Chapter 8: Sleepless Nights

It was destined to be a sleepless night. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is indeed true for Minoru Ishihara of Fuji TV's Variety Bureau. Minoru Ishihara is a new employee of Fuji.,Less than two years into the company.,There's no program that can take a shot.,The only name in the bureau for two years is "STAFF~",This month Ishihara was transferred to the newly established "SMAP×SMAP" group.,Although it's a famous group's title program.,But there's no doubt that those idols won't have any contact with STUFF every day.,Except for the polite words after the end of the daily work"おfatigueれ様でした",There's no more communication.。 In the past month, Ishihara has been able to get all the signatures of SMAP from the show - Ishihara's sister is SMAP's big meal, and the CD he received from Shota Fukayama today.

None of this helped Ishihara. Failure in high school, failure in joining a company, failure in a group, failure in marriage, Ishihara's life is such a life of failure, although Ishihara is only 26 years old now, but it seems that all Ishihara's actions are stamped with failure. "If this continues, it is better to quit your job early and get married, and then inherit the family shop." My father said the same to Ishihara.

Ishihara returned home without a sound, entered the room and closed the door, took out everything in his bag and put it on the table—Ishihara still had to stay up all night writing the script for the show tonight.

"Ah, this is the CD that Fukayama Sang received today, listen to it, anyway, there is no inspiration now." Ishihara, scribbling on the manuscript paper, muttered to himself, turned on the stereo in the room, and began to play the CD. It begins with a soothing prelude, followed by loud drumbeats and bright guitar melodies, followed by Shota Fukayama's singing.

僕らの生まれてくる、ずっとずっと前にはもう。 アポロ11号は、月に行ったっていうのに......

僕らはこの街がまだ、ジャングルだった頃から。 変わらない愛のかたち探してる

大統頸の名前なんてさ、覚えてなくてもねいいけれど

せめて自分の信じてた夢ぐらいは、どうにか覚えていて......

(A long, long time before we were born, Apollo 11 flew to the moon.)

When the city was still a primeval forest, it was already looking for the unchanging shape of love.

It doesn't matter if you can't even remember the president's name,

But at least in any case, you have to remember that you are holding on to your dreams...... )

The first time he heard Shota's singing, Ishihara was shocked by the high-pitched voice coming from the stereo, and in any case, Ishihara never expected a fifteen-year-old boy to be so explosive. That voice seemed to go deep into Ishihara's heart, beating with his heart, "It's unexpectedly good, this song." Ishihara began to put down his pen and paper and listen intently to the speaker.

Ishihara, who listened carefully, suddenly found that he seemed to have entered a new world and began to recognize himself anew. Whether it's a university, a club, or a group, after every failure, I always blame others for all the problems in frustration. In school and company, I can only laugh with everyone, but I have been crying silently in my heart, and when I return home, when I face the care of my family, I speak ill of each other. It's not young, I'm twenty-six years old, although I understand the truth that my ideal can't be eaten, but how can it be so easy to really give up? When I wanted to enter Fuji in the first place, didn't I just want to spell out a good future in the TV bureau? I've been working for so long!

僕らの生まれてくる、もっともっと前にはもう。 アポロ計画はスタートしていたんだろ?

本気で月に行こうって考えたんだろうね。 なんだか愛の理想みたいだね

このままのスピードで世界がまわったら、アポロ100号はどこまで行けるんだろ?

(The Apollo program began a long, long time before we were born, right?)

Do they really want to go to the moon? I always feel like a beloved ideal.

If it continues to orbit the world at this rate, where will Apollo 100 fly? )

Before he knew it, tears were already filling his eyes, and when he heard the end of the song, Ishihara completely broke down and began to cry loudly. This was undoubtedly a very shameful act for the man who had already taken office, but at the moment Ishihara didn't want to care about anything, he cried freely, like a child. Parents and sister heard the cry and knocked on the door and asked, "Minoru, what's wrong with you?" (Brother, are you crying?) )”

After a while, Ishihara's cry was much quieter. Got up and opened the door, calmed down a bit, and replied in a still nasal voice, "Well, it's okay." Now, Dad, I've thought about it, I'll try again, and if I fail this time, I'll quit and go home. ”

Outside the door, an old voice replied, "You can do it yourself." With that, he left, leaving his mother and sister standing at the door, "Satomi, you've always liked SAMP, right?" This is the entire signature of SMAP to you. Ishihara picked up the signature on the table,

Hand it to my sister.

"Wow - it's really a SMAP signature~ I'm so happy!" , my sister hugged the autograph and thanked Ishihara, "I didn't expect my brother to be very useful!" ”

"Satomi—" Ishihara looked at his sister with wide eyes, no one had said this to Minoru Ishihara since he left school, and he was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. "Now, Satomi, who's your favorite in the middle of SMAP?"

"Needless to say, of course it's Kimutaku (Kimura)~ Kimutaku is really handsome~" When it comes to his favorite idol Satomi, he has a fan girl's face.

"Then do you know about Shota Fukayama?"

"Ah, I know, but he's the youngest in the team, and he doesn't usually feel very active, so why do you want to ask him?"

"Well, he's my idol~" Ishihara thought for a moment and replied seriously.

