It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when smoke and fire came out of the kitchen of Akina Nakamori's house again.
Taopusida, who had been having such a big fuss, still has an empty stomach. When he was working at night, he was busy making dough in his mind and didn’t even take a few bites of the TV station’s bento. Now he was having a big fuss, and his stomach was even more empty.
Growling.
When Iwahashi Shinichi saw her swollen eyelids and aggrieved look, he wanted to cook something for her, but was immediately rejected.
"Shinichi, your cooking skills are not good." Nakamori Akina said without hesitation.
When she said this with such aggrieved look, there was a subtle feeling that Shinichi Iwahashi was trying to bully her with dark cuisine.
"Okay." His bachelor's cooking skills are indeed worthy of this sentence.
Topo Star's girlfriend refused to eat the food he cooked because the cooking was not delicious. But from another perspective, such a straightforward refusal was a sign that Nakamori Akina had not reconciled with him yet.
Akina Nakamori walked into the bathroom. After a while, she came out, washed her face, and rearranged her hair. When she looked closer, her eye circles were red, and the hair on her forehead was a little wet with water. This look was eye-catching.
Love and pity.
Looking at her, Iwahashi Shinichi felt like he was holding a white-gloved kitten in his arms. The kitten was soft and gentle, and his heart also became soft. He walked over and held her in his arms.
She is small, like a kitten.
"Where are you, Shinichi? Do you want to eat?" Akina Nakamori asked.
Iwahashi Shinichi and Minamino Yoko had dinner outside in the evening and were not hungry.
"That's okay." He said without thinking, "I happen to be a little hungry."
Akina Nakamori took a step back, glanced at him, turned around, and walked into the kitchen. Shinichi Iwahashi followed her there. Then, there was a kitchen counter that was neither short nor long, with Akina Nakamori inside and Shinichi Iwahashi outside.
Neither of them spoke for a while. Shinichi Iwahashi watched her waving the kitchen knife, watching her turn around to take care of the pot, her serious expression, and the slender, tail-like thing on the back of Mickey's apron.
Like a belt.
"I like you very much." He said suddenly.
Akina Nakamori raised her head and blinked.
"I like you very much." Shinichi Iwahashi started talking to her, "So, I understand what kind of mood you are dealing with that song."
Akina Nakamori looked at his serious face.
He is a very serious person if he wants to say something embarrassing.
"In the end, I said those words to you." Iwahashi Shinichi also looked at her face and said carefully: "I'm sorry." He said the apology, and thinking of her words, he added: "An apology is an apology, but
I'm not trying to mess with you."
Akina Nakamori told him that it made him laugh.
Waving the kitchen knife seemed to slowly restore her mood.
"Am I that scary?" she stared at him.
Iwahashi Shinichi shook his head, "That's what I think. I always feel that in order to solve the problem, I have to speak out and tell you what I think."
Now, the two people have made it clear that they each have their own ideas. In order to move forward with the matter, they must at least clarify their own ideas and then find a suitable solution. Otherwise, they will still be trying to convince the other party with their own ideas and put themselves at the mercy of others.
The idea is forced on the past.
Noisy and noisy, noisy and noisy.
After letting her vent her anger and listening to her thoughts, Iwahashi Shinichi probably had some ideas in mind.
"Okay." Akina Nakamori listened.
The pot boiled and made a beeping sound. She turned around and turned down the heat, then turned around and continued to face him.
"First of all, Akina, your idea is not wrong. To be honest, I am very happy to hear you say that, and your understanding of songs and your ability to process sounds are also very good, which makes me impressed."
Iwahashi Shinichi's compliment was sincere. But he immediately changed the topic, "However, I also want you to understand that I don't think there is anything wrong with the way I handled it. After the planning started, there were many things to consider in this cooperation.
In this context, too much emphasis on personal style will break the balance of cooperation and make it very difficult to handle."
"So, the problem is not about who is right or wrong, me or you." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
Nakamori Akina looked into his eyes, "So, for you, Shinichi, it is better to deal with it in your own way. Would it be more beneficial to you and this project?"
"That's true from a planning point of view," Shinichi Iwahashi replied.
After a pause, "Besides that, there are other considerations." He hesitated, and then said, "This song is very good, and the probability of selling it is very high. Make it as a hit single,
It will be red.”
