Chapter 514

While it was bustling on the side of the passage, Akina Nakamori and Yu Hayami arrived at the backstage of Nakano Sun Plaza together.

Originally, under the guidance of the staff, they were walking towards the dressing room, but suddenly they discovered Naoki Nagayama's group, who were accepting an interview from a TV station reporter, and then a burst of laughter broke out there.

Akina Nakamori subconsciously pulled Yu Hayami over.

"Naoki-san? What's wrong? Why are you laughing so happily?"

"Ah, Akina is here~"

Naoki Nagayama only then discovered Akina Nakamori's arrival, which also made the atmosphere around them more and more noisy. This girl didn't know at all that she was one of the protagonists of the matter here.

Seeing Naotaro Zhongxi over there starting to move, Naoki Nagayama hurriedly said:

"Eh? Akina, where is your dressing room? I'll go for a tour~"

Saying that, he pushed Akina's shoulder and wanted to leave quickly.

The host still wanted to block: "Ms. Akina Nakamori, hold on, we still want to interview..."

"Akina is not accepting interviews. Is there anything you can interview me about!" Naoki Nagayama stood between the two, like a wall. With his height advantage, he could see the top of the host's head.

"Then Mr. Naoki..." The host had no choice but to pass the microphone to Naoki Nagayama again.

"I still won't tell you! Haha~"

Saying that, he hurriedly pushed Akina and ran to the backstage, like a big boy who had just succeeded in a prank, leaving only a host and a cameraman in the wind.

The surrounding artists and staff whispered, occasionally mixed with some laughter, making the host Naotaro Zhongxi feel ashamed and angry.

The arm holding the microphone was tightly clenched, as if he wanted to crush the plastic microphone.

Cameraman Naoto Tsuji waited for a while and found that Naotaro Zhongxi still didn't move, so he asked: "Naotaro-san, shall we go interview the next artist?!"

"I, Naotaro Zhongxi, have been in the industry for more than twenty years! I have never suffered! Such humiliation!!" Naotaro Zhongxi popped out word by word. "Naoki Nagayama! I... remember you!!"

"Uh..." Cameraman Naoto Tsuji didn't know what he was going crazy about. Isn't it just not interviewing an artist? "Then... shall we go interview the next artist?"

"..." After a short silence, Naotaro Zhongxi said silently, "Let's go..."

Naoki Nagayama, just wait! I will make you obediently give me an interview one day! I will dissect everything about you!

And on the other side, Akina, who was pushed by her boyfriend, still didn't know what was going on.

"Naoki-san, what happened?"

Akina Nakamori, who stopped at a dressing room, glanced at Yu Hayami beside her with a teasing face. Being pushed by Naoki Nagayama in front of Yu Hayami, her shy mentality immediately took the upper hand.

"That host was asking some messy questions, so it's better to run away quickly." Naoki Nagayama smiled and nodded to Yu Hayami beside him. "Yu-chan, you're here too."

"Haha, I just came over and encountered such a strange thing. This year's song festival looks like it will be very interesting~" Yu Hayami smiled very brightly.

The idol who had just fallen behind had also arrived. Naoki Nagayama couldn't be too intimate with Akina, so he waved easily.

"Since everyone has been sent to the dressing room, my task is complete! Everyone prepare well, I will present awards to you on stage!"

"Hai!" x3, the three idols of his own were naturally very cooperative.

"Akina-chan, Yu-chan, you guys come on too~"

"Yeah!" Although she wanted to talk to her boyfriend, the people in this occasion were really complicated, so Akina gave up.

If it were other activities, the manager might always follow the artist, but for such large-scale TV station activities that had been rehearsed many times, after the artists arrived at the venue, the vast majority would be commanded by the staff on site, while the managers would be busy with other things, or chatting at the venue.

Signing in with the staff and getting her seat number, Naoki Nagayama originally intended to go directly to his seat. But after seeing Noriyuki Hosoda, he thought about chatting by the way.

"Hosoda-san."

Noriyuki Hosoda stopped: "Naoki-san?"

"How is Akina's new house looking?" Naoki Nagayama and Noriyuki Hosoda walked to a corner of the corridor. "She is staying in a hotel now, right?"

"Hai, temporarily staying in a hotel, but we have already found a house to rent, and we will be able to move in soon." Noriyuki Hosoda didn't hide it, hiding it was useless!

