Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 823 823. Three consecutive victories
In this year's Red and White Song Concert, Sayuri Ishikawa will be the finale of the red group, and Saburo Kitajima will be the finale of the white group and also the finale of this year's audience for two consecutive years.

After avoiding the limelight of being involved in gangsters, Emperor Yange is still reigning king on New Year's Eve.Enka has a high status. Among the singers who have served as the finale of the Red and White Song Festival so far, there are very few non-enka singers, probably only the group of Momoe Yamaguchi and Kenji Sawada in 1978.

In the early years, when Group Sounds was on the rise, the band was even regarded as a bad element by NHK, and was banned from performing by the Red and White Song Club.

Before Saburo Kitajima's grand finale, according to the usual practice, all the singers who appeared this year will come on stage together, and the red and white groups will stand on each side to support him together.

When the red and white songs will be in the second half of the second half, it is almost a special performance for enka singers and ballad singers.Being backstage and not being able to leave because you have to wait for the encore is boring and long.

This year, the band has a separate lounge and can do whatever they want.Miwa-chan brought her beloved GAMEBOY with her, and she dragged Shinichi Iwahashi to fight against Brother Nakamura.Thanks to Nintendo for making this boring New Year's Eve a little bit more interesting --

After beating Perfect Wo-chan again, Yanqiao Shen smiled and expressed emotion: "The game is really fun."

It is also a kind of fun to beat up the little fox with the mouse and the gun.

NTV's New Year's Eve show was playing on the TV in the lounge. Meihejiang sighed after losing, but she didn't forget to take a look at the TV and laughed at the comedian's performance.

Yanqiao Shenyi thought to himself, this situation is quite like a funny show.

After playing a few games, the losers became dizzy, and the winners also started to get dizzy, so they put down the game consoles.Finally, the door of the lounge opened, the manager came in, and informed the band to wait for the stage, preparing to complete the last task of tonight's Red and White Song Concert.

Be a wall flower for the grand finale Enka Emperor.

Sayuri Ishikawa hadn't appeared yet when the manager came to notify her.Taking advantage of this gap, the singers who will be on stage tonight are divided into two groups and get ready.When she finished singing and the host came to the stage to introduce the finale song, they filed in and stood on both sides of the stage.

DREAMS COME TRUE doesn't like to show off at such a time, and consciously stands back and stands in the corner.

Yanqiao Shen doesn't like anyone when he wears a hood and doesn't need to manage his facial expressions, it's the same everywhere.Once or twice a year, he feels reassured about appearing on TV while wearing a headgear.

One outfit for the opening appearance, one outfit for the performance, and another outfit for the comeback—it's Akina Nakamori.As if nothing had happened, she stood beside the DREAMS COME TRUE giraffe man.

However, she stood with the female idol Oginome Yoko who came together and appeared in this year's Red and White Song Concert, happily facing the center of the stage, applauding Kitajima Saburo's performance.

Iwahashi Shinichi tilted his head slightly, and glanced at the elated Nakamori Akina.She enthusiastically joined the show, focused on watching the performance, and only interacted with Oginome Yoko.It seems that standing next to him is just a random position to stand on the stage.

The more this happened, the more it made him more or less feel like this Akina Nakamori was playing tricks on people.

So childish.

Yanqiao Shenyi thought quietly in his heart.

……

Last year and the year before, the red team won two consecutive victories. At the opening of this year's Red and White Song Concert, the host of the red team Yoshiko Mita also mentioned that the highlight is "whether the red team can achieve three consecutive victories".

In the past few years, female singers have been gaining momentum. In the Red and White Song Contest at the end of the year, the red group won more times than the white group. Winning three times in a row is not a difficult goal.

After Kitajima Saburo's performance, the votes for this year were counted. The red and white groups were extremely tight. The hosts of the red and white groups, Mita Yoshiko and Takeda Tetsuya, also cooperated to create a tense atmosphere. Facing the ever-changing, you The number of votes surpassed my own and said something to help my side.

On the side of the white group, Hikari GENJI made a start, dancing and cheering for the white group. Saburo Kitajima, the emperor of enka, also put on a posture of sharing the joy with the people, waving his arms to cheer.

The white team made a start, and Yoshiko Mita also waved to the red team to encourage them.The female singer with a more lively personality also clapped her hands to help.

When it came to such an occasion, Miwa-chan, who was usually crowded with people on stage, lost interest in the audience, and quietly retreated behind Shinichi Iwahashi and Brother Nakamura, as if afraid of being drawn into this meaningless atmosphere.

