Tokyo Bubble Life

Chapter 788 Chapter 796, midnight. Sadako is bending over the bed and looking at you.
When Akina Nakamori walked onto the stage, she seemed to have lost all the nervousness she had while waiting.

The dark gold dress sparkled under the colorful lights, the body swayed with the music involuntarily, and the deep voice sang the very familiar lyrics. Everything seemed to be a natural progression~
Akina Nakamori performed her latest song "Tears Are Not Decorations" with a calm and steady demeanor, as if the heroic girl on the stage and the girl backstage who was so nervous that her hands were shaking were two different people.

"No wonder some people say I might be a little schizophrenic~"

Even though she was concentrating on her performance, such thoughts could still pop up in Akina's mind, which made her more certain that something might be wrong with her.

"Well~ it doesn't matter anyway Naoki-san's head is a little different too, so it's a perfect match!"

There were huge crowds of spectators at the scene. Amid the cool lights and explosive music, they were clapping and shouting slogans excitedly to the rhythm. It was so dark below that it was difficult to distinguish people's faces.

However, Naoki Nagayama was sitting in the front row, and Akina Nakamori still saw her boyfriend at a glance. He was clapping his hands to the beat like the other audience members, and when she looked over, he happily raised his hands and cheered.
I really came here to watch the show~
In fact, the actual performance time was only about four minutes, but the atmosphere on the scene was obviously ignited, and the whole venue became hot.

Such a strong expressiveness is undoubtedly the level of a top idol singer, which is more than one level higher than the previous Matsuda Seiko. No wonder there are comments saying that Matsuda Seiko has fallen behind, and the eternal idol can only be the same sweetness~
After Akina Nakamori left the stage, under the guidance of the host, all the popular singers of this year came out to perform one after another.
Theresa Dunn's "Repayment", Hideki Saijo's "Hold Me Zilva", even Yutaka Ozaki made an appearance, his classic theme song "I love you".
The audience basically knew how to sing the familiar hits, and those who didn’t could just hum along to the rhythm. The entire venue was like a chorus, and even outside the venue one could feel the excitement inside.

When Akina Nakamori appeared again, she had changed into a plain retro and gorgeous dress. As the lights changed, snowflakes floated on the stage, which made people realize that it was still a cold winter.
"Snow Flower". This winter love song has been sung again, and the warm lyrics are beginning to fill the ears of the audience.

"

Dancing snowflakes
It's raining outside the window

I know it's going downhill (there's no sign of stopping)
"

The audience gently shook their heads along with the singer, as if immersed in the gentle voice of Akina Nakamori, but Naoki Nagayama felt a little helpless.

“According to Me”

The closest camera had already passed by him for the third time. It was obvious that the director was making trouble.
"This is the national live broadcast director's room, guys please pay attention!!!"

Naoki Nagayama had a smile on his face and pretended not to see the camera, but he had already decided in his heart that he would deduct the salary of the guy holding the camera after the show was over!

Listen to the director on the spot? You are the general manager of "Music Station" after all! Can you still distinguish the big and small Wang? Is he older or am I older?
As a subordinate, he actually caused trouble for me. Can I read the air?! Do I still want to work hard?!

The four-hour live broadcast is a large-scale program comparable to the Red and White Songs Festival.

Asahi TV chose to broadcast this program before Christmas, on the one hand to avoid everyone's Christmas planning, and on the other hand to stay away from the Red and White Songs Contest, at least so as not to conflict with the promotion of the Red Hundred Songs Contest.

With the careful preparation of the TV station, this year-end music event really attracted the attention of many viewers.
According to real-time data, the peak ratings are over 30%, and the average ratings can reach around 20-25%, which is already an excellent result!

At this time in Tokyo, countless viewers are watching TV screens, such as in an apartment in Waseda.

"Tsuruko Tsuruko, look, look, your sister-in-law is on stage again!" Ishii Junsui pointed at the TV and shouted to Nagayama Tsuruko next to her.

"Hey, hey, hey, I get it!"

Tsuruko perfunctorily responded with some helplessness. Ever since she shared with her best friend that her brother brought Nakamori Akina home, Junshui now called Nakamori Akina Tsuruko's sister-in-law.
"The stage costumes are so pretty!! The singing is great too. It would be great if I could see it live~" said Junsui Ishii enviously.

