Much to Lin's surprise, the landlord laughed at the chutzpah of this youth who had just graduated from art school to suppose that he might be selected as one of the winners of the competition and joked: "If you're selected, I'll walk backwards all the way from my shop to Shinjuku."
誰知房東聽完請託竟然哈哈大笑，心想這個剛從學校畢業的小子，居然妄想入選「奉祝展」，還語帶玩笑地說：「如果你入選，我就從米店『倒立』著走，一路走到新宿！」