Chapter 19 Jokes and Goodbye

After Kitano dropped out of Meiji University in 1970, he worked at the "Flanza" small theater in Asakusa for two years starting in 1972, working as an elevator guard and cleaning. Later, he was promoted by his mentor Senzaburo Fukami.

Then he entered the ranks of stage comedians.

Later, he and his current drinking companion Jiro Kaneko formed the comic group Two Beats, with the stage name "Paizi Wu". They are widely active in the television and radio circles with their spicy tongue and pungent style of commenting on current affairs.

They started to participate in TV Asahi's "Hosts" program in 1975, and won the Excellence Award in NHK's cross talk competition in 1976. Since then, their funny clips can often be seen in major TV programs.

"Do you know what kind of audience I hate the most?" Takeshi Kitano held the wine glass in one hand and looked at Shirakawa Kaede with drunken eyes.

But before Bai Chuanfeng could answer, he answered himself, "What I hate the most is the audience laughing at everything. They look like idiots."

Brother, is this how you evaluate the audience who are cheering for you? You must know that one of them is right next to you. He looked at Torataro, who simply picked up the wine glass and touched it directly with Kitano Takeshi. After drinking it, the two of them

Laughing loudly.

Shirakawa Kaede helplessly touched his forehead with his hand, and then turned his head to look at the indifferent Kaneko Jiro. The latter shrugged, indicating that there was no need to make a fuss.

Well, it seems that Kaneko Jiro, his companion, has long been accustomed to Kitano Takeshi's wild path.

Kitano Takeshi, who had finished a drink with Torataro, raised his glass again and faced Shirakawa Kaede. "What do you think, boy, Meiji University is very boring. Let me just say, you might as well die if you live a boring life."

"Anyway, boy Baichuan, please remember that if I find you in the future, I will never refuse."

"Idiot!" After Kitano finished cursing, he started to drink by himself again.

Torataro's thick eyebrows knitted together, "That's the guy on the train."

"Go!" Shirakawa Kaede hammered Torataro's shoulder, and the latter laughed indifferently.

At this time, everyone has a tacit understanding to keep listening and let him have fun alone. If you can't argue with him for a few words, words like "Baga" and "Red Deer" will be flying all over the place.

"I know, senior brother."

Looking at Kitano Takeshi's vow, Shirakawa Kaede shrugged. "If Senior Brother Kitano plans to make a movie in the future, I can consider it. Stars and other things, I also want to watch it."

Nowadays, the Yakuza is the Yakuza, and the black industries involved are too numerous to count.

"Xiao Feng, do you think the person lying on the ground in front of you looks like a human being?"

In the end, the drinking game ended with Kitano Takeshi collapsing and Shirakawa Kaede going to the bathroom to vomit.

Shirakawa Kaede looked at Torataro in surprise, "Who?" He couldn't see anything clearly in the dark environment.

What do you mean, in the middle of the night, a hundred ghosts walk at night?

"Shirakawa boy, if you don't want to study Meiji, come and learn manga from me. With your face that pleases little girls, you say obscene words on the stage. It's exciting just thinking about it. This kind of contrast will definitely make you very popular.

Fire."

When the two returned to Arakawa District, the streets were already dead at night. There was a stench from the trash cans on the street, and the randomly discarded drink bottles and lunch boxes attracted a large group of mosquitoes.

"Baga~, you idiots, aren't you just making movies? Manga artists can do it too, Oshima Nagisa-senpai agrees with my idea very much."

How good it is now, the people of Tokyo enjoy the freedom of garbage all the time. There will be no such good thing in the next twenty years. Alas, the times are going backwards.

It’s not that Shirakawa Kaede’s drinking capacity is better than Kitano Takemitsu’s, but Kitano Takemitsu drank two bottles by himself, while Shirakawa Kaede started to feel dizzy after a few drinks, and she got much better after vomiting.

"Huh?" Bai Chuanfeng cheered up and took two steps closer to see the iconic yellow hair clearly, "Yellow hair?"

