Nogizaka's Synchronized Coincidence

Chapter 4 Accommodation and Training

The rising and falling flashlights interweave a dazzling sea of ​​light.

The 37 girls standing on the stage tried their best to keep their smiles to conceal their excitement and nervousness.

After the group photo was taken, the girls were taken to another place like herding sheep, where they took individual photos and short videos that will be distributed to the media.Later, they were led back to the stage and stood on several steps.

At this time, Yasushi Akimoto, the comprehensive planner of "Nogizaka 46", came to the front of the stage to speak to the media.First, he published his vision for Nogizaka46, explained the difference between this girl group and AKB, and briefly introduced the future development plan.

At the end, suddenly there was another "tentative selection of members" announcement.

"The following announcements are the seventeen members who will tentatively be selected for selection. Those who are called, please come to the front of the stage."

"First, Reika Sakurai, Matsumoto Akimoto." The girl who heard her name stepped forward with excitement.

"Shiraishi Mai"

Kurokawa Aoi patted the other party on the back lightly, reminding the somewhat ignorant friend to come out.

"Kurokawa Aoi"

Mai Shiraishi had just stood up when the voice calling her name suddenly sounded.

The two stood side by side again, their eyes met and they smiled slightly, everything was said in silence.

"Ikuta-e Rika"

"Naruyo Miyazawa"

"The above seventeen are tentatively selected members"

The 17 people who were selected were divided into three rows.Five people in the front row, six people in the middle row and six people in the back row, together with the rest of the qualified members at the back, kept smiling and waving to the reporters to take pictures.

About ten minutes later, the 37 members were finally liberated. After returning to the lounge, they took out their mobile phones to call their family and friends to report the good news.

The girls, who have been tossed for a long time, finally ushered in a rare moment of rest and relaxation, if not counting the shots taken by the photography team.

"Dear Ms. Chloe, I am now officially announcing that your lovely daughter has passed the selection and is qualified to become a member of Nogizaka46!"

Kurokawa Aoi reported to her mother immediately.

"I never doubted that you would lose the election. If it happened, the censors must be blind! In fact, if you want to enter this circle, you can just go to your parents. I guarantee that as long as you like it, TV series, movies or even variety shows Both your father and I have a way to let you perform. By the way, did Mai pass it?"

"It's over, I'm calling home. We'll go home first when we're done here. You and Dad won't come back too late, right? It's too hard to go to work on Sunday, right?"

Her parents dote on her very much, even if they are busy all year round, the time they can meet and get together is very limited.

"Well, I don't want to work on the weekends if I can, but I'm in the position, and I think you'll understand that feeling soon. Okay, I'll go home, I'm going to chair the meeting" Phone Hang up, anyway, watching my mother is also fun, so let her go.

It just so happened that Shiraishi Mai had just finished talking on the phone with her family, and came to Kurokawa Aoi, hugging his arm.

"That's great, Aoi! We can work together and wear beautiful clothes on TV!" Mai Shiraishi didn't have much confidence in being selected, but now that she and Aoi Kurokawa have qualified, she can't help but smile.

Just about to give Mai Shiraishi a popular science on the hard side of the entertainment industry, a middle-aged man with blond hair came to the lounge where they were, and spoke to the people present.

"Everyone, please be quiet! I am Yoshio Konno, the chairman of the Nogizaka 46 Operations Committee, responsible for the daily management of Nogizaka 46. Now I will explain to you the next things to pay attention to. First of all, I hope everyone can sign the contract within three days. Minors Please accompany your parents or legal guardians to attend. Secondly, the training course will start in early September, and everyone will have a one-month co-ed accommodation. The company will be responsible for the accommodation. That’s all for now, the contact information will be sent to you later Guys, if there is no problem, everyone can leave."

After changing into their own clothes, everyone dispersed. Some members met to have dinner together to celebrate. Kurokawa and Shiraishi declined to leave first because they had booked a home celebration with Kurokawa's parents. Anyway, the future will be long.

The two walked to Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda Line. The home of the Kurokawa couple is located in front of Seijo Gakuen in Setagaya District, which is more than 20 minutes' drive away.

"Although it's a day late, passing the selection can be regarded as a belated birthday present for Mai."

