Chapter 11: The Child Favored by God
Several men in black suits pushed open the door of the conference room, and the originally noisy scene immediately fell silent.
The girls who exchanged their heads and ears instantly returned to their dignified appearance, and the members who were quietly playing with the 3 machines in the corner quickly put them away, nervously waiting for the upcoming cohabitation.
"Hello everyone, I'm Yoshio Konno, president of Nogizaka Contract Co., Ltd., and I'll be in charge of Nogizaka-related operations from now on."
Yoshio Konno walked to the stage with the information, and he was about to open the first door of his idol career with the girls.
"First of all, congratulations to all of you on your final selection."
"Secondly, due to contract reasons, the originally selected Yoshimoto Ayaka and Honoka Yamamoto have been dismissed from the company, and members Akimoto Masatsu temporarily did not participate in related work activities due to academic reasons."
"The number of members who should be present at the site is 34 ......"
A staff member next to him suddenly realized something, his face changed slightly, and he silently moved to the podium.
Yoshio Konno stopped the introduction of the ongoing event and listened to what the staff whispered in his ear, his eyes swept across the audience sharply, and he suddenly became serious.
"I'm sorry!"
Just when the girls were nervous, the door was opened again, and a girl broke in in embarrassment, her fingers still nervously grasping the doorknob, followed by a panting security uncle.
"Sorry, I'm late."
After speaking, Hoshimi quickly leaned over and bowed, his hands and feet curled up, and his head was bowed stiffly. If she could, she just wanted to huddle up and mellow away from the cloudy scene.
"Why don't you hurry up and find a seat down! Is this your consciousness as an idol? If you are late for the first event, please take the initiative to resign next time! ”
Yoshio Konno said seriously word by word, each one of them was like the weight of a thousand catties, and it was pressed on Hoshimi's shoulder, so that she couldn't lift her head and couldn't stand up.
"I see, I'm sorry."
Hoshimi only felt like she was in a crusher, and every thin trace of air in the room was so oppressive that she couldn't breathe.
With that, she moved her body and her battered suitcase as gently as she could, pressed against the wall, and carefully looked for empty seats.
"What are you doing in a daze!" Yoshio Konno couldn't help but scold when he looked at her struggling appearance.
"I'm sorry!"
Reflexively apologized loudly, then quickly ran to the empty seat at the end of the room, and slammed into the corner of the table in a panic, making a screeching sound that startled the girl who was sitting quietly.
After some twists and turns, Hoshimi finally sat down safely, and his wet shoes and trouser legs left their mark on the floor.
The wet pant legs made Hoshimi feel uncomfortable, and his legs writhed involuntarily under the table, allowing the pant legs to try to make minimal contact with the skin.
She looked at the little water marks left along the way from the door to the last row, and thought to herself, this is probably the so-called one step at a time.
"The stars are not moving! What are you twisting! Do you know what to do now! You look at what the people around you are doing! ”
The constant writhing appearance of Hoshimi, who was already piercing, was even more eye-catching, making it difficult for Yoshio Konno not to pay attention to her, and he only felt a raging anger burning in his chest.
He thought that if it weren't for the fact that her mother was Mikoto Hoshimi, and if it wasn't for the fact that Yasuya Akimoto and himself still thought she was a little extraordinary, he would have asked the staff to throw her out of the window of the Sony building now.
Yoshio Konno felt that he might need to reconsider his initial belief that she should be qualified. At the same time, recall whether you are a ghost and have been dazzled by the pen, which led to picking the wrong person.
The picture of the day of the audition flashed in his mind:
"This seems to be Mikoto Hoshimi's daughter, and I sent her registration materials to your email address before."
Yoshio Konno was worried that Mibu would not be able to perform normally because of his nervousness, so he patiently reminded her to perform some individual skills, and turned his head to Yasuya Akimoto in a whisper.
"Let's see."
Yasushi Akimoto already had a cross drawn on the information in front of him, and Yoshio Konno glanced at it without saying anything, and the two patiently looked at the girl who was playing with the pen on the stage.
"Hey, I'll tell her mother later, go back and comfort her, there are other chances if you lose this time......"
Yoshio Konno tossed Hoshimi's materials aside with a slight disappointment and picked up the next one.
"Don't worry, I think she is actually very sincere, at least really preparing for the audition, which is different from what I thought at first."
Akimoto smiled, and drew a circle around Hoshimi's name on the tip of his pen, "You can see, maybe she will really do it in the future." ”
"To do what?" Yoshio Konno was slightly stunned, and looked at Yasushi Akimoto, who was talking to himself, and asked subconsciously.
"She said it herself, and we'll give her a fulcrum to see if she can turn the world. And even if she really can't do it, at least she can sell a favor, which is not a bad thing. ”
Yoshio Konno nodded, picked up Hoshimi's information again, gently changed the circle, and switched to the other side.
"Let's see, it's better not to disappoint." He added with a vague expectation.
