Omoto sent Akina Nakamori to a restaurant near the meeting place.
Before getting off the car, Daben asked her, "Are you coming to pick you up later?"
By the time Yukiko Okada finished dinner with her, it was getting late. Akina Nakamori didn't tell him that Shinichi Iwahashi was there, so Omoto thought it was just the two girls, so he asked more questions.
However, she was rejected by Akina Nakamori, "No need. You can go back and rest, Omoto-san."
In this case, Omoto stopped talking. After Akina Nakamori got off the car, he drove off alone to find a small shop to eat.
Akina Nakamori walked into the store and saw Yukiko Okada and Shinichi Iwahashi sitting opposite her. The two were talking about something.
From where they were sitting, they could only see the back of Shinichi Iwahashi.
Okada Yukiko saw Akina Nakamori first, waved to her and smiled, "Akina-san, this way~"
Shinichi Iwahashi, who had his back turned to this side, also turned his head and looked at the door.
Although they have just finished their work, the people in front of the stage always look different from ordinary people.
After the recording, Akina Nakamori took off her makeup and stayed in front of the camera for several hours. Now that she has relaxed her hair, she looks a little tired.
Despite this, the subtle fusion of her overly thin body and this hint of tiredness gave her a different kind of brilliance.
Nakamori Akina sat down next to Okada Yukiko, diagonally facing Iwahashi Shinichi. Two equally radiant girls, but each with their own beauty, sat side by side in front of him. It was a "luxury".
Okada Yukiko and Nakamori Akina, two good friends, finished greeting each other and then turned their attention back to Iwahashi Shinichi.
"Long time no see, Iwahashi-san." Akina Nakamori greeted him.
Shinichi Iwahashi also greeted her politely, "Long time no see."
The last time we met was at the backstage of "Night Breaking Studio". However, at that time, we said we were meeting, but we were separated by a layer of balaclavas. Going back further, it was even longer ago.
What Okada Yukiko was thinking about was backstage at her retirement concert, where Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori were seated next to each other. The two had met once at that time.
After the two of them finished their greetings, she took the lead in picking up the menu, "I'm going to be hungry."
It's a bit awkward to have dinner at this time.
Hearing Okada Yukiko's frank remarks, Iwahashi Shinichi smiled and glanced at Akina Nakamori subconsciously. However, he saw Akina Nakamori also picked up the menu and muttered: "Me too, if I continue to be hungry, I will be too hungry.
"
After saying this, before deciding on the menu, he raised his eyes and looked at Shinichi Iwahashi opposite him. It seemed that after shouting that he was hungry regardless of his appearance, he looked at Shinichi Iwahashi to confirm his reaction.
As a result, the eyes of the two people happened to meet.
Iwahashi Shinichi gave her a gentle smile. When he looked at her with a smile, there was never anything like frivolity in his expression.
Akina Nakamori also showed a small smile and lowered her gaze.
…
When ordering, the two girls were very brave. They seemed not to care about eating at this time or the problem of body management. But when the food was delivered, it was obvious that they were paying attention while eating.
The three of them chatted while eating.
To be precise, it was Okada Yukiko who acted as the link between the three of them.
"I'm calling you. I originally wanted to ask if you have time tonight to take advantage of the Ginza Cinema's women's discount day to go see a movie. Since you didn't reply, I guessed that you must be at work." Okada Yukiko said to Nakamori Akina.
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At this point, the conversation changed and Iwahashi Shinichi was also brought in, "But, because Iwahashi-san extended the recording to seven-thirty, we can't catch up with the eight o'clock movie today anyway."
"If you want to go watch a movie with Nakamori-san, I will definitely let you go." Iwahashi Shinichi replied calmly.
Okada Yukiko received such an answer, and asked with a smile: "Really?", but did not wait for his answer, and then said her own, "However, even though I was working overtime, Iwahashi-san said that I wanted to treat guests to dinner. Just as I was about to leave,
Akina-san just called back."
She seemed to find this coincidence quite interesting.
Indeed, after sending the page and before receiving a call back from Akina Nakamori, I never imagined that we would meet in this combination.
During those days in the entertainment industry, the few warmth Yukiko Okada received were two beams of light, one from Akina Nakamori and one from Shinichi Iwahashi.
