I interpret life in Tokyo

"You eat lamb chops and steaks at the buffet in the office, shouldn't you also express something?"

Mr. Tianjing said in a wicked way, pinching his fingers.

"Forehead..."

"I didn't mean to blame you. You should know that I am the person in charge of the idol section and the music section. In the future, we will carry out more detailed cooperation, so don't be too rigid."

"Make your request, what do you think is missing if you want to form a band."

Kaede Sakakibara rested her chin and thought, "Sure enough, there should be a bass player missing."

In a piece of music, if there is no bass, the entire harmonic audience will sound strange. The main role of the bass is to provide note complements for the kick drum, giving the low frequency an emotional color.

"Well, professional advice... the bass player, I will look for it." Mr. Tian Jing said, and took a new contract from the table.

"This is?"

"Singer contract, you will have an additional identity in the office in the future...Nowadays, artists in the entertainment industry are all paying attention to personality and labels, or they are developing towards the trend of idols."

Kaede Sakakibara nodded. Now there are indeed many actors who always pay attention to their own words and deeds, become the existence of fans who drive topics, and present the appearance of the perfect character wrapped by themselves to fans. . .Isn't this just another way of being an idol?

The boy feels that such a lifestyle is very tiring. Now being an ordinary actor and living a fulfilling daily life is what he wants most.

Signing the contract was another troublesome chore. The boy scanned the rules and regulations, and after confirming that they were correct, he wrote his name on the signature column.

"The formation of a new band will take some time, of course, I believe that day will not be far away."

"Well, do you still need an agent?" Mr. Tianjing said to himself, and Sakakihara Kaede followed him and left the conference room. The two came to the office area next door. The reliable woman next year nodded, "This Seven Grass Leaf Moon-san will be your manager in the music field."

"Please advise." Nanakusa Hazuki nodded politely.

Sakakibara Kaede sighed, he suddenly didn't want to go to the actor's area, compared to watching Kei Iida's crazy face in the office every day, wouldn't it be better to sit next to a gentle female manager and study to cultivate his body and mind?

Before the band was established, there were naturally no activities. Kaede Sakakihara exchanged a few social words with Mr. Tianjing and Nanakusa's manager again, and bowed to leave.

He took out his mobile phone and wanted to edit a text message and send it to Yuma Miura. After a while, he shook his head. After all, it was a surprise and it was better to keep it secret.

It was not too early or too late for the new actor training get out of class. When the boy came to the first floor, it was just in time for the evening rush hour. He stood aside with a polite smile, waiting for Chizuru Ichinose.

"Isn't this Sakakibara kid? I heard about it last time. He participated in Toei's movie, and his career is getting better and better."

Hearing the familiar voice, the boy's smile became warm, he turned around and greeted Aoyama Hiroshi, "Director Aoyama, without your guidance, I couldn't get to this point."

"Your hard work and hard work are the most important thing." Qingshan Yang patted him on the shoulder, with a strong smile on his face, quite a bit of a scene where a student who has made a fortune after graduation returns to school to see the teacher.

"It's Sakakibara-senpai."

He was naturally recognized by many newcomers, and the newcomers who couldn't recognize him were bitten by their friends for a while, and their eyes showed a trace of seriousness and respect.

The one in front of him is a legend who debuted like a legend. If he wants to have dinner, he will become the number three male, the top three in the ghost animal area.

Sakakibara Kaede was surrounded by many fiery eyes, he found Chizuru Ichinose who was huddled behind the crowd, and waved to her.

"People you know?"

"Well, Iida-san wants to be her manager after she graduates from the rookie training class."

"Oh... this Ichinose-kun is really good."

Aoyama Yang stroked his chin, seeing that the flow of people was still crowded, he put on a black face and asked everyone to go back to each house and find their own mothers, and of course he got a burst of exclamation.

Many girls still want to come forward and ask for autographs.

"Ichinose-san."

"Oh, Sakakibara-senpai."

Ichinose Chizuru's face was hidden behind the notebook, and Kaede Sakakibara was a little puzzled when he saw it, but there were so many people here that he didn't continue to ask.

"Let's go to Iida-san's office first."

"Ok."

Ichinose Chizuru's mood is quite complicated. Before she entered the industry, she knew the wonderful performance of Sakakihara-senpai in the first TV series when she debuted. After a positive description by Aoyama Hiroshi, she listed him as the target of all newcomers After that, she had a new view on Sakakibara-senpai.

He is not a new star genius as the outside world says, but a hard worker who silently practiced his acting skills and reviewed his opponent's plays.

This made Ichinose Chizuru feel that Sakakibara-senpai is also a human being, and he is not so far away from her. . .Work hard on your own, work harder, maybe one day you will be able to shoot rival scenes with Sakakibara-senpai.

"Are you hungry? You can eat something here first."

