Start a Core Pod

Chapter 1613 Starting point (Sure enough, you shouldn’t eat instant noodles that you are not familiar with)

On Sunday, Duanmuhuai took Ruby out and sat down in a box of a coffee shop not far away.

Although Ruby was confused along the way as to who Duanmu Huai was going to take her to see, but since Duanmu Huai didn't say anything... she could only wait and see.

"call………"

After entering the box, Ruby took off her hat, glasses and mask and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Artists are really troublesome."

"Sister, you are also an artist! I really want your ability!"

"Actually, it's useless if you have my ability."

Duanmuhuai stretched, then sat down and scrolled through his cell phone.

"Why?"

"Because I am an actor and you are an idol."

"What's the difference?"

Hearing Duanmuhuai's answer, Ruby was a little confused, and Duanmuhuai glanced at her.

"What is your first feeling when you think of actors?"

"Why?"

"High above the crowd, right?"

"Ah, um...that's right..."

“That’s the benefit of television and the silver screen.”

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"To the public, actors are more like 'people who live on TV'. With the physically isolated space of the screen, most people have a natural sense of alienation from actors. You should have seen that many actors have been exposed There may be scandals or official announcements of marriage, but most people are not particularly keen on this, right?”

"This...is indeed the case."

"The reason lies in this inherent sense of alienation. Whether actors perform on TV or appear in real life, to the audience, they are all 'people on TV', and what happens is also 'Things that happen on TV', let alone acting, if you see a place being hit by an earthquake or hurricane on the TV news, it's hard to feel the same way."

"Um………"

Ruby nodded obediently.

"But idols are different. You will be face-to-face with the audience at close range, so for the audience, idols are accessible, real people, not illusory, lofty and illusory existences on the screen. Because of this, they are interested in Idols invest more energy than actors, so they are more vulnerable to criticism when something goes wrong.”

As Duanmuhuai spoke, he showed his phone to Ruby.

"You see, it's also an affair scandal. The actor just made a routine condemnation and bowed to apologize. But the idol not only had to be insulted and apologized, but she even had to quit the group and completely end her acting career. . How does it feel? "

"It's really unfair..."

Watching the news, Ruby pouted unhappily.

"I've always hated those guys! It's as if I am qualified to criticize the other party when they have done something wrong, just like when my mother was stabbed... It obviously has nothing to do with them, but these people stand up one by one to make trouble... Under the guise of various All kinds of flags and malicious slander..."

"This is what idols have to face."

Duanmuhuai took back his cell phone.

"Actually, actors used to have such extreme fans, but now, thanks to idols, actors have much fewer such fans."

"Hey? Why?"

Hearing this, Ruby suddenly became unhappy.

"Because what those extreme fans long for is to have close contact with their favorite idols, but for actors, this is obviously a very difficult thing. They can't enter the TV station, nor can they enter the filming scene, let alone It's impossible to enter an actor's home. Even if you're stalking, it's easy to break the law. But it's different for idols. Just spend a handshake coupon. For a few hundred or several thousand yen, you can get your idol to shake hands and chat with you, and there is no legal risk. People are pursuing low risk and high returns. In the past, when there were no idols, those fanatical perverts could track actors. But now that there are idols with lower risks than actors, those fanatical perverts will naturally choose easier targets.”

"Wow..."

After listening to Duanmu Huai's explanation, Ruby looked speechless.

"Sister, your statement is like saying that idol fans are perverts."

"That's what I'm saying, none of those guys holding up glow sticks under the stage are normal in my opinion."

Duanmuhuai said it was what I said.

"Fell into the cunning tricks of capitalism, willingly dedicating everything to be squeezed by capital. It is the brokerage company that clearly benefits, but if something goes wrong, the unlucky one who is cut off will definitely be the idol himself. A distorted system produces a distorted Fans, they are truly a match made in heaven.”

"Woo..."

"By the way, I think your enthusiasm for idols is quite abnormal."

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Ruby was like a provoked puppy, almost grinning at Duanmu Huai, but she also knew that it was useless to talk to Duanmu Huai. In Ruby's view, perhaps because of the influence of her mother's assassination, her sister had always disliked the idol profession when she was a child. She used to argue with Duanmu Huai because of this, but now Ruby has long given up arguing with Duanmu Huai. Huai argued on this issue.

After all, if she was too noisy, Duanmuhuai, who took the trouble to do so, would lift her up and spank her hard, allowing Ruby to taste what criticism meant as a weapon.

"Dingling bell..."

At this moment, the cell phone rang, Duan Muhuai picked up the phone and answered the call.

"Hey, um... yes, we're already here. Come on, the location is... yes, just like that."

After telling him the address here, Duanmu Huai hung up the phone, but at this time Ruby still couldn't restrain her curiosity and asked.

"Who is coming? Sister?"

"It's someone you are familiar with."

"I?"

Just when Ruby was puzzled, she heard the sound of footsteps and stopped at the door of the box. Then the door of the box opened, and then Ruby saw a long-haired girl wearing a hat walking in.

