"It would be nice if the lead singer Sang could convince his parents. ”

Jokes aside, after listening to Shinichi Iwahashi talk about the band with a strange name, as well as the ins and outs of that big bag of dry goods, Akina Nakamori was concerned about whether Mitsuo Terada could succeed.

However, the source of this concern is still to worry about Iwahashi Shinichi, hoping that he can successfully sign the band.

"Rest assured. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi told her, "Today, Terada-kun called me, and his parents agreed to suspend his employment. When he mentioned this, he thought it was interesting again, "However, Terada-kun's father made an interesting request. ”

"Huh?" Akina Nakamori was whetted for an appetite.

He made a pact with his parents that if he failed to make music, he would go home and inherit the dry goods store. ”

However, Mitsuo Terada's father and son have a two-year deadline. Two years later, if the band failed, Mitsuo Terada gave up and went to find a job.

If you fail after two years and still don't want to give up, then limit yourself to the age of 30, and if you fail, go back to inherit the dry goods store.

Shinichi Iwahashi told Akina Nakamori what Mitsuo Terada told him on the phone. She thought for a while and said, "Lead singer Sang must not like the dry goods store at home." ”

"That's right. Iwahashi smiled, "So, Terada-kun said to me on the phone that he was very grateful to his parents. ”

Although he hoped that someone would inherit the dry goods store in the family, when the son offered such a quid pro quo. But even so, the parents did not take this opportunity to accept such conditions, and still left him a chance to choose again.

"Indeed, very gentle parents. Akina Nakamori said.

"Gentle?"

She nodded, thought for a moment, and added, "Shen Yijun is also very gentle. ”

"Huh?" Is there anything else about him here?

"Shen Yijun just said that he was asked by the lead singer Sang to convince his parents, right?"

Seeing Iwahashi Shen nodded, she continued, "However, Shin Yijun didn't take care of Terada-kun's life, nor did he show his own authority as a producer, so what kind of guarantee did he have in front of his parents, didn't he?"

Shinichi Iwahashi looked at her.

When nothing was still certain, Shin Yijun did not agree to the request of the lead singer San, but he did not sit idly by, but found a way to do something for his dream in his own way. Such a cautious gentleman treats people very sincerely. ”

Mitsuo Terada uses Shinichi Iwahashi's "authority" to persuade his parents, which undoubtedly lacks sincerity and excludes his parents as outsiders. The parents who were excluded by him, the field that their son longed for was so foreign to them.

Incomprehension leads to uneasiness, which in turn invites opposition.

It was Shinichi Iwahashi who refused to take care of Mitsuo Terada's life, so Mitsuo Terada gave up taking shortcuts and showed his determination to inherit the family business in order to be a musician.

It was Shinichi Iwahashi's attitude of not standing idly by and not excluding the layman that allowed this unfamiliar territory in the eyes of Hikaru Terada's parents to spread out in front of them.

To eliminate confusion is to eliminate anxiety.

In order to make music, even if he hates the smell of dry goods stores, he is still willing to make this determination, which is the sincerity of Mitsuo Terada. did not take this opportunity to accept this condition, but left his son with another chance to choose again, which came from the sincerity of his parents.

And the reason why these two sinceritys can be conveyed to each other is because of Iwahashi Shinichi's sincerity.

"Isn't treating people sincerely just treating them gently?"

Akina Nakamori looked at him with a smile, unabashedly liking and trusting him, as well as appreciating and understanding.

Shinsei Iwahashi saw her expression and reached over to cover her hand on the table.

Akina Nakamori let him hold it, and the two exchanged glances with each other across the table. Suddenly, she withdrew the hand that had been covered by Shinichi Iwahashi's palm.

The palm of her hand fell into the air, but Iwahashi Shinichi saw a hint of mischievous naughtiness on her face.

Then, I felt her fingertips slide down his palm, and her fingers dug into the space between his fingers, and gently clasped them. The mischievous hint of mischievous on his face has also become a little pride after getting his wish.

Shinichi Iwahashi called her expression amused. Gather your fingers and take her hand back.

......

After drinking tea, the two of them went out of the store one after the other, and got into Shinichi Iwahashi's car together. On the way back, we chatted, and before I knew it, the topic turned to the radio broadcast of Kansai Broadcasting.

