Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1416 1417. Past Years Today

On New Year's Eve, Meihejiang got her wish and set up a hot pot in the lounge of the Red and White Song Club.

Such a whimsical idea can be realized immediately as long as someone responds.From this point of view, the marriage of Iwahashi Shinichi has brought in an accomplice for Meihechan.

"What did that Shinichi-kun say? From now on, I want to bring the little baby backstage at the Red and White Song Concert." Miwa-chan seized the opportunity to speak ill of Iwahashi Shinichi to Nakamori Akina.

One mouthful of "that Mr. Shen Yi", this kind of gloating tone sounds subtly irritating.Iwahashi Shinichi pretended not to hear, and also pretended not to see Nakamori Akina's smiling face.

Nakamori Akina, who also has some crazy traits in her personality, is definitely a professional in the matter of cheering.

"Speaking of which, when I first met Shen Yi-kun, we ate hot pot together on New Year's Eve." Meihejiang's thoughts were racing, and she blurted out something when she thought of it.

Yanqiao Shinichi's memory also went back to the past.However, as soon as I felt a little nostalgic, Meihejiang on the opposite side immediately began to spoil the atmosphere.

"Shen Yi-kun exudes an aura that if there is no invitation from me, he will spend the New Year alone." She commented seriously, and after many years, she spoke her truth.

At this moment, Iwahashi Shinichi hoped that she said this on purpose to make himself angry, and really didn't want to be sympathized by a rough-headed guy like Meihechan.

Akina Nakamori nodded lightly, "I see." She showed a thoughtful expression, and then a smile appeared on her face, as if she was happy to hear about Shinichi Iwahashi's past that she didn't know about.

Meihejiang tilted her head, and asked Yanqiao Shenyi for credit, "So, you should thank me for taking me in."

"Isn't the ingredients for the hot pot AA?" Yanqiao Shenyi protested to her, and she immediately gave her a sharp sarcasm. "Could it be that Shinichi-kun is the kind of person who waits for girls to pay the bill?"

... From a certain point of view, maybe not wrong.

In front of his wife, the old accounts were uncovered, and his stingy and stingy personality was exposed. Yanqiao Shinichi wisely chose to stop the topic.However, it was too late. Akina Nakamori exchanged glances with Brother Nakamura, who had been smiling and staying out of the way, and read the subtext of "just get used to it" from the big brother's face.

Ever since joining the chat between Iwahashi Shinichi and Miwa-chan, Nakamori Akina has been eye-opening from time to time.

However, to a certain extent, in the past that Akina Nakamori did not know and could not participate in, it may be a kind of comfort for Akina Nakamori that Shinichi Iwahashi can have such friends and teammates who fought side by side.

It made her smile and listen with interest to the instant cross talk between the two.

However, although the hot pot has been set up, it has not been ignited for a while.There is no food to fill your mouth, but you have to face a hot pot that can be cooked at any time. This is probably the reason why Meihejiang talked more and more.

This year, Akina Nakamori served as the finale of the red group, and the order of appearance of DREAMS COME TRUE was two ahead of Akina Nakamori.Ordinarily, until the second half of the Hongbai Song Club, the four of them could hide in the waiting room.But this year's Red and White Song Festival invited the X-JAPAN band to sing a song. At that time, this song will be performed as a special session by the participating singers.

Although there is also the option of politely refusing to appear and staying in the lounge all the time, Nakamori Akina hopes to be able to participate in the singing on stage.

The reason for this is because she heard that this song has a special meaning to Lin Jiashu.After accepting NHK's invitation, Lin Jiashu wrote this song while thinking about his deceased father.

Yanqiao Shinichi and Nakamori Akina, both of them have some friendship with Lin Jiashu, so they know the inside story.

Thinking that this was Lin Jiashu's composition to commemorate his father, Akina Nakamori felt that it shouldn't be during the performance, staying in the backstage lounge and having fun leisurely.

This is not necessarily out of any idea of ​​releasing goodwill, but rather it is her most simple person, who is touched by the emotions of others, her innate empathy, and a little artist's mind, think that this song It is a memorable thing to be able to participate in it.

Akina Nakamori is going to participate in the performance, and Miwa-chan also responds accordingly.

In this way, the four of them decided to wait until the end of this round of performances before officially starting today's New Year's dinner hot pot.

