On New Year's Eve, both Yoshida Misaki and Yoshida Masaki returned to the old house of the Watanabe family, as well as Watanabe Manyumi, and the three of them accompanied Watanabe Misaki to celebrate the New Year.
On the first day of New Year's Day, veteran artists from the agency will come to visit. When the time comes, Yoshida Miki and Yoshida Masaki will be responsible for hosting them, and Watanabe Manyumi will also have to accompany them.
Misa Watanabe was old and did not stay up late with her. After watching the opening of the Kohaku Utakara, she went back to the bedroom to rest. Watanabe Wan Yumi stayed in the living room with her sister and brother-in-law to watch the next Kohaku Utakara.
Masaki Yoshida stood up and asked his wife and sister-in-law, "I'm going to get some wine. You two should have a drink too, right?"
On New Year's Eve, both Rongzi and Denkijiang went home.
As soon as Yoshida Masaki walked away, there were only Yoshida Miki and Watanabe Manyumi in the living room. Since Watanabe Manyumi became independent from the office, it has been a long time since the two sisters sat alone together like this.
Miki Yoshida wanted to say something to her sister, so she started talking about the arrangements for the first month of the year. According to previous years' practice, the two sisters would accompany their mother back to their hometown in Sendai during the first month. This year, the departure time was three days.
This year, due to the critical illness of locusts, the arrangements for the first month of the year are not too lively. During the New Year, almost all entertainment projects in the streets and alleys have been stopped.
"I heard that small theaters in Osaka are still open as usual during the first month of the year." Watanabe Manyumi told her sister.
Yoshida Miki doesn't like Osaka people very much, "Kansai people always do their own thing."
"I will go to Osaka from Sendai on the morning of the 5th," Watanabe Manyumi said.
On the TV, Shizuka Kudo is singing and dancing. She has become so popular this year that even the waitresses in nightclubs have imitated her air bangs.
"Going to Osaka?" Yoshida Miki was a little surprised.
"I'm going to visit the producer of Kansai TV, Kansai Broadcasting."
Years ago, after deciding on the strategy of temporarily shifting ZARD's promotional focus to Kansai after the year, Watanabe Manyumi and Iwahashi Shinichi agreed to meet and negotiate with the producers in Kansai.
When the time comes, all the members of zard, the managers of Xingchen Agency and the record company's managers will accompany them.
Miki Yoshida said "Oh".
On TV, after Shizuka Kudo finished singing, the male fighting group appeared. Watanabe Wan Yumi thought, the next one is Dreams e True.
At this time, Yoshida Masaki came in carrying a tray that was a bit too big, with whiskey, an ice bucket, and even side dishes to go with the wine.
He gave the mixed wine to Watanabe Mayumi and Yoshida Miki, and finally asked himself, "What are you talking about?"
"Manyumi will go to Osaka on the 5th." Yoshida Miki told him.
When Dreams e True appeared, Yoshida Masaki looked at the giraffe man on TV and smiled: "Is this Iwahashi-kun?"
Watanabe Wan Yumi nodded, "It's him."
Masaki Yoshida was eye-opening, "If I hadn't known it beforehand, I would never have thought it was him... Wearing a hood to join the band, he is really interesting and stubborn."
Watanabe Manyumi heard her brother-in-law say that Iwahashi Shinichi was "stubborn". After thinking about it, she felt that in a sense, it was not wrong.
The two of them chatted about Iwahashi Shinichi, but Yoshida Miki never answered.
However, she didn't say anything, but she was planning in her heart. Dreams e True debuted in Hong Kong in the first year of their debut, and Wan Yumi wanted to cooperate with Iwahashi to promote the show after the new year. This battle is crucial.
Yoshida Miki is also worried about Watanabe Mayumi as to what kind of results can be achieved with such a large investment. With such a big fanfare, if the final effect is mediocre, not only will the publicity funds be lost, but the industry will inevitably be regarded as a fool.
That Shinichi Iwahashi acted boldly and did not follow common sense. This seemed to have become his label.
Yoshida Miki felt that since her sister met him, she has always accompanied him on adventures. Not only that, she also enjoyed it.
The couple had a good rapport - or in other words, they cared about the same thing, but had different attitudes. Yoshida Masaki asked Watanabe Manyumi, "How are you and Iwahashi-kun doing?"
"How about what?" Watanabe Manyumi asked.
Her tone seemed like she didn't understand the meaning of Yoshida Masaki's words. Yoshida Miki knew her sister well, and when she heard her response, she felt moved and went to see her husband.
Masaki Yoshida was about to continue talking when he suddenly received a look from his wife and changed his words, "I'm going to Osaka on the 5th. Do you want me to call a producer I know from Kansai TV?"
Watanabe Manyumi happily agreed, "If this is the case, it will be much easier for Iwahashi and I."
Next, all three people avoided the name Iwahashi Shinichi.
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After "Light of Fireflies" was sung, the Red and White Song Concert finally came to an end.
After the live broadcast was cut off, the singers returned to the backstage and the audience also exited in an orderly manner.
Without the constraints of the show, the singers who returned to the backstage relaxed. Coupled with the staff walking back and forth, the backstage of NHK Hall suddenly looked like the chaos of the rehearsals two days ago.
After returning to the backstage, the manager helped pack up the things, and the three band members hurriedly left.
Especially Iwahashi Shinichi, who had been wearing a hood all night and couldn't wait to free his head. When he got into the car, he quickly took off his hood and handed it to Miwa-chan.
"Thank you for your hard work, Shinichi-kun."
Miwa-chan held the giraffe hood and looked at him with a smile. The appearance wearing the hood was her masterpiece, so at this time, she seemed to be admiring her own masterpiece.
After admiring it, he reached out his hand to restyle Iwahashi Shinichi's crushed hair.
Brother Nakamura went directly back to his hometown in Tokyo, while Shinichi Iwahashi and Miwa-chan, two foreigners, went back to their respective rented apartments. The three of them had prepared cans of soju in the car in advance, and at this time, they were talking to each other in the car.
Cheers, let’s celebrate the New Year.
Miwa-chan went back to her hometown in Hokkaido one morning, and Shinichi Iwahashi planned to finish taking care of things in Osaka and stop by when he returned to Tokyo. Therefore, he was able to spend the New Year's holiday alone from one to four days leisurely.
On the first day of the new year, Shinichi Iwahashi slept until nine o'clock before getting up. He cooked some simple meals that had nothing to do with the New Year's dinner. After eating, he went out for a walk.
Under the self-restriction order, various entertainment activities in the first month of the year were cancelled. Only the pachinko parlor, a place that Shinichi Iwahashi always detoured to, remained open for business as usual. When I passed by, I glanced inside and saw that it was crowded with men and women playing small balls.
After walking around for a while, Okada Yukiko called him at noon to wish him a happy new year.
Previously, she had called Shinichi Iwahashi to send her New Year greetings early in the morning, which woke up Shinichi Iwahashi. Later, she found out that Shinichi Iwahashi had the habit of sleeping in late that day, so she left the New Year's call until noon.
"Happy New Year, Iwahashi-san!"
Okada Yukiko’s New Year’s call comes from Nagoya every year on the first day of the year.
