Chapter 269: A Sudden Phone Call
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"Boss, NHK has come to invite you to participate in this year's Red and White Song Party, will you appear this year?" One day near November, Zhou Xiao was in the car rushing to the next place of work, and Nakamaru answered the phone and turned around and asked.
"Red and White Song Society?" Zhou Xiao then remembered that it was time again.
In fact, in the year of his debut, he had already participated in the Red and White Song Club, so he didn't have the idea that he had to participate, otherwise he would be a pity. He participated in the Red and White Song Party in 2ooo, but in O1, he didn't participate because he wanted to participate in the recording of Sakai Izumi's sister's show. But if possible, the Red and White Song Festival is naturally going to appear, after all, this show is almost equivalent to the Chinese Spring Festival Gala.
"If there's no problem, go ahead, I don't have any work to do anyway." Zhou Xiao nodded.
"Then I'll just promise them, the specific rehearsal and repertoire schedule is to be determined, okay?" Nakamaru asked.
"Well, you go ahead and do it." Zhou Xiaodao.
Just two minutes after the two finished speaking, Zhou Xiao's phone rang.
Pulling out his phone, he strangely saw a very unfamiliar number.
Zhou Xiao's work mobile phone is usually placed in Zhongmaru's hand, and his private phone is basically only known to very familiar and close friends, such a call suddenly called an unfamiliar number, Zhou Xiao is a little strange.
"Huh......? Wait a minute, this phone number seems to be ......" Zhou Xiao looked at the long list of numbers on the caller ID and noticed a more critical question, this number, this calling number...... It seems to be a number from China......
Do you want to pick it up? The Chinese number he had never seen before, and after thinking for more than ten seconds, he finally connected the phone.
"Hello?" Zhou Xiao asked in a deep voice.
"Zhou Xiao?" The voice on the phone sounded very unfamiliar to him.
"Who?" Since he said his name directly, this person should know him, but for a while. Zhou Xiao's ability to recognize this voice is not high.
"Who? Who am I, you ask? Can't even hear your voice? The voice on the phone said.
"Huh? Ahh Zhou Xiao finally remembered.
As he picked up the memories of more than two or even three years ago, his head felt extremely painful, those memories were not used for a long time, Zhou Xiao didn't like to mention them before, and now Zhou Xiao also felt that there was no need to pay attention to things.
"Zhou Xiao? Zhou Xiao: Are you listening? The voice on the other end of the line said.
"Wait a minute, Dad, I have a little headache, you wait a while, this call, I'll call you later." Zhou Xiao said.
Three years is not too long, but it is not too short. It is impossible for a person to forget his father who has been with him for more than ten years in three years. Even if Zhou Xiao crossed over to occupy this body, he could still react in a short moment that the person on the other side of the phone was indeed his father, and the voice, including the tone and tone, belonged to him, no, or Zhou Xiao's father was undoubtedly his father. So, although it was said that I would call back later. But he undoubtedly admitted the identity of the other party.
After saying this, Zhou Xiao hung up the phone without waiting for the other side to react, he needed a while to sort out the whole thing and relieve the pain in his mind at the same time.
Of course, Zhou Xiao is not without a father or mother, on the contrary. His parents are there.
But just because both parents are there doesn't mean that the parents are good, Zhou Xiao's parents are more ...... Wonderful...... type.
Why?
It's very simple, just say that these two threw Zhou Xiao in Japan. The act of running back to Japan with almost all of his belongings is strange enough to explode!
At the beginning of the 2ooo year, Zhou Xiao was basically in a state of water and food shortage. But even in this state, the original Zhou Xiao still didn't have the slightest idea of asking his parents for money, which was enough to prove how deeply he resented his parents.
Then there is the crossing, after the crossing Zhou Xiao, those resentful thoughts are naturally scattered with the wind, but although there is no resentment, he still doesn't know what to do with the parents, is it hateful? Or resentment? Or do you just feel that you are not used to meeting each other, after all, these two are just parents of their own body?
"And, what are they calling for? Seeing that you have money, you came back to find yourself? Or is it just that you've had enough of being in China and want to come back? The former guess, Zhou Xiao thinks it is very possible, but the latter one, Zhou Xiao thinks it is unlikely, because his mind is full of all kinds of remarks that his parents once wanted to return to China, and in this way, even the parents who have sold their houses in Japan should not come back. ”
"So...... If it's the former......" Zhou Xiao nodded, he is not the kind of person who will not even care about his parents, even if this parent is very strange to him now, so Zhou Xiao has already thought about it, if his parents really come to ask him for money, then it is a big deal to give them well, whether it is 10 million or 20 million, or even 120 million yen.
After resting for a while to relieve the headache, Zhou Xiao sat up and said to Zhongmaru: "Zhongmaru, find a place to stop for a while, and I'll make a call." Nakamaru listened and got out of the car slowly, and after he parked the car on the side of the road, before Zhou Xiao could speak, he turned around and said, "Boss, I'll go to the convenience store." ”
"Okay, then you can go." Zhou Xiao said.
