Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 576 You two actually live together?
For the next time, Cao Zhiqiang still quietly closed the door and coded, as if he had returned to the lush years of his previous life when he closed the door and coded.

As for daily necessities, such as shopping for vegetables, cooking, cleaning the house, and even sleeping and chatting with her, Akina Nakamori does most of the work.

To be precise, during this time, Akina Nakamori has been taking care of Cao Zhiqiang in every detail. Cao Zhiqiang only needs to concentrate on typing, and he doesn't have to worry about other mundane affairs at all.

This shows that Akina Nakamori is doing well. She has no complaints and is even very satisfied when she does these caring jobs.

Even sorting out the manuscript of the manuscript was done by Akina Nakamori.

Basically, every time Cao Zhiqiang finished writing a book, Akina Nakamori would sort it out and bind it into a volume, and Cao Zhiqiang no longer had to worry about it himself.

Of course, in this process, Akina Nakamori will also follow the manuscript.

It doesn't matter if you don't read it, once you read it, you will immediately become Cao Zhiqiang's little book fan.

Especially the book "Snow Country", Akina Nakamori couldn't put it down, and couldn't get enough after reading it three times in a row.

Even "Thousand Cranes", a book that Cao Zhiqiang didn't really like, Akina Nakamori read with relish.

The only bad thing is that after reading these manuscripts, Nakamori Akina is always emotional and can't help wanting it, so Cao Zhiqiang has to waste a lot of time and energy on this to settle Nakamori Akina's initiative.

But generally speaking, with Nakamori Akina by his side, Cao Zhiqiang feels that this kind of life at home writing books is not bad.

No wonder the ancients all paid attention to red sleeves to add fragrance.

Indeed, when you are writing a book, there is a gentle and pleasant Miko to accompany you, take care of the housework for you, organize your manuscript for you, and solve your physical needs for you. It is really a fairy day.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang also knew that Akina Nakamori had paid a lot to accompany him.

This is not only the cost of doing housework and the like, but also the cost of career.

Because after knowing that Cao Zhiqiang was engaged in creation and writing Japanese novels, Akina Nakamori simply took a long vacation and concentrated on being a nanny and assistant for Cao Zhiqiang at home.

If it weren't for this, Cao Zhiqiang would definitely not be able to live such a comfortable life.

But in this way, it was tantamount to making Akina Nakamori give up her career.

You know, Nakamori Akina's current position is just an idol artist who has just debuted, just like Koizumi Kyoko.

The most important thing for this kind of idol artist is popularity, and if you want to maintain popularity, you have to work every day, release a new song from time to time, take a photo shoot, or hold some commercial activities and so on.

To put it simply, the key to an idol singer is the idol, and popularity is the most important thing, and the way to maintain popularity is to show more face and maintain a certain degree of exposure.

Just like Kyoko Koizumi, even if she doesn’t sing new songs, she still needs to accept various advertisements, take various photo shoots, publish posters, or attend various commercial performances, etc., in order to increase her exposure and maintain her popularity.

Akina Nakamori is supposed to do the same, but if she gives up by herself, the agency won't force her to do it.

The reason is that in Japan in the 80s, the protection of artists is very strong. Generally speaking, brokerage companies will not squeeze artists too much unless the artists agree.

Unlike some brokerage companies in South Korea later, even if the artist disagrees, if you are asked to accompany the guest, you have to accompany the guest.

Maybe Japan also has this kind of black-hearted brokerage company, but at least Nakamori Akina's current company, Kenyin, is not this kind of black-hearted company, so it won't force artists to do anything.

But if the artist does not cooperate, the agency will not force you, but they will slowly reduce your job announcements, or even freeze you, until you lose the value of use, and then completely abandon you.

After all, the agency signs artists to make money. If the artist doesn't know how to be motivated and doesn't work hard, he won't be used to it, unless you have a strong background.

But obviously, at least at this stage, Akina Nakamori has no background.

There is only one reason why Kenyin is so good to Nakamori Akina, that is, Nakamori Akina is still useful.

After all, Akina Nakamori is still very young now, and the songs sung by Akina Nakamori are also very popular. She has been in the top ten of the Oricon Rankings and has a certain fan base.

