Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1002 1002. This is hope
"Can sunflowers be kept alive in winter?"

Yanqiao Shinichi looked at the flowerpot on the table, a little incredulous.

The song arrangement meeting prepared for the red and white song meeting, at 29:[-] am on the [-]th, the members of DREAMS COME TRUE and the musicians of the accompaniment team gathered together in Sony's rehearsal room.

As soon as Yanqiao Shenyi arrived, Meihejiang excitedly pulled him over to see this "masterpiece".

In a small flowerpot, a few small green shoots protruded from the loose soil.The leaves are still buried in the soil, only the curved and thin stems are exposed.If he didn't say that it was a sunflower bud, Ren Yanqiao would not be able to guess it.

Meihejiang opened the chair and sat down, resting her chin on one hand, with a natural tone, "As long as the temperature and humidity are right, and the light is sufficient, you can grow them alive even in winter. Besides, sunflowers are not delicate and hard to grow." plant."

Yanqiao Shinichi admired her eloquence, "You know quite a lot."

"Of course." As soon as Meihejiang was praised, she immediately swelled up and felt triumphant. "I know a lot of knowledge and skills about growing a home garden."

"Really?" Shinichi Yanqiao was curious, "Isn't it possible that you have a family vegetable garden in your hometown?"

"That's not true." Mihe-chan quickly replied, "When I was studying, I borrowed many books about planting from the library because I was interested." Her eyes fell on Yanqiao Shinichi's face—it was written on his face just now Her admiration was disappearing with her words.

"So that's the case." Yanqiao Shen smiled.

Meihejiang was a little unconvinced, and argued to herself, "Even if it's just talk...but the sunflowers have sprouted well." She pointed to the flower pot she brought, "This is the proof."

Fine.If you really quarreled over this, it would be ridiculous.Yanqiao Shinichi didn't want to contribute a free cross talk to his teammates and partners on the eve of the rehearsal of the Red and White Song Festival.Besides, in the small flower pot, the sunflower seeds did sprout.Yanqiao Shin turned his attention back to the pot of sunflowers.

After Christmas Eve, Shinichi Iwahashi called Miwa-chan and discussed with her what to do with the bucket of snow.He said that he wanted to grow plants, and Meihejiang immediately took care of it all, boasting that he was a small expert in gardening and planting——

In view of the fact that she once boasted of being a "little expert in blackboard reporting" and "a young expert in fashion design", Yan Qiao Shenyi didn't expect much from her, but he didn't expect that this little expert in talking on paper was really capable.

Although there is a high probability that sunflower seeds are really easy to germinate...but this is already indifferent.

Compared to this, what surprised Shinichi Iwahashi even more was Miwa-chan's speed of action.Judging from the state of the seeds that were about to germinate, it was probably after Christmas Eve. After talking with him on the phone, he immediately planted the seeds in the flowerpot.

"I put down five seeds in total. I thought, if you want to plant sunflowers, you will have one for Shen Yijun, one for Masamune Sang, and one for myself. But if only three seeds are planted, and unfortunately one of them fails to sprout, it would be too much." It's unlucky." Meihejiang explained clearly.

The team flower of DREAMS COME TRUE is Sunflower.When the concert is held, sunflower elements are put into the surroundings, and fans attending the concert will also use sunflowers as bouquets of support.

From the perspective that one sunflower represents a person, it is a bit unlucky to plant three sunflowers and survive two.

"The other two are 'just to be on the safe side'?" Yanqiao Shinichi smiled.

Meihejiang shook her head, solemnly, "To be precise, the fourth seed is a safe seed. But if you plant four seeds, 'four' is inherently unlucky. So, let's put one more seed to offset it. I heard, I heard—the singular number means 'hope'."

"What about even numbers?" Yanqiao Shinichi was curious.

Meihejiang has one set of fallacies, "Since the seeds are planted in singular numbers, just care about the meaning of singular numbers." Such fallacies can't help but make people suspect that, together with what I just said, they are also hers. Made it up by myself.

Now, Yanqiao Shinichi finally couldn't bear it any longer, he laughed loudly, "That makes sense."

"I've given it serious consideration." Miwa-chan doesn't care whether Shinichi Iwahashi's approval of her is sincere or just teasing her, as long as she thinks it's a compliment, it doesn't prevent her from being complacent.

"Anyway," she returned the topic to Iwahashi Shinichi, "I'll leave these to you to take care of."

