Chapter 153: Publicly funded travel to the United States?

Hurriedly escaping the studio, Naoki Nagayama drove Eitaro back to Shanyingyuan.

The little fellow saw the familiar place and ran over wagging his tail.

Then he lifted his hind legs at the door...

"Eitaro, pay attention!" Naoki Nagayama shook his head. This bad habit must be changed.

At noon, he made some food casually. After feeding himself and the little fellow, he collapsed on the sofa again.

The movie is waiting for the actors to be in place, the record is waiting for the recording studio to be in place, the house is waiting for Fujita Huizi to be in place... In this way, I have restored my free and easy life in a short time~

Thinking of this, he felt happy in his heart~

He scooped up the little puppy next to him: "Eitaro, let's play for an afternoon!"

Eitaro struggled "ying ying ying" again~

There are many pastimes suitable for young people these days, such as singing K, dancing, watching movies, traveling, etc., but there are very few items suitable for Naoki Nagayama.

In the previous life, there were takeaways, computers, games, social networks, and he could finish eating, eating melons, making friends, and passing time at home.

And in the Showa era, basically all recreational activities require going out, and even making appointments with people...

Speaking of which, this may be the reason why the older generation has a good relationship. After all, there are three major irons in life~

Took a dog happy ball (don't think blindly, it's a tennis ball~), wanted to train Eitaro's ability to catch and throw the ball.

However, after Naoki Nagayama threw the tennis ball out, the little fellow barked at the tennis ball in the distance, completely not knowing what to do, and then Naoki Nagayama had to demonstrate it himself, run over and pick it back.

When the ball was placed next to the little fellow, he played happily, but when Naoki Nagayama threw it far away again, he had no intention of picking it up at all, so he had to demonstrate it again.

After several times back and forth, Naoki Nagayama looked at the little fellow playing happily with the tennis ball he picked back.

Eh? Is this training Eitaro or training myself?

Thinking so, the tennis ball rolled to his hand again, and Eitaro seemed to be sitting on the side, looking at Naoki Nagayama with his little eyes, seeming to be looking forward to something...

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Naoki Nagayama rubbed the dog's head angrily, and it took a lot of effort to soothe his heart that had collapsed.

The snow in the yard had melted, leaving only some unmelted snow blocks at the foot of the wall.

On the empty black land, there were pits left by weeding before the new year, which looked very ugly and dilapidated.

Naoki Nagayama suddenly remembered that he had said he would make a dry landscape in the yard. Just simply get some white gravel, and you can make the courtyard unique. What a good idea.

Taking advantage of this free afternoon, he did it as soon as he thought of it.

He walked to the phone in the living room and found Honma Takashi's phone number and dialed it. Anyway, things related to decoration are now looking for him.

"Moshi moshi, is this Honma Architectural Office?"

"Hai! This is it, I am assistant Sakata Naoya, what can I do for you?" The answer was a young voice, should be a newly recruited assistant.

"I am Naoki Nagayama from Chiyoda Shanyingyuan who cooperated before, I want to find Mr. Honma Takashi."

"Sumimasen, President Honma is currently on a business trip overseas." Sakata Naoya replied. "If you have any questions, there is another designer in the office who can help solve them. May I ask, is there any problem with the previous project?"

"No, actually I just want to ask, have you ever done dry landscape?"

"Hai, this kind of traditional landscape has been done many times."

Asking for a truck of white gravel to pave the open-air courtyard, this simple work actually doesn't need a professional architect. After stating the requirements, the assistant named Sakata Naoya agreed very enthusiastically to come and see, and help contact the materials.

In less than an hour, a young man carrying a briefcase rang the doorbell of Shanyingyuan.

"Nice to meet you, I am assistant Sakata Naoya from Honma Architectural Office, please take care of me!" The young man bowed respectfully.

And Naoki Nagayama also had to return the gift: "Hai, I am Naoki Nagayama, nice to meet you, please take care of me."

Etiquette is really a bit troublesome...

Sakata Naoya measured the size of the yard slightly and took out 3 different sizes of white gravel for Naoki Nagayama to choose.

"The coarsest one is generally suitable for pure outdoor courtyards, and the finest white sand is more suitable for indoor dry landscape scenery. Naoki-san's courtyard is more suitable for the coarsest one."

Hearing Sakata Naoya introduce that dry landscape generally cannot be stepped on, Naoki Nagayama gave up the idea of making the whole yard into a dry landscape, but asked Sakata Naoya to design the yard slightly, taking into account both aesthetics and practicality...

Yes, it is the kind of requirement that every designer wants to hit when they hear it, both luxurious and simple, both modern and classical...

But Sakata Naoya still agreed very seriously and would give a reply in a few days.

I thought there was nothing else in the afternoon.

But near dinner time, Kuniharu Morikawa from Shogakukan brought Naoki Nagayama a novel message.

"Invite me to the United States?"

"Hai! The important children's literature awards in the United States: the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal will be announced at the end of January. The Association for Library Service to Children in the United States wants to take the opportunity to hold a world children's literature exchange activity and invite children's literature writers from all over the world to participate.

Shogakukan has a recommendation quota, and then Scholastic Group also sent an invitation letter to Naoki-san."

"But the awards at the end of the month, it should be too late now~"

Actually, Naoki Nagayama doesn't want to go abroad very much. Not to mention the backward supporting facilities in this era, just the discrimination problem in the United States is very serious. What if he is beaten by white people on the street...

"Daijobu, because it is for children's writers around the world, so it is notified in advance, and the actual activity time is at the end of February."

Naoki Nagayama doesn't quite believe the reason for inviting children's literature writers from all over the world to exchange. Not to mention anything else, can he call writers from the Soviet Union?

It is probably an activity to show the soft cultural strength of the United States.

"Naoki-san, the expenses of this activity are all borne by Shogakukan and Scholastic Group, and your exit procedures and passport materials can also be handled by us." Kuniharu Morikawa said so.

"The whole journey will also be equipped with a translator, but I think with Naoki-san's English level, it shouldn't be needed."

So... this is publicly funded travel?!

Thinking of this, actually, the supporting facilities of big cities in the United States are quite good. After all, it is the most advanced country in the 80s, and scenery and monuments are also very interesting.

Besides, in big cities like New York, the security in wealthy areas is also very good.

As long as you don't go to those remote corners, there won't be any black brothers coming up to rob you, right~

Naoki Nagayama immediately found ten thousand reasons for this trip in his heart.

In short,

The opportunity to communicate with other writers in the world is so rare, how can it be missed! ===== CHAPTER 154 =====