"Hi, hi~ Very beautiful~ Very beautiful~"

Hezi looked up at the screen, but she was not in a very good mood. She turned her eyes to the textbooks on the table. After the sophomore year, the coursework was much busier than the freshman year, and there were many more things to practice during the holidays.
In the past, Tsuruko liked Akina very much, and she approved of her relationship with her brother. However, after Naoki Nagayama brought her home to meet his parents, Tsuruko felt a little awkward when looking at Akina.
It's like two kids who could have shared toys and played together, but suddenly found out that their parents were going to give their toys to each other.
"Hezi, your brother!" Chunshui was excited again!

"Eh?" Hezi happened to see the fleeting scene and laughed, "Haha, Ni-chan is just pretending."

"What do you mean?"

"I was caught on camera and had to pretend to be staring. It was exactly the same as when I was caught by my mom while reading comics!" Hezi shared the embarrassing things that happened in her childhood.

Joyful laughter rang out from the small apartment~
After a long while, the voice of the chattering continued:

"Hezi, how are you going to spend Christmas?"

"Of course we're going out to see a movie on Christmas~" Tsuruko said casually.

"Oh? A romance?"

"What kind of romance movie? Couples should watch horror movies!" Hezi looked disdainful. "I say, Chunshui-chan, don't you know that watching horror movies is a great way to make couples closer?"

"Eh"

"Huh? Haven't you and Iwai-senpai broken off the relationship yet?!" Tsuruko widened her eyes.

"Mr. Iwai is a gentleman!" Ishii Junsui whispered.

"." Hezi looked at her best friend in disbelief. They had been in love for almost half a year, but they didn't even have XX?
Is this pure love?!

"Junshui-chan! Listen to me!" Tsuruko patted her best friend's shoulder, "Go find a horror movie to watch! And on Christmas Eve, be prepared to lose your innocence!"

".Hezi, you are going to die!"

At the same time, in Shuyou's studio, suspicious laughter was heard from a small editing room.

"Hehehe hahahahahaha~" Idou Shuichi opened the door and walked out, holding a copy tape he just got from the film studio in his hand, "Not bad! Very good!"

"Shuuichi-san!"

Two pale-faced people came out of the editing room. They were the newly promoted film assistant Katsuyoshi Ishikawa and Eiichiro Watanabe from the distribution department.
"'The Ring 2' is really amazing! Even though I participated in the filming, I still felt chills when I saw the finished film!"

After the production of "Hot Blood School 2" was completed, Katsuyoshi Ishikawa was seconded to participate in the filming of many horror films.

On the other side, Watanabe Eiichiro, who saw it for the first time, felt his legs go weak, but he still managed to stay alert:
"Xiuyi-san, there is no problem with the copy, so is it true that we won't have to hold the press conference for the premiere on Christmas Eve?"

"That's not necessary. The main attraction of horror movies is still the ghosts. Can you invite Sadako to come out?"

I don't know why, but Shuichi Idou's expression looks a little weird, as if the horror film shooting day and night during this period has caused his spirit to have too deep contact with Sadako!

Ishikawa Katsuyoshi and Watanabe Eiichiro subconsciously looked at the copy disk in Idou Shuichi's hand, and were very worried that it contained Sadako's
"Ahem, Shuuichi-san." Watanabe Eiichiro swallowed, "I think you should go to Kiyomizu-dera Temple in the next two days!"

"Hmm?" Idou Shuichi frowned, "Why?"

"I heard that if you always come into contact with such unclean things, it may have an impact on your mind," Watanabe Eiichiro said, relying on his familiarity with Idou Shuichi, "The directors of horror and supernatural films in the industry are more or less a little weird."

"." Yi Tangxiu paused for a moment, then became furious. "Are you two saying that I'm mentally ill?!"

"Naoki Nagayama is the creator of Sadako. Do you two think he looks like someone with problems?!"

Ishikawa Katsuyoshi and Watanabe Eiichiro looked at each other:
"Shuichi-san, I heard that there is a famous sword of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Benixue Sahmonji, in Naoki-san's study. It is used to ward off evil spirits!"

".Shuuichi-san, I'm just doing some exorcism to make my heart peaceful~" Ishikawa Katsuyoshi advised, "What you think about during the day will appear in your dreams at night. Shuuichi-san, you've been looking at Sadako every day recently. If you dream at night, you might really dream about Sadako."

"."

This sentence made Idou Shuichi silent.