"Hi, I'm here, hello."

"————!"

Hearing this voice, Ruby froze. She stared blankly at the other person taking off his hat and revealing his original face. She couldn't believe her eyes.

"Aka Yin?"

The person who appeared in front of Ruby was none other than Kurokawa Akane. However, the Kurokawa Akane at this moment was completely different from the Kurokawa Akane that Ruby was familiar with. She had a frivolous and cheerful smile on her face, and her whole person exuded a strong sense of presence that people couldn't take their eyes off. Even her clothes looked casual. But, to Ruby, it was more like a different person.

That is their mother - Hoshino Ai.

"What's wrong? Ruby? Why do you have such an expression?"

Seeing Ruby standing there motionless, Kurokawa Akane approached her with a smile and asked. Obviously she and Hoshino Ai don't look much alike, and their voices are different, but as Hoshino Ai's daughter and "old fan", Ruby can completely feel Hoshino Ai's personality from the Kurokawa Akane in front of her. a trait.

It was as if... Kurokawa Akane in front of her was possessed by Hoshino Ai.

"elder sister?"

Ruby looked at Duanmuhuai as if asking for help, and it was only then that Duanmuhuai nodded to Kurokawa Akane.

"Okay, that's pretty much it. Thank you for your hard work, Akane."

"No, it's nothing."

As he spoke, Kurokawa Akane's presence that seemed like that of Hoshino Ai quietly disappeared, and she once again turned back into the introverted and gentle girl Ruby was familiar with.

"???"

Looking at Akane Kurokawa in front of her, Ruby's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.

"This is Kurokawa Akane's acting skills."

Duanmuhuai explained to Ruby at this time.

"She was able to study the character's information and then completely transform herself into that character. That's what I call one of the ways to be Hoshino Ai."

"Does it mean to completely imitate mom...love and then become her?"

If she had heard this kind of talk before, Ruby would have dismissed it at all, because she believed that the most special thing about Ai Hoshino was her unparalleled sense of presence that would attract everyone to her. This kind of thing is simply impossible for ordinary people to imitate. But Kurokawa Akane did it. In fact, if Kurokawa Akane's voice and appearance were not different from Hoshino Ai, then Ruby, a long-time fan of Hoshino Ai, would probably mistake her for Hoshino. Love it.

Because that unique and existential quality cannot be imitated at all... No, can it be imitated?

After that, Ruby fell into silence, while Duanmu Huai ordered lunch, and the three of them had lunch together. Then Kurokawa Akane said that the troupe still had work and said goodbye and left.

"Sorry for wasting your time."

"It doesn't matter. Xiao Ai is willing to ask me for help. I'm very happy."

After waving to the two of them, Kurokawa Akane turned and walked towards the station. Watching her disappear, Duanmu Huai then looked at Ruby.

"What do you think?"

"I don't know...performance...can actually do this..."

"Kurokawa Akane is special. She is the leader of the troupe after all. To be honest, I feel weird when I see what she is doing, as if she is possessed by a ghost..."

"Well………"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's complaints, Ruby looked complicated, but she nodded in agreement.

After all, it really looks like a ghost.

"By the way, sister, how did you convince her to play the role of mother?"

"Oh, I told her that you are a fan of Hoshino Ai, and you are currently facing a bottleneck in this area. I hope she will study and play the role of Hoshino Ai for you... You can't say that you want to see your mother, and you want to see your headband. You go to the hospital."

"That's it..."

"Okay, let's go, it's not over yet."

"Where to go next?"

"Go to the show."

Duanmuhuai reached out and stopped a taxi.

"let's go."

After that, Duanmuhuai took Ruby to a music festival venue. Compared with the ones Ruby usually attended, the standard of this music festival was not high. If compared with the football league, it was the level of the second division league. Most of the people who appeared were some underground idol groups, and the qualities they displayed were average. Ruby was confused after watching the whole performance. She didn't understand why Duanmu Huai took her to watch this, but she still followed Duanmu Huai to the end obediently, and then...the two of them returned home again.

"At today's music festival, do you think there are any idols who can compare with Ai?"

"Of course not possible."

Ruby shook her head vigorously.

"So, do you think they are useless?"

"This...isn't..."

"Yes, even among these underground idol groups, the C-positions of each group have their own shining points. Although compared to Ai, they are just stars, but..."

Duanmuhuai sat on the chair, turned on the computer, and played Hoshino Ai's video. Ruby watched the video without saying a word.

"They have different radiances, too, right."

"…………"

Ruby didn't speak, just nodded silently.

"So, one last question."

Duanmuhuai waited for Ruby to finish the performance and stared at her.

"Going back to the beginning, why do you want to become an idol? Do you want to be like Hoshino Ai? Or do you want to surpass her?"

"None of it is right!"

Ruby gritted her teeth, stood up, and shouted.

"I just hope... I just hope to be able to stand on the stage with my mother and become an idol together!"

"Very good, it seems you already have the answer."

Duanmuhuai stared at Ruby, who seemed to realize what he had just said.

"Then it's clear what you should do."