Akina Nakamori was very interested in his trip to Osaka and listened to it with relish all night.

Kansai Broadcasting's radio recording was quite enjoyable, and when Miwa-chan was on TV, she was quite restrained in front of the camera, and the host asked a question before answering.

However, when she entered the recording studio of the radio program, she was surprisingly outgoing. As soon as the conversation began, he talked endlessly about various topics in the call session of the host Momoi and the audience.

When you talk too much, it is easy to expose the truth.

Therefore, while Meihe-chan is happy, she will show her superb skills in carrying a mouse from time to time.

When he participated in the TV show, Shinichi Iwahashi was his mascot and pushed everything he said to Brother Nakamura.

However, in the recording studio of a radio program that is easy to expose his true nature, before he knew it, it became a situation where Shinichi Iwahashi fried soybeans with her in front of the audience, but it was Brother Nakamura, who was happy to watch the excitement on the side.

Anyway, the effect of the show is definitely full of points-

Even Akina Nakamori laughed when she heard him retell a little funny story from the recording of the radio.

"There's a saying that you have said. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi also thought it was interesting, "That is, I really don't need to worry about her performance." ...... It's not her who should really sweat, it's the person next to her. ”

"However, it was all beautifully resolved by Shen Yijun, right?"

"I can only say that I caught it. ...... The Momoi host of Kansai Broadcasting is still adding oil and vinegar to the side, saying 'you have a really good relationship', which is somewhat regarded as a fool - especially the Momoi host is still Kansai dialect. ”

Iwahashi Shinichi hit it from the bottom of his heart, and felt that when the Kansai dialect ridiculed people, it was particularly like treating people as fools.

His description made Akina Nakamori laugh again.

"It's a little bit. She smiled and made up for it, "However, the relationship between Shinich-kun and Yoshida-san is really good. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi admits, "Iwahashi isn't the kind of companion we've been with since I was a student, but we have a strong relationship." ”

A band like them, who meet halfway and get together, the relationship between the members is mostly ordinary colleagues, and it is a bit rare to be as good as the three of them. And like him and Miwa-chan, it is estimated that this is the only pair.

He is unabashed, generous. This attitude makes Akina Nakamori feel comfortable.

......

The car drove into the parking lot of Akina Nakamori's apartment.

It was only then that Shinichi Iwahashi brought it up, "That's right. ”

Akina Nakamori looked at him.

"I went to Osaka this time and brought you a gift. As soon as Iwahashi Shin said this, he couldn't help but laugh first, "The dry goods are an emergency, and they are counted separately." A gift is a gift. ”

It's okay not to explain, but when you explain, it's a little funny.

"I'm also very happy to receive the dry goods that have been forwarded. Akina Nakamori smiled.

"Really?" said Iwahashi Shinichi, "then don't forget to bring it with you." ”

"However, after all, it was given to Shen Yijun by someone else. She thought for a moment, "After that, I will use this bag of dry goods as an ingredient and cook something to entertain Shen Yijun." ”

She hadn't forgotten the big bag on the phone two days ago.

said, a little regretful, "I have to wait until I come back from London." ”

Tomorrow she has a job to go on a business trip to London, and she will be there for five days.

In this era, I don't want to show off my wealth everywhere, ordinary people gather to travel abroad to check in, sweep luxury stores, TV arranges overseas connections with great fanfare every once in a while, magazines are also keen to shoot in well-known attractions around the world, and the whole society works together to try to spread the impression of myself = nouveau riche all over the world.

In such an era, it is even more common for celebrities to work abroad, and going to Germany is no different from going to Gunma Prefecture. The same goes for Akina Nakamori, there are always several times a year when you go abroad to work.

When it comes to the opportunity to go on a business trip, Akina Nakamori is much more than him, who only runs at both ends of the Kanto and Kansai regions.

"If only Shin Yi-kun could go with him. She looked at Shinichi Iwahashi's face and grumbled, as if it was Shinichi Iwahashi who asked her to work abroad.

Actually, when you are in Tokyo, you don't see each other every day, but one in Tokyo and the other in London, not only the distance, but also the time difference, the sky you see every day is different, and it is not convenient to make a phone call.

As a result, the separation becomes a little unbearable.

Shinichi Iwahashi laughed at her expression, "If I can go with you, I'll go with you." ”

"Then let's go together~" Akina Nakamori took his hand and said that it was impossible.