"That's good~" Naoki Nagayama smiled. "This time, be more secretive..."

"Hmm, this time it's in a high-end apartment building with very strict management measures."

"Speaking of which, the 'Ringu' I filmed before is about to be released. Does Hosoda-san want to come and take a look?"

"Is it the movie that claims 'there is a risk of death from watching'?"

"Hai!"

"Naoki-san, we don't have any grudges, right?"

"Hahaha~"

There were still more than four hours before the official live broadcast. Anyway, since he was idle, after chatting about Akina's recent situation, Naoki Nagayama chatted with Noriyuki Hosoda.

Until:

"Naoki-san!"

"Daisuke-san, why are you here?" Daisuke Sugiura stopped him.

"The most important activity at the end of the year naturally transferred manpower to help." Daisuke Sugiura walked to Naoki Nagayama's side. "Does Naoki-san not need to prepare?"

"What do I need to prepare... Just go up and present an award."

Naoki Nagayama, wearing a casual suit, can indeed be counted as formal wear, and he doesn't need makeup or anything.

"It's really convenient~" Daisuke Sugiura smiled. "By the way, have you been in contact with Akimoto-san recently? 'Twilight Meow Meow' used the version you modified."

"No, I've been busy recently and haven't been in contact with Akimoto-san. Did Akimoto-san come too?" When he has time, he contacts Akina. What is he doing looking for a fat otaku?!

"He is still recording programs outside. It is broadcast every day now, which is a challenge for the production of the program."

"This shows that the program is successful! How is the ratings effect after changing the song?"

"It's a bit down... So we are considering whether to change the opening." Daisuke Sugiura scratched the bridge of his nose. "The audience seems to have bound 'Cat Call' and 'Twilight Meow Meow' together."

"Haha, it doesn't matter if you try." Naoki Nagayama smiled. "Audience, their habits can be cultivated~"

"That's true~"

Regarding the development of the program, Daisuke Sugiura and Naoki Nagayama chatted very happily. The program they created together had become a high-quality program of Fuji TV, and it had just started. After the fixed audience group was formed, there would definitely be higher ratings.

Originally, he thought the four hours would be hard to endure, but he didn't expect that after chatting with a few familiar people and talking about gossip, half of the time had passed.

The four-hour preparation time, in fact, in the last two hours, they started to enter the venue, test, and then there were some previews of singing and dancing.

Naoki Nagayama and Otomo Yoshimura were already sitting in the seats of the audience, quietly waiting for the start of the FNS Music Festival.

The early FNS Music Festival was actually more of an award ceremony. It was mainly the distribution of various awards and song performances, and then singing again after the award, without too many other intermediate links.

However, because there were nearly a hundred songs to perform, the total live broadcast duration was dragged to more than 4 hours.

By the time the live broadcast officially started, the entire venue had become quiet, and the bustling heads could not be seen clearly in the dark.

"Naoki-san, when are you going on stage?"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the opening chorus performing on stage and said: "I am the award presenter for the Excellent Newcomer Award and the Best Newcomer Award. It should be my turn after all the newcomers go up one by one."

Just at this moment, a staff member came over: "Naoki Nagayama-san, why are you still here?! Hurry up and prepare!"

"Eh? Isn't it still early?"

"At least ten minutes in advance backstage!" The staff member reminded in a low voice, "Please come with me quickly!"

Heaven knows, when the executive director called the roll and found that the award presenter had not arrived, he was so anxious that he wanted to scold people!

"Hai hai!" Naoki Nagayama hurriedly followed.

From backstage to the stage, the actor needs to pass through a passage before reaching the door in the center of the stage. As for the award presenter, he is actually on the side of the stage with the staff. Just walk to the stage from the side when presenting the award.

When Naoki Nagayama arrived, he found that the newcomers were lined up in the queue on the side. However, the year 1983 seemed to have a problem. Most of the artists were later not very famous. Yumi Morio, who was performing, one of the winners of the Excellent Newcomer Award this year, had never heard of her at all~

He also saw Yutaka Ozaki and Chikako Aoyama... Otomo-san's operation ability is good, sending Chikako to the song festival.

The artists who walked onto the stage all had to sing one of their own songs, and Chikako Aoyama's "Heavenly Days" was naturally no exception.

