Many years ago, a brief meeting with a girl dropped a seed in her heart.
When Shinichi Iwahashi saw Ayumi Hamasaki, he was worried that if he acted blindly, it might have a counterproductive effect on the girl's growth. But now, this seed has grown in this way.
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't help but sigh in his heart about the unpredictability of fate.
However, for whatever reason and for whatever purpose, this girl found herself, and now she is sitting in front of him, waiting for an answer. This made Shinichi Iwahashi realize that the answer to Hamasaki Ayumi's confusion was
One of his responsibilities.
In the coffee shop, teenagers chatted and laughed as if no one was watching. No matter what the topic, it would spark a discussion. But in this small corner of the shop, there was a strange silence.
The good-looking teenagers looked at the strange pair in the corner and exchanged glances with each other. They winked and expressed their guesses, but no one said anything.
While these shouting teenagers fell into an eerie silence, the silence on the other side was gently broken.
Shinichi Iwahashi drank his coffee and spoke slowly.
Hamasaki lowered his head and listened to the slight sound of the clinking of cups and saucers. Then came the voice of Shinichi Iwahashi, who said: "I want to sing for me, so I came from Fukuoka to Tokyo for this purpose. Ayu has an extraordinary ability to act."
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"This kind of mobility is the most precious thing."
Shinichi Iwahashi told her, "With such mobility, if Ayu wants to become a singer, it is possible for her to become a singer."
Hamasaki raised his head.
She stared into Shinichi Iwahashi's eyes, regardless of the fact that the person she was facing was the so-called "superior". She used her reckless courage to try to confirm with her own eyes whether the words spoken by President San came from the source.
Sincerely, it comes from an adult's speaking skills.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked calm and accepted her gaze.
...He has that gentle and tolerant look again. However, among the gentleness and tolerance, there is also a kind of firmness.
Hamasaki believed him.
But at this moment, Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly changed his subject, "Being a singer is not easy. The frustrations you feel in your work as an actor may not be experienced again on the road to becoming a singer. Those
There are setbacks that you won’t have in an actor’s job, but you may have to face them when you become a singer.”
"I can't deceive you and express my affirmation to you casually." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
Hamasaki's eyes did not leave Shinichi Iwahashi's face.
Under the girl's gaze, Shinichi Iwahashi continued, "So, what I want to say is the truth. No matter what kind of setbacks you suffer, the difference between being a singer and being an actor is that a singer must always
Implement the principle of 'I am who I am'. If you can't be your own singer, you can't become a real star."
"From this point of view, Ayu, your personality is a natural singer. Because of this, I have confidence in you."
Iwahashi Shinichi asked again, "So, do you want to be a singer? Not only to sing for me, but also to sing for everyone. Of course, the most important thing is to sing for yourself."
"..." Hamasaki fell into silence.
Iwahashi Shinichi said heavy words to her that she could not digest for a while.
I came to Tokyo to sing for this president-san. However, this president-san said that the most important thing is to sing for myself. And then, to sing for everyone.
Among these "everyone", does Iwahashi Shinichi also be included?
If Shinichi Iwahashi is included, does she also include herself?
Ayumi Hamasaki got the answer to her question from Shinichi Iwahashi. The road to becoming a singer was also an unknown road. The president, San, who had heard her sing, told her that she had the possibility of becoming a singer.
When he came to his senses, Shinichi Iwahashi picked up the bill.
He didn't immediately ask Hamasaki to give her final answer.
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The two of them returned to the lively Takeshita Street. The pedestrian street was still bustling with people. Teenagers in strange clothes changed their clothes one after another, and the dazzling shops welcomed new fashionable teenagers one after another.
Shinichi Iwahashi asked her: "Where does Ayu live?"
"Are you going to send me back?" Hamasaki asked.
Shinichi Iwahashi asked her this way when she went to the record company to find him for the first time.
Iwahashi Shin said with a hint of ridicule, "But if Ayu can come here by himself, he can go back by himself, right?" This is what she said.
In the recording studio before, Hamasaki heard Shinichi Iwahashi joking with Tetsuya Komuro in this way, but when it came to herself, she hated his way of joking - even though in fact, she was the first person to do it.
Own.
She kept silent as if she was angry.
Iwahashi Shinichi continued on his own, "If you came to Tokyo with someone from the office, that would be a different matter. Since you came to Tokyo with Zhang Zisang, I'd better take you back."
"Anyway, after all, this is taking her daughter away without the consent of the guardian." Iwahashi Shinichi said and smiled.
However, Hamasaki still confronted him and contradicted him: "I came to see you myself."
Iwahashi Shen nodded, "That's right."
