The next day, early in the morning.

Opposite the Takarazuka Grand Theater in Takarazuka City.

On the banks of the Mugo River, at the foot of Mt. Rokko, there is the famous Takarazuka Hot Spring in Hyogo Prefecture.

Fourteen years later, this long-established hot spring inn was rebuilt as the famous "Wakasui Hotel" in Hyogo Prefecture.

However, it is still a regular hot spring inn, and in a private room with a private cypress bath, Hideki Hanyu woke up.

He looked at the girl sleeping next to him, and got up lightly.

Call for breakfast first, then go to the courtyard where the private cypress bath is located, and eat breakfast while soaking in the hot spring.

The fatigue of last night's exertion, soothed by the warm spring water, combined with the energy brought by food, quickly recovered.

After soaking for a while, I saw a girl in a thin yukata coming out of the room.

The girl's face was visibly tired, and it was conceivable that she hadn't rested much last night.

"Good morning, Hitomi-chan come and have breakfast, and also soak in the hot springs together, I heard from the innkeeper that the hot springs here can not only relieve fatigue, but also hurt ...... That recovery helps. ”

Hanyu Hideki's words made the girl can't help but think of what happened last night, feeling the discomfort of her body, and her face immediately turned red.

"Hanyu-kun, stop talking nonsense."

Although the girl was very shy, she took off her yukata and entered the bath, and sat down next to Hideki Hanyu, gently leaning on Hideki Hanyu's body.

Hanyu Hideki knew that the girl was uncomfortable, so he picked up the breakfast sandwich from the hotel and brought it to the girl's mouth.

The girl took a bite and asked in a reluctant voice, "When will Hanyu-kun go back to Tokyo?" ”

"Isn't Hitomi-chan resting for the past two days, then I'll stay for two days before leaving."

"Hmm."

When the girl heard this, she rubbed it on Hideki Hanyu like a kitten.

However, considering the state of the two of them defenseless at this time, Hanyu Hideki instinctively moved his body, for fear that one would not be able to control the beastly hair, after all, the current state of the girl is not suitable.

The girl felt Hideki Hanyu's movements, first a little strange, and then saw Hideki Hanyu's embarrassed appearance, and immediately understood why.

She said shyly, "If Hanyu-kun wants to, I don't care. ”

Hanyu Hideki gently put his arm around the girl on the shoulder, "It's okay, Hitomi-chan still needs to rest now." ”

When the girl heard this, she leaned her head into Hideki Hanyu's ear and whispered, "I used to hear the girls in the group talk about ......."

Hearing this, Hideki Hanyu's eyes widened in surprise, "You girls, you really dare to talk about anything." ”

"Don't Hanyu-kun want it?" The girl winked seductively.

"Hey......" Hideki Hanyu didn't know what to say.

"For Hanyu-kun's sake, I'm willing."

After the girl finished speaking, she slowly lowered her head......

……

Tokyo two days later.

Hideki Hanyu had just returned from Takarazuka City when he was called to the Shogakukan by Eri Kitahara.

"Hanyu-san, why do you feel so tired, didn't you call before and say that you were going to go to the hot springs? Are there any hot springs where you get more and more tired? ”

Looking at Hideki Hanyu's obviously tired face, Eri Kitahara was quite puzzled.

"I didn't have a good rest on the road, but I was called by Kitahara-san as soon as I came back, of course it was hard."

Of course, Hideki Hanyu can't tell Eri Kitahara, it's caused by his reluctant girlfriend.

"Okay, Kitahara-san still said something, shouldn't there be new works again, Kitahara-san only took nine picture books before."

"There's a lot going on, but all I need on my side is for you to sign another contract to love home."

Seeing that Hideki Hanyu didn't want to say, Eri Kitahara didn't ask too much, explaining the purpose of calling Hideki Hanyu.

"Didn't we just print 300,000 copies in February? Sold out? ”

"No, it's just that after watching the Love Home movie, the business department suggested that we prepare a little more inventory."

"I see, how much more will it be printed this time?"

"This time 200,000 copies are printed, this is the contract."

Eri Kitahara said as he handed the contract to Hideki Hanyu.

Hanyu Hideki picked it up and looked at it, and when he found that there was no problem, he stamped and signed it.

"Isn't it said that there are a lot of things, and there are other things."

Eri Kitahara pointed outside and said, "Hanyu-san will know right away. ”

"Oh yes, one more thing is that Hanyu-san's self-published Pokemon has sold a total of two thousand copies, and it will be hit to the account of Cloud Culture together with the royalties from this love home."

"I see."