After waiting for the candidates to go on stage to sing one by one, Naoki Nagayama finally heard the call of hosts Mari Yoshimura and Shigeru Tsuyuki,

"Next, please invite Mr. Naoki Nagayama to present awards to everyone!"

The audience under the stage instantly started to make a fuss. It was actually Naoki Nagayama, who was in the limelight recently, who came to present the award. This song festival will really attract traffic!

Naoki Nagayama walked onto the stage without blushing or heartbeat, and hung medals on the excellent newcomers one by one. Only the best one would have a trophy.

And just when Naoki Nagayama was about to go down, host Mari Yoshimura directly played a trick:

"Naoki-san, do you have anything to say to this year's excellent newcomers?"

"..." Originally, there was nothing to say here!

Besides, 6 people went on stage, two of whom were his own idols... How come he felt that his family occupied one-third of the newcomer's country in Japan!

"The newcomers this year all have infinite potential (there is no one who can fight now)!"

"Hai, Arigato..." Although Mari Yoshimura didn't quite understand, she still took the lead in applauding.

After the Excellent Newcomer Award was presented, it was the Best Newcomer Award.

The lights in the entire venue dimmed, and the spotlight swept around several newcomers, following the voice of host Shigeru Tsuyuki:

"The winner of the 13th FNS Music Festival Best Newcomer Award — Yutaka Ozaki 'Song of Sunset'!!!"

Several bouquets of flowers were sent to Yutaka Ozaki's hands. The fans belonging to Yutaka Ozaki under the stage started to cheer rhythmically. Although the tracks of male singers and female idols were slightly different, in the record industry, this year was Yutaka Ozaki's year of explosion.

Naoki Nagayama also walked up with a red-covered award certificate, recited the award speech for Yutaka Ozaki, and then presented the trophy to this slightly excited young man.

"Naoki-san, do you have anything you want to send to Ozaki-san?" Mari Yoshimura asked according to convention.

"Hai."

Naoki Nagayama took a deep breath, recalled the award speech he had already envisioned, and showed a smile on his face... Finally waited for this moment!

Please note, I'm going to start showing off!!!

"Ozaki-kun can be said to be an idol singer I watched debut! From the first time I saw him, I had already discovered the uninhibited and rebellious nature of a young boy carried by Ozaki-kun! That is a trait rarely seen in adults!"

"The future of development in the entertainment industry is changing, Ozaki-kun, but..."

Taking another breath, Naoki Nagayama said in a tone full of expectation:

"May you leave for half a life, and still be a boy when you return!"

The expression of Yutaka Ozaki in front of him changed, even more excited than when he just got the award. After Naoki Nagayama finished speaking, he kept bowing to thank him. If it were a girl, she should have been crying by now!

Mari Yoshimura said stutteringly: "Naoki-san really has full expectations for Ozaki-san!! We also thank Naoki-san for presenting the award, Arigato... Next, please enjoy Yutaka Ozaki's 'Song of Sunset'..."

Yutaka Ozaki still had to endure the excitement and perform on stage, but Naoki Nagayama breathed a sigh of relief and walked off the stage with light steps.

Haha, today's task is completed!

Just when Naoki Nagayama was about to go back, Daisuke Sugiura ran over in a hurry.

"Naoki-san! Please wait a moment!"

"?" Naoki Nagayama stopped. "What's wrong, Daisuke-san, why are you panting?"

"Naoki-san, please come with me first." Daisuke Sugiura pulled Naoki Nagayama and ran to an office backstage. There were several people inside. Just the ones he knew were Haruta Kamiya and Kazuki Takano.

"Naoki-san!" The two nodded towards him, and then a middle-aged curly-haired man inside said, "Naoki-san, it's really rude to invite you over suddenly."

This is the producer of the FNS Music Festival.

"The subsequent award presenter, Midori Uchiumi-san, seems to have had sudden gastroenteritis due to nervousness and went to the hospital..."

The producer briefly explained the situation. In fact, the purpose of inviting Naoki Nagayama was to ask him to help present two more awards.

"Eh? Why me?" Naoki Nagayama was puzzled. "There are many famous artists on the scene, right? Can't Department Manager Takano of the TV station also do it?"

"This..."

