Miwa-chan was full of inquisitive spirit. Although this spirit only lasted for three seconds, she was immediately thrown aside. She blinked and stared at Iwahashi Shinichi's face again, "But, Shinichi-kun's expression just now was...
Serious enough."
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't answer her words, and went straight to the point, telling her, "The Kohaku Song Contest requires that the song must be sung within five minutes, so it may be necessary to make an arranged version exclusive to the Kohaku Contest.
"
After listening carefully, Miwa-chan suddenly asked, "Is this why Shinichi-kun is so serious?"
"Um?"
"You just looked like you had encountered some difficult problem to solve."
When Miwa-chan said this, she showed her optimism, "Looking at your expression, I thought something terrible had happened, but it turned out to be because of this."
The two of them were thinking about different things. What Miwa-chan thought about was that the songs to be sung at the Kohaku Utakai Festival would have to be re-arranged, but Shinichi Iwahashi was thinking about the strategy he had originally planned to use to promote the Kohaku Utakara Gala after this change.
Can it meet expectations?
A small misunderstanding made Miwa-chan think that Shinichi Iwahashi was worried about the arrangement.
So, before he could say anything, Miwa-chan's thoughts gradually took her on her own path. With a little pride of "I can do this question!", she comforted her by saying, "I'm just rewriting it."
It's just a song, you and Masato-san can solve it in one go."
Seeing the expression on the little fox's face, I almost had to pat my chest for Iwahashi Shinichi as a guarantee.
The band has always relied on Shinichi Iwahashi as its backbone. Even though Miwa-chan is like a rat carrying a gun, when something happens, she still depends on Shinichi Iwahashi's arrangements.
Now I see that Iwahashi Shinichi is troubled. Although I don't even know what he is really troubled about, Miwa-chan has the ability to cheer up Iwahashi Shinichi and has the awareness that he gives him what he needs, so she comforts him.
"Anyway, relax, be happy, smile~"
Before Iwahashi Shinichi said anything, Miwa-chan had already sent out a basket of words.
"Smile?" Shinichi Iwahashi was puzzled.
Miwa-chan nodded, stretched out her two index fingers, and made a gesture to hold the corners of her mouth, "Smile~"... Her smile now has nothing to do with "smile".
I have seen so many girls in the entertainment industry, but the one who smiles the most unrestrainedly is Miwa-chan.
Shin Iwahashi was half helpless and half amused.
However, Miwa-chan refused to easily let go of this opportunity to show off her skills. Faced with her eager eyes, Iwahashi Shinichi had no choice but to surrender and "smile".
When the job was done, Miwa-chan was satisfied and looked at him with a smile.
The two of them faced each other, and their eyes inevitably met. The little fox stared at him openly, in a good mood, and suddenly came up with an idea. He reached out and picked up a sheet of music on the table, blocking the way between her and him.
Between Iwahashi Shinichi.
Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in Miwa-chan's gourd. Just as he was about to ask, Miwa-chan poked her head out from the edge of the score, smiled at him, and hid behind the score.
After a while, he poked his head out from behind the music score and smiled at him, enjoying himself.
This poking around is like a real-life version of whack-a-mole, which makes people's hands feel weirdly itchy.
However, at this juncture, seeing Miwa-chan's optimistic smile makes Shinichi Iwahashi feel relieved. The expression that best matches Miwa-chan is a smile.
In short, the first thing is to let Miwa-chan sing on stage.
If you think about it this way, things will be much simpler. Just solve the arrangement issue and let her stand on the stage of the Red and White Song Concert and finish singing happily.
The lyrics and music of this new song are impeccable, not inferior to the canceled song "So Happy! So Happy! I Like It So Much!".
As for the publicity aspect that was originally conceived, it was him, Watanabe Manyumi, and CBS and Sony who had to make adjustments.
Adjusting his thinking again... Shinichi Iwahashi somewhat grasped some clues.
While he was pondering here, Miwa-chan suddenly took away the music sheet and sang to him: "Look over here and smile, don't be shy, e~smile~"
This sentence sounded familiar to Shinichi Iwahashi. After thinking about it, it was a piece of music written by Brother Nakamura before.
