Where am I now? What is this place? No.8 Mortgage Shop??!! And who is the little guy approaching? Alamak! he is Crayon Shinchan- la bi xiao xin; a serious version though, with spectacles and wearing a formal coat and tie.
xiaoxin: Welcome to No.8 Mortgage Shop. I'm the owner of this shop.
CL: Why am I here? I'm not in need of money and further, I've nothing valuable as a pledge!
CL: Why am I here? I'm not in need of money and further, I've nothing valuable as a pledge!
xiaoxin: No, not about money. Our mortgage shop not involves in property transactions. We offer special service, vow to assist our customers in making their dreams come true. Therefore, our product is your wish and your mortgage could be the essential elements of your life such as love and courage, which are precious to you.
CL: What does it mean?
CL: What does it mean?
xiaoxin: Let's take a recent, very successful deal as an example; A pianist exchanges 5 years of her health for a chance of solo performance in the famous opera house in Venice, Teatro La Fenice. Do you get it? So what is your wish? And what would you like to offer as your pledge?
CL: At this moment, I desperately wishing for the best of my PhD. For the pledge......(sigh)......does part of my precious memory count?
CL: At this moment, I desperately wishing for the best of my PhD. For the pledge......(sigh)......does part of my precious memory count?
xiaoxin: Memory. This is interesting! Which part of your memory? Let me map your brain using ours latest memory scanner.
CL: Some precious one from 2005 to 2007.
CL: This part......and this part......this part also.
(CL is pointing on different part of her memory mapping projected on the wall)
xiaoxin: Case No.1812, Exchange of memory-to-PhD, Done. Our system will erase the memory and you won't have this memory in the future.
xiaoxin: Wait. Our system further requests that some of the important objects or property that connect to this memory be deleted as well. This is strange, we never took any material possession from our customers. Anyway, do you mind on this?
CL: No problem. Those things, as the memory, may not mean for me either.xiaoxin: Wait. Our system further requests that some of the important objects or property that connect to this memory be deleted as well. This is strange, we never took any material possession from our customers. Anyway, do you mind on this?
xiaoxin: All the best! CL.
One of the convocation. Students were waiting to enter the Senate House for the ceremony.
Students were entering the Senate House.
When will be CL's turn?
