Wherever there are giraffe men, DREAMS E TRUE will always be the first to be discovered.
On TV, the host of the red group Hikaru Ishida introduced that the song to be sung next was called "Tears". In order to sing this song, the stage was filled with celebrities.
The gathering of big names is dazzling. However, as long as you look for the giraffe man, you can find DREAMS E TRUE at the first time.
Their favorite band.
This band is about to celebrate its fifth anniversary since its debut. Junko and her daughter Maiko have been following the band since their first appearance on the "Band Paradise" program. They have been loyal fans for the past five years.
In the past five years, the band has developed rapidly and has become an out-and-out national band.
Maiko officially became an elementary school student last year. As her daughter grows up and needs more money, Junko has to work harder. In the past five years, Junko has also dated one or two boyfriends, but after each encounter, she
, whether it is a beautiful love at first sight or a long-term love that comes naturally, it all ends miserably in the end.
As a single mother, for some reason, it was always easy to provoke pretty boys who didn't seek to make progress. Moreover, Junko had a hidden worry in her heart and never wanted her behavior to cause trouble for Maiko.
In the distant 1960s, when even Junko was just a child, there were a large number of dual-income families. During the period of rapid development, there were many employment opportunities. As long as you worked hard, you could live a better life. The struggling parents were divided into groups.
Lianglu, handing over the key to the home to the child. At that time, there was also a popular phrase in the world, "the child with the key".
Last year, when Maiko officially became an elementary school student, Junko hung the key to the apartment around her daughter's neck. However, when she stepped out of the house and entered society, what Junko faced was not the rapid development that would lead to a better life as long as she worked hard.
period, but the tragic scene of the bubble bursting.
For single-parent families where the mother is engaged in physical labor and does not even have a brick of her own, whether the bubble has been blown or burst has nothing to do with them.
At the height of the bubble, Junko once thought so.
When the bubble burst, Junko realized that although the colorful bubbles had nothing to do with them when the bubble was blown up, after the huge soap bubble burst, even a single droplet fell, which could cause a family like theirs to get soaked.
Soaked chicken.
The world is in a recession, and the boss of the factory where he works is also gloomy. In the izakaya where he has worked for several years, in the past few years, the office workers who were always happy and generous with tips are now tightening their tails. The salary increase has stagnated.
The burden of raising a family has increased significantly.
Before Junko, she sometimes secretly thought to herself that the customers who came to the store did not look like Japanese office workers.
Now, when they start to think carefully about how to spend the whole night with a glass of beer and two chicken skewers, Junko is secretly anxious because the store's business has been affected, and her own salary has also been affected.
The image of an office worker now finally coincides with the image of an office worker in my impression.
Junko's impression of office workers comes from her father's generation. They worked hard to support the family during the period of rapid development. Even if they lived a "middle-class life of 100 million," they were still budgeting carefully.
But the two generations of office workers have different starting points for their budget-consciousness. Junko's parents' budget-consciousness comes from the living habits they have maintained for many years. Today's office workers' budget-consciousness comes from financial constraints.
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After New Year's Eve, tomorrow is the new year. Maizi's pace of growing up will not stop, but what the new year will be like is still unknown.
Junko was originally a simple person with short-sightedness and no long-term plans. She only had the energy to work hard. It was okay when everything was going smoothly. But once the road ahead was full of twists and turns, she would have to fall down to realize that she had no interest in everything.
No understanding at all.
However, because of her simple personality, despite the gloomy clouds of recession, the mother also had worries amidst the sighs of people around her. However, when she returned to this small apartment, she and her daughter Maiko depended on each other.
After a while, she forgot all about the future.
Compared with the nameless worries that cannot be seen or touched, and for which one can't find a clue, the dependence on one's daughter is real.
At least, I can live with Maizi. If it's for Maizi, even if there are real difficulties in the future, I can still overcome that hurdle... For single mother Junko, such an idea is by no means just "happy".
Maiko, who was watching the TV, suddenly said "ah".
