A girl with a little boyish short hair and a small one bowed her head vigorously at Shinichi Iwahashi. Iwahashi looked over and saw her round hair.

"It doesn't matter. Shinichi Iwahashi replied casually.

It will hit him because the girl is walking too quickly and does not notice the ahead. However, the corridor was already too narrow for the baskets full of flowers, and Iwahashi Shinichi stopped here to look at the baskets, and he was also half responsible.

So, after replying, he asked again, "Are you okay?"

The girl straightened up, "It doesn't matter. While apologizing to him, "I was too reckless just now." She was a small one, and when she wanted to talk to Shinichi Iwahashi, she could only raise her head.

Showing a straight face, she is a delicate and lovely looking girl, with a pair of aura eyes, and a beautiful girl full of youthful atmosphere. For no reason, it reminds Shinichi Iwahashi of Yukiko Okada, who was not crushed by the weight of the office when he first debuted.

However, it's not the same as Yukiko when she first debuted, although this girl's eyes are smart, but they are a little erratic, and they give people a sense of loneliness for no reason.

can remind him of Yukiko Okada, and the girl who also appeared in the backstage of her concert, Iwahashi Shinichi's heart moved, and he thought of a certain name.

Looking at her beautiful girl's face again, I subtly felt a little familiar.

"Are you also here to see Okada-san's concert?" asked Iwahashi Shinichi quietly.

"Yes. After the girl answered, she guessed that she could appear backstage, and she was not a concert staff member, most of whom were industry insiders.

Thinking of this, she lowered her head again and introduced herself, "I'm a junior of the Ariki Sang Tong Agency, and Sakai Noriko, who made her official singer debut last year. ”

"Oh. Iwahashi nodded cautiously.

After a pause, he replied, "I see." ”

Sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl Sakai Noriko, in the face of him so formally introducing herself, Iwahashi Shinichi heard this name, and subconsciously reacted. In an instant, the young and lovely girl now, and the later social news heroine, alternate the two images in their minds.

Just as Yukiko Okada was chosen as the successor of Seiko Matsuda, should the current Noriko Sakai be called Yukiko Okada's successor?

"The ......"

The slightly hesitant voice of the girl Sakai Noriko pulled the imagination in his mind back to reality, "If it's okay, I'll be rude and leave." ”

It's just an episode of a chance encounter, and Iwahashi nodded cautiously, "Okay." ”

The social news heroine that I just thought of in my mind is gone, and there is a beautiful girl in front of me who looks innocent and cute, with a full back and footsteps, and she is not lost to any popular girl idol.

Before, I had heard something from Yukiko Okada about Mizoguchi Shinro personally discovering a newcomer named Sakai Noriko, but seeing the real person still made Iwahashi Shinichi a little emotional.

Back then, when she put a poster of Noriko Sakai on the wall and wrote in her essay that she wanted to marry Noriko Sakai, no one would have thought that she would fall into that situation later.

But Iwahashi Shinichi is the opposite, the more beautiful the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl Sakai Noriko looks, the more she is moved by her as a person who knows her future life destiny, and the more she is so touching, pure and lovely.

However, such a thought in his mind only deviated slightly, and he was immediately pulled back by Shinichi Iwahashi.

Thinking about this now, it is a little ridiculous to think about her with words like "future fate". Why do you need to look at the girls of the present with the impression of the "future" that has not yet happened?

Noriko Sakai is a pure and lovely girl idol, and now a newcomer to SUNMUSIC.

Just think about it that way. The "future" that has not happened should not be put in the "present" that we know nothing about. This is unfair to the girl who is only sixteen or seventeen years old, Sakai Noriko.

Throw away those ethereal impressions, and then look at the name Noriko Sakai, it's just a newly popular girl idol.

While thinking about these things, Shinichi Iwahashi's gaze unconsciously swept over the flower baskets in the corridor, and finally saw the bouquet sent by Akina Nakamori in the middle of the flower baskets between Shueisha and Yoko Oginome.

"I wish Kiko all the best for her concert. ”

Shinichi Iwahashi saw what he wanted to see, and the treasure hunt was successfully completed, and he was immediately satisfied. The corridor is so narrow, in order not to repeat the situation just now, he will not continue to stay here, and go to the backstage of the concert.

No matter which singer's concert is, the backstage is always busy and messy. Shin Iwahashi passed by the hurried staff from time to time, and finally came to the lounge near Yukiko Okada.