Miwa-chan was ordered to learn how to write lyrics for other people's songs (especially Brother Nakamura), and her learning progress was pretty good.
When making her debut album, almost all of her lyrics and music were used. When it comes to making this album, based on the inventory of songs on hand, it is planned to include three or four songs by Nakamura-nii.
Compared to Miwa-chan, who relies on his talent to make a living, Nakamura-san's songs have a different feel due to his solid foundation. However, this song is not among the songs scheduled to be included.
"e~smile~" Miwa-chan repeated the last verse again. It seemed that just because she was in a mood, such a melody suddenly popped up in her mind, and she thought it was quite suitable to match what she just said.
At this time, Brother Nakamura finished sorting things at the console and came over, "I thought you were taking pictures... something like 'smile'."
Indeed, "Look over here and smile", the absolute golden saying for photo studios.
Iwahashi Shinichi was really amused by Nakamura-san's words this time, but Miwa-chan was thrown some cold water by Nakamura-san and started to feel unhappy.
"Anyway, I need to tell you something first." Putting Miwa-chan aside, Iwahashi Shinichi told Nakamura-san about making another arrangement.
"It's really troublesome." Brother Nakamura smiled bitterly, but he also expressed his understanding.
When it comes to understanding authority, people always have the ability to teach themselves without a teacher.
"Now that things have happened, we can only make another 003 and see what kind of finished product we can make."
The two briefly communicated a few words, and Brother Nakamura went to get the music score of the previously arranged version.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked up and saw that Miwa-chan was still unhappy after being ignored. After thinking about it, he followed suit and sang to her: "e~smile~"
Miwa-chan made an expression as if she had eaten a pickled plum, "Shinichi-kun has no singing talent at all."
"..." Iwahashi Shinichi was speechless.
Miwa-chan choked him, but she felt happy. To a certain extent, his attempt to make her happy with this lyrics was a complete success.
Ignoring Shinichi Iwahashi's reaction, Miwa-chan happily hummed the phrase "e~smile~", took the paper and pen, and started doodling by herself.
Brother Nakamura came back with the music score. He looked at Miwa-chan who was enjoying herself, and then at Shinichi Iwahashi who had lost his feelings. He didn't know what happened, "Let's start now, Shinichi-kun."
Letting Miwa-chan play in her own world, Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamura exchanged ideas and broke down the song into two parts: "necessary to retain" and "can be deleted".
After that, we will complete the arrangement of the new version on this basis, and control the performance time within five minutes.
After the rough decision was made, the specific production was put aside for the time being, and then the recording of the new album continued. Iwahashi Shinichi greeted Miwa-chan, "It's time to start."
"Hai~" Miwa-chan responded and put down her pen.
The white paper in front of her was written and crossed out, and it looked messy. Iwahashi Shin glanced at it, and there were two sentences on it that were still clear.
"Look here and smile, don't be shy, e~smile~"
"With that smile that only I know, eyestome~"
…
Shinjuku.
Five minutes had passed since the scheduled meeting with Nakamori Akina, but fortunately, there was still some time before the movie started. Therefore, Okada Yukiko did not feel anxious.
The work in the entertainment industry is like this. The end time is not so certain. It is common to go a little earlier or a little later. Since Akina Nakamori didn't specifically call to say that she couldn't come, today's appointment can go on.
Today is the Shinjuku Art Cinema's Women's Day, with special discounts for female customers. A few days ago, Okada Yukiko and Nakamori Akina made an appointment to meet at a cafe near the cinema, and then go watch a movie together.
Last time, the movie we planned to watch together ended up being canceled due to work commitments. Later, Akina Nakamori was very busy, so Yukiko Okada went to watch a boring movie alone.
The poster looked quite high-quality, but I didn’t expect that the photos were not that good.
I don’t know what I’m going to watch this time? Watching this kind of art movie with only a poster and introduction in a magazine is like drawing a blind box. There is no answer until the movie is broadcast.
Even so, Okada Yukiko quite likes this feeling of uncertainty...if it is limited to movies.
It was a bit boring to wait for others, or in other words, waiting to watch a movie together. Today's scene overlapped with the previous scene, so Okada Yukiko couldn't help but think of the question in her heart.
