However, in my heart, I was surprised by the sudden call from Akina Nakamori, just like when she blocked her in the recording studio that day, I didn't expect it at all.
A relationship that begins with a natural encounter, if either party suddenly takes the initiative, is like a boat drifting on calm water that is pushed forward by a sudden surging wave.
"By the way," Shinichi Iwahashi said to her, "Congratulations on yesterday's grand prize, Akina-san."
"Hmm,... um." Akina Nakamori seemed to react for a moment before she said, "Thank you, Iwahashi-san."
Shinichi Iwahashi felt that she had something to say next, so he held the receiver and waited. Akina Nakamori on the opposite side subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief after saying "thank you", and then realized that this sigh of relief made
She didn't know what to say for a moment.
There was a brief silence on the phone.
There are thousands of ways of getting along with each other.
Some people cannot speak freely in person, but can communicate well on the phone. However, Akina Nakamori is the complete opposite and is not good at making phone calls.
Is it because she didn't see his face? This was the first time Nakamori Akina called him.
Born as an unpopular daughter in a big family, this life experience made Akina Nakamori subconsciously learn to watch people's emotions when she was growing up. When participating in a program, she would consider the effect of the program and subconsciously enliven the atmosphere.
When getting along with others, you will also consider other people's feelings.
When communicating via phone line, you can't see facial expressions, because you can't see other people's reactions, which makes Akina Nakamori feel nervous.
Iwahashi Shinichi is a very calm person and is not the kind of person who shows off her emotions. However, this calmness makes her feel a strong tolerance. When they face each other, she unknowingly feels...
He let down his guard.
But now I can't see his face.
Nakamori Akina was not so much suspicious of him as it was her own timidity that made her fall into silence.
"Just now," Iwahashi Shinichi broke the silence, "Yukiko just called me."
"Really?" Nakamori Akina took over his words.
"Well, she also went back to Nagoya to celebrate the New Year this year, and she was very happy that you won the three consecutive championships, as if it was her own business... But you know all these things, right?"
Nakamori Akina followed his words and continued, "Last night, she called me. After the red and white games were over, she called me back and it came on immediately." When she said this, her tone was slightly raised, like
Her mood was much higher, "Yukiko was about to go out to visit the New Year shrine. As soon as she put on her kimono and was about to go out, I called her."
Talking about mutual and trustworthy friends, Nakamori Akina's timidity was alleviated and she felt much more relaxed. She suddenly realized that although she could not guess what Iwahashi Shinichi was thinking, what she was thinking in her heart seemed to be
Can be guessed by him.
She was grateful to Shinichi Iwahashi for his thoughtfulness after guessing her thoughts.
"The timing is precise enough." Shinichi Iwahashi smiled.
"Yukiko's hometown is very lively during the Chinese New Year. It seems that the whole family will stay up all night until they eat rice cakes and drink Tusu wine the next morning." Akina Nakamori also smiled on the other end of the phone, "...we have a very good relationship.
Family, right?”
The Nakamori family in Tokyo does not lack such liveliness, but it lacks such a warm family.
Last night, after the red and white show ended, she returned home and was congratulated by the whole family except her married sister for winning three consecutive awards, an unprecedented feat.
Congratulations from family members are like a kind of recognition, but this kind of warmth can only last for a while. My father and brother are not willing to make trouble on this day, but my sister Akiho Nakamori seems to be holding back her anger and deliberately looking for trouble.
"But sister," Nakamori Akiho said to her as if she was spitting out poison: "Kondo-san sitting in the audience has a disgusting expression. Is there something wrong with you two?"
"Mingsui! Don't talk nonsense!" The mother of the two sisters once again played the role of putting out the fire.
The camera caught Kondo Masahiko's expression as if he was having an accident. Nakamori Akina felt uncomfortable, but this time, what made her even more sad was obviously her sister's unscrupulous cynicism.
Akina Nakamori only stayed at home until the next morning, then returned to her apartment in Tokyo.
…
"Yes, just thinking about it, I also want to get her childish smile. During the Chinese New Year, when there is such a child at home, the atmosphere is different."
Iwahashi Shinichi knew that her home was a mess, but he felt that treating it as a scar that could not be touched and rudely changing the topic would only make her feel more uncomfortable, so he simply followed her words.