DREAMS COME TRUE is the singer of the red group because of Miwa-chan, okay...

Iwahashi Shinichi and Nakamura were surprisingly unanimous in this matter, they both stood aside and let Meihechan stand in front, declaring the legitimacy of the two of them, Zeng Yi, mixing in the female singer team.

As soon as you stand to the side, there is Nakamori Akina next to you.

She cooperated, clapping her hands like a child.Iwahashi Shinichi leaned to the side, Nakamori Akina made a slightly larger movement, and thrust her elbow into his arms impartially.

Akina Nakamori was startled when she touched something, and subconsciously pulled her arm back.Turning his face away, he faced a giraffe headgear.Belatedly, I remembered that standing next to me was the giraffe man of DREAMS COME TRUE.

That weird guy who always wears a hood and isn't afraid of the heat.

She thought so on purpose.Missing him so secretly may not be a kind of prank for self-satisfaction.

Wearing a hood, I couldn't see his expression.However, in Akina Nakamori's mind, a face that could not do anything to her appeared naturally.For a brief interlude, she turned her face back to the stage.

The count of votes was finally fixed.

"The winner of the No.40 Red and White Song Contest is the red team!!" Tonight's chief host, NHK news anchor Jotomo Matsudaira, announced the final result.

Yoshiko Mita excitedly brought up the "three consecutive victories". After shaking hands with the host of the white group, Takeda Tetsuya, she waved to the singers of the red group as if announcing good news.

The director of NHK came to the stage holding the banner representing victory, and handed it to the host of the red group for three consecutive years.

It is not the first time that the red group has won three consecutive victories since the Red and White Song Club started.In the same way, the white team won three consecutive victories not once.Over the years, there have been more phenomenal female singers than phenomenal male singers, so they naturally have an advantage at the year-end party.

Yoshiko Mita took over the banner of victory, and at this point, the Red and White Song Club entered the last program.The singers scattered on both sides of the stage gathered in the middle, and at the moment when the new year was about to enter, they sang the song "Light of the Firefly" together.

……

In temples on New Year's Eve, the bells ring continuously.

On the TV screen, the scenes of bells ringing in famous temples all over the country are constantly switching, in conjunction with the emotional commentary of the announcer.Turn on the radio, and you can also hear the loud temple bells.

Chieko doesn't like the live broadcast on the TV screen, but prefers to listen to the big bell from the radio broadcast.

On New Year's Eve at the Nakamori family, the two married daughters were not at home, Akina went to the Kohaku Song Concert, and the youngest daughter Mingsui and her friends went skiing in Yamanashi Prefecture to celebrate the New Year.

Akio Nakamori was annoyed that Chieko was pushing his children, so he had to agree to sell the building, and he didn't want to sit at the same table with his wife on New Year's Eve, so he went to Shuzenji alone.

The two sons came back with their respective families to celebrate New Year's Eve with their mother.

The New Year's dinner was prepared by Chieko.The Nakamori family's New Year's Eve has been lively and lively for many years. Chieko, who is good at cooking, prepares a sumptuous New Year's Eve meal. After the New Year's Eve, the whole family rushes to the shrine overnight.

When Akina Nakamori appeared at the Red and White Song Concert, everyone who huddled together watched her performance with relish.Young nephews and nieces clap their hands excitedly when they see their aunt on TV.

Although it is clear that "aunt is someone who can be seen on TV", for children, every day of TV is a new TV that is worth getting excited about again.

At the end of the year, with the help of Chieko, the building that Akina Nakamori paid for was finally put up with the real estate company.

The real estate boom is getting hotter and hotter. This building has been built for several years, but it has increased in value.However, Akina Nakamori was eager to make a move, and when discussing the price with the staff of the real estate company, she was not too greedy for the appreciation.

Kiyose is located in the outskirts of Tokyo, and the prosperity is not much prosperous.However, the building was built in front of the station, and the traffic route from Kiyose Station to the center of the city was also smooth. If the building was transferred to someone who was good at management, it might be able to make a difference.

The restaurant that was losing money was closed, and the Nakamori building was moved out. After a year, Nakamori Akina's second brother and second sister-in-law planned to leave Kiyase.Whether to go to the city center or elsewhere, the young couple has not made a plan yet.

However, the two have the same goal and want their children to live a good life.I don't know what will happen in the future, but now, encouraged by his wife, Akina Nakamori's second brother slightly averted his eyes from the younger sister.

Chieko was in a relaxed mood listening to the bells ringing on New Year's Eve and the announcer's explanation.Although her husband left home, she was not unhappy.