At least for now, Yanyin has not been able to come up with a young female singer with stronger fan appeal than Akina Nakamori.

Therefore, until Yanyin finds someone who can replace Akina Nakamori, he will be lenient towards Akina Nakamori.

Even Cao Zhiqiang is happy to see the success, and hopes that Akina Nakamori will terminate the contract with Kenyin as soon as possible, so that he can start a new agency, then sign a contract with Akina Nakamori, and then vigorously promote her, but this kind of thing cannot be said in advance.

Therefore, Nakamori Akina didn't know Cao Zhiqiang's real plan at all.

In this case, for Cao Zhiqiang, Akina Nakamori took a long vacation when his career was booming and needed to work hard. This is really for Cao Zhiqiang, and he really gave up his career because of love, otherwise there is no other explanation.

Besides, Nakamori Akina is a love brain, such a simple child, it's fine if he meets a good guy, but if he meets a scumbag, he will be a fool.

However, this Nakamori Akina, according to Cao Zhiqiang's cognition in his previous life, is a person who never corrects his mistakes.

Akina Nakamori in the previous life was hurt badly by the scumbag at the beginning, but later she met the scumbag again, and continued to follow the scumbag for 17 years without complaint or regret, and was kicked away in the end. No.

At that time, Nakamori Akina was already old, but she still had to come back to make a living.

In short, Nakamori Akina in the previous life was really pitiful, lamentable and hateful. Why did she refuse to change after repeated admonitions?

Although Cao Zhiqiang doesn't think he is a good person, he can at least promise not to abandon Akina Nakamori, unless Akina Nakamori chooses to leave him.

In addition, Cao Zhiqiang will not let Akina Nakamori pay for the menu. He will definitely try his best to make Akina Nakamori a smashing female singer and queen in the future.

Even if Akina Nakamori doesn't like to attend various events, it doesn't matter.

We can play the power faction.

As long as Akina Nakamori can sing a large number of enduring classic songs in the future and establish her name as "the first songstress", even if she doesn't like to hold concerts or show her face all day long, she can still package it as a unique song Or, maybe it is more popular.

In the final analysis, the life cycle of an idol star is very short, but a powerful singer is different.

Just like Misora ​​Hibari, she basically doesn’t attend various events now, she only releases a few records every year, and the exposure is not high, but when the Japanese people talk about her, there is no one who doesn’t think she is the greatest summer thumb One of the songstresses.

And Miyuki Nakashima.

In terms of fame at this time, Nakajima Miyuki is actually not as good as the new generations such as Koizumi Kyoko, Nakamori Akina, and Matsuda Seiko.

But Nakajima Miyuki has long been a proper and capable singer in the eyes of the Japanese people. Compared with idol singers such as Koizumi Kyoko, Nakamori Akina and Matsuda Seiko, she is actually not on the same track for a long time.

Of course, Nakajima Miyuki is a typical singer-songwriter, she is very particular about innovation and change, so if there is no accident, she will soon enter a new stage of her singing career, which is commonly known as the "crazy period".

Although the so-called "crazy period" proved to be an unsuccessful attempt afterwards, Miyuki Nakajima at least has the confidence and is not afraid of failure. After all, she has already been labeled as a powerful singer.

On the contrary, people like Kyoko Koizumi are still far away from the label of a powerful singer.

Nakamori Akina, Koizumi Kyoko, and Matsuda Seiko, the three who really succeeded in their transformation and were promoted to powerful singers, seemed to be only one Nakamori Akina.

This also shows that Akina Nakamori has that strength, at least her unique voice is really a blessing from God.

It's just that Akina Nakamori hasn't really identified her position yet, and is still in a period of confusion, not knowing what style is most suitable for her.

So Akina Nakamori also had a period of changing styles. In fact, like Miyuki Nakajima, it was an attempt to break through and position herself.

If you succeed in trying, you will be promoted to a higher level and become a powerful singer, but if you fail in trying, you will just disappear from the crowd.

Cao Zhiqiang knew about Nakamori Akina's later development, so he could plan the role positioning for Nakamori Akina in advance, and tailor some hit songs for her.