"Yes." When Nakamori Akina heard what he said, she felt relieved when she thought of Okada Yukiko's smile.
The timidity in her heart and the uneasiness of making the first phone call dissipated under his gentle guidance, and the atmosphere relaxed. Although Akina Nakamori still couldn't speak as freely as she did face to face, her thoughts became much smoother.
The two of them started chatting about each other.
When the Grand Prize incident happened, Kondo Masahiko and Nakamori Akina fell into a cold war. However, even so, Nakamori Akina unexpectedly did not regret attending the Grand Prize.
Not only that, Kondo Masahiko's attitude of treating the Grand Prize as a plaything hurt her. The more she thought that he might still possess some kind of character, the more disappointed she felt that he did not have such character.
Akina Mori still doesn't know what Iwahashi Shinichi did behind the scenes and how he contributed to this grand prize. However, if she hadn't taken the initiative to see him when she was confused, and how she would have contributed to the big prize,
With his encouragement, I chose to believe in the firm and stand with the firm. Then, we would not be here today.
If that is the case, as Kondo Masahiko himself said, if he can defeat the seven people in the jury, he can get this grand prize.
Kondo Masahiko's attitude of regarding the Grand Prize as a plaything has tied her more closely to the agency.
When she attended the Grand Awards, was in the venue, and heard the audience shouting her name in unison before the award was announced, Nakamori Akina felt extremely lucky that she did not give up this award to anyone else.
If she was disgusted with Kondo Masahiko's attitude towards Daesang, she should not play with Daesang herself.
…
This is an emotional thought just after winning the grand prize.
Now, when the dust has settled on the Grand Prize, and when I think back to what happened before, I realize that if I had taken that wrong step and chosen to believe Director Kosugi, things would have been very different.
Not only will you drift away from the firm, but you will also live up to the dreams of yourself and your audience.
I was able to win this grand prize because I said "no" to Kondo Masahiko.
Even if you didn't care about his thoughts and ignored the wishes of this naughty kid rolling around on the floor asking for candy, things didn't get worse.
It may be hindsight to say this now, but when I was still hesitating, I realized that the lifelong event mentioned by Kondo Masahiko was just a blank check, a cover for the naughty kid to "buy me candy and I will be obedient from now on."
, Akina Nakamori watched with her own eyes as he told a straightforward lie that could not even find an excuse.
If she had not said "no" to him, then, having lost her dream of winning the grand prize and the audience, she would have no choice but to bow her head and accept the result, holding on to the thought that the naughty child would one day be obedient.
Because, if she really gets to that point, breaks away from the agency and disappoints the audience, she will have no choice but to hope that the naughty kid will change his mind, and she can only hold on to it, knock out her teeth and swallow it in her belly.
However, taking this step, receiving this award, and realizing her dream, the courage gained from this made her feel the joy of acting according to her own ideas and doing herself.
Thinking of this incident, Nakamori Akina subtly gained a kind of confidence and courage. Then she thought that the reason why things developed like this seemed to have started after meeting Shinichi Iwahashi.
Thanks to him.
While chatting casually, Nakamori Akina's brain, which had been blocked due to timidity, started to work again, and the outlines of the things that were previously fuzzy in her mind gradually became clearer.
The reason why I called Shinichi Iwahashi on the first day of the New Year was to express my gratitude to him.
Not only was she grateful for the advice that asked her to stand with the firm, but also for the various chain reactions that followed following this advice.
Before hanging up the phone, Nakamori Akina said to him: "See you next time, Iwahashi-san."
Iwahashi Shinichi happily accepted the signal, "Okay, see you next time."
"Then..." Akina Nakamori spoke again.
"Thank you." she said.
Iwahashi Shinichi was startled, smiled, and said without being polite to her, "Then, I'll hang up."
On the other end of the phone, Akina Nakamori was holding the handset that had been hung up, feeling relaxed.
She thanked him, and Iwahashi Shinichi said nothing, but just accepted the gratitude. Nakamori Akina realized his thoughtfulness and sincerely felt like she was being cared for tenderly.
…
It was a quiet night one day, and the pagers that had been ringing during the day finally stopped. During the New Year holiday, the people who would call us were basically familiar friends.