"That's true, but I still like the hairpin you gave me." He touched the hairpin on his head, but his eyes fell on the silver bracelet on Kurokawa Aoi's wrist, which was a birthday present he gave her a few weeks ago.

"I also really like the bracelet that Mai gave me, so I brought it with me today." Mai Shiraishi smiled with satisfaction after hearing this.

When the tram stop came into view, the scene that appeared at the same time made the two of them frown.

Two young men are entangled with a beautiful girl. It seems that the men want to take the girl away, but the girl shows a panicked look and repeatedly yells "Don't! Don't!"

"That girl seems to be one of the ones who passed the selection and is our teammate." Shiraishi Mai has a little impression of this beautiful and lovely girl.

Nodding her head, Kurokawa Aoi stepped forward quickly and opened her mouth to raise her voice.

"You guys stop, I have already called the police! The police will come at any time"

The men heard the voice, and when they turned around, they were amazed by the other person's face, but seeing the other person's height comparable to their own, and other passers-by pointing, they were flustered and defeated in a resentful way.

Mai Shiraishi helped Matsumura Sayuri, who was still in a state of panic, and asked with concern: "Are you okay? Are you injured?"

Matsumura Sayuri shook her head silently, but her eyes were fixed on Kurokawa Aoi, looking at the face that looked like her favorite anime character coming to the real world, she felt that her earballs seemed to have a fever.

"Thank you very much! If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't know what to do. My name is Matsumura Sayuri, have you all just passed the selection?" The redeemed girl expressed her gratitude and introduced herself.

"You're welcome, everyone will be group members from now on. I'm Mai Shiraishi, and she's Aoi Kurokawa. It just happened to happen that I was going home by car. Can you go home alone?"

"It's all right now. My home is in Osaka, and now I have to drive back. Thanks again for your help. Please allow me to invite you to dinner when we see you next time." After bowing deeply to the two, Matsumura Sayori said goodbye to them Turn around and leave.

"Very cute girl, isn't she?" Mai Shiraishi seemed to have a good impression of Matsumura.

Smiling and nodding, Aoi Kurokawa led the other party into the station.

At this time, Matsumura Sayuri, who had gone far away, turned around and looked at the backs of the two people who had disappeared.

"Aoi sama! My prince, thank you for saving the apple princess"

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When the two returned home, they saw the Kurokawa couple who were busy in the kitchen, and immediately planned to come to help.

"Don't come here to make trouble. Tonight is a celebration for you to pass the selection. Just sit and wait for the delicious food." Ms. Chloe issued the deportation order.

The table is full of delicacies, A5-level Hida beef, fresh Australian lobster, and high-end sushi for takeaway.

"Congratulations to Aoi and Mai for being selected, cheers!" Mato Kurokawa, the head of the family, raised his glass.

The four wine glasses collided lightly, and of course the glasses of the two underage girls contained fruit juice.

"By the way, mom and dad, can you find time to sign a contract with Sony these two days?" Aoi Kurokawa asked after a few mouthfuls of food.

"Just tomorrow morning, even if there is a knife in the sky at such an important moment, I will not be absent for my daughter!" Kurokawa ran the train full of mouth.

Giving Pippi's husband a shoulder, Chloe looked at Mai Shiraishi and asked.

"Then how are you arranged at home, Mai?"

Kurokawa Aoi rushed to answer.

"I made an agreement with Shiraishi's mother. She will fax a document to Sony and entrust the two of you to act as agents for Mai's signing. Anyway, you are familiar with these things."

Thinking about the same reason, the Kurokawa couple immediately agreed.

After a lively night, the four of them came to the SME building the next morning and sat down at the desk of Yoshio Konno's office.

"We have received the power of attorney from Mai Shiraishi's family by fax. Mr. and Mrs. Kurokawa, please review these two contracts. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I will try my best to answer you." Yoshio Konno was extremely polite. Even with a little flattering attitude, maybe it has something to do with receiving the business cards of the Kurokawa couple.

"Thank you Konno-san, you're too polite, so let's take a look at the contract first. Aoi, Mai, you two first visit the place where you will be working. Konno-san, don't you mind?" Kurokawa Manto didn't want to Girls get involved in these business things too early.

"No problem, just walk around as you please, just be careful not to disturb Biren's work," Konno Yoshio quickly responded.