……

The backstage outside the lounge was busy, sometimes singers left to rush to the stage, and sometimes singers returned after rushing to the stage.The annual red and white song meeting, the busiest time for the participating singers is this time period.

TRF, a rookie group that has just debuted, was given preferential treatment in the second year of their debut because of their outstanding topics, and was arranged to appear in the second half.In this way, they don't need to travel between the two places in a hurry, they just wait for the end of the awards presentation, and then come here.

It is worth mentioning that although the lead singer of TRF is a woman, the group was assigned to the white group this year.Such an arrangement is probably because the "central character" of this group is not the female lead singer alone.

This year, ZARD did not participate in the Red and White Song Contest. As a result, the red group became a scene where only DREAMS COME TRUE mixed in with two male members.

Shinichi Yanqiao had to make another determination to launch another female vocal band to serve as ZARD's substitute in the Red and White Song Concert.

Until the start of the chorus, the four of them chatted about various topics while watching the live broadcast of the Record Awards.Tonight, Shinichi Iwahashi's wife and bandmates will accompany him to witness that GENZO Records won its first grand prize.

Akina Nakamori has long been a hall-level singer at the Record Awards, and no longer participates in the award competition.As for DREAMS COME TRUE, although Mihe-chan likes to appear on the big stage, she has no special attachment to winning the grand prize, and she doesn't even want to sign up for the competition.

According to her words, every song of the band is a masterpiece, and to select a "best", the answer is "all".

When Iwahashi Shinichi heard these words, he couldn't help teasing her, "What if it's the best song nominated for a Grammy Award?"

Mei Hechan said without hesitation, "If it's the Grammy Awards, of course it's a different story."

...That is really "If you are a ninth-rank lotus platform, you might as well be a lower-rank one."

Yanqiao Shinichi couldn't help poking and complaining secretly in his heart.However, with Miwa-chan's personality, not only would she not be unhappy to be complained about like this, but she would also be complacent because Iwahashi Shinichi compared her to Qing Shao Nayan.

In addition to the most important grand prize, GENZO applied for the newcomer award for Asami Mimitsu this year.Of course, according to the usual practice in previous years, the singers under the banner were also registered for the selection of the album award.

There is an unspoken rule for the Grand Awards that the singer himself must be present to receive the award, but other than that, there is no rule that the singer himself must be present. For GENZO, although both Daikoku and ZARD were nominated for the best album award, on New Year's Eve this year, Daikuku told Iwahashi Shinichi in advance that he would go skiing with Kamaike Sachiko and Akamatsu Haruko.

Sachiko Kawachi and Haruko Akamatsu moved in unison, and because Daikoku Moki liked to cling to Sachiko Kamaike, unconsciously, it became a situation where the three of them acted together.

Although Akamatsu Haruko is a dignified young lady, she was able to walk out of the old-fashioned family and enter the entertainment world, and she has a stubborn and casual side in her bones.On this point, Kawachi Sachiko is similar.The two of them, just looking at their appearance, are both quiet and dignified, and seem to follow the rules.But in fact, there is a freewheeling and unrestrained side in the style of doing things.

On the contrary, Daihei Moji, who looks like an unrestrained big sister, is the most traditional one among the three compared with these two.Therefore, this three-person combination has always been the backbone of Sachiko Kamachi and Haruko Akamatsu. Maki Okuro knew this, and instead took on the role of the younger sister without the burden.

When Mami Mimitsu made her debut, she almost missed the deadline for the grand prize registration.After stepping on the line to make her debut, her debut single received a good response. Since its release, the best score in the rankings is eleven.For a newcomer, his performance is already quite impressive, more than enough to win an Outstanding Newcomer Award.

However, the most important "Best Newcomer Award" among the newcomer awards still has to make way for newcomers to enka.

The selection criteria for the Grand Prix Newcomer Award is already illusory, and it is more biased towards the enka school.In the past few years, the enka market has been declining all the way. The more this is the case, the more the enka school cares about the award arrangement of the Record Awards.

Yanqiao Shinichi didn't care whether Mami Mimitsu won the best newcomer award, he just wanted to join in the fun.On the contrary, Akina Nakamori and Miwa-chan, seeing Mami Mimitsu on stage to receive the award, were as happy as if the team they supported had scored a goal.

