[Net King] Pilgrim

The next morning, Machida went to the appointment at the agreed time. The office is located in the central area of ​​London. It is a modern building, and the sunlight above the head is reflected on the glass windows.

She confirmed the appointment with the front desk staff, took the elevator to the tenth floor, and was recognized by many staff along the way.

Most of the people in the entertainment company are very sensitive. Even if you haven't watched "Sunrise", you know that this drama has been very popular recently. There are often related topics on major social platforms, and several leading actors have naturally become the center of discussion.

In the office at the end of the corridor on the tenth floor, Machida met Ms. Miyamoto. She was about the same age as Chloe, and her appearance and dress revealed a kind of intellectual beauty, but her words and deeds were still enthusiastic and crisp on the phone.

Miyamoto extended the content of the conversation between the two yesterday, and showed Machida some past performance cases, paused and said, "The manager teacher will come over later, she has a lot of experience, you can talk about it for a while." Let's chat." After finishing the sentence, he smiled and asked her if she had any questions.

"I believe in the professionalism of the firm, and I also have confidence in my own ability." Sitting on the sofa, Machida asked earnestly and politely: "As a newcomer, it may be presumptuous, but I want to know, for future career development, what can I do?" How much autonomy?"

Miyamoto smiled, "I guess you might ask similar questions. When I watched your performance offstage, I could see that you are not such an 'obedient' girl." She drank her saliva, lowered her eyes slightly, Recall the scene at that time.

The girl in front of her is a malleable talent. Professionally, one can tell that she has put in a lot of effort. She is talented and willing to work hard, with resilience in her eyes.More importantly, surrounded by applause and spotlights, both on stage and off stage were steady and not impatient, which is rare.

"The relationship between the company and the employees is not dominating and being dominated. For the company's rehearsal and performance activities, if Ms. Machida feels that it is not suitable for her, or has her own ideas about the work, it can be negotiated."

Miyamoto paused, "But with all due respect, the company is still aiming at profit. It must cater to the market and consider the audience. Sometimes it is impossible to achieve a complete balance between the commercial and artistic quality of the work. Moreover, in the choice of characters , the producer has to consider many aspects..."

"I understand that." Machida smiled, "I just want to try my best to keep some of my own things."

The two talked for more than half an hour, and they shared similar ideas, and it didn't take long to finalize the cooperation.

The process of signing the contract went smoothly. When Machida was writing down his name, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door outside the office.According to Miyamoto's explanation, it should be the agent.

After the visitor entered the door, he spoke first in a very familiar way, and said with a smile: "Next time you go on a business trip, you can give me more transportation expenses. At my age, I can't afford such a toss."

Miyamoto also laughed, "That's easy to say, the things that can be solved with money are trivial." While talking, he thought of something serious, "By the way, Koizumi, let me introduce you to a new friend."

As soon as Machida put down his pen, when he turned his head and saw the person coming, he was slightly taken aback, and a face from deep in his memory came to mind vaguely.

The person on the opposite side seemed more surprised than her, "Are you... Ah Yi?"

As soon as Machida came to his senses, he nodded, "Hmm...Miss Amakusa?" She was really surprised that the owner of the old private house... where he and his seniors traveled to Shonan when they were in junior high school, now suddenly became a manager?

Amakusa Izumi completely forgot how tired he was when he just came back from a business trip, and looked at Miyamoto in amazement, "Is she the newcomer you told me about two days ago?"

The latter nodded and asked with a smile, "Do you know each other?"

"We are old friends." Amakusa Izumi pulled Machida Kazu with a bright smile, and looked him up and down, "You have grown up so much, I have seen your news on the Internet these days, I didn't expect to meet you here .”

Machida laughed, "I'm surprised too."

Seeing that the two had a happy conversation, Miyamoto smiled, "So Koizumi and you know each other, so I don't have any worries about entrusting Miss Machida to you."

Hearing that they had signed the contract, Amakusa Izumi checked the time and asked Machida to go out for lunch.

Naturally, reminiscing about the old days was inevitable. In the Japanese restaurant near the company, the two chatted about their experiences over the years. Machida knew that Amakusa had left Kamakura very early. Going out to work hard while young, starting as an agent assistant, growing all the way until finally being able to be independent.

Amakusa Izumi has exquisite makeup, and wears a suit jacket over a white shirt, which is both charming and heroic.

Machida took a sip of his tea, and heard her ask in a soft voice: "Hajime has been working hard outside these two years, and you don't seem to be the kind of person who can accept other people's shadows calmly."

Machida smiled: "Fortunately, there is still a way to go."

After recounting the past, the two began to talk about business.Amakusa Izumi roughly talked about the plan for the second half of the year, and Machida Kazu's debut work has gained attention. In this way, in addition to the activities arranged by the original drama, the office will also strike while the iron is hot, and there will be no conflicts.

She paused in the middle of her speech, remembering an important thing, "By the way, do you have a boyfriend?"

Machida froze for a moment, then nodded.

"Normally speaking, the company won't interfere with your love life. After all, you are not an idol. I know you are still in school, but there are some things to remind..." Amakusa Izumi looked at her with a serious smile, "Your schedule may It will be scheduled until next year, if you and your boyfriend plan to get married, you must notify me in advance, and I will adjust the schedule."

"..." Machida Kazu is not used to talking about this topic with outsiders so frankly, after all, she didn't officially talk about it when she was with Echizen Ryoma.But this involves work, she cleared her throat and nodded.

Amakusa smiled, and then said: "Recently, the limelight is in full swing, follow-up activities are very important for you to increase your popularity, and you are also on vacation. Oh, and a producer who has cooperated with the company recently has a musical It is under preparation, with several seniors in the industry participating, I will arrange time for you to try out the role, it is a good learning opportunity."