If it becomes popular, Akina Nakamori's last single could recover from the decline.
Akina Nakamori, who has been told how to become a bestseller since her debut, cannot fail to understand what Shinichi Iwahashi said.
She was in a complicated mood, and she couldn't tell what it was like. But she was definitely not moved because Iwahashi Shinichi wanted to help her regain her reputation.
"Shenyi, you don't want to see me go downhill."
Iwahashi Shinichi said "Yeah", "You still have many possibilities and you still have a lot of potential on stage." He was convinced.
Nakamori Akina laughed, "Who do you think I am?"
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her naked face, which looked like a small animal. It was completely different from the one on the stage, "She is a genius."
Iwahashi Shinichi not only likes her, but also appreciates her from the bottom of his heart. Because he knows the talent Nakamori Akina has, he hopes that she can always shine on the stage.
When he was thinking this way, he felt uncomfortable in his heart. He believed that she was a genius, but he simply and rudely ordered the genius in him to give up his own ideas and listen to his command.
Akina Nakamori laughed loudly, stretched out her hand across the counter, and pushed his shoulder. While hitting him, she said with a smile, "You're here."
Iwahashi Shinichi accepted her push and watched her smile, so he started laughing too.
"Actually," Nakamori Akina looked at his face, "I don't care that much about being angry." Her eyes were dry and astringent after crying, and she blinked, "Of course, no longer welcome, in
It must be very disappointing to drop down the rankings.”
No matter what, it is a person who worked hard to rise from a commoner girl to the front line and stayed at the top for so long. Facing the decline, it is impossible to say that she does not care.
"But, now that he is no longer popular, maybe it's not all a bad thing..." She looked at Shinichi Iwahashi intently, not missing his confused expression after hearing her words.
Looking at his face, Nakamori Akina came back to her senses and realized that she almost said something she shouldn't have said. She suddenly felt uncomfortable in her heart. She didn't know whether it was timidity, hesitation, or some other emotion.
She stopped talking and showed a naughty smile, "I have no choice but to think this way. After all, there is no one who is always at the top. Whether it is Momoe-san or my favorite Seiko-san..."
"ah!"
Akina Nakamori twitched her nose and turned away. She was busy talking and forgot that she was still cooking.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her busy back.
Indeed, even a woman as strong as Momoe Yamaguchi will go downhill. When she announced her marriage and retirement, her sales and popularity were far away from her peak. If she had not retired at the right time, she would not have become the legend she is today.
As for Seiko Matsuda, after a lot of trouble, he has already passed away.
Even Nakamori Akina will always be outdated.
What he said was true, but Iwahashi Shinichi felt that Nakamori Akina, who just said those words, had a smile that was so noticeable that people couldn't follow her and laughed heartlessly.
…
Just now, I was dissatisfied with Shinichi Iwahashi's poor cooking skills, but now he is bringing slightly burnt food to the table.
Akina Nakamori felt a little guilty and prepared to muddle through as if nothing had happened. "Ah~ I'm almost hungry." She said and took the lead in picking up the chopsticks, "I'm going to start!"
Iwahashi Shinichi saw her and thought she was funny.
He wasn't very hungry, so he had no motivation to wave his chopsticks.
"It really doesn't taste good, right?" Nakamori Akina looked at it.
Iwahashi Shinichi shook his head, "It's okay. It tastes much better than what I cooked." He joked, "If I was cooking just now and forgot to talk..." The picture was so beautiful.
Nakamori Akina followed his description and imagined the situation, laughing loudly.
"Shinichi isn't really hungry, is he?" Akira Nakamori put his chin on his hands and looked at him.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't answer yes or no.
Nakamori Akina suddenly brought up an old story, "I hate eating carrots, and the thing I hate the most is carrots. However, when I was young, in order to be praised by my family for being a good kid, I would eat the carrots quickly while saying, 'I like carrots the most.'
.”
"Um."
Iwahashi Shinichi felt like it was something she would have done when she was a child. Thinking about the way she endured her dislike and ate carrots with relish as a child, she seemed to be able to understand why she was so stubborn when she grew up and refused to do things she disliked.
Do.
It seems that when you fall in love with Akina Nakamori, you need to constantly try to understand.
But conversely, the same is true for Akina Nakamori.
A kind of mutual understanding...
