After some discussion, the three of them finally just went to the small shop "Chuntian" that they often visited during the salted fish days.
Common people's delicacies, large portions and filling.
Having said that, if three people go out alone or with other people, when deciding on a restaurant, they will think about which restaurant to go to.
However, when the three of us got together and had our first dinner together after the New Year, we still wanted to go to the small shop that we often visited before.
When the boss brought their order, he greeted them and said, "The performance of the three Red and White singers was wonderful."
During the period when they were an underground band trying to advertise their performances for 250 people, the three of them came to the store to eat. At that time, the boss treated them like shabby underground musicians daydreaming about becoming famous.
After the band Paradise appeared on the stage, the boss changed his mind about them and became their supporter.
Now, the band has sung at the Red and White Song Festival, and the boss is also happy that his shop has received so many shabby underground musicians, and one of them has really made a career, which is a kind of secret "cultivation".
However, because I have known them well for a long time, I don't really regard them as "celebrities" now.
The boss didn't think of them as celebrities, and the three of them didn't feel like they were "celebrities" themselves. Facing the boss's congratulations, Miwa-chan smiled and said to him: "Thank you," and at the same time praised the boss's craftsmanship.
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The steaming hot food makes you feel comfortable.
The three of them were eating and chatting. Nakamura Masato remembered something and said to his two teammates, "You two also know, right? On the 9th of this month, the stock sale of Okinawa Electric Power Company will begin.
Already."
Miwa-chan shook her head, "What is that?"
During his tenure, Prime Minister Nakasone carried out reforms to privatize state-owned enterprises. The privatization of National Railways, the privatization of telecommunications and telephone companies, and now the privatization of Okinawa Electric Power Company are all part of this reform.
There is a precedent for NTT Co., Ltd. triggering a frantic rush after its listing. In this era when everyone is a shareholder, the stock of Okinawa Electric Power Company is also quite popular.
The Japanese people under the self-restriction order are not only having fun secretly, but are also gearing up to snap up high-performance stocks.
Brother Nakamura briefly explained to her, "In short, if you don't know how to invest the royalties you earn, it is absolutely right to buy stocks... I have made an appointment in advance."
Then he asked Shinichi Iwahashi, "Where is Shinichi-kun, do you want to buy stocks?"
Iwahashi Shin spread his hands and said, "I don't have any money left on hand right now."
He invested all his royalties and savings into the record company, and now he is truly a man of peace.
"Royalties will come again soon." Brother Nakamura said, "This time, 400,000 copies of the new album will be shipped in one go, so the next royalties should be quite considerable."
"I put all the money in my passbook." Miwa-chan doesn't know anything about financial management. "From time to time, financial management specialists from banks call me, but they sound troublesome, so I reject them all."
"You can try buying stocks." Brother Nakamura persuaded, "In this era, buying stocks and buying houses is all you need."
Miwa-chan was incited by Brother Nakamura, and she went to see Shinichi Iwahashi in a daze. Regardless of internal or external affairs, as long as she was undecided, she wanted to hear what Shinichi Iwahashi had to say.
Iwahashi Shinichi thought for a moment and did not comment on Nakamura brother's stirring up trouble. Instead, he brought up another matter, "Speaking of investment, I am preparing a new project here. I was just going to ask you two if you have any plans to invest in it."
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"New project?"
Miwa-chan suddenly became interested, "What's the new project?"
When setting up a record company previously, Iwahashi Shinichi kept silent. He only let them know after the matter was done, and Miwa-chan felt like she was left out. Now, he took the initiative to say that he was going to do a new project without hiding it from her.
She cheered up.
"Open a livehouse." Shinichi Iwahashi revealed the answer.
This time, Brother Nakamura also intervened, "Are you planning to run your own livehouse?"
"Let's open a store first and let bands from the underground music circle perform here," said Iwahashi Shinichi.
Miwa-chan thought for a while and asked him, "If you let me buy a stake in the livehouse, can I perform there for free in the future?"
Iwahashi Shinichi corrected her, "Where DreamseTrue wants to perform depends on the record company and the agency." If you perform a public performance without the permission of the company, accidents will happen.
