Before the show ended, people in the audience seats started to leave one after another.
Noriko Sakai looked at Yukiko Okada running towards her family, feeling envious in her heart.
Sitting next to her was her manager Noburo Mizoguchi. After watching Okada Yukiko's concert, he felt mixed emotions. After the concert, Okada Yukiko left the stage and returned to her family. Her idol career was over.
, and the dream about the "Sun Goddess" in his heart came to an end.
He took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his eyes with it to clean his glasses. Then he stood up from his seat and called Sakai Noriko, "Noriko, let's go too. Go backstage and say goodbye to Yukiko one last time."
For Noburo Mizoguchi, the handover between Noriko Sakai and Yukiko Okada, who became Okada Yukiko's successor, was probably a part of the "change of generations."
Sakai Noriko's eyes retracted from the corner of the stage, and she stood up obediently, "Yes, Mizoguchi-san."
Mizoguchi Noburo felt slightly comforted by the appearance of Noriko Sakai.
When the two of them walked out, Noburo Mizoguchi seemed to be encouraging Noriko Sakai, and also seemed to be cheering him up, saying: "Noriko, Yukiko retires. From now on, the hope of SunMusic will be on your shoulders."
Noriko Sakai looked uneasy after hearing this.
"I feel very lucky to have met you," Noburo Mizoguchi said after Yukiko Okada's retirement concert. "If it hadn't been for meeting you, I would have given up on making idols."
For Noriko Sakai, meeting Noburo Mizoguchi was also a blessing. If she had not been selected by Noburo Mizoguchi, she would have debuted as an ordinary idol like several girls signed by the agency at the same time, rather than as an idol.
Now, she enjoys first-class resources and has an ace agent personally managing her career.
To enjoy such resources, one must bear such expectations.
"..."
"Although I give up making idols, the agency, and the industry will still continue to create idols and let them debut, but in my heart, you are the last orthodox pure idol."
The last orthodox purist idol.
When Noriko Sakai heard what Noburo Mizoguchi said, she didn't feel honored or pressured. What she was thinking in her mind was that she probably would never be able to retire with such a high profile as Okada Yukiko-senpai in her life.
Because there was no one waiting to greet her and lead her off the stage at the side of the stage.
If my father arrives at the meeting, he will only shock others.
If it were her, after passing through the rising period, she might slowly fade away and eventually disappear from the entertainment industry, right? Noriko Sakai thought to herself, if no one was waiting to greet her, lead her off the stage, and start to retire.
What's the point of a concert?
"So, please keep the glory of the orthodox idol...please." Noburo Mizoguchi said in a sincere tone.
Noriko Sakai subconsciously wanted to shake her head, but then she said to the kind but serious manager who had high hopes for her, "Mizoguchi-san, I will do my best."
"I believe you." Mizoguchi Noburo finally nodded with satisfaction.
The old-school agent took his new dream with him, and the two of them walked backstage one after another.
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The lights in the venue have been turned on, the big screen has changed to a picture with Okada Yukiko's support logo, and all the musicians have left the venue. At this moment, Okada Yukiko has retreated backstage with her family.
More than half of the people in the related seats were gone, and the general audience also began to leave in an orderly manner. Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori, who had been sitting there until the end, were also about to leave.
"Today's performance was really wonderful." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
"Yes." Nakamori Akina said. She knew in her heart that this was by no means a social rhetoric, but a feeling from the heart.
The two of them stood up together, without any prior communication or agreement, and naturally left from the relationship passage together.
Although she had finished watching the performance, Nakamori Akina neither put on her hat nor put her sunglasses on the bridge of her nose. She happened to pass by someone in the aisle. When she was recognized, she greeted the person politely.
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"Before the performance started, I went backstage to meet Yukiko." Akina Nakamori and Shin Iwahashi chatted while walking, "She told me that Iwahashi-san is coming today too."
"What a coincidence," Shinichi Iwahashi said, remembering this somewhat funny miscommunication, "When I went backstage before, Yukiko said the same to me, 'Nakamori-san is here too today.'"
Having said this, the two of them turned to look at each other, both smiling.
"I thought..." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
Akina Nakamori deliberately cut off his words a little childishly and told the other half for him, "You mentioned it to Yukiko."
"Ha ha!"
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't know whether he was laughing at Topo Star's childish preemption or at the accident.
Iwahashi Shinichi's hearty smile made Nakamori Akina feel very good.
However, although both of them were a little surprised when they heard Okada Yukiko say that, after thinking about it later, neither of them found it strange.
This kind of friendship is as light as water and the fate of meeting by chance. It is not surprising that others mention it, and it is not surprising that it is kept secretive.
But what is a bit strange is that neither of them told anyone else about this matter. This choice actually added a sense of trust when they looked at each other.
"Yukiko probably wants to introduce you to me," Iwahashi Shinichi said, "If she found out, she might get sulky and say, 'How cunning'."
"Maybe you will happily say, 'Really? Then you don't need me to introduce you.'" Akina Nakamori said, imitating Okada Yukiko's tone of voice.
Akina Nakamori seems to be unusually cheerful. I don't know if it's the residual excitement after watching the concert, or if this is a part of her personality.
Iwahashi Shin saw this side of her again and again, and found it both novel and interesting.
However, he thought in his heart that if a girl like Okada Yukiko knew about this, she would probably say "How cunning, keeping it secret from me" and at the same time, "In this case, there is no need for me to do it."
introduced".
Yukiko Okada, who had always mentioned Nakamori Akina to Iwahashi Shinichi, and also mentioned Iwahashi Shinichi to Nakamori Akina from time to time, was probably very proud of her introduction method when she sent the tickets.
"Questions without answers are so unsettling." Iwahashi Shinichi was influenced by her and started laughing. However, looking at this, the two people who had been hiding the truth from Okada Yukiko were now planning to make the mistake.
The corridor is like the backstage of a martial arts gym. The corridor is narrow and winding. After climbing the stairs and turning two more turns, you emerge from the intricate maze.
Walking a little further, you will see the flower baskets gathered before the performance.
"Did you come here on your own?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked her.