Regarding the sales of "Pokémon", Hideki Hanyu didn't bother to pay attention to it at all.

It's almost a year to sell 2,000 copies, not to mention making money, and even half of the cost hasn't been earned.

But think about it, in case "Pokemon" becomes popular in the future, this 10,000 copies of the first generation will be a super collector's edition.

It's not a problem to auction a book for millions of yen, after all, he has numbered all the 10,000 books, and there are no duplicates.

He also asked Eri Kitahara to leave her a thousand copies, all of which were put together with fan letters.

It's not to make money or anything, he thinks that if it becomes popular in the future, it can be given as a gift.

Just as Hideki Hanyu was thinking about "Pokémon", the door of the office area was suddenly pushed open, and Muneyoshi Maeda looked at Hideki Hanyu with excitement.

"Hanyu-san, I've finally waited for you!"

When Eri Kitahara saw Maeda Muneyoshi, he was surprised and said, "Huh? How did Maeda-san come. ”

Obviously, Eri Kitahara and others are not Maeda Muneyoshi.

But at this time, Hanyu Hideki didn't care who Eri Kitahara was waiting for.

Because Maeda Muneyoshi pulled him and didn't let go, if it weren't for the fact that there was Eri Kitahara in the office, it was estimated that he would have hugged his legs directly.

"Maeda-san, there's something to say."

"Hanyu-san, Hanyu-sensei, save the children's literature and art." Maeda's voice was like 'cuckoo crying blood', which was a heart-rending sound.

Hideki Hanyu turned his head to look at Eri Kitahara and made a "how much sales have fallen" lip shape.

Seeing this, Eri Kitahara compared the number twenty with his hand.

Good guys, it's only been so much time since Eri Kitahara told him that sales were declining, and even 300,000 sales couldn't be kept in the blink of an eye.

Needless to say, 100% of the time he came to him to ask for the manuscript of the third part of the magic dim sum shop.

"Maeda-san, if you want a manuscript for the third of the magic confectionery shop, please get up first and talk about it."

Hearing that Hideki Hanyu had a manuscript of a magical confectionery shop, Maeda Muneyoshi immediately stood up and asked urgently.

"Hanyu-san said that there is a manuscript, how many articles have been written? Do you want to take it with you now? ”

Hanyu Hideki spread his hands, "There are two articles, but I didn't bring it, how about sending it to Maeda-san another day." ”

"Don't wait, I'll go get it with Hanyu-san now."

As soon as Maeda Muneyoshi finished speaking, before Hanyu Hideki could answer, Eri Kitahara couldn't sit still and hurriedly stopped him.

"Don't worry, Maeda-san, Hanyu-san has other things to do today."

"What's the matter? Children's literature and art are in a hurry. Maeda Muneyoshi was in a hurry.

"Even if I get the manuscript now, I can't serialize it, so let's be patient and wait."

As soon as Eri Kitahara's words were finished, he saw the office door suddenly pushed open, and then he saw Kumagai Gennori rushing in with a few people, and slammed the ribbon on the head of Hanyu Shushu.

Hideki Hanyu said with a strange expression, "If I'm not mistaken, today isn't my birthday." ”

"If Hanyu-san wants to, this year's birthday weekly boy day will help you get over."

Kumagai Gennori patted his chest and said unceremoniously.

Seeing that Gennori Kumagai was so happy, Hideki Hanyu probably guessed the reason.

"Kumagai-san, the sales of the weekly shonen Sunday should be good."

"How does Hanyu-san know? Could it be that Hanyu-san has read the report? Kumagai asked.

"I haven't read any reports, I'm just guessing."

Hanyu Hideki thought to himself that he would not have time to read any reports these days.

"It seems that Hanyu-san really doesn't know that the sales of the latest issue of the weekly Shonen Sunday have returned to two million, all thanks to Hanyu-san's Saint Seiya."

Gennori Kumagai's expression was excited, "Saint Seiya has been serialized for three weeks, and Hanyu-san can't imagine how popular this manga is!" All the neon boys are learning Pegasus Meteor Boxing! ”

"Is the story finally unfolding......

Hanyu wasn't too surprised, after all, everything was expected by him.

Back then, he didn't use the 'Pegasus Meteor Boxing' with his friends to fight against the 'Lushan Ascending Dragon Tyrant', how could he not know the charm of this hot-blooded comic.

And it's just the Galactic Wars chapter.,When the story progresses to the zodiac.,Or after the TV animation appears.,Let's see what the heat is.。

He was not surprised, and there was another important reason, that is, the "Weekly Shonen Sunday" of the Shogakukan was also too uncompetitive.

