Chapter 177

New York, actually started snowing again,

the climate of the 80s seems to be colder,

in the falling snowflakes, Naoki Nagayama continued to wander around the major attractions in New York, and even went to Chinatown several times. Relying on his proficient Mandarin and Wenzhou dialect, he perfectly pretended to be a Wenzhou person who came to New York.

It's a pity that there were more Cantonese and Fujianese people in New York at this time, and he didn't run into any fellow villagers.

He had seen everything he should see, and Naoki Nagayama couldn't think of anything else in New York that could attract him to stay, and it was so cold.

After lingering on the warm bed in the hotel for a long time, he decided to take advantage of the opportunity of going abroad to visit other cities in America. The first choice was naturally Washington, not far from New York.

He mailed all the gifts and souvenirs he bought back to the Shanyingyuan in Japan, Naoki Nagayama checked out of the Central Plaza Hotel, and then took a train to the capital of America.

The American president in 1982 was Reagan. Less than 3 months after being elected president last year, he was assassinated with 6 shots.

President Reagan was lucky to survive. Although a year had passed, he was an old man in his 70s after all, and he had undergone open-chest surgery, so he spent most of his time in the White House handling government affairs.

The Secret Service of the White House surrounded the White House tightly, causing Naoki Nagayama to only be able to take a few photos from afar.

But next to it were the National Gallery of Art, the Capitol Building, and Lin Ken Park connected in a line. The scenery of Capitol Hill was indeed good. The Capitol Building was solemn and solemn, and the Lin Ken statue in the Lin Ken Memorial in Washington was also very majestic.

The National Gallery of Art in America has the only work by Da Vinci in the US, "Ginevra de' Benci", as well as masterpieces by European classical art masters of the Renaissance.

After a tour, Naoki Nagayama felt that his artistic level must have risen by more than one level.

After spending two days wandering around Washington and experiencing the essence of American culture in this era, Naoki Nagayama couldn't find a reason to stay.

At this time, the Japanese movie had been premiered for many days, so after choosing to go back, the promotional activities had probably been completed seven or eight out of ten. Hahaha, it can be considered as having escaped~

The West Coast of America, influenced by the sea breeze of the Pacific Ocean and the California cold current, is not too hot in summer and not too cold in winter.

And Los Angeles, as a representative city on the West Coast of America, has a mild climate all year round, with an average maximum temperature of 23.3°C and an average minimum temperature of 13°C. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is like spring all year round.

However, Naoki Nagayama didn't come specifically because he wanted to come to Los Angeles, but because the flight from Washington to Tokyo required a transfer, so he stopped at the Los Angeles airport.

The feeling of entering early summer from winter was very strange. Naoki Nagayama had to take off his trench coat and cotton coat, leaving only a shirt.

The next flight required at least 6 hours. Staying at the airport during this time would be too boring, and there was no Honor of Kings or anything to kill time...

Looking at the bright sunshine outside, Naoki Nagayama's heart was restless.

Since he stopped in Los Angeles, of course he couldn't miss the scenery of this city.

At least the famous Santa Monica Beach and Los Angeles Disneyland must be visited.

Wait, it seems he also needs to buy a swimsuit, because New York is winter, so he brought winter clothes.

Akina Nakamori, wearing a bright yellow sweatshirt, walked out of the Los Angeles airport with a group of staff.

Yuzo Shimada, the record producer of Akina's promotional department, asked Akina Nakamori: "Akina-chan, is this your first time on a plane? How do you feel now?"

"Hai, it's completely fine."

After more than ten hours of flight, even a strong man like Yuzo Shimada couldn't take it anymore, but this teenage girl said there was no problem. During the previous training and promotional discussions, Yuzo Shimada had already learned about Akina Nakamori's stubborn personality, but as they contacted more, he discovered the strength in this young idol's personality.

"Yuzo-san, wasn't it originally planned to come over for recording in mid-March? Why was it brought forward by so many days?"

In fact, when Nobuo Tomioka notified her, he didn't say the reason, just said: "Akina-chan, the training courses are finished, right? Then let's record the record well first."

Then he let the agent buy a ticket to Los Angeles. Akina Nakamori didn't even have time to say goodbye to her parents properly and could only inform them on the phone.

