As the dishes were prepared one by one.
Plate after plate of food was served by Tohru.
Hayashi wiped his hands, holding a towel while wiping, and came out.
At Makima's table.
Everyone was eating ravenously.
Especially those newcomers who couldn't control themselves at all.
This was too good!
"So delicious!"
Grilled meat + alcohol, everyone was eating more enjoyably than they ever had before!
Seeing Hayashi come out.
Everyone greeted him.
"Store manager, it's so delicious, thank you very much!"
Hayashi nodded: "If it's good, eat more."
"Thank you very much!"
Everyone was eating very happily.
Not one person showed a lack of appetite.
Each one was like they had been starving for days, as if they had been surviving in the wilderness.
After Hayashi responded.
He made himself a cup of milk tea and slowly drank it.
Tohru came to Hayashi's side, and after sharing a cup of milk tea, looked at that table and said:
"There are many new faces this time, Hayashi-san. Has Makima-san's team become stronger?"
"Uh..." Hayashi hesitated for a moment, then still nodded.
"I suppose it's stronger... if you calculate it cumulatively."
"It's just that in reality... maybe Makima has become stronger."
Tohru also felt that Makima had become stronger.
So she nodded: "Mm."
Actually.
The most important thing was peak combat power.
Makima was always strong, and these members, to be honest, if there were more of them, they were just more pieces on Makima's board.
Adding Makima's domination ability, she was indeed stronger.
This wasn't wrong to say.
Hayashi rested for a while, playing with his phone.
While playing.
A message popped up.
It was from Utaha and Mai.
Utaha : "Yesterday's rain was too heavy. We're coming over now, Hayashi-kun."
Mai: "Utaha and I are coming over. I just bought the equipment. Please give guidance on the first video. Can we film it in the shop?"
Hayashi replied to them "come over" and "yes."
Mai was probably serious about becoming a social media blogger.
In the new era.
Social media bloggers were more free and independent than celebrities.
Small celebrities had far less influence than small internet celebrities.
Mai's choice was correct.
After a while.
About ten minutes or so.
Mai and Utaha appeared in front of the late-night diner carrying umbrellas.
Yesterday was heavy rain, today was light rain.
The temperature hadn't dropped much though - it was stifling hot and humid.
As soon as Mai and Utaha entered.
Feeling this naturally fresh and cool air.
They both shivered and let out satisfied long sighs.
"So comfortable, this temperature." Utaha put down her umbrella and sighed: "I'm most relaxed when staying here."
"Mm." Mai very much agreed.
This time coming over.
Utaha brought a red laptop computer.
Mai brought a brand new packaging box.
After the two arrived at the shop, they cleaned the water stains under their feet and put away their umbrellas, then walked toward the bar.
Seeing Hayashi, they waved and said:
"With such heavy rain yesterday, did you open the shop, Hayashi-kun?"
"Sort of opened."
"What do you mean 'sort of'?"
"I opened it, but didn't really manage it. No one came anyway."
"If we had known, we would have come."
"There wouldn't have been anything to do if you came - just spacing out, chatting, and playing games."
"That would have been nice too."
"?"
Under Hayashi's "are you sick" gaze.
Mai rubbed her stomach, calling for food: "I'm hungry. Please give me a curry pan-fried fish bowl, and a drink."
Utaha also felt hungry: "I want mapo tofu bowl, and the same drink."
Hayashi nodded indicating: "No problem."
He went to the kitchen.
In a few minutes, he had prepared both of their dishes.
When he brought them out.
The curry pan-fried fish was permeated with rich grilled fish aroma.
The luster on the mapo tofu was bright and vivid, white with hints of red, just looking at it could make you swallow saliva.
"Itadakimasu!"
The two no longer hesitated.
They immediately picked up chopsticks and spoons and began eating.
While wolfing down the food.
Mai took out a box and pushed it toward Hayashi.
"Equipment that just arrived, Hayashi-kun. Could you help take a look?"
The box Mai brought wasn't large.
Rectangular.
The packaging was covered in Japanese text, with a logo that read: DJI.
This was exactly the handheld vlog sports equipment they had mentioned before - the Pocket 3 camera.
A small machine equipped with a 1-inch CMOS sensor that could record 4K/120fps video. If you wanted photos, you could even take screenshots directly from the video software.
The set Mai bought was also fully equipped.
Various auxiliary brackets, batteries, protective cases, microphones, and other add-on configurations were all included.
Hayashi looked it over.
Somewhat curiously asked: "How much did you spend?"
"Bought it at a markup."
Mai was currently eating with "nom nom" sounds.
Hearing the question, she looked up, finished what was in her mouth, drank some water, and said:
"I didn't know before, but when I found out a few days ago, I discovered this thing was too popular. All of Japan was sold out. Without paying a markup, who knows how long I'd have to wait."
"So I added 30,000 yen, for a total of over 100,000 yen. I just got it this morning and resisted opening it to bring it over."
Over 100,000 yen?
That was almost 10,000 yuan!
Such a high markup, was it really that scarce?
Looking at this perfectly intact packaging, even Hayashi's hands were itching - who could resist unpacking!
For Mai to endure half a day, she was amazing. (thumbs up)
"Should I unpack it?" Hayashi asked.
"Unpack!" Mai's mouth was stuffed full.
Hayashi began opening the package.
He drew his hand along the edge on the side, and after going around once, the transparent packaging paper split into two halves.
This was cut open with thin thread.
Then he opened the packaging box and began taking out the contents.
The main body was naturally the pocket camera.
Its overall structure was a multifunctional grip handle plus a gimbal camera.
There was also a small rectangular screen on the front of the grip.
There was paper stuck on the screen - as long as you rotated and pushed it, it would automatically turn on.
Hayashi removed all the paper.