After Nakamaru got out of the car, Zhou Xiao let out a sigh of relief and pressed the callback button on the phone just now.
"Hey!?" The old man's voice on the other end of the phone seemed to be very unhappy, which is understandable, after all, he was hung up by his own son.
"Uh...... Dad, how did you remember to call me. Zhou Xiao was not ambiguous, and he didn't apologize or express how low he was, and his father was unhappy? He's not happy, these two almost starved themselves to death in Tokyo.
"What's the matter, after making some money, I don't want to listen to Lao Tzu?" Zhou Xiao's father is called Zhou Nianguo, and when you hear this name, you can feel the idea of Zhou Xiao's grandfather who named him, from China to Japan.
Although he has been to Japan since his grandfather's generation, the Zhou family has not done much well, and the three generations of the family, although they were not extremely poor before Zhou Xiao, they were just living an ordinary life, and they were not the kind of old overseas Chinese who returned to China in movies and TV series.
"Uh...... Didn't make much either. Zhou Xiao heard his father say this, so he had to reply modestly.
"Hmph, you said you were fat and you were still panting. What have you done in the past two years? I don't think you saved any money by working for others, right? ”
"Gah?"
"What, Japan's wages are indeed much higher than those in China, but the more you earn and the more you spend, how much can you earn in more than a year? Lakh? Two hundred thousand? And your dream of being a funny artist is probably long gone, right? Father said.
Zhou Xiao just appeared, it turned out that his cheap father didn't know what he had done in the past two years......
"Speaking of which, Dad, how are you doing at home?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"We? We've found family now, and your grandfather's brother's family is doing well. I am an overseas Chinese from the local government, and although I came back with neither investment nor contribution, I still helped us find a house, which is in the local county. Zhou Nianguo said.
In 2oo2, the domestic exhibition has been basically launched, but the small town in Zhou Xiao's hometown is really small enough, and the northern cities are more late than the southern ones. When people reach middle age, their parents run back thousands of miles, and they must have a lot of determination in their hearts, even if they are poor in Japan. The quality of life was much better than that of China at this time, but they still went back without hesitation, just for something in their hearts.
Frankly speaking, this kind of feeling Zhou Xiao is a little incomprehensible. You know, my parents were both born and raised in Japan, and my love for the country was probably inherited from my grandparents.
"How did you feel when you returned home? Will there be a big gap from what you imagined? Zhou Xiao asked.
"There is a big gap between Japan and China, but there is not much difference between my imagination in Japan. In other words, I didn't expect anything at all, so how could there be a sense of disparity. "Zhou Nian National Road.
"Well, I underestimated your old patriotism." Zhou Xiao said helplessly.
"Zhou Xiao, I called this time to ask if you are interested in the couple...... Return home once. ”
"Returning home? Why return home? Dad, I'm also very busy with my work here...... "Zhou Xiao said, there are various programs to be on near the end of the year, especially red and white is a very important activity, and next year will start filming "The Man Who Can't Get Married", which can be said to be very busy.
"Your uncle, that is, your grandfather's younger brother is not in good health, the doctor said that there are still three or four months to go, he has four sons and a daughter, of which the children of the four sons are all girls, only that daughter gave birth to a boy, so in your generation, it means that the old Zhou family is the only one surnamed Zhou, originally our generation does not care much about these, but your uncle still cares a lot, I didn't go back before, forget it, now I go back, I heard that I still have a son, The old man is thinking about seeing you. Zhou Nianguo said.
Zhou Xiao was silent for a while, although his grandfather's younger brother was a complete stranger to him, but the wish of an old man who was about to pass away, coupled with the fact that his father had not contacted him for more than two years, and now he pulled down his face to beg him, under these two points, it would be a little too cruel for him not to agree.
"Hey...... Okay, I know, I'll arrange my work and try to go back to China before the Chinese New Year. Zhou Xiao agreed.
"Well, there is still time, arrange the things in your hands well, don't let the boss do it badly, resign if you really can't do it, anyway, you are still young, you can't find any job you want to find." Zhou Nianguo said.
Well, I don't tell my parents what I've been doing in Japan in the past few years, and I can't tell you anything about it on the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xiao called Zhongmaru back and said: "Zhongmaru, refuse NHK's invitation, this year's red and white, I can't participate again." ”
"Uh...... Boss, on what grounds? Nakamaru asked.
"Let's just say that there is something at home, and there is nothing to hide." Zhou Xiaodao.
Zhou Nianguo didn't know how much arrangements he needed to make if he wanted to return to China for a period of time with his son's current grades, and from this day on, Zhou Xiao almost began to prepare without touching the ground.
In addition to the special programs that have not yet started recording, Zhou Xiao and the program team have to rush out of at least two more weeks of programs, don't think that it is just a two-week program, the preparation time of one episode of the program is much greater than the recording time, and the preparation that was supposed to be step-by-step suddenly had to be advanced, Zhou Xiao's words made the entire program team busy.
And all kinds of programs that were originally scheduled to be recorded during Zhou Xiao's return to China must also be pushed off, and it is not polite to push off this kind of program, in order to express sincerity. Zhou Xiao led his subordinates to find the TV station program team one by one, and apologized in person so that the other party didn't think that this was snubbing or targeting them.
