old events in tokyo

Chapter 101 What's wrong with smiling

After putting a few carton-packed boxes into the trunk of the car, Yoshitaka Watanabe and Takumi Ishida breathed a sigh of relief, and finally caught up.

Kazuki Akiyama looked at the time, "Let's go then." So a group of people got into the car, and after a while the car started and drove towards Shinjuku.

Today, it was the business car of the firm, and all the staff, including Hayakawa Yuki, were dispatched.

About 10 minutes or so, the car parked on a street in Shinjuku [-]-chome.

Kazuki Akiyama got out of the car and looked at the off-white building in front of him, about three or four stories high, with the name "STUDIO ALTA" inlaid with colorful English letters on the top.

Kazuki Akiyama and the others carried cardboard boxes into the building, and even the assistant Yuki Hayakawa walked in carrying large and small bags.

After a while, I came to the backstage and put away my things.Kazuki Akiyama entered the lounge, and a makeup artist from the program team came in to help with the styling.

That's right, Kazuki Akiyama is here to participate in the show today.This is the first time he has appeared since he was slandered by those media.

Today's show is "Smile and Smile", the host is Tamoli, the same live broadcast.

This is a midday variety show on Fuji TV, broadcast from Monday to Friday from [-]:[-] noon to [-]:[-] pm.

The type of program is more like a kind of interview, chatting about previous stories, what interesting things around me recently, etc., without limiting the topic.

Speaking of which, Kazuki Akiyama came to this program because of a call from Tamori last time.

There is an interesting link in the program "Smile and Smile", that is, at the end of today's show, the guests have to make a phone call to their friends.Then Tamoli will invite him as a guest on the next episode.

Last Friday's guest happened to be Noriyuki Makihara. During the phone call, Tamori asked, "I heard that Makihara-san and Akiyama-san are familiar?"

So Kazuki Akiyama made his trip this time, which can be regarded as an acceptance of Tamori's favor.Those few days were the time when the gossip media focused on Kazuki Akiyama.

Tamoli naturally knew what was going on, so he gave it a chance to make a public appearance, and it was up to him how he grasped it.

During that time, the outside world also had mixed evaluations of Kazuki Akiyama, and the root cause was a few music magazines, which questioned his identity as a music creator.

To be honest, this kind of thing can't be clarified at all. Generally, when encountering such a thing, it can only be proved by time.If there is real talent and learning, there will naturally be excellent works, but if it is a show, it will certainly not last.

But no matter what the final result is, it is a failure for the artist itself.Because even if you wait until the day you prove yourself, maybe your time has passed.

It can no longer regain its former glory, let alone Kazuki Akiyama who is still in the rising stage. BURNING is also predicting this point, the method is not insidious, and the first shot is aimed at your weakness.

As for the content of the custom shop published in the gossip tabloids, it is just a convenient addition, and it does not matter whether it succeeds or fails.

It's just that BURNING himself didn't expect it, but those contents really almost drove Kazuki Akiyama into a place of eternal doom.

Solve one of those troubles, and the rest is arguing about his musical talent.

Now it is basically discussed by several magazines and media, some support and some are skeptical.For example, "CD&DL でーた", "What's IN" and "CDDATA" who have reported and interviewed me, and "CDDATA" who have never met before, praised me very much, which made Kazuki Akiyama feel a little better.

On the contrary, Akasaka Akira, who once had a small feud with Kazuki Akiyama, has been jumping up and down recently, spreading rumors everywhere, nothing more than skepticism about his musical talent.

Tsk~, an idol who is about to pass away, don't you have any idea what weight to say by yourself?

Don't fall into my hands next time, or you will definitely be let out of the circle at the speed of light, or the notorious one.What I gained that day was more than that, Kazuki Akiyama smiled secretly.

Came to Tamoli's lounge, knocked on the door, waited for a response, and then opened the door to enter.

Seeing Kazuki Akiyama coming in, Tamori, wearing brown sunglasses, smiled, "It's Akiyama-kun."

"Tamori-san, thanks for taking care of me this time. This is my new single, please accept it." Kazuki Akiyama bowed and thanked him sincerely.

"I have bought all of Akiyama-kun's singles, and I don't need to give them away anymore. And as a gift, let's talk about it later on stage." Tamori said this to let Akiyama Kazuki stop being a newcomer in the future. , indicating that he has remembered him.

"Please give me your advice in the future." Kazuki Akiyama also changed some of the show's customs a little bit, and accepted it as soon as it was good.

After leaving the lounge, I went back and waited for the show to start.

It was around 200:[-] a.m., the stage in the studio was ready, and the audience had already entered.The number of people is not much - about [-] people, and most of them are female audiences.

Soon there was a burst of relaxed and playful music. First, the youth team went up and sang a song as the opening, and Tamoli also entered the venue along with the music and sang a few impromptu lines together.

At the end of the opening, there was a burst of applause and cheers from the audience.Tamoli walked to the edge of the host stage and sat down.

"Hello everyone"

"Hello ~" uniform voice.

"It's so cold outside, but all of you are so enthusiastic." Tamoli smiled and interacted with the audience.

There was a burst of good-natured laughter. "Today's guest host, Nagasaka-kun." Tamori stretched out his hand to signal, and the assistant host on the sidelines bowed to say hello.

"Then let's get started, today's guest is..." The screen cut to the billboard on the sidelines, with this month's participating guests posted on it, and the latest one is Kazuki Akiyama's profile picture.

"Just looking at the photos, he is quite handsome," Tamoli said to himself.

"Hey" the audience exclaimed curiously.

"Then Kazuki Akiyama, please come in!" Tamori stretched out his hand to lead to the backstage.

The female audience immediately burst into cheers, accompanied by warm applause.Tamori also got up and stood in the arena. At this time, Kazuki Akiyama walked onto the stage with bags in both hands.

He bowed to the audience cheering and applauding "Kazuki" off the stage, and greeted Tamori again.

Tamori took the bag from his hand and the rolled-up poster under his arm.

"I brought so many things, and this poster is also very big." Speaking of which, Tamoli had already opened the rolled up poster.

Shown in front of the audience is Kazuki Akiyama in a black windbreaker and a red scarf, standing on the snow and looking up at the sky.

"Powder Snow" is written in the upper right corner. This is the promotional poster for Kazuki Akiyama's latest single, which was specially selected by BEING.

"Hey~ It's quite emotional, and it matches the current weather." Tamoli admired, and then turned to the back of the scene, "Then please hang up."

A staff member came up from the back of the stage, took the poster and pasted it on the billboard near the back of the stage.

"What else is in these two bags?" Tamoli picked up two more bags and put them on the table, ready to open them.
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