In the BEING era, the production company was dominated by Nagato Daiyuki, but VER fan LLION records could not get Nagato Daiyuki's turn. In particular, the new record company was eager to expand, aggressively recruited musicians, and established a new production team. Shufang Ikuo's confidant Baba Shunichi was there.
He plays an important role in the company, which makes Nagato Daiyuki feel helpless.
To suppress Junichi Baba and secure his position as president, Nagato Daiyuki must not only make some achievements, but also show loyalty to his superiors. At first, he had no choice but to surrender to Ikuo Suho. But now that he has reached this stage
After taking this step, Nagato Daiyuki naturally had to plan carefully for himself.
Both Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi are not interested in participating in the Red and White Song Festival. They believe that New Year’s Eve should be spent on their own time, rather than appearing in New Year’s Eve family carnival programs to please the audience.
However, if VER fans want to build a brand for LLION Records, B'z is the best choice. For Nagato Daiyuki, this band is the "property" he brought from BEING, and B'z will serve as the brand.
He had the upper hand in this round.
As for what Takahiro Matsumoto and Hiroshi Inaba think.
Although the two people made it clear that they did not want to participate in the Kohaku Song Festival, Nagato Daiyuki used hard and soft tactics. He also asked Matsumoto Takahiro to understand his dilemma, and also mentioned that the band had been under the care of Sufang Ikuo over the past year. At this time, he should ask Sufang-san
Repay a favor.
Matsumoto Takahiro was speechless, partly due to pressure and partly out of support for Nagato Daiyuki, the president who had worked with him for many years. In the end, B’z agreed to participate in the Red and White Song Concert and serve as the opening singer of the white group.
Rather than saying that BURNING forced B’z to support the scene, it would be better to say that Nagato Daiyuki held B’z down to express his loyalty to Ikuo Shufang and stabilize his position.
However, the old BEING people here, whether it was Ogiso Nariyoshi who started the topic, or Matsumoto Takahiro and Inaba Hiroshi, all avoided talking about this matter and did not want to involve Nagato Daiyuki.
This group of musicians originally chose BEING, a small production company, because they undoubtedly had ideals in mind. Later, when Nagato Daiko merged into a new record company, a considerable part of the reason was due to their trust in Nagato Daiko.
Although he is arbitrary and a powerful businessman, Nagato Daiyuki is by no means without talent and charm as a music producer.
However, after being merged into the new record company, many things have changed from the previous BEING era. How to adapt to this change, accept the changed reality, and do your job well under a new model that is different from BEING?
These are all problems that these people have to face.
Because of this, these people from the BEING era naturally developed such a small group.
Matsumoto Takahiro himself does not have as rich and intense ideas as the other people in the "Alumni Reunion". For him, Nagato Daiyuki is a similar person who can work together. Since the band has made its debut, it needs to be affiliated with a record company and join VER fans LLION Records.
At least the one who serves as the president is Nagato Daiyuki.
Regarding having to attend the Red and White Song Festival this time, Takahiro Matsumoto took a step back because of the media resources of the BURNING series and the request of Nagato Daiyuki.
But only this time.
With the entire BURNING group making a big show of recruiting LLION records for VER fans, new people will definitely emerge in large numbers from next year. By then, whether it is a quota for the Red and White Song Club or anything else, it will have nothing to do with B’z...
Is it really possible to have nothing to do with it?
A shadow flashed across Matsumoto Takahiro's mind. This shadow flashed past, and he took a big gulp of the cold beer.
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On the 21st, the day of the live broadcast, DREAM T-shirts returned to the Makuhari Messe. For the collective appearance at the opening, the invited singers arrived early, waiting for the live broadcast to begin.
When the daily MU Private CSTATION program is broadcast, the studio audience seats are only open to women. The reason for this is that there are more women among the star fans, so naturally there are more applicants. The second reason is that women have high-pitched voices and support them at the scene.
, the screams sound more atmospheric and the effect is better during the rescue.
However, today's live broadcast has 4,000 viewers, and the atmosphere is obviously in place, so it doesn't matter the gender of the audience.
The four-hour live broadcast requires a collective appearance to the audience at the beginning, which is similar to the process of the Red and White Song Concert. Of course, tonight is purely a carnival and has nothing to do with the showdown. The first priority is the performance effect.
