230, What is the difference between an idol and a salesperson?
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The disco street in Takadanobaba is still full of people coming and going. With the re-opening of the disco, the special sight of the past - long queues - has also reappeared on the sidewalk in front of the disco.
Naoki Nagayama and his group of five people walked slowly along the commercial street, eating while browsing such a popular street.
Fangcun Dayou looked at the luxury cars parked on the roadside and the taxis speeding on the road from time to time, and said with admiration: "Naoki-san, I didn't expect your disco to be opened in such a prosperous place. The business must be very good.
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Okada Nana rushed to answer: "Don't you know, Otomo-san? This street is so popular because of the existence of the disco!"
"Eh? Have you ever been to a disco, Nana-chan?" Naoki Nagayama asked curiously when he heard that the old idol looked familiar, "It seems like this place is very familiar."
"Yes." Okada Nana nodded a little sheepishly, "I came here once with my friends last fall, but I didn't know it was Naoki-san's shop."
Hahaha, the two didn't know each other at that time.
Chiba Shinichi next to him added: "I've been here several times in the past few years. It's just an ordinary street. The small shops on both sides are only visited by people nearby. It's not as prosperous as it is now. Now I'm really worried about that disco.
I’m getting more and more curious~”
While listening to the conversation of their companions next to them, Higuchi Kanako and Yoto Shuichi suddenly noticed a long queue in front of them, extending to the intersection in front.
"Hey, what kind of queue are these people waiting in?" Higuchi Kananko asked curiously, while Indou Shuichi had a premonition, "Naoki-san, isn't this the long queue you often talked about before?"
Naoki Nagayama hasn’t been here for a long time, and he didn’t know that the queue has already reached here: “This... it should be... but the queue actually reaches the intersection. This is also the first time I have seen it.
Woolen cloth."
The group of people bypassed the team and entered the fork in the road. They found that the team in front of a building not far ahead actually turned back and forth three times like a greedy snake, and finally its tail stretched out of the fork in the road...
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"Naoki-san, is your popularity so popular?" Higuchi Kananko covered her mouth, "I think we have to wait in line for many hours!"
Chiba Shinichi was also very surprised: "What a spectacular sight!"
Seeing the bodyguard at the front of the queue letting people in slowly, Yoshimura Otomo sighed: "We still have to wait in such a long line! It's been too long~"
And Yin Tangxiu patted Fangcun Dayou on the shoulder: "Dayou-san, don't worry, we are here with the owner of the disco today!"
Several other people looked at Naoki Nagayama, their eyes full of expectation.
"Hi, hi~ Come with me..." Although it's a bit unfair to the people in line, but who calls himself the boss...
Nagayama Naoki led a group of people to bypass the queue at the front door and walked to the small door at the back. A waiter who was smoking and taking a break outside the door recognized Nagayama Naoki at a glance. He quickly put out his cigarette butts and bowed to say hello: "Yongshan Society"
Sir, good evening, why are you here?"
Not recognizing the employee's name for a moment, Nagayama Naoki could only say in a humorous tone: "Ah, I'm bringing a friend here to play, please open the door for me."
"Hi!" The young man quickly opened the door and said respectfully: "Please come in!"
"Sorry to trouble you~"
"This is what I should do!"
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Nagayama Naoki led several people into the disco through the back door. After passing through the renovated backstage, it still maintained the cyberpunk style and looked like a high-tech cabin.
Instead of disturbing Araki Shigetomo in the office, he found the foreman in the lobby and asked him to help arrange a booth. Naturally, the foreman knew Naoki Nagayama and did so immediately.
Noisy music filled the disco. The band on the stage played punk rock enthusiastically. The leading dancers were also very cool and danced passionately. The dancing crowd in the middle of the dance floor crowded together and followed the rhythm.
Shaking his body.
The group of people followed the foreman to the booth on the second floor. Due to the design, the music was somewhat isolated.
"Naoki-san, it's really shocking! A style I've never seen before!" Although Chiba Shinichi is already in his 40s, he is also a frequent visitor to the dance hall. He drank a glass of wine brought by the foreman, "The performance is also
Interesting!"
"This is the latest style learned from the United States~" Naoki Nagayama explained, it had just been renovated.
"Oh Mo Series!"
