Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 89 Black beans are so delicious

NHK TV station headquarters, review rehearsal hall.

The censors on the censorship team started criticizing Takakura Bunta's new song.

Among them, the man dressed as a sumo wrestler had a red face, spoke particularly excitedly, and even knocked over a disposable paper cup on the table.

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The NHK Red and White Song Festival usually invites about 10 representative celebrities of the year.

Including people from the entertainment industry, sports industry, music industry, cultural industry, media industry, etc., as the current guest examiners (ゲスト examiners).

Such as the coach or main player of the winning team in the Japanese professional baseball game, and the outstanding wrestlers in grand sumo wrestling.

After the 1984th episode in 35, Egami Yumi (Japanese women's volleyball bronze medalist at the Los Angeles Olympics) appeared on the show, Olympic medalists will also be invited to the show.

The man dressed as a sumo wrestler is this year's guest auditor of people related to the sports world, Mitsuhiro Musashimaru.

Mitsuhiro Musashimaru, whose real name was Philal Penitani, was born in Hawaii, USA, and later became a Japanese national.

Mitsuhiro Musashimaru won the ozeki title in 1994. He won his first championship as a makuuchi wrestler in the Nagoya competition held in the same year.

He was a 12-time champion in the Japan Grand Sumo Tournament.

In May this year, he won the title of "yokozuna," the highest rank in sumo wrestling.

Yokozuna has the supreme status in Japan. The coronation ceremony of Yokozuna is solemn and sacred according to the traditional Japanese Shinto ceremony.

Being a yokozuna in Japan means symbolizing the quintessence of Japan and having a high social status, far exceeding that of ordinary king-level singers.

This gives him a strong voice on the censorship committee...

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In fact, except for the fact that someone specifically said hello to block Takakura Bunta during the review period.

Takakura Bunta was so disgusted by the review team.

There is another important reason.

The members of this review team are all the “10% successful people” in the group generation.

The baby boomers born after World War II are known as the "lump generation."

The reason why these people are called "lumps" is because "they work quietly and hard to improve their lives, gather closely together, and support the society and economy of post-war Japan."

This group of Japanese are the originators of 996 and the chicken-blood style of working.

80% of them are working-class people. During the period of large-scale urbanization, they poured into big cities such as Tokyo and Osaka from all over the country. They paid the price of being away from their relatives for a long time and endured endless hard work...

They are the backbone of the rapid economic development of Jinmu Kekei, Iwato Kekei and Izano Kekei.

However, due to the collapse of the dual bubbles in the real estate market and stock market, 90% of the losers were unable to enjoy the economic fruits created in their youth.

For the 10% of generational winners, their final class crossing was through the two major bubbles of the property market and the stock market.

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In the 20s, the mainstream public opinion for these losers of the lumpy generation was: "the poor people at the bottom who dragged the Japanese economy into the abyss because of their stupidity and greed", "pedantic old people", "pension thieves" "...

The winners of the lump generation, in cultural products such as media, film and television dramas, and songs, embody a series of the best human qualities such as kindness, intelligence, struggle, hard work, integrity, and contentment.

Bunta Takakura's famous song "Kill That Tokyo Man" was the first song in the 20s for 90% of the losers of the group generation.

This is a very poor cultural guide.

When the judging panel saw Bunta Takakura, they remembered that damn song.

Very harsh! !

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Meguro District, Tokyo, Kimura Takuya's private villa.

Kudo Shizuka was in a good mood, wearing loose silk pajamas, lying on the soft cushions in the living room, eating a mountain of black beans in a large wide-mouthed bowl. Black beans are cooked and mashed with chestnuts or sweet potatoes, and piled up into a small mountain, which is called "Golden Mountain" in Japanese. It tastes sweet in the mouth and also means "Golden Mountain".

Kosugi Riuzo said: "Shizuka, Musashimaru Koyo invites you to join him and several other ozeki and yokozuna tail teeth activities..."

Kudo Shizuka chewed the black beans and said impatiently: "That big fat pig is so disgusting. Find a reason to push it away for me..."

Kosugi Riuzo said: "But, I promised Mr. Musashimaru Mitsuhiro to have dinner together..."

Kudo Shizuka said: "Hey? Did you agree? I said we can consider having dinner together..."

"Besides, the review meeting will end this afternoon. This big fat pig is so disgusting... I will reply to him in the evening..."

Kosugi Riuzo said: "Hi!"

beep...

Kosugi Riuzo's cell phone rang. He bowed and stepped back to answer the call in the courtyard outside the living room.

A few minutes later, Kosugi Riuzo returned to the living room with an ugly expression.

"Takakura Bunta was successfully selected for the 47th NHK Red and White Song Festival."

Kudo Shizuka suddenly jumped up from the cushions and asked in rapid succession:

"what?"

"Impossible...we have already said hello to all the review team..."

"Katsuji Ebisawa, Director of NHK's Program Production Bureau?"

"President Ikuo Shufang called him personally, and he promised to follow the procedures and remain neutral..."

Kosugi Riuzo said: "He failed the review and took the NHK internal recommendation quota."

Kudo Shizuka said incredulously: "NHK's internal special recommendation quota? This quota has not been nominated and recommended for more than ten years. Hasn't it been abolished by default?"

"I remember that the last time the person who got this NHK referral spot was Misora ​​Hibari..."

Kosugi Riuzo said: "Yes, but it has not been officially abolished. In theory, as long as the relationship within NHK is strong enough, it can still be used."

"This time it was recommended by Kayoko Naito, director of Shibuya-ku Jinnan Broadcasting Center and director of NHK Sports Department."

"At this year's Atlanta Olympics, the Japanese Olympic team achieved its best performance in history, making the NHK sports department's factional power unprecedentedly powerful within NHK..."

Shizuka Kudo knocked over the large plate of black beans in one fell swoop, scattering the black beans all over the floor.

She said irritably: "What a waste! Is there no way to deal with this bastard?!"

Kosugi Riuzo analyzed: "Actually, it's a good thing that Takakura Bunta enters NHK Kohaku Utakara."

Shizuka Kudo: "Huh?"

Kosugi Riuzo: "Quasi-king level is a pretty embarrassing position."

"The waves wash away the sand. If you don't advance, you will retreat."

"There are talented people from generation to generation, each leading the way for hundreds of days. There is always a constant flow of new blood entering the entertainment industry every year..."

"This Takakura Bunta is in a critical period of promotion. If he loses miserably in the NHK Kohaku Utakai Battle, he may even be demoted..."

After hearing Kosugi Riuzo's plan, Kudo Shizuka's eyes lit up.

This plan is good or bad, but she likes it so much.

"Kimura-kun, you went to attend the tail-tooth event organized by President Johnny Kitagawa, and you won't be back tonight..."

Kudo Shizuka leaned on the soft cushion, picked up a black bean on the ground with her toes, looked at the agent in front of her, and said.

Kosugi Riuzo, understanding the situation, knelt down and crawled over.

"Hey! I'm starting!!"

"Hmm... black beans are so delicious..."

(End of this chapter)