As the car drove onto the road, Omoto asked Nakamori Akina, "Shall I take you home now?"
Akina Nakamori said "Yeah", "Please."
After receiving the confirmation, Daben said nothing and concentrated on driving.
Even though she was a bit nosy, Omoto felt quite relieved that she could decline Kondo Masahiko's invitation just now. At least it meant that she was no longer led by Kondo Masahiko like before.
Since a few years ago, Omoto has been following Akina Nakamori as her agent, and he once tried to help her avoid reporters and fans to meet Kondo Masahiko. Such Omoto was very important to Kondo Masahiko's public scandal at the Grand Awards.
It was as if he had been betrayed by his face.
However, just as he would not express his contempt for Kondo Masahiko, he would not express these thoughts either.
A smart agent will only do what he is assigned to do. Of course, whether he will reveal his attitude in subtle ways is another matter.
For example, tonight, when Akina Nakamori lied about having a job, he immediately expressed her cooperation. It is the basic duty of an agent to follow the lead of his artist, but saying "amazing" to Akina Nakamori is a reflection of his own attitude.
The car drove smoothly on the way back.
Akina Nakamori turned her face sideways, and what passed by the car window were the familiar street scenes.
In order to reject Kondo Masahiko, she subconsciously lied and used work as an excuse. Thinking about it later, it was sad that the relationship had reached this point.
However, compared to lying, she resisted dancing happily with Kondo Masahiko.
Kondo Masahiko felt that Nakamori Akina had no determination and opinion, but Omoto thought she was too opinionated. The two men had completely different views on Nakamori Akina, but they actually came from different standpoints.
Akina Nakamori has her own opinion, and even because she is so opinionated, after identifying an ideal life, she goes further and further on the road to pursue this ideal life.
The lack of assertiveness shown in Kondo Masahiko's matter is rather because she discovered the non-idealization of the road she is walking on. There is an interplay between what she has always believed in and the reality she has to face.
Collision. Just like finding the place where the seemingly redundant puzzle piece should be placed when putting together a puzzle, constantly adjusting it.
When putting together a puzzle, if it doesn't fit, it must be because something is wrong, so you have to try piece by piece.
But now, she suddenly discovered that the reason why she couldn't put the puzzle together no matter how hard she put it was not because she mistakenly put the puzzle piece that should have been placed here in another place, but because there were corners that didn't belong to this puzzle piece at all.
A corner sneaked in.
After realizing this, she no longer made adjustments to justify herself, and naturally she no longer had "no determination and opinions."
Tonight, Kondo Masahiko seemed to be sincere, but he blindly shifted the responsibility to the agency and his fans. This "true confession" not only failed to impress her, but also revealed his insincerity and lack of responsibility.
The seed planted in my heart took root and sprouted. As the sapling grew, the shadow also grew larger.
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As if she was caught by the neon lights outside the car window, Nakamori Akina blinked and looked away.
She turned her head and saw the package placed aside. It was the record sent to her by Shinichi Iwahashi, "17 Years Old" by Chisato Moritaka.
"I'm a kid from a shopping street."
Nakamori Akina recalled the time when she promised Iwahashi Shinichi and boasted that she would be a "taster" in Haikou, and thought it was funny that she was like that. However, despite saying such silly things, Iwahashi Shinichi didn't feel the same at all.
He felt that she was out of tune, but he went along with her nonsensical assurance and seemed to enjoy it.
Akina Nakamori reached over and picked up the thin package. Without opening it, she could guess that it was an LP based on the size and feel.
She suddenly had a somewhat nonsensical thought in her mind. If she opened it and looked at it, she wondered if there would be cards like "Collecting Tasting Thoughts" inside.
Omoto drove the car into the underground parking lot of the apartment. Nakamori Akina got out of the car, said goodbye to Omoto, and then walked to the elevator alone.
She lives alone, the house is not big.
After returning home, she first put the bath water in. There was a waterproof radio in the bathroom, and she took a comfortable bath while listening to the Tokyoofm radio.
She also listens to the radio while taking a shower, which is exactly the fun of a middle-aged uncle and housewife.
After taking a shower, she changed into loose and comfortable home clothes. Akina Nakamori went to the kitchen to find scissors and cut open the package sent by Shinichi Iwahashi. After taking out the contents, she saw the attached piece of paper and burst out laughing.
The sound comes.
Shinichi Iwahashi actually included a "Tasting Thoughts" card in the package.
When a record is released, in order to collect the audience's thoughts in order to adjust the singer's future course, the record company sometimes includes a survey form with the record.
However, the one Iwahashi Shinichi gave as a gift was obviously specially prepared for her as a "tasting specialist".
It looks like a decent imitation of a record company's questionnaire, with the words "This questionnaire will serve as an important reference for future production and promotion. Please help me."
In addition to the listed survey questions, I also prepared the address for sending the letter.
It was not the location of Warner Pioneer Records, which she was familiar with, but Genzo, a music production company located in Kawasaki.
Her nonsensical thoughts unexpectedly received a response from Iwahashi Shinichi.
Akina Nakamori took this questionnaire and read it one by one, and couldn't help laughing.
She lived alone at home, and she didn’t have to care about other people’s eyes. So she sat on the sofa alone and smiled at the questionnaire for a long time. While laughing, she felt in her heart
After laughing, she put the questionnaire aside and picked up the record.
Chisato Moritaka on the cover is almost the same as the poster I saw on Warner Pioneer during the day, exuding youthful vitality.
The lead song is "17 Years Old" and the b-side song is "19 Years Old".
Looking at the record commentary, nineteen is Chisato Moritaka's current age.
Since he boasted about Haikou, Nakamori Akina really acted like a qualified shopping street taster, starting from the most basic confirmation of the packaging and instructions.
After checking, she went to open the dust cover of the record player and put the food she wanted to try this time on the plate.
The record player was running and the intro was playing. Although I knew it was a cover of "17 Years Old", this intro was like two completely different songs from the "17 Years Old" in my memory.
The rhythmic and layered electronic instruments made Nakamori Akina immediately understand that this Minami Saori's classic song had been rearranged according to a popular style.
This re-arranged song does not feel like it was a song from seventeen years ago at all. It is so in tune with this era.
Now is the era when disco craze is sweeping the country and continental dance music is popular.