"It's disgusting, brother, you are twenty-six years old this year, and you actually like a sixteen-year-old boy, and you still use this disgusting tone." My sister looked disgusted.

"I really didn't expect him to be sixteen. But I just like this, really. Satomi, you can also try to listen to his songs, it's very good. Listening to the musical accompaniment that was still playing in the room, Ishihara replied earnestly.

Minoru Ishihara was particularly energetic that night.

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The same is true for Yoshihiro Arai, the owner of the video store. During the day today, a strange thing happened in Yoshihiro Arai's store - a young man who dressed himself up neatly came to the store and wanted to buy a rock CD, but he didn't want to recommend the popular Mr. Children, but instead cared about Shota Fukayama's SOLO single, which was basically unpopular. In the end, I actually recommended this CD to myself in turn, obviously this guest has never heard of it himself, and I recommend it to others like a music critic, really! Unexpectedly, in the end, this guest turned out to be Shota Fukayama himself.

Eighty percent of this CD is not very good, no, it is estimated that it is a third-rate song and song found casually to cheat money, Arai Yoshihiro secretly speculated. Normally, a good song should be sung by all SMAP, right, whether it is a single or an album by all members of the group, it can always be a big hit, and the top ten of the public trust chart are indispensable, although the songs of this group of young people are not very cold, but they are particularly popular with the guests. But SOLO is different.,It's like Kimura Takuya.,There's a big sale like Kimura Takuya in the factory.,After all, that's Kimura.,Even if it's a blank disc printed with Kimura's head.,Two thousand yuan a crazy robbery of people is also a lot.,And like Nakai Masahiro.,I'm not very good at singing.,No matter how you sell CDs.,It's already God's blessing to be able to sell a hand out in a week or two.。 Since the arrival of Shota Fukayama this time, no one has ever asked, and even the samples given to the store have not been opened and played.

"But it's really unprecedented for someone like this to go to a video store and ask for a single in person, and the people in the 5-chome store say they seem to have seen him, as if this person has visited the entire Hachioji video store." At dinner time, Arai, who has closed the store, complains about the strange experience of this day while eating with his wife.

"Ah, it's rare to see such a cheeky person~" The wife also echoed on the side, "However, I haven't heard such a bad song yet, do you want to listen to it together?"

"Whatever, but don't touch the ones on the shelves, there's a sample tray in the warehouse, listen to that. If the shelf is opened, it is not good to return it. Arai picked up the rice in the bowl and didn't lift his head.

The wife really "はいはい" should be in harmony with it.,Go to the warehouse and get the sample tray.,"But don't say it.,Although it's not a good song.,But the photo on the cover is still very handsome~" As he spoke, he put it up with the equipment in the store, and the guitar melody immediately surrounded the store.

広い宇宙の数ある一つ、青い地球の広い世界で。

小さな恋の思いは届く、小さな岛のあなたのもとへ。

あなたと出会い时は流れる、思いを込めた手纸もふえる

いつしか二人互いに响く、时に激しく時に切なく。

(The only one in the vast universe, in the vast world on the blue planet.)

I pass on this little love to you on this little island

From the moment I met you, the love letters I missed increased day by day

Unconsciously, the two influence each other, sometimes happy, sometimes sad)

Unexpectedly, this song is not a so-called third-rate money cheating song, but it is very good.

"Now, husband? This song ...... "I'm listening." ”

Time passed as the song played, and the couple listened quietly, as if returning to the scene when they first met. The couple were high school classmates, and after graduating, they got married and opened the store in Tokyo, which is now in its sixteenth year. In the past 15 years, despite the changes in the world, there were times when they couldn't even pay the rent just by opening a store, and there were times when someone proposed to buy the land under the store with 20 billion yuan during the bubble era, but the Arai couple never had the idea of giving up the store, which is a symbol of their love. Today, although his wife is no longer young, and his daily life is to chat with the aunts of the town association in addition to taking care of the store, the relationship between the two is still as sweet as ever, and the days are turning day by day......

"Ryoko...... I love you. ”

"Me too."

The two of them, caught up in their memories, kissed and hugged each other.

For a long time, the lips parted.

"This song is awesome, Ryoko." Arai looked at his wife in front of him and said, and his wife was flushed, "I hate ......"

"I've decided that I'll be playing this song in the store from tomorrow, and I like it very much."

"Yes."

"By the way, I want to tell my brother about this song, he has been looking for the right person to participate in the show recently." As he spoke, Yoshihiro Arai picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers, chatting with his brother on the other side of the phone, while holding his wife in one hand, as if the whole world had stood still.

Shota Fukayama, who is lying on his bed, is still worried about his new single, and at the same time, his brain is constantly recalling the script of Renzaburo Furuto.

As of this evening, a total of 136 copies of the new single "6っく" have been sold, and the buyer, Shota Fukayama, has purchased 136 copies.

Shota Fukayama probably didn't know that although no one else had bought the single, "6っく" still brought happiness to many people. The 136 CD-ROMs from Shota Fukayama will perform a miracle in Tokyo, the world's largest city, and in the whole of Japan, a miracle that ordinary employees, shop owners, idol singers, directors of entertainment companies, and even the creator of this miracle himself could never have imagined.