It's not safe. Even if you accidentally cause a small accident on stage, such as not being able to click properly or making some mistakes on stage, it will not be recorded in the notebook.
In this backstage, you can see familiar people everywhere.
However, once Shinichi Iwahashi put on his hood, these interpersonal relationships had nothing to do with him. Even Nakamura, the band's social butterfly, stayed in the crowded backstage before the show and had no intention of talking to anyone.
Miwa-chan, on the other hand, has the opposite temperament to Nakamura-san. The more moments like this, the more she can't shut up the conversation. She pulls Iwahashi Shinichi's arm, gets close to his hood, and whispers to him.
...Although, if Iwahashi Shinichi can hear clearly through the hood, it has nothing to do with "whispering".
Iwahashi Shinichi secretly thought to himself that no one would see the reaction on his face anyway, so he just let her pull him to talk and listened to what she said. He nodded without a perfunctory attitude. Neither did Miwa-chan.
I didn't care whether Iwahashi Shinichi's reaction was perfunctory, and maybe I didn't care whether he was listening or not, I just kept him talking.
She talked and was happy. The staff walking backstage were preparing for the last ten minutes before the show started, signaling the start of the show to the singers who were about to appear.
A staff member with a work ID hanging around his neck came over, and Miwa-chan stepped away a little. Then he raised his head, noticed something, and subconsciously looked at a certain place in the background.
Looking over here is Akina Nakamori.
It was Akina-san who she had arranged several times to make fun of Iwahashi Shinichi. The first thing that came to Miwa-chan's mind was what she said to ridicule Iwahashi Shinichi on the way to the Makuhari Messe yesterday.
Miwa-chan was a little curious and turned her attention to the gorgeously dressed Nakamori Akina. The stage costume she prepared was gorgeous and mature. However, she was not on the stage but off the stage. The gorgeous clothes set off her face, which made her look childish.
But no matter how you look at her, she is still a beauty.
Sure enough, Shinichi Iwahashi's favorite type is beauty.
It's not surprising that this guy likes beauties. But what's more surprising is that such a beauty would fall in love with a type like Iwahashi Shinichi.
When Miwa-chan thought of this, she suddenly felt a little confused.
What type is Iwahashi Shinichi?
She withdrew her gaze from Akina Nakamori, turned her head and looked at Shinichi Iwahashi. All she saw was a giraffe hood. At this time, in the backstage monitor screen, the host Tamori stood in the middle of the stage.
Today's live broadcast has begun.
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When he is with the band's Yoshida-san and Nakamura-san, Shinichi Iwahashi seems to become a different person. But on the other hand, Akina Nakamori on stage is also very different from Akina Nakamori off the stage.
Now that things have happened, it is not easy to see Shinichi Iwahashi dressed as the Giraffe Man. The Giraffe Man is so conspicuous that you can spot him at a glance wherever he is.
When I discovered him, the person next to him must be Yoshida-san who was talking to him.
Tonight, Akina Nakamori will sing a song from her new album, but Shinichi Iwahashi will not appear on the same stage as her "gift" to accompany her. Both of them have their own things to do.
After the commercial, it was Akina Nakamori's turn. Before the show started, Tamori and TV Asahi anchors, one male and one female, conducted a brief interview with the guest stars as usual.
"This year has been very fulfilling, Akina-chan."
Akina Nakamori leaned forward slightly and raised the microphone to her mouth, "Indeed... thanks to everyone's concern, a new single and a new album were released this year." It was a commonplace greeting, just open your mouth.
Tamori smiled evilly and joked casually: "Today is a stage for one person."
"Hai~" Akina Nakamori replied calmly and a little mischievously. Looking at her expression, her smile seemed to be pretending to be silly, and it seemed to contain a trace of unexplainable politeness. However, the whole person was obviously very relaxed.
.
Tamori really laughed now. He had no intention of turning this live broadcast into an interview, and he had no intention of transforming into a paparazzi. He just mentioned it casually to give the audience on the scene and in front of the TV a chance to relate.
, forget it.
He turned to ask, "As for next year, Akina-chan should also have plans, right?"
"Hai~"
Nakamori Akina maintained her previous tone and replied unchanged. After she finished speaking, she showed a small smile.
Looking at it like this, you can tell that he was joking with Tamori on purpose.
