1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Iida Naoko woke up at half past six. She sat up in a daze, rubbed her eyes, and then saw Nakamori Akina sitting on the sofa opposite her, reading a Japanese version of "Zhou Yan, Yu Hua, Shi Tiesheng" in her hands, while Zhou Yan was working at his desk.

"What time is it now? Have all the guests in the studio left?" Iida Seiko asked two questions in a row.

Hearing her movement, Akina Nakamori put down the book in her hand and said with a smile, "It's already past six in the morning, and you have been sleeping since around ten last night."

"Is it here?" asked Iida Naoko in surprise.

She only remembered that she and Akina Nakamori continued drinking after returning to the box from the lobby. She didn't remember anything about what happened afterwards, so she was surprised to appear in Zhou Yan's office.

"Yeah, right here. You were sleeping soundly and barely moved."

"What about you?" asked Iida Naoko.

"I'm right next to here, but I woke up earlier than you."

"Then Teacher Zhou..." Iida Chengzi looked at Zhou Yan again.

"He fell asleep in his office chair."

She was telling the truth. Zhou Yan did fall asleep in the office chair, but they both woke up in the middle of the night.

Hearing what Akina Nakamori said, Iida Naoko felt a little embarrassed, "I'm so sorry, Mr. Zhou, we drank too much last night and still need you to take care of us."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Actually, I didn't take care of you. You fell asleep on the sofa after you came up, and there was no movement in between."

"I'm sorry for the trouble you've taken to staying in the office with us. I don't usually drink so much, but I just drank too much last night."

"It's a holiday, so it's okay to drink a little. How do you feel now?"

After the hangover, Iida Naoko felt a slight headache, her body was dehydrated and a little thirsty, but she didn't feel any other discomfort.

On the one hand, the wine she drank last night was of good quality, and on the other hand, she did get enough rest and her metabolism was almost complete.

"I'm fine, Akina, let's go back to the hotel now and don't disturb Teacher Zhou here."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Don't rush to leave. Wait until Kong Chao and the others get to work. I'll ask him to make you some stomach-nourishing breakfast. After breakfast, I'll ask the driver to take you back. You drank so much last night, so try not to drive in the morning."

Iida Naoko also knew that Zhou Yan's arrangement was reasonable. She looked at Nakamori Akina and nodded, "Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Zhou."

"You're welcome. There's a bathroom on the second floor. If you want to wash up, I'll go to the logistics department and see if there are any towels and toothbrushes for you."

Iida Naoko smiled and said, "No need, we have all these things in the trunk of our car."

"Ah That's good."

……

What Zhou Yan didn't expect was that their car was not only equipped with towels and toothbrushes, but also spare clothes, and even skin care and makeup products.

They even took a shower, changed their clothes and put on makeup while the people in the studio were not at work yet.

If Zhou Yan didn't have a hair dryer, they would even have to wash their hair.

At around eight o'clock, the two of them went to the cafeteria to have a meal in high spirits.

During the meal, Iida Naoko asked Nakamori Akina, "Akina, I didn't do anything rude after drinking last night, did I?"

Akina Nakamori shook her head. "Even if there was, I don't know because I drank too much last night and woke up later."

"Oh my." Jingtian Chengzi slapped his forehead, "We really can't drink too much alcohol. How much did we drink last night?"

"It seemed like there were three bottles of red wine." Akina Nakamori didn't remember clearly. She just remembered opening three bottles of wine, but she didn't know whether any more bottles of wine were opened later.

"So much..." Iida Naoko was surprised. Her alcohol tolerance was actually average. Under normal circumstances, it was considered good enough for her to drink half a bottle of red wine.

"What a pity." Iida Chengzi sighed again, "Originally, I wanted to wait for Mr. Zhou to come to our box last night and have a couple of drinks with him. Although "Snow Flower" is very popular, one song is not enough after all. It would be great if Mr. Zhou could write another song for you. You've made a very good start in your comeback this time, so you have to strike while the iron is hot. Besides, you're spending a lot of time in China now, so you can't just keep singing the same few songs. You still need to have more Chinese songs."

Akina Nakamori was drinking porridge. When she heard what Iida Naoko said, she did not respond but just nodded.

"Otherwise, I'll find some time to ask today?" Iida Chengzi said again.

"No need." Akina Nakamori said quickly.

