Chapter 20: Conflict

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Musi is broadcast live on TV Asahi at 8 o'clock every Friday night. When Miss Luo Quan arrived, the staff was debugging the on-site equipment. Taking advantage of this time, Miss Luo Quan took her album and began to visit the guests invited with her today one by one.

In Japan, which attaches great importance to the concept of seniority, no matter what the relationship between the younger generation and the older generation is, they must bow and greet each other politely when they meet, otherwise it is disrespectful to the older generation and will be criticized by everyone.

On the way here, Miss Luo Quan was repeatedly told by Miki that she must visit the older generation, because he found that when she was in the company before, Miss Luo Quan didn't like to greet others when she met the company's older generation.

Miki understood that Miss Luo Quan had received different cultural education since she was a child and didn't have this habit, but in Japan, some etiquette still had to be observed, otherwise it would be easy to be caught by others as a pigtail and bring unnecessary trouble.

Of course, Miss Luo Quan herself didn't feel disgusted by such etiquette. Reciprocity is the rule. She is polite to others, and others are polite to her. In fact, there is no big difference between Japan and China in culture, but Japan is very rigid and makes a fuss about some small details.

The MS program team prepared a lounge for each guest, which was allocated according to the length of time they had been in the industry. The older the seniority, the closer to the program shooting venue, and vice versa.

And Miss Luo Quan was the youngest guest today because she had just debuted the day before yesterday.

Miss Luo Quan was carrying a bag full of her own records and began to visit the guests who arrived today from near to far.

There were four rooms in total, two boys, and one girl group. The ages of these predecessors were not very large. The two boys came from Johnny & Associates and were relatively popular idols in recent years. They had a few songs on the Oricon Chart and were here to promote today.

And Miss Luo Quan had not heard of the girl group's company. For the sake of the show, they were all wearing pink princess dresses. In the Japanese idol market where cuteness is respected, their image was the most mainstream one.

Interestingly, when Miss Luo Quan bowed and greeted them, the girls let out exclamations and gathered around chattering to ask her for autographs.

After asking, I found out that these girls were all her fans. Originally, they wanted to come to support her on the day of the signing meeting, but the schedule was too tight, so they didn't come. I didn't expect to meet on the show today.

Being treated as an idol by an idol, Miss Luo Quan suddenly had a wonderful feeling, but after thinking about it, she figured it out. Idols are actually just popular ordinary people, and there is nothing special except for higher popularity.

After signing for the seven girls, no, it should be called predecessors, Miss Luo Quan came to the door of the last predecessor's lounge and knocked on the door lightly.

Soon the door opened, but the person who appeared in front of her was beyond Miss Luo Quan's expectations.

"It's you?" Sakura Hoshino frowned. Seeing the record in Miss Luo Quan's hand, she smiled and said: "Oh... so the newcomer the company mentioned is you. Director Ishimura even asked me to take care of you."

Miss Luo Quan smiled: "No need for Sakura-senpai to worry, I can take care of myself." Saying that, she respectfully handed over her record.

Sakura Hoshino's face darkened: "Is this your attitude toward your predecessors? Although you are popular now, in the Japanese entertainment industry, a large number of newcomers like you appear every year, but few can survive in the end. Being proud of yourself now doesn't mean you can maintain it forever!"

Miss Luo Quan said indifferently: "I don't need Sakura-senpai to worry about what happens to me in the future. Instead of instructing me on how to respect my predecessors, it's better to reflect on your own actions."

"What do you mean?" Sakura Hoshino's face became very ugly. This was the first time since her debut that someone had said such things to her face.

"You know what I mean in your heart." Miss Luo Quan didn't want to talk to Sakura Hoshino anymore, put the record in her hand back into the bag, turned her head, and walked to the next room.

Sakura Hoshino glanced at Miss Luo Quan with cold eyes, then returned to the lounge and closed the door heavily.

Neither of them knew that their conversation was captured by a camera secretly extended from the corner.

The room Miss Luo Quan came to now was the lounge of MS host Go Satsuma. As a veteran of the Japanese entertainment industry, he had hosted the MS program for 30 years. During this period, he had changed I don't know how many partner female hosts, but his position was unshakable.

But don't look at his high status. In fact, Go Satsuma's personality is very casual and free, and he takes good care of newcomers.