Sakakihara Kaede brought Ichinose Chizuru to the actor's rest area, and he introduced sideways, "By the way, the three meals in the buffet here are all free, as I told you before, it is considered as a gift from the agency to the actors." benefits."

"Amazing... so many actors..."

The focus of Ichinose Chizuru is not the food, but the actors sitting in the rest area chatting and swiping their phones.

Her eyes look longingly, with longing.

There is light in her eyes.

Seeing this, Kaede Sakakibara smiled and waved to Mai Sakurajima, who was occupying the seat.

Mai Sakurajima stepped forward quickly, made a mouth shape to Kaede Sakakibara, "tell me what Mr. Tianjing said later", and generously extended his hand to Chizuru Ichinose, who was a little shy.

"Hi, I'm Mai Sakurajima, nice to meet you."

"Hey hey hey——Sakurajima-senpai??"

Chapter 11 The Apartment Named Dream

Ichinose Chizuru's reaction was understandable.

When she was a junior high school student, she made an agreement with her grandfather to become an actor. Since then, she has learned all the news related to the entertainment industry, and she is naturally a fan of Mai Sakurajima, who debuted as a child star.

It can be said that the idol of Ichinose Chizuru in junior high school was Mai Sakurajima, she was the existence that made the young Ichinose Chizuru feel shining.

Now seeing the idol he yearned for standing in front of him, greeting him with a smile, Ichinose Chizuru suddenly felt that the feelings in his heart could not be expressed for a while, opened his mouth, and blushed nervously.

"Is she all right?"

"I'm so excited to see you, Sakurajima-senpai is the target of countless newcomers and actors."

Sakakibara Kaede smiled and shook his head, he took a step forward, and the two came to a corner to sit down, Mai Sakurajima saw Chizuru Ichinose was still in place, smiled and quickly stepped forward, and pulled her over.

"I heard you two went on a 'date' last week?"

On the word date, Mai Sakurajima emphasized her tone, looking at the two of them, especially Kaede Sakakibara, with a smile.

A memory palace suddenly formed in the latter's mind. He originally had a photographic memory. After making slight adjustments, he quickly adjusted the archives of that day. After opening the drawer, Kaede Sakakibara narrowed his eyes to examine it carefully.

Okay, okay, Madoka Higuchi, you are the werewolf, right?

Chizuru Ichinose blushed immediately when she heard the question from Senior Sakurajima, she curled up on the sofa and muttered, hiding her body.

Sakakibara Kaede raised his forehead and shook his head, "To be exact, it's a simulated date. You also know that my manager Iida-san likes to play tricks, so he asked me to contact Ichinose-san in the name of a simulated date." , but now it seems that the result of the simulated date was successful, and Ichinose-san joined the firm, and everyone is happy."

Mai Sakurajima ignored Kaede Sakakibara's explanation, but turned to look at Chizuru Ichinose, "San Ichinose, is it okay for me to call you that? What did Sakakibara-san do with you that day during the simulated date Huh? I want to refer to his acting skills in love."

"Forehead..."

This question stumped Chizuru Ichinose. She recalled Kaede Sakakibara's every move during the simulated date, and said in an uncertain tone, "It feels like the current Sakakibara-senpai is not much different."

Mai Sakurajima sighed, folded her hands on her chest, "I originally hoped that Sakakibara-senpai would have a new understanding of emotional drama, and he would have a high opinion, but I didn't expect him to be as normal as usual."

Kaede Sakakibara complained speechlessly: "I am the one who booked the service."

"Then we have to act this simulated relationship as a rival scene." Mai Sakurajima plausibly said, "If you don't make a breakthrough at this time, how can you audition with actors from other agencies in the future?"

Auditions are already commonplace for the two of them. In Ichinose Chizuru's view, auditions are a new thing. Being able to participate in auditions with seniors from other firms is a very interesting and challenging activity.

The boy nodded slightly, Ichinose Chizuru had a very good heart, much better than the emotionally out-of-control actors he had seen in the audition set. . .Of course, she is a student in the newcomer training class at this time, and she will not understand this emotion without a personal experience.

"Oh, by the way, Sakakibara-senpai, Iida-san is looking for you."

"Oh? Thanks a lot."

In front of outsiders, Sakurajima Mai decided to give Sakakibara Kaede a face, so she didn't need her juniors to call him. She waved to Ichinose Chizuru, who was still somewhat reserved, and chatted with her about the newcomer training class.

Sakakibara Kaede entered Kei Iida's office along the corridor. He saw the boy push the door and entered without any surprise, and he leaned back on the chair leisurely, "How is Chizuru Ichinose?"

"Good character, but the final conclusion and future direction are the audience's choice." The boy said truthfully, successfully graduating from the rookie training class is only the first step. An actor needs to be accepted and loved by the public. The most important step.

accepted by the market.

"about this..."