I already visited the small town of Shizuoka yesterday, and spent the second day of the holiday as a homebody at home.
In the afternoon, a guest from Masaaki Iwahashi came to visit. Shinichi Iwahashi, who had nothing to do with himself, was in his room upstairs, reading the single volume of "Chibi Maruko-chan" that his mother bought with great interest.
While watching, I was thinking to myself that children like Maruko-chan are, metaphorically speaking, like someone else's pet dog.
Occasionally meet her at other people's homes and watch her act cute and cute. Even if she does something troublesome, you will still find her cute. However, if you raise her yourself, you may ask online how to stew dog meat.
Iwahashi Masaaki's guest stayed until nine o'clock in the evening before leaving. Before going to bed, Watanabe Manyumi called him again.
I have read this number eight times a day for a year, and I have already become familiar with it.
I called back, and as soon as the call was connected, after a few words of greeting, Watanabe Manyumi said first: "I have been busy around the New Year, and I came to Sendai again today."
"Sendai?"
"My mother's hometown." Watanabe Manyumi explained.
"Oh." Iwahashi Shinichi didn't ask deeply, and said to her as if he was deliberately showing off: "My New Year's holiday is just the opposite. I'm very idle. I'm not used to it."
After listening to his words of making money and acting well, Watanabe Wan Yumi smiled and said: "That's great. I want to take a vacation like this."
Iwahashi Shinichi also smiled: "Come on."
The two of them laughed heartily on both ends of the phone and chatted comfortably.
Answering such a phone call before going to bed makes people feel comfortable, but the sequelae is that the conversation is too speculative, which makes them sleepy. After hanging up the phone, Shinichi Iwahashi struggled to fall asleep again.
Because of this, I took a long nap the next day and didn't get up until almost noon.
Fortunately, Iwahashi Asako and her boyfriend came over in the afternoon, so it was not the case that the brother-in-law came to visit for the first time and the brother-in-law slept until midnight and did not wake up.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Iwahashi Asako returned home with her boyfriend.
The two of them drove here from Tokyo. Yesterday, Iwahashi Asako followed her boyfriend to visit his hometown in Utsunomiya City. Today, she came to Shizuoka again. It seemed that she planned to get married as soon as possible.
Iwahashi Asako looked pretty much the same as when I saw her last time when I went to the office. However, she did not wear professional clothes during the New Year and wore fashionable clothes, so she looked a little prettier.
The future brother-in-law's name is Narita Hiroyuki. He is slightly shorter than Iwahashi Shinichi. He wears a well-tailored new suit. He has an average appearance, but he looks energetic and capable. When he and Iwahashi Asako sit next to each other, the two have similar auras.
The atmosphere is harmonious.
However, there is also a subtle sense of respect for each other through a layer of veil.
Hiroyuki Narita's hometown runs a local machine parts factory. There are two brothers in the family. He is the eldest son, but he disdains the life of being a factory owner in Utsunomiya. Now the family business is inherited by his younger brother, who is four years younger.
Such a family has good economic conditions, but has no connection with their heritage. Entering Dentsu naturally has nothing to do with the word "enjoy happiness". It is an elite Dentsu man who has struggled from the grassroots to the present.
They have similar academic qualifications and compatible personalities. Their family conditions are good but they are not high-profile people who want to climb high. They gave up inheriting the family business and stayed in Tokyo and avoided the trouble of dealing with the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The first impression given by people is not unpleasant. Iwahashi
Although Shoaki had some objections to Dentsu Man before, after receiving such a Dentsu Man, his prejudices were eliminated a lot.
We sat in the reception room and chatted for a while. Hiroyuki Narita's speech and behavior were both good.
In this situation, Shinichi Iwahashi would obviously not be the protagonist, so he could freely be his observer. Such observation allowed him to find out the reason why the two were so respectful to each other when they first met.
I'm afraid that when these two met again many years after graduation, they were able to get to the point of getting married. Rather than creating a spark of congeniality, it was better to say that they had achieved some success in their careers. Their lives should enter another track, that is, consider it.
During a life-long event, I happened to meet a suitable candidate in every aspect, and I hit it off immediately.