Junko put away her thoughts and turned her attention to the TV screen. The giraffe from DREAMS E TRUE, this New Year's Eve, also participated in the Red and White Song Festival as usual. Whenever he was on the screen, he was always the most conspicuous one.
But in this moment, on the left and right sides of the giraffe man, Akina Nakamori and Yoshida-san of the band stood respectively.
There were two singers on the left and right, and between them was a man wearing a giraffe hood. This scene made Junko laugh almost as soon as he saw it.
She smiled and said to her daughter, "Kirin-san seems to be completely out of the situation."
Maiko agreed with her mother's words, but she also thought of another thing, "However, when the three of us stand together, we feel that we have a very good relationship."
Children sometimes speak without restraint, but sometimes they are able to grasp the key points unexpectedly.
Junko reacted and opened her eyes wide. But at this moment, the screen on the TV switched and the camera showed Akiko Wada standing in the center. She started the chorus with great energy.
"..."
Junko nodded and commented: "Qiu Zi-san's singing voice is still as good as ever~"
Maiko was still a little reluctant to let go of the topic just now - she would not be unhappy because of being interrupted, which was Maiko's advantage. She continued talking to her mother happily, "Where Kirin-san is around, the atmosphere becomes very gentle.
"
To Maiko, the giraffe man of DREAMS E TRUE is like a character in a fairy tale.
Junko listened to her daughter's words and agreed, "After all, the person who can get along harmoniously with Kirin-san who suddenly appears will not be a person with a bad personality. Because the surrounding atmosphere is very gentle, that's why Kirin-san appeared."
Her tone sounded like she was telling a fairy tale to her daughter.
Maiko listened with great interest.
A few years ago, she received a reply from the band Giraffe Man. Kirin-san gave her an origami giraffe. She received a reply from her favorite Giraffe Man. This incident became a cherished memory for the young Maiko.
Although, after that, Maizi wrote another letter to the giraffe man and never received a reply. However, Maizi was not disappointed or discouraged. She just had the same longing as wishing on the stars when she wanted to write a letter.
, send your own letter.
On the TV screen, the camera scanned the combination of DREAMS E TRUE and Akina Nakamori. The two singers were focusing on the harmony. It was obvious that the people sitting in the audience and in front of the TV were the audience, but at this moment, this picture gave them a
It gave people a strange impression, as if the giraffe man standing in the middle was the audience of the two of them.
"This year, Akina-chan is getting married." Junko suddenly mentioned in a brisk tone.
Maiko couldn't hear the subtle emotion in her mother's voice. She nodded in confusion, "However, Akina-chan still looks very fashionable."
"Will you become old-fashioned after you get married?" Junko smiled and touched her daughter's head, and casually mentioned a past incident, "Speaking of which, Akina-chan's relationship with her husband was made public, and they appeared on TV together.
, Maiko-chan also said that Kirin-san from DREAMS E TRUE may be Akina-chan’s husband.”
Junko still kept in mind the girl's innocent reasoning, but Mayiko, who seemed to be talking eloquently at the beginning, had long forgotten all her original whims and whims.
At this moment, when her mother mentioned it again, her reaction was a little confusing, "Really?"
"Maybe." Junko replied with a smile.
Of course, Junko did not really have such doubts about the identity of the giraffe man. It was just because she still remembered the reasoning her daughter made back then that she regarded this as a "maybe" possibility.
Maiko stretched out her fingers and scratched the hair on her forehead. "Chibi Maruko-chan" is a hit, and many girls her age have similar hairstyles. Maiko has a round face, which makes this hairstyle look particularly cute.
She thought hard for a while and gave a completely different reasoning from her past self, "However, the relationship between Kirin-san and Miwa-chan is so good..."
Already an elementary school student, after accumulating some impressions of the "relationship between men and women" through drinking and watching soap TV series, Maiko's perspective on the problem also changed to a naive and mature one.
Listening to her daughter's reasoning, Junko was speechless at first, and then laughed.
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The star-studded song "Tears" ended smoothly. The chorus did not focus on excellence, but only on stability. For these big names or popular stars who have gone through ups and downs, it couldn't be easier.