Yoshio Konno, who had just taken over the management of Nogizaka, set the first flag so easily, and also forgot the laws of Maka in this world.
Hoshimi Mibu relied on his rich experience in fighting wits and courage with the head teacher, and through the amplitude of Yoshio Konno's head swing and the speed of eye movement, he quickly captured the inner activities of the other party that was going up and down at the moment, and also understood his own dangerous situation.
She clearly realized that the next month-long living together would most likely determine whether her idol fate would end in the future.
"I am indeed a child favored by God, but why am I unlucky God!"
Xingjian Weibu covered his face sadly, and couldn't help but mumble and complain in his mouth, "Which immortal did I offend......
"Then in the next month, please take every training session seriously and grasp every opportunity to improve your skills. Remember that you were born as a formula opponent of AKB48, and turn the pressure and responsibility on your shoulders into motivation and move forward steadfastly! ”
Yoshio Konno paused, his eagle-like eyes swept over everyone, over every pair of glasses, except for Hoshimi, who was covering his face and hanging his head at this time, after all, he had already decided to give up on her first.
After confirming the steadfast fighting spirit in the eyes of each girl, Yoshio Konno continued: "Remember the slogan of Nogizaka 46! ”
"Effort, thanks, smile! We are Nogizaka Kamiyuki-no-saka 46! ”
The untidy slogans sounded in the conference room, but the strength and sincerity behind every sound could be heard.
Of course, in addition to shouting slogans in a whisper, Hoshimi did not step while starting to hit the table with his forehead, which was full of rhythm.
"The staff will tell you the specific arrangements for the accommodation, please remember that punctuality is always an important part of the work, you represent Nogizaka, I don't want this kind of tardiness to happen again!"
“...... Next, the allocation of dormitories will be announced, and the dormitory will be divided into two rooms, and the members who have already moved in will remain unchanged according to the original arrangement, and the members who have not yet moved in will move in in an orderly manner under the instructions of the staff according to the group arrangement to be announced. If you have named a member, please raise your hand. ”
"Then the first group, Yumi Wakatsuki and Reika Sakurai."
Hoshimi looked at Yoshio Konno, who walked off the stage with a straight face, although he understood the other party's approach very well, and agreed that killing chickens and monkeys was a very efficient management method, but it did not mean that she was willing to be shot again at the end.
"What a failure!" Hoshimi fell backwards and sat down in his chair, revealing the word despair.
"Hoshimi! miho! ”
Hoshimi heard a familiar voice coming from ahead, not loud, deliberately suppressed breath.
Hoshimi raised her eyes and looked at the person who greeted her so boldly when the staff read out the rules of the house, and sure enough, there should be no one else except that guy.
Hoshimi Mibu looked at Erika Ikuta, who was waving at her with great interest, and thought so.
"This guy, I'm afraid he doesn't have eight guts."
I couldn't help whispering on my mouth, but my cheeks couldn't help but bloom with the first smile of the day.
It's youth.
You and I are under the same eaves, looking at each other and smiling like flowers.
Ikuta Erika was a little indignant when she saw that she was trying to wave her hand, but she didn't get the same response from Hoshimi Mibu.
Hoshimi was surprised, she wondered why Ikuta kept waving at her, was he exercising? Or is it some new dance move? Or wasn't she greeting herself?
Hoshimi Mibu turned around along her line of sight, empty, and turned back to look at Ikuta, but the other party stopped the gesture of greeting, sat up straight and stared at the staff, not squinting, leaving a stomach with a question mark Hoshimi grabbed his head.
The illusion that she's saying hello to me.
'Sure enough,' Hoshimi thought to himself, 'I was deceived by that guy again, she's just playing tricks on me!' This cute royal cheater! ’
As everyone knows, Ikuta only suddenly turned around because he heard his name being called by the staff, listened carefully to the name of his roommate, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, "Fortunately, it's someone I already know - Nakamoto Hiyaka." ’
"The last group, Hoshimi Mitsu, Asuka Saito."
"What are you calling me for?"
Hoshimi raised his head suspiciously, just in front of the girl who was accidentally scared by himself just now, turned to look at her, and her face seemed to be full of distrust of the world.
"Huh?" Hoshimi tilted his head and turned his gaze to Asuka Saito, who was looking at him, suspiciously.
The other party quickly avoided her gaze, leaving her with a black back of the head and an overclocked silhouette, and raised his clenched fist timidly, "Here!" ”
"What's going on?" Hoshimi couldn't help but sigh, "In this case, it should be me who doesn't believe in the world!" ”
After saying that, he continued to collapse back on the table.
"The stars are not moving!" The staff did not see her raise her hand and shouted again.
"In! Which, is there anything wrong? Hoshimi frowned and immediately got up from his seat, looked at the staff on the stage in distress and asked.
The staff looked at her distressedly, lifted her forehead and sighed, "It's okay, you can sit down." ”
"Poof." The girl sitting in front of Hoshimi finally couldn't hold back her laughter......