Yuzo Shimada thought silently in his heart, it's not because I'm afraid you'll have a scandal with some handsome guy, otherwise Director Terabayashi wouldn't have agreed to let the whole group go abroad so simply.

"Nobuo-san's meaning is to shoot some images before the debut, which can be used in the DVD record in the future. These are important materials for promotion and memories in the future."

Yuzo Shimada complained silently in his heart, there's no need to come directly to America to shoot image materials before the debut. This reason is perfunctory enough.

"Akina-san can also have a good time in Los Angeles~ It will be very busy after the official debut."

At this time, Akina didn't know more about the idol promotion process and thought this was the real reason.

"Hai, I know~"

There was a camera shooting along the way, which made Akina Nakamori, who was not used to living in the spotlight, very embarrassed, because many foreigners in Los Angeles looked over curiously.

"Yuzo-san, are we going directly to the recording studio now?"

"Hahaha, Akina-san, are you really not tired? Warner Music is on Hollywood North Avenue. Let's go to the hotel nearby to rest first. We can stroll around nearby in the afternoon and go to the recording studio tomorrow."

If it was the previous daily arrangement, then recording ten songs would be relatively rushed.

But now that they came early, the schedule was much more generous.

Other employees of the working group could also have a good stroll around Los Angeles~

The Millennium Hotel, located in the center of Los Angeles, is an "antique" hotel with a history of more than 50 years. It was listed as a World Heritage Site more than 20 years ago. It is said that it has received many presidents and celebrities.

Naoki Nagayama booked a room directly with the airport phone, then hailed a taxi and went straight from the airport to the heart of Los Angeles.

The magnificent Millennium Hotel, this is the literal meaning. Magnificent is not the nouveau riche's layer of local gold, but the retro aristocratic temperament precipitated by decades of history. The interior design of the hotel is complex and gorgeous, as if stepping into an ancient Roman aristocratic palace.

"This trip is not a loss~"

After checking in, Naoki Nagayama toured the hotel happily and took many photos. Many scenes here were chosen by great directors to be used in movies. Seeing them in reality really felt like checking in.

The Millennium Hotel is located in the city center, with convenient transportation, not far from the major attractions in the city. However, the most famous attraction in Los Angeles is of course Hollywood.

Naoki Nagayama took a special car directly to Hollywood Park and arrived at the Griffith Observatory at noon. This observatory faces the Hollywood hills across the distance, and you can clearly see the white HOLLYWOOD letters on the opposite mountain.

After going down the mountain from here, you can go directly along Hollywood Boulevard, passing the Walk of Fame, then to Lake Hollywood Park, and then to Universal Studios Hollywood.

See all of Hollywood in one afternoon~

Arriving at the famous Walk of Fame, Naoki Nagayama lowered his head, wanting to find the star emblem he was familiar with on the ground. It's a pity that the stars he was familiar with in this era were almost not famous, and he knew relatively few foreign stars he knew growing up in Japan, so basically there were none.

Wait, Marilyn Monroe, is her handprint here too?

Naoki Nagayama hurriedly took a photo as a souvenir. When bending over, he felt a flash of bright yellow figure from his peripheral vision,

but when he looked up again, it was gone.

Naoki Nagayama scratched his head. He always felt it was a familiar figure, but after circling around and not finding it, he shrugged and continued walking down.

On Hollywood Boulevard, you can often see people with various long or short lenses shooting.

"Yuzo-san, are there any Japanese stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?"

"Of course, there is Sessue Hayakawa."

"Where, where?"

"Uh... not very clear, can only look for them one by one~"

There were 3 people in the film crew next to Akina Nakamori, one main shooter, the other two rotating, and also paying attention to the safety on the road.

Although this journey was playing, for the few of them, shooting had to be carried out all the time.

Akina walked on the Walk of Fame with light steps, and would bend down to check when she saw a signature.

Along the way, she saw many people looking for names like herself. Seeing someone from afar taking pictures with a camera, eh, actually still an Asian.

"Akina-san, here!" Yuzo Shimada waved his hand, he found Sessue Hayakawa's star emblem.

"Hai~" Little Akina ran over and looked at it with great interest, "Yuzo-san, are there many Asians coming to Hollywood? Just seemed to see one."

"Should be many, this is a tourist attraction." Yuzo Shimada thought for a while, "But there are not many Asians coming to Los Angeles for tourism at this time. Maybe they are from Japan. Most likely they should be local Asian Americans."

