"When I get back, talk to Sakurai, and the next time I go for an interview, you can call her along. After returning to the SME building, Toshiryo Muramatsu said to Yoshio Konno.

"I see. Yoshio Konno nodded.

"Then I'll take my leave. Kitagawa Kenji didn't follow the two people upstairs, but said hello and continued to let the driver take him to the AKB.

"Okay, let's go in, you go to them too, find Sakurai, talk to her about it, and let her be mentally prepared in advance. Muramatsu Toshiryo commanded.

"I see. After the order, Yoshio Konno said goodbye to Toshiryo Muramatsu and went to the practice room to find the members of Nogizaka.

"Is Sakurai here?" Yoshio Konno came to the practice room and saw that all the members were resting, so he called Sakurai Reika out.

"What's the matter, Konno-san. Reika Sakurai asked.

"Sakurai, after a while, you and I will go with you to visit Mayor Oita and tell you in advance, so that you can be prepared. Yoshio Konno whispered.

"Huh?" The news made Sakurai Reika a little surprised, nodded, and then said seriously: "I know." ”

"Well, it's okay, let's keep it up. Yoshio Konno said, and then asked Reika Sakurai to continue back to the practice room, and he returned to the office.

"What's wrong, Reika-chan?" Back in the practice room, a member asked Reika Sakurai.

"It's nothing, it's just a matter of circular, and I want to tell everyone to add it up and work harder. Sakurai Reika casually found a reason and prevaricated.

"I see. The surrounding members nodded understandingly.

"Hmm...... Looks like we're really going to have to work hard!" Reika Sakurai muttered.

"It's just that the duel with Fingerhara-san feels getting closer and closer, and my heart is getting more and more nervous......" Hana Nakata said with a smile and touched her chest.

"Don't think about the kind of thing you're going to lose, don't think about it. From the very beginning, our goal was only to win, to win this sales showdown with dignity, so that more people could recognize us, know the members of Nogizaka, we are not for ourselves, but also for the sake of those other partners, we can win!

"Hmm......" Hana Nakata nodded dumbly, Rina Ikoma's age is younger than hers, but at this time, in the words spoken by the other party, every word represents the strength and strength of the speaker, Hana Nakata felt for the first time that Rina Ikoma had changed, and in her impression, Rina Ikoma, compared to when she first joined Nogizaka to practice together, this change felt as if it had been completed in that moment just now.

"Believe in yourself. Mai Shiraishi also nodded approvingly and said.

"AKB-san is very good, but I don't think I'm bad too. Ikuta Erika patted her small chest and said proudly.

"Ahem. Shooting too hard, Ikuta Erika choked a little, and couldn't stop coughing, and Rina Ikoma next to her quickly patted her on the back.

"Hahaha. After Ikuta's Erika eased up, everyone laughed, especially Nanami Hashimoto, who closed her eyes and waved her hand with a smile.

"Ikuta, what's interesting. On one side of the practice room, Kaneo Sanada and Yui Nango were chatting, and they saw the crowd sitting on the side laughing around Ikuta Erika in the middle, and both of them said that they had become accustomed to the feeling.

"Well, Iku-chan has really changed a lot lately. Nango Yui said.

"Hmm, what's changed?" asked Sanada Kanexiang curiously.

"The number of requests for leave for Nogizaka has become less, and now she is starting to ask for leave from school because of the combination, and when she has a weekend break, she also comes back here to find Nango-san's students to help her practice dance, which she took the initiative to ask us if we can. Of course we think it's okay. Nango Yui replied.

"Oh? That's an interesting change. Kanexiang Sanada said that he understood, and continued: "Maybe Nan-san will feel better, I've always heard her say that Ikuta's dance doesn't seem to be clear. ”

"Yes, Nan-san is now very satisfied with the change in Ikuta-e-Rika. According to her words, this is a real genius-like girl, but a genius can't play her value as a genius if she doesn't work hard, and now Ikuta Erika has obviously worked harder. Nango Yui said.

"As an idol, this girl's potential is destined to have a lot of development and possibilities in the future, which is really good. It's just that my suggestion is that the activities of idols are very important, so please pay attention to them so that they don't neglect piano practice. After all, the most precious thing about this girl is that she can grow up in the future and have infinite possibilities in the idol world. Kaneo Sanada said.