After Miss Luo Quan knocked on his door, Go Satsuma didn't have the airs of an old predecessor at all. He was very easygoing. After accepting the record, he not only praised Miss Luo Quan's talent but also encouraged her to perform well on stage later.

The friendly conversation with this big-name host made Miss Luo Quan's originally gloomy mood suddenly become comfortable.

After finishing the visit, Miss Luo Quan didn't have time to rest, and the shooting scene came with a notice: all equipment had been debugged, and rehearsal could begin.

Because it was a live broadcast, many processes needed to take the guests through it to familiarize themselves, so as not to make mistakes.

Because it was Miss Luo Quan's first time here, she was extra serious during the rehearsal. This was her first time on TV, and it was a live broadcast, so she absolutely couldn't lose face.

After the rehearsal, everyone went backstage, lined up in order of appearance, and prepared to appear. During this period, Miss Luo Quan passed by Sakura Hoshino, but neither of them was willing to intersect even with the corner of their eyes, which was simply like strangers.

After waiting for a while, Go Satsuma and his partner Kana Yamamoto walked out of the backstage and came to the front of the stage. After a burst of music, the two hosts made a brief introduction to this program, and then invited the guests to appear in unison.

After hearing the invitation, all the guests cheered up, appeared on the stage one by one, stood in a row, and began to introduce themselves in the order of the rehearsal.

There were audience members under the stage when MS was broadcast live. Every time the guests introduced a group, it would cause a burst of applause and cheers. When it was Sakura Hoshino's turn, the whole live broadcast scene boiled over.

Go Satsuma also said: "Sakura-san's popularity is still so high. I remember when you came last time, all the men at the scene were so happy that they stood up. If I hadn't shouted fast, I'm afraid they would have rushed to the stage."

The audience at the scene laughed one after another. Sakura Hoshino also smiled: "That's because the fans like me too much, but chasing stars should also be moderate. Being too enthusiastic will cause trouble for yourself and your idols."

Go Satsuma nodded: "That's right, everything must be mastered in scale... By the way, it seems that there is more than one artist invited by Sony this time."

Sakura Hoshino nodded, but didn't look at Miss Luo Quan's side: "Yes, this time besides me, there is also a newcomer on the show."

Go Satsuma walked to Miss Luo Quan's side, and Miss Luo Quan also said to the camera: "Good evening, everyone. I am a newcomer singer Miss Luo Quan from China. I am currently studying in the Language Department of the University of Tokyo. Please give me more advice."

As soon as the voice fell, the men at the scene stood up one after another and cheered loudly, one by one excited.

Go Satsuma said to the audience: "What are you guys? Last time it was Sakura-san, this time it's Izumi-san again. You can't be so fast to love the new and hate the old, not to mention Sakura-san is still on stage!"

"I like both!" An audience member shouted from under the stage.

Everyone laughed, and the whole stage was full of joy.

After the guests introduced themselves, they came to the position on the right side of the stage and sat down, waiting quietly for their turn to perform on stage.

The process of MS has three stages. First, the host introduces the performance of Japanese records on major music charts to the audience this week, and also recommends some records that have poor results but are indeed of good quality to the audience.

Then it is to let the guests go on stage. First, play the short film filmed by the program team in advance. The content of the short film is to ask passersby on the street for their views on the guest, and then collect some questions from fans about the guest, and let the guest answer.

The last stage is to let the guests perform songs and dances, which is also the most important part of the whole program.

The focus of this episode is obviously on Miss Luo Quan and Sakura Hoshino. The two male artists of Johnny & Associates and the idol girl group didn't get too many shots, and the conversation with the two hosts was also very short. It took less than an hour to finish everything.

And Sakura Hoshino alone occupied more than half an hour. This time she came to participate in the program not to promote songs, but to promote the new TV series she filmed.

When Sakura Hoshino performed, Miss Luo Quan watched very seriously. As a popular idol, Sakura Hoshino's singing ability can only be said to be above the standard, not very powerful, but her royal and attacking appearance has a sweet tone like a girl, making the whole performance look very contrasting and cute. This is probably what attracts fans the most.

It is indeed beautiful, but the character really needs to be improved.

After Sakura Hoshino's performance, it was Miss Luo Quan's turn to go on stage.

In the warm applause, Miss Luo Quan walked onto the stage and sat on the chair next to the host. ===== CHAPTER 21 =====