Nana Okada had already pulled Kananko to lie on the railing and watched curiously. Shuichi Yondou and Otomo Yoshimura chatted with Chiba Shinichi about adult jokes and laughed.
Naoki Nagayama is really not in the mood to be with a few old men anymore.
"Nana-chan, Kananko-san, let's go dance!"
"Hi!"
On the dazzling dance floor, everyone is flexing their energy and releasing their passion,
Usually no one pays special attention to who is dancing with them, so no one recognizes the popular stars or outdated idols. At most, they think the women look familiar and the men are handsome.
After a while, they saw Chiba Shinichi and two other men coming down.
Nagayama Naoki and the two girls were dancing to the rhythm in the crowd,
Dance music with a stronger rhythm began to be performed on the stage, and the people on the dance floor danced more and more wildly.
As the alcohol evaporates, the body gradually heats up, and the smile on his face loses its former restraint.
Gradually I felt like I was lost in this colorful atmosphere, and I was transported to the fantasy world of the future.
In the false feelings that are both real and illusory, there is also real joy.
If we say what is the biggest impression on people from the Showa era, the psychedelic life of feasting and feasting must be one of them.
The light of neon lights is a colorful fantasy, a dream-like bubble.
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Dragging his tired body out of the taxi, and thanking the driver in a daze, Nagayama Naoki opened the door of Yamazakura-in.
Hearing the commotion, Taro quickly ran out and barked at his master,
"What~ Taro, your master is back!"
The somewhat aristocratic owner hugged Ying Tailang's dog's head and started to humiliate him unceremoniously. After a while, the half-grown dog let out a surrendering sound again.
Nagayama Naoki, who had reestablished his position as master, sat slumped on the sofa, but for a moment he didn't want to wash up and sleep.
It was not a drinking party, so no one was drunk and they were able to go back on their own.
But after dancing all night at the disco, I still drank a lot of wine.
The feeling of physical exhaustion and mental vigor is very strange. In short, I just don't want to sleep.
I was still going to watch a late-night program, but found that the message on my phone was still on. Naoki Nagayama pressed it casually.
"Moses Moses, isn't Naoki-san here?" Akina's naughty voice came from the message,
"Ah, Akina-chan, I'm here." My mind was a little confused and I replied directly.
"What are you doing if you don't go home so late?" The other person on the phone pretended to be helpless, "Oh, I must have gone to the nightclub again!"
"Eh? How did you know?" Nagayama Naoki was startled and became a little sober.
"Since I'm not here, there's nothing we can do about it. I wonder what will happen to the preview of the new movie?"
"Haha, it went very well~"
Naoki Nagayama slapped himself in the mouth after he said it. It was just a message...
"Just wait until Naoki-san comes back and tell me! That's all!"
Nakamori Akina's message ended. Naoki Nagayama looked at the clock on the wall. It was already 11:30... At this time, he shouldn't have slept, right?
Under the influence of Jiu Jin, he immediately pressed the call back button.
After hearing the sound of "Dudu" from the microphone, I suddenly felt a little regretful. Akina must be very busy at this time. Can I disturb her rest?
"Moses Moses, this is the Zhongsen family."
The call was connected on the other side, and Nagayama Naoki also gave up his mind about hanging up.
"Akina-chan? Aren't you asleep yet?"
"Hey~ Naoki-san is back?" Akina's tone obviously improved a lot,
"Hi, I just got home after the party, and I heard Akina-chan's message, so I called."
Nakamori Akina smiled when she heard this: "Ha, I went out to play as expected. It seems that the movie preview will go well~"
"I can't say it went smoothly..."
"Eh? What happened?" Akina was curious, "Is it possible that the media criticized it in public?"
"It's not about movies..." Naoki Nagayama told the story of the scandal...
"Hahaha, so a reporter exposed Naoki-san's private life in public?" The other person looked overjoyed, "Then wouldn't Naoki-san's scandal be everywhere tomorrow?"
"...Akina-chan, you are gloating..."
Nakamori Akina immediately stopped laughing and pretended to be worried: "Ah...ahem...Arnold...what should I do, Naoki-san?"
The scandal was exposed..."
Naoki Nagayama was speechless: "Are Akina-chan going to be a comedian?"
"Hahaha, I can't help it, it's obviously very interesting~"
"Aren't you worried that people will label me as a playboy?"