After joking, she began to answer questions, "First it's the theme tour for the new album, and then in the new year, I want to seriously challenge the work of an actress..."
Saying it is a "serious challenge" rather than a "challenge" is like taking this opportunity to convey determination to the audience. This time it is not a three-minute hot try, but a serious management of the identity of an actor.
…
"Hai~"
On TV, Akina Nakamori has a naughty smile, like a small animal that is close to humans, and it makes people feel good to see her.
Junko peeled an orange, divided half of it and handed it to her daughter.
The little girl took the orange and said crisply, "Thank you, Mom." However, her eyes fell on the TV screen again, looking at Akina Nakamori who was talking to the host.
Seeing her daughter's entranced look, Junko felt a little helpless. This daughter was a TV kid. But the reason why she focused on TV was because as a mother, she could neither take her out to play nor have time to spend with her.
Play.
Junko looked at her daughter, broke off an orange segment and put it to her mouth.
"Has Maiko fallen in love with Akina-chan?" Junko asked as if she was teasing her on purpose.
The little girl bit off the orange segment in her mouth, and the sweetness of the orange filled her mouth. She ate the orange segment, and Akina Nakamori on the TV ended her conversation and started her performance today.
"I discovered a secret, Mom." When she mentioned "secret," the little girl subconsciously lowered her voice, as if this matter was of great importance and she needed to worry about the walls having ears.
Junko thought it was funny that her daughter was making a fuss out of a molehill, but she still maintained enough expectation on her face to cooperate with her, "Is this a secret that only Maiko knows, or is it a secret that I can share with my mother?"
"I don't know~" the little girl replied in a long tone as if she was suddenly discouraged. She broke off a petal from the half of the orange in her hand, thought about it, and handed it to Junko.
Junko swallowed the orange segment handed over by her daughter and heard her words with an uncertain tone.
The little girl shared her discovery with her mother like she shared an orange wedge, "The producer-san who was in the news with Akina-chan before is an origami master."
"A master of origami, or a keyboard player-san..." She used her free little hand to say the same thing one after another, "Just like the giraffe-san of DREAM's T-shirt and E's."
Junko couldn't help laughing, and said, "The band's KIRIN-san also gave Maiko an origami giraffe."
"KIRIN Sang is a gentle and good person." When talking about the giraffe man with DREAM T-shirt and E breasts, the little girl's tone also changed.
I persisted in writing to the giraffe man and actually received a reply from him. The little girl's love for the band and "KIRI N SANG who realizes her dream" did not get tired after her wish was fulfilled, nor did it fade over time.
.
"KIRIN-Sang has been wearing a hood, I don't know what he looks like under the hood...but KIRIN-Sang is KIRIN-Sang." The little girl muttered, "But I was secretly thinking, maybe KIRIN-Sang
He’s a person similar to that producer Sang.”
So, when she saw the origami master Iwahashi Shinichi on TV, she subconsciously superimposed his image on the mysterious giraffe man... Is this her secret?
Junko smiled and said, "If that's the case, KIriN-san will be a decent and handsome guy."
"I have learned a lot of Chinese characters this year," the little girl said, "and I still want to continue writing letters to KIRIN-san." She blinked, "Although my mother taught me not to be greedy, I still want to receive replies as soon as possible.
alright."
Junko gently enlightened, "Working unremittingly for one thing is not greed."
"Really?" the little girl smiled.
With her mother's encouragement, she became more energetic and calculated, "The outdoor tour is held once every four years. By the time it is held next time, Maiko will be old enough to go to the outdoor performance..."
Start preparing from now on, save the New Year’s money, and work hard to see your birthday. My mother said that if you work hard for one thing unremittingly, it is not greedy.
In addition to appearing on TV, the Giraffe Man only appeared in outdoor tours held every four years. For the little girl, this new system planted a small seed of expectation in her heart.
She firmly believed that as long as the seed was well watered, fertilized, and exposed to enough sunlight, the seed would thrive and grow taller. And she would be sent to the clouds by the ivy grown from the seed to see her.
People in the world above the clouds.
"Tonight, DREAM T-shirt and E will also appear."
On TV, Akina Nakamori's performance was at its peak. The little girl thought that Akina-san was also a master of origami, and for some reason, she found it very interesting.