However, of these two fans, one lacks interest in the Grand Awards, and the other is the first legendary singer to enter the Grand Awards Hall.

There is a precedent for Akina Nakamori's three consecutive championships, which means that there will be a second three consecutive singers in the future.But since then, although capable people have emerged in large numbers at the end of the year awards, no one has shown such a dominant influence.

When Shinichi Iwahashi routinely looks through the list of award winners every year, a thought occasionally flashes through his mind: whether the next legend will come from GENZO, from him.

And this is also his next goal and the source of his power of action.

Awards were announced one after another. During the period, when a singer of interest appeared in front of the Red and White Song Concert, the TV in the lounge also changed channels.A few people talked to each other about the performance on TV. In this situation, if a radio channel was opened, it would be that the red and white songs broadcast simultaneously with the program would make complaints about the singers in the background.

This year, the host of the red group is the actress Hikaru Ishida who has just appeared in the morning TV series, and the host of the white group is the regular guest of the Red and White Song Festival, veteran Masaki Sakai.

When choosing hosts, the white group pays more attention to qualifications and status than the red group. The hosts of the red group are often new actresses who have cooperated with NHK this year.However, the opportunity for young actresses is almost only once, and the veterans of the white group appear repeatedly.

Hikaru Ishida was born as a girl idol. She was young, but she was very imposing on stage. Facing a veteran like Masaki Sakai, she didn't hesitate at all when she choked with him.Evenly matched is more interesting.Thanks to this energetic young actor, the whole stage really brought a little "combat" tension.

Of course, after all, it is the Spring Festival Gala called Hezhan but actually a gala.The chorus between the hosts is always full of lively comedy, and when the performance is in progress, there are also various collaborations between the two groups.

Soon, the staff of NHK came to inform and prepare to appear on the stage.

Akina Nakamori took her leave for the time being and returned to her lounge to change. The three people from DREAMS COME TRUE also got into the locker room.

Shinichi Iwahashi puts on his giraffe headgear, getting ready to be the backdrop for Akina Nakamori and Miwa-chan.

……

The reason why X-JAPAN can become a leading super band for a while is needless to say the talents among the members, but the smart business acumen is an important magic weapon for the band to reach the peak.

From the very beginning, he never rejected commercialization, and actively embraced commerce, finding a balance between commerce and art.Looking at it today, Lin Jiashu has achieved an unprecedented success.This band not only achieved great success in Japan, but also gained attention and popularity from overseas with considerable momentum.

It was precisely because of the idea of ​​entering the world that the band's name "X" was changed to "X-JAPAN".

A person with a smart mind can do everything well.Yanqiao Shenyi was deeply impressed by this shrewd and powerful leader who looked like a princess.And this deep impression comes more from the many contacts and cooperation with him since the acquaintance.

Not only is the band itself a great success, but this year, a band called LUNA SEA took to the stage of the Red and White Song Concert.This band took the most important step before their mainstream debut through Lin Jiashu's record company.

The backstage where the chorus is about to start is quite messy.The singers, shoulder to shoulder, nodded politely to each other, but there was no unnecessary communication.

Akina Nakamori spread out the lyrics in her hand, and Miwa-chan leaned over to look at the same paper with her.Shinichi Iwahashi stood between these two people, as the most conspicuous marker of the entire backstage, its biggest function was to let everyone see that Akina Nakamori and Miwa Yoshida were here.

Of course, some people may also look at the giraffe man.

Yanqiao Shen has always felt that someone is watching him, but he looked left and right, but did not find the target person.

The words of the host in front of the stage were clearly transmitted to the backstage. Hikaru Ishida, who is the host of the red group, is introducing the lyrics and composer of this song to the audience.

Lin Jiashu, who was in charge of the creation, took the lead on the stage. Then, under the guidance of the staff, the singers in the backstage came on stage from both sides of the stage, and stood at the positions marked on the floor that had been rehearsed in advance.

Akina Nakamori and Miwa-chan, the two share the same microphone, shoulder to shoulder.

Meihechan, who was frenzied with crowds on stage, was always nervous before the official performance.Brother Nakamura stood beside Mihe-chan, while the giraffe man stuck his head out innocently between the two women, like a mascot who had gone to the wrong venue.

(End of this chapter)