be Shizuka Hiratsuka-sensei.

It’s not a text message reminder. The original owner’s father hasn’t contacted his son for a long time.

It is possible that this is the physical strength recovery prompt of Candy Crush Sakakibara, and Kaede Sakakibara has the mentality of spending all her money on the game, so she goes online directly to conquer the new level when she has enough physical strength.

"No, according to my precise calculations, Candy Crush's stamina won't be fully restored until seven o'clock, and it's only half past five now." Sakakibara Kaede noticed the bright spot and quickly pulled down the message prompt.

You have a new message.

Sakakibara Kaede smiled. There is always a way out. Which company is so lucky to hire a scab like me?

"I am pleased to inform you that you meet the requirements for a trainee artist at STARS Artist Agency." Sakakibara Kaede frowned. When did he submit his resume to STARS?

Could it be that director Hiroshi Aoyama sent him an email? It doesn't look like it.

"Reporting on Saturday, location: Tokyo..."

and many more.

Sakakibara Kaede flipped through the email sending records, his fingers moving quickly across the screen, gradually turning to the day he had just traveled through.

He only remembered that after returning home that day, he submitted more than 50 resumes in a drowsy state. Could it be that he had fallen to the point of thinking that he could make a living by relying on his looks?

"Sakakibara Kaede, ah Sakakibara Kaede, you are the rising star of the mathematics department, you are the king of Wolf Warriors, you can walk through a sea of ​​flowers without getting a single leaf on you, you can meet all of Party A's unreasonable demands, your talent is unmatched!"

"This is an insult to my character!"

"Even if I, Sakakibara Kaede, starve to death, die outside, or jump off here, I will never make a living by relying on my face!"

Chapter 8: Involutionary Life

Well, you can't say that.

Impulsive, too impulsive.

The profession of an actor does not rely solely on looks.

The market situation that Sakakibara Kaede learned from Aoyama Hiroshi is that he has a handsome face, but to be honest, he is only at the first level.

Sakakibara Kaede agreed with this point. After all, there were many bad movies and boring TV dramas in his previous life. They all used young and handsome actors. They had good looks but no acting skills. They simply relied on their looks to make a living.

Let's put it this way, Korean dramas are all about domineering CEOs falling in love, business tycoons falling in love, and special wolf kings falling in love. Chinese dramas are all about falling in love, falling in love, and falling in love.

To put it bluntly, both of them are in love.

Of course, the above are just first impressions. There are also good and thought-provoking domestic dramas such as In the Name of People.

Kaede Sakakibara changed into the only casual clothes in her closet, fixed her hair in front of the mirror, and walked out of the house carrying her schoolbag.

Chiba is about an hour's drive from Tokyo, but it only takes half an hour by JR line. If possible, he hopes to visit STARS and the University of Tokyo in one day, otherwise he will have to make another trip tomorrow.

"It depends on the house. The rent in Tokyo is... hard to describe."

Sakakibara Kaede stretched lazily and then embraced the golden sky.

After spending 600 yen to buy a ticket, Kaede Sakakibara mingled with the office workers and found a place to stand in the corner.

He felt a certain kind of substantial, gray mood, shrouding and hovering over the heads of these men and women in neat suits. Their faces were numb, a few women took out their small mirrors to touch up their makeup, and most people leaned on any flat surface that could bear their weight, replenishing some tiny sleep time before work.

Kaede Sakakibara was like a cub that had strayed into territory. In order not to attract attention, she leaned against the car window and closed her eyes.

The remaining traces of culture and history can still be felt in Chiba. As the train enters Tokyo, high-rise buildings are gradually erected around it. The parts find their own positions and rotate day and night according to routine until the parts become obsolete, and then a batch of brand new parts will replace them.

There is a huge screen outside the station window, constantly flashing advertisements of various brands.

Kaede Sakakibara followed the crowd and got off the bus. Before leaving, he checked the location of the STARS artist agency, which was not far from the place where he got off the bus, near the Akihabara district.

STARS Artist Agency is a company that has just emerged recently, but the company's boss does not seem to be short of money, as can be seen from the fact that the company's headquarters is located in the center of Tokyo, where every inch of land is valuable.

Akihabara was not very lively on Saturday morning, like a machine that had not yet fully started. However, Kaede Sakakibara still saw many otakus wearing anime peripherals, each holding a portable stool and waiting outside the store for the store to open.

After taking a walk around the open shops, Kaede Sakakibara couldn't help but be shocked by the prices of peripherals. Not to mention the drawing tablets needed for drawing, the price of computers was something he couldn't even imagine at this stage.

When the time reached eight o'clock, Sakakibara Kaede finally walked towards the STARS artist agency.

"No way, it's so curly?"

There was a sign in front of the door, and several young people dressed fashionably were lined up in the interview passage. They looked energetic, but behind their spirited smiles were tired looks as if they were trying to hold back a yawn.

Sakakibara Kaede looked at his watch. He arrived on time, and the office hadn't officially opened yet... These people hadn't even entered the office yet, but they were already thinking about destroying the company?

In addition to artists, STARS also trains musicians and idols. In the front stood several JKs in high school uniforms. They were urgently touching up their makeup in front of the small mirrors they carried with them to keep themselves in the most perfect condition.

Is this an idol or just an ordinary singer?