Yukiko Okada likes Akina Nakamori and Shinichi Iwahashi, so she hopes to get them to know each other.
"What are you recording today?"
Nakamori Akina listened to the chat between Okada Yukiko and Iwahashi Shinichi and asked curiously. She remembered what Iwahashi Shinichi wrote in his letter about the establishment of a record company.
"The content of the recording is nothing. What I recorded today in Yoyogi is a collection of cover songs." The person who answered was Shinichi Iwahashi. "After the recording ended, I added a temporary sound check, and it was too late."
"Yoyogi's recording studio often makes this kind of cover collection. As long as it's an idol collection, you can definitely see Akina-san's songs." Okada Yukiko expressed her own experience.
"Once, I saw my own song in the playlist." When she said this, she subconsciously softened her tone, as if she felt shy about it.
Akina Nakamori heard this and smiled: "Singers who have recorded in the past, when they recorded this song, they found out that the person in charge of organizing the music score was Yukiko, wouldn't they be shocked?"
Listening to this tone, it seems that he has imagined this kind of scene that looks like a prank.
"So," Okada Yukiko blinked, as if she had done something bad, "during the recording that day, the singer who went to sing was ng several times."
Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamori Akina both said that she made them laugh. While he was laughing, he was still thinking to himself that this kind of prank-like scene was quite interesting.
It seems that Fuji TV has such a prank show, but the targets are not ordinary people, but celebrities. The name of the program is "Celebrity Prank Secret Report".
In the program, the TV station came up with various ideas to tease celebrities, secretly filmed their reactions, and then showed them to the public on TV programs, so that the audience laughed at the celebrities who were being pranked.
Having said that, why only prank celebrities? It would be interesting to prank ordinary people like this.
For example, there was a scene where Yukiko Okada recounted, "In the recording studio where we used to record cover albums, the girl who worked in the recording studio was the original singer of the song that was to be covered."
When the singer is concentrating on recording, arrange for the working girl to hang out in front of the singer more often.
Shinichi Iwahashi watched Akina Nakamori chatting with Yukiko Okada, and this thought came to his mind.
In addition to the ghost-drawing social show proposed by the fat young man, he always wants to trick ordinary people. If it is known, he will probably be called "evil" again.
…
Midway through, Yukiko Okada got up and left the table, going to the bathroom.
As soon as she left, Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori were left in front of the dining table. The bond that connected this dinner party left temporarily, and the two people sitting there fell into silence for a while.
But silence is silence, but it is not embarrassing, but has a different kind of nature.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at Nakamori Akina, and Nakamori Akina looked at him, as if they were waiting for the other person to speak first. In the end, no words were said, but they looked at each other and smiled.
"You say it first?" Akina Nakamori said.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a while, "Long time no see."
Nakamori Akina smiled and replied: "Long time no see."
The two people who had just met and exchanged greetings now exchanged greetings again. However, the two exchanges of greetings were subtly different in some places.
"I didn't expect to have dinner with you today."
"The audition time for the singer took too long, and I forgot to let Yukiko leave in advance. As a result, she was hungry along with her." Shinichi Iwahashi said.
If it hadn't been like this, we wouldn't be sitting together having this late dinner like we are now.
However, chance is inevitable.
"Although I go to the recording studio all day long, I don't pay much attention to the work of the recording assistant."
"It's almost all trivial matters. You have to do everything you can see. Yukiko also went from having others prepare recordings for her to now preparing them for others."
"This kind of Yukiko is very powerful." Nakamori Akina was not saying exaggerated polite words.
Iwahashi Shinichi understood what she was referring to and smiled, "Indeed, she does a decent job. She is the kind of person who can complete it seriously and beautifully no matter what she does."
Just as he was talking about Okada Yukiko, she also came back from the bathroom.
"What are you two talking about?" Yukiko Okada was curious.
The person who answered was Iwahashi Shinichi, "I am praising Yukiko for your good work in the recording studio."
"Huh?" Okada Yukiko was a little embarrassed.
This brings out her childish side again. Whenever she is praised, she always looks shy.
