"There are a lot of things, please take your time to pack them away."

Iwahashi Shinichi said to her, "It's ready, and I invite you to be our guest."

"Sounds like a big project." Akina Nakamori laughed at him.

However, after hearing what he said, the grumbling in my stomach all night suddenly disappeared and was resolved by him gently and skillfully.

"It's not small."

Iwahashi Shinichi also laughed and followed her words, "However, tidying up the room can be done on a whim. When it's time to take a vacation, there are more things that I want to do than stay at home and clean.

thing."

He spoke plausibly.

Nakamori Akina listened to his words and kept laughing into the receiver.

After laughing enough and feeling comfortable, I asked him: "Have you received the chocolate?"

"Heart-shaped chocolate, I feel embarrassed when I see it."

Nakamori Akina seized the opportunity and counterattacked, "Before, it was clear that 'no matter what shape it is, it's fine'."

"Imagination and reality are different," he said.

Akina Nakamori smiled secretly. The more this happened, the more she wanted to get to the bottom of it, "What's the difference?"

Iwahashi Shinichi changed the subject, "But it tastes really good. I already ate some of it just now."

It would have been fine otherwise, but the more he interrupted, the more Akina Nakamori felt that he was being shy, and felt happy, a little complacent that the prank had succeeded.

I was happy in my heart, but said "Eh~" in disgust, saying, "How cunning."

Iwahashi Shinichi picked up on her cunning words and asked her again, "Next time you're on vacation, come to my place to play?"

The impulse to tidy up the room was because I thought of her mood when making this chocolate and understood her nagging complaints on the phone.

Akina Nakamori also knew what Shinichi Iwahashi was referring to by "whim" just now.

She said "hmm" and agreed, "Okay."

…

A small and exquisite restaurant in Nanqingshan.

At noon, Kikuchi Momo and others made an appointment to have dinner here. This restaurant was opened by her aunt and has been operating for more than ten years in Qingshan, a land where every inch of land is precious.

In recent years, some of her fans have heard that this is a restaurant owned by Momoko Kikuchi's aunt, and have come here because of its reputation. But the business in the restaurant was already very good before she debuted, and it is not because of her that it has continued to operate for so many years.

Rather, it should be the other way around. Without her aunt's restaurant, Momoko Kikuchi might not have become an idol.

Her aunt's restaurant was doing well, and people from the entertainment industry often visited her. When Momoko Kikuchi was in high school, someone related to the entertainment industry came to the restaurant and saw the photos of the Kikuchi family hanging in the store, and she fell in love with Kikuchi.

Taozi, through her aunt, gave her an invitation to enter the entertainment industry.

The girls' school where Kikuchi Momoko went to had strict school rules. Although there was no explicit prohibition, it did not support students' participation in entertainment activities. Therefore, she only participated in a small amount of performing arts activities at first and learned singing under the arrangement of her agency until the end of her high school studies.

He just officially debuted as an idol.

When she decided to enter the industry, Momoko Kikuchi signed a seven-year agency contract with the agency. By the end of September this year, she was about to renew her contract for the first time.

The restaurant door opened and a woman came in.

She looked around the store and walked towards Kikuchi Momo, "I'm sorry, something happened at the moment, so it was a little delayed, Momo-chan."

"It's okay, Ka Yun Mei-san." Momoko Kikuchi smiled at her.

Seven years ago, the manager of the office fell in love with Aunt Momo Kikuchi when he saw her smile in the photo in her shop.

Iwasaki Kayumi sat down opposite her, looked at Kikuchi Momo's smile, and smiled back.

The aunt came over to entertain them. When she saw Iwasaki Ka Yunmei, she greeted her very familiarly, "My peach jam is indebted to you for taking care of me."

Iwasaki Kayumi is in her early thirties and has been in the entertainment industry for twelve years. She started working in this industry almost as soon as she graduated from school. She first worked as a handyman, then worked as an agent, and later participated in stage productions.

He is a well-trusted man in black in the industry.

When Momoko Kikuchi first debuted, Yumi Iwasaki was in charge of her record promotion.

At that time, Momoko Kikuchi was only a teenager, and she was ignorant of everything in the entertainment industry. Yumi Iwasaki was more than ten years older than her, and she cared for and loved her as a junior.

A few years ago, Iwasaki Kayumi resigned from her agency to participate in stage production. Although she was no longer responsible for Kikuchi Momo, the two still kept in touch in private. Whatever happened or troubled her in the entertainment industry, Kikuchi Momo was used to it.

Talk to her.

"Kayun Misan," Momoko Kikuchi told her, "it seems that the response to my character in this TV series is not very good."

These confusions about the future cannot be told to friends and family, and they cannot understand, let alone give good suggestions. Only Iwasaki Ka Yumi, who is in the industry and understands her confusion about the transition period, can tell it.

"It seemed like I was using too much force, so the audience didn't think it was acceptable."

Iwasaki Kayumi knew the situation of Momoko Kikuchi very well, and she pointed out the relevant issues without her having to explain.