After Yanqiao Shen smiled, he realized that he had shouldered a heavy responsibility-feeding these sunflowers.Thinking of this, the expression that was full of smiles just now cooled down a lot.

He couldn't laugh anymore, and Meihejiang, who had assigned the task down, beamed with joy, stood up, put on a show, patted him on the shoulder, and left here like a gust of wind, and ran to talk to the accompanists of the band.

Yanqiao Shinichi also stood up, and before leaving, he took a closer look at the few small green buds in the flower pot.

If you really want to say, sunflowers, which are born in the sun and are easy to cultivate, match the band DREAMS COME TRUE quite well.It also matches well with Mihe-chan's always cheerful appearance.

Just plant sunflowers, irrigate with that bucket of snow water, and wait for them to grow up and bloom.

……

No matter how beautiful the snow scene is when it snows, the snow will disappear without a trace.However, winter goes to spring, summer goes to autumn, and it snows every year, and the beautiful snow scene can always be seen again.

Even if that bucket of snow is thrown away by Iwahashi Shinichi, it doesn't matter.

Even so, Shinichi Iwahashi decided to use the bucket of snow water to water the sunflowers. When Miwa-chan planted the seeds, he could not help but be full of anticipation in his heart when he imagined the big sunflower disc.

When it comes to DREAMS COME TRUE, of course it is sunflower.

When planting the sunflower seeds, Miwa-chan felt that the seeds were planted for the three members of the band.The snow that falls every year, the DREAMS COME TRUE that we will be together every year, and the promise to sing together until we die——

New Year's Eve is here.

This year's New Year's Eve, DREAMS COME TRUE also ended up having a leisurely time.Although the band won the Gold Award and the Best Album Award at the Record Awards, this year they do not plan to attend to receive the awards in person, but the record company will send representatives to bring the awards back.

For the sake of DREAMS COME TRUE, as long as you don't do something like winning the grand prize but not present to receive the prize, then it doesn't matter if you don't get the other prizes in person.

In fact, if last year's Grand Awards were not a little special, the band would not have wanted to attend last year.However, in the eyes of the public, when the band and Hibari Misora ​​have the same chance of winning the award, if the band did not show up and the award was awarded to Hibari Misora, rumors and rumors would definitely arise afterwards.Therefore, DREAMS COME TRUE must be present to support the "Queen".

Since the band's debut, among the important awards, only the record award has not yet been won.

Last year's Heisei's first million-dollar single hit Hibari Misora's posthumous work "Endless Stream".And this year's "Let's Dance Together" has a superb trend, and it is doomed that no one can win the grand prize except this single.

In this case, it is logical for the band to get rid of the burden of a New Year's Eve and spend the last day of this year with ease.Of course, this year the band will no longer go to receive the record award in person, which means that next, unless it is to receive the highest award in the record award, otherwise, they will not be involved in the award again.

However, on New Year's Eve, DREAMS COME TRUE did not attend the Grand Awards, but Shinichi Iwahashi could not escape the hardship of traveling between the two places, and had to continue to go back and forth between Budokan and the NHK hall.

Even so, he went to the Budokan not to receive the award, but to present the award.As the winner of last year's planning award, I was invited to be this year's award presenter, presenting awards to this year's best composer.

It was unreasonable not to do things to improve the prestige and status in the industry, and Yanqiao Shinichi naturally readily agreed.

In fact, when the Grand Prize Establishment Association invited him to present the award, Ben also took a fancy to his rising momentum in the past two years, and intended to show his favor to him.

In addition, even the red and white songs have to rack their brains for the ratings today, of course the record awards also use their tricks, and invite topical characters.

But no matter what, the current Iwahashi Shinichi hasn't reached the point where he can say "I'm not interested in fame and fortune", but he is very interested in improving his reputation and status in the industry, and he received the grand prize. The association's invitation is readily accepted.

To present an award, there is no need for a rehearsal in advance, as long as you calculate the time, after the opening of the Kohaku Song Concert, you go to the Budokan. After the awards are distributed, you immediately leave and return to the backstage of the NHK hall, without any delay.

……

Red and white song will be safe in everything. There will be a rehearsal on the 31th, and on the [-]st, there will be a rehearsal with makeup.Early in the morning, the singers who were invited to participate in the biggest music show of the year came to the NHK hall and waited for the process.

In the four-hour program, there were dozens of groups of singers in the red and white groups, including idol groups with a large number of people such as Guang GENJI and SMAP. Especially narrow.