"Saint Seiya" was in his hands, and the sales volume only exceeded two million, which is still the peak level of history.

This kind of sales would have been on the side of Weekly Last Year's Jump, which would have been at the level of the late seventies.

In the 80s, with sales of two million, it could only be regarded as a passing grade for "Weekly Last Year Jump".

If "Saint Seiya" is handed over to JUMP, in this era when the hot-blooded manga is not yet mature, four million sales are estimated to be no problem, after all, the highest sales of JUMP in the eighties and nineties are more than 6.3 million.

It seems that if there are new ideas in the future, Adou, who can't be supported by "Weekly Shonen Sunday", still has to be carefully considered.

"Hanyu-san, one more thing, Bandai is very eager to cooperate on Saint Seiya, the cooperation application should have been submitted to the constellation culture, and it is estimated that a meeting will be held soon."

Kumagai Gennori's words made Hanyu Hideki stunned.

Hanyu Hideki thought to himself, is this operation in Bandai again? I didn't finish a single volume of comics.,I want to do TV animation.。

I don't know if it's Toei or Toho who will be contacted this time.

But now that he's there, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible to happen, whether it's Toei or Toho, they all flash him aside.

The TV anime version of "Saint Seiya" will only, and can only be filmed on the cloud.

Even if the TV animation is not profitable, they have to do it, otherwise how will they get the follow-up theatrical version and the like.

The most important thing is to hand it over to those guys, in case the animation plot is messed with originality again, wouldn't he have done so many things in vain before.

"When the meeting is held, the business department will notify Hanyu-san." Kumagai Gennori said.

"I know, I'll participate then."

Bandai still has a hand in the operation of the periphery, and it is not impossible to cooperate in this regard.

Next, Hanyu Hideki chatted with Gennori Kumagai about the manga again, and then said goodbye to everyone and left the Elementary School Hall.

But with him left, there was also Maeda Muneyoshi who looked eager.

When Eri Kitahara took the picture book before, he was also in such a hurry.

These editors, I don't know how many writers have been tortured by delaying manuscripts before, and have developed such a character that they can't wait for a minute for the manuscript.

After returning to the house of things and giving Maeda Muneyoshi the story of the two magical confectionery shops, Hideki Hanyu went to the pet store again and picked up the foster Nako Rulu.

I was in a hurry before, and the little female cat still called his assistant Reiko Uemura to deliver it to the pet store.

One man and one cat are reunited, and Hideki Hanyu's life returns to normal again.

Although he got a girlfriend again, Hitomi Kuroki is an actor in Takarazuka after all.

Although Takarazuka only stipulates that actors cannot get married, there is no clear requirement that they cannot fall in love.

But Hitomi Kuroki is still only a supporting role after all, and if he wants to become the chief of the mother's servant, he must not break the news of his love.

And the most popular in Takarazuka is always the male service, and the male service has the most fans, and the ticket sales are also counting on the male service, because the main customer group of Takarazuka is women.

So as a mother, Hitomi Kuroki, as long as he becomes the chief of the mother's service of the Moon Group, even if he is found to be in love, as long as he is not too blatant, Takarazuka will only turn a blind eye.

However, the current Hanyu Hideki, except for the phone porridge that has to accompany his girlfriend every day, has not changed much.

At least in the eyes of the Nakajima reporter, who is still squatting on Hideki Hanyu, it is indeed the same.

Because of so many days of tracking, Hanyu Hideki and Yuko Tanaka had dinner, and it turned out to be the most "exciting" material he photographed.

But as he said before, Hideki Hanyu just had a meal with Yuko Tanaka, and no matter how wonderful the short story of "Tokyo Sports News" was, the public was not interested.

If eating together is considered a scandal, then there will be no shortage of headlines in the neon entertainment industry every day.

In the fruitless stalking of the Nakajima reporter, the time came to the tail end of April.

The movie "Love, Home" is scheduled for May 16, and the final sprint promotion has begun.

At the same time, Akina Nakamori, who ended the nationwide publicity, is finally about to make her debut.

The debut of the ancestor Singer is such a thing to witness history, how could Hanyu Hideki miss it.

Therefore, he ran towards the Yunying Painting Building when he had nothing to do recently, and this sudden concern for work also made several partners wonder.

Temporarily served as the cloud entertainment party, Shota Yoshioka, who was in charge of Akina Nakamori's debut, was very strange.

"Is Hanyu-san dissatisfied with my job?"

"No?" Hideki Hanyu, who was eating melons, shook his head.

"Then why has Hanyu-san been staying on the cloud art side for the past few days?"