Iida Gui narrowed his eyes, "I found you a variety show recently... Or, reality show, are you interested?"

"A reality show?" Kaede Sakakibara leaned on the sofa, this is a field he had never been involved in before, and humbly asked for advice.

"This is an introduction to the show. This reality show is the result of cooperation between Dentsu and a number of companies. You can watch it first."

The boy took a stack of documents, and the first thing that caught his eye was the name of the project.

Dream apartment.

"Six young men and women with dreams settled in the dream apartment, and they all have dreams and expectations for the future-what kind of sparks will be rubbed between the six people who have never met before, and what kind of intersection will be produced. "

Kaede Sakakibara gave a general introduction of the dream apartment like an announcer.

He scratched his head, "But don't these reality shows follow the script? As an actor, I have no problem... What about the others? Are they all actors?"

"No, Dream Apartment signed up through two channels, one is to send a letter directly to Dentsu, and the other is to rely on some luck and join the reality show through street interviews."

Iida Kei tapped on the keyboard, shrugged and said, "But we are different. Aren't you familiar with Dentsu's Oshima-san? When I was filming the graduation advertisement, Oshima-san sent me an email to want to continue to cooperate with you in the future. How about it, what do you think of this dream apartment project?"

"Moving into an apartment...does it mean that six people will live in one apartment?" Kaede Sakakibara recalled the reality shows he watched in the past. It seems that there are cameras in every corner of the room, 360 degrees without dead ends Take pictures of what people say and do.

Sakakibara Kaede imagined that the camera was in front of his face just after waking up. To be honest, this feeling was a bit uncomfortable.

Kei Iida looked at the computer screen solemnly, and casually glanced at Kaede Sakakibara. If he agreed to participate in this reality show, he would not have to live in that expensive five-star hotel—he would not have to deduct money from his salary every day.

"I'll think about it."

The boy didn't agree immediately, he needs to think about it carefully, after all, he may not be able to do things freely in a life surrounded by cameras 24 hours a day.

Not to mention anything else, Kaede Sakakibara's life is very busy now, with classes in the morning, club activities in the afternoon, working in a coffee shop, making up lessons for the five sisters, making up lessons for Toru Asakura and Madoka Higuchi in the evening, learning software, and working as an outsourcer for senior Yuuki Work, play games.

This time is not fully booked, and when the time comes to shoot him, the camera will shoot his figure in the morning until he disappears at the corner of the street, and after ten o'clock in the evening, the camera will welcome him back at the same location.

"I think this is a good way to promote yourself." Iida Kei said softly, crossing his fingers, "Brother Sakakihara, you haven't appeared in front of the audience for a long time."

"If you don't count the movie press conference, the last time I had to go back to 007 tonight. As an actor, I naturally have to stabilize my character and maintain my image. Brother Sakakihara has done this perfectly."

"But you have to tell your fans this...the fans may not care what you actually do, but they definitely care what you say, what kind of attitude you express."

"I always feel like I've become an idol."

Sakakihara Kaede leaned on the sofa and complained.

"Everything in the entertainment industry now has a taste of idols, that is, the character setting. In my opinion, Sakurajima-san did it perfectly... I also have a little bit of Madoka Higuchi who has partnered with you many times. I heard that cold and glamorous idols are the goals pursued by many male fans."

Kaede Sakakibara nodded slightly. He remembered the scene where he met and talked with male high school students who were fans in the private Toyosaki Academy when he was filming the daily life of our high school students. They are his fans who have been fans for the longest time. ?

There are some things that he needs to guide fans to do.

It's not a good thing to just talk without doing it, or just doing it without talking. . .Sakakihara Kaede has done a lot, now it's his turn to talk.

"I see. Where is the address of Dream Apartment? I want to figure out my daily schedule."

"Hold on."

Iida Kei breathed a sigh of relief, and bowed to Sakakibara Kaede for the money in his heart, and it didn't take long for him to answer.

"In the Shibuya area."

"That's okay, at least it's not that far away from Bunkyo District." Kaede Sakakibara thought about it, and he looked at Kei Iida, "How long will the shooting last?"

"Three months."

"Isn't this a season of filming? I didn't expect that I just rejected the audition for the autumn film. Iida-san, you will do this for me now."

Kaede Sakakibara curled her lips, and searched the Internet for information about the dream apartment, and the headline was the registration column for the apartment reality show.

"I think this reality show is where you shine, besides three meals a day, all expenses are contracted by the program team—"

"Iida-san, you said...all the expenses?" Sakakibara Kaede asked with a frown.

Gui Iida sneered a few times in his heart, and he was hooked. He nodded and looked as usual, "You heard me right, no matter what you want to buy to decorate the apartment, it will be approved by the program team. Of course, don't think about it." Buy something unrealistic."

The boy nodded, this program group is very sincere.

"Hmm...Iida-san sign up for me."