Nakamori Akina looked at Shinichi Iwahashi who was talking to Okada Yukiko. It was the first time she saw the relationship between him and Okada Yukiko in person, but she also seemed to be able to see the usual relationship between him and Okada Yukiko.
Such Shinichi Iwahashi always makes Akina Nakamori feel incredible.
If we want to talk about being strong, Shinichi Iwahashi must be that kind of person. When we first met, what we saw was him saying "Success!", and he seemed to be moving forward all the way.
In Akina Nakamori's impression, Shinichi Iwahashi was very strong and tough. However, such a person with the drive to move forward also had the tenderness to understand people's hearts.
Although I was running forward, I could still notice the small flowers on the roadside.
Ever since she was young, Akina Nakamori has never met anyone like Shinichi Iwahashi.
She watched Okada Yukiko chatting with Iwahashi Shinichi and felt that Iwahashi Shinichi was so frank that she could see his inner thoughts at a glance, but in fact she could not see through him.
This kind of frankness that seems to see through at a glance, and this kind of mystery that cannot be seen through, make her always curious about Shinichi Iwahashi.
…
As the conversation continued, Yukiko Okada took her from the recording studio in Yoyogi to the recording studio in Aoyama.
"Iwahashi-san, at the record company, are Hirakawa-san and the others about to debut?" Okada Yukiko naturally asked about the record company in front of Nakamori Akina.
Okada Yukiko had told her about this matter to Nakamori Akina when they called her earlier. Iwahashi Shinichi did not hide Okada Yukiko's matter, and it would not take long for it to be reported to Nakamori Akina.
In a sense, Okada Yukiko is also a small trumpet and a small microphone.
However, Yukiko Okada works part-time at the recording studio, and naturally she also knows Tatsuya Hirakawa, who has been staying in the recording studio before. She will ask about the band's debut progress, and she is genuinely concerned and not just gossip.
"The company is also making progress, and they will probably debut by the end of the year." Shinichi Iwahashi thought for a moment and mentioned something, "Next week, the band is going to stay at a villa in Karuizawa to record the debut album.
Prepare."
This was just decided a few days ago, but it can be considered a convention.
Sachiko Kamaichi joined temporarily, and there was no tacit understanding with the band, so it took a long time to get used to it.
When Japanese record companies sign bands, it’s a different matter for bands that have been partners since school or have performed together many times in the underground music circle. However, if it is a team that was put together temporarily, most of them will arrange so-called
"Bed-in" means arranging band members to train together for a period of time.
There is a way to form a band, that is, the record company holds a screening meeting, selects a dozen potential members, and brings them together to sleep together, train together every day, and eat together. In this process of getting along day and night, the members who get along will become
We naturally gathered together and decided on the final list.
Although there is no lack of tacit understanding between Hirakawa Tatsuya and the other two, Kamaike Sachiko is the designated lead vocalist, and there is no possibility of substitution. Therefore, a pre-debut sleepover must be included in the itinerary.
The villa we will stay in is owned by Watanabe Manyumi.
When Watanabe Susumu was still alive, he bought a holiday villa in Karuizawa. This industry leader loved playing golf and would go to Karuizawa for vacation from time to time and take advantage of the golf courses here.
Watanabe Mayumi was taught golf by her father. When she was a student, she often followed her father to Karuizawa. When Watanabe Shin passed away, he gave the villa here to Watanabe Mayumi.
This time the band wanted to stay together. They originally wanted to go to the Lake Yamanaka area in Yamanashi Prefecture. Since Watanabe Manyumi agreed to lend them a villa, the location was decided on the resort of Karuizawa.
The band members will not go there until next week. Before that, the record company sent people to deliver the instruments and recording equipment to the villa there, and the manager of the villa made preparations for move-in in advance.
In addition to the band members, there are also their managers and staff accompanying them, about eight or nine people.
As the band's producer, Shinichi Iwahashi should have stayed there together to discuss recording, song selection and other matters with the band members. However, he was very busy with work in Tokyo and stayed there with the band.
It was unrealistic last week, so I only went a few times in between and came back on the same day.
"Karuizawa?" Nakamori Akina interjected after hearing the place name.
Next Thursday, she will also go to Karuizawa for a location shoot.
