old events in tokyo

Chapter 43 Moving and Letters

This year is the first year when the bubble burst. Both the stock market and the property market have collapsed. Tokyo's housing prices are now only about [-]% of what they were before the burst, which is close to half.

The real estate industry at this time was particularly difficult. A well-known entertainment star like Kazuki Akiyama naturally became a guest of the real estate agency, and the manager of the agency here personally entertained them.

Kazuki Akiyama did not have high requirements for renting a house. The lighting was good, the transportation was convenient, and there was enough space to put a bed. He was not used to sleeping on the hard tatami.

Every day when I open my eyes, I see the ground, and I always feel that I am close to the horizon, which is inexplicably depressed.

In addition, there is an independent toilet and bath room, which can realize the separation of dry and wet. The original cramped toilet is very unpleasant to use.

After telling the agent's manager about his request, he seemed to be a little disappointed, but he quickly began to screen out several houses according to Kazuki Akiyama's request.

Presumably, he thinks that Kazuki Akiyama, who is just becoming famous in the entertainment industry and has just made a lot of money, will definitely choose a high-end apartment to spend a lot of luxury.

As for whether he will rent a high-end apartment with a monthly rent of one million for two months, and move to a cheap house in the suburbs next month, that is not within his consideration. Anyway, it is aimed at entertainers in the entertainment industry, housing agents The policy is to pay more than half a year's rent in advance, and I don't worry about arrears.

In fact, Kazuki Akiyama also wanted to take advantage of the current low housing prices to buy a fixed residence in one step, but the funds did not allow it.

He had already spent a sum of savings on buying a car, and even though the real estate market has collapsed, the decline in real good locations is not that great, and his strength is still far behind.

In his bones, he still had the traditional thought in his previous life that only the house he bought was his home, so he was not too picky about the house he rented now.

After choosing and choosing, I finally chose an apartment located in Yoyogi Uehara, Shibuya District.

The standard one bedroom and one living room, the room has very good lighting, and the wide and bright floor-to-ceiling windows are a qualitative leap compared to the previous single apartment with only one small window.

A spacious big bed is placed by the wall, and there is still room for some desks and other furniture in the room. The living room outside is equipped with sofas, balconies, and dining tables.

That’s how Kazuki Akiyama considered it to be an upper-middle-class apartment, with a rent of less than 20 yen a month. Compared with the old apartment before, it finally felt like a petty bourgeoisie.

Although Yoyogi Uehara is located in Shibuya District, it is a low-key and luxurious neighborhood hidden away from the city.There is a delicate and delicate living atmosphere and a rather slow pace of life here.

There are dense coffee shops, bakeries, flower shops, clothing stores, and second-hand bookstores nearby. The environment is private and there are no rules of etiquette.

Kazuki Akiyama loves this soothing and humanistic aesthetic environment very much, and he can stroll aimlessly for an afternoon leisurely.

After signing the rental contract, Kazuki Akiyama paid half a year's rent in one go, and gave the landlord one or two months' rent as a gift, as well as various insurance intermediary fees. The money he finally paid was almost half a year's rent.

It cost a lot of money, but I also enjoyed the service. Looking at the light-colored apartment, which is bright and open, with the curtains occasionally blown by the wind, and the sunlight shining into the living room and covering the floor, I felt more at ease.

After signing the contract, the special contact person of the intermediary company came to change the door lock. After getting the new key, Kazuki Akiyama finally bid farewell to the old and cramped single apartment.

The move was also settled today. There were not many things, and with the help of Ishida Takumi, I only drove back and forth in the car and pulled everything over.

When Akiyama Kazuki and Ishida Takumi cleaned up the new apartment inside and out, it was almost noon, and I couldn't help rolling on the big bed in the room, it was so comfortable.

"Don't lie down, you bastard, I've been busy for you for a long time, at least you should entertain me for lunch." Ishida Takumi watched Kazuki Akiyama lying comfortably on the bed with half-closed eyes, and couldn't help complaining.

"Hay~, Ishida-san, please give me this chance." Akiyama Kazuki got up and bowed to Ishida Takumi. He himself was a little hungry.

"You guy, I really wonder if you are the same person as you before." Ishida Takumi hammered Akiyama Kazuki's shoulder, and the two went downstairs to a nearby izakaya to have lunch.

In the afternoon, Kazuki Akiyama sent Ishida Takumi away, and went back to the newly rented apartment alone to sort out the things he had moved in the morning.

Sanitation and other things have been cleaned, and the rest is to sort out some personal belongings. He also put the guitar that accompanied the original body and now matches his own into the piano case.

Although it is rarely played with it now, Kazuki Akiyama is still not willing to throw it away, so he should keep it as a memory.

The others are basically some books and comics. I was sorting out the lyrics and music I wrote, and an envelope fell from it on the table.

Picking up the envelope, Kazuki Akiyama remembered that this letter was just received yesterday, a reply from Gen Hasegawa, Hokkaido.

It had been a long time since the last letter was sent, and he thought that something had happened to the letter on the way.

Opening the envelope and unfolding the letter paper, Gen Hasegawa's handwriting came into view.

"Kazuki-kun:

Are you in good health?

After receiving a letter from Kazuki-kun and seeing that Kazuki-kun is about to release his own CD, I am really excited.

After listening to Kazuki-kun’s CD with excitement, I am even more impressed that Kazuki-kun is a natural singer. Seeing that the lyrics and music are all written by Kazuki-kun, I have no doubts about Kazuki-kun’s talent. .

Kazuki-kun will definitely have a place in the RB music world in the future!Kazuki-kun will surely leave behind his glorious page!
I still remember the last gathering in Tokyo, time flies, and I can see Kazuki-kun in the record store in Hokkaido in a blink of an eye, which is very emotional.

My life in Hokkaido is actually quite good, except for the occasional stepping on unknown feces on the country roads, there is nothing wrong with it.

It's a pity that now is not the time for potatoes to mature, otherwise a box and Kazuki-kun will definitely be sent.

The last time Kazuki-kun mentioned the snow scene in Hokkaido in his letter, because it is not yet the snow season, it is impossible to take pictures of this year's snow scene.

So I picked a few snow scene photos I took last year, please don't be disgusted by Mr. Kazuki.

If Kazuki-kun has the opportunity to come to Hokkaido, please contact me and let me show my kindness as a landlord.

I wish Mr. Yishu prosper on the road of music!

Hasegawa source pen"

Putting down the letter paper, Kazuki Akiyama took out a few photos of Gen Hasegawa from the envelope.

One is a photograph of a house with a white and thick layer of snow attached to the surface like ice cream on the roof, and the ground and branches behind the house are also covered with snow.

The other one is a shot of a distant view, at a glance, it is covered in silver, stretching as far as the eye can see, a piece of white.

It seems that you can already appreciate the bleak cold wind in Hokkaido just through the photos. When will you leave Tokyo for a trip? Kazuki Akiyama spread his thoughts.

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