Before I got to the door, I saw Sakai standing outside the door.

The man who was talking to her was a man about forty years old, dressed in a plain suit and old-fashioned square-rimmed glasses, and looking like a diligent office worker.

As the man was saying this, Noriko Sakai listened attentively, nodding his head from time to time, even though he was far away, and he could guess that he was answering "yes" or something like that.

The first thing she noticed was that someone was looking at Sakai Noriko, and she subconsciously glanced over here, and saw that the one standing there was the young man she bumped into just now.

Even so, she didn't show any surprise and seemed normal. The episode just now seems to have been turned over by her.

Influenced by her, the man who was talking to her also followed. The corridor outside the lounge was so narrow that two people could barely stagger when they walked in opposite directions, and since they were discovered, Shinichi Iwahashi stepped forward and took the initiative to greet, "Hello." ”

This is a greeting with this man. While greeting each other, he handed over his business card, "I'm GENZO's Iwahashi." After speaking, he nodded slightly to Noriko Sakai, whom he had just met a few minutes ago.

Sakai Noriko also owed him a debt, as if it was the first time they met, and the rustiness was just right.

"Oh. The man took the business card and looked at it, "Iwahashi-san, hello." He also took out his business card and handed it over, "I'm Mizoguchi of SUNMUSIC." ”

After saying this, he hesitated for a moment, and said one more sentence: "Youxizi has received your care." ”

Yukiko Okada reported to Noburo Mizoguchi in advance, and before today's show, a Iwahashi-san was going to come backstage. Yukiko didn't say who this Iwahashi-san was, only that he was an important friend and that he had received a lot of care from him.

What happened at that time, Okada Yukiko did not mention it to Mizoguchi Nobuo, so when he heard Okada Yukiko say this, Mizoguchi Noburo guessed that this Iwahashi-san might be her friend from college, or even a man who had a crush on her.

However, Mizoguchi Noburo did not delve into who this "Iwahashi-san" was.

Anyway, today is her retirement concert, and after today, Yukiko Okada is an ordinary person, and what kind of life she wants to live is her own choice, so when she said this, Mizoguchi Noburo's attitude was very calm.

Not only calm, but even with a little hope that she can be happy.

However, when he received Shinichi Iwahashi's business card, he learned that this Iwahashi-san was not an outsider, but the president of a production company called GENZO, which surprised Shinro Mizoguchi.

Yukiko still knew such a person, or was it an important friend of hers?When Shinichi Iwahashi received the business card, Mizoguchi Noburo looked at him quietly.

It looks pretty solid and reliable. This is Noburo Mizoguchi's first impression. However, the name Shinichi Iwahashi seems to be a little familiar, and Mizoguchi Noburo thinks he has heard of this name somewhere.

And when Mizoguchi Shinro looked at Shinichi Iwahashi, Shinichi Iwahashi was holding his business card, looking at the name on it, and he was also evaluating his impression of the first meeting in his heart.

Mizoguchi Noburo is a well-known agent in the industry, not only single-handedly created Yukiko Okada and Noriko Sakai, but also once served as the agent of Seiko Matsuda, and is the pillar of SUNMUSIC.

In addition, he is also a traditional agent who adheres to the signboard of "orthodox youth idol".

In terms of appearance alone, Noburo Mizoguchi does have the style of a "traditional broker". This time, Okada Yukiko's retirement concert can also be seen everywhere in his arrangement.

Yukiko Okada told him that he would leave his retirement from the concert as his last job, and that his idol career would end at the moment of the concert, and this arrangement was the result of Mizoguchi Nobuo's multi-faceted efforts.

From the time Okada Yukiko was about to retire at the end of her showdown contract, Mizoguchi Shinro was preparing for her final retirement, and even though the focus of his work had shifted to Sakai Noriko, he still took the time to personally serve as the producer of Yukiko Okada's retirement concert.

Because of this, Yukiko Okada is full of gratitude to Mizoguchi Noburo, and she still feels guilty for ruining his dream.

However, Iwahashi Shinichi reads a different meaning in his approach.

Mizoguchi Noburo is so concerned, of course, because he feels guilty about Yukiko Okada.

At the beginning, it was he who personally brought the girl from Nagoya to Tokyo and promised her parents that he would take care of her. It almost turned out to be a tragedy. Therefore, this time she is going to retire, and Mizoguchi Shinro is determined to do his best for her.