And then there's some work that can be done in advance. Variety shows are almost impossible to change because they have to cooperate with the time of most artists, but some photography or solo videos can be advanced, don't look at Zhou Xiao as an artist and a director, but his appearance is also a weapon, and there will be magazines looking for him to shoot various magazine photos at the end of three days, this job is actually the most profitable.
There are many ways to make money in the Japanese entertainment industry, singing people sell CDs and copyrights, and acting scenes are filmed on stage plays. Funny artists focus on variety shows and commercial performances, as for models and photo actresses, the former focuses on catwalks, the latter focuses on photo, and where the two intersect is magazines.
In fact, it's not just models and photo actresses, as long as you are popular enough in other professions, you also have the opportunity to be in magazines.
Why do people like magazines? One of the most intuitive reasons is that this money is easy to make. It may not be much for a starlet to make money in a magazine, but if you are famous enough and are the kind of star of a very high level, the magazine wants to invite you to come. One time is not cheap, a little more top-notch, the last time the magazine will get millions of income, and the income of magazine covers will be several times greater. Of course, this money will not all fall into their own hands, most artists or models have to share the vast majority of their income with their own companies, but even so. He can still make a lot of money, and the money comes relatively quickly, after all, it's just magazine shooting, some magazine shooting is very tiring, but no matter how tired he is, there is no hard work for a quarter or even more than half a year in a movie and TV series.
For these magazine shootings, Zhou Xiao and AZX went to inform them one by one that the time was in advance, and finally arranged all the shooting time before returning to China.
"Nakamaru, are you interested in going to China to have fun?" Zhou Xiao asked.
"Huh? ...... owner"
"Hahaha, I'm joking, how can I not give you a holiday during the New Year, I'll be completely fine if I go back by myself." Zhou Xiao said.
"Boss, I didn't mean that, actually, I've already found you someone to accompany you back." Nakamaru said.
"Oh?" Zhou Xiao was surprised.
"Boss, you are a billionaire now, and it is normal to have someone to protect you in and out, especially when you go to China, you may be angry when you say this, but in my opinion, it is indeed more dangerous for you to go back by yourself, and even if you add me, I'm afraid it won't work, so I found you a bodyguard of a security company, and this bodyguard also knows Japanese, so there should be no problem!" Nakamaru said.
"I see, thank you." Zhou Xiao said, this Zhongmaru is becoming more and more sensible, and this kind of thing has been arranged without saying it himself.
After the work was arranged, Zhou Xiao turned around and began to appease the women, originally this year, Zhou Xiao and Yuko Ogura wanted to celebrate the New Year together, but the scandal and the return to China made this matter completely ruined, as for Aoi Miyazaki, the girl who had just had a special relationship with Zhou Xiao was extremely infatuated with her, but Yuko Kogura's matter also affected her, maybe her mother was worried about the impact, in short, the reluctant Aoi Miyazaki also moved out of Zhou Xiao's apartment.
Sister Sakai Spring Water doesn't care, she lives as she did before every day, but the whole floor apartment is a few hundred square meters, and only Zhou Xiao and Sakai Spring Water live in it...... It's so quiet.
In the midst of his busy work, Zhou Xiao also took the time to take a look at the two little girls.
Mayu Watanabe and Airi Suzuki are both eight and a half years old, Zhou Xiao doesn't often go to see the two girls, they will be very important in the future, but now, the daily activities of the two of them are only vocal training.
This vocal training, Zhou Xiao will not worry about Airi Suzuki at all, the little girl is only eight years old, and she has already shown amazing talent and strength, but Mayu Watanabe is different, the talent of the little girl can't catch up with Airi Suzuki, and singing can only be regarded as an ordinary level, and the vocal teacher also focuses on training Mayu instead of Airi when training the two little girls. Of course, in the future, the burden of little Mayou in music will not be as good as that of Eri Suzuki, Zhou Xiao thinks that Xiao Mayou's singing level can catch up with the same high key of Eiyong Momoko.
After more than a year, the two little girls have become very, very good friends, they will go to school together, read and study together, and they will make progress together at the same age.
Although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that in many qualifications, Xiao Mayou is not as good as Xiao Airi, singing is like this, and learning is the same, Airi's academic performance is at the level of being admitted to Qingying Yishu, and Xiao Mayou, in fact, her academic performance is already quite good, but it is a little worse than Xiao Airi.
The two girls of Mayou and Airi can be said to be all of Zhou Xiao's fantasies about the beauty of idols, if necessary, of course Zhou Xiao is also very concerned about their studies, Zhou Xiao knows that girls at this age, he is troublesome enough to teach, and it is easy to cause the disgust of the two girls, what he can do is to let the two children learn and progress with each other, and let Airi help Mayou more.
Idols also have fights, especially when there will inevitably be a general election in the future, maybe these two people will be the biggest opponents, Zhou Xiao doesn't want them to become complete enemies in the end, it is the best situation where opponents are also friends. (To be continued......)