December 27th.

Standing in front of the fax machine, Yuki Tamura casually asked, "Nanjo-san, how many do you think you can have this week?"

Nanjo Kuan thought for a while, "The drop in the first two weeks was 20,000 copies, but Ye Zhaosang's publicity in the north is almost about to come out, I guess it's about the same as last week, and it can sell another 100,000 or so." ”

Speaking of going to the north to publicize, Yuki Tamura pursed his lips, "I really envy Takeda-san and Uemura-san for going out with the president, you must be able to see a lot of beautiful scenery on the way, right?"

"The publicity period is so tight, Ye Zhaosang is so busy, how can he take care of the mountains and rivers. As soon as he finished speaking, Nanjo suddenly remembered the pile of Tochigi Prefecture souvenirs that the transportation company had just sent yesterday, along with the susurrels of Akita Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture and other places further ago, and silently froze. This boss can really sneak around the mountains and rivers in a busy way......

After receiving the fax, Yuki Tamura casually picked up the document, his gaze moved upward, and then his eyes widened.

"How much?" Nanjo urged.

Yuki Tamura took a deep breath, "...... Two hundred and thirty-eight thousand six hundred. ”

"How much?!" This time it was Nanjo Kan's turn not to be calm.

……

In the third week of the single's release, Ye Zhao once again showed the world that he had played against the trend, and although the single did not win the Oricon chart due to the intensive release period at the end of the year, it firmly occupied the top spot in Hokkaido and the local charts in the northeastern region of Honshu Island.

The people who were originally waiting to see the jokes of him, the "strongest newcomer", had to put away the ridicule that had been prepared for a long time, waiting for the accidents he brought to the outside world one after another.

In addition to the promotion of the new single, the tour has another effect. Since they used the name of ZYE instead of BEING when they went to negotiate and promote everywhere, when the single began to explode, the news that Ye Zhao opened his personal office also spread throughout the industry with the best-selling of the single.

"Tell them that I'm still on a promotional tour and can't go back to Tokyo for the time being, so I'll talk about it later. When Nanjo Kan, who was in Tokyo, reported to Ye Zhao the interview invitations that he had sent directly to ZYE one by one, Ye Zhao said so with a cold attitude, neither rejoicing at the success of the turnaround, nor feeling happy because he smoked a crisp sound from the people who were waiting to see the excitement.

can look at it and look at it, there are some jobs that he can't refuse no matter what, such as the record award.

There's a lot to say about the Record Awards, but there's nothing particularly worth saying, and while the ratings and credibility of the awards have been declining over time, it's still undoubtedly one of the biggest shows in the entire RB music scene every year.

On December 30, the group of Ha Aki, who was in Ibaraki Prefecture, took the Shinkansen back to Tokyo. In the evening, the sky was twilight, and from the afternoon it was pouring cold rain mixed with fine snow particles. Compared to China, RB is not a snowy country, and it is even more rare for Tokyo to get snow, and even if it does, it will melt quickly.

Ye Zhao wore a cap and a large mask and left the station fully armed, Nanjo Kan drove the only black Chevrolet nanny car purchased at the beginning of the establishment of the office to pick up the station, nearly a month of intense and high-intensity schedule, Ye Zhao's body was extremely tired, and he put on a neck pillow and fell asleep when he got into the car.

Nanjo glanced in the rearview mirror and whispered, "Ye Zhaosang is really tired." ”

"I've been on the road for most of the month, so it's no wonder if I'm not tired, I squinted all the way on the Shinkansen just now. The co-pilot's Jun Takeda replied, and was about to beckon Yuki Uemura, who was sitting in the back row, to take care of Ye Zhao, when he turned around and saw that Yuki Uemura was holding a handbag in his arms, sleepy like a kowtow worm.

……

That night, Ye Zhao was the host, the only four employees of ZYE, together with his assistant Akihiko Aragaki at BEING, and the six of them went to Hakata Restaurant in Kitazawa, Setagaya Ward to have a meal. ”

Tonkatsu is pronounced as (かつ丼) in Japanese, and the pronunciation of かつ is the same as victory (勝つ), so RB people have formed a tradition of eating tonkatsu rice the day before an important exam or competition, just like we eat a fritter and two eggs before an exam.

"Anyway, there is still one day, and you can eat it tomorrow if you want to beg for the lottery. Ye Zhao said. As the only minor and public figure in the group, he was the only one who didn't drink tonight with Nanjo Kandi, who was still driving.

"Then let's say it, tomorrow at noon, everyone will invite Ye Jun to eat pork cutlets, and wish him a victory!" Takeda Jun proposed.

The crowd echoed in unison. Ye Zhao also smiled and agreed, "Then I'll thank you all first." ”

……

Early in the morning of December 31, I went to the beauty salon that had already been booked to finish the styling, and before leaving, Ye Zhao looked at his figure through the window glass of the car, thought about it, took off the black tie that was originally matched, folded it into his pants pocket, and went to Roppongi's shopping center with Yuki Uemura.

With his still slightly immature face, it still doesn't match the formal wear a little, in order to dilute the old-fashioned feeling brought by changing into formal clothes, Ye Zhao re-purchased a light blue satin bow tie with a younger color for himself.

Until 2006, the recording awards were held at the same time as the Red and White Song Club, so popular singers often have to face the situation that it is difficult to have both fish and bear's paws, but this kind of trouble is still far away for Ye Zhao, he did not receive an invitation from the Red and White Song Club, and even the current record awards, his enthusiasm for winning the award is not high.

There is no other reason, the record award also has an alias called "Zhou Fang Award", as the name suggests, who these awards will end up with, in addition to the various soft and hard powers that the singer himself needs to compare, it also depends on the meaning of BRUNING. AND YE ZHAO, A GUY WHO WAS ALMOST BROUGHT BACK TO HIS HOMETOWN BECAUSE HE OFFENDED BRUNING, WANTS TO WIN THE AWARD IS REALLY UNREALISTIC.

In addition, this year's music figures are numerous, whether it is qualifications or achievements, the real gold awards basically have nothing to do with Ye Zhao, as for the newcomer award, as long as you look at who wins the award every year, you will be immediately disappointed with this goldless award.

Under the combination of various reasons, Ye Zhao regarded this award as a boring entertainment that could not be absent from beginning to end, although he arrived, he did not have the feeling of being in it at all.