However, it is not just because of guilt that it will be achieved to such an extent.

If it is a traditional agent like Noburo Mizoguchi, in his opinion, any profession must have a beginning and an end, especially the idol profession, which must be beautiful when debuting and decent when retiring.

It is precisely because this represents an end to the end that he hopes to draw a successful picture for Yukiko Okada.

Those dreams that could not be realized in Yukiko Okada were put down at the end of this concert. chose to make a concert for her in person, which is also to draw an end to this dream of cultivating the "sun goddess".

When Iwahashi thought of this meaning, he couldn't help but feel a sense of respect for this agent who insisted on dreaming seriously even now.

......

"Iwahashi-san!"

Okada had Kiko's energetic voice, interrupting the casual greetings outside the lounge.

Yukiko Okada, who had already changed into her first performance costume and was dressed in a radiant manner, came out of the lounge.

She was in the lounge when she heard the voice of Shinichi Iwahashi talking outside, and she couldn't wait to come out and take a look.

"Mizoguchi-san, this is Iwahashi-san. "Yukiko Okada introduced him to Shinro Mizoguchi.

Mizoguchi Noburo, who looks like a diligent office worker, looked at Yukiko Okada with a fatherly expression, "I was talking to Iwahashi-san just now." ”

"Yukiko, I wish you all the best for your concert. Shinichi Iwahashi looked at her and smiled.

"Thank you. Yukiko Okada said.

Noriko Sakai watched the interaction between Yukiko Okada and Shinichi Iwahashi from the side, and thought it was amazing. Obviously, this Iwahashi-san looks like he is a few years older than Yukiko-san, but when Yukiko-san looks at him, he has a feeling of treating his close elders.

It's like a brother who is respected and trusted by his sister.。

Discovering this, Sakai Noriko couldn't help but envy Yukiko Okada in his heart.

Sakai Noriko's father is a cadre of the Delu group.,As a radical father, it's not the kind of person who can make people feel down-to-earth.,When she was a child, she was abandoned by her biological mother.,And was abused by her first stepmother.,Later, she came occasionally.,Also as an adopted daughter under the fence.,Live with your uncle's family.。

My uncle is an extreme cadre like my father, and he acts like my father, and he has nothing to do with the words stability and steadfastness. Whether it was when he followed his uncle or after returning to his father, the young people who usually came and went in the house were also the kind of extremists who made people feel unstable.

Stability and steadfastness are what Noriko Sakai lacks in her life.

And a down-to-earth person like Shinichi Iwahashi with the same brother as Sakai Noriko has never met before, and no one has ever looked at her like this and talked.

There is Kiko-san in Nagoya's hometown, and there is a big harmonious family, and there are such people outside the family who take care of her...... Sakai Noriko thought that Yukiko Okada was really happy, but his eyes unconsciously stared at Shinichi Iwahashi who was talking to Yukiko Okada.

Family background, something that she can't choose and is destined to be born with, she never dares to ask for extravagance. And now, the reason why I feel envious is probably because Shinichi Iwahashi is not Yukiko Okada's own brother, not something she was born to have.

......

Iwahashi Shinichi didn't notice Sakai Noriko's gaze on him, and only talked to Yukiko Okada, during which Noburo Mizoguchi, who was an agent, also interjected from time to time.

After chatting for a few words, Mizoguchi Noburo was interested and took the initiative to say, "I'll take the method to the front." ”

When Mizoguchi Noburo and Sakai Noriko left, Yukiko Okada asked Shinichi Iwahashi, "Iwahashi-san, won't you come in and have a look?"

Shinichi Iwahashi looked at his watch, "Forget it...... It's not early, so I won't bother you too much. ”

Take out the prepared gift from the inner pocket of the suit and hand it to her, "By the way, this is for you, it's a gift." ”

Yukiko Okada took it, "This is ...... Employee ID?"

"Hmm. Iwahashi nodded cautiously, "Didn't I win against you before, can you come to work with me after you retire?" ”

"And," he smiled, "this is your employee number, and even if you graduate from college and go to work, this employee ID card will not be taken back." ”

"Really?" Okada Yukiko smiled when she heard him say this, "Thank you! I love your gift. ”

After saying this, it seemed that he had just thought of it, and said to him, "That's right, Iwahashi-san." ”

"Huh?"

"Akina-san is here today, too. ”