In fact, he was not drunk, at least he was conscious. However, his sense of direction was somewhat lost and he walked unsteadily.

Bai Chuanfeng raised his head and rubbed his confused eyes. Under the street lamp, there were several figures lying beside the trash can.

After saying something cheerful, Shirakawa Kaede, Torataro, and Kaneko Jiro laughed together.

Everyone didn't mind, and soon started drinking wine with him laughing and joking.

Nagisa Oshima agreed very much with Takeshi Kitano's idea. He felt that Takeshi Kitano's style might be the Chaplin of RB. Takeshi Kitano was greatly encouraged. He has always been a very ambitious artist.

Shirakawa Kaede's first reaction was that those homeless people who wandered around all day found a random place to sleep. Although the economy seemed to be getting better and better, there was no shortage of poor people everywhere. Those who didn't want to work and lay low would often stay in jail for stealing.

There are all kinds of things.

The two people walked around the messy figures lying on the ground and stayed away from each other.

"Hai~Hai~" Shirakawa Kaede and the others nodded in agreement, you are right.

Kaneko Jiro helped the drunk Kitano Takeshi get into the taxi, while Torataro held the slightly dizzy Shirakawa Kaede in his arms and prepared to take the subway back.

It seems that he needs to intensify his exercise. In fact, since he came to Tokyo, he has begun to consciously intensify his exercise in school. However, his foundation is too weak. If he wants to see results, he will need to persist for a long time.

As for the common scenes of the Yakuza helping to maintain order and catching thieves on the Internet in later generations, it was after the promulgation of the Violent Group Countermeasures Act in 1991 that the Yakuza had to make changes in order to survive.

When I was working part-time in Asakusa, I dreamed of becoming an actor in a small theater. After becoming a theater comedian, I longed to be on a TV show. Now that I'm on the small screen, I'm craving for the big screen again.

"Yes, it's them. I recognize him." Torataro had a profound memory of Huang Mao, who almost had a fight with him.

"Xiao Feng, your drinking capacity is terrible. Why don't you stop saying that you are from Akita when you go out in the future? Didn't you see the surprised look in Kitano-san's eyes when he heard that you were from Akita?"

Once Takeshi Kitano enters a tipsy state, he starts chattering incessantly. Just like him in the show, his mouth is like a machine gun.

"But Xiaofeng, it's that guy" Torataro stared at one of the figures, his tone full of surprise.

In Tokyo these days, trash cans can be seen everywhere on the streets. It’s not like in later generations, when you have to choose a time and place to throw out trash, just like going on a date.

Kitano Takeshi said that Oshima Nagisa is the most famous international director of RB, who is as famous as Kurosawa Akira. Kitano Takeshi met him on a TV show and expressed his yearning for movies to him.

"Don't mind your own business." Shirakawa Kaede signaled Torataro to go home quickly. These people are more or less likely to be related to the Yakuza. The Yakuza are very rampant these days, and the police were frightened when they saw them.

After the war, the government used the Yakuza to maintain social stability, and in the 1970s it used them to break strikes organized by the left-wing Red Army. It had only been a few years since this happened, and ordinary civilians had changed their minds after hearing about the Yakuza.

The two drunk people had a drink, then put their arms around each other and laughed.

Shirakawa Kaede had a drink with him. The wine tasted faintly with a hint of sweetness. The senior brother took good care of the two teenagers and did not order that spicy sake.

"Ahem..." Bai Chuanfeng cleared his throat, "Let's call him Ota, otherwise it would be a bit rude." Huang Mao was his and Torataro's private nickname, and he just blurted it out accidentally.

Torataro glanced at Shirakawa Kaede strangely, "Xiao Feng, it's obviously Huangmao you call me, okay?"

"Then what should we do now?" Torataro looked at Shirakawa Kaede, waiting for him to make up his mind.

Bai Chuanfeng has a headache...

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