After retreating backstage, DREAMS E TRUE returned to the lounge.
This time, today's hot pot New Year's Eve dinner can finally begin. Miwa-chan was in high spirits, revealing her casual personality like an elementary school student.
Returning to the lounge, she was not in a hurry to change clothes. She stood next to Shinichi Iwahashi, one hand on her hips, and the other hand spread out in front of him, waiting to retrieve Shinichi Iwahashi's giraffe hood.
Shinichi Iwahashi had just taken off his hood, and when he saw her appearance, he had the urge to put the hood back on for a moment.
...I wonder if it will trigger the hidden plot of "Miwa-chan pulls out the giraffe's head upside down".
He had nothing to do with this guy, so he handed over the hood.
Miwa-chan succeeded. She raised her chin a little proudly and motioned for him to go in and change clothes first.
The three members of the band changed out of the costumes they had prepared for this chorus - because they had to consider the unity of the overall stage style, this costume was quite satisfactory and had nothing to do with the band's usual explosive aesthetic. After a while, the same
Akina Nakamori, who went back to change clothes, also came to join them again.
At this time, the TV was turned on again and tuned to the channel of the Record Awards. The most important event of the Record Awards, this year's annual award, will be announced soon. Akina Nakamori arrived at the right time, and Miwa-chan, who was holding her breath, was about to be announced.
, distracted enough to call her over.
Sitting next to Miwa-chan, Akina Nakamori became nervous as if she was infected.
"Then, the winners of the annual awards will be announced next—"
"TRF, "BOY MEETS GIRL"!"
"Congratulations!"
On the TV, after the host had finished his show, he announced the winner of the grand prize in a very crisp tone. At the same time as the name of the single was announced, the camera captured the TRF group in the audience.
The venue was filled with cheers from the audience. Under the camera, the singers attending the award ceremony also gave their own applause.
The spotlight on the stage clears the way for the members of the group and sends them onto the stage.
In this small lounge, when the host announced the name TRF, the applause and cheers on the TV screen were almost synchronized. Miwa-chan took the lead, and Nakamori Akina followed suit, and the two cheered together.
There was applause. In this situation, it seemed that the team we supported had scored a key point at the last moment and achieved the final victory.
Iwahashi Shinichi originally thought Miwa-chan's reaction was exaggerated, but with Nakamori Akina and the two of them together, the situation was not so strange and even made people want to smile.
Brother Nakamura also joined in at this time. He showed his trademark smile and congratulated Iwahashi Shinichi: "Shinichi-kun, you are really incredible."
In addition to the strength of singers, the Daesang Awards also involve competition and competition between record companies. Although it is the most authoritative among many music awards, many things are "relative".
The singer of GENZO Records won the most important grand award, which means that Iwahashi Shinichi has completed the most important foundation through steady management in the past few years, and has the strength to build a building.
Brother Nakamura positions himself as half of the man in black behind the scenes. At this moment, compared with Miwa-chan and Akina Nakamori who are cheering for the goal, the two of them know more clearly what this moment means.
On the TV screen, the TRF group came to the middle of the stage. The lead singer Kitamura Yuki, as the representative of the group, gave an acceptance speech that had been drafted in advance.
Within two years of their debut, this group won the annual sales championship and won the Record Award. The members have an unexpectedly calm temperament. Although they are relatively young, they are very concerned about winning the Grand Award.
It came very peacefully.
Shinichi Iwahashi looked at the general demeanor displayed by the members on stage, and seemed to also see the confidence of this group. The confidence of Tetsuya Komuro.
At this time, the two women who had been celebrating the goal finally remembered another important thing. In other words, this thing was the most important thing.
"Congratulations!"
"Congratulations~Shinichi-kun!"
Nakamori Akina and Miwa-chan sent congratulations to Iwahashi Shinichi. As soon as they finished speaking, before Iwahashi Shinichi could react, Miwa-chan immediately changed the subject, "Then, let's have a drink first!"