Daily life in Zongman

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Where can I get the knowledge to make cosplay props?

The first thing that Fujiwara Haru thought of was to search the Internet. After all, it was already 2016, and in the Internet age, a lot of knowledge could be learned online.

After studying online for a month, he found that the teaching videos were not very good and their teaching was somewhat irregular.

Teachers always overlook some details, whether it's the basics, the data, or the details of the materials used. What they are accustomed to is something that the beginner has never encountered before. They subconsciously think that this does not need to be explained, but it confuses the beginner for a long time.

Fujiwara Haru remembered what Aqua had said: "There aren't many people making cosplay props right now, but there are more and more people who like cosplay, and it should be a big boom in the future."

Perhaps this is the reason why teaching videos are scarce and of low quality, and there are not so many professional people making cos props.

So where else can you learn further?

Library, the temple of human wisdom.

Fujiwara Haru began to look for books in the library and followed online teaching to learn about painting techniques, materials, and tool usage.

Learn, try, learn more, try more.

As autumn turns to winter, snow melts and flowers bloom, Fujiwara Haru celebrates his 13th birthday.

As I got older, I grew taller and my appetite continued to grow. I ate three bowls of rice at a meal, four or five times a day.

On his birthday, he measured his height and found that he had grown a lot this year. He was now 153.5cm tall, but according to the principle of rounding, he should be 154cm.

Glass has also grown taller. When measured on the same wooden beam, she is 159.3cm. To be fair, according to the principle of rounding, she should be 159cm.

Very good, only 5cm left!

Fujiwara Haru decided to eat more, run more, and sleep more!

——End of Chapter————

Note ①-Two-dimensional environment: There is a relatively strong two-dimensional environment written here, but it has not yet been fully developed and the basic conditions do not support it. It will be used to expand the world view in the next few chapters.

44. Gifts, Music, and Concerts

In the summer of 2017, during the summer vacation of the third year of junior high school, with the help of Sister Shendong, Fujiwara Haru made his second profit by selling cosplay props online, this time more than yen.

In fact, he could have followed other stores and increased his profit margin to 100%, earning millions of yen at a time, but he didn't do that.

This is so ruthless! You can't do business like this! How can you be so ruthless?

Complaining about the black-hearted man, Fujiwara Haru took the 150,000 yen and thought about how to spend it.

He originally wanted to secretly open the piggy bank, but was sad to find that the piggy bank was closely guarded by Sister Shendong, who asked him every day: "Qingjun, did you spend your money well? You should enjoy life~"

Fujiwara Haru now faces a problem: how to spend the money?

Buy something to eat?

It was very fun to eat with Nishimiya Shoko, but I didn't know what to buy if I went shopping by myself. After walking around the supermarket for a few times, I got a big bag of snacks. Fujiwara Haru, who already felt that he had spent a lot of money, checked out and found that he had only spent 10,000 yen, leaving 140,000 yen.

I ran to find Nishimiya Naoko with a bag of snacks. We ate some together and there was still a lot left.

When he was about to leave, he was stopped: "Fujiwara-kun, this is for you."

Nishimiya Shoko has been speaking more and more fluently recently, and she rarely pronounces her words unclearly when speaking short sentences.

Fujiwara Haru looked back and saw a pair of headphones.

"Last time we played together, I found that your headphones were broken, so I'm giving you this new one."

"Thank you!~"

After thanking them happily, he took the headphones and opened them. They were pure black with a matte shell, which was very consistent with his aesthetic taste. Fujiwara Haru didn't quite understand the brand, but he felt great and was very happy.

Fujiwara Haru, who was very happy to receive the gift, discovered that he had one less way to spend his money.

Walking on the way home, I was thinking about what I was still missing.

He's not using the game console for now. For his birthday this year, Shendong gave him a computer, and he's been playing games on it lately. He hasn't even finished some of the games he bought. Shendong and Nishimiya Shoko's birthdays were in June, so they've already passed. If he wants to spend big on birthday gifts, he'll have to wait until next year.