The unreasonable trouble at this time is 100% coquettish. She said it herself, and she thought it was funny.

Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't help her, so he put his hand in the pocket of his suit, took out the gift he bought for her, and handed it over, "Although the dry goods were transferred to you, this one is specially for you." ”

"It's a brooch. ”

Akina Nakamori took it and held it in his hand.

"Bought in a cheap department store. Shin'ichi Iwahashi told her, "It looks like a pearl from Toba, and when I saw it, I immediately thought of you and thought it would suit you perfectly." ”

I don't have any skills in choosing gifts, and it's not something so valuable that it has special significance, but when I happened to see it, I just wanted to buy it for her.

Choosing jewelry Iwahashi Shinichi is even more of a layman, and he can't talk about any aesthetics, so he can't say whether his vision is a "disaster" for Akina Nakamori.

However, after receiving such a gift, Akina Nakamori was very happy, and just now because of the unhappiness of going on a business trip abroad, she was also washed away for a while.

"When I go to London to take pictures, I wear it. She gestured in front of her with a brooch.

Seeing that she was so happy to receive the gift, Shinichi Iwahashi himself felt happy. She is still in Tokyo, and she thinks about it in her heart, and next time she goes on a business trip, she will bring something back.

"I'm going to London and I'm back with a gift for you. ”

He's thinking about it, and Akina Nakamori is also thinking about it.

Having said that, when it comes to business trips, Akina Nakamori has a lot more than him. If you think about it this way, when it comes to bringing gifts on business trips, the number of times I receive gifts from Akina Nakamori is much higher than the number of gifts he gives out......

It's really soft and fragrant.

......

Monday.

The first day of the new week is not only the day of the beginning, but also the day of the conclusion.

At the regular meeting, the sales of the previous week's ZARD single were delivered. Since the launch of the ninth month, ZARD's sales trend has basically remained at a fairly stable level, although it is not the kind of monster trend that is higher than a week ago, but this stability itself is "up".

Generally speaking, after the release of the record, as the time after the release gets longer and longer, the attention becomes lower and lower, and the sales will become lower and lower.

Because of this, ZARD's steady trend of not losing this week compared to last week is precisely a manifestation of the continuous injection of new attention and the continuous purchase of new consumers.

Yue Jiu is just getting better, and the band will continue to appear in music programs to maintain attention, judging from this situation, this debut single will definitely sell for a long time.

I already knew it in my heart, and Iwahashi Shinichi combined with the audience calls from Fuji TV after the end of last month, and calculated it, thinking that last week's sales trend should be the same as the previous week.

As a result, last week's sales were a bit unexpected to him.

"Sold 2,500 more than the week before?"

2,500 copies is a lot, enough to send ZARD's ranking on the singles chart up by five, from 15th place last week to 10th place.

For the first time since their debut, the band has touched the threshold of the top 10 on the charts.

The increase of 2,500 tickets in one go, and the effect after the broadcast of Yuejiu obviously could not convince Shinichi Iwahashi.

However, there are a number of promotions arranged for the band, and among the music programs that have been talked about for a while, the most recent one that aired was the MUSIC FAIR, which only aired this Saturday.

Iwahashi looked through the sales details.

Since this time, we were promoting in Kanto and Kansai separately from the beginning, so when looking at sales, we always looked at the sales trends on both sides of Kanto and Kansai.

There is basically nothing to pay special attention to in the sales trend in Kansai, but on the Kanto side, because the previous publicity has been focused on Kansai, the sales volume in Kansai is far ahead of Kanto every week.

But last week, the sales gap between the Kanto side and the Kansai side narrowed by 1,600 copies.

Fuji TV and Kansai TV simulcast the ninth day of the month, and the effect is basically reflected at the same time.

However, last week's momentum on the Kanto side was significantly better than that of the Kansai. That is, what happened on the Kanto side.

......

"It's Kikuchi Momoko-san. ”

The team in charge of ZARD went to investigate, and in the afternoon, brought him back a piece of information.

"Huh?"

It was Momoko-san Kikuchi, who highly recommended the song on J-WAVE's radio show. ”

J-WAVE's radio stations are popular in the Tokyo metropolitan area and are popular among young people, as Shinichi Iwahashi knows.

However, Kikuchi Momoko?