Chapter 224: What is the difference between an idol and a salesperson?

The Disco Street in Takadanobaba was still crowded with people. With the reopening of the disco, the special landscape of the past—long queues—reappeared on the sidewalk at the entrance of the disco.

Naoki Nagayama and his party of five walked slowly along the commercial street, shopping while digesting.

Otomo Yoshimura looked at the luxury cars parked on the side of the road and the taxis speeding by from time to time, and exclaimed: "Naoki-san, I didn't expect your disco to be in such a prosperous place. Business must be very good, right."

Nana Okada rushed to answer: "Doesn't Otomo-san know? This street is so popular because of the existence of the disco!"

"Eh? Has Nana-chan been to the disco?" Hearing the former idol seem very familiar, Naoki Nagayama asked curiously, "Seems very familiar with this place."

"Yes," Nana Okada nodded a little embarrassedly, "I came here once with friends last autumn. I didn't know it was Naoki-san's shop at all."

Hahaha, the two didn't know each other at that time.

Shinichi Chiba on the side added: "I've been here a few times in the past few years. This is just an ordinary street, and the small shops on both sides are only visited by nearby people. It's not prosperous at all. Now I'm really getting more and more curious about that disco~"

While listening to the companions beside him talking, Kanako Higuchi and Shuichi Yin Tang suddenly discovered a long queue ahead, extending to the intersection ahead.

"Eh, what are these people queuing for?" Kanako Higuchi asked curiously, while Shuichi Yin Tang had a premonition. "Naoki-san, this wouldn't be the long queue you often talk about, right?"

Naoki Nagayama hadn't been here for a long time either. He didn't know that the queue had actually lined up to the intersection: "This... should be... but it actually lined up to the intersection, I'm seeing it for the first time too."

The group bypassed the queue and walked into the intersection, and found that the queue in front of a building not far away actually turned three times like a greedy snake, and the tail finally stretched out of the intersection...

"Naoki-san, is the popularity actually so explosive?" Kanako Higuchi covered her mouth. "This will take many hours to queue!"

Shinichi Chiba was also very surprised: "What a spectacular sight!"

Looking at the bodyguard at the front of the queue letting people in unhurriedly, Otomo Yoshimura sighed: "We actually have to queue for so long! Too long~"

And Shuichi Yin Tang patted Otomo Yoshimura on the shoulder: "Otomo-san, don't worry, we are following the boss of the disco today!"

Several others looked at Naoki Nagayama together, their eyes full of expectation.

"Hai, hai~ Follow me..." Although it was a bit unfair to the people queuing, who told him to be the boss...

Naoki Nagayama led the group to bypass the queue at the front door and walked to the small door at the back. A waiter who was smoking and resting outside the door recognized Naoki Nagayama at a glance and hurriedly extinguished the cigarette and bowed to greet him: "President Nagayama, good evening, why are you here?"

Not recognizing the name of this employee for a while, Naoki Nagayama could only say vaguely: "Ah, brought friends to play, trouble helping me open the door."

"Hai!" The young man pushed the door open skillfully and said respectfully: "Please come in!"

"Sorry for the trouble~"

"This is what I should do!"

Naoki Nagayama led several people into the disco from the back door, passing through the backstage after renovation, still maintaining the cyberpunk style, looking like some high-tech cabin.

He didn't go to the office to disturb Shigechi Araki, but found the lobby head waiter and asked him to help arrange a booth, and the head waiter naturally knew Naoki Nagayama and immediately did so.

The noisy music permeated the disco, the band on the stage played punk rock enthusiastically, the dancing ladies were also very cool, dancing passionate dances, and the crowd dancing in the middle of the dance floor was crowded together, shaking their bodies with the rhythm.

The group followed the head waiter to the booth on the second floor. Due to the design, the music was isolated a bit.

"Naoki-san, it's really shocking! A style I've never seen before!" Shinichi Chiba, although he was over 40, was also a regular at dance halls in his daily life. He drank a glass of wine sent by the head waiter. "The performance is also very interesting!"

"This is the latest style learned from the United States~" Naoki Nagayama explained that it had just been renovated not long ago.

"Omo series!"

Nana Okada had already pulled Kanako to lie on the railing to watch curiously. Shuichi Yin Tang and Otomo Yoshimura were chatting with Shinichi Chiba about adult jokes, laughing loudly.