Fujiwara Haru was stopped while thinking. An older brother handed him a flyer and said, "Please come and see our performance!"

He walked up to the next person and said, "Please come and see our show!"

He quickly walked to the next person again: "Please come and see our show!"

There were three other people handing out flyers. Fujiwara Haru looked at the one in his hand. An explosion icon highlighted the words, "Yuzu Band, 8pm on the 7th, welcome to STARRY!"

Number 7, isn’t that tomorrow?

Fujiwara Haru arrived at a concert hall called STARRY at eight o'clock the next evening. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to use a more rock-like word, he arrived at a livehouse called STARRY.

This concert hall seemed to have just been renovated. There were still cardboard boxes of renovation equipment in the corners. There were not many customers. Fujiwara Haru bought a drink as requested by the store and watched a rock performance which seemed pretty good.

"How's it going to be tonight? I mean, the band's performance tonight."

When I was about to leave, I was spoken to by a big sister with blonde hair who asked for Fujiwara Haru's opinion. She was sitting at the cashier at the door and seemed to be the owner of this store.

This was Fujiwara Haru's first time attending an underground concert like this. He wasn't sure if it was good or not, nor did he know how to express it in professional terms. He simply described his feelings roughly: "Everyone seemed very enthusiastic, it felt good, and the drinks were pretty good."

The blonde sighed, "Ah~ The response hasn't been very good. There's absolutely no response to the music."

"Then could you please tell me, will you come here to listen to the concert next time?"

To be honest: "No, no, compared to coming here to listen to the concert, I still want to stay at home."

The blonde older sister didn't ask any more questions. She lowered her head and began to record and modify something in the notebook. Fujiwara Haru didn't walk over to see. His attention was attracted by an older sister next to her.

Sitting behind the long table was a very conspicuous and special older sister.

Her hair is pure black on the outside and purple on the inside. She has a lot of metal pieces on her ears, a small metal ball outside her chin and lips, and a ribbon collar around her neck. She looks like she's in a different genre, giving people a sense of "this is rock 'n' roll."

She noticed she was being stared at and looked up: "Huh? What's wrong..."

The tone was cold, but after he started speaking, it became a little gloomy and not so rock and roll.

Fujiwara Haru recalled a question he had always had. He pointed at his hair and said, "Big sis, is your hair color natural?"

Over the years, he had seen many hair colors, including red, pink, purple, and black. Nishimiya Naoko had flaxen hair, while Fuyuki-nee had a rarer light ice-blue hair. Long-term observation confirmed that both were born with that color.

The girl I saw today has different hair colors on the outer and inner layers, which is amazing. I am really curious about whether Fujiwara Haru has different hair colors on the inner and outer layers naturally or whether she dyed her hair by highlighting the inner layer.

The older sister who looked very rock and roll reached out and smoothed out a strand of her hair: "Ah...it's natural..."

After saying that, she lay down on the table again, giving people the feeling that she was a little lazy and had no motivation. She did not have the kind of high, exciting and passionate rock music that Fujiwara Haru had in her stereotype.

It's actually natural, this hair color is so magical.

With emotion, Fujiwara Haru was about to leave the concert hall when the blonde older sister reached out her hand again to stop her: "Wait a minute, can I ask again if this is your first time attending a concert?"

"Yeah, it's the first time I heard it."

"Oh, that's terrible. This is the experience of my first concert. Although it may sound a bit pretentious, I still hope you can try to watch this concert. It will give you a different experience."

The blonde sister handed over a flyer with the silhouettes of five people on it, as well as the performance location and time, and the address for purchasing tickets online.

It's so formal, and looks like a very good band.

The gloomy older sister, who wasn't a rock star, was lying on the table playing with her phone. She looked up slightly and said, "Hey, I also recommend going to their concert. It's just that the tickets are a bit hard to buy. I haven't even managed to get one yet."

After thanking him, Fujiwara Haru left STARRY, went home, followed the instructions on the flyer, checked the ticket release time online, and clicked the left button of the mouse.

Ticket purchase successful.