"Then discuss with them to perform there...and waive the venue rental fee?" Miwa-chan argued for free.
Iwahashi Shinichi laughed when he heard it, "The company agrees, and you will definitely be free to perform."
Miwa-chan was incited by him and forgot about investing in stocks. It seemed that she could immediately take out her bankbook and seal and hand them to Iwahashi Shinichi.
Brother Nakamura was not sure, "I still need to think about it."
Investing in livehouses is a loss-making business in the early stage, and may not yield any profits later. In contrast, it is better to buy stocks and buy land later when you have more money, which is more exciting.
Just talking about dreams will never work.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't force it, "Now I have only a rough idea, not sure yet. I just think it's necessary to tell you first."
Brother Nakamura thought for a while and suddenly asked, "Will Watanabe-san from the office join?"
Miwa-chan glanced at Nakamura brother and couldn't understand why he suddenly got involved with Watanabe Manyumi.
"This matter will be known to Watanabe-san." Iwahashi Shinichi was vague. He neither said that he wanted Watanabe Manyumi to join nor denied the possibility.
The matter of opening a livehouse started here, but it was stopped for now. The three of them went on to eat.
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During the second half of the meal, two young people of high school age, a man and a woman, came in. The store was not big and the business was not busy. The two young men subconsciously looked around and saw the three people sitting by the wall. The woman
Suddenly there was a "Huh" sound.
"Yoshida-san?"
"What?" the boy asked her.
Two young men, the male's surname is Takagi and the female's surname is Sato.
The girl lowered her voice and pointed quietly, "It's Yoshida-san from DreamseTrue." The lowered voice made the excitement in her voice clearer.
On New Year's Eve, she went to watch the Red and White Song Concert with her family. After seeing the band's performance, she became quite fascinated by the band. This afternoon, before meeting Takagi, she went to a record store to buy the band's new album.
Now, the new album is in her bag...
"I want to get an autograph!"
The girl felt that choosing today to buy the album, go out on a date with Takagi today, and come here to eat together was God's guidance for her.
Takagi hesitated, "Would it disturb them if we go over now?" However, he did not object.
He also saw DreamseTrue's performance at this year's Red and White Song Festival. Although he did not become a fan of the band like Sato, he was very impressed by them.
"It's also...too rude." The girl struggled for a while and had to give up temporarily.
But then, after sitting down, she looked over to where the band was sitting from time to time.
"Yoshida-san seems to be cuter in person than on TV. His face is unexpectedly small, and the bassist-san's smile is really exaggerated." The girl thought in her mind.
There was an unknown person sitting with the two of them... She was quite concerned about this unfamiliar face.
Who is this person? Seeing that they have such a good relationship, he must be the Giraffe of the band, right? When this idea came to his mind, the girl couldn't help but look at this strange face again.
It's quite impressive, not quite what I expected.
It would be a pity to hide such a face in a hood.
The girl was chatting with Takagi while paying attention to DreamseTrue over there. At this time, seeing them getting up as if they were leaving the store, she took her handbag.
"I'll give it a try." She gave Takagi a small smile and took out the newly bought album from her bag.
Stand up and walk over, "Well, I'm sorry..."
Being suddenly accosted, Miwa-chan reacted.
The girl raised the pen and the album, "I like DreamseTrue's songs very much, and the performance at the Red and White Song Festival was also very exciting... Could you please sign it for me?"
Miwa-chan took the album and pen and smiled: "It's our new album."
"I just went to the record store to buy it this afternoon." The girl reported to her, "When I went to queue up, everyone who checked out together seemed to have this album."
She talked about the grand occasion of the record store, and she seemed to be proud of it.
After all, among the many people who bought records today, she was the only one who met the band in person.
"Where is the signature? It hasn't been opened yet." Miwa-chan handed the album back.
The girl took it, removed the envelope, opened the box, and handed it over again. Miwa-chan flicked her pen and signed her name.
After signing, the girl asked Masato Nakamura again. When Masato Nakamura also finished signing, she turned to the unfamiliar face, "Um...are you Kirin-kun?"
Shinichi Iwahashi took the record and signature pen from Nakamura-san and asked her, "Do you mind if I sign my name too?"
