Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 172 Ayumi Hamasaki Visits the Class

Hakodate, a coastal city in the southwest of Hokkaido Island, is the third most populous city in Hokkaido, after Sapporo and Asahikawa. The urban area of ​​Hakodate extends downward from Mount Hakodate, shaped like a fan.

The night view of the seaside seen from Mount Hakodate is said to be the best in the world, attracting many domestic and foreign tourists.

Hakodate has been the only place to go from Japan's Honshu Island to Hokkaido since ancient times, and Mount Hakodate is the absolute commanding height of Hakodate City.

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During the war, the country passed the "Hakodate Mountain Fortress Zone Law" and construction of the fortress began in 1898. By 1905, 117 facilities such as forts, power stations, observation posts, fortresses, and air raid shelters were completed on Hakodate Mountain.

At the same time, as Mount Hakodate became a fortress area and the entire mountain became a military secret, Mount Hakodate disappeared from the map. Not to mention the measurement of Mount Hakodate, ordinary people's access to the mountain, photography, sketching, and discussions about Mount Hakodate are strictly restricted.

After the defeat, the Hakodate Mountain fortress area was required by the U.S. military to be dismantled and ordinary citizens could enter.

However, because a large number of ruins in the Hakodate Mountain Fortress area are in danger of collapse, the Hokkaido Assembly has enacted legislation to prohibit entry and visits.

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However, the U.S. Consulate in Hokkaido clearly opposed it, and the consulate's counselor called Shoji Yuuki to put pressure on him.

On the other hand, a roundabout war on cultural fragmentation began.

Originally, Representative Yuuki Shoji still had huge differences regarding the future direction of Hokkaido.

This incident shows that the Americans just want to control the egg of Hokkaido and can play with it at any time, rather than cutting it off from Japan with a knife and making it an independent existence.

The Ainu militia under Mimihaki PMC Company established a supply base in Hakodate in accordance with the "Hokkaido Public Security Private Authorization Act" passed by the Hokkaido Assembly, reactivated the Hakodate Mountain Fortress site, and started large-scale civil fortifications.

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On the one hand, they began to support the Mimihaki PMC Company and secretly restarted the "Hakodate Mountain Fortress Zone Law."

Capital support through Bunta Takakura's Totland Investment Holdings Ltd.

The Hakodate Goryokaku Festival is held on the third Saturday and Sunday of May every year. The battlefield scenery will be reproduced again to commemorate the conquest of Hokkaido, the suppression of rebel forces, and the famous general Kuroda Kiyotaka during the Meiji Restoration.

As a result, the bill "Abolition of the Hakodate Goryokaku Festival Event" was stopped from voting and has been indefinitely suspended in the Diet.

The decisive battle site was the Goryokaku Fortress east of Hakodate City.

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Some reshoots from the "Hanabi" crew came to Hakodate City, Hokkaido for filming with the sponsorship of Takakura Bunta Studio.

The Hakodate Goryokaku Festival commemorates the Hakodate War, the final war of the Meiji Restoration era.

In this way, Bunta Takakura can take the time to go to Mount Hakodate to take a look at the construction of this largest and largest base where Mimihaki PMC has invested the most money.

This is an important step for Hokkaido to guide public opinion and sever cultural ties with Japan.

However, in November this year, the Hokkaido Assembly tried to pass the "Abolition of the Hakodate Goryokaku Festival Activities" bill, but was opposed by the U.S. Consulate in Hokkaido.

Currently, half of the sixteen battalions of Ainu militia are trained here. The Persian Gayan militia and the Jordanian Aqaba militia took turns sending battalion-level combat forces to the Hakodate Mountain supply base for exercises.

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Under such circumstances, the Yuuki faction members gave up their illusions about Americans.

The Hakodate Goryokaku Festival still remains, but supporters of the Yuuki Supporters Association pulled down the bronze statue of Kuroda Kiyotaka and re-erected a 12-meter-tall bronze statue of Takehiro Natsumoto.