Ah, it’s not that hard to grab, right?

Thinking so, he decided to buy another one to try.

Ticket purchase successful.

So, it shouldn't be that hard to get, right? Huh? Why is it showing as sold out?

For two tickets, ask Sister Shen Dong first.

"Eh? Um... my sister doesn't want to go out..."

I understand. My sister with social anxiety just wants to stay at home. If she wants to go to a concert, she can probably only do it online. I'll go ask Nishimiya Shoko.

"I have a cloth ceremony that day, so I can't go."

"Tuition?"

"Ah."

It seems that Nishimiya Shoko has been taking tutoring classes this summer. Her grades are not bad, so it seems that there is no need for her to take tutoring classes.

Fujiwara Haru was wondering who to give the extra ticket to, so he passed by the STARRY concert hall on his way home and went down to take a look. The blonde woman was sitting at the cashier, and she looked as gloomy as ever.

"I have an extra ticket, would you like one?"

"Huh? What?"

"It's the concert you recommended me to go to yesterday. I bought two tickets for that band, and I had one extra."

"Please give it to me!"

My hand was caught by the gloomy elder sister, her face full of anticipation and excitement: "Please, please sell it to me!"

The blonde sister sighed and said, "Forget it. I'll continue to watch the store."

——End of Chapter————

Note ①-STARRY Concert Hall: From "Lonely Rock", the setting here is that the store has just opened, and three years later the "End Band" (translated as the Bond Band in the animation) was born. The band only promotes one person.

Note ②- Gloomy Big Sister: PA-san, from "Lonely Rock", the sound engineer of STARRY concert hall, her name does not appear in the original book, and she is generally called PA-san.

Note ③- Blonde big sister: Ichichi Hoshika, from "Lonely Rock", owner of STARRY concert hall.

45. The band’s predecessors

After talking for a while, the two exchanged contact information, and Fujiwara Haru learned the name of the gloomy older sister: PA-san.

Maybe it should be called a nickname? Or a stage name?

He didn't quite understand, but the gloomy older sister said that he could just call her PA-san, or sound engineer, because she was in charge of the sound work in this concert hall.

"Speaking of which, PA sister, doesn't it hurt when you have so many things on your ears?"

Fujiwara Haru was really curious. PA-san not only had earrings but also iron plates on his ears, which looked a bit strange and alternative.

"Hey~ Call me PA sister? It feels good to be called sister~"

PA-san was a little lazy, so Fujiwara Haru asked his question again.

She reached out and tucked her hair behind her ears, exposing them completely. "This is very painful. Good kids, don't learn this. I did this a long time ago when I was ignorant. I bled a lot at that time~"

Fujiwara Haru gave up the idea of trying it. He felt it was a bit cool at first, and it looked different, but if it hurt, forget it, he was quite afraid of pain.

PA-san asked gently, "Fujiwara-chan has a ticket and is planning to go to the concert, right?"

Fujiwara Haru nodded: "Yeah, that's right."

"Are you going alone?"

"correct."

"It's going to be a little dangerous, right? Do you want to go with me?"

Fujiwara Haru replied seriously: "I can handle it by myself. I'm not stupid. I will run away if there is any danger."

He didn't want to be looked down upon. He was top of his class, a dark horse at the school sports meet, and a genius prop maker! He could go to the concert alone.

PA-san clasped her hands together and said, "Oh, sorry, sorry, I lied. Actually, I'm a little scared to go alone. Can Fujiwara-chan go with me?"

Fujiwara Haru felt that his PA sister was coaxing him like a child, but he didn't mind it. He just felt helpless and sighed: "Then let's go together."

So on the day of the concert, Fujiwara Haru got into PA-san's car.

The PA took off his high heels and turned on the air conditioner in the car: "Little Fujiwara, fasten your seat belt."

Fujiwara Haru fastened his seat belt and set off. Along the way, the PA-san was excited and kept talking about how great and awesome the band was.

"Let me tell you, they're amazing! The band members all went to the same university and debuted right after graduation. Their first album even won a gold disc! It's incredible!"