"Our first artist is about to debut, of course I have to care." Hideki Hanyu said as a matter of course.

"Really?" Shota Yoshioka looked skeptical.

"Of course."

……

Under the care of Hideki Hanyu, Warner Pioneer and Cloud Arts worked at the same time, and Akina Nakamori, who had not moved before, appeared in various magazine media in just a few days.

Debut publicity, photo posters, personality information, all of them are in the introduction of who Akina Nakamori is.

On May 1, with the help of previous tours and media promotion, Akina Nakamori released her first single, "スローモーション" (slow motion), and officially debuted.

Akina Nakamori, the last classmate of the 82 group of flowers, although it was late, the movement was not small at all.

It is clear in the industry that the two "idol production newcomers" of Cloud Screening and Warner Pioneer attach great importance to this Akina Nakamori.

However, due to the good performance of several previous idols who debuted, they have squeezed the fan market, and Akina Nakamori debuted a little late, and the industry is not optimistic about the prospects of this newcomer.

But no matter what the outside world thinks, the propaganda work about Akina Nakamori is still going on step by step.

On the day of his debut, the parent company of Yunshang Arts released pictures on the cloud, and he made a big move at the beginning.

The prime advertising time of major TV stations, the heroine of the advertising of Morinaga Foods' new candy in May, is Akina Nakamori, who has been debuting for less than a day.

Looking at the female student who plays a candy-loving girl in the advertising plot, dressed as sweet and cute Akina Nakamori, many offices in the industry have a feeling of wanting to vomit blood.

The advertising resources of a veteran club like Morinaga Foods were given to an unknown idol in this way.

And it's also a creative story ad produced by the cloud movie!

If this kind of advertising is given to artists who have become famous, they can earn tens of millions of dollars not to mention advertising fees, and I don't know how much the increase in popularity alone is.

But now, the ads are fun and successful.

It is also as popular with the audience as the advertisements that have been shown on the cloud in the past.

But when the audience sees Akina Nakamori in the advertisement, most of them think it is an unknown advertising model, and most of the publicity effect is wasted.

In order to make their own artists familiar with each other, the attitude of completely taking advertising resources seriously is envious and annoyed by the competitors who watch it.

And that's not even the most excessive.

Although Hideki Hanyu doesn't want to spend energy running around with his artists, it's still no problem if he can take it along the way.

May 3 is the day of the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award.

This award is not only one of the most prestigious awards in the field of neon children's literature, but also because the neon royal family will go to the award ceremony to congratulate and witness, it has attracted a lot of attention in neon.

Not only the organizer Sankei Shimbun will open a special page report, but NHK TV, which is known as neon CCTV, and Fuji TV, both of which will broadcast the award as partners.

As the most dazzling newcomer writer in the field of neon children's literature in 1981, how could the invitation to the award ceremony be without him.

In fact, before the award began, he already knew that he had won the most important award, and he also knew that the neon royal family who attended this award was Empress Kasumi, the wife of Emperor Showa.

So after seeing the rule that you can bring a female companion on the invitation, Hideki Hanyu didn't think about it, and immediately sent Akina Nakamori to Tanaka Clothing.

Four garment masters were mobilized to help Akina Nakamori make a dress before the award ceremony began.

When the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award ceremony began, other competitors were surprised to find that Hideki Hanyu appeared at the ceremony with Akina Nakamori, who was wearing a black evening dress.

Even though Akina Nakamori could only stand in the audience to watch the ceremony, when Hideki Hanyu came to the stage to accept the award as the winner of the Grand Prix and received the applause and congratulations from Queen Xiangchun, Akina Nakamori still got a close-up as a female companion.

Those competitors thought that it would be too much for the cloud to advertise big names to newcomers.

turned out that he was still too naïve, and he directly took the artist and Queen Xiangchun to the TV in the same frame.

Especially at the end of the awards, when a reporter asked Hideki Hanyu who the girl who came with him was.

Hideki Hanyu blatantly started publicity.

"She is a female idol who has just debuted in my firm, called Akina Nakamori, because she has admired Queen Xiangchun since she was a child, so she took this rare opportunity to take her to admire the demeanor of Queen Xiangchun."

As soon as Hideki Hanyu said this, those competitors couldn't wait to spit on Hideki Hanyu's face.

also worships Queen Xiangchun, and also admires the style, which is worthy of playing with a pen, and promoting his own idols can be said to be so high-sounding.

They couldn't wait to rush directly to the headquarters of the film on the cloud and question loudly.

"You're just pushing idols to make their debut! As for making it so exaggerated?"

Thank you for the 1,500 book coins reward.

(End of chapter)