Naoki Nagayama really didn't have the mood to be with a few old men.

"Nana-chan, Kanako-san, let's go dance!"

"Hai!" x2, high-spirited, they must have been itching for a long time, right~

In the dance floor with dazzling lights, everyone is waving their energy and releasing their passion.

Generally, no one will specifically observe who the people dancing together are, so no one recognized the popular stars and the former idols. At most, they felt that the woman looked familiar and the man looked very handsome.

Before long, they saw Shinichi Chiba and the other two men also came down.

Naoki Nagayama and the two girls were dancing with the rhythm in the crowd.

The stage began to perform dance music with stronger rhythm, and the dance steps of the people on the dance floor became more and more wild.

With the volatilization of alcohol, the body gradually heated up, and the smiles on their faces no longer had the restraint of the past.

Gradually felt that he was lost in this colorful atmosphere, confused and came to the fantasy of the future.

In the false feeling of being true and false, there is also the joy of being true and not false.

If you say what is the biggest impression of the Showa era, the psychedelic life of lights and green wine must be one of them.

The fantasy composed of the light of neon lights, a bubble like a dream.

Dragging his tired body across the taxi, thanking the driver a little confusedly, Naoki Nagayama opened the door of Shanying Yuan.

Hearing the movement, Eitaro ran out quickly and barked at his master.

"What's wrong~ Eitaro, your master is back!"

The master, who was a little high, hugged Eitaro's dog head and rua-ed it unceremoniously. Before long, the half-grown dog sent out a surrender "ying ying ying" again.

Naoki Nagayama, who re-established his master status, slumped on the sofa, but didn't want to wash up and sleep for a while.

It wasn't a drinking party, so everyone didn't get drunk and could go back by themselves.

But after dancing in the disco all night, he still drank a lot of alcohol.

The fatigue of the body and the vigor of the spirit are two contradictory feelings that are very strange. In short, he just didn't want to sleep.

He was ready to watch the late-night program, but found that the message light on the phone was still on. Naoki Nagayama pressed it at will.

"Moshi moshi, is Naoki-san not here?" Akina's mischievous voice came from the message.

"Ah, Akina-chan, I am here." His brain was a bit chaotic, and he replied directly.

"What are you doing not going home so late!" The person on the other side pretended to be helpless. "Sigh, it must be going to a nightclub again!"

"Eh? How do you know?" Naoki Nagayama was startled and a little sober.

"Since you are not here, there is nothing I can do. I don't know how the new movie preview went~"

"Haha, very smooth~"

After Naoki Nagayama said it, he slapped himself. This is just a message...

"I'll wait for Naoki-san to come back and tell me! That's all!"

Akina Nakamori's message ended. Naoki Nagayama looked at the wall clock, it was already 11:30... At this time, should she not be asleep?

Under the influence of the alcohol, he immediately pressed the callback button.

After hearing the "du du" sound in the receiver, he suddenly regretted it again. Akina should be very busy at this time, is it okay to disturb her rest?

"Moshi moshi, this is the Nakamori family."

The opposite side connected, and Naoki Nagayama also put down the idea of hanging up.

"Akina-chan? Are you not asleep yet?"

"Eh~ Is Naoki-san back?" Akina's tone rose significantly.

"Hai, just got home after the party, and then heard Akina-chan's message, so I called."

Akina Nakamori smiled when she heard it: "Ha, sure enough, I went out to play. It looks like the movie preview went very smoothly~"

"Can't say it went very smoothly..."

"Eh? What happened?" Akina was curious on the other side. "Could it be that the media criticized it publicly?"

"It's not about the movie..." Naoki Nagayama told the story of being exposed for the scandal in one breath...

"Hahaha, so a reporter exposed Naoki-san's private life in public?" She was actually happy on the other side. "Then won't Naoki-san's scandals be everywhere tomorrow?"

"... Akina-chan, you are gloating..."

Akina Nakamori immediately restrained her laughter and pretended to be worried: "Ah... cough cough... Ano... what to do, Naoki-san's scandal was exposed..."

Naoki Nagayama was speechless: "Is Akina-chan going to be a comedian?"

"Hahaha, there is no way, it's clearly very interesting~"

"Aren't you worried that I will be labeled as a playboy by people?"