Then gently pushed the small screen.
The gimbal camera also rotated and started up, turning halfway to find the horizon line and entering the initial setup phase.
Hayashi communicated with Mai while adjusting the settings.
There really wasn't much to adjust.
Mai looked at the camera body and was surprisingly pleased.
"It looks very nice. This pocket camera is indeed so small and cute. Hm? Are you filming me?"
During Mai's speech.
Hayashi's Pocket 3 was already set up, so naturally he started recording.
Mai appeared in the lens.
Her light gray long hair flowing, her pale gray eyes both innocent and surprised, her bashful face when suddenly filmed, full of youthful flavor.
Especially since she was still eating.
Her lips had a thin layer of oil shine, making them look rosy and lustrous.
The chopsticks and spoon in her hands made her look full of everyday charm.
Hayashi looked at Sakurajima Mai in the lens.
"I can only say, worthy of being a super child star? Suddenly appearing in the camera, her posture and expression are so perfect."
After Mai realized she was being filmed.
She shyly put down her chopsticks and spoon, took a tissue to wipe her mouth, and nodded saying:
"Hello everyone, I'm Sakurajima Mai. Long time no see."
After hearing this, Hayashi cooperatively held the camera steady and began acting as an interviewer.
"Long time no see. Are you eating dinner?"
"Yes." Mai nodded.
"Is it delicious?"
"Very delicious!" Mai praised highly: "This is the most delicious cooking I've ever had."
So Hayashi pointed the lens downward.
He filmed the empty plate.
Then raised the camera back up and asked: "Then what did you eat? I can't tell at all."
The question was about what she ate.
The funny point was that she had eaten so cleanly that you couldn't even tell what was in the plate.
To confirm.
The camera even went down again to look carefully.
"Mm~!" Mai hurriedly reached out to lift the lens up: "I ate curry pan-fried fish bowl. This is because I was too hungry just now. Eating everything is saving food - this is a fine virtue!"
"Haha~" Hayashi chuckled: "Then please continue to maintain this, Mai-san."
The two chatted briefly and then ended this interview.
It was just experimenting anyway, finding their rhythm.
After finishing.
Mai took back the pocket camera, played it back to look, and immediately said with delight:
"It's actually so high-definition! The image is so smooth, and the colors are so rich. Can such a small camera achieve this level now?"
Mai thought of her previous filming conditions.
Those cameras were so big - professional cameras were bigger than heads.
Although they definitely had their purpose and were definitely better than this camera, to achieve this level at this size today was remarkable progress!
Something this small would have been impossible before.
Mai carefully watched this video segment and finally said very satisfactorily:
"This segment, with a little editing, can be used directly. This is already a piece of material. Thank you, Hayashi-kun."
Hayashi nodded: "You can edit it yourself, right?"
"I know a little bit, and I'm also learning." Sakurajima Mai said somewhat distressedly: "It's just that making good edits is quite difficult."
Hayashi thought for a moment and consoled: "No big problem. The three elements of photography: the subject looks good, the subject looks good, and the subject still looks good."
"As long as you can edit normal videos, you can slowly learn the rest."
"You can even study related fields in college, then continue working on this career while studying."
After hearing this, Mai thought more and more that it was feasible!
She actually still wasn't clear about what field to study in college.
Now she had a direction.
It would definitely help her a lot.
But hearing Hayashi's three elements of photography.
Mai also shyly used a strand of hair to cover her cheek.
"Too exaggerated. How is it all about the subject looking good? Still need to treat it properly..."
Hayashi smiled.
But nodded very confirmingly: "It's true. After you publish your works, you'll know when you look at the comment section."
In the short video era.
To say appearance and content were tied for first place was underestimating it.
It's not like movies where you need character development, plot, content, etc.
Short videos.
Only need immediate splendor and exciting points.
Of course.
Appearance was just one ace.
Adding one talent could form a royal flush.
But this wasn't too concerning.
Mai was already excellent.
"Mm." Hayashi drank some milk tea to moisten his throat.
But as soon as he took a sip.
"Hiss~~~"
His foot under the table felt like it was stepped on by a shoeless foot.
Hayashi turned to look at Utaha.
Utaha was looking at her laptop with a "serious" expression.
When she "instantly" discovered Hayashi was looking at her.
She even turned her head over and asked "innocently": "What's wrong? You teach Mai properly, don't mind me."
Women always spoke in reverse at times like this.
Don't mind me, but you keep doting on Mai - what about me!!!
And besides Utaha, who else could be stepping on him?
"Cough cough." Hayashi cleared his throat twice. While Mai was studying the pocket camera, he moved in front of Utaha and asked:
"How is it? Will the next one be a new chapter or a new work?"
Hearing about her light novel.
Utaha's seriousness and earnestness were broken through in one second.
She clenched her delicate fist and said: "I want to look up to Takatsuki Sen-sensei, so I plan to write a new work, a new story!"
"Oh!?"
Hearing it was a new work, Hayashi also became interested.
Because he only knew about "Love Metronome" - what Kasumigaoka Utaha would write afterward, he had no idea about.
"Still romance genre?" Hayashi asked.
Utaha glanced at Hayashi and blushed slightly: "Mm."
"Do you have inspiration?"
"Yes."
"Uh... can you tell me the general setting?"
"It's campus, manga artist, growth, then with a bit of fantasy parallel space-time elements, combined together."
Hayashi thought: "Is it somewhat like the work 'Your Name'?"
"I borrowed from it, but it's actually different."
Kasumigaoka Utaha frankly admitted, then used both hands to gesture:
"I want to use a parallel space-time setting to let certain major events create two completely different consequences simultaneously."
"But these two space-times have a connection at some point before and after, and at different time points, they can mutually redeem each other's stories."
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