"No problem at all!"
The girl nodded repeatedly, "I didn't expect Kirin-kun to look like this... he's very handsome!"
Shinichi Iwahashi, who was praised so highly, waved his pen and signed the name "Kirin" on the record. Although he was a mascot to the outside world, he had also practiced signing seriously.
After signing, he handed the record back to the girl and said, "Thank you for your support."
The girl took the record with both hands, "Thank you, I will always support you!" Before leaving, something suddenly occurred to her, so she acted smart and said to Shinichi Iwahashi, "And Kirin-kun, I will keep the truth about you a secret.
Secret!"
Shinichi Iwahashi smiled and cooperated with her, "Then I'll leave it to you."
However, for her, it is happier than letting others know that the human body of the Giraffe Man is a handsome guy, and the people around her do not know her but know the true face of the Giraffe Man.
After accepting the record, the girl returned to the opposite side of Takagi and showed him: "I got it!"
Her face was flushed with excitement and looked particularly moving. Takagi looked at her face and felt as if his heartbeat was speeding up.
He was also happy for her, "That's great, congratulations."
"The people at DreamseTrue are so nice. I told them that I will always support them in the future..." The girl thought for a while and waved the record in her hand. "After I finish listening to it, I can lend you the record as well, okay?
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"Of course." Takagi nodded.
If you like the same band's songs, you will have more common topics in the future and you can support your favorite band together.
The two young people, who were still in high school, were thinking the simplest things. If adults knew about these thoughts, they might laugh at them.
However, this does not prevent them from having the same expectations at this moment because of the same album.
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"I didn't expect that I would be asked for an autograph."
Coming out of the store, Miwa-chan looked very excited.
Although she once enjoyed the celebrity treatment of being asked for autographs in her hometown town, she also knew that it was because there were no decent people in the town.
From the shortest to the smallest, there is a bigger one. The same applies to selecting celebrities as local image ambassadors. Competition is fierce in Tokyo where there are many celebrities and entertainers. If you move to a place with little presence, you may have to have a third-rate comedian to help raise the flag.
Because of this, now that I am in Tokyo, I am even more happy when I go out for a meal to be recognized and asked for my autograph.
Miwa-chan is happy, and so are Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamura-nii.
However, they are all happy, but the happy points are different. Iwahashi Shinichi takes off his hood and doesn't love anyone. Only when he appears with Miwa-chan and Nakamura-san at the same time can he be guessed to be a giraffe man. Normally,
You can completely swagger through the market.
He was happy, not that he was recognized, but that he was happy for the terrifying publicity energy of this top music show, Red and White Song Club.
Sure enough, before truly entering the national level, participating in the Red and White Song Festival is the best way to increase your popularity.
"Do you feel a bit like a 'star' now?" Shinichi Iwahashi teased her.
Miwa-chan nodded pretendingly, "A little bit." After thinking about it, she gestured with her finger, "A little bit."
"There will be a lot more of them later."
Hearing what Iwahashi Shinichi said, Miwa-chan spread her fingers a little, "There will be so many next time. And next time..."
In short, there will definitely be more and more.
After the three of them said goodbye, Shinichi Iwahashi returned home, took a bath, and started checking his luggage for tomorrow's departure.
At nine o'clock in the evening, I received a page from Watanabe Manyumi.
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Watanabe Manyubi is in Sendai, her mother's hometown. Today's whole day is definitely as busy as Iwahashi Shinichi's. To a certain extent, returning to her hometown once a year is much more tiring than the first day at work.
However, even though she is in Sendai, it does not prevent her from remotely receiving the work progress at the office.
Not only did she have to pay attention to work in Tokyo, but so did her sister Yoshida Miki, who came to Sendai with her. The two sisters came back from outside in the evening and started doing their own things.
When she returned to her hometown, Misa Watanabe seemed not to worry about anything.
Masaki Yoshida was actually curious and wanted to know the effectiveness of Shinichi Iwahashi's publicity plan. In any case, since he had helped, he could be considered their collaborator in this matter.
Therefore, Yoshida Masaki knew that Watanabe Manyumi would report the situation to him later.