Takehiro Natsumoto was a former shogunate who hoped to establish the Ezo Republic during the Hakodate War.

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Moreover, in the Hokkaido textbook, the content about the Hakodate Goryokaku Festival was changed to a positive evaluation of Takehiro Natsumoto, while Kiyotaka Kuroda was described as a barbaric and vulgar invader who destroyed Hokkaido culture. In addition, Takehiro Natsumoto's race was additionally recognized as Ainu by the Hokkaido Assembly in accordance with the latest "Hokkaido Aboriginal Naturalization Act of 1999".

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Currently, the number of Ainu people in Hokkaido has increased from 25 to 115 million.

Mainly immigrants from the Northern Province of the Red Earth Continent introduced by the "Hokkaido Aboriginal Naturalization Act of 1999" and the "Hokkaido Farm Modernization Labor Force Act", as well as a small number of immigrants from Southeast Asia and the Middle East used to deceive others, as a cover for "diversification".

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After Takakura Bunta held a meeting with Shoji Yuuki and Xu Xiangyang in Hakodate Mountain,

When I returned to the set of "Hanabi", I happened to meet the first sister of Takakura Bunta Studio, Ayumi Hamasaki, who came to visit the team.

Ayumi Hamasaki was eating octopus hot pot with Akina Nakamori and chatting about Kitano Takeshi's newly registered fashion brand KITANOBLUE.

Akina Nakamori ate a slice of boiled octopus, dipped it in okra powder, and said: "The director likes to use blue as the tone of the movie, making the whole picture look clean, cold, and with a touch of sentimentality."

Hamasaki placed another plate of thinly sliced ​​octopus. She rinsed it in hot water like mutton. She quickly picked it up and dipped it in the spicy sauce. She blew it and said:

"Maybe it's because blue itself has a deep and mysterious feeling. In Kitano Takeshi's movies, this blue is given more emotional and symbolic meanings. For the next album, I also Want to try blue...huh? Mr. Gao Cang, are you back?"

Takakura Bunta's return interrupted the chat between the two.

Ayumi Hamasaki took another plate of octopus slices and dragon fish slices and added them to the pot. Akina Nakamori got up and went to get a beer.

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After Ayumi Hamasaki signed with Takakura Bunta Studio, under the management of Kanda Keiko, the music career began to get into shape.

The first "Trust" album continues to set the best record for newcomers.

In addition to singing, the studio also put a lot of effort into her packaging, adding European and American elements to her in a timely manner.

Since then, yellow hair, exaggerated nails and eyeliner have become Hamasaki's representative symbols.

The popularity of the Taiga drama "Oda Nobunaga" made its song "Borrowing from Heaven for Another 500 Years" become popular, and its popularity has further increased.

While on a nationwide fan meeting tour, she appeared on the covers of forty magazines including "Ray", "Vivi", "Cancam", "Mina", "Steady", and "JJ", and she suddenly monopolized the entire Japan. fashion resources.

This crazy work intensity enabled her to win the Newcomer Award at the 29th Japan Cable Awards and the Best Newcomer Award at the Osaka Cable Awards. She suddenly became the second Rookie King in the Heisei era after Namie Amuro.

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The reason why Ayumi Hamasaki took on so many jobs was not because she wanted to be famous, but because she didn't want to be left too far behind by Bunta Takakura.

Akina Nakamori is about to enter semi-retirement, and the original Beasts band will also disband.

Takakura Bunta Studio began to create the second generation of the Beast Band. In addition to Takakura Bunta and Tony Futaki, there was still a lack of a female singer.

Ayumi Hamasaki wants to become a member of this new Asian group, which makes it necessary for her to establish a firm foothold among the new generation.

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For Hamasaki, the main pressure is not the supernova of his generation, Namie Amuro.

It's the competition within the studio between another "monster-level" newcomer.

The newcomer from Tokyo Gakugei University High School showed off his abilities when recording an album in the studio...

Agents such as Keiko Kanda, Liu Xiaoli, and Lin Zhiling were all full of praise.

(End of this chapter)