Seeing Akina Nakamori refuse, Iida Naoko sighed, "This kind of thing needs to be proactive. We can't always rely on Teacher Zhou to take the initiative. Otherwise, we can also talk to Miss Shizuka. Isn't she on good terms with Teacher Zhou? The same is true for "Snow Flower"..."

Before she finished, Akina Nakamori interrupted her, "Noriko, let's eat first."

What happened in the past two days made Akina Nakamori feel guilty whenever she thought of Shizuka Kudo, and she felt that she had betrayed her good friend.

Although Shizuka Kudo did not tell Akina Nakamori about her relationship with Zhou Yan, what happened in the hotel room last time was enough to explain the situation.

Akina Nakamori was not an ignorant girl who knew nothing. She naturally knew what it meant for Zhou Yan to run to Shizuka Kudo's room in that situation.

The night before, after they kissed in the car, Akina Nakamori had been feeling conflicted.

Reason told her that she should not get too close to Zhou Yan, but she couldn't help but get close to Zhou Yan.

The reason why she broke her alcohol ban last night was that she wanted to use alcohol to give herself some courage.

After being interrupted by Akina Nakamori, Iida Naoko didn't say anything else. She didn't think much about it. She just felt that Akina Nakamori was too shy to ask Zhou Yan or Kudo Shizuka for help. This was in line with Akina Nakamori's character.

But when breakfast was almost over, Akina Nakamori suddenly said, "Don't worry about the new song, Chengzi. I will find time to ask Teacher Zhou."

After hearing what Akina Nakamori said, Iida Naoko was very pleased. Akina finally got it.

"Okay, I'm not in a hurry. Just talk to Mr. Zhou. I believe he will consider it. I found that his attitude towards us is different these days. It turns out that we should come here more often."

"Ah."

Akina Nakamori lowered her head and continued to drink her porridge. She didn't dare tell Iida Seiko about the matters of "Platform" and "Fireworks". If Iida Seiko knew about this, she would definitely be suspicious.

……

When Akina Nakamori went to Zhou Yan's office, she was carrying a thermos in her hand.

"Would you like to stop working and have some breakfast?"

Zhou Yan put down the pen in his hand, looked up and smiled, "You even brought me breakfast."

"Well, I heard from Kong Chao that you usually eat these." Zhou Yan stood up and walked to the coffee table and looked at what Akina Nakamori brought.

A corn, a meat bun, two tea eggs and a cup of hot milk are indeed the combination that Zhou Yan often eats.

He didn't hesitate to sit down and asked Akina Nakamori while peeling eggs, "Are you going to the TV station to record a song today? Is it in the morning or afternoon?"

When they were chatting the night before, Akina Nakamori told Zhou Yan that she was going to Yanjing TV Station to record a song today.

"It's afternoon." said Akina Nakamori.

"Well, there's no need to leave in a hurry. You can have lunch first."

Akina Nakamori shook her head, "No, I need to take a shower when I get home."

"Didn't you already wash it?"

"It's just a simple wash, and I haven't washed my hair yet. Since I'm going to record a show, I can't be too sloppy."

Zhou Yan looked up at Akina Nakamori. The outfit she was wearing was quite cool. She wore a black two-piece sweater on the inside and a black thick leather jacket on the outside. She wore skinny jeans and black high-heeled boots on the bottom.

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"You're fine like this."

Akina Nakamori asked with a smile, "Do you really think it's good?"

"Of course, but it's a little cold-proof. You'll freeze to death if you wear this outdoors."

"No, my leather coat is very thick. And I hardly walk outdoors, so I won't be cold."

Zhou Yan nodded, didn't talk about this topic anymore, and started eating his breakfast.

Seeing Zhou Yan suddenly stop talking, Akina Nakamori bit her lip and said softly, "Then I'll go to the hotel and change into thicker clothes."

She thought that Zhou Yan suddenly stopped talking because he was unhappy.

Zhou Yan was a little surprised to see Akina Nakamori being so cautious. He didn't reply to Akina Nakamori's words just now, and he didn't have any special thoughts. He just felt that there was no need to expand the topic of clothes further. Fortunately, his eggs had been peeled and were ready to eat.

But I didn't expect that Akina Nakamori would be so sensitive.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It's good to keep warm, but it's up to you what you wear."

Akina Nakamori also smiled and nodded, "Yeah."

After that, neither of them spoke. Zhou Yan concentrated on his breakfast, while Nakamori Akina sat next to him, watching Zhou Yan eat attentively.