Akina Nakamori answered very seriously: "Because I know Naoki-san is not!"

Hearing this, why is he a little moved: "Uh, then thank you very much for Akina-chan's trust..."

"Hahaha, that's what I should do!" The energetic girl made Naoki Nagayama on the other side of the receiver feel vitality.

"Speaking of which, how is Akina-chan's new song?"

"'Shoujo A' was just broadcast not long ago, and the sales are average~" Compared with the debut song, this rebellious style doesn't seem to have been accepted all at once.

"Didn't you say before that NHK had some opposing voices? How is it now?"

"Hmm, it seems that they think the lyrics are too out of line, but the president of Ken-On seems to have communicated with the senior management of NHK, it should be fine."

"Aren't the lyrics of rock and rap more out of line... Why don't they have opinions..."

"Hahaha, that's true~"

Naoki Nagayama didn't think it could be communicated well. He clearly remembered that this song would be banned by NHK, but the topic caused seemed to make the song popular among fans. It can be said that misfortune and fortune depend on each other.

Thinking about the encounter of "Shoujo A" in the future, he didn't answer for a while. The conversation between the two fell into a strange silence. After Naoki Nagayama reacted:

"Akina-chan..." "Naoki-san..."

The words of the two collided, changing from quiet to awkward.

"Naoki-san speak first~" Akina reacted immediately.

"Hahaha, I wanted to say, Akina-chan must be very tired during this time, the second song." Naoki Nagayama asked.

"Ah, if you say tired, it is indeed a bit tired..." "However, the physical fatigue is not to the point of being unacceptable~"

After all, they are young people in their teens, and the vitality and energy of the body are in the most active period. After being tired, they will be fine after sleeping.

"So, are you more tired psychologically?"

"Umm~~~ Naoki-san, what is the difference between an idol and a salesperson?" Akina Nakamori said a bit tangled.

"Salesperson?"

"Hai, when performing in other cities, the performance clothes were not satisfactory, the performance state was not good, and the staff at the scene were also very unprofessional. But after I brought it up, the manager was very dissatisfied and insisted that I apologize to them... and said that the job of an idol is just to sell records!" Akina Nakamori said indignantly about the previous experience.

"Isn't this the same as a salesperson!"

"And if I don't agree to apologize, the manager-san will be fierce to me..."

"The manager actually doesn't speak for you?" Naoki Nagayama didn't understand. Shouldn't the manager focus on the artist?

"Because of my willfulness, the manager-san has resigned..." Akina was a bit confused. "Is it really my fault?"

"Uh... of course not."

This is clearly the manager's psychological quality is not good, right?

Naoki Nagayama comforted: "Akina-chan just didn't meet a suitable manager! For artists, changing managers is a common thing."

"Is that so..." Akina said vaguely. "Then how many did Naoki-san change?"

"Haha, I don't even have a manager~"

"Eh? Honto ni?" Akina was surprised. "Naoki-san has debuted for almost two years, right?"

"What is there to lie to you about? After I debuted, I relied on Otomo-san to help pick me up for a while, but he is not my manager~" Naoki Nagayama recalled, it seemed that he only helped a little when filming commercials.

From beginning to end, he never joined any agency, so naturally, he was never assigned a manager.

"Eh? Can it still be like this?"

"Hahaha, I am just special."

A single phone call, and it actually lasted until the early hours of the morning.

After Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nakamori finished chatting on the phone, he went upstairs to wash up before falling asleep.

And after the preview interview, the reporters from major media were not in the mood to have fun or rest. They still had to write manuscripts.

The media that Kadokawa Pictures had greeted naturally praised it in a good direction, especially the quality of the film was indeed hard, and some had already written adjectives such as "unprecedented" and "once in a century." This tone of praise made people feel a bit fawning.

And other media and those gossip tabloids, while expressing praise for the film, wrote Naoki Nagayama and Kanako Higuchi's scandal as the main space without exception.

Some even matched pictures of Nana Okada and Yuko Tanaka, trying to make a relationship map.

"Dating photographed," "Denial on the spot," "Playboy or dedicated talent?" All kinds of strange titles and words came out, regardless of the facts.

Anyway, attracting eyeballs is my victory!

Naoki Nagayama, who was sleeping soundly, didn't know that he would become a hot topic for everyone to discuss after waking up.

... ===== CHAPTER 225 =====