But because the tone and expression of his words were so matter-of-fact, it was as if there was a hidden subtext: You don’t know what our style is because your knowledge is too shallow.
Amaya Mari's laughter awakened the young man's teammates who had nothing to do with themselves and neither joined in nor stopped the conversation.
Everyone just met by chance. Even if they didn't like some parts and made sarcastic remarks, it wouldn't be too much. An older person quickly smoothed things over and ended the awkward conversation.
"How interesting! Iwahashi-san."
After walking a little further, Amaya stopped and said to him with a smile.
Hearing what she said, Iwahashi Shinichi was a little confused, "Did I say something funny?" Then, could you stop saying "funny"? Having her say that all day long made him feel like he was
It's like deliberately playing tricks.
"No." She shook her head slightly, "I think it's great that you said that."
The other party was not polite enough, but he was able to remain polite and answer the questions head-on without being arrogant or condescending. Amaya Mari did not expect Iwahashi Shinichi to respond like this, and thought he was very graceful.
Only then did she have the opportunity to explain the meaning behind the word "idol" to Shinichi Iwahashi.
"Is that so?" Shinichi Iwahashi didn't quite understand this prejudice.
After all, he did not grow up in such a cultural environment. Even if he looked through the memories left by this body, he would never specifically look for anything related to it.
Even if you search for them, you won't be prejudiced against idols because of them.
"Recently, Fuji TV has produced a program called "Twilight Meow Meow", which selected some female high school students who can't sing well, dance well, and don't know anything else to become idols. These days, I often hear people saying that
'It's better to be an idol' to be sarcastic."
When Amaya Mari talked about this incident, he also felt helpless, "...Obviously when I was a child, being an idol was still a very glorious ideal."
But when she grew up, she joined an underground band.
Iwahashi Shinichi didn't know what to say.
The air fell silent for a moment. After a while, Amaya Mari asked him, "What are your plans for Iwahashi-san in the future?"
"Intend?"
Iwahashi Shinichi digested this sentence for a while, not quite understanding what she meant. After a pause, he said, "Just go back and live your own life normally... That's it. Besides, I'm just here to help."
"That's right." Mari Amaya nodded slightly and invited: "Although we can no longer work together, if you have time, please come to our rehearsals and performances again. Of course, this is not a social rhetoric, but a sincere statement.
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"Okay." Iwahashi Shinichi agreed. Following her example, he said half-jokingly, "It's not social rhetoric, it's the truth."
Mari Amaya made him laugh again.
She thought to herself that it was really relaxing and comfortable to get along with this person.
After three days of rehearsals and tonight's performance, Iwahashi Shinichi received twelve thousand yen from Mimi Club. With this money, even as a simple part-time job, it is already a good reward.
Nonetheless, what surprised Shinichi Iwahashi was the band's remuneration for participating in the performance. After the performance, the actual performance fee they received from their manager was less than 20,000 yen for the eight of them.
In other words, the salary paid to Shinichi Iwahashi was entirely paid by Mimi Club members out of their own pockets.
The performance income of underground bands consists of a one-time appearance fee and a share of the box office.
For this performance, the participating bands received appearance fees. The price of Mimi Club is 50,000 yen. After deducting income tax, I contacted Mineshima who worked and took another 50%. Finally, I deducted the bus rental fee and fuel.
Fees, in the hands of the band, there is only a pitiful remuneration.
It's totally a waste of money to make music.
If you just rely on band performances to make a living, you will have to live a life of eating grass.
However, for most underground bands, more important than the remuneration for performing is the opportunity to appear and perform.
No matter what the purpose is, whether you want to become famous so that you can move closer to the mainstream, or after your fame and sales increase, you can participate in box office sharing and your income will also increase.
There are people who are willing to stick to the underground, and there are people who want their music to go mainstream and be heard by more people. No matter which choice, those who make music seriously deserve respect.
After explaining his division with the band and sharing some things about the band's manager, Mineshima was probably in a good mood, or maybe out of tolerance for outsiders, he said something that was particularly interesting to Shinichi Iwahashi.
He said, "I have met many outstanding people in the underground world. Naturally, I am not as outstanding as them and do not have their talents. So I sell excellence and then become the person these outstanding people cannot live without."
Excellent sales.
Shinichi Iwahashi was convinced by Mineshima's statement and his way of life.
At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, Shinichi Iwahashi went to the chain pizza restaurant "Lossac" where he worked on time to report. In addition to him, there was also a female clerk named Yumiko working in the kitchen today.
Yumiko is eighteen years old. After taking off her sanitary cap and mask, she reveals short red hair like a tomboy and a cold face like a grumpy cat. The relationship between the two is quite bad.
Fortunately, the pizzeria's job manual does not include the clause "you must get along well with your co-workers."
And the unchanging work is like a train that has set a track and repeatedly runs on the track with the same rhythm. Even if these two people occasionally exchange words, it is no different from honking a greeting.
Naturally, there would be no mistakes if he was used to doing the work. But while he was mechanically completing his own process, Iwahashi Shinichi was still thinking about everything from last night.
The chains of daily life were interrupted by the enthusiasm and vitality of this world that we entered just for the sake of novelty. The life that we took for granted in the past suddenly opened a hole.
He can no longer continue to live like this with peace of mind, even if this is the so-called "normal life".
Throughout the whole day, Iwahashi Shinichi was absent-minded.
He was tired of this life lacking goals, but he didn't know how to say goodbye to this status quo. He felt that he had become unrealistic, and what he was thinking about was no longer just "life", but "ideal".
But ideals are ideals, and ideals cannot cure hunger. Pizzas must be baked when they should be baked, and towels must be delivered when towels should be delivered. The next day is Thursday, the busiest day of the week.
A tour group from Xiangjiang was brought into the store by the tour guide and stayed there for a while. After this wave of customers left, the store seemed to be empty and deserted for a while.
A young lady named Mitsuko came over and asked Iwahashi to dance, but he declined politely: "I'm afraid I can't dance today."
"Can't you dance?" Mitsuko thought this was a strange statement, "You can dance with other people, but can't you dance with me?"
"That's not to say... I'm in a bad state today," he said.
Mitsuko disagreed, "You don't need to be in good shape to dance." The bartenders in the store would occasionally show a strange arrogance to the waiters. Call it arrogance, or maybe it should be said to be a different kind of kindness.
"Okay." Iwahashi Shinichi was a little helpless.
He didn't reject Mitsuko on purpose. As soon as tonight's performance started, he heard that a few keys on the piano were out of tune. Because he was absent-minded, he paid more attention to this point when he was distracted. The more he wanted not to care, that kind of discomfort
The feeling of harmony made him more upset.
This uneasiness was also brought into the dance, making his performance extremely poor.
Finally, Mitsuko suddenly stopped, "Is it so annoying to dance with me? Iwahashi."