To be honest, after being separated for many years, one person is more comfortable than two people.

Tonight, she also saw Shinichi Iwahashi who came to accept the award at the Record Awards.On TV, Yanqiao Shinichi seemed to have changed a little from his usual appearance when he came over for dinner. He looked tough, calm, and very capable.

It is a different image from the young man who has no choice but to take Mingcai and is helpless against Mingcai's teasing.

But thinking about it the other way around, even though she was being teased, she was able to take the initiative back from Mingcai's hands lightly and skillfully, and led Mingcai's nose away calmly. ... A place like this fits his image on TV a little bit.

I remember on TV, when the host announced the name of "Shinichi Iwahashi", the winner of the project award, Heita, who was playing with his uncle's son, suddenly raised his head and blinked his eyes.

"What's wrong? Pingta."

Little Pingtai rolled his eyes a few times, as if he was dizzy, and shook his head in a daze, "It's nothing..."

This innocent appearance made the adults in the room laugh.The cousin who was playing with him, who was two years older than him, also put on an adult airs and laughed at him, "So stupid~"

Pingtai has a very good personality, and he doesn't get annoyed when he is laughed at, and he laughs along with him.

There is no dim sum called "Iwabashi" in Kyoto.

Chieko smiled.

I watched the Red and White Song Concert and finished the New Year's dinner.Chieko also brought out the karaoke machine at home, and the whole family had a lively party.

When Akina Nakamori is away, her brother-in-law will order her songs to sing.

After participating in the Red and White Song Festival every year, she always comes back to celebrate the New Year.Time flies quickly when there are many people, playing and playing, the sliding door of the living room is opened, and the person who was still on the TV just now is standing outside the door.

"I'm back ~ Happy New Year!" Akina Nakamori smiled and was in a great mood.

After the Red and White Song Concert, she did not attend the party organized by the singers.Just set off from the NHK hall, and the agent Daben sent her back.

After falling asleep, the nephews and nieces who got up again cheered and ran to the aunt and grabbed the person on the TV.I came with Akina Nakamori, and there are New Year gifts for everyone.

She stepped in, sat down on the seat vacated for her, and looked around, "Where's father?"

"I went on a trip to the hot spring." Chieko's tone sounded like she was joking with Akio Nakamori.

However, Nakamori Akina knew her mother, and knew in her heart that it was not a lie.She nodded, feeling calm.Neither annoyed nor regretful.

Chieko personally went to get the New Year's Eve lunch box left for her, Nakamori Akina waved her chopsticks with a hint of satisfaction.

"It's already a new year..."

The eldest brother is proposing to the children that if they go to bed obediently now, they will be taken to the shrine later.As long as they heard where they were going, the children responded enthusiastically, scrambling to run upstairs, competing to see who would get under the covers first.

"In the new year, Ming Caijiang will also visit the shrine." Chieko smiled and said, "Make a wish that will come true."

Nakamori Akina couldn't help laughing when she heard her mother's wonderful statement.

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After the Red and White Song Concert was over, they left the backstage of the NHK lobby and sat in the band's car. Then they breathed a sigh of relief and took off the headgear.

Mihe-chan grinned, "Thank you, Shinichi-kun." She looked cheerful, "I will remember to bring gifts back for you and Masato-san!"

It was about traveling with friends to Australia for the New Year.

Yanqiao Shinichi was tormented by Meihechan's various ugly and unexpected gifts, and when he heard "gift", he began to feel subtle.

With the style of Meihechan, I feel that I will buy the kangaroo as a gift for him.

But if you think about it carefully, it's better to give him that kangaroo than to scare him with a big expulsion package. - After all, the former belongs to the normal play of Meihejiang.

Brother Nakamura from Tokyo went straight back to his hometown, and now he can catch up with the end of the New Year's Eve dinner when he returns home.Yanqiao Shinichi will go home first, and return to Shizuoka early tomorrow morning.

Sister Asako and brother-in-law Narita Hiroyuki don't know when they will go back.he pondered.

When I got home, the message light on the phone was on.

Yanqiao Shinichi was hungry, so he first checked what was available in the refrigerator, turned on the gas to boil the water, and then went to listen to the messages on the phone.First of all, there is no special New Year's congratulations.

The next call, when the voice rang, he was a little unexpected.

"Iwahashi-san, I'm Momoko Kikuchi."

"Congratulations on winning the Project Award at the Record Awards. I was just watching TV normally, but I didn't expect to see your heroic appearance..."

In the phone message, Kikuchi Momoko's voice was sweet and moving.

(End of this chapter)