old events in tokyo

Chapter 10
Ko no wish
who can understand
who か こ の wish
my longing for this love
いいさこの出野い
Well, such a meeting

こんなめぐりいい
this encounter

思い出すなら
can remember from time to time
last ni jun ga ii
that must be you

take り ぅ れ た bus wo
ふたりここで
Take the car that carries each other's hearts
揺られながら
cling to each other
どんなに暖めても
shaken by fate
Akiyama Kazuki opened his eyes and recalled the scenes in his dream, and sighed softly.I got up and picked up the guitar, plucked the strings and sang slowly, the figure of yesterday appeared in my mind, the corners of my mouth slightly turned up, it's so good, this "encounter".

After finding a pen and paper to write down the score, he picked up the manuscript paper and gently put it in the drawer, there will be a day when he will see the sun again, Kazuki Akiyama said silently.

What I have to do now is to prepare well for the performance on Thursday night. Although I have confidence in my voice and have a strong sense of pitch, I still have to practice more with Ishida Takumi in the next few days to make sure nothing goes wrong. The first step is extremely important.

Izumi Sakai came to the Roppongi Being company headquarters today to discuss the production of the fourth single with the president, Taiyuki Toto. When he entered the front desk, he saw the staff carrying a box of packages, which were basically demos and letters received.

She suddenly remembered that the newcomer that Dahei Moji and her mentioned last time had also sent a demo to the company. She still had a little impression of that warm and inspirational song, and wondered if that demo was also here.

Thinking of this, Izumi Sakai suddenly became interested. She is very familiar with the staff here, so she stepped forward and asked, "Kurosawa-san, are all the demos for this month here?"

"Hey, is there a demo you want to hear from Quan Shuijiang? Do you remember who sent it? I'll look for it."

"It seems to be Kazuki Akiyama," Izumi Sakai recalled a little.

"Hmm~ I have a little impression. His demo seems to have passed the preliminary selection, and it will be placed at the front desk. It will be sent to the president later, so that he can try it again." The staff has some impressions of this demo, after all, it has already been preliminarily approved. Selected.

"Thanks for your hard work, Kurosawa-san." Izumi Sakai nodded with a smile in thanks, and then walked to the front desk, where he found Kazuki Akiyama's package.So I greeted the front desk staff and took the package to the lounge.

In the lounge, Izumi Sakai took out the tape and turned it left and right curiously. Suddenly, he felt a little bit of anticipation. Moji's admirable voice should not disappoint.

Put the tape into the recorder and press the play button lightly.He rested his chin in both hands and listened quietly, nodding slightly from time to time and narrowing his eyes slightly.

Sure enough, the impressive voice is nice and recognizable. Well, the lyrics are also very well written.

Izumi Sakai took out the tape and put it in a file bag, which seemed to contain a resume.Before he had time to look, the assistant at the door reminded the president that he had arrived.

So Sakai Izumi picked up the file bag and walked to Nagato Taiko's office, and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Nagato Taiyuki's voice came from inside.

Izumi Sakai opened the door and entered, "Good morning, President-san"

Nagato Taiyuki raised his head, "It's Izumi-chan." After greeting him, he raised his chin to signal Izumi Sakai to sit down first, "The recording of the single will be finished soon, and we will take cover photos and PV later, please pay attention to arrange the time .”

"Hay" Sakai Izumi put the file bag on the table and sat down on the sofa.

"This is a demo that passed the preliminary selection. I saw it at the front desk and brought it up by the way. I heard it secretly just now." After finishing speaking, Izumi Sakai smiled embarrassedly.

"Oh? How do you feel?" Nagato Taiyuki looked over with interest.

"Hmm~ It's a memorable voice, and the song is well written."

"This evaluation is quite good, I must listen to it later."

Then the two chatted for a while about the release of the single, and Izumi Sakai left.

Nagato Taiyuki finished the work at hand, and only remembered this demo when he saw the document bag on the table. He picked up the bag and took out the resume to look at it. Kazuki Akiyama?Dahei Moji seemed to have mentioned this person to him, and after a closer look, um, he looks good, and nodded slightly.

Taiko Nagato was even more satisfied after listening to the demo. He was indeed a very talented person as Izumi-chan said.

Although now is the time when the wave of bands is on fire, it doesn't mean that solo singers are not popular. The wave will always pass, and training talents in advance is not a rainy day.

Dahei Moji is the female solo singer he wants to launch. Since he has met him, he can also consider the cultivation of male solo singers.Moreover, such a piece of raw jade will always bloom its brilliance one day, and nothing can be let go in vain.

Thinking of this, Nagato Taiyuki picked up the phone and called Daikoku Moji, said a few words and hung up.Kazuki Akiyama has a live house performance this Thursday?This is an opportunity to learn about the singer's ability to sing live.

Many singers perform very well in the recording studio, but their live ability is average.This is very detrimental to the performance of the concert. Facing the audience's failure to show its due level, it will somewhat arouse doubts from the outside world.

Nagato Taiyuki tapped his fingers on the table, thoughtful.

On Thursday, Akiyama Kazuki got up early, partly because of the habit he had developed recently, and partly because of excitement. Today is the day when he will be on stage for the first time.