"No, we understand that too. The piano practice is non-stop every day, and we will ask if there is anything else we can do to help her in the future. Nango nodded understandingly.

"Well, although it is rare in idols, there are also some people who have eye-catching piano talents, but the kind that can do professional-level and other outstanding performances is still rare. Many of them use piano talent as a gimmick for themselves, that is, to increase their popularity by performing on appropriate occasions, and the related ones are almost like this. But if you reach the professional level, idols don't feel much at that time, because their energy will become more and more contrary to the activities of idols, but in Ikuta's body, I obviously see a different possibility. Kaneo Sanada said.

"It's like a natural sense of variety show, to be honest, every time I go with them to record where Nogizaka is, I always feel that some of these girls are still children. Ikuta's kind of variety show performance, even if it is a pre-designed script, it is impossible for people with little experience like them to act perfectly, even if they themselves are also that kind of character, plus the guidance of Shiraku-san and Himura-san, it becomes very similar to the performance of the stage. In fact, most of the plots designed on the script are generally cut out because they are not natural, and when the official broadcast starts, it is more about their self-play. Nango Yui also said.

"Hehe, that's really interesting. Kaneo Sanada said with a smile.

"Actually, sometimes I feel really ashamed to look at it from the sidelines. However, Banana Man Sang is a really powerful MC, and I always feel that in addition to the script, they also cultivate the members' self-awareness and ontological sense of variety show during the recording of the show. and various tricks on variety shows, it's really amazing. Nango Yui sighed.

"Shiraku-san and Himura-san seem to be the first time they've taken on the job of this kind of idol-related resident MC, right?" asked Kane-san Sanada.

"Well, that's right. Maybe Nogizaka took the light for the first time, and I really felt a little lucky. Nango Yui replied.

"Banana people are really strong in the ranks of funny artists, Shiraku-san and Himura-san, these two people will definitely help Nogizaka more in the future. Sanada Kaneta said to Yui Nango.

"Nogizaka has to work hard at that time, and he can't always be the little idol he is now. Nango nodded approvingly and said.

"Sanada-san, are there any members on your side that are worth noting and eye-catching?" asked Yui Nango.

"In the selection team, I feel that the performance of the new members is a little average. In the non-selection group, Yumi Wakatsuki, Marika Ito, Misai Eto, and Mai Fukagawa all performed very well. Sanada Kaneji replied with a pertinent attitude based on the comprehensive performance he had seen recently.

"Well, Nan-san is almost like this, it seems that the hero sees the same thing, haha!" Nango Yui jokingly touted.

"No, no, no. Kaneo Sanada smiled and waved his hand.

"If it continues like this, there will be big changes in the lineup of the three singles. Sanada Kanexiang whispered intentionally or unintentionally, I don't know if it was Nango Yui or his own self-talk, it's the kind that is difficult to hear, Nango Yui was just able to hear it, and then nodded, didn't say anything, but he also knew the meaning of Nango Yui's words in his heart.

"Now is a time to work hard, and it is also a time to be able to change some reality through their own efforts, and now they are just beginning, and the first and best opportunity depends on their own performance. Kaneo Sanada said.

"I don't know if they'll understand this, but some of them are really going harder. Nango Yui thought of the eyes of the other members such as Mai Fukagawa, Yumi Wakatsuki, Marika Ito, and Misai Eto, who were recording the PV this time, before and after, expressed their inner joy and enthusiasm, and the same eyes as the members of the selection team when the order was revealed.

The selection is not the end, to be able to sit firmly in the selection lineup, only the strongest members in all aspects of Nogizaka can be competent, and what the members can influence is to work hard and constantly improve themselves.

"No one hates people who work hard, and the harder they work, the more they will be appreciated. After saying this, Kaneo Sanada left the place and sat back down at the lecture place in front of him, and the members quickly reprepared to listen to Sanada's lectures on various issues related to the idol world.

"There are many people who work hard, and what really determines the outcome is not whether they work hard or not, but who works harder, whose reward will be more obvious and greater. Seeing Rina Ikoma with a serious and firm expression on her face from a distance, Nango Yui somehow suddenly thought of this girl.