In fact, Department Manager Takano still had to present other more important awards later, and famous artists, if they didn't rehearse and go on stage suddenly, might have problems. And if they wanted them to go on stage, they had to contact the agency and get consent... In short, it was very troublesome. More importantly, there was not enough time!

And Naoki Nagayama himself had signed a contract, and also participated in the rehearsal, which could be said to be very convenient.

Daisuke Sugiura whispered the reason to Naoki Nagayama, making Naoki Nagayama understand.

"Since that's the case, then I have no problem." Just go and present a few small awards, it's not a big deal.

"That's really thank you very much!" Department Manager Takano thanked on behalf of Fuji TV.

"Hahaha, it's okay~"

The awards Naoki Nagayama was going to present were the Best Hit Award and the Best Lyricist, Composer, and Arranger Award.

Since there was no reason to go down, Naoki Nagayama waited backstage, watching the candidate singers prepare to go on stage one by one.

"Junko-chan?" Naoki Nagayama saw an acquaintance.

"Naoki-san, why are you still here?" Junko Itou walked over very puzzled. "Isn't the newcomer award already presented?"

"Suddenly need to help present other awards." Naoki Nagayama smiled. "What is Junko-chan's award now?"

"Ah, it's the Excellent Song Music Award." Junko Itou said nervously, "It's the song 'When Cherry Blossoms Dance'."

So it's this one, then it's not surprising~ Naoki Nagayama knew that this song had also been at the top of the Oricon chart for more than a month.

"Ganbatte, maybe you can win the Grand Prize~"

Naoki Nagayama encouraged falsely. In fact, this song was released in the first half of the year, and the popularity in the second half had already declined. The judges who were scoring now might be more inclined to songs that were currently popular, not to mention there were so many competitors.

"Hai~"

While the two were talking, another artist came out from backstage, wearing a black tulle dress. It was Akina Nakamori.

Seeing Naoki Nagayama talking to another girl, she felt sour and ran over immediately: "Naoki-san!"

"Akina!" Naoki Nagayama looked at the stage costume that looked like abstinence. "Is it performing 'Forbidden Area'?"

"Hai!" Akina Nakamori said happily, "It's a candidate for the Best Hit Award."

"Oh? Then maybe I will present the award to you!" Naoki Nagayama said with a smile. After all, Akina Nakamori was the hottest female idol, except for Seiko Matsuda.

However, Seiko Matsuda should pursue the final Grand Prize this year, so the winner of the Best Hit Award is likely to be Akina Nakamori.

"Arigato~" Akina smiled very brightly.

After chatting for a while, the singers backstage walked onto the stage one by one.

Songs were sung one after another, and awards were presented one after another.

The audience under the stage cheered, but the people backstage could only wait silently.

Finally, Naoki Nagayama heard the voice of host Shigeru Tsuyuki:

"Next, please invite... Mr. Naoki Nagayama to present the award..."

Naoki Nagayama stepped onto the front stage again, but this time, the cheers under the stage were even more noisy! There were even whistles, but at the same time, there were some boos from fanatical fans...

The one waiting for the award on stage was indeed Akina Nakamori!

The most popular scandal object recently actually appeared on the same stage at the national live song festival!!

It must be said again, the director of this FNS Music Festival knows what is a hot spot and what is traffic!!!

At this time, Naoki Nagayama reacted a bit, and couldn't help but slander: "Wouldn't it be that the producer did it on purpose?! Let the original award presenter pretend to be sick? Just to let me go on stage?!"

His heart was complicated, but his pace didn't stop. Naoki Nagayama quickly walked to the center of the stage and started presenting the award to Akina:

"The winner of the 12th FNS Music Festival Best Hit Award — Ms. Akina Nakamori! Congratulations, congratulations!"

During Akina Nakamori's bow, Naoki Nagayama handed her the certificate and trophy.

The small body was holding several bouquets of flowers, and when she took the certificate and trophy, she almost couldn't hold them. Naoki Nagayama hurriedly helped take the flowers, but it caused a noise under the stage again.

The host of the song festival, Mari Yoshimura, was also a bit nervous and helped take a bouquet of flowers. Perhaps the situation under the stage was a bit unexpected, Mari Yoshimura just wanted to hurry down the process, so she passed the microphone to Naoki Nagayama:

"Naoki-san, do you have anything you want to say to Ms. Akina Nakamori?"

"?"