"so hard."

Momoko Kikuchi couldn't help but sigh. The face that always smiled on stage was now covered with a layer of sadness. For an idol, her debut was smooth sailing, and compared to female idols of the same period, it was enough.

Red, popular enough.

However, faced with a decline in popularity and the need for transformation, there is still nothing to do.

"A few years ago, Matsumoto Akiko-san transitioned to become a variety artist, and now she is very popular." Momoko Kikuchi joked, "I might as well try to be a variety artist."

Iwasaki Kayumi shook her head repeatedly, "Momoko-chan can't be a variety artist."

Momoko Kikuchi laughed and said, "I'm just talking." After the laugh was over, she added: "I was in a band before and now I'm an actor. If I really can't do it well as an actor, maybe the agency really wants me to try.

It’s funny.”

"Peach jam is just too opinionated."

Iwasaki Kayumi said, "If the agency really wants you to try to be a variety artist, please be sure not to agree." She earnestly warned, "Matsumoto-san has no burden to be a variety artist, but Peach Jam is different."

"Hmm..." Momoko Kikuchi nodded.

"The agency will help you form a band. I'm not optimistic about this plan, but if you want to transform into an actor, this path is actually very reliable." Iwasaki Kayumi said sincerely, "I'm just a little too impatient."

"Does Ga Yoon Mi-sang think so?"

Iwasaki Ka Yumi nodded, "If it were me, I would let Momoko-chan transform little by little and take over the role step by step."

Momoko Kikuchi smiled, "If the person in charge of my career planning was Kayun Mi-san, I would discuss it carefully and not do anything I don't want to do."

The person in charge of her office, although he is kind to others, is the kind of person who always tells the truth.

When Iwasaki Kayumi heard this, her heart tightened, and she felt that the opportunity was at hand, "Then I might as well set up an agency, act as your agent myself, and help you plan your career as an actor."

"Are you kidding?" Momoko Kikuchi smiled and rolled her eyes.

Looking at her reaction, Iwasaki Kayumi knew that she was not tempted by her proposal, but she was not completely indifferent either.

She thought for a while and didn't answer yes or no, but said about Matsumoto Akiko, "Matsumoto-san was able to find the right position as a variety artist. I heard that it was thanks to the manager in charge of her. So I think that in order to transform, the key is to find the right position."

position."

After saying that, he smiled and said, "I think Peach Jam has great potential as an actress, and I sincerely hope you can succeed."

"Thank you, Ga Yoon Mi Sang."

After running into obstacles one after another, her self-confidence was also hit. At this time, Iwasaki Kayumi was willing to set up a firm for her and wanted her to succeed. The trust and affirmation of her shown in these words moved Momoko Kikuchi deeply.

.

In September this year, the contract with the firm will be renewed again...

Kikuchi Momo suddenly thought of this and her heart was pounding.

It is true that Iwasaki Kayumi believed that Momoko Kikuchi had potential in her career as an actress, but her plan to establish an agency was not "for Momoko Kikuchi's sake."

Rather, it was after I made the plan to establish a firm that I first thought of Momoko Kikuchi as an excellent starting candidate.

Setting up an agency and then running around looking for new people to train from scratch, and having a popular idol who is well-known and well-connected with the audience, are two completely different things.

If she can persuade Kikuchi Momoko, she can use her brand to find a backer, and then help her successfully transform according to her own ideas, and then use her light to replace resources and promote real newcomers.

Iwasaki Kayumi knew that Momoko Kikuchi's contract expired this year, and she also knew that her trust in the firm had been cracked because of the two unsuccessful transformations.

The opportunity presented itself, and she had to take action.

After finishing the meal, the two said goodbye. Iwasaki Ka Yunmi still had work, and Kikuchi Momoko was on vacation today. After saying goodbye to Iwasaki Ka Yunmi, she did not stay long in her aunt's restaurant and spent time on her own.

The bustling streets of Shibuya are crowded with people, and the billboard of advertising star Rie Miyazawa is posted in the most eye-catching position.

In movie theaters, movies starring Kwang GEN are still being screened. In the ever-changing entertainment world, there is always no shortage of young and beautiful "STARs".

For a moment she was lost in thought, and she almost pretended to be confused with the people coming towards her.

Momoko Kikuchi was about to confirm the situation when the other person apologized to her first. One person spoke in Japanese with an obvious foreign accent, while the other person spoke in English.

She looked at these people through her sunglasses, guessing that they were probably tourists from Xiangjiang or Taiwan. Momoko Kikuchi heard that because of the consumption tax that will be levied in April, the number of foreign tourists visiting has increased significantly recently.

Last year, the Takeshita cabinet submitted a "Consumption Tax Draft", proposing to replace the commodity tax with consumption tax...

Momoko Kikuchi has no time to pay attention to these current affairs, so she doesn't know the details. She only knows roughly that if consumption tax is levied, then taxes will be increased on all aspects of purchases in life in the future.
To be continued...