The convenience store has already asked for leave. It has been almost three months since I came to this world. From the salty fish mentality in the game world at the beginning to now I have made a lot of efforts to appear on stage, and I have more and more bonds with this world. , but he does not reject it.

Now that he has come, in this dreamy and crazy age, meeting different people and having different stories happened makes him enjoy the process more and more.

Kazuki Akiyama and Takumi Ishida practiced again during the day, and the time soon came to the evening. When they came to the backstage of Machida's live house, there were already many teams who were about to perform on stage.

The order of performances had already been written on the publicity whiteboard in the backstage, and Kazuki Akiyama quickly found out that their order of appearances was a little behind the middle.

As the opening time approached, the small backstage became more and more crowded. Kazuki Akiyama swept around, and there were all kinds of weird styles.

And most of them are in the form of bands. A combination with only two guitars like them can be said to be quite "alternative".

The number of spectators who bought tickets to enter the arena has gradually increased, and a slight noise can already be heard in the background.The host had already started to announce the curtain and interacted with the audience. After the atmosphere got a little better, the band began to perform.

As the performing teams took to the stage one by one, it will be their turn soon. Originally, Kazuki Akiyama wanted to name their temporary group, but Takumi Ishida shook his head and refused, saying that he did not want to do this. give up.

After a while, the staff came to inform them that they were ready to appear on stage. They walked to the aisle near the stage, and the roar of the band and the shouts of the audience came from the front, rushing one after another like a tide.

I don't know if I can get such cheers in exchange for my appearance. At this time, the host's interlude sounded on the stage, "I invite Kazuki Akiyama to appear on the stage!"

Akiyama Kazuki and Ishida Takumi instantly became serious, took a deep breath and slowly walked onto the stage.

I thought there would be very few people during the unpopular time period, but I didn't expect that there were three to four hundred people in the audience today.

The auditorium did not quiet down because of the change of the band, and the buzzing noise was always lingering in my ears.

Kazuki Akiyama took two steps forward, swept left and right, and made a sound,

"Everyone, I am Kazuki Akiyama. I am honored to perform here tonight. Please watch."

However, before Kazuki Akiyama and Takumi Ishida prepared,

"What are you doing, it's not a band"

"Are there still solo singers these days? It's too stupid."

"Hurry up and finish singing, the band I like is still waiting behind you"

There is almost no boundary between the stage and the audience. There is only a metal railing in the middle that is perfunctorily used as a boundary. The drunken faces of the middle-aged men in the front row can be seen clearly, and they seem to jump over to drive them off the stage at any time.

At this time, Kazuki Akiyama realized that there were not only cheers but also ridicule and ignorance on the stage, but the more he was like this, the more he could not shrink back. Only after taking this step can he be qualified to aspire to a higher mountain.

Turning his head to look at Ishida Takumi, he nodded and gently plucked the strings.

なまぬるい风に

wind, bitter

blow kare na gara
blowing homesick me
tokyo no sora view metetara
Looking at the sky of Tokyo alone

The singing voice was as mellow and clear as ever. Instead of being nervous because of the audience's doubts, Akiyama Kazuki calmed down and concentrated on his performance.

Recalling the scenes of my past life, the memories of the original body and the feelings for my family have always affected me, and the singing is slowly full of thoughts, gratitude and gratitude for my persistence at the beginning.

At the end of the song, the auditorium had quieted down for some time, and the middle-aged men in the front row seemed ashamed and reminiscing.

Kazuki Akiyama looked at the quiet auditorium and collected himself, bowed with Ishida Takumi and prepared to return to the backstage.

"Go ahead, Dad!"

Suddenly, there was a shout from the auditorium, as if a signal was ignited, and the shouts and applause came one after another, like a tide, rushing to the stage one after another.

At this moment Kazuki Akiyama is standing in the center of the stage, his eyes are calm but his body is trembling slightly. Is this the feeling of being cheered and paid attention to? The spotlight hits the body and pulls a long shadow behind him. This feeling is really addictive.

Watching Kazuki Akiyama bowing and leaving the stage, Nagato Taiyuki also stood up and left. The expectations for tonight were not fulfilled. A newcomer with good looks and singing skills is worth cultivating.

Kazuki Akiyama didn't know that a special audience watched his performance today, and he had no time to think about it at this time, and his mood was still immersed in the moment when he was cheered on the stage.

The two got paid for the performance backstage, and Matsuda came over to greet them, saying that they could cooperate more in the future, and Kazuki Akiyama naturally agreed with a smile.

Leaving the Live house and standing on the street, the sky was already full of stars. I stretched my arms and took a deep breath, feeling very relaxed.

"Takumi-kun, didn't you say that Thursday is an unpopular time slot? I think there are quite a few audiences today." Kazuki Akiyama was a little puzzled. At first he thought that there were only a hundred people during the unpopular time slot.

Ishida Takumi was also a little puzzled, "Maybe it's the economic downturn, everyone's pressure is relatively high, plus the impact of layoffs, etc. Live house is an entertainment venue with no threshold, and you can enter with a ticket, which is very attractive to some people."

It seems that the bursting of the bubble has affected all aspects of people.

The subway was still in operation, and the two of them didn't stay any longer and hurried back to their residence by taking the subway.

For Kazuki Akiyama, today is destined to be a special and extraordinary day.

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