After the matter was settled, Gomi Takashi said goodbye, and Iwahashi Shinichi and Yoshida Miwa also exited the rehearsal room.
After seeing him off, Shinichi Iwahashi asked Miwa Yoshida, "How is your physical condition now?"
"Thanks to you, nothing will happen."
"However, to find a musician so quickly, you really are the one." Miwa Yoshida said.
"It's all thanks to Amaya-san." Iwahashi Shinichi said honestly.
Miwa Yoshida said "Oh" and said goodbye to him, "Then I'll go back too, Shinichi-san."
Iwahashi Shinichi asked casually: "Do you want to send it to you?"
"I won't give you the chance to be a flower protector today." Yoshida Miwa half-joked, waving to him, "...see you later. By the way, remember to thank Amaya-san for helping me so much."
"Why don't you say this yourself?"
"Because," she said without looking back, "Amaya-san did so much just for you."
Okay, you can sing well and you are reasonable.
It's a good thing she's not a beautiful woman, otherwise she'd be good at singing, talented, and good-looking...
According to God's bad taste of closing a door and opening a window and taking away whatever you order, your temper will be so bad.
After Yoshida Mikazuya left, Iwahashi Shinichi stood there for a while, but did not see Amaya Mari coming out. After thinking about it, he went back and found that she was still in the rehearsal room and was cleaning up the house.
Seeing him come back, Amaya Mari was not only surprised, but also undisguisedly happy, "Iwahashi-san?"
"I see you haven't come out... are you cleaning the room?" Iwahashi Shinichi paused, "Let me help too. If we hadn't come here, we wouldn't have caused you all this trouble. It was not thoughtful to leave right away.
Already."
"That's not the case." Mari Amaya shook his head.
In the end, she didn't refuse his help. After cleaning up the house together, Amaya locked the door and the two walked out of the building.
"Thank you today, Amaya-san." Shinichi Iwahashi thanked her again, "and everyone in the band who generously lent me the rehearsal room."
"That's it for now."
"Why?"
Amaya smiled at his reaction, as if the prank was successful, "That's it for thanking you. I didn't help because I wanted to hear you thank you repeatedly."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled bitterly and said, "It scared me."
"What are you afraid of?"
"When I suddenly said 'that's it', I thought I was breaking off our relationship." Iwahashi Shinichi said, "I don't think it's like that, and I didn't offend you."
Amaya glanced at him, as if he was amused by his words, "...No."
The two of them walked to the intersection and prepared to go to the other side.
Cars passed in front of them one after another, and they waited for the traffic lights to change colors.
"You surprised me today." Mari Amaya said again.
"Yeah?"
"I didn't expect your piano skills to be so good, even better than dancing."
"If you were talking about anything else, you might have to humbly say, 'That's not the case.' But when it comes to playing the piano, you can accept this level of praise without blushing."
Mari Amaya smiled, "Why should you be so careful?" He looked forward quietly, "...but, I know today, I don't know you well enough."
"..." Iwahashi Shin suddenly turned to look at her.
At this time, the color of the traffic light changed.
Mari Amaya, who was the first to notice, reached out and tugged on his sleeve, "Iwahashi-san, the light is green."
Her slender fingers trembled slightly.
As soon as Shinichi Iwahashi laid his eyes on that hand,...like a bird flapping its wings, Mari Amaya quickly let go of it.
On the Monday afternoon of the next week, the band Dreams e True, which had been together for less than three days, appeared backstage at the live house.
The person in charge who received him before recognized Shinichi Iwahashi. When he saw his band, he hesitated and asked, "Are you three members?"
"Yes." Shinichi Iwahashi opened his eyes and lied, "I am also the keyboardist of the band."
The person in charge listened, looked at him, and did not pursue further: "Really? Come on then."
It's common for a musician to also serve as the band's manager, but it's not a big deal.
To be strange, it was because Shinichi Iwahashi said "he still has a band" instead of "his band" at the time that he suddenly appeared as a musician, which caused the person in charge to hesitate for a moment.
There are two other bands competing for the spot on Friday night.
Choose one of the three, and choose the murderer's configuration in "Detective Conan".
It can be said that he was a bit bold. For an opportunity that was not 100% confirmed, he formed a band and participated in the audition. However, he was not afraid. Regardless of whether it was successful or not, he had already seen from this experience.
Opportunity.
Their band was the first to appear.
Gomi Takashi doesn't like the first one to appear, but Iwahashi Shinichi is optimistic, "It's better to strike first and be first."
As soon as Miwa Yoshida was amused by her witticisms, before they had time to ferment, the staff asked them to audition.
On the small and simple stage, the person in charge of the live house and several staff members were standing under the stage. After standing on the stage, saying hello, and getting the signal "it's time to start", Shinichi Iwahashi was responsible for beating the time: "1,2
,3,4!”
