Five hundred and twentieth chapters before the opening
In the lounge of TV Asahi, Kazuki Nishino is sitting on a chair in front of the square table. The producer and director of this variety show sitting opposite him, the TV station attaches great importance to this variety show.
Although this program is not a prime time show and is only broadcast as a special episode of the TV station, the invitation of Nishino Kazuki, a star who has been in great popularity recently, is certainly not a perfunctory one.
The host of the variety show is Ariyoshi Hiroyuki, an old acquaintance of Nishino Kazuki. As a comedian with a vicious tongue, Nishino Kazuki is still quite worried that he will ask some strange questions. When he said hello in the lounge before,
We even talked about it, but the other person just smiled and nodded. I didn’t know what would happen when it came time to shoot.
The producer and director briefly talked about the flow of the program. The program will revolve around Kazuki Nishino and several guests from Nogizaka. They will talk about interesting things in their daily lives and there will be a personal file that will be made public. In fact, it is what the program team has said before.
The questionnaire they were asked to fill out was "processed" by several broadcast writers, taking into account both jokes and real content.
"Well Nishino-san, let's take our leave now."
"Thank you for your hard work, both of you." Nishino Kazuki also stood up and watched them close the door and leave.
Kazuki Nishino knew that three guests from Nogizaka46 were here today. In addition to Shiori Kubo, Mai Shiraishi and Nanase Nishino were also here. This variety show itself had been decided a long time ago. Who would have thought that something like this would happen?
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He sat on the chair, thinking about how to face the two of them in the show later. He had a lot to say, but it was definitely impossible to say it on the show.
While he was thinking, there was a knock on the door of the lounge.
"Come in." Nishino Kazuki sat up straight. This show also invited other comedians to liven up the atmosphere and add to the show's effect.
The door was pushed open, and the person who came in was not the person Nishino Kazuki expected.
"Nishino-san, long time no see. The members came to say hello. Are you available?"
The visitor is none other than Nogizaka's general manager Yui Minamigo, and he brought three girls to today's show.
He also understood his thoughts about Nishino Kazuki. It seems that the number of views of this TV series exceeds the bet, which is certain. Nishino Kazuki is also destined to have LLC shares. Kitagawa Kenji and Konno Yoshio have already discussed it.
, even if Nishino Kazuki’s shares cannot interfere with operational affairs, it does not prevent Nango Yui from currying favor with him.
Nishino Kazuki paused for a moment, then stood up: "It's okay, please come in."
Nanxiang nodded with a smile, and then motioned for the person behind the door to come in.
So, Nishino Kazuki met two girls he had not seen since that incident - Shiraishi Mai and Nishino Nanase.
Shiraishi Mai took the lead and walked at the front, followed by Nishino Nanase, and finally Kubo Fumiori.
Because it was a promotion for a TV series, several people were not wearing uniforms.
After several people entered, they stood in a row.
Nishino Kazuki could see the expressions of Mai Shiraishi and Nishino Nanase, which were a little serious, without even a trace of smile. Only Shiori Kubo looked at Nishino Kazuki and smiled happily, with a sparkle in his eyes.
He felt a little unnatural, the atmosphere here was not good, even if it was just a simple greeting, Mai Shiraishi and Nanase still refused to take the initiative to speak.
It lasted about five seconds, and the person who came to say hello should have spoken first. Even Kubo Shiori had a question mark on her head. She turned sideways and looked at Shiraishi Mai. Usually, this senior representative spoke first, and she followed.
Nanxiang Wei coughed, and his cough was like the sound of a starting gun.
"Nishino-san, please take good care of me tonight."
Mai Shiraishi took the lead, followed by Nanase Nishino and Shiori Kubo.
The language contained unfamiliarity and distance, and Nishino Kazuki knew that the other party did this on purpose.
"Please take care of me." He replied, then bowed.
Then there is an orderly retreat. The way of greeting this time is like meeting an artist for the first time. No, it is not even as good as meeting someone for the first time. At least the first person will smile.
After a few people left, Nishino Kazuki sat back down in his seat. No matter what, at least he saw them.
The three of them also returned to their lounge under Nanxiang Yui's slightly questioning gaze.
Kubo Shiori felt something unusual here. She had seen Shiraishi Mai and Nishino Nanase seriously "asking for advice on acting" in Nishino Kazuki's office. The few people chatted casually and seemed to have a good relationship. How did they end up here?
Yet so indifferent?
She instinctively suspected something, but she could only keep it in her heart. She secretly glanced at the cold side faces of the two seniors and decided to give up thinking.
I just took out my phone and sent a line to Hori Mina-senpai, who I have a close relationship with.
[Did something happen between Hori-senpai, Shiraishi-senpai and Nishino-senpai? It seems a bit weird.]
As soon as I put down my phone, Horina's reply came.
[Are you with them?]
Shiori Kubo wondered whether Horina was surfing the Internet intensively 24 hours a day and responding so quickly every time.
[Well, we are recording a variety show together at TV Asahi.]
[There is also Kazuki-senpai~ But when they went to say hello, they seemed to be very cold and did not speak at all.] Kubo Shiori added one thing.
Hori Mina: [That’s right.]
Shiori Kubo:[What’s wrong?(??,_??)]
Hori Mina: [That’s just a mission.]
Shiori Kubo:[???]
Hori Mina: [The acting task assigned by Kazuki-senpai to the two of them is to pretend to be strangers during this period.]
Shiori Kubo:[...]
Hori Mina just talked nonsense. Regardless of whether Kubo Shiori believed it or not, she believed it anyway.
Of course, Kubo Shiori is not that stupid. Recently, she discovered that the senior Hori Mina is very unreliable and often says some bizarre things, so she doesn't take it seriously.
Putting down her phone, Kubo Fumiori wisely decided to end the chat with Hori Mina. However, the atmosphere in the lounge was too condensed, so she could only lower her head and play with her phone.
"Kitano-senpai is quite cute recently, let's talk to her."
About half an hour later, there was a knock on the door of the lounge, and a staff member informed the guests that they could go to the set up studio.
Several people followed the staff into the studio, and the invited audience members in the auditorium, almost all of them women, had already taken their seats and applauded and cheered as they arrived.
The studio was not too luxuriously decorated, and the guests were just divided into several rows to sit in a simple altar style.
Several people looked in the direction of the chairs and immediately felt the gaze of Nishino Kazuki. He came first and was already sitting on the chair in the first row.