Are Iwahashi-san and Akina-san familiar?
That night, I sent her and Akina-san home. Ordinarily, Akina-san was the third person who joined in the middle, but Iwahashi-san did not send Akina-san first.
After being reminded by Esaki and the others, Okada Yukiko felt that something was not right.
After returning home, she thought about it again and again, and she felt that Iwahashi-san, who was so thoughtful in everything he did, would not be the kind of person who didn't care about such small rules.
So, in his heart, he is almost familiar with her and Akina-san?
Shinichi Iwahashi and Akina Nakamori are both important friends that Okada Yukiko met in the entertainment industry. She even specially introduced the two of them at her retirement concert before.
If the two people she likes can become friends, Okada Yukiko will feel very happy.
That's how it should be.
However, now because of this question that she didn't know the answer to, she was confused and had a subtle feeling at the same time.
How did Iwahashi-san and Akina-san become friends?
Okada Yukiko was curious, but it seemed inappropriate to ask this question.
…
"Yukiko, I'm sorry, I'm late."
Akina Nakamori was fifteen minutes late. "I could have finished on time, but there was a slight problem." She explained and smiled apologetically, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
Okada Yukiko did not answer this sentence, but directly took the topic to a new place, "Let's go to the cinema, Akina-san."
"Okay." Akina Nakamori responded.
After finishing work, she took off her makeup and wore a pair of old-fashioned big black-rimmed glasses. They walked into the cinema together like this. No one would have thought that one of the two girls was Taopusida.
Even so, there were not many viewers in the screening hall tonight. This movie didn't look very popular.
…
“Much more exciting than expected.”
However, when the movie ended and the two girls left before the lights in the screening room came on, they came out of the cinema with a good evaluation of the movie.
"I'm so touched." Okada Yukiko's eye circles were still a little red.
Although I have never been in love yet, it does not prevent me from crying over love stories. In other words, it is because I have little experience in love that I easily shed tears over love stories.
The two girls who were satisfied did not just go back to their respective homes. After leaving the cinema, they walked into the cafe in the alley together.
"This time we finally watched a movie together."
Okada Yukiko smiled and said to Nakamori Akina.
Akina Nakamori thought of the movie she didn't see last time and smiled and said, "It turned out that I didn't see it until the final release of the movie."
"Fortunately, it's the kind of movie that you won't feel regretful about even if you missed it." Yukiko Okada said.
Akina Nakamori laughed at her, "It's so pitiful to say that."
What is pitiful is not this movie that is so praised, but Yukiko Okada who watched such a bad movie.
Okada Yukiko came back to her senses and laughed at herself. At this point, she hesitated and said with emotion: "Although we didn't watch it as a movie last time, we had dinner together, and
Iwahashi-san.”
Akina Nakamori nodded, "Yes." She also remembered what happened that night.
Okada Yukiko quietly looked at her expression, trying to see something from it, but found nothing.
Not only that...
"Is there something on my face? Yukiko." She was even caught red-handed by Akina Nakamori.
Okada Yukiko was suddenly called, and a layer of light pink suddenly appeared on her face. "No." Looking at Akina Nakamori, "I was just thinking that the glasses Akina-san is wearing are so exaggerated."
"Really?" Akina Nakamori adjusted her glasses with some concern.
Okada Yukiko secretly breathed a sigh of relief after getting through. However, being caught red-handed made her retreat from the idea she had just had and gave up for the time being.
The first journey to find answers failed.
However, she suddenly mentioned Iwahashi Shinichi, which reminded Akina Nakamori of something.
…
Just a week after November, Shinichi Iwahashi went home, checked the mailbox in his apartment, and took out a thin package.
It was sent by Akina Nakamori. Look at the size and shape of the package, it looks like something like a record.
After exchanging the addresses of their respective apartments last time, the next correspondence between the two was no longer sent to Yanyin Office or Genzo's office in Kawasaki, but directly to their homes.
When we met in Karuizawa before, Akina Nakamori said she bought him a gift and then sent it directly to his apartment. Not only that, this was the first time she sent something here after getting the address.