These Machidas had heard from Miyamoto, and they had no objections, and the two quickly reached an agreement.

In the next two weeks, in addition to the activities notified in advance by the original show, the agency also arranged several interviews for Machida.

The success of his debut work and the follow-up accurate publicity, in just half a month, the popularity of Machida Kazu has risen rapidly, and it has also attracted the attention of Japan.Most of the Japanese audiences who have watched "Sunrise" in the west area are looking forward to her new work, while those who have not seen it say they don't know her at all.

So in the final analysis, you still have to watch the work on the stage.Machida read the script given by Amakusa during the interview, which is a localized adaptation of the Broadway play "Frozen".

The adaptation is very novel, not only retaining the beloved fragments of the original work, but also not losing the local characteristics.

With her performance experience in the previous work, her audition went well this time. After three rounds of interviews, the show finally decided that she would play the role of Anna.

However, the show will go back to Japan, and the release time is scheduled for December, with three weeks of rehearsal and three weeks of public performance, which happens to be during the Christmas holiday.

Machida planned to go back and study the script again, but received a notice from the show the next morning that her role had been replaced by Aisha, and she would pay the corresponding liquidated damages according to the contract.

The call was answered by Izumi Amakusa. The producer and the company had cooperated several times, and the person in charge did not hide anything: it has nothing to do with professional ability, it is because the person on the other side wants to change roles. , can only agree.

Amakusa Izumi hung up the phone with a dark face. She has been in this industry for so long, and she still feels bad when encountering this kind of thing.

She turned around, only to see Machida sitting cross-legged on the sofa, holding a bag of potato chips in her arms, with some crumbs on her mouth.

"You're quite laid back." Amakusa laughed, "Aren't you angry that the role was robbed?"

Machida asked sternly, "Will it affect you?"

"What impact will it have on me? At most, I will be deducted some money from above."

"That's fine." She leaned back on the sofa in a moment and continued to eat potato chips, "I'm fine, I'll do my best for any role, it doesn't matter."

Amakusa Spring's gloomy mood a moment ago was easily broken by her words. After a moment of silence, she still sighed, "You may not value this, but rank is still very important, and I can't help you."

Machida smiled and reassured her, "Sister Izumi, you have helped me a lot, and I am very grateful."

Amakusa Izumi nudged her head with his finger, "It's so silly to be able to laugh even after being cut off."

After changing roles, there are a lot of things that need to be prepared again, the most important thing is the lines.However, Machida didn't have time to worry about these temporary changes. She had to record the soundtrack of the musical with all the staff of "Sunrise" at noon.

After being busy until the evening, Machida Kazu had time to go to the lounge to check his phone.

Echizen Ryoma recently participated in a challenge in Switzerland. In the past few days, the Internet has been flooded with photos of him on the field, just like pictorials.She smiled slightly and looked at the snapped photos, each of which showed him struggling hard.

At this time, the finals should be over. She clicked on the news and wanted to see the results of the competition. Suddenly, two text messages came in on her phone——

Janice: Ahh I just watched the Swiss Challenge with my friends!There is no suspense for your boyfriend to win! !

Janice: My friend was so excited that he said that a handsome and good player like Echizen Ryoma does not know what his future girlfriend will be like.May I ask your "future" girlfriend, how did you catch him!

How did he catch up with him... Machida thought for a long time at a loss, picked out someone's number, and sent a text message——

"A friend asked me, how did I catch you?"

In less than a minute, the other end replied concisely——

"Because I like you, so you can chase me."

Machida let out a "puchi" laugh, and she seemed to be able to imagine the corner of his mouth twitching when he said this.

The tiredness after working for most of the day gradually eased, she exhaled lightly, raised her eyes, and looked at the scenery outside the window, she just felt that no matter what time, he could bring her strength.

The next moment, Echizen Ryoma called, and there was a bit of noise around, "I just finished the interview...I've been a little busy recently, did you get any results from the interview you mentioned earlier?"

"Yeah." Machida stretched his waist, and told him the news of the confirmation of the performance, "During the Christmas holiday, there is still time to return to school after the performance, so you don't have to worry about the graduation performance."

He smiled softly, "You have prepaid all your plans for the second half of the year, haven't you?"

She also laughed, "No, we can be together before the Christmas holiday - there is nothing to do next week, the manager said I can go back to school first." Machida paused, and then told him about meeting Amakusa by chance Spring thing.

Unsurprisingly, Echizen Ryoma did not remember this person, and it was Machida who reminded him of several key words that he had some impression.

"Ah, that sister who said you have a good appetite?"

"... She said a lot, you just remember this one, don't you?"

He raised the corner of his mouth, "This sentence is more impressive."

"..."

Kebin, who was sitting in the driver's seat, raised his eyes to look at the rearview mirror, and Echichi Ryoma still had a smile on his lips when he put away his phone.

Kebin used his toes to figure out who it was, and then remembered the unique T-shirt he saw in Echizen's room before, and smiled, "Ryoma, aren't you and Miss Machida going to make it public? It's about asking your girlfriend."

Before he could answer, the co-pilot coach Sherwood interjected, "Ryoma, you have a busy schedule. If you plan to get married, please let me know in advance. If you don't want to spend your honeymoon at the training ground."

Echizen Ryoma: "..."

He has been leading his coach since he entered the club, and he is as serious as his old man.

His eyes fell back to the phone, staring at the call record that had just ended, and then thinking that Machida Kazu would be busy until the end of the year, so he kept silent and suppressed all his thoughts.

The two people in the front row had a teasing tone, but the person in the back seat gave a calm "hmm" and said, "Let's wait until the time is over."

Kempin and Sherwood: "..."

...What will happen after this busy period?Public or married?