To put it bluntly, whether a singer is good or not, his voice is only one of them. The most important thing is whether he has a good song.

In other words, whether there are good works is the main criterion for judging the quality of a singer.

The same is true for actors. Whether you have good works is the most important indicator to measure whether you are a good actor or not.

As for good works, with him Cao Zhiqiang, how could Akina Nakamori lack good works in the future?

On this day, after Cao Zhiqiang plagiarized another Japanese novel, he stretched out and walked out of his study.

As soon as he walked out the door, he saw Nakamori Akina wearing home clothes, sitting quietly at the dining table and trimming the branches of various flowers.

Well, this is actually what is called Japanese ikebana, or flower arrangement.

Among Japanese housewives, ikebana, or ikebana arrangement, has endured for a long time, as it is, after all, a great way to pass the time as well as a social outlet.

Many Japanese girls learn ikebana while they are in school, and Akina Nakamori has obviously learned this too.

It’s just that Akina Nakamori has been very busy with work before, and after returning home, she was very late and very tired, and she was not in the mood at all, nor in the mood to play ikebana.

Instead, it was Nakamori Akina who took a long vacation to take care of Cao Zhiqiang, and then started playing flower arrangements again.

How should I put it, Cao Zhiqiang used to think that Japanese ikebana is a disease of leisure, but after actually experiencing the art of ikebana, he thinks it is not bad.

At least the flowers inserted by Akina Nakamori are really beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

"Hehe, are you arranging flowers again?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"Yeah!" Akina Nakamori came to her senses, quickly put down the flower scissors and branches, stood up gently and smiled, "Zhiqiang-san, are you tired from writing? Are your shoulders sore? Do you want me to give you a massage?"

"Haha, no need." Cao Zhiqiang stretched his arms, "I just finished writing a novel and came out to do some activities. I happened to see you arranging flowers, so I just asked by the way."

"Yeah, have you finished writing another one?" Nakamori Akina asked in surprise, "What kind of novel is it?"

"The title of the book is "Girl's Harbor." Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile, "It's a cool novel for young girls."

"Lala style?" Nakamori Akina was taken aback, "What does that mean?"

"That's not important." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "In short, it's a novel about a certain kind of relationship between girls."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Nakamori Akina's eyes lit up, and she became more interested, "Then I want to read it more. Well, can I read it?"

"Hehe, you can read it if you want." Cao Zhiqiang waved his hand, "I wrote it and published it for others to read. If you want to read it, then watch it."

Akina Nakamori smiled: "Well, then I'll prepare you something to drink first, and then I'll sort out the manuscript for you. By the way, what do you want to drink? Coffee or tea?"

"Coffee." Cao Zhiqiang said.

"Oiran coffee with nothing added?" Akina Nakamori asked, "Coffee from refrigeration, or freshly ground coffee?"

"Well, freshly ground coffee." Cao Zhiqiang said, "At this time, drinking something hot is better for the stomach."

Akina Nakamori smiled and said, "Okay, then wait a moment, I'll go and prepare it for you."

"Okay, go ahead." Cao Zhiqiang said, "I'm going to the toilet."

After speaking, Cao Zhiqiang went directly to the toilet.

Just when Cao Zhiqiang went to the toilet, and Nakamori Akina was happily preparing hand-ground coffee, there was a sudden ringing of the doorbell.

"Please wait!" Akina Nakamori quickly put down the coffee beans and said, "Here we come."

After Akina Nakamori went to open the door, she found a strange young man with a briefcase and a suit on his body.

"Here, who are you looking for?" Nakamori Akina asked with a frown.

The strange young man was also taken aback, then looked at Nakamori Akina and said suddenly: "You, you...ah, Akina sauce? Are you Nakamori Akina?"

"Hi!" Nakamori Akina nodded, "May I ask who you are?"

"Oh, I'm your fan!" The young man smiled immediately, "I really like your songs, especially the song "セカンドラブ" (Second Love), oh, it's really good !"

Hearing what the other party said, Akina Nakamori smiled and bowed gently, and then said with a smile: "Well, thank you for your love, but I'm in private time, not working time, so I'm sorry, if you want to chase stars , I have to refuse you, I can't let you in, I'm really sorry."