Naoki Nagayama looked at her suspiciously. Didn't they agree before going on stage that it was just presenting an award? I don't have an award speech for others!!!

Mari Yoshimura also reacted. This process should have been omitted!!!

Oh no, there was an accident!!!

Seeing the sweat on Mari Yoshimura's forehead, he also knew that this host had made a mistake. But in a national live broadcast, no matter what, he had to continue. Mari Yoshimura's eyes had pleading...

And on the other side, Akina Nakamori was in a daze, still looking forward to Naoki Nagayama's words.

What can you say in a few seconds?

Naoki Nagayama just wanted to muddle through and not be discovered by the audience, so he thought about saying some scene words.

But when he saw Akina's bright eyes, his heart moved, and a sentence suddenly rushed to his heart:

"I heard an old man say a sentence when I was young, and I couldn't understand its meaning..."

"He told me:

When you are young, it is best not to meet someone too stunning~

Otherwise, the rest of your life will be uneasy!

Until I met Ms. Akina Nakamori!"

"!!!"

Hearing this, the whole audience suddenly quieted down!

Akina Nakamori opposite, at this moment, her CPU seemed to be burned out, and her whole face turned red!

And the host Mari Yoshimura on the side had her mouth slightly open, thinking the same as the audience under the stage:

This is a confession, right?! It's definitely a confession, right?! Confessing in a national live broadcast?!!

After a short silence, Naoki Nagayama also reacted immediately. Such words cannot be said casually on TV!!!

But the words that came out of his mouth couldn't be taken back!

He just immediately followed up: "I think everyone here has the same idea as me!"

("Boo~~ boo~~" Who is booing?!)

Pretending not to hear, Naoki Nagayama said with a thick skin: "This Best Hit Award, Ms. Akina Nakamori deserves it. I hope she can make persistent efforts and go to a higher level in the future!!"

Relying on years of experience in controlling the scene, Mari Yoshimura finally reacted and hurriedly said: "Hai, thank you Naoki-san for your comments and encouragement. We also hope that Ms. Akina Nakamori can make persistent efforts and go to a higher level!"

Applause rang out, and the entire venue returned to noise.

Under the command of the executive director, the shills in the audience immediately started to applaud, and the scene gradually returned to the ordinary of the award ceremony...

However, the sounds of pity and inquiry mixed in it could not be calmed down for a long time.

Akina on the stage sang the song stumblingly, while Naoki Nagayama walked to the back of the stage a bit lightly.

"Yabai! Sure enough, I'm a bit floating!"

Actually said such words in front of the national audience, it's very difficult to end it! Especially when the scandal between the two is raging...

"What should I do?"

Naoki Nagayama felt that when he was on stage, there would always be some problems. Could it be that he is still the legendary "man-to-crazy"? The more attention he gets, the more active his spirit is?!

"Naoki-san, really amazing!" Yutaka Ozaki backstage walked to the side and liked it first, "Although Naoki-san is very talented, this time the golden sentence said on the national live broadcast makes me admire even more!"

"..." Looking at this guy sideways, Naoki Nagayama couldn't tell if he was praising or mocking.

"Ahem, anyway, Naoki-san, I decided to treat you as an idol!" Yutaka Ozaki ran away with a smile.

Facing the curious, admiring, or playful eyes backstage, Naoki Nagayama walked back to his seat. Otomo Yoshimura also said with a smile: "Naoki-san, is this also your movie promotion? You played too big, right?"

Rolling his eyes, Naoki Nagayama didn't want to pay attention to him... But on second thought, eh?! This method seems good!!

"Otomo-san, find some media!"

"Nani, Naoki-san, are you going to announce it officially? Gold screen?" Otomo Yoshimura was shocked.

"Baka! I want them to do movie promotion!!" Naoki Nagayama roared in a low voice, "'Love Letter's' promotional slogan, 'When you are young, don't meet someone too stunning'... Don't you think it's very appropriate?"

"Hmm..."

"Wait for me to go back and find it, and then match it with some stills. Before our 'Love Letter' is released this time, we must stir up the heat to the sky and render the atmosphere to the best!" Naoki Nagayama felt that he had found a good method.

Otomo Yoshimura's mouth moved:

"However, I still think it's more interesting to announce it directly..."

"???"

So annoying. My writing ability is not enough, and I can't write the climax of the plot. It seems I'd better write salted fish.