The prelude of "うれしはずかし朝帰り" started playing.
The interview process was similar to the audition for Gomi Takashi that day, except that there were changes in the repertoire of the performance. After singing her own original song, Yoshida Miwa followed Iwahashi Shinichi's arrangement and sang a cover of Rebecca's band song.
The performance ended quickly, and the person in charge clapped his hands and said, "Okay, please go to the back and wait for a moment."
The three of them returned to the backstage and happened to pass by the next band that came on stage.
Ten minutes later, the third group was called over again.
There was no room to sit backstage, so the three of them were standing against the wall. Opposite the short and narrow corridor was another group of bands on standby. No matter they were teammates or opponents, no one spoke to each other. Standing here, you can hear the front
The sound of the performance that came through was still the same, clear but vague.
Fortunately, the wait was not long. After the third band came back, the person in charge also came over and announced on the spot, "...the one admitted is Dreams e True."
The three people quickly bowed, "Thank you very much!"
The unsuccessful band didn't think anything of it. After saying hello, they packed up their things and hurriedly retreated.
"Iwahashi-san, right?" The person in charge could still call him by his last name.
"Yes."
"The band's performance is very lively and very good, and the lead singer is also very capable."
Shin Iwahashi thanked him, and he couldn't help but think that when this powerful singer came out as a solo artist, he was rejected without even thinking about it.
"You are the agent."
"Yes."
"Then let's talk about the remuneration for the performance." The person in charge said, "It's not too much, five thousand yen, and you don't participate in the sharing. Is that okay?"
There is only one answer to this question
"No problem." Iwahashi Shinichi replied.
After the interview, in the evening, Iwahashi Shinichi invited Gomi Takaji to dinner, and took his female lead singer Yoshida Miwa with him. They had something to eat in a small restaurant, which didn't cost much. After the meal, Gomi Takaji said goodbye to them and left first.
As soon as Gomi Takashi left and they were alone together, the atmosphere changed and became more calm and composed.
As night fell, the neon lights on the street were colorful, and the two of them walked into the crowd in front of them.
At this time, Miwa Yoshida said to him: "Congratulations, Shinichi-san. I got the first popular performance as expected."
"It's worth celebrating." Shinichi Iwahashi also said.
"Although I only got 5,000 yen."
"A mere five thousand yen."
"We still need three people to share it together."
"But there are two hundred and fifty people watching."
"Opportunities are priceless."
“…Opportunities are priceless.”
The two of them said something to each other, and when they said this, they couldn't help but look at each other and smile, and then they deeply felt what the so-called happiness of being poor was all about.
In the days that followed, Shinichi Iwahashi looked forward to Friday night's performance, like an elementary school student who just bought a new box of correction fluid and couldn't wait to write a typo.
This analogy... is really enough for a primary school student.
On Friday, he called Gomi Takashi and Yoshida Miwa respectively early in the morning to confirm the time and place for today's meeting.
When we arrived at the livehouse, today's appearance order had been written on the whiteboard backstage, and their band was the third in line to take the stage. The narrow backstage was even more crowded than the backstage I stayed in when I went to perform with Mimi Club.
.
There are not many female lead singers, and Miwa Yoshida is the only one among the bands that came to perform tonight. Backstage, people from other bands came to see her, intentionally or unintentionally.
Yoshida Miwa was also generous and allowed them to look at her. She didn't care whether there was something unfriendly in her eyes.
Although everyone performs in their own way, since they are on the same stage, there is always a sense of competition between each other. Even if no one awards an MVP after the performance, only when there are opponents can the potential be unleashed.
When they were approaching, Yoshida Miwa listened to the music and cheers coming from the front and asked as if to confirm: "There are really 250 people waiting for us in front?"
"Maybe more than that. Some venues, even if they are full, sometimes let more people in." Gomi Takashi replied.
Iwahashi Shinichi asked her: "Are you nervous?"
Miwa Yoshida shook her head, "That's not true."
On the contrary, she likes the stage and singing in front of people. Tonight is the biggest stage she has ever stood on since coming to Tokyo. She is a little excited when she thinks there are so many people in front of her.
"You have a good attitude." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
As he said this, his mind suddenly flashed back to Mari Amaya who taught him to write the word "人" in his palm that day and swallow it to relieve his tension.
At this time, the staff came to call them.
"Dreams e true please be ready to appear."
Miwa Yoshida laughed after hearing this, "Gomi-san is right, Shinichi-san's English pronunciation is authentic."
The staff read their band name according to the Japanese katakana reading, and called it: "Dolimuzcom Tulu".
"You?" Shinichi Iwahashi shook his head and smiled before he could say anything.