"So, I know very well the feeling of having to do something you don't like, and I don't want to embarrass you, Shinichi." Akina Nakamori told him, "Especially because of me."
Whether it's saying you are hungry when you're not hungry, or giving up your own ideas and cooperating with her.
After saying this, she felt a little pity and pouted, "Actually, what I was thinking was that I deliberately pretended not to notice it and filled your stomach with food."
She couldn't help but laugh when she said the bad idea without actually doing it.
Iwahashi Shinichi also laughed, "Have you ever had such a bad idea?"
"About the song..." Akina Nakamori wanted to change the topic back.
"However," Shinichi Iwahashi interrupted her seemingly unintentionally, "I also hope that you won't feel embarrassed when you are with me. Don't say you like carrots even though you clearly hate them."
"Although I don't like carrots either," he said, "I can't say that I will eat them for you and then pick all the carrots on your plate into my own. However, we can also choose not to eat carrots."
"Yes." Akina Nakamori nodded and agreed.
"So, it's about the songs." Iwahashi Shin changed the topic back.
As a result, Nakamori Akina snatched the topic back and moved it elsewhere, "Will we quarrel again next time we enter the recording studio?"
Iwahashi Shinichi shook his head, "I don't know." Maybe next time they will call each other "Bagaya Road".
"Everyone was very calm when they saw us meeting again. I don't know what they will think." Akina Nakamori found this association very interesting. "Maybe they will praise us for our high professional awareness."
"But maybe it will scare you." Iwahashi Shinichi took it easy and kept talking to her silly things.
Nakamori Akina looked at his face, "Let me ask you."
"Yeah." Iwahashi Shinichi listened.
Nakamori Akina stared at it, "What should I do if people in the recording studio find out?" The question was asked, but he was eager to stop him from answering the question.
"It's better not to say anything. If you say 'there is a way', then I might not be able to bear it and pounce on you when I'm angry."
Iwahashi Shinichi smiled at her, "You also know that you like to do things."
When she mentioned this, Nakamori Akina's eyes widened, and she showed her paper tiger demeanor again. However, no matter how bluffing she looked, she lost her prestige after a while. She poked at him with her little eyes, and she didn't know whether she was acting coquettishly or trying to be cute.
"The song thing." Iwahashi Shinichi brought it up again, "Let's think of a solution together. Discuss and explore together to find a singing method that is acceptable and mutually recognized. Is that okay?"
Whether it was Shinichi Iwahashi who was thinking about how to produce the project, or Akina Nakamori who was thinking about pouring her feelings into it, they actually put too much emphasis on themselves and ignored the other person's ideas.
Since you recognize Akina Nakamori's genius from the bottom of your heart, then you shouldn't rudely exclude her and let her follow your orders.
Maybe as she said, if you just listen to his conductor, you can have as many songs as you want. If Akina Nakamori’s ideas are not needed, then there is no point in inviting Akina Nakamori.
Simply to fulfill her desire to "cooperate" and then ignore her thoughts and feelings, such cooperation is meaningless and not sincere enough. No matter what the idea is, it should be reconsidered.
It is neither an eager expression of love nor a rough desire to complete cooperation. Mutual respect, exploring together, and finding the balance together are the true meaning of "cooperation".
"Yes." Akina Nakamori nodded and agreed.
After thinking about it, I felt a little guilty, "I should also consider your position, Shen Yi..."
This planned album is of great significance to Shinichi Iwahashi's career. If it succeeds, it will definitely make him famous in the industry. Akina Nakamori will be happy for his smooth work and broad future.
If she could help him... As soon as he said it, Akina Nakamori couldn't control herself from thinking so.
"But," Shinichi Iwahashi guessed what she was thinking and made an agreement with her, "Don't eat the carrots you don't like as quickly as you say 'I like'. Okay?"
Nakamori Akina looked at his serious face and suddenly smiled.
"It doesn't taste good," she said, "I spoiled the food."
She doesn't do well when she eats it herself.
"How about I cook something for you?" Iwahashi Shinichi discussed with her.
Nakamori Akina shook her head, "If I had known earlier, I would have done it with you."
She stretched out her hand. Iwahashi Shin thought for a moment and took her hand.
"I believe in you." Akina Nakamori said, "So, with you, I have nothing to fear. I am willing to try anything."