After finishing speaking, Nakamori Akina bowed again, and the door was about to be closed.

"Ah, wait!" The young man quickly waved his hands one by one, "No, I'm not here to chase stars, and I'm not here to look for you. I'm here to look for Cao Zhiqiang and Cao Sang."

Immediately afterwards, the young man frowned, and looked at the house number again: "No, this is the address that Cao Sang gave me. That's right. How could it be Ming Caijiang and you are here? Did I make a mistake?"

Speaking of this, the young man in the suit scratched his head with doubts all over his face.

Hearing what the other party said, Nakamori Akina was taken aback, and instead of closing the door, she asked cautiously, "Are you looking for Cao Zhiqiang, Cao Sang?"

"Yes." The young man with the briefcase nodded.

"Who are you?" Nakamori Akina asked again.

Upon hearing this, the man in the suit quickly said: "Ah, my name is Yuno Watanabe, and I am the editor of Kodansha. This is my business card!"

After finishing speaking, the man in the suit quickly took out a box of business cards from his pocket, pulled out one frantically, then put the box back into his pocket, held the business card in both hands, and handed it over respectfully.

Akina Nakamori took the business card and looked at it, and found that it was really the editor of Kodansha, so she asked, "Mr. Watanabe, why did you come here to find Cao Zhiqiang-san?"

Watanabe Yuno, who was wearing a suit, said: "That's right, before Cao Zhiqiang came to our publishing house in person, submitted a manuscript for me, and wanted to publish a book with us.

After review by me and our editor-in-chief, it has been decided to officially publish this book.

Now that I am here, I just want to talk to Cao Zhiqiangsang about specific publishing matters, and formally sign a publishing contract with him. "

After a short pause, Watanabe Yuno said suspiciously: "Well, Akina-san, from your words, you seem to know Cao Zhiqiang-san?

Could it be that Cao Sang really lives here?
ah?Could it be that Ming Caijiang and Cao Sang live together? "

Akina Nakamori bit her lip, then looked left and right, and after confirming that there was no one else, she nodded lightly and said in a low voice, "Yes, that's right, we, we do live together."

"Ah!" Watanabe Yuno said with a face full of surprise, "You, you, you actually live together?"

"Hush!" Akina Nakamori quickly raised her right index finger and made a silent gesture, "Mr. Watanabe, we have not made this matter public, please keep it a secret for us."

Watanabe Yuno was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said, "Well, I'm not a bad person, and I came here to see Cao Zhiqiang-sang, so don't worry, I will keep it secret."

Immediately afterwards, Watanabe Yuno asked again: "So, Cao Zhiqiang sang him, is he really here?"

Akina Nakamori nodded: "Yes, he is here."

Yuno Watanabe took a deep breath: "Then, can I visit Cho Zhiqiang-san now? This is really an important contract, please!"

Speaking of which, Yuno Watanabe bowed to Akina Nakamori.

Akina Nakamori smiled slightly: "Well, Mr. Watanabe, since you are looking for Cao Sang, please come in."

After finishing speaking, Nakamori Akina completely opened the door and let Watanabe Yuno in.

"Excuse me!" Yuno Watanabe bowed to Akina Nakamori again, and then walked into the door in a proper manner.

After entering the door and changing shoes, and walking into the living room wearing socks, Yuno Watanabe did not see Cao Zhiqiang.

Akina Nakamori asked him to sit down at the table first, and then said: "Sorry, Cao Sang just went to the bathroom, please wait a moment, um, I'm making hand-ground coffee, would you like a cup?"

"That's right, thank you very much." Yuno Watanabe said with a smile, "No wonder I smelled a strong coffee smell as soon as I came in. It turns out that you are making coffee. Oh, Akina-chan is such a good woman , Cao Zhiqiangsang is really lucky!"

Akina Nakamori smiled: "You praised, that, just wait a moment, I'll prepare coffee for you."

Just when Akina Nakamori went into the kitchen to continue making hand-ground coffee, the door of the bathroom suddenly opened, and then Cao Zhiqiang, who was only wearing big pants and a small vest, was wearing slippers, yawning, and came out lazily.

(End of this chapter)