Is it because he doesn't want to lose his courage to come to see him, or because he doesn't want his mother to blame him for this?
Ayumi Hamasaki didn't know the answer, but he still told her the name of the hotel where he was staying.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't send her back immediately, but he brought up the old conversation again and asked her: "It's rare for Ayu to come to Tokyo, would you like to meet Akina-san? I mentioned you to her before."
"You said this." Hamasaki reminded him.
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed again, "If you don't want to sing her songs, I thought you had changed your crush. Anyway, she finishes work relatively early recently, so we can have dinner together."
Before Ayumi Hamasaki could refute his joke about "changing idols", he was already moved.
But then, I heard Shinichi Iwahashi say: "It just so happens that Akina, like me, has a child by her side today. She is a few years younger than you..."
"No." Hamasaki blurted out.
Iwahashi Shinichi's face showed surprise. He didn't expect to be rejected by her without thinking. He asked: "Ayu, don't you want to see Akina-san?"
"You're talking about Akira-san." Hamasaki Ayumi said willfully.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't understand why she rejected a child she had never met before, and felt helpless, "That child is the daughter of the company's producer, and she recently stayed at my house."
Ayumi Hamasaki looked as if he had been caught off guard.
"Her name is Xiaoguang."
"This has nothing to do with me."
"Ayu will go to Tokyo soon. If he comes to see me again, he may meet Xiaoguang. In this case, it can't be said that it doesn't matter at all."
"..."
"Ayu doesn't plan to come to Tokyo? Or doesn't he plan to see me again?"
Ayumi Hamasaki had nothing to say, like a child making trouble. In terms of age, she was indeed still a child. Shinichi Iwahashi patted her on the shoulder and said, "Let's go."
She watched Shinichi Iwahashi step forward and followed him silently without saying a word.
Back in the car, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't talk to her. Instead, he went to the hotel where Hamasaki was staying to make a phone call. After waiting for a while, the call was transferred to Akiko.
His mother, who yearned for everything in Tokyo, was waiting in the hotel. Hamasaki thought that his mother was waiting for him and lowered his head.
Iwahashi Shinichi called politely, "Excuse me, this is Iwahashi Zhang Zisang from GENZO, Ayu came to my company today."
The two people were communicating with their elders.
It was only at this time that Ayumi Hamasaki realized that she had escaped secretly. She listened silently to Shinichi Iwahashi and her mother talking on the phone.
"...Thank you for your trust. Next, just leave Ayu to me. I will send the child back after dinner, please don't worry." Iwahashi Shinichi and Akiko seemed to have reached a consensus in a short time.
When the call ended, Hamasaki did not ask about the content of the call. Instead, he looked at the car phone curiously. In this way, he avoided "leaving quietly from his mother's side".
Iwahashi Shinichi saw through it but refused to tell her. He told her as if nothing had happened, "I have obtained Zhang Zisang's consent. Now, call Akina. By the way, what does Ayu want to eat? Japanese food, French food? Or barbecue?"
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Hamasaki listened silently as he made arrangements in an orderly manner.
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The shooting scene always gives people a chaotic feeling. But the wonderful thing is that in the midst of the chaos, there is always a sense of orderliness.
The assistant's work contract was transferred from Yanyin to Akina Nakamori's personal office, but the daily work content is not much different from the past, except that the salary is higher, and the number of visits to Iwahashi's house is more than before.
Recently, Utada Hikari has been taking the Iwahashi family's puppy Kenta for walks. While the assistant's job was shared by the child, he also got a new job: taking care of the child.
However, it seems that this child does not need extra attention.
Utada Hikaru brought her handheld video recorder and recorded the scene in front of her with a curious perspective. The staff only paid attention to the child who did not cause trouble at the scene at the beginning, and soon left her alone.
The assistant felt relieved and started running around. During this period, a call came from Akina Nakamori's personal mobile phone that she had left here. Taking advantage of a break to touch up her makeup, Akina Nakamori called back and it was Shinichi Iwahashi.
"How's work?"
Akina Nakamori smiled and said, "It went very smoothly... This is expected, right?"
"of course."
"So, the question just now was just polite."
Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't help but sigh. Hearing his sigh, Nakamori Akina laughed at him, "You gave up so quickly."
"Please spare me." Iwahashi Shinichi said this, and Nakamori Akina could imagine his wry smile. She was amused by her own association and asked: "Are you worried about Xiaoguang? Don't worry."
"This child is good at following adults to work." Shinichi Iwahashi recalled that he first met her in the recording studio. The couple chatted for a while about this child who lived in their home.
Then, Iwahashi Shinichi told her the business, "Do you remember the child named Ayu that I mentioned before?"