After Kurokawa and Shiraishi left, they wandered around in the building. After going around for about ten or twenty minutes, they were called back to Yoshio Konno's office by a call from Chloe.

"After you sign here, the whole process is completed. We officially welcome the two Nogizaka46 members under Sony Music Entertainment." Yoshio Konno seemed quite happy, and the Kurokawa couple also showed a satisfied expression.

After collecting the signed contract with their names, Yoshio Konno took out two documents and handed them to Kurokawa and Shiraishi respectively.

"This document lists the address of the hotel where the company provides accommodation. For some reason, the shared dormitory will not be able to move in until mid-September, and the date and time of your training place are printed on it one by one. If you have any questions, you can contact the staff by phone, email or text message, and we will try our best to solve the arrangements for you. If you have no other questions, see you at the training session.”

The Kurokawa couple shook hands with Konno to say goodbye, and the four parted ways after leaving the SME building. Kurokawa Aoi's parents rushed back to work at the company, and the two girls thought that they only had a few days to spare here, so they could play around Tokyo to their heart's content. Fan.

The sun and the moon flew by, and it was the first day of the training course in a blink of an eye.

Aoi Kurokawa and Mai Momoishi came to the training site with simple backpacks and suitcases. They will live in the hotel arranged by the company after training today, and they will move together after the preparation of the dormitory is completed.

Before the training officially started, there were 35 young girls sitting in a small room. Yoshio Konno stood in front of everyone with a cloudy expression on his face.

"Before the training starts, I have one thing to announce to everyone. Ayaka Yoshimoto and Honoka Yamamoto have withdrawn due to personal reasons. Matsumoto Akimoto has temporarily suspended activities due to academic reasons, but they will still participate in training. The above"

After hearing the words, a Chinese four-character idiom "I have not yet succeeded" automatically appeared in Kurokawa Aoi's mind

The other girls in the room were also shocked by the news, and some members began to doubt whether their decision to join the girl group was correct. Among them, a petite girl with an unusually developed head circumference lowered her head sadly.

But compared to this mental shock bomb, the physical and dignity blows after the training started are more personal and severe.

"Is that your loudest voice?"

"Please hold the mentality of becoming a professional performer. This is not a school, if you hold the mentality of just having fun, please go home!"

The instructor of the vocal music class criticized the members mercilessly, and some young ones even cried.

Of course, there are unsatisfactory performances, and there are also impressive ones.

Like the little girl with beautiful big eyes and mushroom hair.The girl who speaks softly, smiles like crescent moons, and speaks with an Osaka accent, there is also a girl with double ponytails who is full of energy, and the girl whose eyes are as big as the mushroom head girl, with a full face The beautiful girls who were completely beyond their actual age were praised by the strict mentor, and of course Aoi Kurokawa was one of them.

The girls, who were tortured to death, ushered in dance training courses after a short break.

In comparison, the members are generally more receptive to dance training, which may be related to the fact that more than half of them seem to have a foundation in dance training.

In it, there are also a few rather peculiar existences. Their bodies are uncoordinated and out of tune to this degree, which is rare in the world. They are talking about you, the big-headed girl and the tooth-cracking girl with an idiot smile. .

Painful and happy (?) to spend the first day of the training course, the girls returned to the hotel prepared for them with a whole body of fatigue.

"The key to the room will be issued now. Because the room is limited, two people will be arranged in one room. If you are called by name, please come to me."

"Nami Hashimoto, Mai Fukagawa"

"Wakazuki Yumi, Hatake Kiyora"

"Sanura Eishima, Mai Shiraishi"

With a feeling of reluctance, Mai Shiraishi said goodbye to Aoi Kurokawa and followed her roommate.

"Aoi Kurokawa, Asuka Saito"

When he came to the staff in charge of room allocation, a thin figure stood next to him, looking at himself with a little fear in his eyes.

"Hi, I'm Kurokawa Aoi, you can call me Aoi, you're Saito-san, right?"

As the older party, Kurokawa Aoi took the initiative to greet the other party, trying to alleviate the other party's anxiety with a gentle attitude.

"Sister Aoi! You can call me Asuka, please teach me a lot"

Seeing the other party's overly beautiful face with obvious mixed-race features, Saito Asuka suddenly showed a reassuring and happy smile as if he had finally found the organization.

(End of this chapter)