She suddenly discovered that Zhou Yan also looked very good while eating.

After Zhou Yan finished eating, Nakamori Akina wanted to help her clean up the mess, but Zhou Yan waved her hand and said, "No, I can do it myself. I have to go to the cafeteria later and I can bring these things to them."

"Are you full?"

Zhou Yan rubbed his stomach and said, "If it were normal, I would definitely be full, but today it's still a little short."

"Why?" Akina Nakamori asked puzzledly.

"Because I exercised too much last night." Zhou Yan showed a sly smile.

Hearing this, Akina Nakamori's face turned red again.

Seeing her red cheeks, Zhou Yan smiled. When they were in the practice room in the middle of the night, she was very proactive, but now she became shy.

……

After Akina Nakamori and the others returned to the hotel, Zhou Yan also went back home. Although it was winter, after the battle last night, he still wanted to come back and take a shower.

After taking a shower, he took a short nap.

At half past ten, Gao Jinwen called and told him that the school-enterprise cooperation was making progress.

After listening to Gao Jinwen's explanation, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Teacher Gao, I didn't expect you to be so efficient. You've already got feedback."

This matter was just discussed yesterday afternoon. I guess many people are still drunk now, but the school-enterprise cooperation has already come to fruition.

"We have to be quick. Yesterday, several of them went to your studio and were more anxious than the other. So early in the morning, several of us went to find Dean Xu and reported yesterday's situation to him. After listening to our report, Dean Xu was very interested and asked me to call you to find an opportunity to discuss the school-enterprise cooperation in detail."

"I'm afraid I can't go in person to discuss the school-enterprise cooperation. I will ask Liu Hang, the head of our studio, to go. He has always been in charge of the school-enterprise cooperation of the Central Conservatory of Music. He knows more about these things than I do. But don't worry, Mr. Gao. After things are settled, I will definitely invite you to have dinner with Dean Xu."

Zhou Yan hasn't been particularly busy recently, but he decided to let Liu Hang handle the school-enterprise cooperation.

Gao Jinwen understood Zhou Yan's approach very well. He smiled and said, "Director Zhou, you are too polite. You have shown your sincerity by sending General Manager Liu here for this matter. The goal of both parties is to reach a cooperation in the end. As for the dinner, when the school-enterprise cooperation is finalized, we must give you a chance to let our school treat you to a dinner. There must be give and take."

Zhou Yan laughed, "Teacher Gao, we are so close, so let's cut the polite words. I will let Liu Hang work with you seriously on the school-enterprise cooperation. If there is any problem that he can't solve, you can also come to me directly."

"Mr. Liu is personally handling the matter, so how could there be any problem?" Gao Jinwen smiled and said, "But there is one thing I want to discuss with you in advance, so I won't wait to tell Mr. Liu later."

"What's the matter?" Zhou Yan asked.

"It's about the quota. When we were chatting yesterday, you also said that you give 10 to 15 quotas to the Central Conservatory of Music for the first term. But I think this number is still a bit small for our Central Academy of Drama. Do you think you can give us a few more quotas?"

Zhou Yanwei said with difficulty, "I really can't promise you this quota casually. It's not that I'm reluctant to give students benefits and subsidies, but we are still exploring the model of school-enterprise cooperation. The specific effect remains to be seen. It's a bit too risky to give too many places in one phase, and it may disrupt the plan."

"We understand this, but I still want to fight for it. Can you raise the number of places to 20? This way, it will be more evenly distributed among the four grades."

Zhou Yan thought for a moment and said, "Coach Gao, I can give you 20 places, but I want to make one thing clear to you. The allocation of these places cannot be determined by you. We must jointly form a selection team to select the students. It is impossible to evenly allocate them to each grade."

"This……"

Gao Jinwen didn't mind what Zhou Yan said about forming a selection team. After all, he was not a class teacher now, so it wouldn't have much impact on him whether any grade had more quotas.

But if this is the case, the number of places allocated to the different grades will definitely not be the same, and some teachers will inevitably feel uncomfortable.

Hearing Gao Jinwen's hesitation, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Otherwise, your school should not participate in this selection team, and let our studio come instead. This way, you won't have to worry about it."

Zhou Yan guessed Gao Jinwen's concerns at once, so he proposed this plan.

Anyway, the selection team is made up of people from the studio, so even if a teacher is unhappy, they can only blame the studio and it won’t cause conflicts within them. (End of this chapter)