"Souka~ feel the figure is a bit familiar~"

Little Akina didn't think much, after admiring the star emblem, followed the road to the next location, Lake Hollywood Park,

Lake Hollywood Park in 1982 was basically still in a relatively primitive state, but it was one of the best locations to see the iconic white sign of Hollywood here.

After finally reaching the mountain, Yuzo Shimada took a big breath of fresh air by the lake, and then pointed to the distance and said:

"Akina-chan, the recording studio we are going to tomorrow is on Hollywood North Avenue, right behind Universal Studios Hollywood."

After Akina Nakamori heard it, she also looked at Universal Studios Hollywood in the distance, but found a figure in a white shirt on the road to Universal Studios Hollywood.

"Yuzo-san, look at that person in the white shirt, it's the Asian on the Walk of Fame." Akina pointed to the small figure and said, "Always feel like I've seen that figure somewhere..."

Yuzo Shimada also looked over along the gaze, and even made a telescope shape with his hands,

But with so many people in Universal Studios, he couldn't distinguish which one it was for a while: "Akina-chan, can you see clearly from so far away? I didn't distinguish it~"

"Can't see clearly, but the figure feels very familiar." Little Akina looked again, and the person had already gone in.

"It just so happens that our next stop is there, let's see when we get there~"

"Hai~"

Having already taken photos of the Hollywood sign at the observatory, Naoki Nagayama didn't want to see ordinary natural scenery,

so he didn't go to Lake Hollywood and the Runyon Canyon Park next to it, but went straight to Universal Studios.

In fact, Universal Studios Hollywood at this time felt a bit exaggerated,

No Transformers, no Harry Potter, no Marvel... even ET the Extra-Terrestrial hadn't come out yet.

However, Jin Gang had already come out at this time, so there were Jin Gang dolls, as well as props, scenes, posters, etc. of other old movies. Chaplin's outfit in Modern Times also appeared~

There were also some Gothic castles and various specialty shops in the film city, and of course places like haunted houses, which were similar to amusement parks.

Naoki Nagayama paced slowly in Universal Studios, shuttling between various attractions, experiencing the characteristics of early movies.

As Universal Studios, the culmination of film art, of course, it couldn't be without a cinema. Recent movies were all shown in the cinema. Naoki Nagayama leaned over to look at the screening schedule, and there was actually "Paranormal Activity"!

Has this movie actually spread to America?

Hurry up and take a picture of this screening schedule. This is a souvenir.

Naoki Nagayama didn't see any other movies that attracted him, so he didn't think about buying a ticket to watch.

In the snack bar next to the cinema, the smell of popcorn came in bursts. He had been walking for so long, and the food he ate at noon had long been consumed. The charred smell aroused the gluttons in his stomach.

"Please give me a portion of popcorn~"

After taking the popcorn cup and change handed by the shop owner, he took one and stuffed it into his mouth. The sweet and greasy taste spread on the tip of his tongue.

Seeing the shop owner looking behind him, Naoki Nagayama also turned around curiously.

A few people were surrounding a little girl in a bright yellow sweatshirt walking in the cinema. One person was shooting with a camera, another was taking pictures with a camera,

and the other two were guiding the shooting route slightly further away, just like a movie star had arrived.

"Akina-san?" Naoki Nagayama was stunned!

Akina Nakamori walked to Universal Studios, seeing all kinds of movie props and scenes inside,

like a child curiously looking here and touching there, making the shooting brother almost unable to keep up.

Even the actor playing the Jin Gang doll was harassed, and after taking a group photo, a hair stuck to the doll suit was pulled out...

In front was the cinema and the doll shop. Akina Nakamori actually wanted to go to the doll shop, but suddenly saw a handsome guy in a white shirt standing at the door of the popcorn shop. That is...

"Naoki-san!"

After Akina Nakamori greeted, Naoki Nagayama also smiled, waved at little Akina, and then walked toward that side.

With an exclamation, Akina Nakamori confirmed the other party's identity, and also let the shooting brother next to him turn the lens toward Naoki Nagayama.

At the door of the cinema, the young handsome guy in white clothes and black pants waved at the lens, walking toward this side with a warm smile.

The gentle sunlight of the sunset shone on him, making the white shirt stained with some gold, just like a character walking out of a story~