After the last phone call, the contact between Shinichi Iwahashi and Akihito Takeuchi that had been severed was again and more warmly connected.

In the middle, Akihito Takeuchi also asked him to go out for a few drinks, and now, he can continue to come and go, and there is no doubt that he is getting along as a friend.

"Happy New Year, Iwahashi. Akihito Takeuchi greeted him energetically.

"Happy New Year. ”

"What did you do for the New Year?"

"I didn't do anything," said Iwahashi Shinichi, "on Chinese New Year's Eve at LIVEHOUSE for New Year's Eve, and then hung out for two days, watched two plays, and four movies." By the way, I especially recommend Yoshimitsu Morita's "After". ”

"Mr. Soseki's novel?"

"That's right, based on Mr. Soseki's novel. Iwahashi Shinichi quipped him, "He deserves to be a reader." ”

"Haha!" Akihito Takeuchi said with a smile, "The mouth is really stern." ”

"What about Takeuchi-san, how did you spend the New Year?"

"Nothing was done. Akihito Takeuchi imitated his tone just now, "Well, I'm going back to my hometown in Kyoto, and I'm in Tokyo at noon today." ”

Then Shinichi Iwahashi learned that he was from Kyoto.

When Akihito Takeuchi spoke, it was a so-called standard accent, and he couldn't hear the taste of dialect at all.

After the pleasantries, Akihito Takeuchi asked him, "Iwahashi, how is your agent?"

Akihito Takeuchi has always been very curious about the job he does, and every time he contacts him, he asks a special question. For ordinary people, this is indeed a distant and mysterious job, although in practice, there is nothing special about it.

Despite this, Shinichi Iwahashi still took the trouble to answer patiently.

"That's it. "However, in the next few months, I will probably be idle for a while. ”

HE TOLD AKIHITO TAKEUCHI ABOUT MIWA YOSHIDA'S CONTRACT WITH KING RECORDS.

"Giving Bu Shiming a tour harmony? After Akihito Takeuchi was surprised, he thought of something and asked him again, "So, you don't have any work on hand until the tour is over." ”

"That's pretty much it. ”

"If that's the case," Akihito Takeuchi suddenly suggested, "do you have any plans to recruit another band?"

"Expansion?"

"If that's the case, I've got a band here, and I'd like you to meet with them, and it would be nice if we could come to a consensus. Akihito Takeuchi suddenly introduced him to a newcomer.

"Wait, all of a sudden......" Shinichi Iwahashi couldn't reply.

"It's me who is abrupt. Takeuchi Akihito softened, "However, there is indeed such a special situation, I would like you to consider it." Because I can trust you. ”

It's rare to hear the tone of his request.

When I first introduced him to help Mimi Club, I just mentioned it in that casual tone.

Shinichi Iwahashi hadn't thought about expanding his enrollment yet, although Miwa Yoshida's incident made him feel that eggs really shouldn't be put in the same basket. But at the beginning, the reason why he wanted to be an agent and organize a band was to promote her.

But after he thought about it, after the start of the LIVEHOUSE performance, he still felt that music was not only the main character, but also something that was sold. The very act of performance is selling itself.

With this kind of thinking, Shinichi Iwahashi is probably more businessman than a musician.

In that case, it seems that it is not a good idea to sell one or more things for yourself. Thinking of this, coupled with the fact that it was Akihito Takeuchi who opened his mouth to please, Iwahashi Shinichi decided to hear what he wanted to say.

The two agreed on a place to meet, and Shinichi Iwahashi put down the phone, put on a cold-proof jacket, and went out.

After the New Year, Akihito Takeuchi became fat, and his face was full of red, not like a student, but like some members of society. When they met, he rarely got straight to the point and told him the cause and effect of the matter.

"It's for my aunt's sister that I'm here to ask you. ”

She was 18 years old and went to Beijing last year to study Chinese literature in Waseda. ”

"Studying Chinese literature?" Iwahashi Shinichi said with an interested expression.

"Yes, it seems that out of a hobby, I decided early on to study Chinese literature...... When she was a child, she was not in good health and did not go to school much, and her tutor taught her classes. In her free time, she likes to read, probably because of this, she has been exposed to some works that she fell in love with. ”

"I see. Iwahashi nodded cautiously.

I thought to myself, if I studied Chinese literature just because of my hobby, without extraordinary perseverance, I would probably suffer a lot.

However, there is also a tutor to teach her classes, and she can go to Beijing to study Waseda, so it seems that she has a good background. He judged in his heart. Thinking about Takeuchi Akihito's usual chic life style, his aunt's daughter, the conditions are not much worse.

"Last year,During the school festival,She was invited by a friend,Team performance,The result was unexpectedly good.。 After the performance, she was accosted by a senior from the same school and invited her to join her band. ”

Akihito Takeuchi continued, "That's what I'm talking about now, and I want you to meet this band I saw before. ”

"What is generally known now is that the band originally had a lead singer, but not long ago quit due to a disagreement with the musical concept. It just so happened that the senior watched her performance and thought she was very good, so he invited her. As a result, she really agreed to audition, and finally was successfully admitted. ”

"When I found out about this, I was shocked. I really can't understand it anyway. It's not that she has no talent in this area or anything like that, it's that the fact that she will join the band itself is incredible. ”

"What's this?"

Even if it's the eldest lady, it's nothing to join the band.

"That's because you haven't been with her. When I was a child, my father was sent to Mumbai, and for a while I stayed with my aunt's house, where I often saw her. She was a very delicate and shy young lady, still a crybaby, and her family was the owner of an old kimono shop, and her education was even more unusual - exaggerated, not like people of our time. “

"So, now suddenly saying that she's in a rock band and she's going to be the lead singer in it, of course I think it's incredible. ”

"I'm afraid it's not a rebellion. Iwahashi said.

I have been depressed physically and mentally since I was a child, and after I finally left my hometown and went to Tokyo, I let myself go, and it makes sense to think like this.

"Perhaps!" Akihito Takeuchi smiled.

"If only that were the case," he said, "it would be nice for her to see it, and then dispel it." ”

"Oh. Iwahashi Shinichi first felt bored.

Playing games with a delicate and frail lady, what is this kind of thing?