What if you wake up in the middle of the night and find Sadako bending over the bed and looking at you?
"Ahem!" Ito Shuu handed the copy to Watanabe Eiichiro, "Watanabe-san, take this copy and send it to the art studio to get it ready. We'll premiere it on Christmas Eve!"

"Hi!" Watanabe Eiichiro nodded, took the copy disk and left.

Ishikawa Katsuyoshi was about to leave when he heard this, but was pulled back by Idou Shuichi:

"Ishikawa, do you know anyone in the Kiyomizu Temple you mentioned? A capable monk? Don't let your imagination run wild. If you really want to perform an exorcism, we have a witch who we've been working with!

I'm just asking around so I can look for him when I take my family to pray in the future."

Ishikawa Katsuyoshi kept a straight face and tried not to laugh: "Shuuichi-san, the abbot of Kiyomizu Temple is a very famous monk!"

"That's it"

"I heard that there will be a big event at Kiyomizu Temple the day after tomorrow. Shuichi-san, you can take your family there to see it!"

Idou Shuichi nodded upon hearing this:

"Well, not bad, not bad~ You should go back first and have a good rest. You still have the promotion work for the movie later!"

"Hi!"

It was already early in the morning when the four-hour Asahi TV's "Music Station" super live finally came to an end.

Normally, there would be a celebration banquet after such a large-scale event, but not many people attended. After all, it was close to Christmas and well-known artists were very busy. Some of them even had to sleep for two or three hours before having to attend the next announcement.

After meeting with a group of senior executives, Naoki Nagayama declined the subsequent drinking celebration and returned to Chiyoda with Akina Nakamori.

"Was Akina saying goodbye to Yukiko Okada just now?" Naoki Nagayama asked curiously.

"Well, Yukiko-chan will be heading to Yokohama soon to participate in the filming there."

Akina Nakamori still has heavy makeup on her face, but her stage costume has been changed into loose daily clothes. At this time, she is eating snacks, and her mouth is like a squirrel~
Acting is a physical job and her dinner has already been consumed.

"It's really hard work~ It's already early morning!" Naoki Nagayama glanced at his watch, "Aren't you going to sleep tonight?"

"Catching up on sleep in the car!" Nakamori Akina said it very easily, "When I just debuted, I often caught up on sleep in the car!

Because I’m not popular, I have to go to different places for announcements and performances every day. Sometimes I’m so busy that I can’t even eat breakfast on time, and the first meal I have is pork chop rice! ”

Naoki Nagayama was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "So that's why you suddenly became fat at that time?"

"!!" Nakamori Akina cast a dangerous look at him, "Naoki-san, what did you say?"

".Hahaha~ It's nothing, it's just that Akina was having a hard time at that time!" Naoki Nagayama decisively admitted his mistake.

"Of course it was hard when I first debuted!" Akina Nakamori sighed as she watched the scenery flash by outside the car window. "It still feels hard when I think about it now."

Seeing his girlfriend start to feel sad, Naoki Nagayama reached out and patted Akina's hair:

"It's all over. Isn't it better now?"

Yes, since she became famous, Akina Nakamori no longer has to attend those small announcements that don't get much exposure but take up a lot of her time, so she has a lot more time.

The things that really keep us busy throughout the year are the national tour in July and various programs at the end of the year!
And next year, maybe this kind of non-stop work will happen less frequently, because Akina will transform herself into a talented singer, and she should have less idol work.

"Hmm~" Akina Nakamori took a deep breath and regained her lively attitude, "Naoki-san, do you have anything to do these two days?"

"Me?" Naoki Nagayama thought for a moment, "It seems nothing. I have to go to the annual Chinese character ceremony the day after tomorrow. Oh, and the company has a new movie coming out. I'm going to watch it on Christmas Eve~"

"New movie?" Akina Nakamori asked curiously.

"Yes, it's the movie 'The Ring 2'!" Nagayama Naoki said with a smile, "Does Akina want to watch it?"

"Horror movie?" Nakamori Akina was a little confused. When she watched "The Ring 1" before, she was so scared that she didn't dare to sleep alone for several days. "Forget it~"

"Oh? Are you scared?"

"No, I just don't have time. I have a show on Christmas Eve!" Akina said stubbornly.

"I can get a copy in advance and we can watch it at home!" Naoki Nagayama said with a smile.

"."

Akina Nakamori turned her head away, not wanting to pay any attention to this hateful guy!

(End of this chapter)