Akina Nakamori answered seriously: "Because I know Naoki-san is not!"
Listening to this sentence, I was a little touched: "Well, thank you very much for Akina-chan's trust..."
"Hahaha, that's what it should be!" The energetic girl made Nagayama Naoki on the opposite side of the microphone feel energetic.
"By the way, how's Akina-chan's new song going?"
""Girl A" just aired not long ago, and sales are just average~" Compared to the debut song, this rebellious style seems to have not been accepted all at once.
"Didn't I say that there were some objections to NHK? What happened now?"
"Well, it seems that the lyrics are too outrageous, but it seems that Kenyin's president Sang has already communicated with NHK's senior management, so there should be no problem."
"Aren't those rock and rap lyrics more outrageous...Why don't they have any objection..."
"Hahaha, yes~"
Nagayama Naoki didn't think he could communicate well. He clearly remembered that this song would be banned by NHK, but the topic it caused seemed to make the song popular among fans. It can be said that it was a blessing and a curse.
Thinking about what would happen to "Girl A" in the future, he didn't answer for a while. The conversation between the two fell into a strange silence, waiting for Naoki Nagayama to react:
"Mingcai-chan..." "Naoki-san..."
The two people's words collided, and their silence turned into embarrassment.
"Naoki-san says it first~" Akina reacted immediately,
"Hahaha, I want to say, Akina-chan must be very tired during this time, the second song." Naoki Nagayama asked,
"Ah, it's true that I'm a little tired... but the physical tiredness is not unacceptable~"
After all, they are teenagers, and their body's vitality and energy are at their most active. When you are tired, you can just take a nap.
"So, are you more mentally tired?"
"Hmm~~Naoki-san, what do you think is the difference between an idol and a salesperson?" Akina Nakamori said a little confused,
"Salesperson?"
"Hey, when I performed in other cities, I was not satisfied with the costumes, the performance was not in good condition, and the staff present were also very unprofessional. However, after I brought it up, my manager was very dissatisfied and insisted that I apologize to them...
...They also said that the job of an idol is just to sell records!" Akina Nakamori said angrily about her previous experience,
"Isn't this just like a salesperson?"
"And if I don't agree to apologize, my manager Sang will be cruel to me..."
"Your manager won't help you?" Naoki Nagayama didn't understand. Shouldn't managers put artists first?
"Because of my willfulness, agent Sang has resigned..." Akina was a little confused, "Is it really my fault?"
"Well...of course not."
This is obviously because the agent’s psychological quality is not up to par, right?
Naoki Nagayama comforted him: "Akina-chan just didn't find a suitable agent! For artists, changing agents is common."
"Really..." Akina said with a smile, "How many Naoki-san changed?"
"Haha, I don't even have an agent~"
"Eh? Todoroki?" Akina was surprised, "It's been almost two years since Naoki-san debuted, right?"
"Why should I lie to you? After I debuted, I relied on Otomo-san to help me with transportation for a while, but he was not my manager~" Naoki Nagayama thought about it for a moment, and it seemed that he only helped me when filming commercials.
From the beginning to the end, I have never joined a firm, so naturally I have never been assigned an agent.
"Eh? Is this still okay?"
"Hahaha, I'm just special."
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The phone call lasted until early morning again.
After Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori finished chatting on the phone, they went upstairs to wash up and then fell asleep.
After the interviews at the preview screening, reporters from major media were in no mood to have fun or take a rest. They still had articles to write.
The media that Kadokawa Films has greeted before will naturally praise the good things, especially the quality of the movie is indeed excellent. Some have already written adjectives such as "ever", "once in a hundred years", etc. The tone of this praise is... It makes people feel a little flattering,
While other media and entertainment tabloids expressed their praise for the movie, they also invariably wrote about the scandal between Naoki Nagayama and Konanko Higuchi as the main article.
Some even included pictures of Nana Okada and Yuko Tanaka, trying to create a relationship diagram.
"Being photographed on a date", "denied on the spot", "a playboy or a dedicated talent?" and other weird titles and words were published, completely regardless of the facts.
Anyway, if it attracts attention, I win!
Naoki Nagayama, who was sleeping soundly, didn't know that when he woke up, he would become a hot topic of discussion again.