It's a little strange that male idol groups can hold so many people, but female idols are mostly two or three-person combinations, except for the popular Kitten Club a few years ago.

This year, Shizuka Kudo, a former member of the Kitten Club, was once again selected for the Red and White Song Club.WINK, one of the few female idols who still has high popularity, also appeared in the backstage of the Red and White Song Contest.

When WINK in a gorgeous dress passed through the backstage corridor, the backstage was suddenly narrower and more crowded than a group of hurried male idols—at least four staff members followed the two dressed girls.

It is true that WINK's office relies on two girls to make a lot of money, but the expenditures of these two girls, whether it is stage decoration, gorgeous costumes, or team members, are top-notch in the entire industry of.

In a sense, it is indeed an ornamental idol that can only be born in the bubble era.

Of course, neither Johnny's idol group, nor WINK, an idol group that has moved so many people, can't compare to the battle of BBQQUEENS.

Two lead singers, one male and one female, three backing dancers, five accompanying musicians... mighty and mighty.

This year, this super-large group was arranged for a special program linked with "Chibi Maruko-chan". At that time, everyone from the red group and the white group will go into battle together to sing and dance for this group.

Making "Let's Dance Together" a special program of the Red and White Song Festival, it is said that there is a lot of competition and consideration within NHK behind it.

This group has two lead singers, one male and one female. Although the female lead singer Yuiko Tsubokura is the first protagonist, the Red and White Song Club has considered that the red group has won three consecutive years and cannot let the white group continue to lose. At first, they even planned to arrange BBQQUEENS into the white team.

However, if this is really done, it will definitely attract criticism.After all, when it comes to "Let's Dance Together", what comes to mind is "Chibi Maruko-chan", and what comes to mind is a little funny girl.If this combination enters the white group, there must be doubts from the audience that it is to increase the strength of the white group that has lost three years in a row.

Therefore, out of various considerations and the desire for ratings, "Let's Dance Together" became a special program, and under NHK's efforts, it was supported by Fuji TV. Even the singers who attended the Red and White Song Festival today They also come to play free backup dancers and singers, and have a big party.

It is conceivable that under such a battle, when the show starts, it will definitely usher in a peak ratings.

Having said that, although the "battle" at the Red and White Song Club is purely for entertainment, if the victory only belongs to the same group, it still won't work, which will damage the brand of "battle". ...It's something that NHK can do.

……

For the four-hour show, there were many singers present, and the lounge was not spacious. Except for the singers who were entitled to a separate room, there were always those who were crowded into the same lounge or stayed in the same large control room. .

Takahiro Matsumoto and Hiroshi Inaba are from the same record company as BBQQUEENS, so they were arranged in the same lounge.

On New Year's Eve, I'm going to attend the Red and White Song Festival.

In contrast to the excitement of the two lead singers of BBQQUEENS, there was a slightly dull look on the faces of B'z and B'z.However, after all, we are in the same room with acquaintances from the BEING era. Driven by BBQQUEENS, even Takahiro Matsumoto's serious face finally melted a little.

B'z, as the signature of Taiko Nagato's faction, must attend.On the contrary, Oda Tetsuro, who is a musician in BBQQUEENS, refused to spend time at the Red and White Song Club on the grounds that he did not want to work on New Year's Eve.

Therefore, in the accompaniment lineup of BBQQUEENS today, there is Oda Tetsuro as a substitute.

However, for NHK, as long as the two lead singers stand firmly in the middle, it doesn't matter who the musicians are.Anyway, the audience couldn't recognize the musicians.

Takahiro Matsumoto was a little envious of Tetsuro Oda, who came and left whenever he wanted.

Although, the reason why Oda Tetsuro refused to work on New Year's Eve was allowed because Nagato Taiyuki, who had a tense relationship with him recently, made a concession in order to ease the atmosphere between the two.

I heard that since the establishment of VERMILLION Records, Oda Tetsuro has not written any more songs for the company.

Joining BEING for ten years, Oda Tetsuro has been writing with the encouragement of Nagato Taiyuki for these years. BEING has also accumulated hundreds of songs by Oda Tetsuro in the music library. Even if he does not write songs for the company, Nagato Taiyuki Don't panic.

However, when the inventory was exhausted, Nagato Taiko had to repair his relationship with Oda Tetsuro during this period, even if he took a symbolic step or two.

(End of this chapter)